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Chapter 146 – Things I Can’t Give Up (1) Sealing
A magic circle formed around me.
Swept up in the blinding light, I disappeared from the sight of Haruhara and the others.
“Did it work?”
Haruhara muttered.
It’s no use telling Haruhara, who has no connection to otaku culture, that it’s a flag.
Sayuki looks as if she wants to say something.
“No, not yet!”
Honoka-chan shouts.
The light disappears, and my vision and that of the other three return.
I’m inside a pale violet barrier.
It’s the Demon King’s ability, Invincible Barrier β.
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Invincible Barrier β
Creates a barrier that prevents all attacks, whether physical or magical. Setting up the barrier consumes an abnormal amount of MP. The size and shape of the barrier is fairly flexible.
Because it is an imperfect barrier, it will occasionally freeze unexpectedly. A frozen barrier will be destroyed if it is attacked with a certain amount of power, and it will also affect the user’s psyche (MND will drop to 0 for a certain amount of time).
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“Tch, so it’s the Invincible Barrier thing, huh?
Haruhara clicked his tongue.
…My ability information has been leaked.
So, should I assume that my job composition is completely exposed?
It seems that God is completely on the other side.
Of course, that’s to be expected since she’s the God of this world.
Narrowing my eyes, I looked at the three of them.
Haruhara Tsukito, Level 9999, Demon/Gambler/Master Thief
Shinozaki Honoka, Level 9999, Telepath/Holy Maiden
Natsume Sayuki, Level 9999, Black Magician/Magical Writer
The assessment results appeared in a simple display above the three of them.
…This is too much.
All three of them have raised their levels to 9999 in such a short time.
The reason they stopped at 9999 is probably to counteract my unique bonus as a Hero, which is “When you fight an enemy or boss monster with a higher level than you, or a red name, or an enemy with a larger build than you, the damage you deal will increase dramatically.
On top of that, they’ve even added new jobs that I’ve never seen before.
Honoka-chan and Sayuki have the undiscovered jobs of Holy Maiden and Magical Writer as their second jobs.
Haruhara, on the other hand, has set the undiscovered job of Demon as his main job.
With a job I’ve never heard of, I don’t know how to fight with it or what skills or abilities it has.
Even within the same job, there are individual differences in abilities and unique bonuses, but if it’s a job I’m familiar with, I can predict how to fight and what skills it has.
However, if it’s a job I’ve never seen before, it’s a different story.
Not only do I not know the skills, but I also don’t know the skills that are common to that job or the best way to fight with them.
I try to delve into the status of the three people with the Usurper skill, but
“I won’t let you!”
At the same time as Honoka-chan’s voice, the focus of my eyes shifts wildly.
The simple display window is drowned out as well.
It must be telepathic interference.
Even the invincible barrier couldn’t protect me because the telepathic ability works regardless of the physical distance.
The invincible barrier also breaks down because of the interference of the mind.
The mental interference of the telepathic skill is powerful, but it is difficult to work on an opponent with whom there is no mental connection.
That’s why, in order to use mind interference on an enemy, you have to lower his resistance first.
In other words, it won’t work until you’ve shaken them up to some extent.
In the case of Saber Saber, there’s also a secret technique that uses Sayuki’s Black Magician skill to reduce the opponent’s magic resistance.
My MND is high, so the telepathic recognition interference wouldn’t have passed right away in my current state.
However, Honoka-chan and I are party members.
We are bound by the bonds of comradeship, and our hearts are connected.
Even as the me from this world, I don’t have any reservations about Honoka-chan.
Even if we’re not lovers, I see her as someone I should protect, a younger girl I should take care of.
Even if I’m wrong, I don’t have the attitude to see Honoka-chan as an enemy.
As a result, the fact that I’m psychologically close to Honoka-chan has made it easier for her telepathic abilities to get through.
Of course, she must have known that before she tried it.
With that, the Usurper’s abilities were sealed.
I don’t know the details of the three new jobs.
I don’t know what kind of jobs they are or what kind of skills they have.
My information is completely transparent to them.
I don’t know anything about them.
They’ve caught up with me in terms of level, and there are three of them against one of me.
On top of that, they’re coming at me with everything they’ve got while I was caught off guard.
…This is much harder than the original boss, isn’t it?
“Are you going to seal me up?”
I asked,
“I am sorry. I won’t ask you to forgive me.”
Honoka-chan said softly.
There was no hesitation in her tone.
So she came here after a lot of thought and made up her mind.
I let out a small sigh.
“So that’s what I deserve.”
While the three of them were worrying about me―not the me of the job world, but the me of the skill world―what was I thinking about them?
I thought about almost nothing.
I only thought about getting back to my original world, and I avoided thinking about how they might lose me.
I thought I had more life experience than them, but when you open the lid, this is what happens.
I underestimated their bond.
Honoka-chan said she noticed my abnormality on the way to school in May.
According to her, that was the day I regained my memories in this world.
No, to be more precise, I remembered it when I saw Sayuki’s face in the infirmary during class that day.
In other words, Honoka-chan had already noticed my abnormality before I regained my memories.
As expected from a telepath―or maybe because she is one?
It would be a lie to say that I didn’t flinch in the face of a true bond that I could never have hoped for in my old world.
And yet,
“I’m sorry, but there are some things I can’t give up.”
No matter how lame or uncool it may be, I’ve decided to return to my original world.
The connection between me and Serika is real.
It may not be as glorious as theirs.
We may have walked a winding path and fallen many times along the way.
But it’s something we finally found.
Besides, even when people point fingers and make fun of me, I have the thick-skinnedness and shamelessness to shrug it off. I’ve wasted more years than they have.
No matter how lame it is, it won’t be worse than my life so far.
“Hey, you’re looking better these days. You really have a lot of lingering feelings for that other world, don’t you?”
Haruhara pulled out a dagger in each hand.
One was his favorite, but I didn’t recognize the other.
He turned the blade with his fingertips and held both daggers in his hands.
I don’t recognize that stance either.
“All right, let’s decide. Which is stronger, your feelings in the skill world or our feelings here?!”
Haruhara shouts and rushes in.
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