The behemoth: Béhemos.
To put it simply, he was a colossal elephant, but imagining an entire mountain range or fortress on the move might convey just how terrifying that truly is.
In any case, this emergency event wouldn’t end unless they took down this elephant.
While it wasn’t impossible for our party to defeat him alone, it would likely require an immense amount of time and concentration.
As I was thinking about that, my classmate with abilities appeared one after another.
For now, the ones joining the hunt on Béhemos were—
From my party: me with my “Craft” ability, Chiyu with “Healing Magic,” Yorina with the ability to set up “Barrier Fields,” Shouko with her “Fluffy Summoning” capability, Fupou with “Attribute Magic,” Mr. Luminous with “Heat Light Magic,” and Genchi with his “Transformation” skill.
Shouko’s summoned beasts included Mikron, the Black Dragon, and Hi-Row, a gray Griffon.
Acting as an individual: Tensho-rin with her “Teleportation” ability.
From Sumiyou’s party came Inshin with the ability to manipulate “Shadows,” Momo with her “Clone” skill, and Kenboku with his “One-Strike Bisection” technique.
Leveraging Momo’s unique trait of being able to share information between her clones, I coordinated strategies with those riding different summoned beasts.
Everyone generally agreed to the plan, though there were some pleasantly unexpected developments as well.
Chīyu, Fuhō, and Master Luminas have each manifested new magical abilities.
As for Master Luminas, she can now emit a greater number of light rays at once.
Indeed, with every strike, swarms of photonic heat now descend upon the Behemoth.
Fuhō’s magic has evolved as well; in addition to his previous wind attributes, he now wields fire and earth spells.
“Alright. So then, Momo, I’m sorry, but…”
It wouldn’t be surprising if the Transference Wheel returned at any moment now.
Since he’s hopeless with young women, having Momo around would be a disaster for him.
“Mmm~ Are you saying a meeting with some other guy is more important than this? A beautiful girl like me hugging you from behind?”
Momo clung to me with increased force, acting sulky.
The softness of her breasts shifting against my back sent my heartbeat racing, but right now was not the time for that.
”…Don’t forget I owe you one.”
“Yeah, leave it to me.”
Information sharing through our clones has been extremely useful.
If a craft or two is all she wants as repayment, I have no reason to refuse.
“Well then, see you later, Kudo-kun.”
With a mischievous, teasing voice, she spoke her farewell words, and I felt Momo’s form fade away.
Immediately after, as if timed to the second, the Wheel of Transposition appeared.
”……Negotiation complete.”
“Oh good, that’s great news.”
“But what are you going to do? You volunteered to be the decoy for the sake of a woman you love, didn’t you? If you leave this place even for a second, won’t another woman become their target?”
The Wheel of Transposition seems to regard me as a man who lives for love. Whatever, that’s fine.
“That’s not a problem. With our allies’ abilities, there’s a way to prevent the enemy from recognizing you.”
“I see. But even so, given enough time, Behemoth will start looking for another target.”
I was glad they understood so quickly.
“Ahh. So we want to retrieve the plane within seconds.”
“Understood. I’ll teleport you right in front of the aircraft, so please stow it immediately. Then, return to the dragon’s back again.”
“Count on it.”
The moment the Wheel of Transposition touched me, the scenery shifted.
I realized that a white airplane was right in front of my eyes.
“Hey, Kunou! I heard what happened. Please let me help out—!”
Hida, the owner of the plane, tried to talk to me, but we didn’t have time for pleasantries; every second counted.
I’ll let you have the thanks for your cooperation later.
I stowed the plane immediately.
Confirming this, Tenpanrin instantly activated his teleportation ability.
In just a few seconds, I was back on Micron’s back.
“I’m home, Micron.”
Micron nodded without turning around from facing forward.
“This is all the cooperation I can offer… I assume a large number of girls are coming out next?”
They’re currently evacuated inside Yorina’s barrier, but since we’re about to begin the full-scale extermination of Behemoth, it will indeed become a sea of girls. “Thanks for the help, Tenpanrin.” “It’s nothing. I’m doing it for you, too.”
He always carried an aura of cynicism in class, but to think he was such a man devoted to friendship.
If we hadn’t come to this desert island, I probably would have never realized it.
And that he’s secretly dating the history teacher. That too, I probably would have remained ignorant of.
“Oh, I see. Well then, see ya later.”
“Yeah, see ya.”
Tenpanrin vanished.
Operation begins.
Ultimately, the plan to ram the plane into Behemoth remains unchanged.
And since I’m making the crash count anyway, I want to drop it from as high up as possible.
What is needed for that is the composure to aim precisely.
From this moment on, I will have the members of the operation team create that margin.
The first to charge out was Kenki Isaki, riding atop the Black Dragon Genchuu.
What I learned during the strategy meeting was that she had requested a “power to cut through without fail.”
Given the nature of “cutting,” there seemed to be a restriction requiring a sword, as activating her ability necessitated a weapon recognizable as a blade.
The reason my arm didn’t get severed when we fought in that event was likely due to the rule within that specific event that no actual injury could occur.
For Kenki, who originally belonged to the Kendo club, there must have been the thought that being able to cleave enemies and objects in two with a single stroke would aid her survival.
In reality, it would also be extremely useful for felling trees.
However, beyond the requirement of gripping a sword, there are other restrictions.
That is the fact that her ability is strictly limited to “cutting absolutely.”
The range of her slashes is quite limited, so she cannot cut through anything exceeding that span in a single motion.
For instance, if she tried to slash a thick tree trunk, she would need to swing her sword multiple times.
To cleave Behemoth in two, how immeasurable a stroke of sword would it require?
But with my abilities combining with Kurotani Miyo’s, that problem could be solved.
“I’m coming…!”
On top of the Black Dragon Genchuu, Tsurugi was shouting something.
Then, Behemoth swung its snout toward me.
Since the Tenzanrin was gone, I had no choice but to rely on Micron for evasion.
Or so it would have been under normal circumstances.
But there was no longer any need for that.
“Hahhh…!”
The Black Dragon Genchuu was flying straight into the creature’s nostril.
And from its back, Tsurugi leaped, swinging his wooden sword.
It looked like the reckless bravery of a dwarf challenging a giant, but it wasn’t that.
Seeing Tsurugi raise his blade into a high stance, I visualized the sword being equipped on his weapon and generated/placed a “Giant Stone Sword.”
An oversized sword was swung down onto the nose of an oversized monster.
If the width of the slash was the bottleneck, the simple solution was to prepare a large enough sword to eliminate that constraint.
The oversized sword, imbued with ‘Ichi To Ryuudan’ (One-Sword Cleave), cleanly severed Behemoth’s nose.
An unprecedentedly low growl scattered through the air.
Massive quantities of blood gushed from the wound like a waterfall.
Perhaps it was because reality had become so distant that I managed to avoid feeling nauseous.
I immediately stowed the super-huge sword.
The Sword Tree, subjected to the slash as it fell, landed flawlessly on Kuro Ryu Genchuu’s back.
Genchuu provided the height required for the strike, I extended the blade, and the Sword Tree delivered the swing.
This could be called a three-person combination.
“~~~Su… wonderful…! I owe it to Miyao and Takano…”
The Sword Tree let out a voice of jubilation… perhaps she was the type who found joy in fighting strong enemies.
With a character like hers, she probably would have been active even in an ordinary isekai reincarnation story.
Now that I no longer had to worry about receiving nose attacks, I could focus on the placement of falling objects.
However, with such a major injury, the Behemoth was unlikely to behave calmly.
The Behemoth rampaged wildly, but it would soon come to a halt.
“Scary, scary, I’m so scared… why did it have to be like this…”
Because Yurina had momentarily dissolved the barrier, Hirow’s figure became visible.
It seemed they had swapped which members rode the phantasmal beasts when entering the barrier; now Inshin from the library committee was sitting on Hirow’s back.
Using her ability to manipulate shadows, she gave solidity to the shadow spread beneath Behemoth, instantly restraining its two hind legs.
It looked as if a giant’s arms were gripping those two legs.
Though trembling violently, Inshin was doing her job with precision.
The remaining front legs, meanwhile, did not move a millimeter, as if fixed in place.
“You can’t make it look easy if you’re just showing off with Seihou.”
They were applying a barrier technique.
Behemoth’s front legs were now encased in something that looked like square boxes.
It was a barrier constructed on the premise that one could enter but not exit.
Once Behemoth stepped its legs into them, it found itself unable to pull them out of the barrier.
Even trying to rip them free by brute force was futile; with its hind legs already restrained, it had no leverage to exert any force.
And the powerful weapon that had been its nose was already gone.
“Let’s go!”
Professor Luminas released multiple beams of heat.
Her body glowed faintly.
It was the effect of Chiya’s new magic spell, [Magic Power Amplification].
Fitting for a white mage, this buff raised the baseline potency of their spells.
The relentless attacks, focused on a single point since the battle began, finally tore through the beast’s skin, exposing blood and flesh. “Yosh! Sōsuke!”
Realizing they had entered the final phase, Shōko screamed.
Everyone was staying away from above the Behemoth’s head.
Their formation was already set.
Like tearing open the sky, a jet airliner plummeted down toward the Behemoth.
It fell straight up, heading directly for the beast’s skull, and slammed into it with a deafening crash.
At that moment, the final blow landed.
“Blaze Burst!!”
It was Fukuhō’s new spell.
As a result, the Behemoth exploded in flames along with the plane.
An enormous sound, light, and shockwave erupted.
Like a kite whipped by the wind, Mikuron swayed violently for an instant.
I clung tightly to her, desperate not to fall from Mikuron. Once those tremors subsided. “Hm. We did it…?”
It felt like my childhood friend had just planted a massive flag… but that had to be some auditory hallucination.
In stark contrast to that ill-omened whisper, the enemy made no further moves.
More than that, as if the previous spectacle had been nothing more than a dream, Behemoth’s body dissolved into particles of light and vanished.
“We… defeated it…”
I was shocked when we took down the Treants and Irvancs too, and those guys were certainly threats capable of killing us.
But to think that high school students like us, even with abilities bestowed upon us, could slay a monster resembling a giant kaiju…
It felt as though we had journeyed an impossibly vast distance; it was a surreal realization.
But there was no time to linger in the aftermath.
My vision flooded with white, and I was called into a blank, white space.
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