先ほどまで和やかに娘と談笑していたらしい、母親の髪を掴んで引き摺りながら『ブルフォワー二帝国』の帝都を闊歩します。
どれだけ急いで進めたとしても、あれだけ大規模な改革とNPC達にとって新しい概念を導入するのには相当な時間が掛かるでしょうから、ちょっとした暇潰しですね。
本当はロン老師と交わした、あの姉妹を殺すという約束を果たしに行きたかったのですが......今現在の居場所は全く分かっていませんので仕方がないのです。
「む、娘はぁ......! 娘だけはぁ......!」
「子どもは体力がないですからね、もう死んでますよ」
髪を掴んでいるのとは逆の手で、無造作に小さい女の子の手を投げ捨てながらそう教えてあげます。
母親というものは、娘の安否や状況をとても心配する生き物ですからね......ちゃんと教えてあげないと可哀想というものです。
「よくもぉ......! よくも──ガボっ?!」
喚き散らす母親に新しい毒を飲ませ、その経過観察をしながらマップを確認しますが......ちょうど中間地点といったところですか。
改革が終わるまでただじっと待つだけだというのも味気ないので、エルさんが拠点にしているらしい『カメリア大公国』にお邪魔しようかと思ったのですが、やはり行った事がない場所なのでスムーズにとはいきませんね。
この帝都は『始まりの街』と大公国の首都である『ツバキ』を結んだ一直線上の、ちょうど真ん中辺りに位置しています。
「と、止まれぇ!」
「い、今さらまた何の用だ!」
が破裂し、そこから膿と一緒に大量の出血をしたらしい母親の遺体を投げ捨てる動作で、同時に細いナイフを投擲......目の前に居た兵士達の頭を貫きます。
たまたま通過地点だったから通っているだけだと言うのに、人が歩いているだけでワラワラと出て来て不思議な挙動をするNPC達ですね。
「死ね! ジェノサイダー!」
「これ以上お前の好きにさせるかよ!」
おや、プレイヤーの方達まで参戦しましたか......どうやら私は彼らに嫌われてしまっている様です。
少し悲しい気もしますが、まぁ仕方がないので殺してしまいましょう。
死体となった兵士が持っていた槍を蹴り上げ、空中で回転するそれに回し蹴りをして上から降ってくる彼らの内一人の首を穿つ。
それによって出来た包囲の隙間に身を滑らせ、彼らの落下攻撃を回避すると同時に左右隣りの方々の喉を短刀とナイフで掻き切る。
即座に体勢を整え、私の元へと駆け出そうとした方の足下に設置した糸を引っ張って転がし、井上さんの《地動郭》によって首を貫きながら、また別の方の額へとナイフを投擲して殺します。
それから直ぐに短刀を一時的に上へと放り投げ、空いた両手に加えて口まで使いながら鋼糸を操り、周囲の建物を支点として張り巡らせた罠を起動しましょう。
それによって自身の身体を囲う様に、脇下や股の間などの隙間を縫う様に伸び、また各関節を縛る様に糸が絡まってプレイヤーやNPCの兵士達の動きを止めます。
「う、動けねぇ......」
両手と唇で挟んでいた糸をそのまま固結びにし、適当な建物の柱に括り付けて固定しまうと同時に落ちてきた短刀を空中で掴み取る。
そのまま身動きが一切取れない彼らの首を順番に落としていきます。
「ひっ!」
「や、やめろ! やめてくれ!」
NPCの方達ならともかく、プレイヤーの皆さんはどうせ復活するのでしょう? なら何も問題ないではありませんか。
不思議な挙動をするプレイヤーの皆さんに首を傾げながらも、しっかりとトドメを刺していきます。
「さて、と──エルさんも居たんですね?」
「いやぁ、考える事は一緒なのかな?」
怯え、泣いて許しを乞う女性プレイヤーの髪を無造作に掴む事で顔を上に向かせ、そのまま喉をザックリと掻き切った際に噴出した血飛沫を浴びながら、私とは反対方向である南方から来たエルさんに向き合います。
どうやら彼も私と似たような事を考えていたらしく、帝都の広場であるここでかち合ってしまいましたね。
前と変わらず白髪に黒のメッシュ、スカイブルーの瞳にニコニコとした表情を張り付けています。
「そちらは何をしようとしていたのですか? ちなみに私は用水路に除草剤を投げ込もうかと」
「ボクは首都圏と地方を結ぶ幹線道路を破壊しに」
なるほど、農業を中心に足場固めをするであろうエルさんにとって農地や水を穢されるのが致命的である様に、積極的に人や物、お金を動かして成長しようする私にとって人々の往来を絶たれるのは致命的ですね。
お互いによく相手の事を理解し、それを阻もうとした結果として帝都でかち合ってしまった様です。
「そうですか、それでは貴方を殺してからゆっくりと穢土を作るとしましょう」
「ははっ、そうだね。君を甚振ってから国の動脈をズタズタにしてあげる」
顔に降り掛かった返り血を短刀を持ったままの右手で無造作に拭い、短刀に付着した血液を左の前腕部の衣服に擦り付ける事で拭い去りながらエルさんに改めて向き直ります。
彼も無骨で大きな、斧と大剣が合わさった様な見た目の真っ白の大型武器を魔術スキルによる水で洗い流している様ですね。
「ところでエルさん」
そんな、いつでもお互いに襲い掛かれる状態でふと疑問に思った事を尋ねてみます。
「何か、音が近付いて来ていませんか?」
「そうだね、ボクも聞こえるよ」
もうそこまで来ているらしい、音の主を確認しようとエルさんと二人ですぐ近くにあった建物の壁へと向き直り──
──目を瞑り、頬を上気させ、全身をテカらせながら両手を広げた変態紳士さんが壁を突き破りながら飛び出て来るのを目撃します。
I grabbed the mother -who up until a few moments ago seemed to be enjoying a peaceful chat with her daughter- by the hair as I walked around the imperial capital of the Bourfoin Empire.
No matter how fast we go about it, it will still take a considerable amount of time to introduce such a large-scale reform -and what would be a new concept as far as NPCs are concerned- so I thought I'd kill a bit of time.
I really wanted to go and fulfill the promise I made with Old Man Ron to kill those sisters, but... I have no idea where they are now, so I have no choice.
"M-my daughter...! S-Spare my daughter...!"
"Children have no physical strength of their own, you know? She's already dead."
I used my free hand to casually throw a small girl's hand at her.
Mothers are creatures that concern themselves about their children's safety... It's a shame this one hadn't taught her own daughter about the dangers of this world.
"How dare you...! How da- Gaah!"
After forcing another dose of poison into the noisy mother, I observed her condition while checking my map. ...Was I halfway there already?
It would be boring to just wait until the reforms were over, so I thought of visiting the Grand Duchy of Carmelia, where Jeru seems to be based. But I've never been there before, so I still had to check my map every now and then.
This imperial capital is located right in the middle, on a straight line connecting Beginners' City and Tsubaki, the capital of the Grand Duchy.
"S-Stop!"
"W-what do you think you're doing!?"
After letting go of the mother's body -which was by now bleeding profusely with pus after the warts that had begun to cover it had all burst-, I threw two thin knives at the soldiers in front of me, piercing through their heads.
I was just passing through this checkpoint, but these meddlesome NPCs had to come and start getting all weird on me. Sheesh.
"Die! Genocider!"
"I'm not going to let you do whatever you want!"
Oh? So even players were taking part in this battle? It seems that they hate me.
It makes me feel a bit sad, but oh well. I'll just kill them I guess.
I kicked up the spear that the bothersome soldier was holding, causing it to spin rapidly as it rose up to the sky. Then I jumped up and kicked it back down, shooting it straight into the skull of one of those players.
As I landed, the players had encircled me, but I quickly found an opening, and after dodging their attacks, I started cutting the throats of those around me left and right with my dagger and knife.
I immediately adjusted my posture and pulled a string placed at the feet of the player who was about to run towards me, knocking him down before using Inoue's "Localized Quake" to pierce through his head, and at the same time, impaling another one of those player's head with my knife.
Then, I immediately threw my dagger up into the sky so that both of my hands would be free, and I used them along with my mouth to manipulate the steel string, activating the trap I had laid around using the surrounding buildings as a fulcrum.
As a result, the tensed-up steel thread caught the gaps under the armpits and between the legs, entwining itself around these joints and binding them together, wrapping themselves around the bodies of every player and NPC around me, effectively disabling their movement.
"I-I can't move..."
I tightened the thread I had on my hands and mouth even more, tying it around a pillar of a nearby building, lining everyone neatly around it, and then grabbed my dagger as it fell from the sky.
I'll enjoy cutting their heads off while they cannot move.
"Eeek!"
"N-No, wait! Waaaait!"
Leaving the NPCs aside, won't players be resurrected anyway? So there's nothing wrong with me just killing them, right?
So I went ahead and finished them off as I tilted my head to the side, confused by the players' strange behavior.
"Well, well, Jeru's supposed to be here too, right?
"Oh, looks like we were thinking about something similar, huh?"
I casually grabbed the hair of a frightened female player as she cried and begged for forgiveness before lifting her face up and cutting her throat in one stroke, and at the same time as I was being bathed in the blood that spouted out from the wound, I turned around towards the south to face Jeru, who had just arrived at the scene.
It seems that we were thinking about the same thing, as we ended up meeting here in the square of the Imperial City.
He had the same white hair with black highlights and those sky blue eyes that seemed to be always smiling.
"Really? What were you planning to do? I was thinking of throwing herbicide into the irrigation channels."
"Well, I was on my way to destroy the highway that connects the metropolitan area and the countryside."
Indeed, just as it would be fatal for Jeru -who's focusing on agricultural development- to have his farmland and water polluted, being cut off from traffic would be fatal for me, since I'm trying to develop an economy by actively moving people, goods, and money.
It seems that we both understood each other quite well, and as a result of both of us trying to boycott each other, we ended up clashing here in the Imperial Capital.
"Oh, is that so? Well then, I suppose I'll have to kill you so I can easily start polluting things around here."
"Haha, that's right. But I'll tear both you and the arteries of this country up right here and right now."
While still holding the dagger, I casually wiped the blood that had fallen on my face with my right hand, and then rubbed my dagger against the clothes on my left forearm to wipe the blood on it as well while turning straight to face Jeru.
He seems to be using some sort of magic skill from his large, pure white weapon, which seemed like a rustic mixture between a greatsword and an ax, to wash away the area.
"By the way, Jeru..."
Before we start fighting each other, there's something that's been bugging me for a while now.
"Doesn't it sound like something's coming this way?"
"Yes, I can hear it too."
Both Jeru and I turned to face the wall of a nearby building to confirm the source of that sound...
And it turned out to be the Pervert Gentleman, breaking through a wall and jumping out with his eyes closed, his cheeks puffed up, his whole body shining with a strange gleam, and his hands outstretched.
Genocide Online ~Playtime Diary of an Evil Young Girl~
ジェノサイド・オンライン 〜極悪令嬢のプレイ日記〜
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/genocide-online-playtime-diary-of-an-evil-young-girl/
Action Adventure Fantasy Psychological
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