Chapter 4-8
Next PageVOLUME 2Chapter 4: The Penglai Emperor’s Resurrection
Part 8A few hours earlier, Jun turned to see Kasumi’s unmoving body.All while a silver-haired girl stood smack in the middle of the tomb.
“Alice.” Jun glared at her. Even though he knew that he was just experiencing an outburst of rage, he couldn’t help but vent his anger. “It was you guys! This is all because of some sloppy management on your end…!” he screamed, restlessly watching the girl’s facial expressions.
Alice looked up at Jun – emotionless, as always – but…
This girl’s really in a rush, huh?
This time, he could sense that she lacked her usual composure, though only just a little bit.
“A few bugs have popped up here and there.” Of course, Alice spoke in monotone.
“That’s enough beating around the bush. Is Kasumi coming back to life?”
“Kasumi Yukasaki is not dead. I just temporarily froze her avatar.”
Jun’s anger, searing hot like magma, suddenly cooled down.
He thought about what she said, and then understood… Jun finally took a deep sigh of relief.
“… Is that so? Alice, you saved us. I’m sorry for yelling at you.”
“Not quite. I can only freeze her for thirty minutes… You have 21 minutes and 51 seconds left.”
“So what do I do?”
“Kasumi Yukasaki was nearing her third death as a punishment for failing the quest. Currently, the Phoenix is behaving strangely. If you can restore it to normal, Kasumi Yukasaki’s quest will be once again possible to complete, and the quest penalty will be nullified.”
“So how do I go about ‘restoring it to normal’?”
“At this moment, the Phoenix is being influenced by the player avatar known as Zakka. You must sever the connection between the Phoenix and Zakka.”
“At any rate, I need to kill it?”
“The Phoenix was meant to run away to freedom after taking over the Penglai Emperor’s body. In that state, the Phoenix is not meant to be killed by a player character. The Phoenix, in controlling Zakka, overwrote his avatar.”
“Can the Phoenix… escape while controlling Zakka’s body?”
Alice shook her head slowly, “Having combined minds with Zakka, the Phoenix has been switched to KOS mode.”
Being in KOS (kill on sight) mode meant that it would indiscriminately attack all players.
“Isn’t that horrible?” Jun realized that this had emerged from Zakka’s inability to keep his cool in front of others. “This is, in fact, an invincible monster out to kill everybody it sees. It’ll go around murdering people all around the island… no, maybe even throughout all of Sky World.”
“I would like for it to be promptly stopped.”
“Of course.”
At that moment, Jun finally understood why Alice intervened.
She did not try to save Kasumi as just an act of goodwill. At this rate, all of Sky World itself was in danger.
“Have you prepared anything as support?”
Instead of responding, Alice touched Jun’s greatsword. Its large blade instantly glowed brightly.
The light faded away. Jun took out his tablet, and opened up the equipment screen. His sword’s stats had not changed, except for an attribute that had been added.
“Holy Avenger? I haven’t heard of that attribute before.”
“It’s the strongest existing attribute with many powers. When its user or the item with it is hit, no debuffs can be afflicted. It nullifies the use of Death Call on its user. It nullifies all spells cast on its user, rendering all weak magic useless. It nullifies all special attacks used against its user. When the weapon deals damage, its target’s regeneration abilities will be interrupted, rendering all special defensive abilities useless. It nullifies all of its targets’ buffs, as well. And in addition to all of that, it increases your damage drastically.”
“… What kind of cheat is that?”
“Originally, it was just for the GM’s weapons. Now, he has granted special permission for its use in destroying the Phoenix-Zakka hybrid.”
“You mentioned this person before… So exactly who is he…?”
Alice looked up at Jun, not saying a word.
“I get it. Now’s not the time for that. I have something to do… right?”
Jun sighed and shook his head.
“That way leads outside.”
After she gestured towards the singular exit, Alice disappeared instantaneously, just as she appeared.
(NanoDesu) A Translation of the Sky World Light Novel 