49 - Chapter 45: The Three Idiots Get Serious ~Transformation-Type Magical Girl~
I like the OP of Cutie Honey F the best.
Facing the giant beast that had restarted with a driving sound like the rumbling of the earth, the Triad army took combat positions while catching their breath, but Midglyph was more concerned with his younger brother's movements.
He was laughing. Against a beast that looked like it belonged at the end of the world.
It was always like that whenever this idiot was about to do something. With a smile that looked like he had thought of some interesting prank, a smile fitting for his age or even younger, he would pierce right through the top of their expectations.
For some reason today, there were three such smiles.
"Geo, what do you plan to do?"
"I'll take care of that thing. I'll have Big Brother and the others help me, so please wait a moment."
When he asked, the response was words that went beyond reliable and were almost exasperating. If the opponent hadn't been the younger brother who had caused so much trouble until now, he would have laughed in his nose or been furious that he was saying such a thing in this situation.
"As I thought, do you want to be the lord?"
"That's a joke, Yoshiko-chan."
To the half-serious question, Geoglyph replied with a bright smile and looked back at his companions.
"Latia, Lilitia, you two might not understand even if I say the Lotus Gang... Look, focus on healing those guys who are still glaring with their eyes even though they're on the verge of death. ---As promised, I'll let you use them soon."
When he pointed with his thumb at those whose morale had not yet broken despite being battered, the Lotus Gang was kneeling on one knee and offering a prayer toward Geoglyph. That strangely fitting gesture made them look like religious soldiers, and nearly two thousand people were taking the same pose. Muscular giant men. It had passed the point of being solemn and was now bizarre, no, it was in the realm of a kind of horror.
"Understood. ...But,"
"I-Is it okay, Geo? You're being worshipped somehow..."
As the two were overwhelmed by the atmosphere, voices leaking from them could be heard.
They were muttering dangerous things like, "He is the savior. The savior is before us once again..." or "He said he would let us use them soon..." or "If it is the command of the god who saved us, we must cast aside wisdom, cast aside our livers, and become arrows that strike down the evil gods and Hyakki Yagyou...!"
"I-It's okay, it's okay... As a result of overdoing it a bit, for some reason I've just become like a cult leader, so I probably won't be eaten, okay...?"
Why did they become like Satsuma warriors who want to throw away their lives immediately, even though he aimed for an otherworldly-style Marine Corps... Geoglyph held his head in his mind, but now was not the time for that.
Regaining his composure, he turned to Kazuha.
"Kazuha, I'm sorry, but please guard the main camp."
"B-But, against that evil god, my barrier arts..."
"It's okay. I've calculated that in, so if you do it as usual, there won't be a problem. You should be able to block at least one hit."
And finally, he turned his gaze to the two idiots.
"Now then. Rei, Marie. I'm sorry, but this is the toughest role. ---Can you buy me a little time?"
"Buying time against that thing, huh... What do you think, Princess?"
"Hmm. If that's the opponent, I'd say three minutes at most. As expected, I'm still lacking in practice."
They watched the evil god who was trying to stand up. Their view was that while they weren't completely unable to handle the opponent, it would be troublesome.
"No cheats either... Against a big thing like that, the most I can do is hold it off for about that long. Roughly six minutes. ---And will that be enough, Teacher?"
"It's enough. ---As expected, I can't hold back against that thing, so I'll use ten years of my life to deliver the finishing blow."
"Heh... that's quite fortitude. Well, killing the big fish is Teacher's job, so I'm counting on you."
"That means you have a plan. Even so, ten years' worth of idiot magic power? By the way, what kind of magic?"
"That is---"
Upon hearing the content, the two burst out laughing, thinking this guy really is an SF otaku.
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Facing the giant beast that had finally stood up solemnly, a single girl stepped forward.
Leaving the surrounding Triad soldiers behind, as if walking through an uninhabited wasteland. Placing the folding fan in her hand to her mouth, her dignified behavior, like an actress walking a catwalk, was so out of place that those watching forgot this was a battlefield.
With her long silver hair fluttering and her green eyes shining, she opened her mouth.
Her appearance was full of elegance, like a painting, but---
"Now then, first up, Marianne Romanet---here I gooo!"
---Her vibe was already that of a party trick.
"Hyakki Yagyou---come here! My orchestra!!"
When she chanted while raising her fan, the usual magic beasts---no, beastman-lookalikes who were anthropomorphized versions of those magic beasts appeared behind her. A total of 72. Moreover, each was dressed in dresses or suits, and further carried a wide variety of instruments in their hands.
It was like an orchestra of magic beastmen. ---Behind them, a certain furry fan who was struck by the depth of the kemono-ness was greatly excited, shouting 'So cuuuute...!' while being grabbed by the scruff of the neck by Kazuha.
Then Marianne hummed in her clear voice.
"Flowers are noble and beautiful. A single flower that never loses its nobility, no matter how it is toyed with by the fate of reincarnation. The miracle maiden now blooms magnificently...!"
Everyone wondered what that chant was, but the two idiots who knew her previous life thought this.
That idiot has finally started adding her own narration...
It wasn't a chant, but an opening narration found in old anime. This woman is the type to start with the form, so she was completely playing along with the joke.
And she shouted---
"Mari---Flash!"
Immediately after, Marianne was enveloped in the light of magic power, and the magic beastman orchestra behind her began to play. Guitars wailed, drums danced wildly, and wind instruments roared loudly. Although there were no vocals, the two idiots who knew the original source were convinced, Ah, she probably likes transformation-type heroines...
Meanwhile, the one-piece dress Marianne was wearing cast off, but while hiding her private parts with a mysterious light, she formed a costume with magic power. Rather than the sexiness of a leotard type, she seemed to prefer the cute type of magical girl with plenty of frills, wearing a battle dress based on white and pink. Perhaps the reason she chose it was because this is a world where there are no miracles but there is magic. She could probably transform in an instant, but prioritizing the bank (visuals), she completed the transformation using a full fifteen seconds.
Her gaze and the giant beast's gaze crossed as she floated in the sky with a mysterious power. It seemed that Delgamiride also recognized Marianne as an enemy upon seeing the suddenly swelling magic power.
Marianne grinned and charged with magic power. And then.
"Download! Me in Beleth!"
An additional chant---or rather, a command to the summoned magic beastman.
The cat magic beastman called Beleth, who had been blowing a saxophone with single-minded devotion, turned into a ball of light and was absorbed into Marianne, merging with her. What appeared, scattering phosphorescence, was.
"Uuu! Nya---!"
It was Marianne with cat ears. Not only that, with a tail attached and even her hands and feet becoming those of a cat, she went out of her way to change her costume into something that showed the lines of her body, like a spice suit. Somewhere, a furry fan began to chant a prayer in their mind, 'The inside is an old man, the inside is an old man, the inside is an old man...!', and as expected, a certain fox-eared girl was waiting for the timing to restrain them, but that is omitted.
Marianne, who had become a cat girl, formed a foothold of magic power in the air and took a great leap by kicking it. She aimed for the giant beast's head, but Delgamiride also extended its dragon claws to knock her down.
However.
"Fuka---!!"
Marianne, with her tail and fur standing on end, performed a high-speed cat-twist in the air with the flexibility of a cat. That immediately became a great rotation, and she intercepted the approaching claws with a heel drop.
Hah!?
The Triad army, naturally, felt that Delgamiride, the one who was intercepted, also opened its dragon eyes in astonishment. As if thinking, 'Eh? Why am I being repelled with this mass difference?'
However, Marianne did not answer that.
"Download! Me in Asmodeus!"
When she gave the command, the snake-faced magic beastman who had been playing the bass was absorbed into Marianne. What appeared with light was Marianne in a high-leg outfit equipped with demon wings and a tail. To put it simply, a succubus costume.
Somewhere, a demi-human lover leaned forward, saying "Succubus...! That's also an option...!", but was pulled back by the hem of their cloak by the elf-san behind them, but that is omitted.
Then, as Marianne raised her right hand, a green, moderately curved pillar appeared. A magnificent thing about the size of the giant beast's tail.
"Finishing move! Love Injection Rod! Soiya---!!"
She slammed it into the nose of Delgamiride, who had not yet recovered from the shock.
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"Hmm... this chaos."
"Hey Teacher. Doesn't it seem like the Princess really has a contract with the 72 Pillars of Solomon?"
Watching Marianne, who summoned magic beasts named after demons from her original world and cosplayed as them one after another, slamming attacks based on them into Delgamiride, the two idiots were exasperated.
No, they hadn't thought for a moment that that idiot would fight seriously, and they knew she could dwell the power of summoned magic beasts as a trump card. But they thought that, given her otaku age, she would use a lyrical and magical magic cannon, or perhaps a magical girl Magica where time returns or she becomes Mami-ed or becomes a god, but it was Cutie and Honey and physical.
As expected, she's the one whose actions are the most unpredictable, truly our nuclear warhead, the two thought, ignoring their own faults. They thought the Triad army must be completely put off, but when they looked back.
"B-Beautiful..."
"As expected of the young master's companion..."
"Is that the kind of girl popular in the Imperial Capital these days..."
"Big sister... wonderful!"
It was relatively well-received.
Ehh...
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Marianne was, in a sense, one-sided, or from another perspective, unrivaled, but the time limit was fast approaching.
In truth, Marianne herself did not completely grasp the identity of the contracted magic beasts. When learning alchemy, she happened to find a summoning art of a different format than the existing ones in an ancient document she obtained. Because she recognized the names listed there, she used it out of curiosity, and as a result, it just somehow worked.
Since the world is different, she thinks it's unlikely they are the real 72 Pillars of Solomon. She thinks so, but the amount of magic power each magic beast possesses surpasses Marianne's. Considering that contracts in summoning arts are influenced by negotiations based on the magic power of both parties, Marianne originally should not be able to make them obey. At most, she could handle one.
Yes. Even Marianne, who boasts an amount of magic power that rivals some hero-class individuals, though not reaching Geoglyph's, cannot even match a single magic beast she summons.
To put it bluntly---even the person doing it has no idea why she can control them.
The Possession Unity (Download) magic is a magic that can draw out their abilities to the maximum current extent, but so to speak, it is the magic beast merged with Marianne operating a single body simultaneously. Since its output, control, and special abilities depend almost entirely on magic power, unlike the magic beasts who take turns, Marianne is unilaterally worn down.
The maximum time for that at the current stage is three minutes---and she was now reaching it.
"Download! Me in---Baal!!"
As a final effort, the one she merged with via Possession Unity (Download) was a frog magic beast. The frog magic beast, who threw away its conductor's baton, merged with Marianne who had landed on the plain, and she donned a frog suit.
Then, as she held up her right hand, a box appeared. That box had a dot LCD on top, a panel below, a medal slot, one lever, three buttons, and in the center, drum reels with various patterns drawn on them.
Toward that box---no, slot machine, Marianne swiftly took out three silver coins from her pocket and inserted them. With a shout of spirit, she pulled the lever. Along with the start sound, seven frogs appeared on the dot LCD.
"In the old days, even a bonus alignment paid out 15 coins---!!"
While shouting, she performed high-speed eye-pressing in sequential order. Leaving even the ready sound behind, 777 aligned and a fanfare played. For some reason, a large amount of silver coins rained down from the sky, crushing Delgamiride's giant body.
"I'm already a big winner! Rei---! I'll leave the rest to you---!"
However, it seemed she reached her limit there, and Marianne collapsed on the spot.
Next time is also next Wednesday.