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High School Hack and Slash Chapter 177 Part 1

Outenmon

―― Territory『Rakshasa Estate』 ――

―― countdown: 07: 17: 20: 59 ――

Hmmm, how should I put it, it’s so sharp that I can’t help but laugh.

This is the first time I’ve used a katana in a real battle, but it’s like cutting a tofu with a knife.

This is the short katana I used to level Kotarou-kun.

It’s my weapon of choice for this surprise attack charge, but it’s beyond my expectation that it has such an effectiveness like an oni kamikaze attack.

The grade has also been changed from『No Name』 to『Named』.

Maybe it’s because Kotarou-kun has been slashing onis over and over again while raising a war cry, and me slashing about onis’ legs with it just now….

It has acquired a strange name of『Shirohizamaru (White Knee)』 or something.

It must be because it’s a primeval armament (nature weapon) created by Mikan-senpai from Moby Dick (white whale) materials, and has evolved by sucking the blood of onis.

「Young man! Knowing that I am one of the eight-faced oni-warrior daioh (great king), is that the manner you talk to me?!」

No, hell if I know.

It’s truly troubling even if he shows me a smug face that seems to say: How is it, scared now?

There are no other strong presences in the estate, so I think this guy is something akin to a mid-boss.

He is someone of Kijin class, a formidable opponent with GP.

He is a formidable opponent, but not a scary one.

He is fundamentally different from the homo oni samurai.

It’s like comparing a ferocious beast with a paper tiger.

「Haa… Haa… Touma-kUn. I think it’s questionable, to just charge in out of the blue.」

「Hey you, use your head a little more. How much of a muscle-brain are you? Are you stupid? Do you want to die?」

Kotarou-kun, who has gotten off of Momiji, and the energetic Riru-san rush over to cheer me on.

As for why Tatsuya is nowhere to be seen, ah, it seems he went around to break into the estate and secure the hostages.

The onis coming outside are small fry, so I neutralize them once and for all.

The little onis that are toddling about in a fluster seem to be harmless.

They don’t have names either, so I guess they are something akin to unique null mobs on Onigashima raid.

「Hoh. For you lowly humans to march on this capital… That’s one praiseworthy courage.」

The two stiffen up as the giant oni sets his eyes on them.

It is an intimidation skill that uses GP as a medium.

「Or are you a bunch of females that came back because you yearned for my own magical instrument? Kukuku.」

The giant oni-man, who has not lost his composure even after things have reached this point, remains seated on a palanquin-like pedestal.

The girl who is set between the two legs is going ahe in a piledriver pose with her crotch serving as the fulcrum.

He may have confidence in his own strength, but he’s going too far with his condescending act.

Feel free to return from death as you are.

「W, wait, Touma-kun. A girl is….」

「T, that’s right. That oni might use her as a hostage….」

The two throw in a retort, but even if the onis were to use the girls they have captured as shields, there is no point in doing so.

Our goal here is to release the girls who have been held captive by the onis.

In the worst case scenario, it’s fine even if we go and hack them down along with the onis.

Well, that doesn’t seem to be necessary, though.

「Are you mocking me?! I don’t need a hostage against mere humans!」

This guy, he sure has low instigation resistance, doesn’t he?

His face is turning bright red, no, I can’t tell because he’s wearing some weird face paint, but it’s now assuming rage form.

As the oni stands up, the piledriver-ed girl slips out from between his legs.

「Hmph. If I take it right, you guys must have come to snatch the females away, no?」

「S, snatch… It, it’s you guys who have kidnapped the girls of the academy, isn’t it?!」

With a trembling voice, Riru-san points at the giant oni.

「What are you talking about? All we do is accept the offering. These females have already belonged to us, you know? Gahahaha!」

As the giant oni takes a step forward, with that act alone, an earth tremor rises.

He raises two arms and spreads two others out to the left and right.

Faced with the intimidation air radiated by the four-armed giant oni, Kotarou-kun and Riru-san become weak on the knee and end up sinking down to the ground.

「Now. Come on now! Don’t even dream about escaping now. I will crush you all and use you as toys to ease my own boredom. I don’t dislike a lively girl, you know? No, on the contrary, I like thaaaaaah.」

「The talk is too long.」

I hack down the fully exposed oni penis with Shirohizamaru.

*Crackle* As static electricity pops, I once again accelerate and move to his rear.

I cut the backs of the knees of both of his legs.

Ducking under the arm that’s swung at me, I cleanly cut the tendon at the elbow.

As I veer out of the line of fire of the oni who opens his mouth, I hear a sound of explosion from behind me.

Which means that’s a true to the word breath attack.

Wielding Shirohizamaru, I chop off the remaining three arms.

「So half-assed.」

「Y, you… W, who in the world are you?!」

No, the matter here is, what’s the deal with you?

「Do cry in a nice voice.」

「Wai, hiii…!!」

As unsightly as it may be, as the oni simply falls face down, I send his head flying.

When it comes to bosses that would do things like pretend play, I guess that’s just how it is, huh.

They’re just like students with no real combat experience who become high-leveled through power leveling.

If they are of the unintelligent wild beast type that attacks you fully driven by instinct, that’d be a different story, though.

I sheath Shirohizamaru, which doesn’t even have bloodstain sticking on it.

As it is, I pass it to the jelly-legged Kotarou-kun.

「Feel free to use it for self-defense.」

「Y, yesh?」

Kotarou-kun lets out an amusing sound as he catches it.

It’s not a bad melee weapon, but as expected, it’s too light.

Besides, they’ll probably need an oni kamikaze weapon to get out of this place.

「Y, you… Err, ah~, err, good, work?」

「The real work is, only just beginning.」

I throw a retort at Riru-san, who is similarly jelly-legged.

We’re to retrieve the female students here and escape to the outside of the capital.

It’s a high-difficulty escort mission.

◇ ◇ ◇

「Huh, is it for real, that Honami isn’t here?」

「This should be all the girls that were inside the estate. While I was at it, I also eliminated the onis inside, but….」

Taking along three girls, Tatsuya regroups with us.

The three stark naked girls having no light in their eyes is the same as the girls who were mated outside.

These are girls who were captured by the onis at the start of the quest and continued to be subjected to confinement rape.

I figured they would certainly be haggard, but physically they look awfully healthy.

The gloss of their complexion and skin is not bad.

I guess the cause of their weakness is mental fatigue.

「Wait a sec, Shiho’s nowhere to be seen either…. Don’t tell me it was a wrong place?」

And then, it seems that the classmate that Kotarou-kun is looking for is also missing.

In total, the girls in the yard of the estate numbered 21.

That is almost as many girls as there are in one class.

If this many people were to become Lost at once, I think voices of criticism would rise against the academy.

「U, umm.」

One of the captured girls opens her mouth.

Quite the tough girl she is, as I feel impressed as such, almost all of them start to move.

The ones remaining absentminded or breaking down crying are in the minority.

The girls who have fallen to the dark side, mumbling things like I’m gonna murder the onis, are taking up the majority.

As expected of the girls of the academy, I should say.

「There were, a couple of girls, who disappeared along the way.」

「By that, do you mean they were taken somewhere? Or did they escape on their own?」

There is a subtle hidden meaning in Riru-san’s question.

In short, she’s asking if they committed suicide and returned from death.

「That’s a no go. No, it’s impossible. When I was brought into this place, I, too, tried to commit suicide at the beginning, but….」

She’s telling us of it lightly, but it requires considerable resolve.

Unlike normal dungeon dives, returning from death during a raid quest does not trigger memory rewinding (lost).

Naturally, the pain and the memory of death should also remain.