Chapter: 130. Just Want to Be Your Regrettable Childhood Friend
Infinite Academy.
Nyarlathotep’s chaotic authority freed everyone from the effects of the time stop, but due to the interference of the white mist, the fantasy monsters regained their freedom as well. In an instant, the entire Infinite Academy became a battlefield.
Whether they were special course students, ordinary students, or tourists on the island, everyone was relentlessly attacked by the fantasy monsters.
Although these fantasy monsters’ strength was negligible compared to someone at the protagonist’s level, they were still overwhelmingly powerful against ordinary ability users, not to mention their numbers, which were in the thousands or even tens of thousands.
“Tsukimi Kanade, leave these people to you!” Nikkou fell from the sky, wielding two silver blades, cutting off the head of the leading fantasy monster without looking back, shouting to Kanade behind him.
The few ordinary people saved by Nikkou from the clutches of the fantasy monsters were frozen in place out of fear until Kanade grabbed their arms and pulled them to safety behind her.
During this time, Kanade’s bestial instinct was fully activated as the two blades, existing only in “cognition,” frantically harvested the lives of the fantasy monsters attempting to advance.
In just a few seconds, Kanade and Nikkou had showcased their strength as “protagonist candidates,” swiftly slaying several fantasy monsters with a threat level of around 4 or 5.
The invisible streams of magic power floating upwards were thus interrupted.
“… This isn’t good, what’s with this number?”
After saving all the students caught in this extraordinary disaster, Kanade and Nikkou noticed that the number of fantasy monsters in front of them had not decreased; instead, it was increasing. Countless fantasy monsters swarmed in like flies over rotten flesh, causing Kanade and Nikkou to feel their scalps tingling.
Even Kanade could sense that the number of these fantasy monsters was abnormal.
“To kill the protagonist… they sent so many fantasy monsters?”
“It’s quite surprising, but I can’t tell if their target is me or you…” Nikkou replied with a restrained smile.
Just then.
From a distance in the direction of Nyarlathotep, waves of violent magic power collisions were heard.
“It looks like the situation for ACE Midrash isn’t good, we need someone to support them, but these people…” Nikkou said, slightly turning his head to look at the ordinary students behind him.
If he left, these people would definitely not survive the sea of fantasy monsters before them.
“… I’ll leave these people to you, Mr. Nikkou.” Kanade raised her head, her golden-tinged eyes looking toward Nyarlathotep and the countless halos floating in mid-air: “Leave Mr. Kurokawa to me, I… absolutely won’t let it escape this time.”
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“This power is… a fragment of the Star Authority!?”
High in the sky.
“Natsuki” instinctively looked up at the sky above.
Silver-white stars hung brightly in the heavens, radiating an unprecedented brilliance.
The fragment of the Star Authority granted Nagi the ability to use “Star Eyes.”
The starlight flickering in the center of Nagi’s eyes was the best proof.
Nagi finally understood why Nox Nagi returned the contracted beast and starlight to her before leaving.
Because He knew that the fantasy monsters would eventually come for her.
Star Eyes flickered.
But the target was not Natsuki.
Because her soul had dissipated long ago on that altar, what was now stuffed within her body was some substitute known as a “soul.”
Although Nagi could resonate with this “substitute” to summon fantasy monsters like Loki as her contracted beasts.
She didn’t want to fall for the same trick again—absolutely would not resonate with a “remolded” soul.
Since the fantasy monsters knew of the end’s existence, they wouldn’t overlook such a significant weakness when forming their plan; perhaps that “soul” in Natsuki’s body was a landmine.
So this time, Nagi’s target for the soul resonance was—her own soul.
Magic power is a product born from the void of the soul, so if she resonated with her own soul using the authority of the stars.
That would mean double the soul, double the magic power—
Silver-white star shine flickered in Nagi’s eyes.
An unprecedented burst of magical brilliance erupted from her eyes.
At the same time, fantasy monsters were summoned from her soul—
With the enhancement of double magic power, ten fantasy monsters broke through the sky and slowly descended behind Nagi with a shocking momentum.
Seeing this, “Natsuki” let out a mocking laugh, the sound overlapping with Loki and the other fantasy monsters: “You really think that without your powers, you can oppose all the fantasy monsters of this era with just these 11 contracted beasts?”
“No, clearly my power alone cannot defeat you.” Nagi admitted Loki’s statement, but her gaze did not lose its fighting spirit.
“However, this time I am not fighting alone.”
Nagi looked at Natsuki, the figure of someone who had once stood beside her and fought with her surfaced in her mind, but as Nagi closed her eyes this time, countless faces of people she had known in her life appeared—those who cared for her, loved her, those who were fighting on the island below.
“As long as fantasy monsters die, they will sever their connection with their contractors—”
Nagi slowly opened her eyes and revealed a brilliant smile.
It was a smile not belonging to the “Elemental Sovereign,” nor “Light,” but one that belonged to “Star Maiden Nagi”:
“Then, I just need to hold on until everyone defeats them one by one, right, Garuda?”
“… Master.” Garuda said worriedly from the side.
Garuda knew the magical energy reaction emanating from the collective of fantasy monsters before them was not something Nagi could contend against at this moment.
“Garuda, in my past life… why did I want to destroy this world?” Nagi did not turn her head.
“The answer to that question… I don’t know; perhaps only you, Master, need to rediscover your past memories and understanding.”
“Then let this answer be buried in the ground.” Nagi said softly with a smile: “The current me loves this world, loves you, Garuda, loves everyone, loves those parents who treat me as their precious daughter, loves that tsundere brother, loves that laid-back yet caring sister, loves that cold yet warm beauty childhood friend who always sees me as her daughter, loves that scheming yet slightly lonely little sister……”
As Nagi spoke the names of the people she had known in her life, her magical power surged wildly.
At this moment, Nagi’s magical power intensity had already surpassed that of her past life.
“… And that gentle and kind childhood friend who always stayed by my side, willing to see me as her entire world.”
“So, I don’t want this world to face a devastating end; I hope someone can protect this world I love—”
“Then you should just die at our hands, the protagonist who shouldn’t exist!” Loki and the other fantasy monsters also noticed something was off about Nagi at this moment and interrupted her.
“… That won’t do~” Nagi playfully refused with a smile, then lowered her head, her starry eyed gaze focused below, piercing through the thick clouds to lock onto the boy who was fighting below: “Because—”
“—I just want to be the childhood friend who will leave you with lifelong regrets.”
