0p0 #110 - American Bullying
#110 - American Bullying
“Let's form a party.”
“… … Eh?” X5
After Zun Zun said these words, the five people present looked at him in surprise.
There are limits to a person's abilities.
Zun Zun learned one thing during his short adventurer career: the more you believe in yourself, the more you realize that there are limits to human abilities, unless you transcend humanity!… …Or can be resurrected infinitely.
Forming a party with Aqua was a decision Zun Zun made after careful consideration.
You must know that his ultimate goal is to defeat the Demon King. However, a headless knight—a Demon King Army executive whose mechanisms and methods of restraint were already known—still caused him to capsize in the gutter.
It can be said that Zun Zun was careless and didn't dodge, but there's no guarantee that he won't encounter other Demon King Army executives who don't play by the rules in the future and capsize in the gutter again.
The goddess Eris is good, but she is very disciplined. How many times can she help him evade the rules of the heavenly realm and resurrect him stealthily?
But with Aqua, it's different.
This unreasonable and rude idiot goddess has a higher seniority than even Eris, and can ignore the rules of the heavenly realm and allow people to be resurrected infinitely, without even needing to consider the location or timing. She is equivalent to a mobile resurrection spring with no cooldown, no consumption, and no limit on the number of uses.
So what if you can be resurrected infinitely?
Sorry, being able to be resurrected infinitely is really amazing!
Besides, Aqua is also a high priest. She is a natural nemesis of the undead, ghosts, and demons, which just makes up for Zun Zun and the others' helplessness against these enemies.
He had also thought about forming a party with Mitsurugi Kyouya, but how should he put it…
Mitsurugi Kyouya is a traditionalist.
He would form a 6-person team, but the positions would be particularly balanced. He definitely wouldn't agree to having three archmages in one team, especially with Megumin being a problem child who can only use explosion magic; he wouldn't leave a spot for her.
On the other hand, Kazuma and his party are different.
They are already at rock bottom, so any direction they go is upwards. Therefore, they would definitely agree to having a companion join.
“In summary, let's form a party.”
“Wait a minute! You didn't explain anything, how can you just say 'in summary'!”
Kazuma slammed the table forcefully.
Aqua excitedly tugged at his clothes and shouted, “A party, it's a party, Kazuma!”
“Yes, I am Kazuma.”
“Now our party finally has an advanced class Archmage, and three at once!”
“Indeed…”
If you were to ask Kazuma if he was happy, he undoubtedly was.
After all, he and the idiot goddess couldn't even defeat the weakest monster in the starting village, the giant toad, even with the addition of the crusader Darkness. No, it would be more accurate to say that adding her would only make things more chaotic.
Zun Zun and Megumin's strength was obvious to all.
The two of them were impressive people who took down the headless knight in front of everyone with two powerful super explosion magic spells.
While Yunyun might feel a bit ordinary, it was only in comparison to the other two. For them, it was definitely a huge boost.
But…
“I refuse.”
Kazuma put his hands on his chin, striking a pose like a certain commander, and said something that surprised everyone as well.
“Kazuma, are you serious?”
“Of course.”
“You're just a shut-in NEET, how dare you refuse others? Where do you get the courage?”
“Mind your own business, useless goddess!”
He rebuked Aqua, who was always dragging them down.
He wasn't really refusing, but retaliating. He had begged Zun Zun humbly many times before, and had repeatedly failed against him, even his best thieving skill was useless.
If he agreed so easily, wouldn't that mean he was at a disadvantage?
Kazuma would never agree!
He wasn't trying to prove how amazing he was, but to take back what he had lost with his own hands!
“Kazuma, Kazuma!”
“Yes, I am Kazuma.”
“Why are you being so stubborn? It's not like you at all! When there's a strong person to rely on, shouldn't you quickly attach yourself and suck up to them? Put on your scumbag face and shamelessly try to please them!”
This guy…!
Kazuma really wanted to punch the useless goddess.
Darkness was also a little disappointed.
Recently, Chris didn't know where she had run off to, leaving her alone in the guild to fend for herself.
Although she enjoyed being stared at by adventurers like a lone lamb being targeted, she was really a little lonely and hoped to form a party and go on adventures.
The venomous Zun Zun and the sadistic Kazuma were the two people she most wanted to team up with. Clearly, there could be double the pleasure, so why…
Darkness and Aqua exchanged a look.
“Oh well, if that's the case.”
“Yeah, oh well, if Kazuma doesn't agree.”
The two of them said this.
The corners of Kazuma's mouth rose in a smug smile as he said, “That's right, that's right, I won't agree to form a party, no matter what you say, I won't agree.”
You must know that Aqua and Darkness were his companions, so he naturally had to reject the other two as well.
Next—
“But it's not impossible to form a party, as long as Zun Zun, you…”
“If that's the case, then we can only give up on Kazuma and form a party with Zun Zun.”
“Yeah, that's the only way.”
Before Kazuma could say what he wanted, Aqua and Darkness said this.
—Eh!?
Kazuma stared blankly at the two of them.
“What did you guys just say?”
“You're so silly, Kazuma.”
Aqua said matter-of-factly, “Even I know the principle that you can't have both fish and bear's paw. Compared to Kazuma, who can't do anything, I'll definitely choose the powerful Zun Zun.”
“Me too. Kazuma, although you're great, whether it's being sadistic or lewd, you're undoubtedly a complete scumbag, but… Megumin's explosion magic is still more attractive to me, plus Zun Zun's addictively venomous tongue… so great!”
Darkness blushed and trembled slightly.
Kazuma rolled his eyes and cursed, “Hey, why are you suddenly getting horny, useless perverted knight? And were you praising me just now, or insulting me?”
He never expected that he would be the one to be abandoned.
…Not good!
At this moment, Kazuma saw the corners of Zun Zun's mouth rising, revealing a beautiful but malicious smile. A chill went straight from his back to the top of his head, causing him to tremble uncontrollably.
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“Kazuma.”
“Yes, I am Kazuma.”
“Next, we're going to form a super awesome party consisting entirely of advanced classes. Guess who won't be joining in the end?”
Zun Zun stretched out his finger and pointed at him.
“—You!”
“Uuuu~ ~ ~ ~ ~”
Kazuma almost cried tears of grievance for the first time in this other world.
Damn it!
— — — —
In the end, Kazuma still apologized humbly, hugging Zun Zun's thigh and crying shamelessly. With the addition of Aqua and Darkness's pleas, Zun Zun reluctantly agreed to let him, the lowest-level adventurer, join the party.
A typical case of being hoist by one's own petard.
“Hey, you guys, is it really okay to form a party together!?”
Kazuma started shouting again, “Don't look at us like this, we're seriously trying to defeat the Demon King. That's right, no matter what, Aqua and I will defeat the Demon King. That's right, we became adventurers for this purpose.”
In fact, after witnessing the power of the headless knight, he had already dispelled the unrealistic idea of defeating the Demon King, but that didn't stop him from using this to scare the others.
“Ah, that's why I formed a party with you.” Zun Zun said.
This was another reason.
Although there were many hidden powerhouses in Axel, they all chose to lie flat, and Kazuma and Mitsurugi Kyouya were the only ones who still had the mind to defeat the Demon King.
Megumin suddenly shouted, “Because we are going to become the new Demon King and conquer the world!”
“N-New Demon King, world conquest!?”
Kazuma stared blankly at Megumin.
Aqua cheered, “Isn't that great? That way we have the same goal—to defeat the current Demon King!”
Kazuma pulled her and whispered, “Great my ass, she's talking about the Demon King, about becoming the Demon King! And she's planning to conquer the world! As a goddess, shouldn't you say something?”
“Say what?”
“About the Demon King!”
“You're so silly, Kazuma. My goal is to defeat the current Demon King and then return to the heavenly realm. As for who the next Demon King is, it has nothing to do with me. Why bother so much? Besides, isn't it good that Zun Zun and the others want to be Demon Kings?”
Aqua had a look of utter stupidity.
This guy…!
Goddess disqualification, goddess disqualification!
Kazuma considered himself not a good person, but at least he cared about the future safety of the world, while this idiot goddess didn't even want to care, even more so than him.
No, he had to make some changes.
He set his sights on the girl sitting in the corner.
“Yunyun… right?”
“Y-Yes!”
“Don't be so nervous. What I want to say is, is it really okay to form a party with us?”
“Yes… because I have almost no friends in the Crimson Demon Clan, so I've always been looking forward to joining a party and adventuring with others.”
Ah, ah?
Kazuma looked at Yunyun, who looked like a good student in front of him, and always felt that her body was surrounded by a slightly lonely aura. That kind of wanting to fit in but not knowing how because of timidity resonated with him.
Next!
“Darkness!”
“What's wrong?”
“Darkness, as a female knight, if you were captured by the Demon King, you would definitely encounter the most unfortunate thing! Maybe you'll be subjected to this and that!”
“Yes, you're absolutely right! From the past until now, being sexually harassed by the Demon King has always been the job of a female knight. That alone is worth going!”
?
When I type a question mark, it's not me who has the problem, it's you who has the problem.
I forgot!
Darkness was a woman with that kind of inclination. Saying that only made her excited.
“Have you guys… already decided to go and defeat the Demon King?”
“Isn't that obvious?” X5
Kazuma twitched the corner of his mouth, looked at the five high-spirited people, took a deep breath, and then raised his right hand high and said:
“—I'm leaving the party!”