<purga> shaman 46

The Shaman can't become a Hero
Act 5: Worst Harem Party
Chapter 46: Armor Bear part.2
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"Mei-chan, don't tell me... you used <Reagent X>!?"

It was that Goma's narcotic that Mei-chan had inhaled raw causing her to rampage; it's not on the level of a drug, it's plainly a hazardous substance. Currently, she had an aura very much similar to back then, when she absolutely slaughtered those Goma and tried to devour me as well.

A foot, she makes a powerless step like a wandering Zombie. A second, and third, as she walks, she drips blood from her arms that were cut into a myriad of times.

Her fourth. As she made that step, she raised her face.

And there, the usual gentle features were nowhere to be found. Eyebrows pushed together, the middle of her forehead was creased with absolute rage. Her pupils glazed in brilliant crimson, they looked like they belonged to a demon.(oni)

Taking in one large breath, the Berserker roared.

"**GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!**"

"<GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!>"

For a third time, she and the Armor Bear clash.

Her gushing crimson aura leaving afterimages, Mei-chan accelerates. With speeds I didn't think possible for a human, she instantly closes the distance, with enough force to leave the ground in her wake caved in in the shape of her shoes.

"WAAH!?"

Realizing that I was sitting in her course, I quickly rolled to the side and made way. But by the time I finished making those idiotic evasive maneuvers, she'd gotten to a much higher altitude than me. Jumping high, she made it all the way up to the biped-standing Armor Bear's face (so an upward jump of 4 meters?). Making that inhuman jump, she landed her heavy soles right on the bear's nose.

"<FUGAHH!>"

Must be the first time someone less than half its height kicked it smack dab in the face. The Armor Bear's massive frame actually tilted.

But only a bit. Quickly swinging back its head, the Armor Bear used a backleg to brace back into position, and swung an arm in a fierce counter.

"***Funh,* HAAAA!!** "

After a sharp breath, echoes her cry. Dodging the large swing in a swoop under, Mei-chan again let her body fly, and with fists made in both hands, she pummled the Armor Bear's gut in rapid fire. I wondered whether I was seeing things, but the moment of impact, that stomach covered in incredibly tough skin seemed to undulate.

"<Goa!? GUAAAAAA!!>"

Unbelievably, human fists were dealing damage to an Armor Bear. There was the fact that she was targeting the area wounded by <Pain Return>, but still, what level of sheer force do you need in those fists to push back a beast 4 meters in size.

As fresh blood spewed from the it's recent wound, the Armor Bear cries out in pain.

"**YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!**"

Continues Mei-chan's barrage. As if the previous one-sided beating was completely turned on its head, the storming fists made a punching bag out of the Armor Bear, battering mercilessly.

All that blood spattering everywhere, is it Mei-chan's or from the Armor Bear? Even with her arms bloodied red, her aura only gained in intensity, venting like fire. Hit repeatedly, the solid steel armor warped, cracked, and widened even more at its opening.

"<Gah, oaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!>"

However, the tough bodied Armor Bear won't go down just yet. Battling this much of a fearsome human, as if to display its creed as a monster, the Armor Bear unleashes a powerful counter with its claws.

Versus that, Mei-chan swung back a fist, poising to unleash her most supreme straight. Like an arrow launching from its bow, a great, a powerful punch was let loose.

For a second, it looked as if, her scorching aura gathered around that tightly gripped fist, twisting sharply into a point like a raging tornado.

"— Pile Bunker(Armor Splitter)[Note 1]"
(*Note 1:  Fucccking キターー（゜∀゜）－－！ ...Eh? Why am I so excited? Well you'd genuinely have to read Kuro no Maou to find out ;P . Well for those who are going TL;DR, it's basically MC's deux ex machina move. The Spirit Ball = Genki Dama, in DBZ terms if you will.)

That fist spiraling crimson broke through the Armor Bear's chest. Bare human hands had penetrated a bosom of solid steel. Should be damn impossible, but I'm certainly looking at Mei-chan's right arm pierced into the center of the Armor Bear right now.

"<Gho, HaAAaa...>"

She pulls out her arm. A gaping hole, as if made with a large drill, appeared in the shell covering its chest. From there, clumps of blood began exiting like a waterspout, and finally, the great Armor Bear fell.

Its mouth still open after the cry of anguish, the Armor Bear ceased moving. Letting out an unending slew of blood from it's chest, it kept sinking in a sea of that same blood.

"*Haa... Haah*... Did it, I... Beat it, Kotarou-kun"

Arm drenched in red, Mei-chan who was dirtied in her enemy's blood, looked to me and smiled. It was that very same, her usual, utterly gentle, beautiful smile. And held in that right hand, glistening bright even while covered in blood, was a large red crystal— the Armor Bear's core.

Then, as if her strings were cut, she collapsed.

"Mei-chan!!"

Damn, her stamina, mana, both of those must be at their limits. She defeated the Armor Bear without recieving any fatal wounds, but since she had to use that drug, there's a chance she'll incur deadly levels of exhaustion. And I did attempt to alleviate the drug's effects somewhat by having the blueflower antidote mixed in <Reagent X>, but we have no idea how effective it'd be.

"Shit, I'll get more antidote and... No, I gotta do patch up her arms first"

Beside Mei-chan who's fainted and lying on the floor, I turned over my bag and hurriedly prepared to treat her. Though I say treat, I'm only washing her wounds and applying meds on it, just like the time I found her in the fairy square.

First I'll use the remaining water in the plastic bottle to wash, to the best degree I can, her arms that look like they've been dipped in a pool of blood. Just as I guessed, Mei-chan forewent using Ointment A to heal them and went straight for the <Reagent X>. It's all thanks to that choice that I got out of receiving a deadly finisher. A so called point of divergence of my fate you could say.

Thank you. I can't thank you enough. Just look at these arms, these horrible wounds. Luckily it didn't get to her tendons, or cut deep enough to show bone, but the amount of bleeding was insane. To kill the Armor Bear bare-fisted in this state... Perhaps Mei-chan has already left the domain of humanity.

But that doesn't change the fact that she requires immediate treatment. I'm thinking that with her Berserker skill #2, <Blood Boost>, working, she won't die from blood loss even after losing a fair bit. She's supposed to have shed a ton of blood, but her complexions still looks alright.

Her life isn't in danger, is what I'd like to think.

I prayed to God, and I'm not sure if it's appropriate to pray to Ruinhilde-sama, the God of curse, but even so, I prayed devotedly, while treating Mei-chan's wounds.

"*Haah...* W-with this she'll be..."

*Alright*, I wan't to hope. At this time, I saw that Mei-chan was breathing gently in her sleep. Breath, pulse, both look good. And her arms, with all that Ointment A I laid on, I'm sure I can leave the rest to her <Blessed Body>.

But I'll be fully relieved when we've relocated to a fairy square. If we're attacked by monster's right now, we're done for. With me alone, I can take one Zombie at most. If they come in a horde, or if there's even one Goar, that's the instant game over.


"<GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!>"


That roar hitting my ears caused all my thoughts to freeze.

No, just no, impossible. This, isn't damn fair. As appeared in me thoughts that attempted to escape reality, so did it.

A second Armor Bear. Like the one with the gaping hole over there, this one also entered slowly from a passage.

"A, u, aa..."

Our eyes meet. It paid not the slightest glance at its dead friend, and looked straight at me. A pair of humans all covered in blood.

It's over, I can't, think of anything.

I could run. Yes I could, but my feet don't seem to feel like moving.

Running away, and dying somewhere else alone... Well, dying together here with Mei-chan seems a bit nicer.

Together? No, that hell are you thinking mate. I've got myself the greatest curse ever to take anyone down with me if it's a 1v1.

"*Fuh, hah, haa...* Y-yeah... Not an issue... Mei-chan, this time, it's my turn to protect"

I'll take down this 2nd one with <Pain Return> and die. And Mei-chan could wake up right after. If it's her, she can go through the dungeon herself. She can survive.

And, she'll get out of this dungeon, get to the kingdom, and then, it could take a while, but if she can make it back home to our world... then this life of mine, might have some worth yet.

Dying to protect a girl, it's glorious. For a man, it's damn well the greatest way to die.

"*Haah... Haa...* Hah, Hi-hihaha..."

Levels of despair and tension skyrocketing, I leak a wierd laugh. My heart's also been beating annoyingly loud.

The hell, fuck this noise, least you can do is let me look cool when I die. You know, like, *See ya sweetheart, don't miss me too much*.

But man, if I know it'd end this way, I should've risked getting beat down, and rubbed Mei-chan's tits at least once.

Those vulgar and stupid thoughts are the only ones running through my mind, nothing like that revolving lantern effect I hear so much about. Just goes to show, once a useless chump, always one.

"Fufuh, ahahaha... Bite me, then die bitch"

A fierce roar pierces into my ears. The Armor Bear bore its fangs, running towards me, a sole helpless prey—

"<Lux Sagitta!>"

White light shone. Pure white, powerful light that could almost blind you. Oh man, I'm like, dead now right? No pain? That's great, I died well.

"UAAAAAAAAA!! Hot, TOO HOT!?"

I'm alive, I realized when I felt the afterburn hot enough to roast, and started rolling around yelling like a dumbass.

"Are you guys alright? Don't die yet!"

So this is that Armor Bear. Looks like big game

"Waah, this bear-san, looks kinda super tough"

"G-good luck, girls!"

Upbeat voices of girls go around. I'm really not deluded enough to this these are from a bunch of playful angels from heaven. I'm alive. And I'm still in this hell we call the dungeon.

"Help! We can't fight anymore!"

There isn't one speck left of the me wishing for a nice death. Joy. The utter happy emotion I'm feeling to be alive is driving my soul towards survival. I legit don't want to die, and almost can't believe I was planning a means of suicide just now.

Whatever pain, whatever disgrace I face, I really, want to keep staying alive.

"<Gauh! GOAAAH!!>"

The Armor Bear made a ferocious roar at the new humans that appeared... but seeming to realize it's disadvantage, it turned around and headed back into the passage it arrived from.

"Haah... Haah... Yes, YES... we're saved"

In so much relief that I'd faint, I saw a real angel smiling.

"It's a relief you're alright, Momokawa-kun"

That smile projecting from Souma Sakura, was simply, beautiful. Ah, if you smile at me like that, I'll darn be heartstruck.

But right now, my heart's so full of happy that I'm alive, that I can't add in any love or any of that jazz. Look, I'm a simple dude: I see big tits, I'm all in.

Starting with those rather rude first thoughts, I thus met Souma Sakura, and her merry bunch.

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TN: Yeah, this chap is pretty hype so I wanted to finish in one go.
Also, Happy 'Murrica day!