Urgent recruitment‼ How to Save the Ending World ▚ I'm a certain NPC girl from a discontinued VRMMO service, but somehow managing to survive again today - Chapter 27

Episode 27: Wait, Is It Me?

“I’ve somehow awakened, hyahaha!”

Amidst the chaos, the battered Silver Fist, Kaijin, is exhilarated. Quantum light emerges on his back and right arm, forming jet mechanisms resembling acceleration boosters and large gauntlets. With incredible speed, he charges towards Valbado, shouting.

Whether sensing an instinctive crisis or reacting on impulse, the arm’s biohard blade and hammer-like strikes clash. Both sides’ arms vanish without a trace in mutual annihilation.

“Gwooh!?!”

“Heh heh, it ends here.”

After the echoes of pain and laughter, Silver Fist, staggering with exhausted spirit, fades away. However, inspired by Severing Maiden Halberd’s determination, the situation turns into a collective assault. Numerous bullets and blades rush towards the weakened opponent.

The elegant slashes of Swift Decision Recoilless, with the ability unaffected by recoil, shine brilliantly. Just as the air in the area seems to loosen slightly, the humanoid monster with blade wings of insufficient size for its massive body flaps them, hovering low in the sky.

“Vwoooaaaaahh!!!”

“Wait, it can fly with that massive body!?”

“If it’s our bullets… Ugh, what the heck!?”

Those who suddenly advanced with automatic rifles find themselves under a sudden downpour of sharp feathers. Hurriedly, they attempt to take cover behind the remnants of the electrical facilities.

Even though it would have been a major disaster if the power had been active, Black Dog, like the others, hiding in the shadows, asks Crim for a solution. However, Crim, in the midst of merging, responds with a resigned, “Impossible, we’re stuck.”

“Regrettable…”

“Ugh, another failure?”

As the durable Swift Decision Recoilless disappears, reaching a point where even the resolute Severing Maiden Halberd seems to give up, the guild that has been relatively inactive until now, Nekonabe Shopping District, unveils their trump card.

From beyond visible range, the surviving member of the White Cat Team is ignored. A 12.7×99mm armor-piercing bullet from an anti-material sniper rifle tears through Valbado’s left eye, causing brain damage and making it crash to the ground.

“…Feels like I’ve seen this scene somewhere.”

“Yeah, a splendid headshot. Could it be that hunter?”

Despite Crim’s accurate observation causing some annoyance, Black Dog, having bet on a stroke of luck, jumps out from behind cover. With expanded claws of additional armor, Black Dog swings the right arm, letting loose a sweeping claw strike, relying on brute strength.

Almost simultaneously, Severing Maiden Halberd, attacking from a different direction, embeds the axe head into the exposed flank, inflicting a blow reaching the internal organs with maximized mass.

“G… Guuu… Ah…!”

Now, only one remains unscathed besides them. Despite the pitiful state of affairs, the humanoid monster, with blades wings and covered in blood, collapses to the ground, gradually ceasing its labored breathing.

“We somehow managed to defeat it.”

“Stop saying that; it sounds like a flag for a second form or something.”

Knight mechanized being, Kotone, speaks with a voice tainted with fatigue. Distorting his expression at her precise remark, Black Dog, the one left standing, thrusts the large claw into the forehead as a precaution. Simultaneously, a notification from the UnderWorld virtual world’s management system reaches all players in the Iron Forest.

“Confirmation of Valbado defeat by NPC Creamhilt (Weapon Form).”