Ch.172Frill (8)

“Run!!! Fenrir!!”

Taiga shouted loudly.

“Grrrrrr!!”

Fenrir immediately sprinted down the wide corridor.

To think I could actually ride a psycho-robo… This is something impossible in the game. That’s the beauty of possession.

Really… I’m glad I possessed this body. All that preparation before possession was worth it!

“Faster!! Faster than Salamander!!!”

I shouted with my hands raised high.

“There he goes again with his incomprehensible otaku jokes.”

Taiga said with a smirk.

“But… do we have a destination?”

After enjoying the speed for a while, I asked Taiga.

“No. Not really. I’m just letting Fenrir run wherever.”

Taiga replied. This guy… has no plan at all.

“But you know, Fenrir is basically a dog, right? Couldn’t he track scents and guide us on his own?”

Taiga made an extremely pragmatic suggestion.

“Well… I guess so.”

Fenrir was indeed flaring his nostrils. I decided to trust his canine nose.

And after running for quite some time, we spotted our target.

Pow-! Bam-!! Babababam-!!

It was Tina. She was fighting a muscular woman. Every time they exchanged punches and kicks, shockwaves rippled through the air. It was an incredible battle.

“Not bad!! To reach this level with such a weak mortal body!!”

The muscle woman shouted with a laugh.

“Hmph. Same to you. It’s been a while since I’ve met such a strong opponent.”

Tina smiled and took a fighting stance.

“I’d like to fight you properly… but unfortunately, I’m short on time.”

Tina said immediately afterward.

“What are you talking about?”

The muscle woman’s expression hardened.

Clop-clop! Clop-clop!!

Taiga and I continued charging forward on Fenrir. Here comes the 8-ton truck!!! I’ll send you to the isekai of your dreams!!!

“Relying on your comrades’ strength is also a virtue of a hero’s party, isn’t it?”

Tina smiled mischievously.

“You coward…!!! Where is your martial artist’s spirit?!!”

The muscle woman shouted loudly.

“I’m… a hero’s wife before I’m a martial artist.”

Tina said that, then turned to me with a devastatingly effective line.

“Help me!! Darling❤”

Tina winked at me.

Seriously… she knows exactly what titles make men lose their minds. I’ll reward her thoroughly when this is over.

“Damn it!!! Why are those guys… What are Jevannie and Lizard doing?!!”

The muscle woman shouted.

“Why bother asking? I’ll send you to the same place as them!!”

I immediately leaped from Fenrir’s back with my sword drawn.

“Gah!!! You can’t stop my muscles with a mere sword!!”

The muscle woman immediately bulged her muscles.

Kigigigigik-!

With that, her body hardened like steel.

“Ah. That style?”

I smiled as I charged my breath of the first flash in mid-air.

Even with her hardened body, I could see a clear weak point.

“Kieeeeeeek!!”

I swung my sword with a battle cry.

“Huh!!!”

The muscle woman immediately took a defensive stance.

However, my sword strike cleanly cut through her weak point.

Swoooosh-!!!

The muscle woman’s arm was severed.

“My arm!!!”

The muscle woman screamed and tried to flee.

“Why run!! I’ve got you all figured out now!!”

The moment she turned her back, her defeat was sealed.

“Hyaaaah!!”

I swung my sword with full force.

Swoooooosh!!!!!!!

The sword cleanly cut the muscle woman in half.

“Guhk…. how… frustrating….!”

With that, the muscle woman joined her comrades in death.

“As expected of Shota. My hero.”

Tina immediately rushed into my arms.

“Tina! Get on too!! Let’s go rescue Umi!!”

Taiga shouted while holding Fenrir’s reins.

“Right!!”

Tina was quick to grasp the situation. She immediately mounted Fenrir.

Crack-!

A dangerous sound came from Fenrir’s back.

“Keheng…!”

A weak sound escaped from Fenrir’s mouth as well. Even for a psycho-robo… carrying three people is a bit much.

“Now!! Run!”

However, Taiga showed no sign of concern.

Clop-clop! Clop-clop! Crack-!

Fenrir began running as Taiga commanded. Dangerous sounds continued coming from his back with each stride, but… whatever. He can have some deer antler medicine later.

———

Fenrir seemed to have detected Umi’s presence. Umi was fighting a suspicious woman.

“Urgh!! That’s enough! Why are you being so stubborn?!!”

The woman kept attacking Umi with poison. Normally it would have been fatal, but Umi wasn’t dying.

“Healing Wind!!!”

She just kept casting healing spells on herself. It was a fighting method where she couldn’t win but wouldn’t lose either. Smart.

“Ha!!! Planning to endure forever? But SP has its limits!! When your SP runs out, you’re as good as dead!”

The woman shouted loudly.

Clop-clop! Clop-clop!!

“Umi!! We’re here!!”

I waved my hand toward Umi.

“I win! I held out!”

Umi shouted with a big smile.

“Tch!!”

The woman before us tried to escape somehow.

But she was too slow!!

“Kieeeeek!! Die!!!”

I immediately leaped high.

“Kyaa?!!”

The woman tried to make a pitiful expression to stir up sympathy.

But… while I’m a sucker for beautiful women, I’ve built up some immunity. All my harem members are already stunningly beautiful. This level won’t shake my resolve.

Swoooosh-!!

I cleanly cut her in half.

Still… I showed at least minimal chivalry. I sent her off without pain.

Thud-!

With that, I eliminated the last remaining clone.

“Come on! Umi, get on too!!”

Caught up in the moment, I called out to Umi.

“Keheng?!”

Fenrir raised his head and gave me a pleading look.

But… heavy or not, you must endure. That’s the fate of a mount.

“Okay!! I’ve always wanted to ride him whenever I saw him!”

Our cute Umi didn’t know how to decline. She immediately climbed onto the empty space.

“Now let’s rescue Sasith!!! Then we’ll get Frill and make a clean escape!!”

The objective was simple.

“Okay!! That’s the plan!”

Taiga immediately spurred Fenrir on.

Clop-clop! Clop-clop!!

Fenrir tracked Sasith’s presence by scent.

———-

We headed to the deepest part of the clone factory.

Whirr-! Whirr-!

Automated machines were running, creating something.

They were… people. Humans with pink hair similar to Frill.

“So Frill is… an artificial human like them.”

The thought made me feel a bit bitter.

“But Frill is still Frill, right?”

Taiga said in a gruff tone. Though his tone was brusque, I knew it contained kindness.

“Huh. You’re right.”

With that, I shook off my doubts.

“So they’re mass-producing these to invade Earth. This really is like something out of a sci-fi movie.”

Tina said.

“Since we’re here, should we just destroy everything?”

Umi suggested.

“Well… let’s rescue Sasith first.”

I set the priority.

“Okay! Run!! Fenrir!!”

Taiga kicked Fenrir’s belly once more.

“Kegeng!!”

Fenrir diligently rushed toward the innermost part.

——–

In the deepest part, Sasith and Slave were facing off.

“You’ve done well to follow me this far… but how pitiful.”

Slave said with a smirk.

“Do you think your comrades are still alive? Huh?”

Slave immediately picked up a communicator.

“Lizard, Mist, Jevannie, Muscle. Have you taken care of them all? Come help me now.”

Slave spoke into the communicator.

“……….”

However, there was no response from the communicator.

“Answer me!!”

Slave’s expression hardened.

“Hmph. Don’t you get it?”

Sasith smiled and raised his sword.

“My comrades have won.”

Sasith said.

“Impossible….!!”

Slave’s expression froze.

“Once I eliminate you, it’s over.”

After saying that, Sasith looked straight at Frill behind him.

“Frill. Let’s go home together.”

Sasith showed a warm expression.

“Sasith….”

Tears immediately welled up in Frill’s eyes.

“Haah… truly useless minions.”

Slave picked up something. It was a small dagger.

“Let me show you mortals.”

Saying that, Slave lightly cut his arm.

Slash-!

As blood splattered, something emerged from behind Slave.

It was a psycho-robo in the form of a giant, its entire body engulfed in flames.

“This is how you use the power of a psycho-robo!!”

Slave immediately began controlling the psycho-robo.

“Come forth!! Admiral Drake!!”

Sasith also immediately summoned his psycho-robo. With that, an intense battle began.

——-

Clop-clop! Clop-clop-!!

Fenrir dashed through the clone factory at an incredible speed. Proportional to the speed, his back was getting destroyed. It was a bit pitiful… but given the situation, it couldn’t be helped. Bear with it, Fenrir.

“I see him!!! There!! It’s Sasith!!”

Taiga shouted.

Whoosh-! Clang-! Clang-!

Sasith was engaged in an intense battle with Slave.

He was barely blocking the overwhelming attacks from Slave’s psycho-robo.

“Guhk!!!”

However, the difference in class between the psycho-robos was too great. The body of Unit 799, which Sasith had summoned, was pushed back significantly. It was quite painful to see one of Sasith’s strongest psycho-robos being defeated.

“Die!!!!! Mortal!!!”

Slave’s psycho-robo’s fist struck Sasith’s stomach.

“Guhaaaaak!!”

Sasith screamed and was pushed backward.

“Sasith!!!”

Frill cried out with tears streaming down her face.

“Haa…haa… you’re strong for a human… but this is your limit.”

Slave, breathing heavily, grabbed Frill.

“My… victory. I’ll send you to join your leader as well.”

Slave looked at us who had arrived late with a triumphant smile.

However, Sasith had not yet been defeated.

That’s right. Sasith had the dirty, unfair protagonist buff. As long as it wasn’t the final chapter right before the ending, Sasith wouldn’t die. He had plot armor.

“Kuhek….!!”

Sasith staggered but somehow managed to stand up.

“What…..!!”

Slave’s expression hardened.

“I will… never fall.”

Sasith said as he took his stance.

“Multiple… Summon!!!”

At that moment, Sasith’s body was enveloped in light.

Flash-!!!!

Behind Sasith, all the psycho-robos he possessed revealed themselves.

Six psycho-robos were summoned simultaneously.

“What…. impossible!! This can’t be….!!”

Slave’s expression froze.

“……….!”

My expression also hardened at the sight.

No way. He’s using that now?

Simultaneous psycho-robo summoning was… a technique that players could only use in the final chapter. But Sasith was using it now.

“This is… my new level!”

Sasith said with a smile.

“……….!”

I still couldn’t recover from my shock and stood with my mouth agape.

“Hehehe. Shota’s expression is funny.”

Umi started playing by pulling on my tongue.

Anyway, Sasith had awakened. At the end of June.