Chapter 91

"I'm going to use it."

I said that.

The princess in front of me nodded.

Though I couldn't see behind me, Milk and Ayame must have heard it too.

"Ho, you still have a trump card at this point? Show me. And then, entertain me—"

The tengu's line was cut off before it could finish.

He was probably going to say something like, "Entertain me, you fool."

But I don't need such B-movie lines.

A close battle? A fierce fight? A miraculous comeback from the brink of death?

There's no such story here.

All that exists here is just a cheat.

My sword and the tengu's yatsude leaf clashed.

But in an instant, the yatsude leaf was split in two, leaving a shallow scratch on the clothes it was wearing.

"Ugh, what is this! But your weakness is already—"

The tengu took out a new yatsude leaf and flew toward Ayame.

But—

"That's too bad. This is my domain."

"You're not strong enough!"

Two of the princess's clones intercepted the tengu.

Until now, the princess's clones wouldn't have been able to match the tengu.

But—

"Wind Thrust!"

"Red Slash Rain"

The princess's dagger deflected the tengu's yatsude leaf and pierced its body, further bending its nose.

The movement was far beyond anything seen before, reaching a speed that the tengu's eyes couldn't keep up with.

It was already moving at supersonic speed.

"Y-Your nose!?"

"Lightning Strike"

"Kkkkkkk! The tengu's escape route!"

The tengu, electrocuted by Ayame's lightning magic, fled.

Milk aimed her gun at the tengu, who had taken a distance.

"Release: Gunpowder Refinement, Release: Heat Stone Bullet"

"Again with that trick!? But it won't work on me!"

The tengu's Tengu Storm wind barrier and Milk's bullets collided.

The bullets broke through the wind barrier and hit the tengu's shoulder.

It seemed to have dodged the vital points at the last moment,

"This is the end."

Using both the tengu's escape route and Tengu Storm, this thing had no place to run now.

"W-What is this? What are you!?"

"Save the answers for the afterlife."

Advanced Sword Technique No. 7.

"Wind Rage Blade"

The blade cut through like the wind, dyeing the already red tengu's body even redder.

"...Impressive..."

The tengu muttered, and its form disappeared, leaving behind a blue magic stone and a yatsude leaf.

Phew, that was tough.

"Good job, Taiga."

"Taiga, good work."

"Mr. Ichino, that was a great finish."

"Yeah... Without that skill, it would have been a tough opponent."

The skill, Koto Sessho.

This skill, when used simultaneously by party members, increases magic power, attack, defense, skills, agility, and other stats for 3 minutes.

+20% for two people, +50% for three people, and +100% for four people.

The cooldown is 1 hour, so it can only be used at critical moments, but its effect is very high.

Actually, Koto Sessho is a very rare skill, so it would be nearly impossible to gather four of them just by exploring.

In fact, the data only recorded up to +20% for two people, and the effects of using it with three or four people were only discovered when we used it.

"Shall we go to the tenth floor?"

"Before that, shouldn't we say something to them?"

The princess said.

To them?

The direction she pointed to had a wall.

And the wall was covered with comments.

[Congratulations on defeating the tengu!]

[Thank you for saving Japan]

[Beta's final attack was cool!]

[Thank you! Thank you so much!]

[I thought it was over. I'm so glad you're safe]

[Thank you]

[Best party ever]

[Award them the People's Honor Award!]

[Gratitude]

[Thank you!]

[Thank you]

[Delta, will you marry me?]

[Tengu, you were strong. But the four of you were even stronger]

Joy, relief, gratitude, and thanks.

The wall was densely packed with various comments.

Not just a hundred or two hundred.

It seems the number of listeners who could write comments was relaxed.

Dampul, you sure know how to make a stylish move, even as an enemy.

But I won't forgive the one who proposed to Milk.

[uematsu: Thank you. You are heroes]

Heroes... huh.

This is the second time I've been called that.

But being celebrated by so many people is fresh and somehow makes me happy.

"How about it, Taiga. Why don't you take off your avatar and show everyone your real face? After all, by the time we become the world's best explorers, our real faces will be all over the media."

"That's for another time. How about appearing on the media when we receive the People's Honor Award?"

"Huh? I was just joking, but are you really okay with that?"

Isn't it too late for that now?

Surely, it wouldn't be appropriate to receive the People's Honor Award in an avatar.

"Didn't you say the tenth floor isn't streamed?"

"That's right. They said there are no streaming crystals embedded in the tenth floor."

"I see. Then, this is the end of the stream. Thank you all for watching until the end. I hope to stream again in the future, not on a government request but personally. Thank you."

I said this, finding the stream a bit more interesting.

We received even more comments of gratitude and expectation, and the princess, Ayame, and Milk took turns to thank everyone.

After all the greetings were done, we went down the stairs.

At the bottom of the stairs were the skull-shaped stone Dampul showed us on the first floor, and—

"I didn't expect you to clear it. This is surprising."

Dampul waited with a smug smile.