Inner Voice: All Heroines Hear My Inner Voice

Unlike in the original work where the protagonist said it when he extracted the shadows from the corpses of his enemies and made them his army.

In fact, Eiji didn't need to bother saying 'Arise' and could do it wordlessly.

After all, it was a product of the Miss System.

However, who was the man who didn't want to look cool at all times?

He was no exception and even though there was not a single corpse around...

The way Eiji's Shadow Extraction worked was of course different. Instead of extracting shadows from the corpses of enemies around him, he extracted shadows from all the enemies he had killed.

He could freely choose who he wanted to make his shadow army. So under the gaze of the protagonist Basara.

The black shadow under Eiji's feet expanded to cover half the roof area. Basara naturally took a few steps back from the shadowy area because he thought it was some kind of trap.

However, he was thinking too much because what happened next made his green eyes widen.

"This is..."

In front of him, more precisely emerging from within the black shadow around Eiji. Basara was shocked when he saw five black figures with purple stripes and different appearances appear.

Each of them exuded a very strong oppression and their level might not be lower than SS rank demons, but two of them looked familiar to him.

Basara felt that the figure wearing a suit and the figure wearing hero armor were similar to people he knew.

Their faces were black as if their skin was covered by shadows and their eyes

shone with purple light.

But the shape of their faces was similar to...

"Eiji, you, how did you do that kind of thing?"

"What did you do to them?!"

Basara made a horrified expression as if he had seen a ghost.

Although that wasn't entirely wrong.

Eiji smiled slightly and said, "You realize who some of them are, right? Your guess wasn't wrong."

"It's really them. More precisely from left to right there is Yahiro Takigawa in his original form as a demon, his real name is Lars. You don't know but before he died trying to kill me, he was a double agent of the Demon Lord Faction and the Moderate Faction who was given the task of being Mio's watchdog in the human world."

"Then there's your senior from the hero clan, Shiba Kyouichi. This man also died at my hands because he tried to kill Mio in the past. Do you still remember when the hero clan sent some heroes to Kuoh city for a mission?"

"As for the other three... You don't know them. But let me introduce them to you, they are the three gods that I happened to have killed. Zeus, Poseidon and Hades."

"They are all dead of course and I only summoned them back to the world of the living as my army."

"Basara, you can have fun with them."

After Eiji said all that casually, Basara was dumbfounded of course because how could someone have such an ability!

He had just found out Yahiro was a demon with such a goal and from the beginning he probably intentionally approached him because Mio had become his younger sister.

So the reason why that guy never returned to school was because he had died at Eiji's hands.

The same was true for Shiba and yes, Basara remembered the events Eiji had said. However, how and when exactly did that boy kill the three most famous gods in Greek mythology?!

Although this was Basara's first time dealing with another god other than Ornis who kidnapped him in the past. Compared to Ornis, the three gods whose bodies seemed to be shrouded by shadows with purple lines in front of them exuded a far more terrifying aura than that boy.

Especially Hades, his Undead-like appearance with priestly robes and a magic staff looked extremely evil.

Basara's previous confidence was reduced by several tens of points.

In his eyes right now, Eiji really looked like a villain boss ordering his subordinates around.

{Isn't Eiji cheating too much? Why does he have so many strange abilities? It doesn't make sense, he can even make the people he has killed into an undead army.}

{They look strong. Will I be able to defeat them alone?}

The protagonist Basara's inner voice sounded anxious and lacking in confidence.

The heroines who heard this found the boy pathetic.

You should have known long ago that Eiji was a cheating existence.

And you still want to challenge him to a fight?

You're only seeking death!

Even Sapphire felt that her son was doing something stupid and wondered should she seek him out?

However, by then the fight was probably over. So, she just hoped Eiji wasn't too hard on the boy.

"....."

"....."

There was silence between the two parties standing facing each other on the school roof.

While Eiji seemed to have no intention of attacking before his shadow army was defeated.

Wordlessly—

*Swoosh!*

Basara swung his sword at high speed and unleashed his signature move, Banishing Shift towards Yahiro because he thought he was the weakest among Eiji's army.

It was not wrong but the green-colored slash that split the air and dimensions was easily blocked by Poseidon's trident.

"Tsk!" Basara clucked his tongue when he saw that scene and before he made his next move, he felt a chill on his back.

Several spheres of iridescent light suddenly appeared and attacked him from there. It was Yahiro's ability called Magic Sphere.

Those things flew so fast that Basara had to focus his attention on deflecting them with his sword.

Still, it was different from the original work where he had fought Yahiro once and knew some of his abilities. This was the first time he saw the Magic Sphere and had no idea it could explode before he slashed at it.

*Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!*

Explosion after explosion that was enough to kill a high-class creature occurred on the roof of the school.

The roof and even the school building would have collapsed if not for the barrier set up by Basara.

It was a kind of dimensional barrier that separated the inside from reality.

So when all those explosions happened, the students and teachers who were ordinary people wouldn't notice.

If Eiji now went to his classroom, he wouldn't see anyone because only he and Basara were there.

"Still, isn't the durability of this barrier still too low? Should I strengthen it?"

Eiji wondered while watching Basara who had jumped onto the field in the center of the school after being hit by the previous explosions.

Unlike before, the boy's body was now covered by a shining silver armor with the same red stripes as in the original work.

It was called the God Armor which could be achieved after he synchronized with Brynhildr 100% and gained the balance between ying and yang.

As a hybrid of Demon, God and Dragon. The protagonist Basara in this form is now able to fight with superior strength to Eiji's army.

The proof is that the boy was able to do close combat with Poseidon and Shiba, their figures seemed to move from one point to another as if teleporting.

Although from Eiji's point of view, their movements look slow.

And not only that, his other shadow army did not remain silent of course. From one of the school rooftops, Yahiro controlled hundreds of his iridescent spheres to attack Basara from a distance.

Zeus who flew in the sky did the same by unleashing many giant divine lightning bolts on Basara.

Like a Caster, Hades also cast various kinds of long-range magic on the boy.

The school was filled with colorful lights and explosions from the 1 vs 5 battle.

Basara who originally felt he had the upper hand after entering his current form began to get overwhelmed.

Although he was able to parry and dodge the attacks thrown at him from a distance.

At that time, he would be hit by Shiba's Ki-covered fists and slashes from Posideon's Trident. His God Armor had several cracks and he had vomited blood at least twice.

'Damn it!'

Basara ground his teeth. If it was just that, he wouldn't be cursing in his heart. But the problem was that after he managed to injure Shiba and Posideon several times with his Banishing Shift.

Although they did not bleed because they seemed to be made of shadows and Eiji's magic, it only took two or three seconds before their wounds healed which made Basara feel helpless.

{Cheating! This is so cheating! These guys also have a very strong regeneration ability! How can anyone defeat this kind of army?!}

The normally calm protagonist Basara could not even help but keep screaming with panic in his heart.

The heroines were curious.

Those outside the barrier were only able to sense the explosive energy fluctuations in the school but could not see what was happening.

They wondered how crazy Eiji was bullying the protagonist?

"It seems unnecessary."

"It's only a matter of time before Basara runs out of stamina."

Eiji was still talking about the topic of the barrier as if he wasn't interested in the outcome of Basara and his army's battle.

Just kidding.

But, that boy had at least helped him test how strong his shadow army was.

As for the regeneration ability he said?

[After all, as long as I still have magic or other energy. All my shadow army can heal their own wounds.]

[Basara doesn't know this.]

If Basara who was busy fighting with five people heard what Eiji said from his heart.

Would he vomit blood?

Many heroines thought that way and were numb at the same time. Not only was he very strong on his own, Eiji also now had an army that was as hard to die as a cockroach.

Anyone who became his enemy would definitely feel desperate.

[Liese: As expected of Darling. Any protagonist wouldn't be able to defeat him!]

[Mai: It makes me wonder if there's anyone who can defeat that guy?]

[Rias: Hm...]

[Mai: What? Is there, Rias?]

[Rias: No, Mai. I was just thinking about what dish Eiji will cook for us tonight.]

[Mai: ???]

[Lala ✓: Is Eiji going to cook tonight?!]

[Run: Eiji said he'll only cook for us a few times a week. Is tonight included?!]

[Koneko: I'm looking forward to Senpai's cooking.]

[Ravel: Eiji-sama's cooking...*Gulp*]

[Kuroka: Nyahaha! Can I ask for a fish-type dish?]

[Mai: Girls, we're straying off topic! Why are we talking about food in this situation? But yeah... Let me know if Eiji will actually cook dinner tonight. I'll come to stay at his house like yesterday.]

[Sona: Rias, are you sure?]

[Rias: My mom said that.]

[Utaha: Eiji's cooking? Hey is his cooking that good?]

[Eriri: I'm curious too.]

[Miko: Me too... Can I join you for dinner?]

While many of the women in the group chat found Utaha, Eriri and the other women who had never tasted Eiji's cooking pathetic.

...

The protagonist Basara also looked pathetic because right now, he was kneeling in the middle of the schoolyard with five black figures surrounding him.

His God Armor was half destroyed and revealed one of his arms that was bleeding from having removed one of his trump cards called "Extinction Sword" five times.

It weighed heavily on his body.

However, each time he managed to crush Eiji's army until there was nothing left. A few seconds later, Basara couldn't help but vomit blood when he saw them come back to life!

These people...

"I give up!"

Basara with a bitter smile shouted while looking towards the roof of the school where Eiji was.

However, the boy suddenly appeared not far in front of him and his army.

"You've already given up, Basara? How is that possible? It's only been over ten minutes. Why don't you try a little longer?"

"Maybe if you destroy them two or three more times. They'll stop respawning."

[You're the protagonist! Protagonists shouldn't give up so easily! As my stepson, Basara. Your endurance disappoints me a little.]

The heroines: "....."

I wonder how Basara would react if he knew Eiji called him his stepson several times in his heart.

That would be interesting, right?

Eiji looked at the kneeling Basara with a smile but his eyes looked very condescending.

Basara knew this, especially when he heard what he said. He almost cursed the boy but said, "Eiji, are you kidding me? I don't know how many times your army can revive after being destroyed but..."

Before he finished his words, Eiji honestly told him.

"Actually they can keep coming back to life until I run out of my magic. So yeah, I was joking."

"....."

Basara was silent.

So they can keep coming back to life until you run out of magic?

He looked at Eiji who looked casual and not tired as if he didn't lack magic at all.

Basara's lips twitched.

"Let me guess. Your magic power... That's still a lot left, right?"

"Yes and besides magic power. I still have some other types of energy that I haven't used yet."

Eiji said and he didn't bother to keep what he said a secret. Even if Basara was the protagonist who wanted to beat him up.

Unlike the protagonists out there who bothered to hide their powers.

He would not do that but he would also not deliberately brag about it excessively.

For example, he would not say how strong he was unless someone asked him.

Aren't I humble enough?

[No, host. Did you forget you often show off your power intentionally for example like this time?]

Miss System quickly refuted what her host was thinking.

Basically saying he was arrogant.

And yes, Eiji forgot but he pretended not to hear what the woman said.

"Not only magic, you also still have other types of energy?!"

Hearing this, Basara went numb.

At this moment, he wondered if Eiji was still human?

Wait, he remembered that boy once said he was a Demon Lord.

Basara himself knew he was not human. He had the blood of Demons, Gods and Dragons within him.

Even so, he only had one type of energy and that was magic!

If his magic ran out, he could only control his physical strength and would die after he ran out of stamina in battle.

But Eiji? This guy was strange.

Strange. That was the word Basara could use to describe a person like Eiji as neither good nor bad but possessing a power whose level was unclear.

Could it be that in this life he would never be able to defeat him or at least hit him?

Basara did not hate Eiji, especially after all he had done to reunite him with his mother. That boy had even saved his other mother even though he hid that information on purpose and was only telling him now.

Although he had also stolen Mio, Maria, Yuki, Kurumi, Celis and Chisato who had a relationship to some extent with him.

In the end Basara had complicated feelings about Eiji who had given him many green hats.

Still, imagining Eiji being his stepfather and him having to call him father someday...

Basara shuddered. There was no way he would call someone his own age father, especially if it was Eiji!

His only father was Jin!

Speaking of that man, where was he when his two women had been stolen by his son's friend?!

'Father, I've at least tried to hit Eiji even though it failed. The rest, I'll leave to you.'

Protagonist Basara completely gave up even though he was still upset, he was unable to hurt Eiji in the slightest.

So this matter was better left to his father.

It's like the saying that when a child is unable to do something, they should rely on their parents!

Although Basara doubted his father could hurt Eiji in the slightest.

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