Chapter 131: Let's Do It Right Now
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 131: Let's Do It Right Now
Adelheid caressed Yohan’s cheek with a trembling hand.
“A-are you… a god?”
“…What?”
Yohan stared at Adelheid, dumbfounded. She was spouting such nonsense right after waking up that he wondered if she wasn't fully healed yet.
He glanced at Regina, who shook her head and explained Adelheid’s condition.
“She just came back from the dead. She’s probably not in her right mind.”
“I think it’s more than that.”
“I’m sure I’m right.”
Insisting that she couldn't have made a mistake in the treatment and that Adelheid must be the strange one, Regina rattled off a series of excuses to Yohan, claiming that people sometimes get delirious after losing too much blood.
Yohan, who had been listening to her, cut off Regina’s stream of excuses and looked down at Adelheid.
“Not a god, I’m Yohan. Don’t you remember?”
“Remember… Ahh—Yohan, Yohan… Why are you… here….”
“‘I came to save you’… is that too cliché? Let’s try something a little different, then.”
Ahem. After clearing his throat a few times, Yohan stood up, extended a hand toward Adelheid, and said, “I need you, Adelheid.”
“Me…? You need me…? I was defeated by monsters and failed to protect the Empire. What could I possibly….”
“—That’s exactly why. I need you. Are you going to fail a second time, Colonel?”
Yohan struggled to recall her military rank and then said it aloud. Only then, remembering that she was a soldier of the Empire and had a duty to fulfill, did Adelheid take Yohan’s hand and carefully pull herself up.
“…I cannot fail a second time.”
“Good, that’s the right attitude. Then first—shall we get rid of those monsters over there?”
Adelheid cautiously turned her head to look out the window. In the distance, she could see Makina, riding a giant robot, engaged in a fierce battle against the monsters.
As a soldier of the Imperial army, it was a sight she couldn't just stand by and watch. Adelheid immediately took a stance as if to shoot forward—then froze.
“…My magic power… it’s all gone.”
“Ah.”
Of course. Just maintaining that ice sphere must have taken a considerable amount of magic, and on top of that, she’d had her power siphoned away by the Mana Eater… It would have been strange if she had any magic left at all.
Realizing her condition, Yohan nodded and looked at Regina. Regina, who was maintaining her creation magic, quickly created an onahole for him.
Seeing the onahole, Adelheid tilted her head and looked at Yohan.
“What is that…?”
“It would be better to be gentle the first time… but this is an emergency, so it can’t be helped.”
Yohan immediately dropped his pants and inserted himself into the onahole. Adelheid, who had been flustered when Yohan suddenly took off his pants, moaned as she felt the sensation of his cock entering her through the onahole.
“Ngh-!? Th-this is….”
After insertion, Yohan didn’t stop there and immediately began injecting his magic power. Her depleted vessel filled to the brim with magic.
The stimulation was so intense it instantly flooded her with pleasure, from her uterus where the magic was charging all the way to the top of her head.
Adelheid gripped her trembling legs and endured, drool dripping from the corner of her mouth.
“Hah, huaah….”
“Charging complete. I’ll keep recharging you from here, so go.”
“G-getting charged while I’m fighting seems dangerous….”
Despite her words, she carefully climbed over the windowsill and flew up toward the monsters.
Yohan watched them fight the monsters from beyond the window, recharging them from time to time.
Before long, the two witches had cleaned up the monsters and saved the city.
While dealing with the monsters and rescuing people, Yohan’s group discovered people hiding in a basement.
There was someone leading them. A soldier holding a rifle—no, a knight.
“I am Tyran, a knight of the Empire’s Imperial Guard.”
“Ah, Sir Tyran. A pleasure. I am Adelheid, Battalion Commander of the Northern Defense Battalion.”
“I am well aware of the witch’s face, of course.”
As befitting a member of the Imperial Guard, Tyran recognized Adelheid. After all, while her titles were Battalion Commander and Colonel, she was someone who could have a private audience with the Emperor.
If there were many such witches, it might be different, but since there were only two, it would have been strange for him not to know their faces. Tyran looked at Yohan and Regina standing next to Adelheid and tilted his head.
“And these two are…?”
“They are witches.”
“Witches…! Then does that mean you were the ones who wiped out the monsters on the surface….”
“It was only possible with their help.”
“I see. Thank you very much, my lady witch.”
As Tyran bowed his head to Regina, Yohan glanced at the citizens behind him.
The citizens of the Empire, who had lived without war for over a hundred years, were in a state of panic in this war-like situation.
It was a situation where one would be lucky just to remain sane, let alone maintain proper order. But surprisingly, the citizens seemed to be well under control.
The reason for this could be found in a nun who was praying among them.
“God is with you all. Let us pray. Ah—”
A nun was guiding the people. Elesis was here. Yohan’s face lit up with a welcoming expression as he saw the praying Elesis.
‘She actually managed to survive….’
Holy Knights had abilities specialized against magic, but their physical bodies were far inferior to monsters. That’s why they said soldiers were more efficient at hunting monsters than Holy Knights.
Of course, now that the soldiers’ weapons seemed ineffective, the divine power Elesis possessed could be an excellent weapon.
“…Yohan? What are you doing here?”
After finishing her sermon, Elesis looked around, spotted Yohan, and approached him. Feeling a sense of déjà vu, as if hearing the same words he’d heard just a moment ago, Yohan greeted Elesis with a grin and replied as if it were nothing.
“Just passing through.”
“…Just passing through? What’s that supposed to mean?”
“That’s not what’s important, is it?”
“You’re right. I’m glad you’re safe, Yohan.”
Elesis said, holding out her fist. Yohan bumped his fist against hers in a light greeting.
From what he gathered, she had been evacuating people with Tyran. In the process, her power, divine power, had drawn attention.
“This power didn’t draw this much attention in the Kingdom.”
“This is the Empire. The Empire of scientism.”
“How strange. To think they could lose their faith over something like science….”
In any case, having Elesis, who could use divine power, would make the next plan much easier. After all, divine power, just like Yohan’s ability, contained the power to nullify magic.
“Have you eaten?”
“Not yet. The city is in this state, so it’s not like there’d be any food left….”
“Ah, don’t worry about that.”
Yohan immediately looked at Regina. She nodded and began to create bread and water with her magic power.
She couldn’t quite perform the miracle of feeding a multitude with five loaves and two fish like that figure from a certain holy scripture, but it was enough to at least partially fill the hungry stomachs of the people present.
After distributing the bread and water, Yohan gathered with the witches to plan their next move.
“We need to decide on our next destination.”
“Next destination?”
“Well, we could go straight to the final destination, but that seems a bit too dangerous.”
Yohan said, pointing to the hotel near the Imperial Capital where they had been staying. The capital, which had been devastated by the Sun Eater, was in an extremely dangerous state.
Before coming here, he and Regina had taken a quick look, but they gave up after seeing the countless monsters flying in the sky.
“The Malyong that Makina mentioned and other powerful monsters… they were all gathered there.”
Perhaps it was because the location was close to the capital, or perhaps it was because it was where the witches had gathered. Countless monsters were clustered near the hotel where Yohan had stayed.
Each one was a monster so powerful it could go one-on-one with a witch. With so many of them concentrated in one place, heading straight there would be foolish.
“So, what we need to do is find the other witches and storm the place all at once.”
“And where are these other witches?”
“Here, here, and here.”
Yohan shared the reported sightings of the witches he had heard from Regina. Three witches had been spotted in three different cities.
He didn’t know who was in which city, but since they had to visit all three anyway, it wasn’t that important.
“The problem is who to find first. …Honestly, if that turtle shows up and starts shooting its beam again, we’re screwed, you know?”
The biggest reason they couldn’t take their time was the Sun Eater, which could attack them unilaterally from a great distance.
If it realized they were killing monsters, it could, just like before, fly in, fire its weapon, and flee.
If they were just on the receiving end of that powerful beam attack, they’d be helpless.
“So we need to find them quickly, join forces, and strike all at once before the enemy notices.”
“…What are you trying to say?”
“Let’s split up and search for the witches in the three cities simultaneously.”
Now that they had gathered a good amount of forces, Yohan proposed they split up to search. And the distribution of the party would be…
“Elesis and I will go to this city, just the two of us.”
“…Are you insane?”
“Nope, I’m perfectly sane.”
His claim that two humans would retake a city might have sounded absurd, but Yohan was confident.
Because Makina and Regina were here.
“Your role is crucial, Makina.”
“Me? All of a sudden?”
“Yes. Your role as the Witch of Machines is the most important.”
Yohan grinned and revealed his idea.
After hearing it, Makina stared at him as if he’d lost his mind.
“This crazy son of a bitch… You’re the absolute best. Let’s do it right now.”