Chapter 28 Weapons That Choose The Owner (Part Four)
(Oh no, I'm going to get stabbed!)
At that moment...
Kiridani Jun let out a groan and jerked his body back.
Looking closer, an arrowhead was peeking out from the center of his chest.
Just as the pressure from the pushing sword disappeared, Kiridani Jun collapsed like a broken puppet, sliding down.
And beyond him... there stood Tsubasa, with a bow in hand.
"I... I thought Akito was in danger, so I was so focused... but Kiridani..."
Tsubasa said with a trembling voice and wide eyes.
Shimura, Morimura, Kondo Shuichi, and even Fukui, who were nearby, all stared at her in astonishment.
They turned their gaze to Kiridani Jun lying on the floor.
He remained motionless with wide open eyes.
All of it was unbelievable, as if he couldn't comprehend what had just happened.
(I'm sorry, Kiridani...)
I called out to him in my heart. It's a different world, but there have been times when I succumbed to Runa's temptation. In that sense, I too had betrayed Kiridani. Perhaps that's why I hesitated to attack him.
As I lifted my face from Kiridani, I slowly approached Tsubasa. She seemed frozen, only trembling slightly, not moving like a statue. I gently touched her arm, which was holding the bow, and softly lowered it. Tsubasa looked at me with a surprised expression.
"Tsubasa didn't shoot Kiridani. You saved me. Thank you."
Instantly, tears overflowed from both of her eyes.
"U-u-uu..."
She began to cry, suppressing her voice. I gently placed my right hand on her shoulder. Tsubasa leaned against my chest, as if drawn to it, pressing her head against it. Her tears wet my chest, and I regretted it.
(My hesitation, my inability to kill Kiridani... it hurt Tsubasa. It left a permanent scar of murder on her heart.)
In truth, the burden of murder, especially the disgrace of killing a classmate, should have been mine alone to bear. In previous loops, I have killed the classmates who attacked me again and again. My hands are already stained with blood. And since I know that pain, I shouldn't have made others experience the same pain.
Now, how much time has passed? When Tsubasa released her head from my chest, she spoke softly, "Thank you, but I'm alright now." However, her complexion was pale, and it didn't seem like she had fully recovered from the shock. That's when Morimura approached.
"Akito-kun."
He held out a key with a sword pattern. He had picked it up when I dropped it, without me noticing. Yes, I can't afford to be confused. We must survive. We must escape from this loop alive.
I received the key and headed back towards the door with a sword pattern. I inserted the key into the keyhole. The door automatically opened. Inside was a silver, double-edged one-handed sword. Its name is "Five-Leaf Sword (Goyou-ken)". At first glance, it looks like a very ordinary and simple sword. However, on the grip's end, there is a rotating magazine similar to a revolver and something that resembles a trigger.
(For now, this sword is nothing more than an ordinary sword.)
In this Five-Leaf Sword, I can insert five different magic stones into the rotating magazine. By pulling the trigger, I can change the magic attribute to be used. But for now, since there are no magic stones inserted, it is just a "sharp sword".
When I held the sword, a golden light filled the surroundings.
(We meet again, my master.)
A voice that can't be called a voice resonates in my head.
(Oh, it's been many times already, but please take care of me again.)
While answering like that, I tightly gripped the sword in my hand. I removed the sword I had been carrying until now and replaced it with the newly acquired sword.
"Is it my turn now?"
With those words, Shimura took the key to the axe in his hand.
"In that case, I'll take this spear,"
Kondo Shuichi said, taking the key to the spear. The two of them inserted their keys almost simultaneously and opened the door. Shimura reached for the battle axe, and Kondo reached for the spear, but neither of them lit up.
"What? When Akito and the others obtained their weapons, they lit up, didn't they? Why don't ours light up, and the weapons won't come off."
Shimura voiced his doubt. Suddenly, the floor began to tremble.
"An earthquake?"
Morimura said. However, I immediately denied that.
"No, this is something else!"
The stone room began to shake. Small stones fell from the walls and ceiling.
"The room is collapsing! We need to escape from here!"
I shouted and, at the same time, pulled Tsubasa, who was still in a daze, by the hand. Someone was running ahead of me. It was Fukui. Morimura was helping the injured Ito. I saw Shimura and Kondo Shuichi still struggling to obtain their weapons, but it seemed that neither of them would come off from where they were stored.
"Hey, forget about the weapons. We need to get out of here quickly! It's going to be too late."
The two of them stared at the magic weapons with a frustrated expression, but there's no choice but to prioritize their own safety. Once they moved away from the weapons, they picked up the ones they had been using and ran towards the corridor. Shimura and Morimura helped Ito-san by supporting her.
The shaking became more intense. Bigger rocks started falling compared to earlier. Just when they thought that, with a loud thud, a large rock, over a meter in size, fell from the ceiling.
"Hurry! Let's go back to the room we came from first!"
The six of us ran through the corridor. Then, we could see that the floor of the room we came from, which was the entrance, was gradually rising. The square-shaped exit was narrowing.
"The floor of the room we entered is rising!" said Shimura.
"It's trying to go back to its original position!" said Morimura.
"Anyway, let's climb up to that room! Otherwise, we'll be buried alive here!"
The first one to jump onto the raised floor was Fukui, who ran away first. Next, Kondo Shuichi grabbed onto it, crawled up to the floor, and reached out his hand to Shimura and Morimura.
The two of them supported Ito, who was prone to wobbling due to injuries, from below. Kondo pulled his arm from above. I also arrived with Tsubasa. The floor had risen quite a bit, almost 2 meters high.
"Tsubasa, go first!"
I said that, and Tsubasa looked back at me with vacant eyes.
"Shimura, Morimura, help me. Lift her up!"
""Got it!""
The three of us worked together to lift Tsubasa up. Up above, Kondo Shuichi took Tsubasa's hand and pulled her up, just like before.
"Next is Morimura!"
Among the three of us below, Morimura was the least athletic. Shimura and I worked together to push Morimura up. The height of the floor has probably exceeded 2 meters by now. And the height of the open space is less than 1 meter.
"Shimura, it's your turn!"
Shimura looked at me.
"Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, go ahead!"
"Got it, Akito, hurry up too."
I crossed my arms, and Shimura put one foot there.
As I pushed up with both hands, Shimura reached for the rising floor and grabbed on. He climbed up and pulled himself up.
"Akito-kun, hurry too!"
Morimura reached out from the floor. It must already be about 2.5 meters high. The opening has also shrunk to about 60 centimeters. I stepped back a bit, took a light run-up, and leaped at the wall-like floor. I kicked the wall with my right foot. My hands reached the floor. Quickly, Shimura, Morimura, Kondo, and even Tsubasa grabbed my hand.
""""Ready, set, go!""""
The four of them pulled with force, and my body crawled up onto the floor. The opening is now less than 40 centimeters. It was really close. It was a dangerous situation.
"Thank you, everyone. I'm saved thanks to all of you."
I expressed my gratitude to the four of them.
The three guys responded with smiles.
"Well, I've been helped so many times up to this point," said Kondo Shuichi.
"For me, you're a lifesaver," said Morimura.
"I think I've repaid my debt quite a bit, Akito," said Shimura.
Tsubasa, whose expression still had some stiffness, didn't say anything, but her lips curled up slightly.
The floor continued to rise.
Eventually, the floor returned to the room with the entrance.
"We finally made it back here."
Morimura murmured with a sigh of relief. I gave him a warning.
"It's still too early to relax. We still have to pass through the marshland where the frog-men are, just like before. And in the first room, there's a Dungeon Gusokumushi that bit Morimura."
"Y-yeah, you're right. We haven't escaped from the dungeon yet, huh?"
In response to Morimura's worried expression, I added with a smile.
"However, we've just acquired a weapon with magic properties. Morimura's attack magic is especially powerful. There's no need to fear frog-men or Dungeon Gusokumushi anymore. If they come close, we can just incinerate them with a fireball."
Morimura then let out a relieved sigh and said, "I see, I see."
"Ah, it must be tough for us who couldn't get our hands on magic weapons in that regard."
Shimura said, crossing his arms behind his head with a disappointed look.
"It's true. I also want to make a difference with a strong weapon."
Kondo Shuichi added, biting his lower lip. He seemed quite frustrated. To them, I said,
"Don't worry. There are more weapons with magic properties and amazing weapons to come. When that time comes, you two should have first pick of the weapons."
In response to the words, the two of them sparkled with excitement.
"Really?"
I laughed as I replied to Shimura's question.
"It's true. Whether you believe it or not is up to you, Shimura."
When I delivered a line from a mystery comedian, the three of them laughed. Laughing together like this was a first for them in this otherworldly place, and it was also my first since entering this loop.
With eyes that seemed to be watching us, Fukui gazed at us from a little distance away.
"Well then, shall we go outside?"
As Shimura started heading for the exit, I stopped him, saying, "Wait. There's something I want to ask Ito-san before that," and approached Ito-san.
"Ito-san, were you with Iigaki and the others?"
She nodded silently.
"Who else was with you?"
I wanted to know how many classmates were still alive.
"When the goblin attack happened, there were four boys named Iigaki-kun, Kuriyama-kun, Tamori-kun, and Fukui-kun. The girls included me, Sato-san, Suzuki-san, Segawa-san, Honda-san, and Yoshikawa-san. Altogether, there were ten people."
In total, there were ten people. During the goblin attack, our class divided into three groups: my group, Kondo Shuichi and Kiridani Jun's group, and Iigaki's group. However, despite Iigaki's group having ten people, are there only two survivors?
"What happened to everyone else?"
Then, Ito-san looked at me with fear in her eyes.
"Everyone... everyone died... except for me and... Fukui-kun..."
I was shocked. She proceeded to explain the situation.
"A flying monster attacked us in the forest, and Tamori-kun and Honda-san were there. After that, Iigaki-kun and Kuriyama-kun did their best to protect everyone, but... in the wetland area before we reached this building, we were attacked by a frog-like monster. At that moment, Kuriyama-kun and I ran away in a different direction to ensure the others could escape."
(Is that so...)
Kuriyama probably attracted the frog-men to protect the girls. As a result, they ended up floating in the swamp.
"But... in the end, in that basement... Igaki-kun protected us until the end... but in the end, everyone..."
She choked on her words as she spoke. I didn't like the delinquents, but Igaki and Kuriyama probably died protecting the girls until the end. I should respect their feelings and courage.
(If only I had come a little earlier...)
I almost thought that, but I shook my head to dispel that thought.
Who dies and who lives. Ultimately, it depends on fate. Even if I repeat the loop hundreds of times, I probably can't save all my classmates. I'll just do what I can at that time.
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