Chapter 274: Outbreak of War

This is probably the last. <Dun dun dun>

19th floor, Grave palace, deep area.

Standing at the front of the teleport formation for the next floor, I nod.

It is a plan that I had Tomoe and Mio hear out, and made some retouches to.

Even when we have already arrived at one step before our goal, I still haven’t been able to think of a way to break the heart of Rokuya-san and his group, the Japanese people that have accepted immortality.

We are going to be marching into the enemy’s territory, and without killing anyone, we have to gain their cooperation including the person that hates me. Moreover, there’s no doubt that there are several forces there that are on a level that can be considered a threat to the Kuzunoha Company.

No matter how you look at it, there’s no doubt that this is a big challenge.

That’s why I think the idea that came out after cleanly piecing the information at the hotel was a miracle.

…The trigger of it was the casual conversation of Iroha-chan and Akashi-san though.

“Now then, looks like this will be a big job. My blood is boiling.”

While touching the blade of her katana, the silver haired mode Tomoe looks at me with a smile.

It is not as if this floor was challenging enough to warrant an enhancement.

It is because we will be needing that level of strength from Tomoe on what’s coming ahead, so I gave her the power beforehand.

Tomoe wasn’t there when the incident with Root happened, so she probably feels happiness at having a place to utilize her power aside from training.

“It will be difficult not to crush anyone, but if it’s the order of Waka-sama, I will carry it out perfectly-desu wa. But if possible, I would like to show people like Rokuya some pain. I wonder if that thing will stand in my way.” (Mio)

Mio, who now has glossy straight hair extending till her waist, said some dangerous stuff at the latter half as she laughs and narrows her eyes.

That figure of hers was gloss itself.

Tomoe’s smile has seductiveness in it, but Mio’s gestures have become more and more sexy lately.

Right now she is leaking out bloodlust from here and there, so if possible, this is the kind of gesture I would prefer to just look at instead of being in the receiving end.

But, in my personal opinion, I would like Mio to confront Haku Mokuren-san, Ginebia-san, or Rokuya-san depending on the situation.

Most of the reason she is like this is because ‘he pointed his blade at me’, but even if our thoughts are different, our desired pairings were the same.

“Bringing this much here, moreover, we have even received a ring from Tomoe-sama that’s only appropriate to call a sacred treasure…this Beren, if it’s today, I would be able to crush thousands!” (Beren)

Frankly speaking, I will be having Beren, Hokuto, and Shii, take on what’s probably the toughest role today.

Because, excluding the Adventurers of Origin, they will be fighting against practically everyone, and until things are settled, they will have to endure.

At first, I told the three that I was thinking about increasing the number of personnel, but their answer was the substantiality of the ‘equipment’.

The picnic side probably has less than a hundred, and we have analyzed the information we have gathered until now.

There’s quite the skilled ones that are S-class at the 20th floor, so I was thinking about calling Lime, Akua, Eris, and the elite four Arkes, but to my surprise, all three of them told me to wait.

They told me they wished for perfect equipment and the permission to utilize their full strength.

The three probably had some sort of plan.

There were several floors that were tough enough I would want to use them as training for the Kuzunoha Company, so that might be influencing too.

That’s why Beren got the permission of Tomoe and Mio, and also Shiki and Tamaki to bring a big amount of weapons that looked okay to bring.

Since a while ago, he has been looking at the ring Tomoe gave him with a face filled with motivation. It is an item that lets you use Asora like a storage.

For someone like me who is not good at the technical stuff, I simply see it as an item that opens a storage of big capacity.

Tomoe nodded when I said that, so the effect must not be far from my understanding.

It is not like you can just freely use it. Every time, you will expend a decent amount of magic power, so Beren will probably be using most of today’s magic power utilizing this.

“Ninja costume. As long as I have this, there’s already no worthy opponent. Whether it is to act as a wall, support, or damage dealer, I will show that I can fulfill those roles.” (Hokuto)

…The second one.

The big body of Hokuto was dressed in a ninja costume that felt incredibly out of place. A ninja look.

The motivation of the person himself, who recently changed into it, was quite high.

At the last area of this floor, there was one trap that was on a different level from the rest, and one of his arms was blown away, but the treatment has already been done.

Well, it may look weird, but its defense is high, and in the hidden parts of the clothe, there’s ornamental equipment that enhances it.

He is a high level Arke that can hunt adventurers like crazy with only his bare hands and skills to begin with. With training on top of that, and coordination as well, if it is the current Hokuto, even if the opponent is the legendary mercenary group, I don’t think his fighting power would lack to them.

His body technique and magic working together are without doubt powerful after all.

The only thing is that Hokuto doesn’t call it ninjutsu, but ninjutu, His way of speaking is clearly not that of a ninja, which is the only problem point of his.

“Even though you let us accompany you, the ones who will be doing the toughest work today will be Waka-sama’s group. On top of that, I even received assistance from Akua-sama and Eris-sama. Personally, I won’t be able to recover from that for a while. It is like, ‘mercenary group, prepare yourself’, kind of thing.” (Shii)

I thought Shii would be the one who would be the happiest in having reinforcements, and yet, the moment I brought out the names of Akua and Eris, she said ‘there’s no need, I can do it’, and suddenly changed her attitude.

After telling them the plan, everyone said something weird like: ‘we will defeat them all with a homerun’.

At the belt around her waist, there’s a number of multicolored experimental *sedges*. At her arm, there’s a bracelet that shines a pale green light, and at her ears, there’s new earrings. <Not sure if it’s actually sedges. 菅>

She said: ‘I will be fighting with my all, as a physical type Forest Oni, and as an elf ancestor’.

She doesn’t use a bow, and she isn’t that good at magic, so those words were pretty rare to hear from Shii.

By the way, I called Lime to the hotel just in case.

I don’t think there will be an opponent appearing today that he wouldn’t be able to buy time against.

Truly the meaning of insurance.

“…Everyone, ready?” (Makoto)

Thinking that it is about time, I try speaking out, and what was returned were the same gazes.

Okay.

Just as planned, I will be the first one entering the teleport formation.

Enveloped in the light that I have already grown used to, there’s a 9 out of 10 chances that there will be a preemptive strike poured at me the moment the scenery changes.

Or maybe there will be a negotiation.

“Like hell that would be possible huh.” (Makoto)

Even if I could guess it from the words of Rokuya-san, what welcomed me the moment I appeared alone, was the bloodlust of a battlefield.

Also, the attack with no questions asked.

Not only arrows, there were even javelins, daggers, adzes, a variety of spells like offensive magic, debuffs, barriers being deployed; the types of debuffs were pretty plentiful.

“What a spectacle. But it is still not a threat.” (Makoto)

I do a few steps forward.

My head is calm.

Currently, what’s the scariest would be the surprise attack of Rokuya-san.

And the unknown power of the other Adventurers of Origin like him.

In other words…my beginning move is…

“?!!!”

I set Sakai to perception and search, and grasp the fighting force of the other side.

At the same time, the Magic Armor that had its concealment effect released had caught the eyes of everyone as it appeared.

Of course, this body constructed of magic power was steadily perceived by the other side, and maybe because of surprise or fear, there was some sort of atmosphere going around the place.

The attacks stopped -for only a small frame of time though.

The attacks raining down, the magic coiling about; in this space of time I was given, I evaporate both of those with the shockwave that the Magic Armor released.

If Sakai can’t detect them, there’s nothing I can do, but beginning with Rokuya-san, there’s no presence that might be of an Adventurer of Origin.

And everything I wanted to grasp, I was able to.

After several seconds, a number of presences appeared at my back.

Everyone has arrived.

Thanks to the network that Mio has connected with all six of us, the information is linked, and we are able to coordinate without any mistakes.

“We still don’t know how Rokuya-san and his group will be involved in this, so don’t lower your guard—-” (Makoto)

!!

The attack resumes.

The wave of magic attacks that were like a downpour.

On top of that…

“Fumu, it is quite the stuffy visage, but it is not on the level of Rokuya-ja no.” (Tomoe)

Tomoe disclosed the skill and exposes the assassin-like corps that were trying to come in contact with us.

There’s seven.

While at it, I burn the people that were most likely doing long ranged attacks to provide support.

Tomoe had her katana directed at the frontline unit, and Beren’s group of three came to her front and take a stance.

“They got us first, but let’s charge as well!!” (Beren)

Beren shouts without looking our way.

“Of course. I will blow them away to an extent that’s not fatal~!” (Shii)

“There was no need to even propose it, we are all on the same mindset huh. I was with the intention of bringing it to a melee fight and cause a disturbance to begin with. We are overwhelmingly at a disadvantage in terms of numbers after all.” (Hokuto)

When bringing it to a melee confrontation in those kind of situations, there’s the need to be prepared for death, but there was no light of desiring death in the eyes of the three.

They rushed like bullets aiming at the assassins, and in a second, two of the seven were rolling on the ground with good momentum, and had went out of combat.

Beren didn’t stop moving.

Swinging the big axe that’s in his hands with all the strength of his body, he throws it at the stronghold. Right after, he activates the power of the ring  and brings out a new axe to his hands, and the assassin that was aiming at the supposedly barehanded Beren was repelled by his weapon.

Okay. This is on a level that can be a fight.

In that case…

“As expected, it begins from now on huh. Can’t expect much from the traps either. Leaving aside their numbers, the quality is pretty high.”

“Rokuya-san, you said there was a 7:3 chance that they would be going through the Buggy Palace, even the traps, that side’s where our real setup…”

“Now now, I have already contacted them, so the unit there will probably return in a few minutes. Let’s do our own job.”

“?!”

When I turn around, there’s the shadow of three people.

I couldn’t detect them at all even with the perception Sakai.

Moreover…it wasn’t only Rokuya-san, but the other two as well.

“…You really like surprising from the back…” (Mio)

Mio takes a fighting stance and makes a chilly whisper.

“The reason you didn’t attack us as it is, was it because of leeway, or maybe conceitedness? Which one should I take it as?” (Tomoe)

Tomoe’s words were tinged with slight anger.

If they weren’t putting any airs, they should have attacked just like that, and yet, they didn’t do that and were even talking on purpose to have us notice, which most likely rubbed both Tomoe and Mio in the wrong way.

“No way. We wanted to watch your playing hand a bit more, but since it was such an unexpected situation, we hurriedly came down. This here can hide me together with my companions, but it is an inconvenient item that doesn’t let me attack as it is. The limitations are many.” (Rokuya)

As he said ‘this’, Rokuya-san made a hiding gesture.

Together with his companions. Being able to hide your presence this perfectly is enough to make it a scary skill.

“…”

“What’s with that outrageous magic power? Honestly speaking, it hit my guts. Even in my long life, I haven’t seen anyone with as much magic power in its body as you.” (Rokuya)

“Who knows. People call me things like ‘Devil’ though. I don’t understand the reason well.” (Makoto)

“…So you were quite the racoon <deceiver>. Looks like my reading was wrong. I thought you were more of the honest type though.” (Rokuya)

“And so, I take it the one there is the Muse Danger, Haku Mokuren-san, and the Over Mash, Ginebia-san?” (Makoto)

“…”

Eh?

From their looks and equipment, there’s probably no mistake, but the two who are gazing at me are silent.

Are they not?

If that’s the case, that would be a bit uncool.

“…I am an Arrow Dancer. I am not a religious person, so there’s no way I would take a job that sticks to a God.” (Haku)

“…I am a priest or a bishop. I don’t remember being in a job that doesn’t sound like it has any relation to priesthood…… Why do you know that?” (Ginebia)

They both probably have strong special jobs, unique jobs.

But it seems like they don’t have a good impression of its name.

They mutter this as they turn their faces to the side.

In the case of the Adventurers of Origin, the things called jobs were probably born from the power called Guild Verse, and it is most likely strictly close to the ones currently at the guild.

They probably can’t set the names of their own jobs.

Well, this is convenient.

It seems it is still not the time to do what I asked of Tomoe and Mio after all.

I wanted to buy some time.

If we are able to do that with these three without the need of a fight, that would be most welcomed.

“Ah, Shougetsu-kun huh. If it’s him, he might have known things like this.” (Rokuya)

Rokuya-san scratched his head, and while making a wry smile, he spoke out the possibility he thought of.

It is exactly that.

“Later, I will go to the Osakabe house and give him a scolding.” (Haku)

“It seems there’s the need to teach that mongrel just how much of a taboo it is to lightly speak the secrets of a woman.” (Ginebia)

Mongrel?

It seems like my utterance has send sparks flying at Shougetsu-san.

It is a rare case where I am not affected much by it, but this is important.

Sorry, Shougetsu-san.

Being at the hotel is good payment, so please forgive me for this.

(Waka, we are done.) (Tomoe)

(Here as well, with no problems.) (Mio)

Okay.

I received the report I wanted to hear from Tomoe and Mio.

From here on, the true battle will begin.

Let’s do our best.

“Rokuya-san, here they come.” (???)

“?!”

“Good grief, looks like they were able to fix it huh.” (Rokuya)

I couldn’t feel any magic power, yet, a voice resonated from the whole floor.

“Something is…coming.” (Makoto)

From our surroundings, several presences appear.

Looks like it is not a direct attack though…

As if telling myself, and the other two, I mutter.

Even if my voice itself didn’t reach, it was also relayed to Beren and the others thanks to Mio.

It is true that this is enemy territory.

It is obvious that the opponent is at an advantage.

“Because of Takane-kun, my spirit received damage.” (Haku)

Haku-san.

“Me too.” (Ginebia)

And Ginebia-san also responded with slight grudge in her voice.

Takane, huh. It isn’t an Adventurer of Origin.

It is a magic power I can’t detect with Sakai, and the voice that resonates from the whole floor is definitely not that of a natural voice, it sounded artificial.

Is it the labyrinth manager, designer, or whatever it was?

“So you were buying time huh.” (Makoto)

So I was way too optimistic in thinking the timing of Rokuya-san appearing was convenient for us.

Hurry.

The thing we need to do the most, we have to do it in the time that we are still able to do follow-ups for Beren and the others.

While asking for the objective of them appearing before us, I form an aria without letting it out from my mouth and construct several spells.

“Sorry about this, but I will be returning the question of Tomoe-dono just now. For someone that’s trying to do a reckless fight in the enemy’s territory, you guys are way too leisure. Is that conceitedness, or maybe something that surpasses leeway?” (Rokuya)

Words that had no trace of him actually being apologetic.

But for some mysterious reason, it didn’t anger me.

“You are a rude man as always. I don’t know what you intend to do, but I would like to teach you the etiquette you have to show towards the strong.” (Mio)

‘Are you able to take it?’, is what Mio’s face was saying.

It was clearly a taunt, and also a threat.

And at almost the same time, the several presences teleported.

This is…

“What a coincidence. If possible, I would like to do that as well. Leaving aside Raidou-kun, if I had to choose between Tomoe-dono and Mio-dono, I would say Mio-dono is the easier one to deal with.” (Rokuya)

“! Is that so…” (Mio)

Not only did Rokuya-san evade the taunt of Mio, he returned it straight at her.

In my personal opinion, I feel like it would be most comfortable to fight them evasively in a group fight though.

But Mio seems like she is pretty hyped up now.

I am also bothered by the Marikosans that appeared as if encircling us.

The one that I met at the Alt floor…doesn’t seem like she is there.

“Paradise Protector, Guardian; Sharp Blade of Determination, D-Rapier; Conviction, White Card.” (Makoto)

“!”

I activated three spells in succession.

I cut off the left arm of the Magic Armor to place support magic on everyone. I went through the trouble of utilizing the spell that Shiki and Tamaki had recently thought of.

Each one respectively is: specialty enhancement, power enhancement, status ailment nullification. On top of that, thinking about how enemies might obstruct my casting, I expended the Magic Armor’s magic power to activate it, and yet, in the end, there was not a single obstruction from them.

Fumu.

Well, no problem with me if they are going to let me do it, but in that case, what’s up with this number of Marikosans?

Red, blue, yellow, white, black, gray…well, they are colorful.

There’s 12 surrounding us.

They are puffing out their chest and crossing their arms.

Their beards are also incredible.

Kaizer, toothbrush, chin, sides, and round.

It is like a trade fair.

“Then, Marikosans, here I go.” (Takane)

“Oooh!!”

The voice of a man that’s resonating from the whole floor commanded.

The voice also felt like that of a mature woman. There’s several voices interlaced.

However, the more I see, the more I think that the Marikosans would look better without the beard.

“Invite, Duel Area.” (Takane)

“?!!”

As always, I couldn’t feel the flow of magic power at all.

Haku Mokuren-san and Ginebia-san suddenly disappear.

Seriously, I feel like I am fighting against a God that rules this place specifically.

Can’t take it.

But well, from the way they call it, it doesn’t seem to be the ruler here though.

“Tomoe-san?!” (Mio)

Mio’s voice.

When I turn to look at Tomoe, there was no one.

However, she is here.

I can feel the presence of Tomoe in a pretty far away place.

And there, there’s the presence of two other people.

“Forced teleportation huh. How dangerous.” (Makoto)

Invite, Duel Area.

If it’s just as the name implies, it should be like teleporting the players into a battle area like in most MMO’s.

The dungeon design itself is game-like.

The manager of this place probably gets along well with Rokuya-san and his group.

At any rate, two vs one huh.

The numbers don’t match.

“Takane, what’s the meaning of this?” (Rokuya)

Oh.

So even for Rokuya, this matching was unexpected?

“It may be sudden but, there’s a change of plans. Restraining that person would be too bad of a match for Rokuya-san, so I acted on my own accord.” (Takane)

‘That person’, does it mean me?

“I am aware of that, but…I can’t just take the easy part.” (Rokuya)

And the easy part would be Mio huh.

Even if we are fighting in this place, moreover, with a restriction where killing is not victory, I think he is underestimating Mio too much.

I don’t think he has some pinpoint equipment and powers that bring him scary advantage against Mio.

“No no, she is the Calamity Black Spider. She simply obtained intelligence and a master, but that doesn’t make it easy. Well then, I am counting on you.” (Takane)

“H-Hey—!” (Rokuya)

That voice disappeared together with Rokuya-san, and…Mio.

This time, there wasn’t even a signal for the activation of the skill.

The ones left were me and the Marikosans.

C-Could it be…my opponents are these girls?

Or maybe the owner of the voice, this person called Takane?

Or there’s the possibility that they are just going to leave me alone?

I don’t have the intentions of killing anyone here, so if they are allowing me to regroup with Beren and the others to do some follow-up, that would be best.

“…Am I being left alone?” (Makoto)

“No way. Raidou -no, Misumi Makoto-kun. There’s someone for you too. The Adventurers of Origin are not only comprised of those three, you know? Well then, Invite.” (Takane)

Hm?

No, Duel Area?

In an instant, the scenery changes.

The air as well.

Could it be…I alone was thrown out of the labyrinth?!

Is that also allowed?!

“Uwaaa, that’s too much for a joke. What kind of thoughts made you think I am the one most suitable to go against him, Takane-kun… Takane…that damn brat, staying silent huh.”

For now, I ignore the woman that’s fallen prostrated onto the table without looking at me.

Doesn’t seem like she has any intentions of attacking me anyways.

And so, I look around.

It is a room.

A girl’s room.

And it is close to modern Japan.

It is somewhat fancy and pink.

It is a pretty different type from my sisters.

My sister is a cushion maniac room, and my little sister is the simplistic type, or more like, I don’t understand how she decorates.

This type would be…if I remember correctly, the friend of my sister who does wrestling was similar to this. No, the room of that person was worse. Wait, that’s not it, it is not worse…but how to say it…worse? No no, it was cuter than this.

There were things like plush toys, frills, pink, the bed…it was amazing.

Right, it wasn’t horrible, it was amazing.

This is more between the line of normal, or how to say, like a more normal type of cute.

Yeah.

A soft rug that’s normally not seen in this world, and a low table.

It is probably a composition where you sit on the rug without using chairs.

And in reality, I am standing on it and the girl is sitting there prostrated.

If this person is an Adventurer of Origin, there’s no point in her age.

But I can’t see the age of her appearance and her face either, so I have no idea.

She does look young though.

After a while of muttering, the girl stays silent for a while and lifts her head up slowly.

Ah, young.

Around 20 years old, an outward appearance on the same generation as me.

“Nice to meet you, Makoto-san. I am Hitsuna. You probably already know but, I am one of the Adventurers of Origin. It is not something that needs to be hidden, and since we have met in this way, you probably already know, but I will be saying it, I am the first generation Priestess, even if it wasn’t my original intent. Ah, I will bring you tea quickly, so…please take off your shoes and sit.” (Hitsuna)

“Ah, don’t mind me.” (Makoto)

Hitsuna-san slowly stands up and walks pass by my side without doing anything.

There wasn’t a shred of hostility.

Uhm…

For now, I head to the designated place. To the table at the opposite side of where she was sitted, I take off my shoes and sit.

When I try checking the location with Sakai, I learned we are in the same floor.

Great.

The accuracy of the information gain slightly decreasing is a point that bothers me a bit, but this space itself doesn’t bring harm to me.

The thought transmission received…..no response from anyone.

Regarding Tomoe and Mio, I can tell that they are alright.

Since we have been separated, that means she is my opponent?

It is quite different from what I expected.

No, it is completely outside my expectations.

“Or more like, she knew my name as if it were natural. And…she is an Adventurer of Origin and the first generation Priestess huh. The other is…she is shorter than me which is rare to see aside from children.” (Makoto)

This is important.

Excluding children and certain demi-human races, there’s few people who are shorter than me with the same age appearance as me.

Just now, Hitsuna-san passed by me and she was only tall enough to reach my chin.

It felt fresh.

“Sorry for the wait. Ara, you are in seiza, what a mannered person. It is okay to relax.” (Hitsuna)

Hitsuna-san returns.

In a space of time that didn’t feel unnatural.

She places a teacup that is steaming quite a bit in front of me, puts the tray down as well, and sits down.

There’s coffee inside.

Ah, now that I think about it, Hitsuna-san’s hair color is indigo blue.

Rokuya-san and his group were things like white or silver.

Hm?

“Thanks.” (Makoto)

“…Sorry. The men in our side all love coffee, so I made some out of habit. Did you like tea or black tea more?” (Hitsuya)

“No, I also like coffee as well.” (Makoto)

While responding to the words of Hitsuna-san, I noticed.

Adventurer of Origin.

Hearing that, I understood.

However…

“First generation…Priestess?” (Makoto)

“Eh?”

“Uhm, Hitsuna-san, you said you were the first generation Priestess just now, right?” (Makoto)

Now that it has gone through my head, it is quite the statement.

When talking about Priestess, she is referring to that one, right?

The one that is currently in the party of Senpai at the present day and is the symbol of Lorel Union.

“Yeah. We had an agreement with Root, and there were a variety of circumstances, so I left that seat not long after, but…I was a Priestess of Lorel Union, its first generation and the foundation of it.” (Hitsuna)

…The Adventurers of Origin really have a lot of talents.

Unexpected developments, meeting people with unexpected titles.

In order to calm down, I take a sip of the coffee.

Hm, it is crazy good.

If this were sold as a specialty product of the labyrinth, it would profit big.

Oops, my merchant part came out.

It is good that I am able to buy time like this, but what should I do from now on.

Seeing that I sipped the coffee, Hitsuna-san smiles as she also drinks of her own teacup.

It has the scent of plum tea.


 

And so…we have finally reached this point.

The ending of Tsuki ga Michi.

Let’s be clear about this, it is not that this is the actual end, it simply means we have caught up with the most up-to-date chapter, and the author hasn’t updated for a good while.

So that means, until the author releases a new chapter, this will be a temporal end for Tsuki.

I really want to thank everyone for the support I have received.

I know, I say that all the time, but seriously, no matter how many times I say it, it wouldn’t be enough.

At first, I simply wanted to practice my japanese, so I picked the first Isekai manga I found that had no translation, and it was Tsuki ga Michibiku. Hell, it was a lot harder than expected and extremely taxing, I also noticed my english was terrible (which is something I was actually proud of, lol).

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I did say it was the end, but an end simply marks a new beginning.

I will be announcing a new project which you all know I have been searching for. Tons of suggestions were given to me, and I am really thankful.

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  1. Yeah i was hyped up for this arc. But how the author wrote this arc, it went downhill fast. I got to hope the next arc is better than this. I know these are ”legendary” original adventurers of that world. But i think the author over buffed them up for my taste. It’s like lazy game devs design in power scaling in a mmo game. It would have been way more interesting if the author designed more interesting mechanics/abilities of the apple members. But instead just made them much stronger than they should be. At this point there really shouldn’t be people able to take on the mc, mio, and tomoe. Things always start to become messy in stories when power scaling goes off track. Plus i really wanted the mc to give a few good hits to the assassin. Plus i can prove the power scaling is off. Wasn’t root suppose to be stronger than a lot of the members of apple. Root did beat them in the past. And we already know the mc is stronger than root at this point. So this over power scaling doesn’t make sense in terms of that either. x. x Not sure what the author was thinking with this arc to be honest. :/

  2. “It is good that I am able to buy time like this, but what should I do from now on.” No I feel he is wasting time while the other ones are fighting though…

  3. Soooo, we go from a crazy fight, to a casual talk in a tense situation, then to drinking coffee like you’re all friends? Did I miss a chapter in-between? I can’t help but feel sick from the sudden changes in this situation. Love the story, and the translation, but my goodness, this one is a joke of a development. Maybe it’ll make sense later, idk.

    1. Ok so the next chapter explained it. But that isn’t the reaction I’d expect from someone prepared to fight. Just from seeing a table he decided to sit down, because of future reasons? If you aren’t in the know, he looks like a dog who was just told to sit for his biscuit. Again, love the story, that’s why it bugs me to much.

  4. You know, I’m amoung the first batch of readers that used to check the page like a madman to see if we had updates. Seeing your message made me nostalgic…

    1. He is, Rokuya got surprised by his amount of magic power in here, I think that’s when he removed the rings or before they got in the portal

      1. He didn’t take off the rings. He simply shifted his Sakai from concealment to perception and search. Once he did that his magic armor was no longer concealed.

        1. How did Rokuya know makoto has a big mana pool tho? Draupnir sucks all of his mana until it turns red. The Sakai concealment is like another way of concealing his mana that’s been leaking from him because even with draupnir it can’t contain all of it especially when he’s been doing his archery lately (genuine question)

          1. Don’t think it ever said tbh. My best guess would be observation and taking an educated guess based on the Magic the Makoto has been using in the labyrinth. Remember that Rokuya is old and has tons of experience being a member of Apple. He would be able to make a decent guess at how much mana he thinks Makoto has. The difference here is that Makoto’s Sakai completely conceals his mana and his mana pool is in the realm of gods.

          2. from his magic armor, remember that the best magician can make physical mana about the size of a grain of sand and only mantain it for a few seconds. then comparing it to makoto who had a full body suit of physical mana does make you think of it

  5. oh boy oh boy im hella hyped for this

    Mio, who now has glossy straight hair extending till her waist, said some dangerous stuff at the latter half as she laughs and narrows her eyes.

    That figure of hers was gloss itself.

    Tomoe’s smile has seductiveness in it, but Mio’s gestures have become more and more sexy lately.

    Right now she is leaking out bloodlust from here and there, so if possible, this is the kind of gesture I would prefer to just look at instead of being in the receiving end.

    for some weird reason, domain aint the only thing expanding today. battle crazed tomoe and mio be really making me feel some type of ways huh

    also, hearing that eris is being trusted to this degree of battle makes me fluster. T.T my baby strong

  6. Hmmmm. Getting assaulted immediately after reaching there, no matter how much it does nothing to Makoto, I’d have them suffer a bit before any negotiating. Like sis, I get that she’s you’re friend, but she tried to kill me. Are you telling me you’d let someone trying to kill you off without hurting them? It’s your own fault for having let her escape anyway.

  7. It would be good if translator did a bit of research on the author’s status and post here some info on his hiatus. Looking at the link to the new chapter above. He.s only releasing 1 chapter every 6 months. Would like to know what,s up with that.

  8. I don’t get one thing.
    Why there’s no new novel chapter in month period, but manga is published chronically?

  9. I’ve been addicted to web novels and light novels for years ever since I happened to have a fateful encounter one day with mushoku tensei. I have read dozens of translations by dozens of translators and I have to say that Reigokai is one of my all time favorite translators. It’s been a pleasure on top of a pleasure reading this work as translated by him. I enjoyed the translations, the notes, the comments, and the community. You have my gratitude Reigokai. Thank you for all you have done.

  10. Amazing job translating this wn, I’m practically new here, It took me 1 week to read all of the chapters….And finding that the wn is on hiatus in the author side, makes me worried that he is sick, like many other authors that have ha that bad luck…… I liked so much tsm and I’m gonna stick around to see what other project you will take…

    See’ya around

  11. I don’t know who recommended to read “everyone else is a returnee” here on this comment section but thank you man, my soul was really empty without Makoto and I just wanted to read something as great. And that’s how I read 299 chapters of a work in about 1 week. I’m afraid I like your recommendation as much or even more than this work. I’d really appreciate more suggestions from readers of this work.
    Thank you, thank you all.

  12. Thank you so so much for all your effort. I truly enjoyed this. I have read several other tls since I have a fetish for “another world” types and this has been I think my favorite. Legendary Moonlight Sculptor is up there as well.

  13. Its been a long journey thanks for letting me in on the ride, its been with me in the good and bad helped me a few times to get over the terrible stuff life throws. Hope the author continues this one but I’ll keep following your translations one of the more decent ones I read in the web. Sorry but may I take some of your space to have people who have time to read a story I am currently working on?momentoftranquilityblog.wordpress.com If anyone has time to read it, thanks!

    1. I gave your work a ligth read and it was good, it has his own originality so far, so kepp it up, you might have something special brewing.

  14. I’ve been a silent lurker for the entire ride, but I’ve been excited for each update, and I appreciate the time and effort you’ve put into this. You do quality work, and so…

    Thank you!

  15. Thank you for everything so far. It’s been a great ride seeing Mokoto’s progress. Its a shame that the author left us hinging like this but that’s nothing other good series can’t fix.

    THANKS!

  16. I am truly grateful to you reigokai. This wonderful story would most likely have been lost in the sea had no one picked it up. I really wish I could have been on this ride longer, it has been less than a week but the emotions I have felt from reading this is something that will hold a permanent place in my heart.

    I wish you luck in your future endeavors dude.

  17. Thanks reigo u Made my days more Bright, srsly im so glad no homo, just a pure bromance feeling, greetings and blessings from Perú.

  18. Really what a cliffhanger just when it was getting interesting. Rokuya for sure has some confidence to underestimate Mio. Maybe Rokuya only knows the old Mio where she was a black calamity spider before, not the Mio now that’s been leveling up while helping the adventurers.
    Really hope the Author continues this soon, Thanks Reigokai and Author for the good work!

  19. Thank you, Reigokai-sensei for your hard work so far!
    I just want you to know that I have been really enjoying your translation of tsukibiku.
    Tsukibiku is one of the few things that I eagerly look forward to within the weeks as part of my staple entertainment for the past ~2 years!
    Hoping for its early continuation! Cheers!!

  20. “Not sure if it’s actually sedges. 菅”

    It’s 試験菅 > Test tube
    or more like 色とりどりの試験菅 > Multicolored test tube

  21. I really appreciate the awesome translating job, pity about the author not releasing any chapters in ages…
    Any chance you could pick up “The Experimental Logs of the Crazy Lich” series there’s like 800 something chapters but for some reason it was stopped being translated at chapter 150 and isn’t being translated any more, which is a pity and the series is to funny to be left alone like that.

  22. Thank you so much for translating this series, Reigokai. Been following this ever since the first manga chapters were translated, so it’s been… Around 2 years?

    It’s a pity that now it’s very likely that I’ll completely forget about this, since most likely we won’t get any chapters in a long, long time…
    Same thing that happened with the spidergirl wn, will also happen with Makoto… Too bad, these 2 were easily my 2 best wns after Shield Hero ended…
    Well anyway, thank you so so much once again.

  23. I finally managed to hold myself back from reading so that I could read more than one chapter, only to find out I’ll have to wait for what could be weeks to months before the author starts updating again…. *points gun at head. Bang!* Sigh… Oh well, I look forward to what the next project will be.

    P.S. Thanks for all the hard work on Tsuki Ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu; One of the best web novels I’ve had the pleasure of reading.

  24. I just realised that Makoto was born from people that come from the world he is already in. Doesn’t that make it so that he should look like an average human in that world which is being good-looking. Why does he look average?

    1. Thats one of the great mysteries of the story the theory is that he was born without a blessing or biologically full adaptation so he mutated in a new enviorament. But only the author knows.

  25. Thanks a lot Reigo for your work. I Hope we can continue in the not far future un company of Makoto, Mio, Rompe and everyone else. I’ll be wairing for your next translation.

  26. Thanks for the chapter! And I’m the last comment, too (I hope) (〜 ̄▽ ̄)〜
    I stopped reading some time ago to have a lot of chapters to read all at once. I regret nothing. Was nice to read them all at once. Too bad there aren’t more chapters, but hey, at least it hasn’t ne dropped by the author, it’s just a hiatus. Seeing how a new chapter was posted recently, we may hope that more are to come soon… hopefully.

    Thanks for translating Reigokai. Can’t wait to see what new novel you picked.

  27. Such a long journey, and it ends with us at the edge of our seats…. What a tease the author is, not updating the series for a while after leaving this chapter…

    I cannot thank you enough for all that you have done, Tsuki ga Michibiku is a truly great series, and your efforts to bring it to us is greatly appreciated. Thank you for everything, and let’s make it continue on for a long while to come!

  28. No9ooo……. y gusto cuando se ponia mas interesante el creador de la novela si ke sabe dejarnos en suspenso.
    Muchas gracias rikogai e seguido este proyecto desde el principio y me a encantado si no fuera por ti seria una de las novelas mas ke se quedan a medias
    Enserio gracias por todo el esfuerzo y la dedicación
    Estare viendo tu nuevo proyecto y revisando constantemente la continuación de este
    De nuevo muchas gracias y cuidate

  29. No9ooo……. y gusto cuando se ponia mas interesante el creador de la novela si ke sabe dejarnos en suspenso.
    Muchas gracias rikogai e seguido este proyecto desde el principio y me a encantado si no fuera por ti seria una de las novelas mas ke se quedan a medias
    Enserio gracias por todo el esfuerzo y la dedicación
    Estare viendo tu nuevo proyecto y revisando constantemente la continuación de este
    De nuevo muchas gracias y cuidate .

  30. Thank you so much and good work making it this far. It’s a little sad that there aren’t any more chapters to translate, but I’m sticking with you for the next project too!

  31. Thanks for the chapter. How about try the LN “The Principle of a Philosopher by Eternal Fool Asley” for the next translation.

  32. Thanks for your hard work, I wont know this wonderful series without you XD

    Again, Thank You very much T-T….. Hope the next translation will be more wonderful ( or at least enjoyable to read haha)

  33. Dear Reigokai-san,

    This is Truck-kun who has been reading your translations since early beginning until now. I hope you’re fine and well when you’re reading this.

    The Isekai story and your fast translations release has brought much enjoyment in my mundane life. I must admit that your release speed is something that I cannot understand but I enjoyed it to the limit. How time flies fast when you’re happy.

    Following you have been a great ride and I wanted to pen this letter as a show of heartfelt gratitude. Reigokai-san, thank you very much for everything! Kansha shimasu. Doumo arigatou gozaimashita!
    *gives Japanese bow*

    I would like to thank the community too for the support that you people have given to Reigokai-san and this serie in particular. The supportive comment, various help and sponsorship that everyone gave here was spectacular. Never have I seen something like this in the long decades I’ve known the Internet.

    Also, thank you everyone for accepting me, as quirky as I am. In the future, Reigokai-san and everyone, whenever you face hardship or difficulty in life (especially in the Internet) you can remember that there is an imaginary friend/truck that lives in the corner of your mind… who support you and prayed for your happiness. Always.

    Love,
    Truck

  34. Thanks for the entertainment.
    Too bad it’ll be a while before we get to see from this series. I had a fun ride though it has it’s ups and downs. I can only hope that the next series you translate will be another good addition to this series. I kinda cried a bit when I saw that it’s the last that’s currently out.
    Once again, thank you very much for your effort.

  35. thank you very much, I love your work since i came to this page in the chapter 142, thank you really,
    de verdad muchas gracias, ahora estare comiendo palomitas en una esquina y rezando por que el autor saque un nuevo capitulo XD

  36. Thanks for all your hard work! This had definitely been one of favorites, and the translation has been top notch!

  37. Thanks for the chapter. Hope your next LN/WN will be as enjoyable to read/translate at this(if not better).

  38. Thx for everyrhing reikogai…..now lets wait for another translation….i hope if its within knight &magic or isrkai tensei soudouki cause both are not been translated for ages

        1. A manga called Mx0.
          It’s one of those Powers (magic, in this case) + High School settings-probably my first experience with that sort of setting actually. It hits quite a few clichés now that I think back on it, but I unobjectively love it to this day.

          Actually, the mangaka wrote a bunch of really fun stories (not super engaging intellectually, but great fun as an experience) that I never got bored of, and many of those were axed too…
          My personal theory is the the mangaka is an unbelievable asshole so nobody wanted to publish their works.

          1. It might be but man I remember reading that way back. I actually liked the father-in-law more in the oneshit that the actual serielized work, it had more of a father feelling. by the way reagokai-sensei next work will be here or in another site???

      1. You guys read MxO too ?
        Wow.. talk about coincidence.
        Yup, lots of stories I’ve read got axed like that. Sometimes, the author or mangaka dies and story never finished. God, it’s heart wrenching.

        But several author or mangaka managed the impossible feat; their series got axed but they managed to end it in the most satisfying way. That shows how much they care for the readers. One such example was Double Arts, in my opinion.

        Do you know how Double Arts ended? It haunts me for years and I still follow the mangaka until now.

        1. You now I didn’t feel satisfied with Double Art ending, I am sure that the author was really displeased with the ax at the time, he most have a finished manuscript somewhere there. It was good though but it had so mutch to offer.

      2. For an axed manga, the ending was good. Others don’t even give satisfying closure to their m.c. but this one feels like a job done with lots of effort. Not perfect, I know. But satisfying. The imperfection haunts me because it leaves me wanting more instead of ” …that’s it??” moment.

  39. Now we can only hope the author picks this up again, thank you for sharing with us this awesome story and for the hard work all this time, you did a great job with this series. I’m excited to know what is this next series you’re going to pick up.

  40. Thanks for everything you have done for us at this point, I will wait for the next update. The whole thing Makoto walking into the surprise attack reminded me of Superman on “JL Unlimited”. He walks right into the enemy base they are all firing even at one point men jump on him to hold him down but he keeps on walking. When Makoto enters that room with Hitsuna it makes me think of “Kingdom Hearts 2” when Roxas at the beginning meets the blonde girl. Until next.

  41. we’ve finally caught up huh, time to re-read xD THANK YOU SO SO SO VERY VERY VERY MUCH REIGO-SAMA! This has been an awesome ride, not that it’s ending tho, hahaha! As for some critic and comment on the chapter, da hell are u doing Makoto! U’r being too passive and naive! Annihilate them all! Everyone who attacks you! Annihilate them! Find someone else to train Tsige! xD I’m quite angered by Rokuya and the others. It felt that they were underestimating too much of Makoto’s personnel’s power. But oh well, they’ll rue the day they made enemy of Makoto squad.

  42. thank you soooooo much for translating this novel up to this point reigokai sama !
    I hope that the author updates this novel soon, well then nothing more left to do…
    I’ll go and join the others by the huge cliff, it’s been an honour and a pleasure sharing these chapters and comments with you my friends 🙂 let us meet again soon (maybe in another world x) ) on that note… Banzai !!!
    https://i.ytimg.com/vi/D3K_FKFmL7Q/hqdefault.jpg

  43. Well, I’m going to miss reading this on a regular basis, that is for certain. I really hope the next thing you pick up will be my cup of tea as well.

  44. Thanks for the last translated chapter. It was really one hell of a ride. I appreciate your efforts in translating this. I know there are many times you were probably feeling burned out, but thanks for sticking to this. I wish for your success in the upcoming series and chapter! .. ^_^

  45. Thanks for translating this series. It has been enjoyable. Looking forward to what the new series is and the day that the author has time to release new chapters of Moon.

  46. The first priestess, if she has the same perception skill as the current priestess, why isnt she curled up in a little catonic ball of terror looking at Makoto?
    Thanks for your efforts in this great translation!

    1. might be because shes been around for thousands of years and keep around strong people, superior dragons and probibly had some sort of contact with the goddess. or maybe the author just forgot.

    2. I think it’s because the Mind’s Eye is a skill that needs to be activated.

      Part of the whole idea with Mio was that Chiya was getting her just desserts for trying to use it on Makoto.

    3. Not to mention that she has more practice analyzing people she most have a better understanding of what she sees that the priest in Hibiki party.

  47. This the first time I comment, mostly because I don’t actually speak english, but I’m here since de benginning. The last two years have been amazing, I have no words to thank you enough. And be sure that a lot of more silents supoerters feel the same as I. Thanks! And, of corse, i can’t forget to thanks the company of this amazing community, whose comments some times are as emjoyble as the chapter itself.

  48. You did a grand job and tried your best, thank you for your work, the authors work, and everyone that helped you.

  49. Thank you for all your hard work translating this series! I look forward to your next project, and to the continuation of Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu!

  50. after refusing reinforcements, if beren, hokuto or shii die it would be entirely their fault for wanting to show off.

    we still don’t know who takane is and what is the phantom of futsu
    that leave us with
    hokuto&beren&shii VS picnic rose garden
    tomoe VS haku&ginebia
    Mio VS Rokuya
    and the most important one:
    ̶c̶a̶w̶f̶e̶e̶ ̶v̶s̶ ̶g̶r̶e̶e̶n̶ ̶t̶e̶a̶
    Makoto VS Hitsuna
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVBEqVuF60I

    1. if they end up killing any of makoto’s people i hope he says fuck it about wanting to hire them as merc and just kills them all.

  51. Thanks for the translation so far kai-senpai !!
    I am very happy, even though I have finished the chapters today, it has been a great pleasure to read your translations laughing or getting angry at our enemies from princesses to gods, I hope your next translation might be even more fun.

  52. I’m confuse, did I missed something? Last chapter was a 2v1 match between Root and Aznoval vs Atle. And as far as I know Makoto is still in Tsige, why did we suddenly start on a war zone?

  53. Obrigado por traduzir essa obra! em meu idioma não tem nada dela por isso ter ao menos em inglês é um alivio!

  54. Thank you for the story. I’ve been following for a long time now. I look forward for your future releases. It’s too bad all the best stories are ones that are continually updated, they get dropped so easily.

  55. Thank you for your good work. Thank you so much very much.

    This series is my number one series for its genre, and that attribute to both the author and you, Reigokai-san.
    Without your good translation and perfect pace we wouldn’t have such a wonderful ride into a deep story the author wrote.

    And I also love community here too. You guys made impressive discussions for an impressive novel.

  56. Dear regoikai-sama..
    If you’re online pls read dis…

    Well i like dis series..
    ‎www.novelupdates.com/series/hiraheishi-wa-kako-o-yumemiru/
    But stray cat is so busy.. recently straycat can’t updating it more often..
    And straycat said someone can taking over it or join translate like when you can’t updating tsuki ga..

    I hope you can resuming that series..

  57. Ahhhhh~~~

    The time has come, I was here from ch2(well mostly I never comment on most site). Its really a long journey.

    Thank you for translated this novel(I will stalk your new project too if it within my taste)

  58. “Later, I will go to the Osakabe house and give him a scolding.” (Haku)

    is this foreshadowing Tomoki enslaving the females of AoO? or maybe because they are japs like Hibiki they are able to resist and once they see tomoki’s effect on the royal household it will lead to a temporary alliance between Makoto and the AoO?

    looking forward to the next volume

  59. Awesome work. Thanks for the work you put into this series. Looking forward for your next project that you have picked.

  60. Thank your for all your work until now.
    May I ask you something though?
    Why aren’t you translating the Extra? They are important and not really being translated (even those already translated are a bit hard to read).

    So I’d like to ask you if you’re gonna translate the Extra and maybe re-translate what has been already translated so that we’ve all the chapters in the same quality (made by the same person).

    I hope you will do it. At least we still get some chapters until the author restarts releasing chapters.

  61. Thank you for all of your hard work. I rally appreciate all chapters and have enjoyed the read, but what happens next????? Sigh, time to wait.

  62. One more, maybe the priestess understand about the condition and the consequence of the girl that got manipulated so she didn’t really hostile to Makoto?

  63. Thank you for the translations.
    Alright. About Tsuki ga Michibiku, it’s one of my most favorite novel. Of course there’s also something I don’t really like, for example *cough*there’s only a few nice hyumans in that world and the author just need to make almost all of them into crazy nympho sluts only for some trash with d*ck as brain that easily got manipulated by some revenge maniac princess*cough*
    Well, overall I really enjoy this novel and hope the author to release new chapter too. Thank you for all of your hard work and I too look forward to the new project.

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