[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 135: Neutral Enemies (6)

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What is the reason for fighting? He had wanted to know that for a long time.

In his previous life, he had indeed not fought directly, but used pawns that would act as an extension of his hand.

Even to this day, he is still fighting. Practice as hard as possible so as to damage his own body, and learn as hard as possible so as to design a variety of plans that can minimize risk.

He always does that every time. Even so, he still had not found the reason behind all his hard work.

Until now, he had always been hiding behind two excuses. The first was to boast of everyone in his extended family who had placed a lot of hope on him. And the second is to show everyone that he is worthy.

Of course, he wants to make Ayano, or Olivia happy with his achievements. But, somehow he could not make the figure of the girl as a reason to fight.

He felt that the girl, Olivia, was not the one who made him try this hard.

Was it due to the harsh upbringing of his family? It's probable.

Even though his biological parents had died in an accident when he himself was still unable to see clearly, his extended family had fiercely instilled the doctrine of 'achieving victory in any situation' in him.

Since childhood, he has been asked to be a winner. Failure is an inexcusable thing.

Being born as the ultimate heir of a prestigious family may sound like something to be happy about. But, the truth is not so.

He must do everything to achieve victory, and he must also do whatever it takes not to give a shameful failure to all his family members.

Although, it was against his own will.

What is he fighting for? Why does he work so hard? Was it really just to meet the expectations of his family? Or even make the girl he loves, Olivia proud of what he achieved? He was sure that was not the reason.

Years of living life as his extended family taught him, may have left his mind a little damaged because he was unable to even understand himself.

He cannot understand himself. That's the truth. But that's why he needs someone who can understand him. That way, at least he can make the figure as his reason for fighting.

He does not consider himself a good man, but he does not admit that he is a bad man. The good self that everyone knows, and the evil self that only certain people know, both personalities are his true self.

Letting a lot of positive feelings be directed at her, also letting a lot of negative feelings be directed at her. He will accept it all without any doubt. He cannot refuse it. All those feelings, he couldn't avoid them.

Born as someone who can easily accept and bear all the good, as well as hatred. That is the core of his existence.

That was the figure of Canaria Izaya. A figure so innocent and stupid that he could not understand himself. Allowing himself to be dragged into a powerful and terrible current called 'situation', and 'life'.

Someone who fights to find his reason to fight.

Truly a pitiful figure, at the same time ridiculous.

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A glint of violet filled the dark basement. Every time the flash appeared, there were at least more than two people who screamed in pain before finally falling to the ground in a lifeless state.

Noelle jumped from place to place, aiming for all the weak points of the giant creature.

Those bright red eyes showed absolutely no hesitation in his every move.

He just kept jumping and swinging his sword at a predetermined point.

Several extremely sharp-looking swords were hovering around him, like a satellite orbiting its controller.

"Damn! That bastard is crazy! "

The panicked cries of some of his enemies had continued to fill his ears since just now. But, he easily ignored all of them and refocused on the ongoing battle.

Not without reason he ignored them all. That was of course because he believed in the person who was currently also fighting with him.

Olivia with a big smile still plastered on her face quickly ran and accelerated while swinging her sword at the enemy. And at the same time, he also controlled several black cubes that he ended up firing like a bullet.

A very neat sword swing without any gaps in his movements, as well as the pretty face that was the source of the attack. It was the last thing his enemies saw, before they all died in a terrible state.

Noelle who saw what Olivia did was only able to smile wryly. Not that he wouldn't mind seeing Olivia take someone else's life with his hands. But that's because he can't do anything to stop it.

If she forces Olivia to stop doing what she is doing right now, then Olivia will just be mad at her.

For various reasons, Olivia could have returned all of Noelle's arguments, and easily won the debate.

In addition, Noelle also did not have to fear Olivia would be hurt.

There, he saw several reincarnators belonging to the Norman group fighting against the monsters and all the attackers who began to surround them.

For now, Noelle could at least hand it to them.

He did not know how powerful the other reincarnators were, but it should be enough to measure the time until he completed the extermination of the disturbing monsters.

(Although I thought of that ... How can I finish off this bastard .. )

Noelle confusedly looked at the giant figure before her.

His appearance is very unclear. Aside from its gigantic size, and humanoid shape, Noelle was unable to determine what kind of monster it was.

His body was completely pitch-black, as if absorbing all the light that was shining down on him, and the two large, bluish-white glowing circles that looked like those eyes were staring at Noelle without any change to her shape.

But that's not what concerns Noelle.

What made the monster a troublesome opponent was its extremely fast regeneration ability.

That's really disturbing.

Every time Noelle cut off one limb, the severed limb instantly vanished into smoke, and the injured monster's body would recover in an instant.

In addition, there were also some other monsters that had been bothering him since.

It was some strange-shaped monsters that grew crystals in their bodies.

They continued to flow out from the gaps formed in the empty space.

Noelle really did not know what the gap was, but it was the source of all the monsters that attacked her, so she just needed to destroy it.

But, how?

Since then, Noelle had several times tried to slash through the gap in the empty space, but the slash of her sword had no effect at all, and naturally pierced through the gap.

In the end, Noelle preferred to ignore the gap while continuing to attack all of her enemies.

Of course, he also loudly thought about how to stop this monster raid.

As he sank into his own thoughts, several figures he had been waiting for finally appeared.

It was all members of the Asterisk, including Souris who was actually Harold in disguise.

Damian vigilantly observed around with Asher, while Colyn shockedly looked at Noelle who was still fighting with several monsters at once.

"Eh? Isn't that Souris?! Then, who is Souris who is with us now?! "

His frantic shout made all the other Asterisk members turn to him, then follow the direction of his eyes that looked at Noelle's figure.

Their views all alternated between Noelle and Souris. But, before long the situation subsided as Noelle gave them a hand signal.

The contents of his signal made it clear that he could not appear as Souris at this time. And instead, there is someone who will replace him playing that role.

The person in question was of course Harold.

Damian nodded, confirming the signal from Noelle.

"Don't mind that, Pauper. Focus on all the monsters around you! With your strength, you should be able to handle them! "

Colyn seemed to object to what Damian said. But, in the end he could only sigh in resignation while driving his pillow to the Norman group who looked breathless as it faced the endless crowd of monsters.

"You! The girl before! "

Kaira shouted and pointed her gun at Colyn, but Colyn casually ignored that while shaking her head.

"There's no point in threatening me like that. If you ever see me, you should know my powers."

" … Tch."

With his words, Colyn hinted that he could not be defeated at all with just the strength that Kaira had at the moment.

Kaira hates to admit it, but it's true.

He had already seen Colyn's strength as he fought with Nix Regina. With just that, Kaira could easily conclude that Colyn would not be easy to defeat.

"Well, it's midnight snack time."

Colyn lethally swung her arm. Instantly, all the monsters that had previously made Kaira and the others the hassles disappeared without a trace.

As if, their existence had never existed from the very beginning.

"Mmm .. It is troublesome to eliminate all these scattered enemies … "

Colyn then returned to where the rest of the Asterisk members were already waiting. He looked over and asked Lucia.

"Hey, can you use something like support magic? It would be best if everyone's stamina could be restored."

Lucia nodded. "Indeed right. At least we can hand over most of the enemies to them if we recover their strength. But, it's a pity that I don't have that kind of supporting ability."

"Hmm ... Then, what about you guys? "

The only thing that caught Colyn's attention since then was Tania who was staring at the gap in the empty space grimly.

"What's up, Mordred? You look confused."

"Wait, can you distinguish his expression? In my eyes her face had not changed at all" Arnaz overwrote before finally getting a cold look from Colyn.

Everyone other than Arnaz can certainly feel the change in atmosphere that happened to Tania. But, they had secretly agreed not to discuss it.

Of course, right before Colyn herself asked him that.

Tania looked puzzled as she got the gazes from everyone. Even so, he did not say anything and hugged the handle of his scythe firmly.

(It seems like this won't be easy .. )

Colyn could only give up on thinking about the whole situation. He had been in a bad mood since then, and it became even worse when he came to this place.

Meanwhile ... In Tania's mind …

(Navi, do you know why the gate to the underworld suddenly opened? )

『No way I know. I'm just as surprised as you are. I did not expect that the gate to the underworld would open again like this.』

(Is this them? )

『No, I doubt that. It's been a long time since we killed those bastards. I guess, the one who opened the gate to this underworld is a different person than before.』

(So, yes .. )

While Tania was in a confusing discussion with Navi inside her head, the one figure they had been waiting for since had finally appeared.

A flash of light that was actually a shoot quickly shot out and landed right among the monsters.

The spear gave off a blinding light. However, it was strangely very calming for everyone around him.

Even so, the spear light was deadly to monsters.

It was already quite clear with the monsters that had suddenly turned into ash as the intense light from the spear began to die down.

A moment later, the figure that was the mastermind behind the spear attack finally appeared.

It was the Knight of Round, Lucius Roux.

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Lucius looked around to understand the situation. Meanwhile, Norman and the others were quite surprised upon seeing him.

"Lucius! " call Norman.

That shout made Lucius refoeks look at Norman. The look on his face instantly changed, when he saw a prince like Norman at this emergency place.

Lucius instantly stopped all his actions, and quickly approached Norman.

However, what awaited him there was something very shocking to him.

It was the same figure as the one who had previously spoken to Lucius in Rondo. Or at least that's what Lucius thought.

Lucius continued to set his sights on Souris, who was actually Harold. While the other Asterisk members also looked dumbfounded by his appearance.

"You! How did you get here?! " cried Lucius.

Despite that, Harold ignored all their reactions and continued to finish off every enemy that was before him.

Noelle who saw all that smiled slightly and thought that the situation was a little more under control. He jumped away from the giant humanoid monster, then landed right next to Olivia.

"Did I make you wait too long? " ask Noelle.

Olivia gasped for a moment when she saw Noelle's appearance, but immediately changed the expression on her face that was previously a terrible crazy smile, into a gentle smile that seemed to welcome her lover.

"I'm glad Noelle really came back to me" Olivia said.

Noelle smiled wryly and stroked Olivia's head which was right under her chin.

"It's only been about an hour since I left. Did you miss me? "

"Yes, very," Olivia replied, narrowing her eyes.

"Mhmm .. Then, sorry for making you wait."

The smile on Olivia's face widened as she drowned her face in Noelle's chest.

Noelle naturally loosened her expression at the sight of Olivia's behavior, but she narrowed her eyes sharply again as she watched the surrounding environment that was still filled with fighting.

(Now ... I have understood enough of the situation. But ... I wonder how to deal with this .. )

Although in reality Noelle did not care much about the residents of Eisen, she was interested in what way she should do to stop the matter.

Within the span of one week, Eisen had been attacked several times by a figure who had strength equivalent to a monster.

The attack carried out by Nix Regina has certainly nothing to do with the coup carried out by Terneth, as well as the attack that is currently taking place.

So, Nix Regina has been removed from the list of suspects.

Noelle's only conclusion right now is the fact that Terneth must have something to do with this attack.

As he thought about that, he then realized one thing.

" … Hey, Livia … "

" … What? "

Olivia raised her face slightly, and looked at Noelle in confusion even though a sweet smile was still plastered on her face.

"Do you know where Earl is now? "

" …? "

Tilting her head for a moment, Olivia then shook her head. "No, I haven't seen him since. But ... I think he's still on the surface right now."

"On the surface, yes ... What he did there … "

Noelle narrowed her eyes suspiciously, then went back to paying close attention to her surroundings.

(After a look, there are only a few residents who are here ... What the old bastard is planning now .. )

After giving Noelle a job that makes her visible to the Asterisk, the man simply disappears when his territory is attacked by an unknown enemy.

Noelle then noticed that Harold disguised as himself was swinging his two blood swords brutally at all enemies.

Every opponent that was hit by that sword, their bodies would split in an instant. Harold created the sword by fusing his ability to control shadows, as well as blood.

In short, it was an example of an attack that resulted if the power of shadow and blood control was put together.

Noelle was interested in trying some experiments with that ability. But now he has another problem.

(Yahh, for now ... I should be able to hand over the monster matter there.)

Noelle sighed for a moment as she thought about this perfect division of tasks.

He and Olivia will fight together to get rid of all the enemies Olivia has faced, while Harold and the other members of Asterisk fought together to finish off the monsters that continued to flow out endlessly from the gap formed in the empty space.

For Lucius, yahh, forget him.

He had an important duty of protecting the prince.

However, the prince, Norman instead ordered Lucius to come finish off the enemy and save all the wounded population, while Norman will help eradicate the monsters with his group members.

At first, Lucius did not want to take the risk of allowing Norman to act alone. But, Norman had some comrades with powers that were very useful in battle.

At the very least, Lucius could breathe with relief now.

Even so, his attention did not escape, and continued to be fixed on one figure.

It was Souris. The man who previously gave him information about the plan of creation of the angel weapon.

His appearance was exactly the same, but Lucius could clearly believe that the Souris before him today was not the real Souris.

His gaze was then fixed on all the other Asterisk members.

They were all the ones who caused chaos to Rondo, the territory under his guard.

"Who is that bastard disguised as that boy now .." said Lucius while watching Souris.

His fighting style was very different from the one Lucius remembered.

Naturally, Lucius knew that Souris who was in front of him right now was a 'fake'.

Meanwhile, the original Souris …

(It seems Lucius is already aware of Harold's disguise..

—Now ... Let's move on to my other plan.

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