Chapter 78

When I saw a huge pool of Amelia’s blood on the ground, I thought about how fatal the wound must’ve been .

Unable to stop thinking about it, there was a distinct sound of something inside me breaking .

I must not let myself drown in rage . I have to prevent myself from going on a rampage .

At the moment, my mind was being bombarded with several emotions . I was mad at myself for being incapable of protecting Amelia; I felt sadness over losing Amelia and I felt helpless over my inability to do anything about it .

Just as I regained some of my composure, monsters appeared, and once again I was in disarray .

I felt like my last pillar of support had crumbled .

「Shadow Magic . 」

My self-control was starting to dwindle, and I began to feel an increasing urge to vent my anger on something .

Perhaps this is why the shadows coming out of my body seemed more rampant than usual .

Honestly speaking, I couldn’t control it .

『Master, -dono, I will now, go on a rampage . When it’s over, stop, me . 』

While I was focused on the shadow magic, Yoru had turned into a Kerberos before I knew it .

It was the same as when we were in the dungeon, there was nothing but legendary monsters that even I knew .

Having turned into Kerberos, Yoru rushed out after saying that .

Blood was gushing out from the throat of the monster that Yoru had pounced on and had pooled on the ground .

The three heads bit at different monsters and in a blink of an eye, the corpses of the monsters piled up into a mountain .

「…ok, take over complete . 」

Of course, I wasn’t just looking on like a spectator .

I was calming the shadow magic that was projecting the desire that I had within me to rampage, and tried to turn that power into my own .

The power of the shadow magic was still unknown, and even I did not know what its limit was .

To me, its power was too strong, but strangely, I did not let go .

With the shadow magic, I created a foothold, and jumped over to where Yoru was .

The Kerberos Yoru had drool dripping from his mouth, and seemed to have lost all reason .

He was moving entirely according to his destructive impulses .

I expressed my gratitude to Yoru and joined the battle .

Since he wouldn’t understand me no matter what I said right now, I was thinking that I needed to tell him again afterwards as I accurately stabbed the vitals of the monsters with the dagger that was imbued with shadow magic .

The rest of the shadows moved as they liked, and ate the surrounding monsters .

Though, saying that they ate them might be putting it too lightly, as they were being swallowed whole by the shadows .

「…ah, oi, Yoru!」

Before I realized it, Yoru had already gone really far away .

Though I said that, we could still see each other, but even so, it was too far away for me to go help .

I was thinking that the monsters have been moving according to someone’s commands since a while ago, but perhaps they were trying to separate us .

「…demons, huh . 」

It was, the only race capable of using monsters .

The pitiful race that was driven off to “Volcano” which had the harshest environment within the continent and were hated by the other races because of their power .

There was only one reason why they were moving, and that was because the demon king had started to move .

I had absolutely no idea what was going on in the mind of Retice’s king and the others, but the twenty-eight of us who were summoned from another world, that didn’t seem like it was due to bad timing .

「Aulum Trace . 」

I uttered that name, and clenched my fist .

The shadows were wiggling around .

「I won’t forgive you . 」

This is sudden, but in that world, I had never fallen in love or anything like that .

Of course, my mother and younger sister were important to me .

However, when it came to other girls, they were all afraid of me .

There was absolutely no interaction at all and I did not have a beautiful childhood friend .

Or perhaps I should say, I did not have any childhood friends .

Furthermore, I was too busy with part-time jobs so I didn’t have time for things like love .

But then I came to this world, met Amelia, and fell in love with her .

She’s my first love, and whether she’s a princess or not wouldn’t change my feelings in the slightest .

I won’t let her die, but even if Amelia died, I wouldn’t love anyone other than Amelia .

I wanted to treasure her, and protect her .

When she sees the awkward parts of me, I feel more depressed than if someone else saw them .

A person this special to me was now out of my reach .

I didn’t know where she was .

What if she was experiencing tremendous pain?

She might be calling for help right now .

And yet, I wasn’t able to go to her .

No matter how many monsters I killed, I wouldn’t be able to get to Amelia .

「Aaaaaaaah!!!!」

When the reality of the situation hit me, I couldn’t control my emotions any longer .

The dark sky grew darker still, and the shadows continued to grow despite exceeding their limit .

「Shadow Magic, Shadow Hell . 」

The monsters slowly sank into the darkened ground .

The monsters could not break free from the shadows that were just like the antlion pits .

TN: antlions, also known as doodlebugs, are insects and their larvae are known for digging holes to trap ants and other prey . The kanji 蟻地獄 (antlion pit) literally translates to ‘ant hell’ .

When all the monsters sank into the shadows, my magic had nearly been depleted .

When all the shadows returned to me, the dark sky returned to the original blue .

When I realized this, I felt my strength leave my body, and I sank onto the ground .

『…Master-dono!!』

For some reason, Yoru had returned to his original large black cat form and supported me, his body almost touching the ground .

『Master-dono’s shadow magic…no, the type of shadow magic that I saw just now seemed to have the power to dispel magic . My transformation as well, came undone as soon as I came in contact with Master-dono’s shadow magic . 』

Supporting me, Yoru answered my doubts .

As expected of my partner .

『Putting that aside! Why did you do something so rash!! You don’t really need to kill them all!』

When he thought about this, Yoru sharply glared at me and yelled .

Because Yoru’s voice was one that resounded in my head from the start, coupled that with the dizziness from magic depletion, I was extremely light-headed .

「…sorry, Yoru . I’ll listen, to your preaching later . I’m going to sleep . 」

O, oi, Master-dono!, ignoring Yoru who shouted that, I closed my eyes .

As expected, this was my limit .

Yoru was right, I overdid it .

It was unusual for me to not be able to control my emotions .

Even now, if I still had some magic left, I would’ve destroyed the monster house over there that had miraculously escaped annihilation .

Even though I had a rule of not venting out my anger because of how tiring it is .

Since meeting Amelia, I’ve changed in many ways .

However, it was mysterious, compared to the time in the other world where I did not even have an iota of interest in anyone other than myself, I was happy that I could express my emotions like this .

「I will, rescue Amelia, without fail . 」

Muttering that, I lost consciousness .

《…Master’s magic had exceeded the limit . Acceptable value had been drastically surpassed . As Master’s life will be in danger if this continues, Shadow Magic will be forcibly activated . Mode, “Recovery” . Collecting the necessary amount from the magic power preserved by the shadow magic . …recovery complete . Shadow magic, activation suspended . 》

A machine-like voice leaked out from the mouth of Akira who had lost consciousness, and after shining for a little while, the uninjured Akira was soundly sleeping .

Akira’s pale complexion due to magic depletion had returned to normal as well .

That was what had appeared before Akira had met Amelia and Yoru when he received life-threatening injuries from his battle with the Chimera .

Confirming that his master was not only safe, but had completely recovered, Yoru’s hastened steps slowed .

「…Master-dono . 」