This Eroge Won't Make Me Fall!



Concept.

It was something that went beyond the simple energies any of us used. A concept was just like the name entailed, a very core of the world itself. An idea, and ability so primordial that none could control it.

The Outer Gods were just the manipulators of concepts, the gatekeepers. They had no control over the gate itself.

But that made them all the more tricky. Since what one was trapped behind was the gate and not the gate keeper. To 'defeat' an Outer God, one had to counter the concept that it contained.

When the Invasion Navy was faced with an enemy it couldn't hope to penetrate through, it lost its being.

The same was the case with the other Outer Gods.

The Outer God suddenly scrunched its face, opening the first seal seemed to have had an effect.

That which was playing with its prey all this time had suddenly changed its air into one of battle.

It's face like a ball tied into a giant sheet slowly opened up with a new mouth.

[You… you seem powerful]

It said.

[I admire your strength, but you will still writhe in pain. You may have amassed great strength, yet it will go in vain.]

Catene and I were both about to break into laughter, but that would ruin a lot of fun. With super human strength, I kept my mouth closed and wiped my eyes to get rid of the dirt on my eyes.

I also laughed while looking away.

Who was going to tell this guy that Stage Zero was not my last phase but the initial one?

[Come. Being of this realm. I, the Retro Builder will take you on!]

"This realm that realm, I sure do have some questions regarding all that."

[HHIHIHI! Only the winner has the right to ask!]

A palpable tension filled the air as the Outer God, Retro Builder stared at me, ready to attack at any moment.

I casually stood around and waited for it to have the first move.

It was strong, rather strong. I would have had hard time fighting this thing on just stage zero for certain.

But…

[RETRO GROOVE!]

The ground below me fluttered and bounced before shooting me up to the sky. The trampoline like floor suddenly turned into lines of spears rising from above.

More and more of them came from all around, from below and, every single direction around me was filled with weapons running after life.

"The match up is just too bad."

With a swing of my hand, a wave of pure black like the stroke of brush filled the air and tore through everything making its way toward me.

Beyond just breaking it apart, beyond crushing it to bits, beyond changing its form. All the attacks that the Retro Builder made reached their end.

I fell back to the ground and dashed forward.

[Retro Rave Par—]

My knee slammed straight into the face of the Retro Builder and sent it flying back.

[GAH!]

Even as it flew away, its ability did not stop short. From all around me, dozens, hundreds, nay, thousands of giant golems made from the debris rose up.

All of them came running toward me, changing the things around them just like their parent had done.

This… It was largely similar to what I had seen before. As if parts of the Outer God had broken off. Like remnants.

The air above me changed once more as the golems of debris turned their bodies into weapons and came running toward me.

"Hah… Fine, let's warm up a little bit more."

—Clap.

"Stage One."

***

I couldn't believe my eyes.

No one could.

Just moments ago, Noa dropped in front of us from thin air and before we knew it. Everything around us started to change. In the far away distance, hundreds of weapons rose from the ground before being swallowed up by a dark energy.

The next thing we knew, a giant white apparition was sent reeling back to where we had come from.

And then, thousands of enormous remnants formed all over the ground and started rushing at one place.

"Incredible…" Kevin muttered.

"This is… an Outer God's power…" The Dryad continued. "They must all be at least A-Class remnants, each of them…"

All the Nagas and the people from my team were quaking in their boots at the sight. The power of the Outer God was insane.

But even worse than that.

Even crazier…

"Are they all… being destroyed?"

With every passing second, loud bangs tore through the skies and the ten meters tall golems all broke into bits. Hundreds of them fell before they could even realize it.

"What did you do?" I asked Noa who was still on the ground with tears in her eyes. "Noa, what did you do? What kind of monster is out there?"

"This is at the level of the top twenty five rankers, Emily muttered. No, it might be even stronger…"

A burst of wind hit us then as one of the giant golems came hurtling our way. My eyes widened as I ducked. The giant golem passed us by and fell right behind the group.

I looked at the rest and saw them looking at me. Even though a few of the Nagas had died, we had to keep moving.

"Let's get to the portal."

They nodded.

"Noa, seriously, what is there? What did you unleash?"

"We might need to bring my father here."

Noa laughed at Kalanaar's words.

"We might have trouble when we take him back."

"Take whom back?" I asked.

Noa turned to me with a grin, wiping her tears. "You'll see soon."

I looked back at the field of golems. In that short time, they had all been plowed through.

Just who…

Who in the world was it?

***

[WHO!? WHO IN THE WORLD ARE YOU!?]

"Stop running mother fucker!"

The Outer God of reconstruction, Retro Builder, ran away as I chased after it. It kept sending attacks after attacks at me.

But no matter what it did.

It was always.

"Futile."