From Heathen to Hero 5
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Now onto the story.
Neo Az-Maya, the parallel lands linked between and the state of New Mexico, where the demi-demons have a general strict code of using handcrafted weapons, insanely modified vehicles, and being able to tame and use the wild life to their advantage.
Never really expecting this trip to be easy to begin with, Kazuma found the trip in Neo Az-Maya to be interesting in a good way.
While yes they were still being persecuted relentlessly, and the number of demi-demons they face are almost doubled, reality they did had intimidating weapons, but were very fragile.
A majority of the time, their weapons would either break down or back fire and kill them instead much to Kazuma's relief.
More so it seems that the local demi-demons here to be divided amongst themselves, be it the crazy pure savages, and those that patrol with vehicles, stop at gas stations, and local fast food spots.
Speaking of, both Kazuma and Aqua were chilling and eating themselves to the first ever Burrito Gong/TFC combo restaurant they've ever been to inside of their monster truck.
"Oh god, it's been ages since I've had me some deep fried desire" said Kazuma as he and Aqua were eating themselves a 12 piece bucket and the 12 taco box deal, with the nacho flavored taco shell.
"Really Kazuma, I think these tacos are a lot better" said Aqua as she sat in the driver seat, eating her taco and drinking that one soda normally consumed by professional gamers and gives woman breast cancer when drank on a daily.
"I'm sure they are, but seriously I haven't had fried chicken since last Christmas before I died and met you, wow that's actually pretty sad" said Kazuma as he reflected back to eating nothing but instant cupped noodles, packaged junk food, and food in vending machines.
"That is pretty sad" said Aqua dismissively before notice the fast company that was approaching them.
"Here, hold my soda, we gotta go" said Aqua as she scarfed down the rest of her taco, before starting their monster truck as it let out a loud roar.
Not wasting any time, Aqua easily drove over and ran over demi-demons that tried to attack them with no worry since a lot of them cake charging in with rusted lead pipes and rotting wood from some destroyed building.
"Woo hoo, this is fun" cheered Aqua as Kazuma put her soda in the cup holder as he stuck his head out the window, and began to lay waste by shooting at any demi-demons riding on their beast and with weapons to sharp for their vehicle tires.
Still it wasn't enough as a handful began to climb aboard the moving vehicle ready to personally deal with our heroes.
Looking at the clock on the radio, it was already 2:55 p.m., meaning Kazuma was in the clear to take matters in his hands as well.
As a demi-demon approached his window with a bone saw, Kazuma stuck his hand out, and pulled him closer, before delivering a solid punch to the face, knocking the demi-demon out, before tossing him over the side of the vehicle.
"Try to avoid any stunts alright" said Kazuma as he's already had a few experiences of Aqua's reckless driving and nearly throwing him out the vehicle, along with being successful in throwing him out the vehicle one too many times now.
"No promise" said Aqua with sass as Kazuma decided to deal with her later, before swinging out the window and landing on the roof.
Seeing as they had 4 sets of demi-demons in pursuit of them in vehicles and weren't restricted to using things like guns, and store bought crossbows, and flares, Kazuma decided to deal with the savages hitched on their truck.
Approaching one who was charging at him with a makeshift hatchet, made up of forearm bone and a large shard of glass, Kazuma quickly restrained his wrists from laying his hands on him, before head butting the demi-demon into submission.
Unfortunately, his fellow demi-demon tried to get in between them trying to shove a spear into his brother, but he used the demi-demon meat shield, before slipping past him, and snapping the spear wielders neck with his bare hands.
Then there was one more, who had broken glass duct taped to his knuckles trying to assault Kazuma, but he easily dodged, and punched back, before delivering a straight punch to his abdomen, knocking the wind out of him.
But as this went on, the demi-demons in pursuit tried firing bolts and tossing bricks before one of them had the smart idea to toss a stick of dynamite at Kazuma.
Not letting some clever demon to get the best of him, he quickly grabbed the stick, shoved it down the throat of the last demi-demon on his and Aqua's truck, before Spartan kicking him off the vehicle.
What ensued was a large fire work show as 2 of the vehicles combusted, while the other 2 swerved off the road and crashed into the steep sand.
Satisfied and not worried, Kazuma made his way back in the passenger seat next to Aqua.
"That was a close one" Aqua said calmly, "You're telling me" said Kazuma as he did all the work, before drinking his favorite root beer along the ride.
So… what's our next course of action" asked Aqua as she went to reach for another taco while driving, "Besides going to Vey Aria, maybe invest in another gun, or more bullets" said Kazuma as they recently lost their shotgun, do to Aqua's show boating in their monster truck.
"I was thinking maybe next time we go to Burrito Gong, we try their Mexican Pizza" said Aqua since she's adamant fan, and it wasn't because of their offer of gamer snacks, just that Aqua really loved Mexican food.
Seriously, we eat there 6 days out of the week now, for at least one meal a day, I think we should stick to it" said Kazuma, "Says the guys who's a fan of Inside Out Burger, and Mutt Root beer" scoffed Aqua.
"Seriously, that's the one burger joint exclusive to California only and is regarded the best burger joint in the world, and the fact they have it here all over Hell, you know I'm going there when I can, along with another reason while Hell rules" said Kazuma.
Hearing that got Aqua to pout before stomping on the breaks causing Kazuma to spill his sarsaparilla in his chicken.
"Oh my- are you being real here" jeered Kazuma as his lunch was ruined, "Well serves you right you straying NEET sheep, also Inside Out Burger wasn't only exclusive to California, they also had some Nevada, plus their burgers aren't even that good, further more- hey!?" exclaimed Aqua.
In the midst of her ranting, Kazuma had gone and tossed the rest of her tacos and soda out the window.
"Now we're even" said Kazuma with a sneer as Aqua began to pout harder with tears, knowing she was going to bitch.
"I can't believe you'd go and throw away my tacos you jerk ass" cried Aqua, "You should never come between a man and ruining his chicken bitch goddess" said Kazuma as he tossed his lunch out the window as well.
"I could've shared you one of my tacos if you had asked kindly and promised to not turn into a devil worshipper" cried Aqua, "You know, I'm very certain that if we ran into the other devils, they would've given us a free meal with nothing in return" said Kazuma.
Speaking of, neither one has ran into either Monet, Scex Pistal, or Azay, let alone the other devils for a little over a week now, especially since they were apparently ready to help them fight by their side now.
"Don't ever trust a devil, since nothing is free without some from of them asking for a favor" pouted Aqua as she turned her head away.
As they bickered a for a few more minutes before driving, Kazuma was looking at the map, noticing they weren't far from a small town, and didn't know whether or not to take a risk for some supplies or not.
"Hey Aqua, how do you feel about making a pit stop in a town" asked Kazuma while looking at the map.
"And be ambushed, no thanks" said Aqua as she had a point given she'd mainly be at risk.
"Well, we could use supplies that isn't a portable gas run hotplate to make a better grilled cheese and tomato soup, but rather but some sleeping bags and blankets, and who knows, maybe I finally got us enough money to sleep at a hotel" said Kazuma as he knew the last part was a lie.
Still it was enough to get Aqua to smile as they made a pit stop in the next town over.
Later
After landing one more killer headshot to a demi-demon, Kazuma and Aqua for the most part were grateful that in towns like these, they only have to worry about the strolling locals.
"This is getting tiresome" said Kazuma as it took them 30 minutes before finally entering the gun store.
"Welcome killers, what do you need" asked the gun shop owner, "Yeah we'd like to sell these here for something better" said Kazuma as they were selling his hunting rifle, and Aqua's shotgun.
"I can give you about 1,500 Caps for each one, so what are you interested in buying" said the owner.
After browsing and feeling the selection of armaments, Kazuma and Aqua had left the store with Kazuma with a sawed off double-barrel shotgun on his left hip, and a big iron revolver on his left, while Aqua kept her pistol, but left the store with Arc-15 assault rifle, customized to switch between single, burst, and fully auto, and a flip scope for short to long range.
"Well I feel accomplished" said Kazuma as they climbed back into their truck, ready to hit their next destination, as Aqua sat in the passenger seat this time around.
"Hey Kazuma" asked Aqua, "Yes I'm Kazuma" answered back Kazuma, "Out of curiosity how much farther are we from arriving to Vey Aria".
"Since their journey began, it really did took them about a month to get not only out of Truxasko, but only a 6th into the lands of Neo Az-Maya, and the fact they have to deal with different types of demons, but also ancient demons, Kazuma was unsure.
"Honestly let's not focus about when we get to our destination, but try to enjoy the ride there" said Kazuma as if on cue a new band of demi-demons came in to kill them.
"Come on, let's find ourselves a sporting goods store" said Kazuma as they began to drive off to their new destination.
Time Skip
Driving out of town, with nothing but some promised sleeping bags, and tracksuits, and at least 6 boxes worth of MRE's, Kazuma definitely wanted to hurry up out of Neo Az-Maya before another month passed, even if it meant saying goodbye to their monster truck.
Right now they pulled over off the road and were camping in a cave that was their base for the night as Kazuma began to activate the ring left to him by Azay.
While it made the area darker, it also made it a lot colder for them, since both not only were in their track suits, and sleeping bags, but as discussed, Aqua was willing to spoon for their survival.
"Don't do anything funny pervert NEET" said Aqua, "Wasn't planning on it" said Kazuma as he began to wrap his arms around Aqua's waist, where in turn she digged her body in deeper and had her head perfectly close next to Kazuma's head.
Ignoring the fact her fair was near his mouth, Kazuma held Aqua dearly as regular opposite gendered friends could.
"Night" said Kazuma to Aqua as gently began to shut her eyes, "Good night, Kazuma" said Aqua before both called it a day.
Next Day
Never having a chance to sleep in, at one point or another in the middle of their slumber, Kazuma had kicked off his sleeping bag and let go of his hold on Aqua.
Aqua on the other hand decided to remove her sweater and searched for Kazuma as her body had turned held his head dearly as it was inches away from her bosom.
Still right now when Kazuma was waking up to the sight before him, he wasn't all that excited.
Be it her sweet smell from her milky skin bosom, her cute sleeping face, and the fact she was definitely cuter when quiet, nope Kazuma could never ever see Aqua being the attractive type.
"Hey Aqua, time to get up" Kazuma said bluntly as Aqua began to release her hold and stretch before slowly open her eyes.
"What's for breakfast" asked Aqua with a light yawn, "Toasty tarts, or we drive to the nearest gas station that sells doughnuts or mixed yogurt with fruit and nuts" said Kazuma.
"Mm, mixed yogurt" said Aqua happily, "Alright Homer, let's get going then" said Kazuma as he began to remove his tracksuit in and began to pack up their stuff, before climbing out of their cave.
To his surprise their monster truck wasn't destroyed, as Kazuma walked his way over to load in his and Aqua's sleeping supplies before driving them off.
It didn't take long before they reached a gas station with a large minimart, where both Kazuma and Aqua enjoyed not only mixed yogurt, but coffee, OJ, and some breakfast sandwiches which they ate inside their parked monster truck.
"So why aren't we driving" asked Aqua between her bites of fresh strawberry yogurt with peanuts.
"I'm waiting for the next raid of demons to attack us so that we can steal their car" said Kazuma as he sipped his coffee, "But what's wrong with our current truck" asked Aqua, "Honestly as much as I love this bad boy, it's not exactly the fastest or quietest of vehicles, but also its killer price on gas is something I'm not a fan of".
"But I love this truck, I wanted to drive this to Kauliphorneeah all the way" cried Aqua, "Something tells me the next time we do face against those giant demons again, I don't think this monster truck of ours was going to survive" said Kazuma.
As soon as they had finished breakfast, Kazuma caught wind of a band of traveling demi-demons in their vehicles, ready to attack the duo.
"Aqua stay in the back and start sniping them, and try to not destroy any of the cars" said Kazuma as he began to climb out the monster truck.
3 vehicles were driving towards them, as Aqua did as instructed and began to snipe away at the drivers, leaving the cars to only crash to the side of the road into a sand ditch or one hitting a cactus.
As for the remaining, Kazuma rushed his way over holding his big iron revolver and waited for the remaining demi-demons to leave their vehicles so that he could properly finish them off.
Upon doing so, Kazuma began to not only loot the money, but whatever goods he thought would serve them useful.
"Hey Aqua, come down here and help me choose what do we want to drive" said Kazuma as their vehicles consisted of 2 1970 ford cars, or a 2005 Honda civic with its body replaced with mismatched colors of steal for the vehicles casing.
"Take the Honda, I heard those things are better with gas" said Aqua as she began to toss down their stuff to Kazuma.
Once packed in their new vehicle, they continued onto the open road.
Time Skip
While Aqua was driving, Kazuma took the time in the passenger seat to read up on more of the history of Hell and its main regions.
While it doesn't say much on what are the general populace was like, meaning the enemies they'd be facing or radio stations, it did provide an idea as to terrain as they continued to drive and each locations significance.
While the region that was Truxasko was mainly a barren wasteland, it was known for farming in gasoline like the real life Texas, but the difference was that it can only be farmed by tossing sinners in the fiery of the hottest pits in hell where the body is turned to fossil fuels.
Neo Az-Maya was known as an old frequent hot spot for Satan to visit back in the real world, before the foundation of the Satanic in the real life San Francisco California, where it became his new permanent home both in life and in Hell.
These days, it stands as the grounds for traditionalist as the demi-demons who lived there prefer to be wild with their actions and killings that was common outside the 4 borders, henceforth why the lands were civilized based on the life style during the late 70;s to early 80's
What really got Kazuma's attention hooked was Indo-ZioKannan, what would be based on the real life Arizona state.
According to the book, that's where they should start experiencing not only a proper day and night cycle, but also more wild life, which extends to trees even.
Kauliphorneeah itself was deemed to be the most civilized where anyone native born and raised in the lands of California before dying are given the choice to either go to Heaven and Hell, where they could continue on living their life as it was since it had everything.
School, businesses, beaches, movies and videogames that go on today every day, to even anime, and other cultural movements, so definitely a hot spot Kazuma and Aqua can't wait to enjoy
Interestingly enough, the book mentioned a current in developed new land Movadja, based on the state of Nevada, though very little information was mentioned about the lands.
Still it was a good read to pass the time as Aqua continued to drive.
"Hey Kazuma, I'm getting hungry so keep your eyes peeled for a Burrito Gong" said Aqua, "Nope, that's why I got us these MRE's so that we don't got to stop anywhere and eat, so if you want, let me take the wheel and you can start cooking these things" said Kazuma.
"Does any of them happen to be like nacho cheese and bean flavored" asked Aqua, "Pretty sure there was a chili bean MRE kit I saw" said Kazuma as this didn't satisfy Aqua in the slightest.
"Nuh-uh, we're going to find ourselves a Burrito Gong and get me a 7 layer burrito and an apple cinnamon empanada" said Aqua as Kazuma looked at her angrily.
"You clearly have a Burrito Gong addiction I hope you know that" said Kazuma, "Tell you what, next fast food drive-thru we see, we'll eat there" said Aqua.
"I see a Carly's Jr. up the road" said Kazuma with a shit eating grin, "Damn it, why me" grumbled Aqua as she regretted her words.
"We could take the MRE approach" said Kazuma with a smug smile as Aqua grumbled and cried before switching spots with Kazuma.
Unfortunately the next fast food drive-thru was a Burrito Gong, but since Kazuma became the driver, there was no room for compromises as they continued to drive and ate MRE's.
"You know, I figured these things would be a lot more grosser" said Aqua as she ate herself a chicken burrito MRE, "You know, I have to agree with you" said Kazuma as he scarfed down the pepperoni pizza MRE.
"Hey Kazuma, I'll trade you my instant coffee for you chocolate protein drink" said Aqua as she waved the packet up and down, "Deal" said Kazuma as he didn't need a second thought.
As they continued to drive, they notice something to be described as a true horror show for them on the road.
Demi-demons slaughtered in a manner where their limbs had been severed and discarded without a thought, while their head remained missing.
"Wonder what happened here" asked Aqua, "I don't want to know, so let's keep moving" said Kazuma as he continued to drive while remaining vigilant.
As they continued to drive the road they saw more dead demi-demons be it the savage types or the modern types with vehicles and guns, and frankly both Kazuma and Aqua were feeling uneasy.
"Hey Kazuma, don't you think we should turn back now, maybe wait inside that gas station we ran into a few miles back" asked a very nervous Aqua as she was on the brink of a panic attack.
"I'm down for that" squeaked an equally scared Kazuma as he was ready to start turning back before he felt the ground quake.
It began to quake again, but forever new quake it was getting faster and louder.
"Punch it Kazuma, I've to many followers to die now" cried Aqua in panic mode as she began to shake Kazuma awake.
"Crap, crap, crap!" shouted Kazuma as he began to reverse drive, before drifting back with the car driving forward again.
Unfortunately it was too late as their oppressor was 20 ft topless woman, with purple skinned stained black and red from blood as she wore a necklace of demi-demon heads and carried twin saw tooth swords, with each teeth carrying motorized chained razor blades.
"I heard of Nergal dying to a couple, one human man and a goddess, but I shall succeed what that old fool has failed" said the giant ancient demon woman as it was evident there was an accent to her voice that sound more annoying as she spoke.
"Kazuma, what do we" asked Aqua as she saw her partner arm up and load his double-barrel, "We'll fight to the end and hope that Monet or any other Devil comes at our side" said Kazuma as Aqua began to take her assault rifle.
Driving head first into battle, Aqua opted to break the front windows of their car to have a comfortable aimed position in facing the ancient demon,
The bullets seem to do nothing as Aqua continued to fire, as Kazuma drove closer and closer as the ancient demon prepared to swing.
Putting more gas to their vehicle, Kazuma and Aqua narrowly escaped her attacks before he took out his shotgun and shot her foot for no damage reaction.
"Shit" said Kazuma as he handed his double barrel to Aqua as she began to reload their arms, "Just keep driving and-" began Aqua before noticing a shadow overhead forecasted their vehicle.
It was the descending swing of the ancient demon sword, and in a split second, Kazuma drove out of her swing, but that didn't stop him from the ancient demon splitting the road with enough force that it knocked their vehicle off the road.
Not wanting to lie down, both Kazuma and Aqua quickly grabbed their barrings and began to crawl out of the car, as the ancient demon began to chase after them.
"Shit, run Aqua run" shouted Kazuma as he took her hand and began to lead her away from the ancient demon, but it didn't matter as she readied to swing her sword once more with the intent to kill them.
"Get down" shouted Kazuma as he tackled Aqua out of the way as the tumbled down a small hill of dirt and gravel.
"Kazuma, are you ok" groaned Aqua as she got up to see a terrifying sight.
While Kazuma did save her and his life a little longer, it didn't come without a drawback, since he was now without legs.
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" screamed Kazuma in pain as he fell back, trying to get his footing to no avail, "Kazuma stand still I can easily fix this" said Aqua trying to calm him down.
"Not gonna happen" said the ancient demon as she readied to swing her sword down.
Desperate and in charge of keeping them both safe, Aqua began to charge her fist with a familiar godly glow as the sword came swinging towards her.
"God Requiem" cried Aqua as he punched managed to reflect the attack back.
"Grr, let's see you try that again" said the ancient demon as she swung her sword down once more, where in turn Aqua used God Requiem to reflect her attacks back.
For a solid minute, both were at a standstill until Aqua's began to ache and bleed on top of feeling winded.
"You were truly a worthy opponent, but know that in your death, I shall thank you for making me one step closer to over throw that weak devil Satan" said the ancient demon ready to kill Kazuma and Aqua.
This is the end, thought Aqua as she fell on her knees next to Kazuma, before holding his hand one last time before their inevitable death.
That never came as a single ice shard hit the ancient demon, that erupted and sent her back.
"You shall not kill these 2, nor will you get away from bad mouthing Satan" said Azay as she came into the scene with a light glare before turning to Aqua and Kazuma.
"Lady Aqua, please tend to Kazuma, for I fear he may not have long" said Azay as Aqua nodded before tending to Kazuma's injuries.
"If it isn't Satan's little helper, the Devil of Sloth Azay" said the ancient demon, "Kali, I should've known you were to come and pursue these 2 upon hearing of Nergal's timely death" said Azay as she had a disproval tone to her voice.
"I should've guessed that soft devil of your had sent you and your cohorts to aid these 2, more of a reason he shouldn't be in charge" said Kali as she readied her blades.
"There's a difference between being soft and having a heart, and even as the ruling Devil, Satan still kept his heart" said Azay, "That heart of his is nothing but a weakness and be his ultimate downfall" said Kali as she readied to face against Azay.
Azay didn't move as she sent 3 ice shards towards her legs, before erupting with enough force that left Kali hitting the floor in the same manner and position as Kazuma.
"Don't take his strength to be a weakness" said Azay coldly as she looked down on Kali.
Far from the battle to being over, her legs soon sprouted and were replaced by 4 muscular legs that helped picked her up, before she ripped her chest open so that man multiple, very long twig like arms sprouted.
"I'm going to kill you!" shouted Kali, but Azay was unfazed, as she began to move forward with not only multiple ice shards, but a blizzard storm front to slow her down as the area began to snow in a storm like Hell hasn't seen in ages.
No matter how many arms or how she resisted from Azay's ice cold attacks, even for powerful ancient demons, they were fragile to the cold before she was turned into a giant ice cold statue.
Ensuring that her job was truly done, Azay walked her way over, and with a swift slap, she shattered Kali into millions of little meaty ice chunk pieces.
Letting the storm die, Azay made her way to Kazuma and Aqua, with the goddess being successful in reattaching his legs as Kazuma laid unconscious.
"How is he doing" asked Azay caringly as worried about the well being for the people she and the other devils were to look after.
"How could you" mumbled Aqua as Azay barely heard her, "Pardon, could you repeat that Aqua" asked Azay.
Frustrated and angry, Aqua got to her feet as she glared at Azay with angry hot tears.
"How could you and those devils be so careless in arriving so late after promising to look out for us" demanded to know Aqua as Azay couldn't blame her frustration.
"Aqua, understand it wasn't my attention to leave you and Kazuma to face a powerful adversary like that without assistance" said Azay apologetically.
"But you know what's really upsetting, it's that this NEET here speaks of you all and considers everything here in Hell with a high regard in spite of what him and I went to before he selfishly chose for the both of us to go to Hell, so don't you dare apologize to me since my expectations and assumptions of you devils will never change, but I'm not going to stand by and allow you to abuse the trust of the only man who no matter how much I upset, screw up, or get in trouble will always be there to protect me, keep me safe, fed, and a cozy place to sleep at everyday, because this man means the world to me for the rest of my existence" cried Aqua.
Approaching Aqua, Azay embraced and held in a hug and she began to sooth her, with good results.
"I do apologize for not arriving here sooner, and I understand the love you both harbor for each other, something that we devils never forget, and I know our words mean nothing to you, I promise you next time we will try our best to ensure this never happens again, understand" said Azay as she felt Aqua nod.
"As a means to show my sincerest apologies, I shall teleport you both to quaint and very vacant hotel for you to rest, and have it so that it snows for a good 24 hours" said Azay as she went over to lift Kazuma and opened a portal to their destination.
Later
Finally gaining the strength back to wake up, Kazuma sat up realizing he was laying on a luxurious cushy bed, the first time since coming to Hell.
Realizing he was wearing nothing but a bath robe and his boxers underneath, Kazuma was surprised to see Aqua emerging out from the bathroom, fresh out of the shower to be precise.
"Ah, that's what I needed" said Aqua in bliss before seeing Kazuma.
"You're finally awake, that's good" said Aqua with a smile as she slowly approached Kazuma.
"Yeah I am, but what happened" asked Kazuma as Aqua began to lead him out of bed, "I'll tell you later, for now get your butt in the shower, something tells me you need it" said Aqua as she pushed him in the bathroom.
Truly it was a nice large bathroom with granite marble flooring, and the shower appeared to be high tech and class as Kazuma didn't need to be told twice before disrobing.
A nice hour long bath later, and Kazuma emerged back into the room with Aqua still in her bathrobe and a towel wrapped around her head as she was watching TV.
"So how do you feel" asked Aqua while her eyes were glued watching an older, but still watched to this day Mexican comedy about a boy that lived in a barrel.
"Honestly I feel like a new man" said Kazuma as he began to sat on his bed, "So where's our clothes and how did we get here".
"After that she devil saved us, she brought us here to rest and recover, paying all expenses while it snows out for the next 24 hours, also our clothes are being cleaned and repaired till tomorrow morning" explained Aqua.
Not wanting to ask the awkward question of sleeping in the nude, instead Kazuma looked outside the window to see a winter wonderland.
"We should really take this time to buy supplies" said Kazuma, "Like that she devil said, it'll snow here for 24 hours, so if we leave before noon, we can get our shopping done and be back on the open road again" said Aqua.
Seeing as there was no harm to actually relax, Kazuma made his way back to his bed before ordering room service, where he and Aqua enjoyed a nice steak dinner, soup appetizer, dessert, and some fancy wine before calling it a night.
"Hey Kazuma" said Aqua in the dark of the night, "Yes I'm Kazuma" said Kazuma, "I'm glad you're alright".
Never once being told any words of kindness, Kazuma could only smile as he stared at the goddess laying in the bed across from him.
"Thank you Aqua" said Kazuma before drifting to sleep.
As they went to slumber and enjoy their well deserved rest, their lives are still affecting their friends and peers.
Be it their old party members teaming up with Yunyun and Chris as they somehow helped improved, while accepting the girls of their faults when going on adventures.
Eris herself in the godly realm looking out for them and looking into how to get them out of this mess.
Even their new friends in Hell, including the ones they will shortly meet as they gathered around to discuss with their dark master, Satan, who was always keeping a watchful eye on them, and was glad to have their arrival be present in Hell and can't wait to meet them personally.
For now, Kazuma and Aqua rest since their journey from Hell and back was a far cry from being over, especially for Kazuma.
And so we conclude our story here for now, and by conclusion I mean on Hiatus as the actual Kono Suba story concluded today, but hey at least they got a ton of spin offs, that honestly it didn't really intrigued me as much as the actual main story line of Kono Suba, so please tell me if I'm the odd man out or if you guys share the same sentiment.
Granted everyone wants to build a complex franchise and series, but not everything will wound up being one that's as intriguing like the Fate series to me, or SAO, like how I'm sure there's numerous of fans out there who love the complex stories lines of those on top of series like Gundam, Neon Genesis Evangelion, a Certain series, plus many more obscure stuff I came name, but I'd just be rambling on at that point.
But hey I do appreciate your support, who knows I might come back to this for inspiration, but I definitely will come back will a planned special during Halloween this year, which will be based on something I foreshadowed in this chapter.
Otherwise thank you all for your support, so please continue to fav, follow, and leave a review, and that you all stay safe during this global crisis as guys like me continue to keep our lives a little more interesting and entertaining since that's my reason for doing this, before this whole damn outbreak.
This has been your Humble Narrator Tobi Yaza. =3