Strange Grief Wants to Retire ~ The Weakest Hunter Dreams of a Hero ~

Chapter 402.1: Trap

Code, the highly mobile fortress city. A city that seems to have roots from a Treasure Shrine is an object full of interest to me. The system this city has is far more advanced than that of any other country in existence. I don’t know much about this city yet, but I know that the system at least provides food, clothing, and shelter for the people who live there.

A society that can function smoothly without people working. Is there any other city like this one in the world?

No, well, I guess if such convenience existed, there would probably just be an increase in the number of useless people…… Maybe that is why Advanced Physical Civilizations went extinct?

In addition, it seems that you can use a wide variety of systems in proportion to your Class in Code. Since I came all the way to such a distant place and taken various risks, it would be fun to see what it can do.

Of course, I haven’t forgotten our purpose. We came to Code to rescue the imprisoned Royalty and repel the threat that is Code. Other than that――Sightseeing, searching for Relics from an Advanced Physical Civilization, and other things are lower priorities.

But this time I have already finished my job.

I became Alisha-ojou’s Royal Guard, a member of the Royal Family, and also had the opportunity to meet Nora-ojou. Code’s Royal Family consists of the King of Code, the Princes, and Princesses, a total of seven people so if we divide it between Kaiser, Saya, and myself, that means two for each of us, and the remaining King of Code and the others will be shared equally between the motivated Kaiser and Saya, so that means my part in this is done. I even rescued Kryhi, so doing anything more would be overworking myself.

I need to leave some work for Kaiser and Saya too, you know.

In any case, with Kryhi by my side, I can go outside with peace of mind. I can rely on him to charge my Barrier Rings, and even if I am targeted by Code’s defense system, the 《Lightning Emperor (Raitei)》 can repel it. Just as I expected from my real one, I can rely on him. All I need to do now is to wait quietly for Kaiser and Saya to finish their work.

All I have to do is stay still, but strangely enough, even that is something that is not easy to achieve for this Level 8 man named 《Infinite Variety (Senpen Banka)》. I have to do nothing with all my heart and soul.

……………… Everyone relies on me too much. You are talented people, so go ahead and just do what you want. I don’t need you to report to me or anything.

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In that sense, maybe the job of looking after Alisha-ojou――Ohii-sama is truly suited to me.

After rescuing Kryhi and safely meeting with Ohii-sama, one night passed. I set up a deck chair in front of Ohii-sama’s room and lay down on it, watching without thinking of anything Ohiisama’s daily life, doing nothing at all, when Kryhi arrives with his friends.

When he comes up to me, feeling like I am on vacation after finishing a job, he opens his mouth and says with an enthusiastic voice.

“So, Cry. Is there anything I can do for you?” (Kryhi)

*Yareyare* Good grief, talented people try to get work done whenever they have free time. Can’t they see I have even taken out a deck chair and am lying down on it?

The victims, Kool, and the others, are following behind Kryhi with indescribable expressions on their faces. Only Elise is not there, but in that respect, she is just like Eliza. The expressions on Kool and the others’ faces look a little less tense than before. They must have relaxed their shoulders now that their whole Party is back. If you think about it objectively, having the Party’s Leader thrown into prison is a pretty serious situation, right?

I have no choice but to sit up and look at Kryhi.

“What you can do? With your skills, you can do anything. Do whatever you want.” (Cry)

“!! Honmono-san, Onii-chan iiis, very cool and strong, buuut, Rusha thinks it is best not to let him do as he pleases……” (Rusha)

Rusha *ozuozu* timidly raises her hand and offers her suggestion. To hear something like that from his Imouto, who is obviously very attached to him…… By the way, I thought you used to be a lot more aggressive than this, have you grown up?

Hearing what she says, Kryhi shrugs his shoulders and says.

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“Well, that’s how it is. Kool and the others said that I should ask your opinion, see. After all, I still don’t know anything about this city. I do know the names of the princes and princesses you are after, but――” (Kryhi)

“………… If you know that, that’s enough.” (Cry)

“!?” (Kryhi)

Come to think of it, I don’t know the names of all the princes and princesses. I don’t really want to know though…… Indeed, suddenly having Kryhi join the mission probably wouldn’t be a good idea. From Kaiser and Saya’s perspective, it would be like an unknown (And powerful) Magi suddenly barged in. At the very least, I would have to accompany him so I could explain the situation to them.

……………… No, I think Kryhi will be fine maybe?

“I don’t really have anything in particular I want you to do yet………… Could you please protect the Royal Family or something? Anyone would be fine.” (Cry)

I already want to leave everything to Kryhi now. Kryhi’s eyes stare in wonder at my half-joking remark. Before Kryhi can say anything, Kool hastily interrupts.

“Please don’t say that as if you are asking him to run an errand! Th-That is too reckless, I am sure everyone already knows about Kryhi-san’s release, so I am sure they are on high alert for him――” (Kool)

After all, it is too reckless, huh. Ohii-sama, who is in the middle of her daily study, is blinking her eyes at Kool and the others who have a pale expression.

…… For now, let’s do what we can in order.

“Then…… Kryhi, can you, you know……………… Open this door?” (Cry)

I ask, pointing to the door that separates us from Ohii-sama’s room. The door is made of an unknown metal and doesn’t look particularly sturdy at first glance, but when my predecessor, a bandit, tried to destroy it, it didn’t even get a scratch on it.

It is obvious that I won’t be able to destroy it even if I attack, but maybe Kryhi can do something about it. Well, even if he was to free her, we couldn’t run away until Kaiser and Saya finished their job――. 

“Fumu……………… I see. It’s not my forte, but let’s give it a try.” (Kryhi)

Kryhi stands in front of the door with his sleeves rolled up while his friends look somewhat uneasy. Kryhi closes his eyes, takes a deep breath for a few seconds, then opens them wide.

His eyes shine gold and silver. His black hair which is a little longer than mine, rises slightly, and the power of lightning dwells in his body. Purple lightning flies from all over his entire body. The weapons that attacked him at the prison could not even make proper contact with Kryhi in this state. If Code is weak against lightning, it might be possible to destroy the door’s gimmick and open it.

Even when he is wearing a cloak, you can tell he has a well-trained body. If you compare him to me objectively, the only things we have in common are our hair color and gender no?

Kryhi stretches out his arms while shining brightly.

Then, just before his fingertips can touch the door, he makes a big backward jump.

A roar shakes the hallway. Rusha lets out a high-pitched scream and crouches down, covering her ears.

It is then that I finally notice that several turret-like structures are growing around the door to Ohii-sama’s room.

The turrets move without a sound and spit out bullets aiming at Kryhi. The countless bullets fired look like a shining storm. The excessive noise and vibrations make my head *kurukuru* spin. The sound will occasionally disappear, no doubt because my Barrier Rings are blocking sounds that are too loud for my tolerance.

………… Come to think of it, all of Biker’s subordinates who attacked the door were wiped out. Something about being turned to charcoal or something………… I forgot about that.

I think there is also something wrong with Kryhi, who immediately starts tearing the door when asked to open it.

Kryhi’s movements are truly impressive. He dodges bullets that are being fired at a speed that my eyes cannot even detect. The bullets he dodges seem to mysteriously disappear as if they are absorbed into the walls or the floor. It seems that it has been set so that the building won’t be destroyed.

However, there is one problem. The hallway is not that wide. If I stay here, I am going to get caught up in the middle of it.

Kool and the others have already run down the hallway. Rusha, who was crouching, is being dragged away by Zuri. Kool, who has quickly escaped, shouts at Kryhi, who is being relentlessly attacked.

“Kryhi-san, let’s run! You are at a disadvantage against this many bulleeets!” (Kool)

“Guh………… No, not, yet. Not, yet… Not yeeeeeeeeet!!” (Kryhi)

As Kryhi roars, the light that dwells in his body grows even stronger. With such a well-trained body and no staff with him, Kryhi doesn’t look like a Magi at all. However, the storm of bullets does not allow Kryhi to get any closer at all.

In desperation, Kryhi shoots lightning at the door, but it gets sucked into the ceiling and floor and disappears. Looks like he is struggling…………

Rather, I am super scared of the *bachibachi* electricity that has been flying here for a while now. The Barrier Rings didn’t activate because it barely reached me, but I would have screamed if I hadn’t experienced lightning so many times before.

Ohii-sama on the other side of the door also has her eyes wide open and is frozen solid. I’m quitting, I quit.

“After all, It is impossible to break down the door unless it is with the *sarasara* rustle, rustle……” (Cry)

I don’t know what *sarasara* rustle, rustle is, tho’. In any case, if it can’t be broken, further attacks are useless.

“Kryhi, that’s enough. I’ve got it pretty much figured out.” (Cry)

But he sure can dodge. If it had been me without Barrier Rings, I would have been minced meat at the first shot, but as expected of a man who participated in the “Supreme Martial Arts Festival (Buteisai)” thanks to his skills… He is different.

Upon hearing what I say, Kryhi leaps back several meters, putting some distance between him and the door.

――However, the defense system does not give up on pursuing Kryhi.

As if chasing Kryhi, turrets grow from the floor and ceiling. A transformable defense system. I see, this is troublesome. Even in high-level Treasure Shrines, there are hardly any traps as vicious as this. Kool and the others are speechless at this unexpected turn of events. Kryhi runs towards Kool and the others to avoid the attack. But the bullets follow his back. All I can do is to blink my eyes.

The turrets that had grown near the door had disappeared. I quickly go to where Ohii-sama is and check with her.

“………… Say, Ohii-sama, can you stop that?” (Cry)

Ohii-sama’s eyes flutter at what I say and slowly shakes her head.

“That was, the king’s decision.” (Alisha)

Seriouslyyy………… Sorry about that, Kryhi. I was careless. I didn’t mean for that to happen, I swear.

I’m soooooooooooooooooooooooo sorry!

Thanks for reading! New volume starts and Kryhi is already having his Infinite Trial. Gotta survive a bullet hell and evolve into SSJ2!

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