Chapter 132.1 - Resounded Voice
Chapter 132.1 - Resounded Voice
「OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!」
The howling of a berserk beast shook the entire hall. All the fighting stopped right at that exact moment, looking at the source of the bestial roar.
And then, they saw it.
The figure of Futaba Meiko enveloped in blazing, dark crimson aura―― yes, that was the true, unsealed power of 『Berserker』.
「OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」
She started to move at an extremely terrifying speed, leaving her aura trailing behind her. The axe-wielding gogma could barely react to the incoming attack from the crimson raging beast in front of it.
「VUUUUUU, NUGAAAAAAAAAAA!?」
It was just a single attack from a female human who was even smaller than it. And yet, the moment it received that female woman's attack, its stance broke. To be exact, the gogma was blown away.
Even though their strength was supposed to be on a par up until now, even when it was lowering its stance to gain more stability, it was far from enough to withstand the female woman's extremely heavy attack with her halberd that was wrapped in a dark crimson aura.
「BUGUUUUUUUU!」
The giant flame axe that was used to receive the halberd's strike flipped from the gogma hands, and fell behind it.
Naturally, the female berserker wouldn't let go of such an opening but, the other gogma wouldn't let the berserker finish off its comrade.
「BUNGAAAAAAAAAAAA!」
It swung its super shock hammer toward Meiko who was about to finish off its comrade.
If Meiko kept going on, the result would be her killing the axe-wielding gogma and then being crushed to death by the hammer-wielding gogma. But, maybe because the drug was a modified version, she could still maintain her composure even in a berserk state, or maybe for the sake of efficiency, she turned around to face the incoming hammer.
「GUH, GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」
Against the hammer that came from above with a power that enough to crush any human into nothing more than bloody spots on the floor, Meiko simply received such attack with her 『Dark Tower Shield』. Even though the clash between the hammer and shield resulted in a loud metallic sound, the shield of the living armor received that terrifying attack without even a single scratch on its surface.
「U-UOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!」
Even though the floor below her feet was crushed due to the force behind that attack, Meiko's stance didn't even flinch. The toughness of her body no longer that of flesh, currently, her body was as tough as tempered steel.
And then, she launched her counter.
The hammer-wielding gogma who went all out with the previous attack couldn't react in time since its powerful attack from before stunned it. And that opening was fatal in this kind of battle.
「BUGYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」
The halberd that swung by Meiko was loaded with her martial art, 『Shock』, and it came from below the stunned gogma.
The attack that came from below like scooping up struck gogma's crotch, mercilessly pulverizing its horse-like genital into nothing more than bloody mist.
The pain caused by the total annihilation of manhood was simply beyond imagination but―― that gogma was fortunate enough not to have the chance to feel that pain.
The 『Shock』attack came from below, and the moment it touched the gogma's nether region, whether it's fat, bulky muscle, or innards, basically everything beneath the skin got pulverized by ultra-high-frequency shockwaves. And then, its abdomen exploded as if there was dynamite in it.
The gogma that lost its entire lower-half silenced right in that instant. The light in its eyes faded as it drowned in its own sea of blood.
「GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」
Without even looking at the upper half of the hammer-wielding gogma that fell on the floor, Meiko had already leapt to reap the life of the axe-wielding gogma that tried to stand back on its feet.
If its hammer fellow could stop Meiko for another second, it might be able to rebuild its stance. But, it was in a completely defenseless state when trying to stand on its feet, by then, the berserker had already raised her halberd high into the air.
The gogma shouldn't be able to perform defensive martial arts either.
As a result, Meiko's downward swing which was empowered by 『Rupture』 easily decapitated the gogma's log-like neck.
With a shower of fresh blood from the beheaded gogma serving as the background, Meiko kicked the head of the gogma that was rolling on the floor.
It wasn't that she resented her opponent, nor did she want to desecrate the dead.
That head just happened to be the easiest throwing tool available to reap the life of her next prey.
Due to the amount of force put in her kick, the skull of gogma's freshly severed head dented, and it flew toward Meiko's next target with force rivaling rock shot with a catapult.
「MUGAAAAA!」
The gogma that wielded wind magic sword warded off the head of its comrade who flew from its side.
The swordsman gogma turned its back toward its two opponents while complaining to the one who disturbed its battle.
The gogma who fought on par against the combination of Asuna and Minami has no leeway for even a second distraction.
That's why, the moment it turned its back toward its two opponents, its fate had already been sealed.
「HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」
The thing that came right after the severed head bullet was a fatal strike from the female berserker.
Facing against a mass of killing intent wrapped in the dark crimson aura, not even a gogma could let its guard down.
Putting it prudently, Asuna and Minami should've used that chance to inflict a critical wound toward the gogma. But, the two of them were just standing still in their place. Rather, they couldn't move at all.
Minami's feet cowered in front of an overwhelming show of Meiko's power. As for Asuna, she was trembling from head to toes like a newborn foal. Forget about attacking, she couldn't even move due to her trauma.
As a result, it turned into a one-on-one battle between the berserker and swordsman.
The two whose bodies were engulfed in killing intent clashed. And the battle decided right in the next moment.
「GIIIIIGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」
A single slash drew a dark crimson trail.
First, cut its ankle to stop it from moving around.
Then cut its right hand to remove its weapon.
By the time its body fell on the stone paving, the blade of halberd had already struck into the crown of the head of the swordsman gogma.
「BARA BARADA―― BURADOVA!」
That moment, the sorcerer-type gogma chanted an aria. As expected, it prioritized the opponent who slaughtered its three comrades in less than a minute.
Toward the trio of Sakura, Ryoko, and Kotori who became its opponent, the sorcerer gogma erected a firewall to hinder their movements while focusing its firepower to annihilate the incoming berserker.
Thereupon, flame tornado surging forth, its heat was enough to reduce anything it touched to a cinder.
「OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!」
But, the other party unexpectedly chose to break through from the front.
Meiko set her 『Dark Tower Shield』 in front of her as she charged into a fire tornado. Meiko had a large build for a girl but the living armor's shield could cover her entire body.
Since she barely had the time to pick up her halberd, that blade buried in the skull of the swordsman gogma, Meiko solely relied on her shield as she charged toward the sorcerer gogma.
「UGA, UGIAAAA!」
Meiko who was charging through the blazing fire tornado then slammed her shield toward sorcerer gogma. A dull sound resounded as her tower shield struck the gogma's body.
「BUU, GA, OGAA――」
Gogma was also divided by its own class such as swordsman and warrior, and what Meiko did was suppress those two classes with her brute force. Even though sorcerer gogma was a gogma too, its physical strength was far lower compared to its comrades’.
The sorcerer gogma who received such a powerful body blow fell with a thud―― That moment, the berserker pulled back her fist.
「HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」
And punched through the gogma's face with her 『Pile Bunker』 fist of dark swirling aura, reaping the gogma' life.
With this, all four gogmas had died. The only one left was the giant four-armed gogma engaged in fierce combat against the hero.
「F-Futaba-san, the enemy is already…」
That's enough, no need to fight alone anymore. The victor was already decided. All that was left was cooperating with everyone to subjugate the four-armed gogma.
But Yuuto swallowed back the words that he was about to say.
「Fu~h, fu~h…」
Meiko unsheathed her sub-weapon, 『Assassination Kitchen Knife』 as her breathing getting disordered. Not even Yuuto or four-armed gogma dared to see Meiko's eyes that emitted crimson aura.
She couldn't be stopped with words anymore.
And most of all, everyone had finally realized that no one could stop the berserker who had lost its mind, not even Yuuto.
「UOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」
「OOGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」
It wasn't clear anymore which one was the monster. The berserker and the four-armed gogma clashed as they raised a deafening war cry.
As soon as both of them closed into each other, the sword, the axe, and the hammer attacked Meiko all at once. Regarding Meiko's weapon, compared to her halberd, her kitchen knife was really small in terms of size. Moreover, her weapons were also lost in terms of size.
Naturally, her kitchen knife wasn't just a kitchen knife, it was 『Assassination Kitchen Knife』. Its bloodthirsty blade was clashing against the four-armed gogma's weapons.
「FU, GU, NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!」
「GUHAHA, UOGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」
But of course, she was pushed back since her opponent's arms were double of hers. Even though she could unlock her dormant power with Kotaro's reagent X, defeating the powerful four-armed gogma whose arms surpassed her wasn't a simple matter.
「BURA・DAGURA・DIGORA――JIGURAZUDO!」
That moment, the magic wand clasped in the four-armed gogma's fourth arm fired lightning. The surging lightning was fired at Meiko who was fighting a close combat battle against the four-armed gogma.
At the same time, the other three arms of the four-armed gogma were also sweeping down at Meiko, locking her in place.
「――Repel, 『Reflector』!」
At that moment, the hero's sword cut in.
The lightning strike that was about to attack Meiko was deflected with Yuuto's slash.
「Sorry for the delay, Futaba-san. Let me to fi– no, I'll cover your opening.」
Meiko didn't even say thank you. All she did was send a sidelong glance but that was enough for Yuuto.
「HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」
「UOOOOOOOOO――『SLASH』!」
The situation had reversed, now it's 2 vs 1. Originally, the four-armed gogma could fight toe to toe against Yuuto. So when Meiko joined in, it was clear that the four-armed gogma would lose.
「MUGAAA, BUGU, NUGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」
Even if the four-armed gogma attacked, as long as it fought against the berserker and the hero, its power was reduced to that of normal gogma. In addition, both of its opponents were as powerful as the four-armed gogma itself.
「GAAAAAAAAAAAAA――HUMPH!」
「TAKE THIS――『TRI-SLASH』!」
The 『Assassination Kitchen Knife』 clad in dark crimson aura slashed four-armed gogma's right arm. The three high-speed slashes from the shining sword slashed the four-armed gogma's left arm.