I've been lacking in dialogue, so going forward I wish to fix that, I hope it's improved in this chapter.

I also plan on making chapters around 5000-words from now on. I want to drastically improve the quality, reviews are appreciated.

I've reworked all other previous chapters.

Chapter: 6

Ah, what a beautiful day, the sun is out and I can feel the mild yet warm breeze on my unblemished skin. I could almost smile in content; if only the stupid diminutive loli didn't drag me to some random sketchy forest to practice her demented hobby.

I could just [Lurk] and use Megumin as a distraction but my big-beautiful heart wouldn't allow such a... 'travesty'.

Megumin just looks amazed by the skull-like mask on the figure-full woman, her red eyes shining in wonder and amazement.

Please stop acting like a small kid. You'll make me feel incredibly guilty about our perfectly acceptable relationship.

"Oi, Megumin, is this sketchy-looking Homosapien, by chance related to you? She appears to have the same disturbing haemoglobin-eyes as yourself." I manage to show how impressive my vocabulary is with my perfectly worded question.

She twitches a little at the 'disturbing eye comment but ignores it, in favour of our beloved relationship.

Megumin nods along, her eyelashes flutter as she squints. The same expression used when reviewing explosions is on her young face, while she gives a good-hard stare at the 'perpetrators'.

"Hmm? with a mask that excellent. She could definitely be a Crimson Demon, we do after all have a very crisp fashion sense."

The woman doesn't seem to know how to respond. Heck, she seems bewildered at our casual display of degeneracy.

"Wha-? Nevermind. I will not play these 'mind' games, do not test me!" The woman replies in barely concealed hatred.

Hey, there is literally no 'mind games' here we're just partially retarded. I've even accepted that fact now, it's so, so sad.

What appears to be her masculine yet female underling is holding out some kind of weapon in preparation to fire.

It in all honestly looks stupid as hell. There are blades hagging out of the damn thing, and why in the hell is the grip circular?

Something about my unimpressed expression must have shown as the 'girl' shouts at me. "Oi! dick-for-brains, you got something to say, you squirrely shit."

Damn, she's practically seething. Maybe I should call a vet or something?

My eyelashes close halfway and I give a bright smile. The sun excruciating my happy look, which is directed at the vulgar girl.

Now, normally I wouldn't say... what I'm about to say, but being in this forest for so long has fried my normally genius brain.

"Shhh... you seem to not realise this, maybe you suppressed the horrid memories? But you have no sex appeal, at all, hell. Aqua's hotter than you, so I understand why you're mad at this cruel, cruel, world, but please don't take it out on an innocent bystander."

She stares blankly for a good few seconds, her whole body spasms once or twice, then her face abruptly turns purpled in wrath.

"I don't give a fucking-shit! what you think, fuck-face. Do you want to die?!"

I put my free finger in my eardrum, collecting a good chunk of ear-wax.

"Not really, no." Why in the hell am I agitating this girl? Did I gain a death-wish, did Aqua rub-off-on-me? I need a cold shower.

The non-sex-appeal-freak's face is comparable to a strangle victim, her finger is steady on the trigger but it seems my luck paid off and the girl can't attack me without direct orders.

She would have definitely shot at me if she could.

All par-part of the pla-plan, now, I have a clear understanding of who's in charge, really, sometimes my intellect frightens even myself.

"You, have caused me... some trouble, with that... 'explosion' incident," the masked-chick blurts out ominously.

Megumin hastily adverts her guilty eyes. I'm getting déjà vu, is my horrid history doomed to repeat itself?

"Uhh? you have the wrong guys, seriously you got us completely wrong. I'm uh? it is moi, Vanir and moi sidekick Wiz." I put on an artificial accent towards the end of my sentence, as I try and get out of this cluster-fuck by pretending to be the most infuriating demon known to man. I also throw Wiz under the bus, to try and save my deranged girlfriend.

I hear a murmured "coward" by Megumin, Oi! don't judge me.

"Hm? well, Vanir, Wiz, prepare, let the strongest... 'live'," the thicc-woman says something extremely dangerous.

My... great-idea, I feel a ghost of a tear roll down my cheek, it... didn't work. The tension grows so thick I could bounce it off Wiz's tits.

Well, time for plan-Z.

I hastily grab the nuk-, I mean Megumin from behind my back. My intense-stare burns longingly into her ruby eyes, she blushes a dark red at the attention, my own perfectly beautiful emerald-spheres gaze at her heroically with mighty virtue.

"He-hey, Kazuma, now-now's not the time for you to act ro-romantic all of a sudden." She's blushing a deep blood-red at my unusual boldness.

"Shhhh." I manage to have one arm propelling her up and another caressing her perfect lips, to silence her blundering.

And I put her in front of me using her as a meat shield.

Her previous embarrassment is gone and a cold expression replaces it.

"Trash."

"Hey, you have better stats than me, it's only reasonable for you, my stone-like girlfriend to save me." I rub the back of my head with my free hand, while I advert my lustrious-emerald-eyes that shine with shame.

Somehow her expression turns just that icier,

"What happened to your usual false-bravado? didn't you jump headfirst to save me not-only a week ago? has Kazutrash finally come back? I was worried you were sick, well... At least you're back to you're usual scummy ways."

I ignore the completely false comment on me being 'trash and 'scummy'.

"Th-that, you saw that? well, this makes us even right? use your gorilla-like strength to save me loli."

I think I see a nerve twitch on her forehead, her eyes appear filled with fury. Well, it's only natural for relationships to have bumps along the way.

At this point, the 'guest' is looking on with their neutral facade almost breaking, obvious by the twitches in her appearance.

The vulgar one of the duo has to physically hold herself back from shooting.

"You don't wanna come any closer, this is my own personal nuke, heh, be warned you will die if you make any attempt on me."

"Well, I appreciate you recognizing my strength as a Crimson Demon, did you have to do it in such a scummy way?"

Megumin starts wriggling around my grip, I unintentionally get a handful of her diminutive boobs due to this, thank you, Eris.

Megumin's face turns blank and her eyes empty.

"He-hey if you look at me with such an expression." I'm sweating nervously, did I just end a one-in-a-million relationship. Why did I do this?. Wel-well I've already gone this far, it's too late for take-backs.

"This guy..., we may be in a relationship but your perverted tendencies right now are not required; trash."

The eyes of all women around me are ones of pure disgust like they're looking at a worm.

Shit, Well time to double down.

I grab the loli and start shaking her around, it takes a bit of effort, but my point of attack must have been made clear.

The masked woman's face seems to narrow somehow, "I.. was told that the 'girl' can't use her 'Semblance' after one us-"

Before she can finish her cold sentence that exposes my masterful ploy, I hold on tight to Megumin, turn-tail and run as fast into the deep-dense forest as my limbs can.

"Why are you running away? just use your normally degenerate-shrewd way off fighting." Megumin said.

What kind of guy does she see me as?

"Shut up! do you want to die?" I respond.

Now, I may be able to win this fight there is a modest chance, but, but screw that, I could just as easily die. And I seem to attract death, weird my luck is supposed to be the highest grade, so why?

My feet thud the ground in a wild burst of speed.

They're a good distance behind, but gaining steadily.

I'm not gonna blunder out some flag, for instance, I'm too fast for her, I'm gonna escape, otherwise, I really will die.

The duo effortlessly advances on us proving my theory of setting-off flags, but we have a little manageable distance.

"If you relay... the power used by the girl I will promise a... swift death." The masked one calmly voices from behind.

"Oi! I don't know if you realised but every two-bit villain says that, hell, at least I'm finally getting some tropes, it pleases my NEET-soul for such an interaction." I yell back, causing Megumin to shield her ears.

Dumb loli! I wasn't that loud, you hear explosions daily, so stop covering your ever-so 'sensitive ears'.

[Auto Doge] starts going haywire.

Shit. I feel bullets from all sides dart past me in rage as I manage to barely dodge, almost tripping upon myself.

"Hmm? so you aren't completely... weak."

Oi!, what is it with everyone assuming I'm some weak-fresh rookie.

Well, with my hands full of a supple Megumin. I can't exactly use that many of my offensive abilities from my massive skill-list, but there is one, one that doesn't require hands.

I'm praying to you, Eris.

[Ultra Steal]

Silence,

Eh? what is this soft, divine-like feeling on my head?

Both our pursuers stop the frantic running, a look of morbid disgust fills the air.

"Kazuma... even now you sexually-harass, can you be anymore trashier?" Megumin utters while staring blankly at my lushes-locks.

"Eh?" Is all that comes out of my mouth.

Seriously, what's going on?

"You, sick fuck, I'm gonna rip out your intestines." The rude one snarls at me, actual snarls like Chomusuke would.

"Seriously, what is going on?. What in the hell did I just steal?"

What? where's the other one?

A booming swirling sound penetrates the air, it's coming right in front of me.

Ah, that is the same satanic portal they rolled up in, this may be bad.

Out-steps the other woman. Her eyes, they promise murder, seriously what did I steal?

Welp, this causes me to stop at a halt, and make a sharp-right in my running direction, Megumin flails in my grip from the sudden movement as the psychos continue to chase us with undeserving fury.

My ears pick up the chatter of the Inn, as I stir awake, to the feeling of fabric. Our table used as my resting place.

I loving grip my wine bottle. Ahh, that was some nice bubbly.

I stretch my arms out in a wide arc and let out a loud yawn truly befitting of a wonderful goddess.

Darkness is by my side. She seems to of waited for me to wake, as she should have.

"Aqua you're finally awake. Thank Eris, there have been a few patrons looking at your lying-form with lecherous eyes. But I, your loyal companion took the brunt of the gazes like a mighty shield."

She should really pray to me not Eris, did you know she pads-her-chest?

Wait, what...?

"Eh?" I make a sound that admits confusion.

My lovely ocean-like eyes confirm Darkness's tirade when I notice a few older men a-table-or-two-away looking at me. But mostly Darkness in lust.

Well, I am a goddess so it's only natural for mortals to look at me with unconditional love. Wonder why the defective Neet never viewed me that way?

But why? Why is there attention more on Darkness?

"Eh? why do they prefer Darkness over me? Not that I want them to look or anything."

"Aqua, don't feel down, you have a truly nice body fitting of a goddess." Darkness gasps out, her face red like Clifford-The-Big-Red-Dog. It's definitely my favourite show the mortals have made. The characters are just so likeable and the plot is very deep, truly only a goddess should be allowed to watch such divine media.

I give a thumbs-up at her, "heh, thanks for the compliment, even if it's very obvious." I beam at her my most godly smile.

Darkness's face contorts into a pure smile comparable to my own.

Heh, having friends is nice, especially easy ones. She doesn't even notice the money I just took from her, now! time for more bubbly.

"OI! Wiz-two get me some more beer!" I yell at Lavender who I now refer to as Wiz-two, due to their similar nature, pretty smart right?

"Um, right away Miss-Aqua, bu-but are you sure? I, I me-mean... you have already had a lot, is it heal-healthy?"

I wave away her concern, "Yeah, total-." I'm cut off by my party member.

"Wait... Aqua that's my share." Darkness in a rare display of assertiveness snatches my money.

NOOO! give me, give me, give me.

I try to seize back my cash with no luck. Darkness staying unusually resilient.

"Wahhhh!" tears start rolling down my cheek as my so-called 'friend' bullies me.

"Why?"

"It's for your own good Aqua." What does she mean? my own good? I NEED IT!

"FINE! if you aren't gonna give me", I let out a giant sniff as tears glisten down my face. "MY! money, then I better put on a performance to alleviate some stress."

Maybe I will put her on my top-meanies list, right after Kazuma. See how she likes it.

I abruptly get up from my table and flip it over, this will do.

"AQ-AQUA! wha-what are... you... doi-doing." Wiz-two yelps at me in surprise, of course, she has no knowledge of what a genius-goddess would do.

"I'm so sorry for her behaviour, Mam," Darkness says while trying to pull me away, but I nimbly doge as a goddess should.

Placing my delicate feet on top of the table turned makeshift podium.

"People of Dofurg, it is I, Aqua, and I'm here for you all." I place a pink cup on-top my head as water torpedoes out of it in an amazing, breathtaking display.

[Nature's Beauty].

"For a performance." I do a little jazz-hands to show my point.

Heh., I easily got their attention, the eyes of the onlookers are filled with wonder and amazement.

"Now, I need a volunteer.", I make an effort to look around the audience. But I already know who it will be.

"You, why don't you come on up here don't be shy." I point at Darkness, a huge blush on her face from nerves.

"Come on you can do it, buddy, no need to be nervous."

"Aqu-Aqua is this truly necessary, this embarrassment, It's not the kind I like."

She reluctantly comes up on 'stage' adverting her blushing mess of a face from the many onlookers of the inn.

"Okay, now Darkness hold out your mouth like this." I open my mouth wide, "AHH!" I make the sound you do when you go to a dentist. I remember when I had to have my wisdom teeth removed by that creepy angel-dentist. It was very scary but being a goddess I did not give in and struck her in self-defence, I wasn't allowed back, it was so unfair.

"Aqua I don't thi-," before she can ruin the show, I put both my hands at the corners of her mouth and pry her lips open.

"Aquac shtop," her speech is slurred due to my iron-grip. Well, she isn't putting up much of defence probably due to her submissive nature.

"Now, my loving audience watch in amazement, as my enchanting assistant here, produces solid gold from her open maw!"

A number of their eyes widen at the word 'gold'.

Darkness's face flushes at my delivery, her eyes-hazed.

I chant in a bewitching voice, as the sound echos around, Darkness's jaw painfully unhinges as fake-gold spurts out at a terrifying degree, eh? there isn't meant to be that much.

Oh-well, it should be fine.

Heh, stupid Kazuma, party skills are the best.

The audience looks beyond shocked, a few of them attempt to grab the gold, heh, I lied it's fake as if I would use real gold in my magic trick.

"Auuughhh!" Darkness starts to lustfully moan, as the last bar sprawls out.

Silence,

Then a small clap, then two, then five, all of a sudden everyone in Maiden's is giving me a deserved applause, I guess Darkness helped too.

"Mam, take my lien," an overweight man yells and throws money my way.

"No, no, sir, keep your money, I do it for the love of the performance."

Due to me acting so humble despite my amazing divine nature, they clap even harder, impressed with my maturity.

Yes, give me more praise my adoring fans.

I give Darkness a thumbs-up, she is currently sprawled to the ground a moaning-panting mess, she's muttering "more," with a pleased expression.

Eh? I should have probably checked the safety before use, not that it matters with my divine-healing ability.

Oh well, I can at least take her money now, yeah, this is totally morally right. I'm doing nothing wrong here.

"I-is she go-gonna... be okay?" Lavender questions me, while I take back what's mine.

"Yep, of course, now how about that bee-." Multiple gunshots ring outside, followed by a long silence cutting me off.

Then screams of loud-ungodly, terror and anguish coming from all kind of ages and genders, fill the outside.

All the noise in the inn comes to a halt. Everyone on edge from the newest development.

Ah, well, It's probably nothing important.

Darkness seems to of found her strength. She's standing up straight and has a stern expression, completely different from before.

A few of the patrons panic, I hear a few "What was that?" and other similar stuff.

"Aqua, the people of this village need a wall, I am that wall." What nonsense is she saying?

"Eh? Darkness it's probably nothi-."

"AHHH!" she's grabbing me by the arms in her steel-like grip as I try and wiggle free.

"Let go of me, to harm a goddess in such a way."

"I'm sorry Aqua but the people need us." Nooo, whhhhy?

She's draaaging me outsssside, nooo. "I don't wanna, I don't wanna."

The feeling of breeze hits me, as I'm pushed out the newly constructed door. Due to the Hiki-Neet's screw-up.

EH!? outside, the usual bustle of the rustic street is empty as bodies line the floor.

What?

Stalls are broken-over, the ground painted in stark-red blood.

... What is happening? just a moment ago everything was fine.

who could do this?

My eyes zoom in on the body of one particular little girl, I-I re-remember giving her a flower from a trick, not even a day ago. Her head has a small hole from the impact of a bullet.

My heart quickens in fear and disgust.

I may have sent the dead to the after-life but actually seeing it, is hor-horrible.

Darkness who would normally have a flushed, erotic expression in anticipation for harm, looks the angriest I've ever seen her, a haunted look permeates her face.

Neither of us speaks, there isn't anything to say in such a... awful situation.

There, over a unit of dead guards,

There's a large group of rough-looking individuals laughing in a sickening way., The old man from a few days ago is among them, with a nervous expression.

I knew he was evil, I totally did.

A rather muscular-goblin-looking man spots us and offers a wide deranged smile, it makes my skin crawl.

Kazuma!, Kazuma!, I need you, save me!

"Eh, look at these broads, the other girls weren't worth shit with their plain looks. These two right here, there the finest meat I've seen in this dump."

"Foul, beast, you may look onto me with lecherous eyes but I can not let your transgressions slide."

Darkness is fighting off an erotic expression, the serious situation stops her Eroness-side.

Think, what would Kazuma do in this situation.

'USELESS GODDESS, USE THAT DIMINUTIVE-WATER-CLOGGED-BRAIN OF YOURS TO DO SOMETHING THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED HELPFUL, YOU THIRD-RATE-HEALER!'

Oi!, you mean Hiki-Neet.

Wait, I've got it, it's genius. I'm going to revenge then revive everyone, hold on.

I buff up Darkness's already maxed out defence, in anticipation of my marvellous plan.

"Darkness, get ready." Here goes, it may have got us in debt before, but I'm sure I can control it at half-use.

She nods, the entire group of evil individuals are looking at us with demon-like intent.

they're already hacking at Darkness with various sharp and blunt weapons with a few bullets in the mix, she doesn't even have a scratch as she distracts them.

"You may be able to take my body, but you will never have my heart." Darkness said.

"Eh?" One of the many bandits, closed his eyes in preparation for his beheading via Darkness at point-blank range but instead tasted a strong guest of air at the crusader's miss.

When they realise their weapons aren't doing anything they get more wild, thankfully they're all on her so I can execute my master plan.

While they do that, I summon a blue, sea-like diagram out of my palms, followed soon by a few more circular blue-layers, some of the deranged group see what I'm doing and stare in awe.

[Sacred Create Water], a downpour of water explodes out of my diagram from my chant.

It's just controlled enough to cause minimal property damage, but it eviscerates my new enemies to bloody-gore. I have no sympathy for them.

They were sick and twisted, and deserved, much, much worse.

Darkness gets caught up in the current, but due to her mighty defence, manages to hunker down, if the worst happened I would have revived her but I'm super-glad she's okay.

Now, time to revive everyone... except the horrid scum.

Today has to be the worst day of my life. I'm drenched in multiple layers of sweat from my constant running. Megumin complaining about my 'stench' all the while.

Shit, I'm gonna pass out, my face is probably redder than Megumin's eyes.

And the deranged freaks are still chasing me, just give up. My knees are gonna break from my [Auto Doge] skill at this rate, how long can my abnormally high luck last?

I thought of using [Lurk] but the amount of time I would need it active would suck up my already pitifully small mana supply.

"Kazuma over there, Dofurg." Megumin points out our salvation, a blade narrowly missing my head as I manage to shrug off a few gunshots.

Thank fuck, for my Aura, I would be beyond dead without it.

Is this the light at the end of the tunnel?

I make a mad dash towards the village, the freaks chasing me all the while.

Well, time to actually pull off something resembling heroic.

Screw it, I grab Megumin and buff up my strength with my small amount of mana, and throw her at Dofurg.

"Oi, Megumin... do me a favour, get Aqua and Darkness", I shout at the hurled wizard.

As she goes soaring at a breakneck speed. She flips her staff from her waist, and tangles it over the gate, making her way inside.

"KAZUMA! HANG IN THERE!" Megumin shouts in concern.

"I, think not", the red-eyed masked woman states with a neutral tone.

AHH!. the deranged-woman straight-up tomahawks her sword in the general direction of my 'son'.

"OWW!", due to my mixed luck, the blade penetrates past my aura straight into my thigh, just missing my beloved family member.

This... pain, I normally die before I can register any kind of damage. The aftermath is way too painful.

I start to limp away with a giant fuck-off blade through my leg. How am I still going? I'm gonna collapse from the exhaustion alone at this rate.

I think if I remove it the blood loss would be way worse than my current injury. I should have paid more attention to those annoying 'PTA' meetings, if only I had a bit more mana, I could just heal myself.

Is this going to be my whatever-I'm-on-now-death?

It's getting hard to focus; from the immense pain and fatigue.

"Eh? Megumin who's that ghost-white pervert wearing panties on their head?" that screechy voice, I can't believe Aqua is my saviour, is my fate really that cruel? You know what, much like a hooker I'll take anything at this point.

Wait? ghost-white? have I really lost that much blood?

"It's Kazuma, quick! Aqua heal him, now!" Megumin said.

My deranged enemies, seem to have stopped, a cautious air pervades them as they look at our newest member, Aqua. Why do they seem more cautious of the useless goddess than me? well, their perception of the blue-degenerate is spot-on so I can't complain.

Wait..., 'panties'?

I hastily grab the velvet-like fabric off my head, drenched from my manly sweat, only to find a second layer under it.

With my bleary vision, I manage to make out both fabrics in my sweaty palm, the entire time of that traumatizing chase I had a crown fit for a king on my head, some genuine panties.

I feel an evil-deranged grin grow on my face.

Even the ever-cool person of the villainous duo looks at my half-dead form in fear, her eyes creasing in disgust.

The sweary one must be traumatised, her expression says as much.

[Sacred Highness Heal], Aqua shouts one of her only useful skills, a bright blue tone covers me whole causing the blade to meld in my skin generating even more pain.

"AHHH! You actual moron, get it out, get it out, shit, shit, shit."

"KAZUMA'S GONNA DIE! HE'S BLEEDING AQUA! BLEEDING!" Megumin cries out, tears straining down her face.

I love that she cares but, but does she have to scream so loud?

"That is what you get you fucker!" the evil-tomboy screams, her grey-blue-eyes show giddiness yet disbelief at our current scene.

The masked one of our attackers looks on in silence... disappointed at her underling.

I'm gonna pass out.

I touch at the handle sticking out of my poor, poor thigh and pull.

"Shelchh!" a loud squelch like sound comes from my grotesque leg as my bone sticks out and blood sails everywhere.

"Blerrg," I puke on the earthy-terrain more so from the image than excruciating pain.

"Heal!, heal now" I demand to the goddess through my own vomit, she looks just as disturbed by the image as me.

"Ye-yep, I'm on it Kazuma," [Sacred Highness Heal]. The same process happens again but thank god I don't have a blade sticking in me. That was the second most painful experience in my life, the first being when my first love broke my heart, what can I say? I'm a sensitive guy.

"I've had enough of your comedic-routine boy, my already thin patience is dissipating, very quickly", her masked eyes hold nothing but the truth.

"Yeah, well what are you gonna do? stick your blade in me again, well come and get it." Damn, my last line was cool.

I hold onto her sword covered in my blood, a fake-shit-eating grin on my face. Please don't call my bluff.

"Hm? you all have... interesting abilities, a member of Ozpin's cult maybe? or are you in with Salem?" What is the edgy-looking bitch on about?.

I shift my eyes to Megumin, she should be smart enough to pick up my signal, with her 'Crimson Demon' blood and all.

"Yeah, we work for Salem, they pay well too." I bullshit her as my hand creeps behind Aqua.

A grin forms on Megumin's face, her chest-puffing out in bravado.

"I'm actually a lab experiment from your own D.N.A, cursed to not have a mother or father. My blood runs deep-with your strength hence our shared red-eyes, it was Ozpin who created me." Megumin catches onto my plan and says something fake yet really, really chuunibyou. Middle-school me would be proud.

I think they might actually buy it, don't laugh Kazuma now's not the time.

As both of our foes stare at Megumin in silent debate, I go for my plan.

[Drain Touch], Aqua shivers uncontrollably in uncomfortable pain.

I put a second hand over her mouth, to stop her protest or scream.

"Sorry," I mumble out in guilt. It may be Aqua, but when she has genuine tears like that even I'm a little off-put, I'm not complete scum after all.

Now, after topping my mana off, through Aqua's unlimited supply. I buff up my strength and grab her, much like Shaggy would with Scooby.

"Wah!. Kazuma, stop it, stop it."

"Oi, I'm saving you, stop being a slut, and accept my generous help."

"I'm not a slu-"

And I run, I fucking, run, straight towards Megumin and shamble her on my back. Our foes are too flabbergasted to reac-.

"We, are not starting that shit again you little shit." The tomboy shoots a bullet from her dumb-looking gun in my kneecap, but it just bounces, off.

What? I may have felt bad for Aqua but I needed to fill up my aura again, that is just survival-training-one-oh-one.

I boost up my speed with my now full mana reserves. I need more speed!

I feel Megumin clinging to my back, while my arms are full of a useless goddess.

"Aqua; partner I'm gonna need your strength. Speed me up!"

"First you assault me and now you demand my help," she practically glares at me, her cheeks are puffed, she then lets out a heavy exasperated sigh at my serious expression. "Fine, fine, don't expect my help after every assault, you filthy Hiki-Neet.

After she chants me up, my previous speed increases more. The evil-duo are left in my dust.

Megumin clings a lot harder to my back for support at the insane velocity. While Aqua is practically hugging me to not fall into the pace.

"This is the speed I'm looking for. It makes my Crimson Demon blood-boil with excitement!" She lets out a passionate yell.

Heh, the girl I love is impressed by me. Bu-but over such a thrill-seeker thing, I don't know what to feel.

I notice our current targets are around a minute away. Time to execute our plan, it's a plan that never fails.

"Here, this area is good." We're in the forest path leading up to Dofurg, just far away from both the enemy and village for the perfect spot.

"Ahh!" Aqua yawns loudly. "You know, Hiki-Neet, your arms are kinda comfortable I could almost fall asleep in them."

If any other girl said this my 'son' would rise with excitement, but alas the useless-cretin uttered those sweet, sweet words, making me mentally vomit internally.

I drop Aqua to the floor, a deadpan-blank look on my face.

Tears start to form in the crybaby's eyes.

"Ow!, why did you do that? why drop me to the floor?"

"It was an accident," I reply in a deadpan tone with no emotion.

a complete lie by the way.

Megumin jumps from my back, her knees wobbly from the speed, a flushed smile on her face.

"Kazuma, that was so cool", Megumin has starry eyes.

Heh, she's finally recognising my brilliance.

"I know, I am Kazuma the billionaire-adventurer after all, the strongest of the weakest", her chuunibyou personality sweeps me up and I say something incredibly embarrassing.

But she's looking at me like a rare jewel, she makes my face flush-red at the attention.

Now, I hastily grab Aqua's neck and Megumin's.

[Drain Touch], with around twenty seconds or so to spare, I fill up Megumin with Aqua's mana, her complaining all the while.

A portal opens up just in front of my unimpressive team and me, just as planned.

"Megumin, now!" a happy smile forms on her face from my order.

"Darkness, blacker than black, by the power of the Crimson Demons, [EXPLOSION!]."

A huge tremor interrupts the forming gateway as it's blasted with the veracity of the surface from the sun. Megumin slumps to the ground with mana exhaustion while Aqua and I give a thumbs-up.

"Heh, nice explosion."