39.クレブスクルム解放戦線・破軍その2
広場に向けて駆ける。
「止まれ! 」
「貴様よくも! 」
............やはり街中だからというか、基本的に皆さん槍を装備していますね? 別に構いませんが............。
「フッ! 」
道を塞ぐ邪魔な衛兵その1の首を落とし、突き込まれる槍を掴んで引き寄せながら短刀でその方の喉仏をくり抜く。
「ぶぇっ! 」
ちょっとした時間で一部位だけ切り取るなど、私も大分武器の扱いが上手くなったと自分では思うのですがどうなんでしょう?
「クソっ! 」
隙を見ては鉄片を彼らの頭部や喉に投擲し、時に水路を飛び越えて、反対側の衛兵の頭上から頭を短刀で突き刺しながら近くに居た別の衛兵の頭を踏み砕き着地する。一斉に突き込まれる槍を家屋の壁を走り躱して、彼らのド真ん中に水の上でも燃える特殊な火薬でできた爆薬を投げて起爆させる。
「なっ! 」
「た、退避ー! 」
彼らの悲鳴を聞き流しながら屋根を飛び移りその場を離れる............大丈夫ですよ、死ぬほどの火薬量ではありません。ただ殺すよりも負傷者を増やした方が相手のリソースを削れますからね、戦争の基本(?)です。それよりも奴隷たちも見てないですし、通行の邪魔である住民たちを切り伏せ、広場を目指しましょう。
そうして辿り着いた広場では――――
「――――よぉ、待ってたぜぇロノウェ............誰だお前? 」
ふむ? 恐らくアレがロン老師たちが言っていた用心棒とやらですか、隣に無口な方もいます。確か今日は見せしめをする予定とか言ってましたね、周りにはバラバラにされた左頬に印を持つ者たちの死体が散っています。
「......こいつらが気になるか? 」
「......えぇ、そうですね」
なんですかこの雑な切り口は? これでは団子にして捏ねるくらいしか使えないではないですか、ちゃんとブロックに加工しやすいように綺麗に切り落とさないと.........。
「悪ぃな、こいつらなら死んじまったぜ? 他ならぬ俺の手でな。お前にも聞かせてやりたかったぜぇ? ロノウェじゃねえのは残念だが、アイツらの悲鳴ときたら」
別に悲鳴とかは嫌いではないですがそんなに好きでもないですし、聞きたい時にでも聞けばよいので『聞かせたかった』と言われても『今は特に』としか言えませんが............。
「怒ったか? でもこいつら道具であって人じゃねぇから、何しても許されるんだよなぁ......」
「......無駄口はその辺にしておけ、お前も街の混乱は聞こえているだろう? ささっとこの娘を始末してから領主のもとへ向かうぞ」
「えぇ?! それはねぇよ! 近年稀に見る上玉だぜ?! こいつの歪んだ表情を見ねぇと――――」
............めっちゃ隙だらけなので足元に《突風》を掛けてから一気に加速しそのまま首を突きます。
「おぉっと?! 中々にやるじゃねぇか! 」
「......警戒しろ」
ふむ、お喋りの方は大きめの鉈に無口の方はハルバードですね。投擲も織り交ぜたのですが弾かれてしまいました。
「......まぁ、殺しますけど」
「やっぱりキレてんじゃねぇか! 」
さっきから何を勘違いしてるのか知りませんけど五月蝿いですね。そのままその口に短刀を突き込み、鉈で防ごうと上げたところで足を引っ掛けてから回し蹴りを腹に放ち、無口な方へ火薬玉を投擲します。
「っむ?! 」
火薬の爆発に怯んだところで、さらにお喋り方へ追撃の振り下ろしを――――
「ッオラァ?!! 」
――――後ろ手で地面に着いたまま宙返りが如くつま先で手首を蹴られ阻まれましたので、瞬時にその場で短刀を上に放り投げ、手首の返しでそのまま足首を掴んで無口の方へ投擲します、もちろん火薬玉も忘れずに。
爆発し、盛大に巻き込まれますが直ぐに起き上がってきますね、あまり効きそうにありません。ついでに短刀もキャッチします。
「......真面目に強ぇじゃねぇか」
「だから言っただろう......」
騎士団長よりも全然弱いですが雑魚でもなさそうですね。............少しだけ、新薬の実験をしてみましょう。
そう決めると共に自身に小さな針でドーピングを施して、石畳を踏み砕く勢いで吶喊し、無口な方を井上さんのアシストと共に顎を真上に殴り付け砕く......その勢いのまま吹っ飛んでいくのを無視して、右脚を軸に半回転。お喋りな方の腕を切り飛ばそうとしますが............寸前で躱され、指が数本の戦果に留まる。
「ぐっ! 」
追撃に毒針を投擲しますがお喋りな方には弾かれてしまいましたね。未だ上を向いて吹っ飛んでいる最中の無口の方は見事に全弾ぶっ刺さりましたので良しとしましょう。
「て、てめぇ......よく見りゃ混沌に属してるくせして」
「? 混沌? ......あぁ」
恐らくカルマ値のことですかね? 確かに私のカルマ値は少し低いかも知れませんが......他のプレイヤーの数値も平均も知りませんのでわかりませんけど、マイナスなのは確かです。
「............お前さんはこっち側のはずだろ? 何をとち狂ってそっちにいやがる? 」
「? こっちの方が楽しそうだからですが? 」
なにが言いたいのでしょう? 混沌だとかどうとか、そんなの一切関係ありませんよ。ただ、私のしたいようにするだけです。
「だったらいいじゃねぇか、俺がこの道具共で遊ぼうがよ! 」
「はぁ......え、こんなバラバラで遊んでるつもりだったのですか? 」
本当に謎です、綺麗に解体しないとその後がないじゃないですか......。
「ハッ! それこそ変なことを聞くな? 腹が空けば飯を食う、眠たくなれば寝る、ムラムラしてきたら女を抱く......それと一緒だ! むしろ人じゃなくて道具で発散するだけいいってもんだろ?! 」
いや、そういうことが聞きたいわけでは............おや、無口の方が意識を取り戻して起き上がろうとしてますので、さらに毒針を投擲でプレゼントです。
「お前だって好きなはずだ、血が、臓物が辺りにぶち撒けられ当人の悲鳴を聞くのが! じゃなけりゃそこまで堕ちてねぇ! 」
血も別に嫌いではないですけど好きでもないです。むしろ被ったら不衛生なので、あんまりぶち撒けたくもないですね。
解体するのだって効率良く壊すための勉強ですからね、こんな後がない『遊び』方はちょっと............私って玩具は長持ちさせる方なんですよ。
「だからよ、お前さんも――――」
「その話まだ続きます? 」
話が大変つまらない......それこそユウさんのアニメのウンチクを聴いていた方が楽しいです。
なので無口な方へ毒針をさらに投擲しながら――――既に毒が効いてきて意識が混濁してるので必要ないかも知れませんが――――話がつまらない方へ突撃し短刀を振り下ろします。
「ぐぅっ!! 」
話が止まったのはいいですが、まだ何か言いたげですね? もう付き合ってられないので終わりにします。
相手の踏み込み先にこちらが先に踏み込み一気に距離を詰め、短刀の柄で人中を穿ち、前歯が折れるのを見て今度は鼻を殴り折り、後方に倒れかかるのを回り込み腰を蹴り上げ、背中側にくの字になる相手が吹っ飛ぶのを腕を掴んで阻止。そのまま短刀を振り下ろして、四肢を切り落とし達磨にします。
「ガァァァァアアアァァアァア!!!!!!!!!」
この男性はお喋りですし、会話が噛み合いませんし、話もつまらないですし、この方の大好きな悲鳴も汚いですし良いところがありませんでしたね.....................。
毒針の毒によって顔中の穴から血を噴き出してる無口な方の方が面白かったです............あっ、今死んじゃいましたね? まぁ、毒の効力が確認できたので良しとしましょう。
「お、お前ェェェエエエエ!!!!!」
とりあえず、彼らは見せしめをしてたらしいですから晒し者にしましょうかね? 無口な方だった物は腕と脚を付け替えるだけでかなり無様になりましたね。
「あぁぁぁぁぁぁああ!! こんなことしてただ済むと思ってんのか?!! 」
「............ちょっと騒がしいですね、これでも飲んでてください」
「なにすっ!? やめ――――――――ガプッ?!!」
あんまりにも五月蝿いので、口に容器を突っ込み中の毒を流し込んで喉を焼き、声を奪っておきましょう。
「――――っ! ――――っ!! 」
静かになったので作業再開です。まずは傷口に劣悪品のポーションをかけて止血だけしておき、服を裂きます。そのまま身体を押して俯かせましょう。
「............あなたはもう私の物、玩具ですからね? 」
こちらを怯えた目で見てくる彼の背中に、彼自身が言う道具の証――――奴隷の印だった物を、短刀に『火魔術』で火を付け焼入れていきます。
「――――」
............あまりの痛みに気絶してしまったみたいです、これでは反応が楽しめませんね? 失敗してしまいました............。
「まぁ、この広場に放置しておけば自然と人目につきますし良いでしょう」
さて、私も領主舘を目指しますか!
Chapter 39 - Krebskulm Liberation Front - Broken Army (Part 2)
I ran toward the town square.
"Stop!"
"You bastard!"
... I suppose it was because it was in the middle of the town, but everyone seemed to be equipped with spears here. Not that I cared...
"Hmph!"
I cut off the head of the first soldier that blocked my path, before grabbing the next spear that thrust out towards me, pulling it back as I slashed the wielder's throat with my sword.
"Buegh!"
I was able to cut out specific pieces now in a short amount of time. It could just be me, but I seem to have improved greatly with handling weapons?
"Damn!"
I threw scraps of metal at their heads and throats when there was an opening, and jumped over the waterway and landed on the shoulders of the soldier on the opposite side, while stabbing his head with my shortsword. Then I jumped away and crushed the head of the next soldiers as I landed. Numerous spears would thrust towards me, but I dodged them while running on the walls of a house and throwing special explosives that burned even in water, into their midst.
"Hey!"
"Re-retreat!'
I ignored the screams as I moved away, jumping from roof to roof... Don't worry, it wasn't enough gunpowder to kill. In fact, wounding instead of killing was a good way to chip away at the enemy's resources. It's the basics of warfare. But more importantly, the slaves weren't watching, so it was time to cut down the residents who got in my way and make my way to the town square.
And then I arrived...
"...Hey, I've been waiting for you, Ronove... Who are you?"
Hmm? This must be the bodyguard that Sage Ron was talking about. And there is someone standing next to him. He did say something about how they planned to teach us a lesson today. Bodies of decapitated people with the mark on their left cheek were scattered all around them.
"...Are you curious about them?"
"...Yes, I am."
What was with this careless way of cutting? The most you could do was make balls out of them now. You have to cut neatly, into large blocks...
"Sorry, they're all dead, you know? Of course, by my own hand. I wish you could have heard it too! While you aren't Ronove, their screams..."
It wasn't like I hated hearing people scream, but I didn't exactly like it either. You can just listen to it when you want to. And so when he said that he wished I could have heard it, I could say nothing but 'I don't really feel like it now...'
"Are you angry? But these are tools and not humans. So I can do whatever I want..."
"... I think that's enough idle chatter. Can't you hear the chaos in the town? Hurry up and kill this girl so we can go to the landlord."
"What!? Don't be like that! It's not every day you face someone like this! I need to see her face as it twists in..."
... His legs were completely open to attacks as I activated <Gust> before accelerating all at once and thrusting my sword at his neck.
"Woah!? Not bad at all!"
"... Be careful."
Hmm. The talkative one had a large hatchet, while the quiet one had a halberd. And while I had used projectiles in my attack as well, they were all blocked.
"... Well, you're still going to die."
"So you are angry!"
I didn't know what he was rambling about, but it was very annoying. And so I lunged towards his mouth with my blade. Just as he tried to block it with his hatchet, I knocked over his legs and unleashed a roundhouse kick into his stomach. At the same time, I tossed a gunpowder ball towards the quiet one.
"Huh!?"
Just as the explosion staggered him, I swung down towards the talkative one in a follow up attack...
"Aaaarghh!?"
... His hands were on the ground behind him as his foot came up, as if he were going to do a backflip. His toes slammed into my wrist, blocking the attack, and so I threw the shortsword up into the air instead. And then I grabbed his ankle and threw him towards the quiet one. Of course, I sent some gunpowder balls with him.
There was an explosion, and while they were hit by it, they were back on their feet in an instant. It was not very effective at all, I thought, as I caught my blade.
"... You really are a strong one."
"That's what I've been telling you..."
While they were much weaker than the knight captain, they weren't scrubs either... Perhaps I could experiment with some new medicine.
Once I decided this, I injected myself with a dose from a small needle. Then I roared so loud that the stone pavement seemed like it would crack. And with Inoue's assistance, I slammed my fist into the silent one's jaw... smashing it. The impact caused him to go flying into the air, but I barely noticed as I rotated in a half circle while using my right foot as an axis. I wanted to cut off the talkative one's arm, but... he dodged me at the last moment, and all I got to take off was a few fingers.
"Gguh!"
I sent out some poison needles as a follow up attack, but the talkative one blocked them all. However, the quiet one, who was still in the air, had been hit by all of them, so I wasn't too disappointed.
"Y-you bastard... and you even have the chaos affinity."
"Chaos...? Ah."
I suppose they were talking about the karma level? It was true that my karma was quite low... but then again, I didn't even know what the average was. However, mine was still below zero.
"... Shouldn't you be on our side? What madness has caused you to be over there?"
"Well, I suppose it's because this side looks like it would be more fun?"
What was he going on about? Chaos this and chaos that. It has nothing to do with that. I am just doing as I please.
"Then why does it matter to you how I play with my own toys!"
"Hah... Wait, you were playing? While making this huge mess over here?"
It really was a mystery to me. What could you do with them, if you decapitated them so badly...?
"Ha! You do ask strange questions, don't you? People eat when they are hungry, and they sleep when they are sleepy. And they will bed a woman when they have the desire... it's the same thing!! If anything, shouldn't you be applauding me for taking it out on tools instead of real people!?"
No, that wasn't what I was asking about... Oh, the quiet one has regained consciousness and is getting back up. I think I better send him some more poison needles.
"You love it too. Blood. You love to scatter organs and hear the cries of your victims! Otherwise, you would not have fallen to this degree!"
I didn't hate the sight of blood, but I didn't love it either. Most importantly, it wasn't very sanitary, and so it was better to avoid splattering it everywhere.
Besides, decapitation was how I studied the most efficient way to destroy. This kind of 'playing' that was a dead end was just... I preferred toys that lasted long.
"And so you should..."
"How long is this going to take?"
It was very boring... I would have more fun listening to Yuu talk about his extensive knowledge of anime.
And so while I threw poison needles towards the silent one -well, it might have been unnecessary, as the previous needles were starting to take effect, and his consciousness was hazy- I thrust my sword at the boring one.
"Gggaah!!"
While he finally stopped talking, I could see that he still wanted to say something. However, I had had enough of it, and would end things here.
I moved in before he could take another step, and smashed the handle of the sword into his mouth. When I saw his teeth shatter, I went in to break his nose with my fist. He started to fall back, I moved behind him and kicked upwards into his lower back. As his body bent in half and shot up into the air, I grabbed his arm in order to stop him. And without a second's pause, I swung down with my shortsword and cut off all four of his limbs.
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!"
This man talked too much, and we were just not on the same wavelength. He was also boring, and for someone who liked screaming so much, his own scream was very disgusting. He had nothing going for him at all...
At least the silent one had been amusing to me, that is, when he was bleeding from all the holes that the poison needles made in his face... Oh, was he already dead? Well, at least now I knew how effective the poison was.
"Y-yoooooooooou!!!"
In any case, since they were making an example of all these people, perhaps I should do the same to them? The silent one would look very unsightly if I just swapped out all of his limbs.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!! Do you think you're going to get away with this!?"
"... You're being much too loud. Here, drink some of this."
"What are you doing!? Stttooooppp------glug!!??!?"
As he was starting to hurt my ears, I stuffed his mouth with a bottle of poison that quickly flowed down and burned his throat, robbing him of the ability to talk.
"...! ...!!"
Now that I had some peace and quiet, it was time to get back to work. First, I used some low grade potions to stop the wounds from bleeding, then I tore up the clothes and rolled them onto their faces.
"... You are now my property. A toy. Alright?"
As he looked at me with fear, I took what he said was proof that they were tools--the mark that was once a mark of slavery, and burned it into his back with my blade, which I had heated with fire magic.
"..."
... Apparently, the pain had caused him to lose consciousness. I could no longer enjoy his reaction. What a failure...
"Well, as long as he is kept here, someone will see him. So it's fine."
Now, it was time to go to the landlord's house!
Genocide Online ~Playtime Diary of an Evil Young Girl~
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