Small Village Tridente Chapter 18

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Small Village Tridente – Chapter 018

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June, 2XX7

Tears

「Accelerate 【Fast Aria】!」

Just before Tsurugi-san activated account break, the president activated a skill I hadn't heard before.

「Whatever you do, it'll be too late! 【Account Break】」

TSURUGI IS PREPARING 【Break Account】

RIN CAST 【Snow Drop】 → TSURUGI RECEIVED 500 DAMAGE

RIN CAST 【Snow Drop】 → TSURUGI RECEIVED 500 DAMAGE

RIN CAST 【Snow Drop】 → TSURUGI RECEIVED 500 DAMAGE

RIN CAST 【Snow Drop】 → TSURUGI RECEIVED 500 DAMAGE

It all happened in an instant.

Without even giving Tsurugi-san the chance to use account break, the president one-sidedly cast magic at him several times.

Tsurugi-san, due to the unbelievable speed of the incoming rapid-fire magic, was instantly incapacitated.

「Kuh!? What the fu-…」

The president used resurrection magic on me and we once again turned the tables on them. And all of it happened in 2~3 seconds. I was so dumbfounded by the president's lightspeed magic slaughter that I forgot to close my mouth.

Seeing Nekamsan casting resurrection magic brought me back to my senses and we attacked him, interrupting it. With only a single healer incapable of withstanding attacks from the both us, we easily achieved victory in the end.

「Man, looks like it's our loss.」

「d.a.m.n it! Hey, new face, what the f.u.c.k did you just do.」

Tsurugi-san believed that he had won the match by defeating me and was unable to accept the fact that they had lost in an instant. He started biting at the president.

「【Fast Aria】, a skill that turns the cooldown and casting time of magic into zero… It's a skill that appeared in response to my feelings.」

Magic, unlike skills that can be activated instantly, requires a long time for casting, and it also has the peculiarity that it can be interrupted if you receive an attack. Fast aria turns magic's weak point, the long casting time, into zero and, in addition, also makes the time until you can reuse it… in other words, the cooldown, into zero. So as long as you have the MP, you can continuously fire your strongest magic.

The magic that the president has learned is still just beginner magic, but if she can use fast aria with high-cla.s.s magic that has strong firepower and fire it rapidly, then she could strike with a terrifying amount of firepower in an instant.

In duels against players, which tend to be short, you could say that it's the cheatiest of cheat skills.

「Is that even allowed… I lost again. Even though I need to save everyone…」

『That which you were seeking was not the power of salvation, am I right? Tsurugi-kun.』

Suddenly, a voice that I hadn't heard before echoed and I became wary of the surroundings. No way, more reinforcements? Any more battles than this, I obviously don't want to do it… thinking so as I turned around, there was a female avatar that I didn't recognize. And besides her, there was an avatar that I was familiar with… it was Saya's figure.

Confirming that it was Saya, I judged that they weren't an enemy and breathed a sigh of relief.

「Saya!」

「Mari! Rin! I'm glad that you girls are safe. I'm so glad…」

Maybe she knew that I had entered into a battle with the enforcer, she seemed to be extremely worried about me.

「Yeah. But still, Seirsan is…」

As I talked about what had happened to Seirsan, Saya's expression quickly turned to one of anger and she glared at the Tsurugi-san, the true ident.i.ty of the enforcer.

「By the way, who is the person with you.」

The president moved her gaze to the woman besides Saya. She was equipped with gla.s.ses, had her purple hair tied up in a bundle, and wore equipment similar to a party dress.

Judging by her appearance and voice, she seems to be around 25~30 years old, if I'm right. Well, first of all, you can't really judge a person from their appearance and voice though, as I had learned with Nekamsan.

「Oh my, I apologize for the late introduction. My name is Eve… The creator of this world.」

Eve, the lady who called herself the creator, moved before the president and pet her head.

「Would you understand if I said, I'm the voice from the interview?」

The voice from the interview… so, the one replying to us, the users, it was this person.

The president, who had become interested in this world after seeing that interview, 「Please give me your autograph!」, asked her for it.

She isn't a celebrity, so there's no way she would hav-…

『Sure, why not.』

So she has one… an autograph.

「Why is Saya with someone from the NW Company?」

Its probably not that they met by coincidence. So I asked Saya this question.

「When I logged out yesterday, a message from Eve arrived. I was told that she want to ask about the skill that I gained last time so we should meet, and so we had a chat」

The skill that Saya learned was, It was the skill 【Aegis】that appeared when she wanted to protect me.

「But, I'm surprised. To think that this small village had 3 Nos. -numbers- 」

「Nos.?  What do you mean?」

「Nos. is the name of the skill that was created by the player character from their power of emotion」

Nos. 1 Saya Of Aegis
Nos. 4 Tsurugi of Break
Nos. 7 Rin of Aria

The system that makes your feelings into power was introduced as an experiment, right now the Nos. that had appeared right now,  including the president that had just one appeared earlier there are 7 people in this country it seems.

「The skilled that appeared from being attracted to the player's strong emotion, it would be come a one and only ability for their selves.
However Tsurugi-kun's ability was, on our side was something we didn't expect. To think that it would create an ability to destroy accounts 」

「Its all your fault. Because of you we are-..」

「Is that really true? From the PK uproar this few days, the investigation regarding the result of the a.n.a.lysis of your emotion data, it was found that your skill was created out of jealousy. I wonder what that jealousy was pointed towards to」

「tsk….Its just as you said. The truth is,  being it a skill that will protect everyone is just an excuse. Challenging the Death Scythe Mantis for wanting to become a hero, the one who accomplished it was not me but rather Mari-jouchan and Saya. Saya who even gained a special skill for protecting everyone, It was exactly the Knight figure that i was longing for. Why is it not me, why is it Saya? “If she hadn't exist” I have thought of that many times. And the skill that appeared before me who was mad with jealousy was Account Break….different from my ideals, its a contradicting skill」

For Tsurugi-san to worry that much about that battle, I didn't notice it at all.
But still, in the end it made Tsurugi-san's Nos skill to manifest. Tsurugi-san's emotion was, its path might have stepped away from the path but, maybe at the root of it was that it was  an emotion wishing to protect everyone like an ideal knight. Even me too after hearing what had happened with Seirsan, I ended up fighting with the emotions of anger or hatred.

「Oh well. The NW company doesn't feel like disposing you. Even though you had destroyed other people's account, it was originally the NW's fault of putting the unpredictable Nos. Skill after all. From now on, If you want to repeat destroying accounts with that skill then do whatever you want 」

Eve-san saying that, she used resurrection and revived Tsurugi-san and Nekamsan.

So they won't punish him….Honestly I can't really accept it but, as long as its the decision of the management is all we can do is abide to it?

「Even though I don't have the power to protect, and this is the result of me pretending like a Knight and forming the subjugation party. Going mad with jealousy and then getting the power of destruction, what an irony. I am….so uncool」

Holding down the anger i still have, I approached Tsurugi-san that was looking down who's looking weak.

「I won't forgive you for PKing Seirsan. However, Tsurugi-san that stood up who said Let's cooperate and make a village. And Tsurugi-san who pulled everyone and made the subjugation party. It was really cool you know. That's why, don't hate yourself that much」

「Mari-jouchan….If I had known that you felt like that, things might have ended differently」

「After all you can't properly let others know if you don't say anything…..which is our feelings 」

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Tsurugi-san taking responsibility, said that he would retire NW. From now on, it seems he said that in the real world he would find a way to save the people from the world's demise.
「This time I won't make the mistake again. I will show you that I can save it」saying that he logged out.

Eve-san was pouting that a valuable Nos research material is gone but 「The people who announces that they will retire from the online game, 90% they will come back, so looks like we will meet again」, and she still didn't give any sign of giving up

Nekamsan was worrying over to continue playing NW from now on or not It seems. The case with Tsurugi-san and the case about the new world is chaotic so, I think its normal.

I questioned Eve-san about Seirsan coming back again but, account break's effect is something that even the management can't cancel it seems, returning is nigh impossible I was told.
This game rule of not allowing to create a sub account, meeting Seirsan in NW for the second time will not happen.

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I stood right before Seirsan's house, and remember the days we spent with Seirsan.

「That is, Seirsan's spear?」

Worrying over me who was considerably feeling down, Saya approached me.

「yeah, It had become a memento but. Its the proof of the days we were with Seirsan after all」

Meeting in this village, fighting together, the days were we laughed together….they won't ever come back again.

It is sad. It is regretful.  I wanted to save her.
I wanted to protect Seirsan….

hey, Seirsan
You know I….this time, for the first time I learned something.
Its about that this world too, have tears.
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Tridente Chapter 18 end
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G.o.ddess Bless.