Ecstas Online Vol 1 Chapter 4

VOLUME 1: Login, CHAPTER 4

No way, is this really an RPG? In that case, is it that!? a.s.suming so, why do I have to do something like defeating Asagiri? Why!? The opponents here are different! You should be defeating the Demon Lord coming from behind!

I turned around and pointed my fingers at the running man-wolf. The man-wolf rushes towards the spear-unit which took their positions. I began to speak to Asagiri in a feeble voice.

「N-no..... There.. That's... the enemy is....」

「Wa~oo! You pointed at me~! Let's rage together, my king.」

The rus.h.i.+ng man-wolf raised a joyful voice as if he was howling.

........

You aren't the Demon Lord?

「Unite formation! Before the s.h.i.+elds!」

When Ichinomiya Akira instructed with a sharp tone, the knights with huge s.h.i.+elds ranked in line. The s.h.i.+elds of the knights were silver and polished like mirrors. Wait, this is a mirror s.h.i.+eld? Exodia Exodus also had this item. If I am not mistaken, those are superior in defensive magic. Since I've read the specifications seriously, I know ~

My figure then appeared on the mirror s.h.i.+eld.

「Na.....na?」

There was a giant cladded in dark armor. A helmet, an arm with armor. A broad shoulder wide, and thick chest. Arms being thicker than a human's feet. Tight waist. The feet being thicker and longer than a human's torso. From the gaps in the armor, red light like magma swirls around. The woven cloak on his back flickered as if it was made out of flames itself. And the eye sockets of the helmet has no light and looks like a dark hole. When I surprised myself, red eyes flash inside the darkness of the helmet.

Is this..... me?

I am.....

I know this appearance.

Instead of knowing, I was attached to this.

「Stop the movements! s.h.i.+zuku Is.h.i.+-san!」
[TL Note: Yup, the Author changed s.h.i.+zuka Is.h.i.+non's name to s.h.i.+zuku Is.h.i.+]

When Ichinomiya shouted that, my body was wrapped in a black fog. And a bunch of red numbers appeared from my body again. Before my eyes was a glowing icon. It showed my status which was affected by poison and paralysis.

From the rear lines, there was a girl who was holding onto a thick, large book.

――s.h.i.+zuku Is.h.i.+! You too?

As usual, she had a beautiful face, but with a rugged fierce expression. Black clothing, and a long robe. And a big thick book that she grasped on her hands. An image of the Ice Witch from the former, but the former was a witch itself.

The damage I'm receiving now is the effects of s.h.i.+zuku Is.h.i.+'s magic! This is troublesome because her magic continues to damage me continuously.

「Now! Everyone attack! Attack from both left and right of the s.h.i.+eld's positions!」

Then a column of mirror s.h.i.+elds approaches me before my eyes. As Ichinomiya turned around to my left side, and Asagiri on the right side, they swung their swords at me. A dull sound is heard, and a red figure appeared.

As the others turn around and continue to hit my armor with their fists and spears. And Fire Magic being cast ahead of me brings down the flames. The damage is little, but it is indeed formidable when I'm being attacked in groups. At the edge of my sight was a cylinder-shape parameter which was decreasing quite quickly. The MAX value was 1000, but now it's already decreased to 500.

This is an HP gauge? Wait, if this thing runs out, am I... going to die?

At that moment, things from my behind crawled up.

No, ha ha ha.. No way. No. This is a game....

Numbers keep surfacing one after another right before my eyes and disappear. The HP gauge has dropped below 300.
No, where does say that even if I'm in a game, I will be okay even if I die in this world? What if death here means death in real life?

I suddenly saw the expressions my cla.s.smates had.

「We will definitely return to the original world! Definitely!」

Asagiri is tearing up, desperately swinging down her sword. And Ichinomiya is screaming loudly.

「Everyone! Just a little more! Just a little more until we can return to our original world!」

They will be able to go back to the original world by killing me? What does that mean?

Everyone has a desperate expression on their faces. Having an obsession close to being a grudge, I couldn't even bear to question him. My cla.s.smates who desperately wield the swords as if they were fighting against the fate of imminent death.

This abnormal levels of emotion, fear began to boil inside my heart. Responding to the fear, the cloak made out of flames burns more and more.

「Ka.......」

The flames of the cloak swirl around like a whirlpool and began to change to a form of a stick.

「Stop.....」

I gripped the stick. And the cloak made out of flames turned into a single sword.

「Stooooop itttttt!!!」

I waved the sword around easily.

I tried to swing the sword earnestly, much less that it doesn't have to kill. However, I wanted them to get away from me. I swayed lightly as if to swing an insect away.

「What!? Kiyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!」

An explosive shockwave ran.

The red sword that I gripped with my hands emitted a crimson light and the light runs through the battlefield in the blink of an eye. Fierce winds rise up, and a wall of air crushed the battlefield led by me. Both the humans and the monsters were cut down equally by the shockwave.