Chapter 248

It certainly didn't look like an ordinary object.

But no matter how he operated it, it didn't cause any reaction.

Perhaps...

The one who wasn't special wasn't the stone, but him.

"Am I really just a mortal?"

Hikigaya pinched the stone tightly, feeling a trace of unwillingness he hadn't felt in a long time.

During this period.

Even within the circle he knew, lucky people awakened magic power from time to time, walking toward the peak of life.

Even his only acquaintance, Zaimokuza Yoshiteru, successfully awakened magic power during a *chuunibyou* performance the day before yesterday.

That same day, government people came to pick him up, and he heard his parents had also urgently taken jobs and become officials.

Although they were idle positions, they were no longer on the same level as them from then on.

So how could he be willing to accept it?

No matter how much he claimed to enjoy loneliness, he was just a mortal after all.

Thinking of the fat guy's awakening, Hikigaya hesitated and looked around.

It was a quiet alley.

Very good.

No one.

Hikigaya took a deep breath, reached out one hand, grabbed his wrist with the other, and shouted his *chuunibyou* setting from middle school as if suppressing the color of pain.

"I am the great one of the Seven Gods, the Nameless God, shatter reality, awaken..."

The fat guy could do it.

He definitely could too.

He heard that during middle school, that *chuunibyou* camp member Togashi Yuuta also awakened, which meant it definitely wouldn't be a problem.

Believe in yourself, Hikigaya.

Suppressing the terrifying sense of shame, Hikigaya, who felt his toes could curl out a house, actually found that under this emotional stimulation, he felt a kind of flowing... in a trance.

"Pfft..."

Laughter echoed in the empty alley.

154. He became the King's Knight? The world's jealousy!

*Bang.

*Bang.

Heavy footsteps sounded.

"Are you trying to laugh me to death?"

"I originally thought there was another sacrifice for the God, but I didn't expect..."

"Forget it, forget it, I'll just kill you directly. If I sacrifice a funny guy like you, the God will be furious, right?"

A tall figure stepped out.

It had human features, its body was covered in dark green scales, its limbs were muscular claws, and on both sides of its fish-like head, there were gills that kept trembling.

It carried a heavy steel broadsword, dragging it on the ground and creating a splash of sparks.

Just by approaching, the intense feeling of suffocation almost crushed Hikigaya's soul.

Powerful.

A power that was completely impossible to match.

And this time, it appeared truly in reality, right in front of him.

Hikigaya Hachiman seemed frozen in immense fear, unable to move a single inch.

"Yo, are you in despair?"

The monster smacked its lips: "How boring. Then just remember it well in my stomach. I am the Deep One Sebastian..."

The closer it got, the more he felt that brutal aura like a tyrannosaurus.

Even Hikigaya Hachiman's strong mind fell into despair for a moment.

Not to mention he hadn't awakened magic power at all.

Even if he had, this wasn't something an ordinary mage could deal with, right?

*Bang!

A very slight collision sound.

But at this moment, it was extremely clear to the ears of both the human and the monster, and they even felt a suppressed, intense sound of breathing.

"Yo, seems like a decent sacrifice. My luck is indeed good. Is this a blessing from the God?"

The Deep One became excited.

"Stop!! Isn't your prey me?"

He didn't know where the strength came from; at that moment, his mind seemed blank.

Hikigaya actually moved his feet, roaring as he rushed toward the Deep One, who was like a mountain, waving his fists.

"Does the safety of others give you more courage than yourself?"

Flicking Hikigaya away with a finger, the Deep One revealed a strange smile on its cheeks: "Truly twisted. Perhaps you are suitable to become my kind; you will obtain power as strong as mine."

"Who wants to become the same kind as a monster like you."

His body hit the wall like a cannonball, Hikigaya struggled to climb up and spat out a mouthful of blood.

What a joke.

Turning into a man-eating monster like this, I'd rather die!!!

Charging at the immovable mountain again, while his body was flying, he roared: "Run! Run quickly!! Go find the officials, go find the Disaster Countermeasure Office."

This was definitely not an ordinary disaster.

It was far more powerful than the evil spirits in the rumors.

And listening to its tone, there was far more than one.

It was a tribe.

"Do you think you can stop me, that you have a possibility of defeating me?"

The Deep One asked with interest.

Anyway, no one here could escape.

Hikigaya's broken body stood up, cutting off the path between the horror and the person hiding.

Yeah.

He understood.

No one expected anything from him.

He understood.

He, the most ordinary of the ordinary, didn't even have magic talent, so how could he defeat this monster that was like a final boss?

But...

His body moved on its own.

Hikigaya revealed a bitter smile.

He was indeed a twisted guy.

"Hahaha, truly twisted. Then you should come be my companion."

The monster laughed wildly, turning its gaze toward the corner: "And that guy..."

*Boom!!

The heavy greatsword, weighing almost a ton, swung, and the storm wrapped around the steel as if a heavy cannon had smashed down.

The thick wall hadn't expected to suffer this level of destruction.

Without a word, it died for them to see.

"Kawasaki-san...?"

Hikigaya looked at the girl who was paralyzed by the ruins and was stunned: "Why are you..."

"I... I followed you."

The girl gripped her phone tightly, aiming the lens at the alley, a trace of persistence on her pale cheeks: "I... my dad... cheated you out of your money... I can't accept that."