Chapter 1285 Shangri-La Frontier Chapter 680: Creators of the New History Part 2

「Alright then. You there and…… You back there. Come here real quick, why don’t you?」

If you’re not one of our devoted followers and believers, then you do not deserve the right to be given an asylum from danger. After all, the only ones who are worthy of receiving my love and protection are those who are ready to wholeheartedly love me and protect me back…… Okay, my dear believers, do the deed! Restrain the non-believers! They are impure! And what do we do about the impurity of this world? That’s right, we burn it out! Completely and definitely! So how about we turn them into some fine smoked meat? Or would you rather prefer to be baked into a pie? Or maybe turn into ash or be refined into diamonds……? Hmm, decisions, decisions, decisions…… But for the time being, I cannot allow for any sort of impurity to corrupt my perfectly devoted, perfectly fanatic legion.

「Sanraku-kun, shouldn’t this this thing be more like half and half? At least that’s what I think……」

「Ahh, this? You don’t really have to worry about it all that much, Rei-san. It was a character that was supposed to betray you in the long run, so it’s not really all that great of a loss, if you start thinking about it in those categories……」

While the two particular fanatics continue to scream while burning while the hornworms continue to eat away at their bodies, I use that moment to casually guide Rei-san out of the Boss area and towards the next layer. Uwah, and all this time I can hear those two screaming and shouting, throwing curses and invectives towards me like there is no tomorrow…… Sorry guys, I know that you must be putting all of your heart in to those screaming and cursing, but could you give it a rest already!? Normally I would have stopped and listened to what you have to say, but that would only be possible when I was solo! But unfortunately for you, I have Rei-san with me right now, so terribly sorry!

「Anyways, I guess that that’s about it when it comes to the beta version. It goes to this point and we probably cannot advance further. So how about we are going to head back and log out for the day, hmm, Rei-san?」

「Yes, let’s do just that…… Fufu, this is really fun. It almost feels as if I was being escorted around by you, Sanraku-kun.」

Kuh, just take a look at this girl, being able to casually throw cheeky lines like that without even flinching or feeling embarrassed in the slightest…… I just seriously hope that the embarrassment is going to get the better of her at some later date. It would only feel fair that way. However, I should stop with that line of thinking. It’s really unbecoming of me, especially since I am a man. I should be able to rise above some petty grudges like that…… But that is actually way harder to accomplish than one might think.

「Well then, in that case…… How about this, Young Lady? Will you lend me your hand? Will you allow yourself to be escorted by me, unbecoming as I may be?」

「Nguhyuh ………… Huh? Umm, this is, umm…… W-With pleasure! Please, please do just that!」

Kuuuhhh, I don’t know why, but for some reason or another Rei-san was feeling especially bold and assertive today…… Or no, it’s not like that. It’s like…… right now she feels more like her elder sister, Saiga-100. I don’t even know why that particular comparison occurred to me all of a sudden, but that’s that, I guess. Now then, just like that we were back on our way towards the second layer, while I was holding onto Rei-san’s hand throughout the entire time……

Also, for the time being, can you guys do something about that crowdfunding screen!? We are in the middle of having a moment here and it is really starting to get in our way! Just when is it going to disappear for good!? My God, this thing is really annoying!!!

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And just like that, three hours managed to pass after Sanraku and Saiga-0 first started their joint excursion into the world of Death Game Rebellion Online.

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「Nhh……」

What lies beyond all emotions is nothingness, and nothingness is the origin of all emotions out there. That’s it. That’s just how the nature of this world works. It was only after logging out for the day and lying prone on her futon with her face buried deep in her pillow that Saiga Rei was finally able to realize that one and ultimate truth that usually would take the most devoted of monks years of meditation to achieve. But right now Saiga Rei’s thoughts were clearer than they have ever been before.

「Nhyuhi!!」

And the thing that was making this entire situation far worse was the fact that the occasional flashback just wouldn’t stop coming back to her! And just when she would think that they would finally stop, they would double down on her mercilessly! The appearance of cramping and quivering monster that was also on fire! The miserable end of the monster previously known as “Rosel, the King of Thorns”! She happened to have defeated it alongside a few hours prior, but the image was still quite vivid inside of her mind.

(The sounds of the whole body writhing in agony while remembering all the gestures and words that she desperately threw towards Sanraku trying to explain the situation.)

「HOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!?!?!?!?!?!?」

Why was she even referring to those certain subjects that she did!? She shouldn’t have done that! Why did she even mentioned her sisters and relatives!? She absolutely shouldn’t have done that!! And why she didn’t even hesitate when she was doing that!? Why? Why!? WHY!? WHY!? WHY!? Also, they are going to be meeting tomorrow, right!? And she will have to face him like this, right!? And then they will have to go to school together! But she doesn’t want to go to school with him while being like that!!!

At that very moment various polar opposite emotions continued to surge through Rei’s body, rampaging inside of it with the force of a passing hurricane. Later on, those memories and feelings would come to be known as Saiga Rei’s very first “Black History” of embarrassment. But for now all that she could do in order to relief some of the tension and embarrassment that’s been building up inside of her was to simply let out a muffled scream directly into her pillow, while her body thrashed about like a fish blown from the water.

And then, just like that,

「Rei? What’s the matter? Did something happen? Rei?」

「Ah…… Sen-nee-san? N-No, it’s nothing. Nothing really happened.」

「Rei, I won’t really blame you or scold you for anything, since you are currently at the age where I do understand that you would get the urge to let loose from time to time, but…… It would be good if you would keep the other family members and our neighbors in mind while doing so…… Afuhn.」

「NNNGGGHHH~~~~ !!!!!」

It was in that exact moment that for the first time ever in her life Saiga Rei threw her pillow right in her elder sister’s face, with a clear murderous intention behind that throw. And as you might have expected, it was a very accurate and very powerful throw, indeed.