Kazuma and Aqua sat on one of the seats in the restaurant section, eating their lunch
As Aqua chomped down on her food, Kazuma ate it more normally
It's better to have a plan...
All I hope is that, Aqua listens to me...
She would, right?
Fuck, I think I raised a flag...
[Skip scene]
The duo currently walked along a hilly meadow outside of the town they were in
Axel
From afar, they could already see their targets
"Hahahahaha...they really are big..."
Kazuma stopped walking, which caused Aqua to do the same
"Kazuma? Aren't you going any closer?"
"Don't be ridiculous, we have to be cautious regardless of how powerful we might be
We should assess what we are dealing with, first..."
"Humm...you are just being a coward, you know! I am not like you!"
"Weren't you the one who said that you aren't great at fighting or some crap?" Kazuma said calmly, while creating a single barrelled remmington 870 shotgun
"Wait, I did?" This girl...
"Well, I am going to do so ANWAY!!" She took off after saying, leaving a trail of dust cloud behind
"Wha-? AQUA?!"
"YAAAAAHHH!!!"
Oh for fuck's sake! Kazuma started sprinting towards
"GOD BLOW!!
It's a lethal fist that Carrie's a goddess's rage and sorrow!
Any it strikes will PERISH!!" She finishes her passionate speech, before the fist made contact
"Ah?"
It did nothing...
"Hehehe...now that I see you up close...you froggies are pretty cute~"
The toad chomped on her the same way she chomped on her food earlier
"WAAAAHHAAAAAAH!!! KAZUMA-SAMA!! HELP ME!!"
"AQUAAAA!!! I TOLD YOU TO NOT GO, DIDN'T I?!" Kazuma exclaimed in fustration, as he closed in on the road that had Aqua's legs still dangling out of its mouth
Kazuma take aim, be ready!
"YEAH!!!" He started circling the monster just within 10 meters from it
Aqua's upper body should within its mouth, so I should shoot it...
He aimed the gun at its leg
HERE!!
(BOOM!)(Ka-chak!)
(SPLRRGH!)
Pellets pierced through its skin without any effort and nearly instantly
The Toad in reaction spit the useless goddess out, with its saliva coating her surface
"RIBIT!" It croaked with pain clear in its voice
"ANOTHER ONE!" (BOOM!)(Ka-chak!)
This time, it was the toad's head that got blown off, it's brain exploding and splattering into pieces on the direction the pellets were heading towards
(Fshhh...) The shotgun had a small amount smoke come out of its barrel
"Fwooo! That's one..." he said while sweating a bit, "Aqua! Are you okay?"
"HeeeahaAhaAh..." She was crying
Like a toddler...
"A-Aqua? Are you...okay?"
"Do I look okay to you?!"
Kazuma only looked at her with tired expression, "Well, whose fault was that?"
"Ah-! Eh- mmn..." She couldn't respond to his question and looked down with embarrassment
"Haaah...let's go back for no-"
"RIBIT!" Many more came out of the ground and the nearby forest
"HEEEEEEEEE!!!" Aqua clung to him tightly
WOAH! THERE IS A LOT OF THEM!!
"KAZUMA-SAMA! I DON'T WANT TO GET EATEN! I FEEL I WAS IN ONE OF THOSE REALLY WEIRD HENTAI, THAT YOU ALL READ!!
"Wait, read those too?"
"NOW IS NOT THE TIIME!!!"
"Oh yeah!"
Shit, don't get distracted!
There are a lot of them...
Maybe I should use that...
"KAZUMAA-SAAAANN!!!"
"Yes, I am Kazuma" "WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO?!!", "Wait a second!", "WE CAAAAN'T!!!"
As the giants toads slowly enclosed on them, the absolutely probably beautiful cries of the goddess echoed throughout the grassy hills, reaching far and beyond into the skies
"RWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!"
"Huh?"
A loud roar echoed throughout the area, making both the Adam user and the goddess to turn their neck rigidly towards where it was coming from
From above was a sight most adventurers would terrified of
Something that was an incredibly iconic in fantasy stories back on Earth
It was a Dragon
"Oh fuck...oh fuck, oh fuck! OH FUCK!
A FUCKING DRAGON OF ALL THINGS!
WHHYYY?!!"
Kazuma was feeling despair pooling on his head at his situation as Aqua cried out similarly
"Rwaahhh..." The dragon landed right next to them; it's warm and foul smelling breath swept across their skin
"K-K-K-K-Kazuma...s-san!" Aqua hid behind him to use as a meat shield
"H-Hey! A-Aren't you a goddess?!"
"Like I said! I am good at stuff like healing and buffing!
Even with the small amount of offensive moves I have, I don't know how well it would work against a dragon!"
"You humans look pretty pathetic..."
"AND IT EVEN TALKS! IT MIGHT BE A GREATER
OR GOD FORBID, AN ELDER!!"
"I mean seeing a dragon talk is pretty scary even if I have seen these things on games before...
But, is there more to it?"
"YEESSS!!! THEY ARE BOTH DANGEROUS!!!"
"Well shit"
At that moment, the dragon with green scales loomed over Kazuma even closer
"G-G-G-Green Dragon-san! C-COULD YOU PLEASE LET US LIVE?!!"
And just like that Kazuma was chomped and swallowed
"K-KAZUMA?!!!!" Aqua was horrified at what happened
Seeing get eaten made her both scared and guilty at the same time
She was paralyzed in fear, not being able move an inch of her body
"Ah..ah..ah..ah! AHH!!"
She started sweating like she was in some sauna
Her eyes twitched ever so slightly
Tears built up on the corner of her eyes
She entire body shook in terror
I should everything I can!
I don't wanna die like this!
I goddess for god's sake!
I can defeat this thing!
I-I can!
She lifted her hand from her paralyzed position, slowly and rigidly
Do it!
Her hands stopped with palms open wide in front of the menacing eyes of the green dragon
DO I-!
(Vroom...Vroom! VROOM! VRROOOMM!!)
And at the moment...
Aqua heard something akin to a engine
(BzzzZZZZZZZZ!)
A chainsaw engine
From within the stomch area of the dragon
"RWEEEAAAAH?!!!" A dragon was confused and in pain
(BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!)(SLRRGHH!!)
"RWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!"
Aqua covered her ears from the earthshaking roar of the behemoth
"Huh?"
(CHRZZR!)(SLRRHH!)(POW!!!)
Out came Kazuma from within the dragon that in a confused and pained state, started flying off the ground
"Huh?" Is the only thing Aqua uttered
Kazuma landed right next to the goddess, who was in messy state
His head looked like that of a chainsaw
A demented, skull shaped chainsaw to be exact...
With his arms having chainsaw bars protruding right through the middle of them
"Waaahh..."
His chainsaws - which used to cut open through the monster - vanished into grey smoke, along with both of the handles around the top, and on the back
A red glow
A menacing red glow illuminated from with the "eye holes"
Making it look like his irises
"A-A-Ahh...hello..." Her voice was weak
There was a silence for brief moment, with him turning his head to look at the now dead dragon before looking back at his partner
This caused her to be rather unnerved
The silence persist only for a few more seconds before he brought his hands into a double thumbs-up
"Hm!"
"Wha-?!"
"It's dead!"
"STOP SCARING ME BY NOT TALKING LIKE THAT!"
"I was just assessing the state we were in"
"Even then, at least say something before!"
"Okay! Okay! Got it!"
"RIBIT!" (THOMP!)
"AAAHHHH!!!"
"Oh yeah...they are still here..."
The giant toads started leaping again after being equally paralyzed from witnessing a dragon, but now that it's gone, they continue to move towards their targets
Or target, currently...
"Eh? Ehh? EHH? WHY ARE THEY ONLY COMING AFTER ME?!"
Kazuma chased after the now on the run goddess
"KAZUMA-SAN! KAZUMA-SAMA!! SAVE MEEEEEEE!!!"
It didn't take him that much effort to catch onto her, picking her up over his shoulder
"Ahhh!! Aqua, get ready! We are going to be riding back home on the bik-!" "Kazuma! We can't do that!"
"Wha-?! Reid?! Why?!"
"Have you forgotten what I said about using these kinds of items?! You have to stabilize the place regardless of how minute the effect is!"
"Crap, I just remembered..." He grit his teeth from fustration
"You are still within the distance it could work, so activate barrier now!
Also, deactivate Adam at the same time, since that would just create more trouble than anything"
"Okay!"
"Also, you do remember that you can't use the bike too, right? Considering, it too does the same?"
"Argh! I don't! But, I'll remember!"
Just then, a red translucent, glowing, spherical barrier around a 100 meters diameter formed with Kazuma at the center
It went away with in seconds as Kazuma had deactivated it
"Well, that should be enough, right?!"
"Yeah"
"Your answer awfully casual..."
"I just has nothing to say"
"Haah...whatever..."
He kept on running while carrying Aqua, who was out cold from the horror she had faced
At the same time, Reid flew fast towards the dead dragon and giant toad to create a portal to Adam, before returning back
"Shouldn't forget these..."
[30 Minutes later]
Kazuma thought of creating a new bike to reach Axel, initially
But...
Then, he remembered that, the terrain he would be going through will make it more difficult than just straight up running
Especially, with Aqua on him...
So, with his enhancement activated, he dashed through the grassy lands
Eventually, reaching Axel town
With him now right before the receptionist lady
"Ahh...here...Luna-san..."
"Ehehehehe...this is the first mission, so it must have been hard..."
"Well...those damned frogs are easy actually...
Even if, Aqua got herself caught...
But, that's just her being stupid...
Anyway, the thing that caused me the most trouble was this green dragon that was able to speak to us..."
"Wha-?"
"Although, despite getting myself swallowed while by it
I was able to tear through it within a few seconds after I started doing so..."
"Eh?"
"I also brought its body along with frog's, which thankfully Reid had secured in my dimension"
After having said that, he opened a small portal into dimension to prove it
"Also, here is my card"
Luna looked at the card that was given to her
"You really did!", "Yes, I did"
"DO YOU REALIZE HOW MICH OF BIG DEAL IT IS?!"
"I DO FROM THE FACT THAT, IT'S A DRAGON AND FROM YOUR SHOUTING ITSELF!"
"Oh, sorry for that..."
"Hohoho~it's ok"
"W-Well, anyways...a dragon that talks is something that had reached at least the level of a greater dragon
Same thing applies to elder dragons too, which are older, stronger and more intelligent than even greater dragons"
"I see..."
"Dragons in general are extremely powerful
So much so that, even the ones that are only related to dragons are also considered to be strong"
"I know"
"For.a newbie, that's a huge deal, you know?!
This was your first mission!"
"I did get swallowed by it..."
"Well ok, that did happen...but...you still did defeat it without too much of a problem"
"Well, Aqua would like to say otherwise..."
"She is unscathed, even if the encounter caused her to be traumatized...
You were gulped down, yet killed it within seconds and also barely got any injuries
Non, to be exact..."
"I see..."
"Haaah...this means you will be getting a huge amount of experience, which in turn increases your level drastically
Which means more skill points...
Along with a lot of money too"
"Yay!"
"People who are able to kill a dragon given the title "Dragon Slayer""
"Wait, really?"
"Yes..."
"Does it have any perks, though?"
"Ehh...it's only a title, which...I am not trying to make it sound like, it's something small or anything...
But, you would be pretty famous, which may or may not help in the future..."
"Ahh..."
"Haaah...we'll put most of your payment into your bank account"
"How much is it?"
"Well, 2,500 Eris for one toad
And 100 million, if it's a greater dragon
200 million, if it's a elder dragon"
"WHAT?!"
"Exactly"
"Waaahh..."
"We will be putting all of it into your bank, if that's ok?"
"S-Sure..."
"Ok...
And here...your adventurer's card
There should be a ton of skill points for you to use"
"O-Oh yeah...that too..."
When he looked at his card, it showed his level and skill points to be...
"Level 12?!"
He had an additional 5 skill points as bonus when he first saw his card
According to both Aqua and Reid, some people naturally have extra skill points
Some receive through getting a cheat power
He was the latter of the two
Altogether, he had 17 skill points in total
"Kazuma-san? Kazuma-san?", "O-Oh! Yeah?"
"We should deal with your payment first"
"Oh! Sorry about that..." He put his card into his pocket before going along with Luna
[An hour later]
"Fwaaah~it feels refreshing~"
"Haaah~me too, Aqua"
After receiving the cash, Kazuma had gone to take a bath along with Aqua to clean themselves
"Hmm~
Kazuma-san, how much did we receive~?"
"Around, 5000 Eris for one toad"
"Ok~"
"100 million for the greater dragon"
"Ok~"
There was a brief period of silence that pervaded the air with Aqua smiling joyfully
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAA?!!!!!!"
"You heard that correct"
"H-Hold up! Where is it then? It's in the bank, right? I should be having a portion of it too, right?!"
"Why would I give a portion when you didn't help me with it?"
"Ah-"
"I pretty much did it by myself"
"Bu-"
"Yes, I did in fact use my power
Cause how the hell am I supposed to do so otherwise?
Isn't that the point of it, anyway?"
"..."
"I mean, other people also use their powers..
Including you too"
Aqua was frozen in place from being able to retort
"It's not even like I was just having a fun time while doing the job, you know...
I had to get your stupid ass out of that frog, then had to face that goddamned dragon head on while you were using me as somekind of meat shield"
"E-Ehh..."
"And on top of that, I got eaten...
By a dragon of all things...
Which is worse from what I know compared to getting half gobbled in a frog..
A fate you could have avoided, if you had listened to me prior"
"Mmhh..."
"I swear...
Like...
Did you even try to get out of that thing?"
"E-Eh-heh...hehehehe..."
"So, you didn't...
But why?"
"I-I-I...uhh..."
All Kazuma could do was sigh at her incompetence
"Listen...
I don't mind giving some cash here, if you ask me..."
"Ah-!"
"ASSUMING that I find it reasonable"
"Ehh..."
"I also don't mind giving you something like a monthly allowance or something...
As long as I don't go bankrupt, at least..."
"Ahh..."
After that talk, both of them started drinking the beer they had ordered
"Excuse me!" First was the voice of a young girl
"I would like to talk" The second was that of a more older one
Aqua lifted her head to look forward while Kazuma turned behind
What met their sight was not two, but three individuals
The first was a dark-brown haired girl wearing the typical witch costume
The second was a blonde woman with white upper armor and yellow long skirt
Lastly - the one who didn't speak at all - was another girl wearing a rather revealing outfit consisting of stuff like a short jean shorts, bikini like top, a long scarf, stockings, etc
Something that looked to be of someone in the thief class
"Umm...come again?"
[And that's it!
I sure do hope you enjoyed it!
Just wanna say, I thought long and hard to come up with a new ability for Kazuma
And even now, I am not fully done with the reality altering part of Adam
Then, there is the design choice
Well...
There were multiple inspirations for it
Originally, I was intending on giving him the berserker armor, but with more advantages to it, but scratched that up, and wanted to do something more creative
It was hard
I was intending on going for a mechanical look, but...
I can't do so without it being a copy of it
So, in the end...
I ended up mixing chainsaw man, berserker armor and Ichigo's Vasto Lorde form to create this
And for those of you wondering
No, the world/dimension/whatever is not based off of unlimited blade works
It was actually Scorn that gave me the idea
Although, UBW probably did have an influence to some extent, I guess
Finally, there is probably going to be more crossover stuff later on...
Goodbye!
