This is a fan-fic between KonoSuba and Many series(Mainly KonoSuba itself, Kara no Kyoukai, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and many other things). Disclaimer : I don't own any. This project is for fun only and if you had complain or suggestion, you can post it on review so that I can use it for reference and learning material. Note : spaming or flaming review will be ignored(regular review is fine though).
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Chapter 11 : Live Undead Part 2
Shit!
Then, I quickly summoned my Stand with the intention to punch away the incoming horde and instead fucking glad that our rambling earlier bought the time needed for the cooldown to be over.
"In your dreams! 「Void's Phase」!"
I was teleported to the void room.
Pointing at the location where Aqua and the others 'hide', I teleported there.
"Ah, that was close."
I muttered as I landed behind them.
"Kazuma!?" x3
"Yo."
-o-
"I see... That's horrible. The soul of dead person should return to where they belong instead of being trapped like that."
Darkness said solemnly.
"..."
Meanwhile, Megumin and Aqua went silent.
Though, I can see that Aqua is clenching her fist.
Being a goddess who deals with the spirit of people who'll be sent here or dead people going to the afterlife, it's understandable if she's angry for the cycle to be messed up by a Stand-using zombie.
It's been three minutes since I came here.
Blocking the door with a wood reinforced by my Ehwaz rune, I think it can hold on for a while.
But the surprise I got when I entered here...
"Umm... Mister Kazuma isn't it?"
"Yes?"
I answered back to the girl in white dress floating beside Aqua.
Yep, floating.
Turns out this girl is the spirit of the illegitimate child Aqua mentioned earlier. Incidentally, she's the one who guides Aqua and the others here while distracting the dolls.
"Can your party exorcise that mean spirit?"
Also, I forgot to mention something important.
This girl haunts this place for a long time to listen to the adventurer's story of the adventurer who came here. She hides when people came here to exorcise her while conversing to some adventurers who used this place for a scary challenge. She enjoyed having this kind of lifestyle despite not being alive.
That's until that psychotic Stand using zombie possessed doll came here recently.
Some adventurers scared right off the bat seeing that bastard while others tried to exorcise or eliminate it.
'Tried'
Nothing works, most of the adventurers who managed to get out of the house were all almost killed had she didn't guide them through the secret places she knew, they'll be another addition to that psycho's collection.
Which results in her being stuck here with that thing and the rumor about haunted mansion spread even worse.
Though, the main problem is...
"I can't exorcise that thing."
Aqua answered.
"But why? I can feel a great holy aura emanated from your very being, far more than any exorcist sent here. Surely you ca-"
She stopped her sentence when she looked at me who shook my head lightly.
Yeah, Aqua can't exorcise that bastard nor his minion for that matter.
Being an undead that thing is, it should be purged by Aqua's 'Turn Undead', but now that it possess a doll as its body and technically 'alive', Aqua's 'Turn Undead' is useless.
Its minion also applies, unless its Stand was destroyed or it wills it, the spirit that it trapped won't pass on no matter what we do.
Even with my Mystic Eyes, I could only destroy their physical body(doll) while their spirit returned to it to slowly being rebuild as another doll again. Killing its main body is probably impossible considering I might join their ranks before even managing to land the killing blow.
"Anna-san, that is only possible if it was killed, the main doll who leads those army of psychopath dolls. By doing that, the spirit that bastard collected will be spilled and Aqua can finally purify them."
"Then, all we have to do is blew them all?"
Whoa girl, that's a dangerous idea you've suggested there.
"Please don't. This place won't last if you cast that, reminder that this place will also be our home, Megumin. Though, what kind of 'Explosion' can you cause without your staff?"
I tried to persuade her from doing such things.
And yes, she didn't bring her staff here.
Heck, everyone here is on their pajamas. We don't have the luxury to change thanks to those creepy bastard.
"Then how should we deal with that thing? If I can't cast 'Explosion', Aqua's exorcism won't work, what should we do?"
Hmm, she got a point.
I need someone who could cast 'Explosion' with enough power to blew most of them, including the main doll who is also a Stand user, but not too much to the point that this mansion turned into a ruin.
...
Somehow, the image of delinquent-esque fellow Stand user came to my mind.
Though, I don't think we can get there and ask for his help in our current situation.
BANG! BANG!
The loud noise of those creepy bastards knocking on the door can be heard from here as if reminding our current situation.
Crap.
My Stand is a one time only solution to escape them, but...
Looking at Aqua and the others, they stared back at me in confusion.
The fact that this room don't have any windows doesn't help solving our situation. That doesn't even counting the fact that my Stand's destructive power isn't enough to bring down the wall.
Meanwhile my 「Void's Phase」 is only limited in teleporting myself.
I can't bring them with me or leave them here.
I must think an alternative way of solving this situation.
Think Kazuma, think!
Every Stand should've possess a weakness.
But what?
"Kazuma, what should we do? This room can't hold forever."
Aqua nervously said.
I know that.
"I wonder how many are those dolls outside... If there's not too many, even without my armor, I can probably handle it."
Darkness muttered.
?
Wait.
The amount of dolls he controlled...
Indeed I saw those swarm of creepyass dolls, but now to think about it, there should be less than a thousand and probably around five hundred dolls by the looks of it.
But even then, the danger lies on the fact that they're attacking from all sides and will surround us no matter where we run.
Wait...
If that Stand is dangerous because they're attacking from all sides, leaving no room for defense, then!
BANG! BANG!
"Darkness, can you hold the door for few minutes? I got a plan."
"What's your plan, Kazuma?"
Aqua asked.
"Sorry, I don't have the time to explain. Just trust me on this!"
"Alright, I'll trust Kazuma on this. At least most of his instruction works well in the end."
Darkness said while walking toward the door.
I only nodded before setting my plan into motion.
-o-
"Hey Kazuma, are you sure that this will work?"
Megumin asked behind me.
Well, let's just hope so.
I've already set my plan a minute ago and we're standing on the corner of the room.
The door which separates us from those creepy bastard is slowly breaking down.
BANG! BANG!
"Here they come."
I muttered as the door is going to break very soon.
BREAK!
"OH! NO! They're pushing their way in!"
I screamed as the flood of murderous possessed clown dolls pouring down to our room.
"fOuND yOU!"
It giggles.
With that, the swarm charges at us.
"OH! MY! GOD! Just kidding!"
I smirked.
"Isa-Inguz!"
With that activation chant, the rune I engraved earlier in the middle of the room triggered and stunning those fucking dolls.
"wHAt!?"
The bastard was surprised with that.
"Megumin, do it!"
"!"
With that, she began chanting while pointing her right hand forward.
The air around her swirled a bit before it calms down, indicating that her preparation to unleash her spell has been completed.
"'Explosion'!"
A small scale explosion occurred from our room, even reaching outside the room, destroying the dolls nearby the room and inside the room while Megumin collapsed after casting it.
"Is it over?"
Anna asked while hovering around us.
We weren't affected by the explosion at all thanks to it being weaker than it should be and Aqua cast a protective barrier around us. Though, everything around us is a mess now.
"I hope s-"
"gEH! DAmN yOU! I dIDn'T eXpECT yOU pULLed SomEThiNG lIKe ThAT!"
Before I could finish my sentence, that bastard came out of the pile of burned and pulverized dolls.
He's hiding behind them in order to survive!?
That thing isn't only crazy, but smart!?
"No MaTTeR! I DoN'T wANT tO dIE rIGHT NOw, sO I'Ll tRAP yOU aLL HeRE wITH mY ArmY! Gigigigigigigi!"
It laughed maniacally before dashing out of the room.
"You won't get away!"
Aqua yelled as she dashed past me.
"Wait Aqua!"
She didn't even listen to me as she launched her fist toward the running clown.
"Take my judgment! God's Blow!"
"gUOh!"
BOOM!
As her fist connects, the bastard groaned in pain before being destroyed.
What?
Is that it?
We've finally defeated him?
"gEH, yOU'vE aLMoST gOT mE GoOD!"
The bastard's voice can be heard coming from outside the room.
!?
What!?
How could he still be alive!?
"mY Stand, 「Live Undead」 cAN AlSo sWiTch mY bOdY With thOse UndEr My coNtrOl! Gigigigigi!"
Don't tell me he managed to switch his body at the last moment!?
What a crazy Stand power!
But his army of dolls should be decreased significantly by our attac-
"GIGIGIGIGIGIGIGIGIGIGIGIGIGIGIGIGIGIGIGI! ! ! ! !"
The loud and disturbing maniacal giggles can be heard from outside, from how loud it is, there's many of them outside.
Fuck.
Me and my Luck.
"Aqua, get back, those things can come here at any moment."
I told Aqua who stood above the ashes of the doll she blew earlier.
"What!? I'm going to teach that bastard a lesson not to mess with us!"
Aqua yelled at me.
Seriously!?
This isn't the time for this!
"Hey Aqua, don't be reckless! If you died, who could 'save' us when we bit the dust?"
Please get my point. Please get my point!
Seemingly surprised by that, she reluctantly stepped back.
Seems like she get what I mean.
Then...
"Mystic Eyes!"
"「The Void : Initiation」!"
Activating my Mystic Eyes and summoning my Stand behind me, I prepared myself.
At least I will take down as many as possible till the end.
-o-
"Err, what should we do?"
Aqua asked me.
It's been a few minutes after I took a stance and prepare to fight.
But I was merely stood nearby the entrance with both my abilities active like a moron expecting something.
No one came to the room.
Seriously, did it literally meant what it said about trapping us in this room until we die?
Only one way to find out.
"!"
Partially summoning my Stand's eyes on mine, I tried to see the condition outside this room.
Let's just hope it's gone.
Turns out my hope was destroyed in an instant as I saw many of those dolls waiting outside the room with the Stand user on the second floor.
Shit.
Just how many people did this sicko killed after obtaining that Stand!?
With that position, it'd be a miracle even if I can reach its main body up there.
Exiting the room, there's still 20 m distance between the entrance to this room and where it stood also even if I can reach that bastard, it'll just switch its body and kill me with the numbers.
"Damn it."
I cursed.
"What is it, Kazuma?"
Darkness asked behind me.
"That bastard, there's around a thousand dolls out there, waiting for us to get out of this room or tiring us here."
"How horrible..."
Anna muttered.
"What should we do, Kazuma?"
Megumin ask while wiping the sweat off her forehead.
Yeah, despite being able to cast 'Explosion' without her staff, it doesn't change the absurd amount of mana cost despite being weaker.
She can't clear my path anymore.
"I'm going to try to think a way o-"
As I looked around while saying that, I stopped before finishing my sentence when my gaze fell on something.
I think I can do it!
"Kazuma, what's up with that smirk? It's creepy for you to do that in this kind of situation."
Aqua asked.
Hmm?
I didn't notice that I'm smirking right now.
But no matter, I think this time, my plan will work!
"Don't worry, I got a plan."
With that, I picked up a small rock on the ground from the result of Megumin's 'Explosion' earlier.
"Nee, what are you going to do with that, Kazuma?"
Megumin looks at me in wonder on why the hell I picked up this rubble.
Did she thinks that I'm going to throw this out to defeat them?
Well, indirectly yes, but still...
"It's my part of the plan, trust me."
With that, I began carving a certain rune on the rock.
After few seconds passed of me carving the rune on the rock, I stood nearby the entrance.
"Kazuma, be careful."
Darkness warned me.
I know about that. I can't afford to die and turned into the slave of that bastard.
Taking a deep breath, I'm trying to spot a good position to throw this rune.
There it is!
Summoning my Stand behind me, it held the rune in its hand and aimed at the intended spot.
I myself am not sure if my throw can go to the intended spot. That's why I use my Stand who got a high Precision to do it in this serious situation.
"!"
I threw it up.
"WhAT?"
The bastard muttered as it saw an object flying above it.
"Berkano-Inguz!"
SHIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNGGGGG!
Even from inside the room, I can see a bright light engulfed everything outside.
As if on cue, I immediately partially summon my Stand's leg on me and dashed forward.
Kicking many dolls on my path, I'm getting closer.
15 m.
They're starting to move despite still losing their sight.
13 m.
They're slashing randomly in panic.
10 m
They've regained their sight.
But it's futile.
"「Void's Phase」!"
Because I already reached the right distance and teleported behind the main body.
Without any sound or warning, I cut the death line of its main body.
Immediately after that, all the other dolls fell down.
Seems like I've did it.
"Way to go, Kazuma!"
"That's amazing Kazuma!"
"I'm glad it's finally over."
Megumin, Darkness, and Anna expressed their relief.
Well, seems like the case is finally solved.
But Aqua didn't comment at all.
That's weird, she usually comments at these kind of times, either to insult me or to claim that she's the reason why we win.
"Hey Aqua, what's up with you? Cat got your tongue?"
I asked teasingly to Aqua below.
"Nee Kazuma, isn't it weird that the souls aren't getting out of the dolls?"
"What are you talking about? They're probably gone to the afterlife already."
"No, their soul is still stuck inside those dolls!"
!?
Using my Mystic Eyes, I can see what Aqua said is true.
Don't tell me!
As if on cue, the dolls who fell down before, slowly standing up again.
"yOu ReALLy tHinK I NEeD tO cOnScIoUSLY sWicTH mY BoDY!?"
ゴゴゴゴゴ
[Menacing]
"W-What!?"
I exclaimed as the bastard stood several meters in front of me, completely unscathed.
"mY Stand wILl aCtiVELY pREvENts mY dEAth eVen wITHoUT mY KnoWLEDGE! Gigigigigigi..."
!?
That means my whole plan was doomed to fail from the beginning!?
Damn it!
"nOW dIE!"
With that, the swarm surrounded me.
Before I could react, they leaped at me.
Am I going to die?
"Kazuma!" x3
"Mr. Adventurer!"
Aqua and the others were the last thing I heard before I-
BOOM! BOOM!
?
-heard an explosion behind and in front of me?
What?
The swarm that leaped at me was nothing but ashes or parts of them on the floor as if someone blew them...
Did Megumin cast it?
I took a glance at her and she's still frozen on the spot with the others.
"GeH! ! ! yOU sHiT EaTING bITCH! wHO dArES iNTerFere!"
"That would be me."
A voice can be heard from the front door.
Looking at the source of that voice...
!
There stood a young man with blonde quiff styled hair while wearing some sort of school uniform like a delinquent with some sort of android-like thing floating behind him.
"Yoshikage!"
"Yo, short time no see, Kazuma. I see you've gotten yourself in a tight situation."
He chuckles a bit.
What's he's doing here!?
But...
"Seems like I'm late to the party, sorry bout that."
He smirked.
Well, he saved my ass, at least I shouldn't complain about it... For now.
"aNoTHER Stand user!? JuST HoW mANY oF yOU fUCkeRS wANt tO RuIN mY fUN!?"
It sends the swarm toward him, but...
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Not even reaching him, they're utterly destroyed.
"You really think those weak puppet of yours can withstand the might of my 「Blaster King」's 「Mine's Field」?"
"hIIIIII! ! !"
It exclaimed while ordering the swarm to step back.
Keeping my guard up, I took a slight glance to Yoshikage before asking him.
"Hey, it's all cool and good, but why did you come at my place right now?"
"I assure you it's not for something stupid you initially thought of me. It's for that Stand user!"
He points at the doll.
"What?"
Flashback
Yoshikage's POV
It's been two hours since Kazuma and his party leave the house.
"Boss!"
A blonde haired man suddenly called me.
One of my friend, Edward called me after returning from one of the quest he did along with the others.
"What is it? Something about the quest you did today?"
"No, I heard about the rumor of that mansion in the suburbs."
"What about it?"
I never heard about it though.
Is it probably a haunted ones or what?
"They said it was haunted by many spirits!"
He said dramatically.
"Why am I not surprised?"
I replied in unenthusiastic manner.
That sort of rumor is too cliche and too often back in those days.
Not really surprising.
"Hey, don't be like that. Did you know the recent rumor about it?"
"Hmm?"
"They said something about that place being surrounded by a crazy puppet army and one of the latest priest tasked to exorcise the evil spirit there almost got killed. Call it a hunch, but I think it's the work of a Stand. Coz you know, there's no such thing as puppet master class adventurer nor the demon king army had someone like that."
!?
Now this is strange.
But we couldn't rule out such possibilities nor doing a wild guess.
Guessing everything as the work of a Stand is foolish.
"Are you sure about it? Not everything in this world is the work of a Stand, magic do exist too, you know?"
"Well that's true, but most magic ain't that complicated to control an army of crazy puppets."
"Hmm, I think I'll ask Kazuma about his opinion."
Though, it's more like he somehow has the amount of knowledge more than mine about these Stand.
If it's true that it's the work of a Stand and endangering people, I'll need his help to take care of it.
After I dressed casually to my usual clothes, I leave to go to his tavern and ask about this.
Few minutes later
"Umm, Kazuma-san and his party have moved out from here."
The receptionist answered my question.
"I see... Can you tell me where they moved to?"
"Ah, they said they're moving to the mansion they bought today..."
"Mansion?"
"Yes, the mansion in the suburbs that's rumored to be haunted. They said they're buying it for half the price and they'll exorcise it from evil spirit themselves."
"I see, thank you very much."
With that, I leave the tavern.
While walking around, I'm pondering what to do next.
It seems the situation in that mansion will be resolved pretty quick.
Kazuma himself is a Stand user, Aqua is a goddess despite a goddess for that nutjob Axis cult, and if his friends were correct, most of Kazuma's party member aren't someone they should underestimate.
Well, I think he can handle the situation.
With that, I decided to go back home.
If it's them, I think it's fine to leave them be.
Few hours later
I woke up in the middle of the night.
Somehow, it's nagging in the back of my head about the fact the thin earlier.
Why should I worry about them, I'm sure they could face anything.
But then again, there's 'what ifs' about them being killed.
Should I check on them?
Even if I do, it's already midnight, I'd look like a moron suddenly coming there.
...
Seriously, I should-
[Check on them]
[Leave them be, they're going to be fine]
[Check on them]
[Leave them be, they're going to be fine]
[Check on them]
[Leave them be, they're going to be fine]
Right, why should I worry about them?
I feel stupid for doing such things.
Walking up to the toilet, I washed my face before going back to sleep.
Only to found out that I couldn't get myself to sleep at all.
Ah fuck, screw it.
After dressing myself, I get out of the house.
Shit, why am I worrying about them?
But my guts told me something bad is going to happen if I let them be.
Few minutes of walking to their new mansion, I found out something new.
Turns out, my guts is right.
Flashback End
Kazuma's POV
"Wow, that's deep."
"Yeah, kinda."
"But Yoshikage, don't you know beside your guts that lead you here?"
I asked him while smirking.
"What is that?"
"Stand user attracts other Stand users."
"!?"
He seems surprised.
"Kazuma, look out!"
Aqua yelled as a doll leaped at me when I'm talking to Yoshikage.
I effortlessly cut it down with my line of death.
"gET tHoSE ShIT EatINg bITChes!"
As it yelled that out, the swarm charge ahead at us.
Though, thanks to the conversation I held with Yoshikage, my 「Void's Phase」 is ready to be used now.
"「Void's Phase」!"
With that, I teleported to Yoshikage's side.
Thanks to that, the swarm diverts their path toward us.
"Well, I think I will never get used to you suddenly popping out from nowhere."
Yoshikage said that while taking a stance(mainly pointing his left hand forward as if he's preparing to snap it.
CLICK!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The incoming swarm were mercilessly blown to bits by many types of mines, but I think the power behind Yoshikage's mines isn't as powerful as back then, probably to restrain himself for damaging this mansion too much.
Though, due to that, some manage to get close which...
SLASH!
...were cut down by me.
"BaSTaRD!"
Losing his cool, he sent all of his doll army at us.
Only to be blown to bits or being cut down.
"GrRHHHHKKKK! ! !"
It gritted its teeth before looking at Aqua and the others.
Then, it sent few dolls to their way, intending to kill them an-
Before I could complete my thought, I can see that Aqua stood in from of the others while crushing every doll that came at her mercilessly.
Whoa, apparently she's pissed. Her rage is MAXXED.
A few seconds later, his army gone from hundreds to himself.
Apparently, he lost his cool to the point of sending his army of creepyass puppet without any proper tactic like he previously shown.
"yOU bITcHEs! I'Ll rEmEMBer tHIS! ThE NeXT tIME I sEE yOU, yOu aLL wILL DiE!"
It declared while running to the other side...
Only to bump with Aqua who looked down on it while cracking her knuckles.
"HiIi!"
It exclaimed before turning back...
Only to be caught by 「The Void : Initiation」's hand.
"Where do you think you're going?"
I asked.
"Hieeeee... P-Please, s-s-spare me! I-I'm just joking! I-I-It's a s-s-surprise to w-w-welcome you all! Ha... Ha... Ha... Please? I promise I won't hurt you or anyone again!"
It suddenly spoke normally.
?
Does this bastard know what shame means?
It's obviously a trick.
"Hey Kazuma, can you spare him?"
"Aqua?"
"I know what he did is evil, but after hearing that, we should give him a chance like we did to Yoshikage. But please, tell him to release those poor souls trapped inside those puppets, I can't stand that."
Aqua said while looking down.
I see...
Despite her rage, this bastard is still one of the human(albeit formerly) that she governs as a goddess. It's normal for her to give him a chance.
But...
"Are you sure? I personally want to kill this asshole."
"Please Kazuma-san, I also want to give him a chance to live and redeem himself too. As long as he won't repeat his mistake again."
Anna added.
"Y-Y-Yes! I promise!"
Seriously?!
This is an obvious trap, but...
"W-Well, if you guys said-"
BOOM!
CLANK! CLANK! CLANK!
Before I could finish my sentence, an explosion can be heard from the ceiling above before the sound of metals hitting the floor can be heard.
Looking at the metal object below, turns out to be several knives and several doll's part.
"Good grief, Kazuma. You should've believed in yourself when that thing isn't going to repent. These kind of people are easy to predict."
Yoshikage said while walking from behind me, 「Blaster King」 following him from behind.
Apparently, he blew several dolls hiding on top of the ceiling who was waiting for their chance to leap down and stab us in the head.
This bastard talking to us about letting it go and all that shit actually buying the time for those dolls to take aim at our heads.
No wonder I feel suspicious.
"Hiiiii! ! ! That's just a joke! I just want to make a surprise!"
...
Fucking asshole.
With that, I squeezed his puppet body hard, trying to crush it with my Stand mercilessly.
"GAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
It screamed out loud.
"ORA ORA ORA ORA!"
Not stopping with that, I shake it up and down quickly.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAA-"
Then, it stopped screaming despite not being completely destroyed.
Hey, hey, is this one of its trick?
"Gigigigigigi..."
A small giggling noise can be heard close by.
What?
Don't tell me it got another one of its puppet!?
Soon, my fear turns out to be true, but even worse.
"KYAAAAAAAAA!"
Megumin screamed as one of the puppet points a knife on her neck, with the blade slightly digging into her flesh, making a blood trickling down her neck.
"I nEvER bELiEVeD I'M rESoRtiNG tO tHIs! BuT!"
"Megumin!"
"Don'T yOU maKE aNY fUnNy mOvE, bRaT! EvEn tHe sLigHtEsT mOvEmENT wIlL mAKe tHis kNiFe eNds heR!"
To show his point, he dug it a little bit deeper.
"Ghhh! Damn you..."
"Wait, Kazuma. You can't be reckless in this kind of situation."
Yoshikage said while putting his left hand to my shoulder.
Easy for you to say it when she isn't your party member.
"Now now, don't give me that look. More importantly, what is your demand, Stand-using puppet-san?"
He calmly asked.
"yOU!"
The puppet looks at me.
"ThrOw ThAt pUppET oUt oF tHiS mAnSIOn! AftER tHAt, uSe yOUr kniFE tO kiLL evERyOnE hERE bEfOrE kIlLinG yOURseLF! IF nOT, shE'Ll die! Gigigigigi..."
What!?
This asshole!
"Kazuma, don't listen to him! Crimson Demon Race won't die even if they are kil- Ouch!"
Playing brave, Megumin only got the knife dug deeper courtesy to that asshole.
"bE qUiET bITcH! WhAt aRe yOU waITiNg fOR!? dO yOU wAnT hER tO dIE!?"
Ghhh...
What should I do!?
One wrong move and Megumin will become one of his puppet!
"Kazuma, let me handle this."
"dOn'T mOvE!"
"Yoshikage! What do you think you're doing!? You could get Megumin killed if you made the wrong move!"
"Hey, Kazuma. Did you know the full ability of my 「Blaster King」's 「Mine's Field」?"
!?
Don't tell me.
"Hey, don't be crazy! I'll kill you if you use that just to kill that asshole!"
"Hmph, so you don't know huh? Well, let me demonstrate it!"
Click!
BOOM!
An explosion occurred at the place where Megumin stood.
"Bastard! What are you doing!"
"Unforgivable!"
Both Aqua and Darkness respectively yelled.
"GUOOOOOOHHHHHH! WHY DID YOU DO THAT!?"
I exclaimed while grabbing his collar.
His response is merely sighing as if it's not a problem.
I thought he was a kind person despite what he did, but for him to do that!
Taking a deep sigh, he said:
"Look at that."
He uninterestedly points at the spot where he blew Megumin with his mine.
Letting my grip to his collar off, I promptly look at that spot.
When the smoke cleared-
...
What...
Megumin is...
Lying down on the floor unconscious only with the wound of being nicked by that bastard's knife while that bastard itself was gone.
Then, Aqua and Darkness rushed toward her in order to check her condition.
But mine shouldn't-
"GaH, dAMn yOU! i AlMOsT dIEd yOU fUCkerS!"
The puppet that's still being grasped by my Stand's hand suddenly woke up, apparently being possessed by the real Stand user after that body being destroyed in that explosion.
"BUt hA! aT lEaST eVeN iF yOU kILled mE, It DoeSN'T cHaNgE tHe fAcT yOU'vE kilLeD thAT bIT-!?"
Before it could finish its sentence, it managed to see that Aqua and Darkness is treating Megumin's wound.
"HoW!?"
"Simple, my Stand, 「Blaster King」's 「Mine's Field」 might create a dangerous field filled with deadly mines ready to kill anyone who is foolish enough to step inside. It'll only hurt those who possess harmful intention to me or when I consider them my enemy and myself. But!"
He points his hand, forming as a pistol to Megumin's unconscious body.
"Anyone I considered ally won't take any damage from it!"
"wHAT!?"
That explains why Megumin survived!
Also, when we fought his army of puppets before, he blew some mines nearby Aqua and the others, but they weren't affected!
What a powerful Stand!
But to think about it, he did blew the mercenary who did all sort of disgusting thing to his mother but never harmed her at all.
"iMpOsSiBLE! EvEN tHEN, mY KnIFe sHoUlD kILL hEr!"
"Did you know that I use magnet-mine? Your knife was pulled towards the mine before it detonates, effectively preventing that girl from harm's way."
Yoshikage smirks.
Whoa, damn.
I'm glad he's no longer our enemy.
"Now then, Kazuma. I'll leave it to you to deal with him since he's the one who endanger your party member."
Yoshikage said while stepping back a little.
Meanwhile, Aqua is walking toward that puppet too.
"HIIIIIIIIIIII! I-I-I might be a killer! But by killing me, you will be no different than me! Hahahaha!"
"ORA!"
I shook its body with my Stand to silence it.
"Shut up."
I said in emotionless tone.
"You seem to forgot the fact that you're already a dead person, so killing you won't be counted as murder, right?"
Aqua said while cracking her knuckles.
Knowing the implication, the bastard flinched.
Whoa, I never saw Aqua this pissed before. But well, considering what this bastard has done before to Megumin...
Even my anger is MAXXED.
"Hey Aqua."
"What is it, Kazuma?"
"Want to duke it out together?"
"With pleasure."
Then, I throw the puppet up lightly.
"Hiiiiiiiiii! ! !"
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Both my Stand and Aqua's fist punched the doll senseless until it has countless crack over its body before-
"ORA!"
"BAKA!"
-we respectively punched it at the same time, me hitting its back while Aqua hit it square on its face, effectively destroying it(blowing its head).
Not long after that, the souls that were forced to be bound into the puppet flew out from hundreds broken puppet scattered around the mansion.
"They're finally freed, I'm glad."
Anna muttered in relief.
"What are those?"
Yoshikage asked.
"Those are the souls of the deceased ones caused by that bastard, bound to him in eternity unless he's destroyed."
"I see... Repulsive Stand usually owned by repulsive user huh?"
"Yeah."
Then, a smoke came out from the main puppet's shell, probably the soul of the Stand user.
The smoke then formed a transparent human floating. It's appearance is a skinny man with black sclera and red pupils with messy purple hair.
"yOU rOttEN pIEcE oF ShITs! I wOn'T fORgEt tHIS! nExT tiME! I'Ll rEturN aND kILL yOU aLL!"
Even in the form of spirit, it spat curses while pointing at us.
"Why did you say that when you will never come back to this realm?"
Anna asked.
"wHaT!?"
It muttered in surprise from Anna's word.
"i'LL alsO kILL yOU, bItCH! yOU're ThE oNE hELpINg mY pOtEntIAL vICtiM tO eSCapE!"
In its rage, it spat another curse at her before lunging at her.
I intend to dash and cut him down with my Mystic Eyes to prevent it, but...
"Try it if you can, but why don't you look behind first?"
"WhAt?"
"?!"
Behind the soul of that bastard, there float ma- no, more like legions people of all kind(men, woman, kids, elder, etc) sporting many stab wounds around their body who are slowly getting closer to him.
"Hiiiii! ! !"
He screamed.
But as if his scream is a trigger, the spirits lunged at him, pulling his body and tearing it apart.
"Let me go! ! ! Ahhhhh! ! ! My body! ! !"
He screamed as his body was torn apart.
Several ghostly hands tore his hand, legs, gouge his eyes out, took his organs out, etc.
Tearing him limb by limb, until he's nothing.
All in all, it's a pretty disturbing scene.
He literally disappeared without a trace.
Unnamed Stand-using Undead
Status : Completely erased, sent to hell/Retire
But somehow, I think he deserved it.
Now, with his threat gone, the legions of his victims were left behind.
"Alright everyone, I'm going to say this to you all, I can't bring you all back to life. The best I can do as my responsibility as a goddess, I will assure your peace in afterlife."
Aqua said to the legions of ghost.
Their expression didn't change... For a while before the sad, happiness, and relief expression can be seen.
Then, she began her ritual to send them to the afterlife.
-o-
"EH!? She's a real goddess of that Axis!?"
Anna exclaimed.
"Do you want to go to afterlife that bad?"
"Eeeeeki! Forgive me! Kazuma-san, please protect me!"
Said Anna as she floated behind me before hiding behind my back.
And there goes the exchange between Anna and Aqua.
It's currently morning already.
After that whole fiasco, I thank Yoshikage for his help and told him to drop by sometimes.
But well, in the heat of the moment, both of us forgot who the heck shot it with the 「Arrow」.
Still, thanks to this whole fiasco, we know that we're not the only Stand user around and should be more careful from now on.
In the matter of the exorcism, Aqua and I stayed up all night, Aqua cast her spell to send those spirits to the afterlife while I guard her and occasionally chatted with Anna about my adventure. She seems to like listening about my adventure. Apparently, the reason why she still doesn't want to go to the afterlife is to indulge herself in listening to adventurous story.
Though, as you can see, Anna was surprised to learn that Aqua is a goddess.
Only for that surprise to turn into a fear thanks to her being the goddess of Axis.
Now I'm really tempted to know what the fuck is wrong with the Axis cult.
"Calm down Anna, also Aqua, what the hell is wrong with that religion of yours? I've keep hearing about them being 'feared' and stuff, but what's up with that."
"Wha!? There's nothing wrong with my followers! In fact, they're the greatest human ever stepped foot on this world!"
She said while puffing her chest.
Hmm, now I doubt even more about that religion.
DING~
"Excuse me..."
The doorbell ringing and someone's voice suddenly broke our attention.
Someone is visiting us now?
"Yes, I'll be right there!"
I answered while going to the door.
Opening the door, I found out it was...
"Wiz-san?"
"Yeah, I came here to check on you. I felt bad of leaving the task to you and caused you to buy this mansion..."
She said while looking down.
This again?
She's too kind.
I wonder if Aqua and Wiz personality are in the correct place.
"Please, don't blame yourself about it, Wiz-san. Buying this mansion is better in the long run than keep living in the tavern, so it's fine! Besides, how's your condition? I feel bad if you're still exhausted due to Aqua's shenanigans yesterday."
"Ah, I'm already fine! Look, I'm not that pale anymore right?"
Well, if you think about it, she did look less transparent than before.
"Well, if you say so..."
"Ah! What happened to this place, Kazuma-san!?"
She exclaimed as she took a glance to my mansion's inside.
Err, that's to be expected considering what Yoshikage did last night... Even then, this was still him restraining the usage of his stronger mines.
"Well, it's a long story..."
After explaining it all to Wiz, let's just say she's pretty pissed and sorry at the same time.
Pissed for me not calling her help in dealing with that bastard of a Stand user.
Sorry for not forcing herself to come here and defeat it by herself.
I think the latter is her being stubborn as hell. Sure she's a lich, the great overlord of dead, but I don't think she alone could survive the onslaught of those puppets.
"So, are you sure about this, Anna-san?"
"Yes, in fact I prefer if you guys stay here, listening to your adventurous story never cease to amaze me."
Yeah, after Wiz's lecture over, we discuss about this mansion with Anna. I offered to leave this place while tending it sometimes to keep it clean while that damn Aqua kept offering her to be sent to the afterlife.
How to solve this trouble?
Wiz recommended that we should live together here without conflict.
Well, turns out Aqua didn't mind about it at all and immediately jumped at Wiz, trying to 'purify' her AGAIN-
"Ouch, ouch, ouch, that hurts Kazuma!"
-and earned my fist to her head.
Seriously, why won't this goddess stop bothering Wiz?
"That's your own fault for doing something like that."
"You stupid HikiNEET!"
Seeing our squabble, Wiz and Anna couldn't help but to chuckle.
Ugh, I feel childish for quarreling with this girl...
"By the way Kazuma, can I ask you something?"
Wiz suddenly ask.
"Hmm, what is it?"
"Err, how can you see Anna? I understand why Aqua-san and the others can see her, but normal humans shouldn't be..."
Hmm, I wonder why. Is it my Mystic Eyes or Stand?
Well, I think it's both, but to explain it...
"I think it's because of my Stand. Since Stand is basically our own spirit materialized, by achieving it, I can see the spiritual phenomenon that normal people can't due to their not so high magic stat."
This should be enough. I don't want to make things complicated by explaining to her about the existence of my Mystic Eyes.
"Oh! I see, that explains why Akira-san could see such things when we're still on the same party. We all thought he was crazy back then, now it makes sense!"
She said that with an enlightened expression.
At least she's buying it.
But more importantly...
"Hey Wiz, I want you to come at our small celebration party for moving to this mansion. Despite all the hardship we went through, in the end, we can get this mansion indirectly thanks to you."
Though, that's merely my reasoning for what I had in mind for tomorrow.
"Eh, well, I'll try to come."
Greato Daze.
Though, unknown to me that due to all these fiasco we had, Megumin has doubted her usefulness to the team...
-o-
Somewhere far away...
"That zombie is dead."
A man wearing purple robe with his face hidden by a hood said while looking at a mirror in his left hand entangled by red thorny vines.
"I see..."
A man wearing black cloak muttered.
"So, what should we do? That zombie using Stand is dead already. This could only mean one thing, right?"
Said the man in purple robe.
"Hmm."
The man in black cloak only hummed in agreement before replying.
"Well, this only proves that there are some 'worthy' individual at that town. We'll go there later, right now our main concern is..."
"I see, I agree with you. We can go to that town later, for now, that takes precedence first."
Then, the man in black cloak took out some sort of an ornate arrow from his cloak while looking at the village below the mountain where they stood.
"Yes, we need more result before enacting our grand plan."
Said the man in black cloak before putting the arrow back to his cloak.
Stand's Stat(Updated!) :
「Blaster King」
User : Yoshikage Shidou
Stats :
Destructive Power : D~A(Depending on the type of mines)
Speed : D
Durability : D
Range : A
Precision : A
Development Potential : D
Abilities
「Mine's Field」 : 「Mine's Field」 is an ability possessed by 「Blaster King」 which allows it to set a minefield around Yoshikage Shidou in a radius of 100 m, any type of mines can be planted instandly as long as it's within the range of 「Blaster King」. The downside of this ability is that Yoshikage Shidou can also be wounded by his own mine, making the effective radius of this ability reduced to 80 m to avoid himself being wounded. Despite that, his mines won't harm someone he considered ally.
High Precision : 「Blaster King」 is capable of setting the mines around its enemy to perfectly create a cage of all kinds of mines, effectively cutting any escape route to his enemy.
「Live Undead」
User : Unknown Zombie
Stats :
Destructive Power : E
Speed : D
Durability : E
Range : A
Precision : E
Development Potential : C
Abilities
Soul Manipulation : 「Live Undead」 grants the user the ability to control anyone's soul it killed and turn them into its puppet. Not only that, 「Live Undead」 also actively prevents its user from dying as long as there's at least one of its puppet still alive by switching their consciousness.
Author's Note :
Alright, nothing much to say than the fact that I changed the category of this crossover from KnK + KonoSuba to KonoSuba + Anime-X over due to the nature my story going to so that the readers who expect too much KnK stuff won't complain and I won't break the rules. That's all.