Chapter 100

In the darkness, a mammoth appeared, but, well, it fell to my single blow.

It seems certain that monsters are emerging from here.

It's not just the mammoth; while defeating the monsters that keep appearing, I have to do something about this darkness or we won't make any progress.

"Suzuki! Can't you do something with your holy power!?"

"I've been trying! But I've never heard of a sword technique that can tear through darkness!"

Light bullets fly from Suzuki's sword, but they are absorbed by the darkness and nothing happens.

"Milky, right? Can't we seal this room with the goddess statue using the barrier from earlier?"

"It's possible for a short time, but it's better not to. The stronger the miasma, the stronger the monsters that appear."

"I see... damn it."

To come this far and have no options...

"If the goddess statue is the cause, wouldn't it work to destroy the one deeper inside?"

Frio said something outrageous.

Indeed, if the goddess statue is using a ritual to gather miasma, then destroying it might work...?

No, rather, wouldn't it be better to bring the goddess statue into my world?

My world might end up full of monsters, and the fields might be ravaged, but the goddess said she visits occasionally, so they might be able to handle it.

"Destroying the goddess statue would certainly result in a death sentence. Besides, the goddess statue is designed so that no one can move or destroy it."

With Suzuki's words that it can't be moved, I felt my clumsy plan fall apart.

"Anyway, we need to do something about this darkness, right? If so, I'll do something about it!"

It was Jofre who said this.

"Do you have a plan?"

Suzuki, who still doesn't know much about Jofre, asked with a glimmer of hope.

It's probably a strange plan, right?

"I'll throw this sword!"

Jofre said this, drew a sword from its sheath—Excalibur—and declared it.

This sword is a fake holy sword that Canon, Marina's master, sold to Jofre, essentially just an iron sword.

It glows golden, but the material is iron.

"Is that sword?"

"This sword is the hero's sword! And this sword has the effect of dispelling the darkness once when thrown!"

No way. An iron sword can't have such an effect... No, wait a minute?

"Jofre, did Canon really say that about this sword?"

"Yeah, that's right, Joe."

"Suzuki, this sword is made by a magic swordsmith. Moreover, this magic swordsmith has been with Marina, a Japanese person, for a long time, and the name of this sword is Excalibur. Do you know what Excalibur is?"

"Yeah, I see... Excalibur!"

Suzuki finally understood what I was trying to say.

Then, he said to Jofre,

"Jofre! Throw that sword! Please!"

"Sure, leave it to me!"

Jofre said this, drew back, and threw Excalibur.

The sword was absorbed into the darkness.

"Is it no good?"

Sutchno muttered this.

Nice flag!

Because right after that, the darkness burst, and a normal space spread out.

"Sure enough, it's Excalibur..."

"Yeah, it's the strongest sword specialized for throwing."

Excalibur.

It appears in a famous RPG game, boasting the strongest attack power. Due to a curse, it can hardly deal any damage to enemies. However, when used with the special command "throw" and thrown at an enemy, it can deal maximum damage.

Of course, once thrown, the weapon is lost.

"I can see it! The goddess statue!"

The darkness cleared, and there was a goddess statue in the room. The goddess statue in the bikini armor, the goddess of battle and victory, Setrans.

Sutchno said this, took a glass orb from his pocket, and ran.

"Once I place this, our mission is complete, and we'll be rolling in money!"

But as soon as Sutchno entered the room, thick darkness overflowed from the goddess statue.

It didn't work even this time!

"Sutchno! Monsters are emerging! Run!"

Suzuki shouted, and Sutchno, surprised, tried to turn back but tripped and fell spectacularly.

Then, the glass orb he was holding hit the goddess statue and was absorbed into it.

"...Huh?"

Who said that whisper?

As the glass orb was absorbed into the goddess statue, the darkness that overflowed from it subsided, and then—

Before we knew it, we were in a completely white space.

And there,

"Welcome, brave heroes who have saved the land from darkness!"

A goddess, Setrans, with long hair burning red like flames and almost naked red bikini armor, was there.