Ch.376Final Chapter (End)

KEEEEEEEEEEEK-!!!

Pink Beard put all his strength into trying to strike me down. The Pinocchio Sword I barely managed to hold horizontally to block him began to shower tremendous sparks.

“God… damn it…!”

It was incredible power. His claim about absorbing the power of eight planets didn’t seem like a lie after all.

However, I wasn’t fighting alone.

“Pointy Head!! Leave the tanking to me!!!”

Frill summoned her psycho-robot, Pink Teddy, to lend her strength.

KUUUUUNG-!

Pink Teddy’s elastic body slightly deflected Pink Beard’s sword.

“Don’t forget about me either!! Shota!!”

Thumbs-up Man pushed back the slightly lifted greatsword with his massive tower shield. As expected, tanks should be bald male characters for reliability. It was the same in WoW. Just looking at him gives you that feeling that he’d be great at tanking.

KUUUUUNG-!!

With that, Pink Beard’s body was temporarily pushed backward.

“Kugh…. you vermin…!”

Pink Beard clicked his tongue.

“HYAAAAH!”

Meanwhile, Taiga directed Fenrir to run toward Pink Beard’s side.

FWOOOOOSH-!!!

Flames billowed around Fenrir’s mouth.

KWAJAAAAK-!!

Then, Fenrir immediately bit into Pink Beard’s heel. Along with the damage from the wolf’s fangs, flames that looked hot enough to easily melt steel covered Pink Beard’s leg.

“ARRRGH!! You vermin!!”

Pink Beard staggered greatly.

“HYAAAAH!!!”

Tina delivered a powerful low kick toward the leg that Taiga’s Fenrir had bitten. The ultimate secret technique: hitting the same spot twice.

“GAAAAARGH!!!!”

Pink Beard screamed and stepped back. His leg was completely wrecked.

“HNNNNGH!!!”

Kana immediately charged toward Pink Beard’s inner side. I was honestly curious about where Kana would aim.

As expected. Kana was a cyber psycho. Her cruelty gave her different ideas.

FWOOOOOSH-!!!

Kana slashed once more at the leg that Taiga and Tina had already damaged.

“Tch. Annoyingly tough.”

Despite everything, being the final boss meant his leg didn’t get cut off or suffer other such misfortunes. However, the fact that Pink Beard’s stance had significantly crumbled clearly had value.

“GAAACK…!!”

Pink Beard staggered backward.

TATATATATATATATA-!!

Kirtan also unloaded his pistol into the already damaged leg. Hmm. Yes. That’s the right attitude. You should be ruthless against enemies.

I couldn’t miss this opportunity. One more hit. One more hit would create an opening.

“Pinocchio Suit!!”

I immediately covered my entire body with Pinocchio’s armor.

FWOOOOOSH-!

Right after, I charged toward Pink Beard while firing rockets.

CHWAAAAK-!!

Then, I swung my sword upward from below.

“GAAAAARGH!!!”

A large scar formed on Pink Beard’s chest as he staggered. However, his stance still hadn’t crumbled. To create an opening, I had no choice but to attack once more.

“Umi!! Hit me with every buff you’ve got!!”

I shouted loudly.

“Okay!!”

Umi immediately cast buffs to increase my physical stats.

“HYAAAAH!!”

I gained enough strength to grab Pink Beard’s massive body.

FWOOOSH-!!

Then, I lifted Pink Beard’s body and soared high using rockets.

SPIN-!!

After that, I rotated Pink Beard in mid-air so his head was facing the ground.

“W-wait!! Stop!!”

Pink Beard struggled.

“ROCKET POWER BOMB!!!!!”

Of course, there was no reason to listen. I immediately fired my rockets and slammed down toward the ground with all my might.

KWAAAAAAANG-!!!!!!

Pink Beard’s head was planted into the ground like a tree.

“GAAACK!!”

Pink Beard immediately gasped for breath and collapsed.

“Now!! Sasix!!!”

I immediately disassembled the Pinocchio Suit. Though it fit my body, there was no reason someone else couldn’t wear it.

“Pinocchio!! Attach to Sasix’s Hades!!”

I shouted loudly.

“Understood! Master!!”

Pinocchio nodded and immediately flew nimbly toward the Hades that Sasix had summoned.

WEEEEENG-! CLANK-! CLICK-!!

Pinocchio’s armor attached to Hades’ body. It was a kind of combination technique. With this, Pinocchio’s stats were temporarily added to Hades.

“GOOOOO!!”

Sasix made Hades swing his sword greatly toward Pink Beard.

KWAAAAAAANG-!!!!!!!

The sword cleanly cut through Pink Beard’s body.

“GAAAAARGH!!”

Pink Beard’s body was greatly split.

“Why… why… how can you… surpass me… who has absorbed the power of planets…!”

Pink Beard checked the wounds on his body in disbelief.

“The planets you destroyed aren’t planets. They’re just empty spaces without a single person.”

I smiled and raised my sword.

“Whether it’s a planet or land… it only has power when people live there, when people who love that place live there!! Being the boss of an empty lot means nothing!!!”

Then, I immediately leaped.

FWOOOOOSH-!!

My sword pierced straight through Pink Beard’s neck.

“GAAAACK!! Get off!!!!! Get off!”

Pink Beard struggled.

“HYAAAAH!!”

However, there was no room to listen. I immediately stirred my sword like opening a can, exposing Pink Beard’s insides.

SHWIIING-!

In the center of Pink Beard’s heart, there was a core shining like a jewel.

“Everyone target the core!!! This is his weakness!!!”

I shouted loudly.

I had to say this one line for the finale.

“EVERYONE!! ALL-OUT ATTACK TIME!!!!!”

At my words, everyone grabbed their weapons.

“OKAY!!! LET’S GO!!!!!!!”

Everyone immediately began to pour all kinds of weapons and magic into Pink Beard’s core.

“GAAAAAAAARGH!!!”

Pink Beard’s scream echoed throughout the city hall building.

CRACK-! CRACKCRACKCRACK-!!!

As Pink Beard’s core shattered, it emitted tremendous magical power.

“How can I, an immortal… why… why to mortals…!!”

Pink Beard wore a dejected expression.

“You’re lacking in otaku power too. It’s a rule that immortals lose to mortals.”

I smiled and pulled out the sword stuck in his neck.

“Salgeras, Kil’jaeden, and Deathwing!!! Receive this new recruit!!!”

There was no hesitation in my sword.

FWOOOOOSH!!!!!

The sword stabbed straight into Pink Beard’s core.

“N-no!!! The power of the planets… the power of the planets…!!!!!”

At that moment, the souls of the planets captured by Pink Beard were liberated.

“GAAAAAAAARGH!!!!!”

With that, Pink Beard’s body turned to ash and disappeared.

KWAAAAAAANG-!!!

As Pink Beard’s body exploded, the veil entangling all of Emoshita disappeared.

SHSHSHSHSHSH-!!

The monsters all around Emoshita also turned to ash and vanished.

With this… everything was over.

“Did we… really do it.”

Sasix wore an expression of disbelief.

“Yeah. We did it.”

I patted Sasix’s shoulder. It was all over. Pink Beard and everything else was gone now.

How did I know? Because the scenery beyond city hall matched exactly what you’d expect to see after defeating a final boss.

“I see… we really did it.”

Umi also spoke with an expression of disbelief.

“Yeah. Let’s all go back. To our home.”

I said that to everyone.

And so, my long, long battle—one that would easily exceed 350 chapters in web novel volume—came to an end.

———-

Epilogue.

The erosion of the shadow world within Emoshita was resolved. Because aliens had openly invaded, people became aware of their existence. It was impossible to hide it at the media level.

And… those who saved the world were Japanese high school students.

Our group, dressed sharply in suits and dresses, received medals from Japan. There was a formal procedure of receiving medals and taking pictures with the next prime minister. Though I disliked formal procedures, there was a definite reward. Apparently, we would receive pensions as national heroes.

China and Russia were partially destroyed by missiles, and there was a state funeral for the deceased Japanese prime minister… there were many chaotic events.

Still, they say rumors last three months. This incident was so big that it took not three months but about 2 years to be forgotten.

By the end of our third year of high school, all of this was forgotten.

When graduation season came, I immediately took my wives to the municipal office. The strategy was to file marriage registrations first and figure out the rest later. There was a fight over who would take the second spot on the paperwork, but we settled it with rock-paper-scissors. Even though polygamy had become legal, having this many wives was unprecedented, so we attracted everyone’s attention.

And… before graduating high school, I achieved something.

I earned enough to be called a successful web novelist. I now made enough money to call myself a web novel author anywhere.

“Hey everyone!! Look at this.”

I immediately held up a document. It was a house deed with an official seal.

“Woooow….!!!!”

Everyone prostrated themselves before me in praise. Yes. Though it was a small house, I had managed to buy one for independence. Fortunately, Emoshita was rural so land prices were cheap.

“Hehehe. We worked hard exploring space together to buy this.”

Kirtan said with a satisfied expression.

Right. Though I was successful as a novelist, I didn’t earn enough to immediately buy a house. In the end, I used my strengths and traveled through space with Kirtan as alien hunters. It involved making money by eliminating galactic criminals. That was my side job now. If I caught a criminal and exchanged the bounty through underground routes, I could earn about 10 million won per criminal. It was risky work, but there was no better side job.

“Sasix!!! I’ve prepared the house next door for you too!!”

I immediately said to Sasix. I had prepared Sasix’s newlywed home too. It was right next to mine. I said I could just give it to him for free… but Sasix felt so bad about it that I agreed to charge him rent.

“I mean… I appreciate you getting me a house…! But why next door! Couldn’t you have found something further away!”

Sasix immediately made a tearful face.

“What are you saying!! If Sasix is far away, there will be Sasix losses!!”

I shouted loudly.

“I’m going to keep you next door forever so I can keep teasing you!!”

That was my resolution.

“Your obsession is scary…!”

Sasix made a disgusted expression.

“Don’t try to sneak away in the middle of the night or anything like that. You’ll be caught anyway. Even if you escape to Jamaica, I’ll follow you.”

I said firmly.

“…Whatever. This house isn’t bad.”

Frill, who gave up quickly, accepted the house key from me.

At that moment, someone walked up.

“Hey. Enough showing off the house deed, we need to go to school now. Today’s the graduation ceremony, remember.”

Kana said to us.

“Graduation ceremony…..”

Right. That was today.

“Alright!! Let’s all go!!”

I called out to everyone who had become not just comrades but family.

“Yeah!!!!”

Everyone followed behind me.

The Earth… was peaceful today. I could only hope it would remain peaceful from now on.

-FIN-