LV999 – Chapter 12, Part 5

So we Have to Keep Moving Forward

Part 5

NT: So… Yeah, i’m still alive. Now… i guess i should explain you the reason behind… this.
Now, first… ¿do you remember that the last time i said that i might dissapear «again» sinse my teacher might give me a new huge load of homework and all that kind of stuff? Well, it happent, it was horrible, they just told us we need some «new» grades to finish the semester and… it was horrible, ¿but you know what? Catora did awsome. It was incredible. I still don’t know how i manage to do it so great. Those were some horrible TWO WEEKS, and Catora survive therm… then everything fucked up.
Is like… Catora finished that crap a friday… rest a couple of days… and then his freaking laptop die on sunday night. I mean, not exactly his laptop, but it’s hard disk (check this), and due the quarantine, all the stores were it could be repaired were close for like, three weeks, THREE FREAKING WEEKS, CATORA SPEND HIS TWO WEEKS BREAK AND HIS FIRST WEEK OF HIS 2ND SEMESTER WITHOUT HIS GODDAMN LAPTOPN, Catora just… lost his mind. Beliebe me, Catora feel into a hole and… Catora just… goddamn… anyway, during all this time, due all the crap, Catora accumulated a lot of stress , and, didn’t wanted to do anything, and, well… that’s what happened. The only good thing about this is that Catora have a lot of crap to talk you about now. It will be fun…

(Catora will try to upload 1 chapter per day until finish the curren chapter to make up for the time he wasn’t around)

「What are you doing here? Everyone in Resistance thinks you’re dead」

「They also call you “Disappointing Hero”, did you know? What? Did you decide to live here because you couldn’t bear living with people who see you that way?」

There were many questions they wanted to ask him, but Menou finally decided to start with the reason why he was in this place. Then Tina brought that up, in case Kagami didn’t know what was going on.

「Disappointing Hero huh…… Well, considering the fact that I haven’t returned even though I’m alive, then I guess I am a Disappointing Hero. Errrm, anyway, a lot has happened, this might take a while, but…… I will explain everything that happened」

Then, Kagami started talking about what happened after he came to this world.

「The first thing I thought after arriving in this world was…… What the heck is this? Isn’t it completely impossible to save the world before I ran out of time? Furthermore, isn’t this almost equal to the conflict between Humans and Demons!? Seriously」

A year ago, Kagami, just like Alice and the others, received an explanation of what this world was. He heard the same shocking story about how Earth Clear was a system to create powerful humans capable of save Earth and the fact that he and everyone else had been sleeping in capsules all this time.

However, that didn’t matter too much to Kagami.

Kagami did not care where and what was the place where he was, he would definitely find a way to enjoy his life, so he did not give importance to that revelation. The only thing Kagami cared about was figuring out how to save the world. That was all.

「So, after being guided by that girl with a manly attitude who uses magic weapons and the one who carries a large wrench on her back, I finally ended up joining Resistance」

But what Kagami had to do after joining was far from saving the world. The only jobs he did were related to replenishing supplies and exterminating the Monsters nearby so the inhabitants of Earth could live with fewer complications.

So when Resistance finally seemed to be about to move to get closer to their goal of Saving the World, their plan turned out to be just a strategy to subjugate the Beast’s Fangs•Kemono Kiba-zoku• and weaken the other creatures that inhabited Earth. To Resistance, «Saving» the world was 『exterminating all non-human beings that inhabited Earth』.

「Honestly, I tried to think of some other way to reach my goal. However, I couldn’t think of any other method to Save the world before the time ran out. But it was also not realistic to believe that I could exterminate all the creatures that inhabit Earth in just two years, especially when it comes to the Beast’s Fangs•Kemono Kiba-zoku•, which are not different from the Demons…… Also, I personally didn’t want to fight them either」

The first time Kagami faced the Beast’s Fangs•Kemono Kiba-zoku•, this one couln’t help but compare them with his fellow humans after seeing how fiercely they tried to protect the elderly and children, which ultimately caused him to lose his fighting spirit. He knew there was no way he could save the world without fighting, but he also didn’t have the courage to act. He felt that he would definitely destroy everything he had fought to build if he killed the Beast’s Fangs•Kemono Kiba-zoku• at that time.

However, Kagami was also able to realize that it would be impossible to convince the Beast’s Fangs•Kemono Kiba-zoku• to cooperate with the Humans like he did with the Demons. The hatred that existed between Humans and Beast’s Fangs•Kemono Kiba-zoku• was so big that neither side would even consider communicating with the other, but on top of that, unlike the Demons, the Beast’s Fangs•Kemono Kiba-zoku• had no reason to consider making an agreement with the Humans.

In Earth Clear, the Demons were pursued unilaterally by the Humans, so it only took the Humans to stop so that both could reach an agreement, but in this case, both sides were looking for the destruction of the other, and after all the confrontations that they had had until now, they had reached a point where the only solution they could think of was the annihilation of the other side. In addition, Beast’s Fangs•Kemono Kiba-zoku• didn’t have any type of leader, such as the King or the Demon King, so the approval of the entire group was necessary if they were to reach an agreement with them. However, it didn’t take Kagami too long to realize that something like that was impossible after seeing the hatred they were fighting with, on the contrary, Kagami was sure that they would really be willing to continue fighting until one of the two sides disappeared. completely.

That’s when it happened. Just when the strategy of leading the Beast’s Fangs•Kemono Kiba-zoku• towards a trap was about to end, just as they were about to fall into the trap prepared by Resistance, Kagami realized that the Beast’s Fangs•Kemono Kiba-zoku• were already aware of the trap to which they were heading at.

One of the things that helped him understand this were the words he remembered hearing from Balmung, 「It’s our chance …… the group we are targeting is not very big」.

The group consisted of a dozen people, which consisted of a few younglings and several elders. They walked slowly and naively, moving just as the Humans wanted.

「But it was just something they did to cover up for the rest. The Beast’s Fangs•Kemono Kiba-zoku• are really close to each others, so they do not like to fight in open places while exposing the elderly and children to danger like today. That’s why they sent a decoy to attract the Humans. This decoy would be originally composed only of the elderly who felt like a hindrance to the rest of the group, but some younglings ended up volunteering anyway to try to help the elderly to escape alive when the situation turn complicated.

The five senses of Beast’s Fangs•Kemono Kiba-zoku• were much sharper than Humans thought, and they could easily detect the nearby humans hidden among the grasses and trees. In that way, Beast’s Fangs•Kemono Kiba-zoku•, who already had an idea of ​​what awaited them, prepared a decoy to avoid being ambushed by the Humans.

However, the Beast’s Fangs•Kemono Kiba-zoku•, who were aware of the location of the Humans, were unable to detect the trap they had set. The trap consisted of a simple structure built underground, which would explode at the precise moment and bury alive those who will be on it. However, it was still dangerous enough to end the Beast’s Fangs•Kemono Kiba-zoku•.

As a result, the Young Beast’s Fangs•Kemono Kiba-zoku• were unable to help the Elders who were used as a decoy and they all ended up being caught in the trap. However, just before that, Kagami felt extremely uncomfortable when he saw what was reflected in front of his eyes.

「Among them was a girl」

He had originally believed that the decoy would consist solely of elders for the sake of keeping the next generation safe. However, among these was a girl, who probably didn’t knew anything, and simply followed the adults who were holding their weapons.

She seemed to have no idea why they had separated from the rest of the group. However, none of the Beast’s Fangs•Kemono Kiba-zoku• who were walking next to her paid attention to her.

Kagami couldn’t help but run away the moment he saw someone was about to die uselessly without knowing anything. There was no way that killing the Beast’s Fangs•Kemono Kiba-zoku• were to miraculously save the world. However, saving the world within the time limit by normal means was absolutely impossible. Still, Kagami didn’t wanted to fight the Beast’s Fangs•Kemono Kiba-zoku• that were in front of him. So the solution was simple. He just had to do whatever he wanted. That was what Kagami believed.

Despite having found himself in the middle of the booby trap with the Beast’s Fangs•Kemono Kiba-zoku•, Kagami, who activated his Skill, 『Limit Release』, which doubled his physical capabilities for a certain period of time, managed to remain unharmed even after being buried alive, then, while the effect of his Skill was still active, he dug into the ground as fast as he could to avoid being found by Resistance while protecting the girl.

「And that girl was Pitta」

The moment he said that, Pitta, with one hand on her hip, proudly took a step forward.

「But …… What were you doing back here, Kagami-san? Weren’t you trying to make friends with the Beast’s Fangs•Kemono Kiba-zoku• the same way you did with the Demons? 」

「No, it’s completely different. As I said before, get the Beast’s Fangs•Kemono Kiba-zoku• consider allying with Humans is really hard right now, so I thought it would be quicker if I went back to Resistance and try to find a way to convince Humans to try to get along with the Beast’s Fangs•Kemono Kiba-zoku•」

Alice, who had believed that Kagami was moving for the sake of building a path to achieve peace in the same way that he did in Earth Clear, mutter, 「…… I understand, it seems to be so」, with a cloudy look after hearing those words.

Then, Kagami, who was still not used to Alice’s new adult appearance, scratched his cheek uncomfortably and said, 「Errrm, how about you listen to what I have to say until the end」, in an attempt to make her think about another thing.

「So…… getting back to the topic, after the outcome of today’s battle, I couldn’t just go and get in touch with any of you. The situation wasn’t indicated as you can see」

「What do you mean by that? No, before that…… You seem to have been here for a while, so did you know we were here, in Earth? In that case, why didn’t you come talk to us right away? 」

Menou said as he looked at Kagami.

「Well, I would have liked to, but you were with the people of Resistance all the time and then you went out to subdue the Beast’s Fangs•Kemono Kiba-zoku•, right? I just didn’t find the right time to talk to you guys, besides, I also had to make sure that Resistance and the Beast’s Fangs•Kemono Kiba-zoku• didn’t end up killing each other 」

After hearing that reply, everyone, now understanding why Kagami didn’t contacted them earlier, looked at each other with their heads bowed.

「…… Aside from how they get along, what do you mean when you say that you had to stop them from killing each other?」

「Errrm…… That’s it, well-」

「You seem to have been talking about something interesting」

At that moment, the entrance to the tent where Kagami and the others were talking was suddenly opened. On the other side of this was Mary, holding her magic weapon, with a cold look on her face, and Yuki, who was covering her mouth with her hand in surprise, as well as Rex, who had raised his arms with a look of that he seemed to have realized something and Takako and Palna, who were standing next to him with complex looks on their faces.

「Kya~a, you perverts!」

However, Kagami just yelled that as he ran out to close the entrance.

NT: As always, if you find something weird, whatever, just tell me in the comments

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