It had been roughly two hours since my maid-magic began spreading by word of mouth.
Even the people inside the supply base had taken seats in the audience and were adding their strength to the applause.
“This is Maid Space Triple Flame Tornado Peace. Thank you.”
“Waaaaaaah!!!!”
- So many damn variations lololololol
- Ah, it’s time to sleep, but I can’t because I’m watching the stream
- How do you resist maid magic
Applause like thunder.
I had become a maid for this moment. Probably. Or not.
What magic should I do next?
Just as I was worrying because I was starting to run out of material, a bell rang out, swallowing the applause.
Ding ding ding—!
Meow meow meow.
“Captain!! Ghouls are swarming in from every direction!!”
“So a vampire really has appeared...!”
Serious expressions for one second.
Then everyone’s gazes, calm once again, turned toward me.
“Is that bastard crazy? He’s coming here?”
“V.”
“Did he not see the sky burning...?”
“VV.”
“What should we do?”
“We’ll only get in the way. Bring some popcorn, soldier.”
- Upvote if you’re a winner who was already eating popcorn
- How do I upvote here
- I’m a vampire and I hit downvote
- How did you press it...?
If things flowed according to the scenario, then the army of death, tightening a perfect encirclement without a single gap, would soon swallow this place.
Everything alive would be trampled.
After that, the ghouls would completely destroy the civilization Serbein had built up.
Then I’d have to wander around alone again, searching for someone to talk to...
“!”
A chill ran down my spine as memories of my previous life surfaced. I absolutely had to protect human civilization.
“I’ll be back in a moment.”
“S-Savior...! No matter what, it’s dangerous to go alone...!”
“??”
Seeing Ravina’s worried gaze, I realized something.
An excellent maid would never make her master worry.
That meant my maid training was still lacking.
“Ravina. I’m always all right. The ones in danger are the vampires, actually.”
“What...?!”
“I’ll show you. That there’s no longer any need to worry about anything.”
- Did she really have to say that while doing a double peace sign
- Cute...
「You have acquired Maid Points.」
Ah. I was so cool.
Since launching before an answer came back would be the completion of coolness, I had to run quickly.
I made ice footholds in the air with ice-element magic, strengthened my legs with aura, and leaped upward.
“She flew?!”
And at the captain’s startled shout, I came back down.
“It’s closer to jumping than flying.”
“She jumped?!”
“Thank you for the quick correction. This time I’ll show you flying.”
“She really flew?!”
“Thank you.”
- (Speechless mage icon)
- So she can fly too...
- If you think about her burning the sky, I guess it’s obvious...
The captain seemed to want to see me fly, so I decided to fly.
While I was at it, I also formed a dome-shaped barrier so the base would be safe.
My mana was infinite, so even spending it recklessly like this had no effect on my condition at all.
- She can set up a wide-area barrier too...?
- Then how is she going to handle the mana consumption?
- The barrier level looks crazy high too;
- I’m starting to not know what I should be surprised by anymore
This should be enough to keep things safe even if I leave. Time to really sortie.
Flying with wind magic was slower than repeatedly leaping with aura, but it had the advantage of allowing one to fly while maintaining elegance.
Higher and higher. Let’s fly until I reach the sun.
Why does a maid fly? Just as I was about to ponder this philosophical question, an important problem occurred to me.
What if the sun doesn’t have the sort of personality that welcomes someone visiting its home?
I’ll make an appointment and visit the sun later.
“Kerek?!”
“Kyaak!!”
Tactical bombing by a flying maid.
I was about to gather fireballs at my fingertips, but stopped.
Come to think of it, bombing them without even greeting them would be impolite.
- ???
- Why is she suddenly going down
Let’s take this slowly, in order.
Tap— I descended to the ground, held the hem of my skirt, and greeted them with elegance.
“Hello. I’m Han Yuyeon.”
- No fucking way, did she come down to greet them?
- Surely she came down to deal with them another way
For some reason, the ghouls were backing away, so I slowly approached them.
“Let’s communicate...”
- ?????
I wanted to become a master communicator.
***
Roughly one hour had passed since I attempted to communicate with the ghouls, and I had no choice but to admit that I still couldn’t become a master communicator.
Hing-ing-ing. No matter how much I listened, I couldn’t get a feel for it at all. I couldn’t tell if kyahak was a greeting or kehek was a greeting.
It was rude to keep these busy people held up for so long, so it was about time to wrap things up.
“Kehih-hehek...”
“Ghouls. May I pass through?”
“......”
“Thank you.”
- What, did she actually master Ghoul language?
- Why are they really opening a path for her
- If they don’t, they’ll die
- Aha!
Though language did not get through to them, the ghouls understood once I observed proper manners.
Walking slowly down the path that split apart like the Red Sea, I went to find the vampire.
“Hello. I’m Han Yuyeon.”
“...@#!@$... @!!@$... human...”
Oh. I could understand some of it.
They must have studied the language too in order to blend naturally into human society.
It was obvious, if I thought about it, but it was fascinating to see in person.
There were still some awkward parts, but how could anyone be good at a foreign language from the very start?
The vampire, who was trying hard to minimize any sense of incongruity, looked impressive.
“I find studying foreign languages really difficult, so you’re amazing, Vampire.”
“Kihik...”
“I’ll follow your example and try learning the language of the vampires too. What does kihik mean?”
“Food... prey... kikihik...”
“I see. What does kikihik mean?”
“Food... prey...!”
“So there was a difference in the exclamation point. Thank you for teaching me.”
- As if
- She needs to beat him up before he uses a curse
- Uh, uh, that bastard’s eyes are turning red
Vwoong—
A red aura gathered around the vampire’s eyes.
Then an ominous energy flew from the staff inlaid with a blood-colored orb.
The energy flew at me in an instant and pierced my body,
“Kishishit...!”
- No, why didn’t she dodge
But nothing happened.
As expected, a maid’s grace had dispelled even the curse.
But it would be impolite to show that I was perfectly fine.
For now, I knelt on one knee and asked.
“Ugh. It hurts so much. But what does kishishit mean?”
“Kishit...?!”
- ??
- Why does she look fine
The energy came flying once more.
Once again, nothing happened, but I knelt with my other knee too.
“What does kishit mean?”
“Kiiiiik?!”
“What does kiiiiik mean?”
- ???
- Fuck, I’m scared
- Vampieaaaaaaah!!!
For some reason, I could read fear in the vampire’s eyes.
The ghouls that had been approaching as if to devour me were also frightened and were slowly backing away.
Why? I thought I was being sufficiently polite.
Was it an impolite action in vampire society?
Still, the fact that conversation might be possible had been proven, so I asked.
“Do you perhaps intend to retreat?”
“Kyaaaak—!!”
“So you don’t.”
Judging from the mood, kyaaaak seemed to mean “no.”
Then there was nothing I could do. As a maid belonging to humanity, I had no choice but to do what had to be done.
I focused mana at my fingertips and formed a sphere.
I compressed more and more magic power into the rotating sphere, accelerating its spin, then reinforced my entire body with aura and fired the sphere.
—!!!!
With a roar so loud it swallowed even sound, the vampire vanished.
The ghouls that had been standing behind him vanished at the same time. Oh dear.
Still, no blood, bones, or bits of flesh splattered, so this should have been less cruel, right?
I greeted the people who might be watching the broadcast.
“I will continue to observe the rating guidelines as much as possible. Thank you.”
- ;;;
- That was her holding back...?
- (Trembling... guardian icon)
VV.
Drawing Maidly Grace Double Peace with my hands, I worked hard to deal with the remaining ghouls.
I wanted to resolve things as peacefully as possible, but once the ghouls entered a rampaging state, it was no longer possible to communicate with them.
I was bored since there was no one to communicate with.
Believing the viewers were there, I kept speaking into the air.
“Would burning the ghouls be too high-rated?”
- If you burn them so nothing remains, not even bone ash, then there’s nothing cruel to see, so let’s just burn them?
- (Burn them! mage icon)
“If I burn them so even bone ash doesn’t remain... then you can’t see anything... so I think it might be okay...”
- ??? What is this, can she see our chat?
- Yuyeon, I love you
- Let’s burn them with the mindset of sending them on to the afterlife
“Yes. The ghouls should be sent on to the afterlife too, so I’ll go with burning them.”
- No, can she really see the chat??
- What, I thought she couldn’t see our chat?
Maidly Grace Double Peace, enhanced.
Maidly Grace Flame Double Peace.
After compressing the firepower as much as possible and sending the ghouls on with a single strike, I looked up at the sky and sensed the sun rising.
Mm. It would take a while to send even the fleeing ghouls on.
I’d put a barrier around the supply base too, so wouldn’t it be all right to take my time?
Rustle, rustle.
- Du...?
「You have acquired Maid Points.」
I took the maid-mansion out of my subspace pouch.
What should I eat for breakfast? Breakfast was an important matter.
***
After Han Yuyeon’s second-floor broadcast began.
The Tower Gallery was reporting and analyzing Han Yuyeon’s movements in real time.
[Title: Summary of Han Yuyeon’s combat power revealed so far (being edited in real time)]
Author: Combat Analyst
(Gif of Han Yuyeon bursting a ghoul with a palm technique)
She can handle aura.
That alone is surprising, but it doesn’t end here.
As everyone knows, if you simply have an E-rank aura core, you can only strengthen one body part.
And with E-rank aura, it’s absolutely impossible to produce a performance where you grind up ghouls all at once like that.
At minimum, you’d need a C-rank aura core that lets you strengthen three parts, strengthen your legs, torso, and arms, and also have enough basic strength and agility to support it before you can produce that kind of performance.
Even then, it’d be something you barely use as a special move, not something you can casually toss out like that.
In other words, Han Yuyeon’s aura core is estimated to be at least B-rank already.
But, (It doesn’t end here! mage icon)
(Gif of Han Yuyeon taking a wooden house out of a subspace pouch)
Considering she carries around a house that big, her maid-exclusive subspace skill is also estimated to be at least B-rank.
On top of that, seeing how she’s casually holding a wooden house that big with one hand, her strength stat must be crazy high right now too, right?
But, (It doesn’t end here! mage icon)
(Gif of Han Yuyeon demonstrating Maid Flame Peace)
She has a mana circle too.
She even has enough mana to burn the sky or maintain a wide-area barrier over the base for a long time.
To do that much, her mana circle would have to be at least 7th Circle.
In other words, her mana circle is also estimated to be at least A-rank.
And (It doesn’t end here! mage icon)
(Gif of Han Yuyeon being fine even after getting hit by a vampire curse)
This is also estimated to be abnormal status resistance built into the maid-exclusive skill, Maid’s Grace.
Seeing how she gets better right away even after staggering briefly from a vampire curse, even this is at least B-rank.
Ah, this is exhausting. (It doesn’t end here! mage icon)
(Gif of Han Yuyeon handling mana and aura at the same time and erasing a vampire with one strike)
It’s already incredible that she has both an aura core and a mana circle, but she even handles them simultaneously.
And the level at which she handles them simultaneously is also... omitted. Just praise Han Yuyeon. (I’m dead... mage icon)
- (Is he dead...? priest icon)
- What is this spec on the second floor, seriously
- I did think, in theory, that a maid could learn both a mana circle and aura core at the same time, but she actually made it happen
- She really did secluded cultivation for 7 years, damn;
ㄴ For real, she exceeds imagination. She’s just on a different level from the normies
- ShieldIsTheMainBody) I’m an A-rank Guardian, and seriously, if I fought Yuyeon, I don’t think even my corpse would be left
ㄴ (Unforgivable!! priest icon) Accept the punishment for daring to even think of fighting Yuyeon
ㄴ If you’re in a situation where you have to seriously fight Yuyeon, you probably need to die first, yeah;
ㄴ ShieldIsTheMainBody) It was an example, stop the UFC; (Trembling... guardian icon)
For all intents and purposes, the Gallery was in a festive mood.
Han Yuyeon. You are strong. Far beyond what we imagined.
Not raising a glass to Han Yuyeon’s unrivaled rampage as she ground Hell Difficulty to dust was practically heresy.
[Title: I’m an active A-rank mage and tried recreating the Maid Space Triple Flame Tornado Peace]
Author: I’mGonnaBeAMagicMaster
(A picture of a horribly failed, pitch-black-burnt mage)
Duh... how did she control the mana...
(Hoeeng... mage emote)
Lady Han Yuyeon is amaaaazing...
- You dare try the Maid Space Triple Flame Tornado Peace as a mere mage?
└ For real, mage-plebs are insane these days. They don’t know their place.
- If you’d known your place and compromised with something like the Mage Double Candle Fan Peace, you probably would’ve succeeded.
└ I’mGonnaBeAMagicMaster) How do you do that?
└ That’s for you to figure out. Why are you asking me?
└ Mages these days have gotten so soft. Lady Yuyeon would be disappointed if she saw this.
└ I’mGonnaBeAMagicMaster) (Hiiing... mage emote)
As Tower Gallery heated up with an endless stream of discussion topics, the titles of the posts were suddenly flooded with question marks.
Han Yuyeon had reacted to the chat.
[What? It looks like she can see our chat?]
Naturally, Tower Gallery went into an uproar at this impossible event.
After all, the accepted theory was that those dragged into Hell Difficulty couldn’t see the viewers’ chat.
The viewers knew their voices wouldn’t reach her.
Even knowing that, they had simply been typing in chat out of a desire to cheer her on, to somehow let her know that there were many people in this world supporting Han Yuyeon.
And yet... Han Yuyeon had reacted to the chat.
She had reacted to a viewer’s message telling her to burn the ghouls and answered it.
On top of that, when she reacted consecutively to messages saying to let them pass on, it was proven that Han Yuyeon could see the chat.
The moment that thought occurred to them, what humanity did was cheer even more fiercely.
- Lady Yuyeon, I love you.
- Han Yuyeon, fighting. You are humanity’s hope.
- Primate GOAT Han Yuyeon!!!
In truth, cheering was the only thing they could do through chat.
They couldn’t donate or provide any direct support, so what else could they do but cheer?
If this had been an ordinary stream on an ordinary platform, the donation function would have been open, but the atrocious Tower had not left anything like a donation function available.
Even as they cheered Han Yuyeon on through chat, complicated feelings crossed paths in the Gallery.
[I cried because I wanted to send Lady Yuyeon chicken...]
[She got dragged into Hell Difficulty. You think she wants chicken, dumbasses?]
[But what do we do if a “just die” pattern shows up later?]
[The problem is that there’s no information at all from the 6th floor onward in Hell Difficulty.]
[A floor that has nothing to do with combat power might show up.]
Then came the next-best plan.
[For now, shouldn’t we analyze all the information that’s come out so far up to the 5th floor and tell her?]
[Couldn’t we help by compiling information for each floor and quickly passing it along?]
All of us can become Han Yuyeon’s eyes and ears and find a way to clear the trials together.
[Title: Mage << Upvote if this suddenly looks fucking cool lol]
Author: I’mGonnaBeAMagicMaster
(A-rank mage verification pic)
Me. A-rank mage.
My unique skill, “Mage’s Deduction,” is S-rank.
From now on, I become Lady Han Yuyeon’s eyes and ears.
(You can do it, mage emote)
- Ah fuck, I’m jealous I’m jealous I’m jealous I’m jealous.
- Mage, you’re so coooool.
- Mage-plebs are insane these days. That’s fucking cool.
- For real, Lady Yuyeon would feel reassured if she saw this.
Han Yuyeon, just you wait. We’ll show you how incredible collective intelligence can be.
When Tower Gallery’s resolve had solidified, Han Yuyeon, who had been cooking a fish she had pulled out from between her cleavage, murmured softly.
“Do you think it’s morning on Earth right now too, everyone? Please make sure you eat your meals. Let’s live long, healthy lives together.”
Those words Han Yuyeon casually uttered were powerful enough to quiet the Gallery’s firepower for a moment.