Chapter 7: Save the cattle

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[Would you like to access the Moon Demon Army's temporary base?]

After completing the mission, everyone returned to the Moon Demon Army's temporary base outside the walls.

'Access' - Arata commanded mentally as he walked around the temporary base after taking a shower.

[Ding, congratulations on accessing and obtaining {Slime Suit}]

[Name: Slime Suit]

[Type: Defensive Item]

[Rank: None]

[Description: The Slime Suit is a defensive item that provides more defense as the user puts more magic power into it, and its shape can be controlled according to the user's desire]

[Ding, {Slime Suit} has been stored in the Inventory]

"Not bad," Arata nodded, pleased with the reward even though he couldn't use it right now.

"It's time to rest," murmured Arata, yawning as he felt sleepy.

Arata walked to his makeshift room and soon entered the dream world.

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The next day.

"According to the information, there are 7 Vampires inside," Shinoa said as they stood outside a tunnel where the Vampires were hiding. "Although they outnumber us, they are armed with Level 2 weapons, and there is a high probability that they are asleep at this time, so we will take advantage of this opportunity for a surprise attack."

Hearing Shinoa's orders, everyone prepared and formed a close formation, ready for any moment.

"Wait!" At this point, Arata spoke, causing the group to pause. "Before we proceed, I want to talk for a moment."

"I wonder what you want to say, Arata-san," Shinoa asked curiously.

Not only Shinoa was curious, but the other members also gave Arata a curious look.

"Well, imagine your family and friends are captured by the Vampires, and you don't have Cursed Gear or the power to defend yourself. What would you do if the Vampires gave you a chance to save them?" Arata asked as he observed everyone's facial expressions. "Okay, Kimizuki, answer the question."

"Why me?" Kimizuki grumbled when Arata chose him but answered honestly, "If that happened, I wouldn't hesitate to do anything for my younger sister."

"That's 100% correct, Kimizuki-kun," Arata nodded and complimented Kimizuki, as if praising an elementary school child. "It's true we humans are willing to do anything for our family and friends, even if it means we have to exploit and deceive our kind."

Upon hearing Arata, everyone fell silent and didn't say anything.

"So you mean we were deceived by the little girl," Shinoa asked, quickly understanding the meaning of Arata's words.

"Bingo," Arata nodded with a smile and was glad that there was someone so quick to understand in this group of fools.

"Even if we're outnumbered, I won't back down," Yuu said resolutely, seemingly not caring that the little girl might deceive them.

"I'm not saying you have to back off, but I told you this so that you can be careful entering," Arata said while shrugging.

Even though he was supervising them, he didn't intend to stop them from getting stronger, but he definitely didn't want them to be killed by something as stupid as a trap from Normal Vampires.

After living in this ruined world for 8 years, Arata knew that without the conspiracy armor, the Shinoa group would have been annihilated long ago because this world was not kind to humans.

"We're all going in, and keep your watch out for your surroundings," commanded Shinoa, ready to summon her mighty scythe at any moment.

"So, Kasuga-san, can you guess the number of Vampires?" Mitsuba asked as they passed the humans who were taking cover from the Four Horsemen of John.

"It's impossible!" Arata shook his head without hesitation, as he does not have the ability to search, and he relies on his acute hearing to know the number of enemies from their heartbeats, but this does not work with Vampires, as their hearts are already dead.

"Besides, you can only call me Arata," added Arata, as he wasn't used to being called by Kasuga.

"Okay," Mitsuba nodded, which was better because she didn't like formality much.

"We're close to the floor where the Vampires are hiding," Shinoa said, looking at Yoichi, who was silent. "Yoichi-san, I want you to stay on this floor and shoot the Vampires from above."

"Leave it to me," Yoichi nodded and prepared with his Bow-type Cursed Gear.

"We're all going to engage in close combat with the Vampires as we try to draw them into Yoichi-san's sniper range," Shinoa commanded her squad.

Everyone nodded, except for Yuu, who looked dissatisfied but didn't say anything.

After Shinoa's order, everyone went downstairs, and only Arata and Yoichi stayed upstairs.

Arata did not follow Shinoa's orders because she is the leader, and these small battles with the Vampires were good for honing her leadership skills and allowing others to gain combat experience.

"Calm down, Yoichi," Arata said to the visibly tensed Yoichi and could clearly hear the sound of his irregular heartbeat.

"Take a deep breath and hold it," Arata commanded, looking at Yoichi, who did as Arata told him. "Now release your trapped breath and try to relax your body."

At the start of the disaster, Arata went through a situation similar to Yoichi's, but he quickly overcame it because he was not afraid of death thanks to Immortal. However, he always kept calm and did not think about anything except destroying the rings of vampires.

"That's good," Arata nodded upon hearing Yoichi's pulse return to normal. "When sniping, try not to let out any killing intent because Vampires might notice it with their senses."

"Okay," Yoichi nodded and pulled the string of his bow as he waited for the Vampires to appear within his sniper range.

"Honor... huh," murmured Arata, having mixed feelings upon seeing Yuu and the others.

If he saw Arata from 8 years ago, his current self, he would be surprised.

But he certainly did not regret his change because this was his way of surviving in this crazy world.

Upon answering the survey, Arata was immature, so he chose the world of Owari no Seraph, which is Hell.

At that time, Arata did not know that this world is ugly, especially for a person like him who has a good heart. However, after coming to this world, Arata knew that he would not be able to survive if the good heart remained.

Therefore, he had no choice but to force his naive self to mature mentally so that he could live in this cruel world.

Although his benevolent heart was no longer what it used to be, the benevolence in his heart had not completely disappeared, or else he wouldn't have blamed himself for Maya's death or for using Yuu and the others as tools.

Arata knew that he would have to hurt Yuu, Kimizuki, Yoichi, Shinoa, and Mitsuba in the future

for his wish, but after achieving what he wanted, he would tell them everything from exploiting them to all the bad things he did to them, and would let them decide.

Booooom*

"They've started," murmured Arata and snapped out of his thoughts upon hearing the sounds of battle.

"Give me your strength, Ashuramaru," commanded Yuu, and soon a purple Cursed Mark appeared all over his body, boosting his strength.

Feeling the power flowing through his body, Yuu smiled and slashed towards the vampires.

The Vampires were surprised by Yuu's slash, providing an opportunity.

Kimizuki and Mitsuba didn't pass up this chance and each killed a vampire.

But the best performer was Yoichi, who took advantage of the opportunity and killed 3 Vampires very quickly.

Even Shinoa took advantage of the opportunity and cut off the Vampire who was fighting her.

After the death of 5 Vampires, the remaining Vampires couldn't do anything and were easily slaughtered by Yuu and the others.

After finishing the fight with the Vampires, Shinoa's group helped the humans who were in the place and returned to the temporary headquarters with them.

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