Jujutsushi Wa Yuusha Ni Narenai

「I want to hear everyone's opinion after I explain Yamata no Orochi’s subjugation plan.」

I drafted a plan after thinking for an entire night and announced that I'd hold a class meeting after breakfast. I had to set the direction early on to avoid any delay.

I was well aware of the demerits of such a rushed plan. Alas, that was literally the only and easiest way to pierce the tough scale.

「This might be inevitable but still, I have to say that I'm at my wit's end.」

「It's by no means a perfect plan though. Not to mention it looks quite dangerous. However, I think this is the best plan for the current situation.」

「It's not a big deal, tell us the plan.」

Everyone, right from Souma-kun, was ready to listen to my plan. If they were that keen to hear it, I had no choice but to tell them.

「The gist of the plan is we climb on the top of the mountain, drill a hole right to that monster's core, and destroy it with direct attack.」

Please spare me the disappointment of as if I have let you down with a plan that anyone can come up with. Because the only way to implement this plan is by trial and error.

「According to Takanashi-san's 『Magical Power Analysis』, Yamata no Orochi still has a thick bedrock on top of its thick shell and core.」

I kept explaining while drawing simple pictures that described Yamata no Orochi’s details on the black board.

「The rock layer is simply made of rock. That's why Randou-san should be able to dig it out with her earth magic.」

I had done a small experiment during the field training with the piece of rock from the mountain to see if Randou-san could manipulate its shape with her earth magic.

As long as the outer crust wasn't connected to Yamata no Orochi's magical power, it was possible to control.

「The biggest problem is this outer crust.」

This place had the same quality as Orochi's shell. I guess everyone in the vanguard team already knew just how tough Orochi's scale was.

「Our greatest weapon and magic can't even leave a scratch on that monster's shell.」

Alas, there was no need to crush it with a single blow. We could drill a hole bit by bit, slowly but steadily.

「According to my experiment, my 『Rotten Bog』 can melt the shell.」

We will invoke the 『Rotten Bog』's full spell complete with a magic circle and offering to drill a hole through Yamata no Orochi's shell in place of an excavator.

「We can directly attack the true body core as long as we manage to drill a hole through its shell. Once we succeed, we will fire the most powerful attack magic to destroy it.」

「I see, true enough, we have to drill a hole through the shell to break the core but… How long will it take you to drill the hole?」

「I can't say for sure how long it will take until we have enough experiments but, it could take around 5~10 minutes.」

I couldn't say the minimum estimate since the shell seemed to be quite thick and melting might take quite some time.

I wanted to find another way to raise the firepower of 『Rotten Bog』 aside from using magic circle and offering, but I still had no idea how long it would take.

「Eight heads is the limit of the current combat potential.」

「I understand. I'll explain how to restrain the head next――」

From the result of the battle against Yamata no Orochi so far, I had confirmed the place they would come out from.

When looking from above, the rocky mountain, in fact, had a circular shape; it was ideal to be divided into eight parts for the eight heads to come out. That's why it had no blindspot no matter which route we took to approach it.

Moreover, according to my observation, the eight caves from which the heads came out were the only passage leading to the center of the mountain.

Each head only had one cave from which it came. However, since its neck was super long, it had no problem reaching the battlefield on the opposite side of the mountain.

That's why we had no choice but to fight all the eight heads no matter which place we chose in the beginning.

「I think our defeat is inevitable once all the eight heads appear together. When that happens, I get this feeling that they're going to use their Ultimate Attack. That's why we have to make sure all the eight heads do not come out.」

Not that we could fight all the eight heads even without their ultimate attack.

「We have to seal the movements of three heads.」

「But the head will regenerate immediately even if we chop it off.」

「Our goal isn't killing them, it's to stop them from moving around with minimal wounds. In short, restraining them.」

「… Is that even possible? I mean, such a huge monster.」

「I mean, the heads keep growing forever no matter how much we cut them off, that's why I think we have to think of a way to seal its movement.」

Naturally, I understood Class Rep’s worry, we were talking about stopping a train-sized giant serpent after all. It wasn't a simple matter of course, realistically speaking, anyone who tried to stop a running train got sent to Isekai instead.

「Thanks to Yamata no Orochi's recovery ability, trying to give it damage is a fool's errand. That's why sealing its movement is the best choice we have.」

「I see… Pinning it on the ground with my ice magic is much better than firing ice magic on it, makes sense.」

「You're correct, Class Rep. This plan revolves around sealing the heads with Class Rep's ice magic.」

「But still, I can't do it by myself. I don't even know if it's possible to pin one head in ice magic.」

「That's why let's try the other magic too. The first candidate is Randou-san's earth magic.」

「Eh, my-what? Sorry, but I haven't been paying attention.」

You must've heard the plan properly right! I mean, your eyes have always been following me.

「We will cover the head with earth magic.」

Or sew Yamata no Orochi's head to the ground. Or dig a hole in the ground to bury the head. We had to try every single possibility.

「Aside from magic, I’ve also included the option of using something like steel wire to seal the head.」

We had no problem with procuring the metal for making the steel. The amount of material we looted from monsters’ weapons and armor should be enough for that. Even in the desert area, where we mined light ore, we could get metal such as iron ore.

「The next on the list is weakening its power with poison.」

The strongest candidate was 『SpiFrog's Paralysis Poison』. It was an extremely potent paralysis poison that not even a gogma could resist. No need to kill it, all we needed to do was weaken its power to maintain the stalemate.

However, I only had a really small amount of this poison. It was definitely far from enough given Yamata no Orochi's gigantic size. Its meager quantity was the bottleneck of this method.

Just in case, I'll prepare as many poisons as possible. I'll even throw in 『Red Fever』 as a bonus.

「Naturally, it's preferable to give as much damage as possible within the permissible range.」

The head might be able to break free from the restraint, that's why we have to keep it in a weakened state as long as possible. There are three physical ways to seal the movement of the head namely earth magic, ice magic, and steel wire. Orochi could easily tear every single one of them if it were rampaging like a wild horse.

「As long as we can seal three heads, we can buy the time with direct confrontation against five heads. We can barely do that with our current state.」

「Ooo, nice idea Momokawa!」

「Shall we try this method immediately?」

「Finally a possibility.」

Though the Totem Pole Trio was as optimistic as ever, some people didn't feel the same way.

「I highly doubt it'll be as easy as you say… I mean, we might even have a hard time with just sealing one head due to its enormous size.」

「Yes, sealing three heads is still a pipe dream for now.」

Both Nakajima and Kenzaki were of the same opinion. Behind them, Himeno was hatefully glaring at the latter.

But still, they were right about that. That's why we had no choice but to do trial and error in that regard to raise our proficiency.

「Kotaro-kun.」

Mei-chan showed the most dissatisfied expression.

「At this point, Kotaro-kun, you'll enter directly into the mountain, right?」

「Correct.」

I had to invoke the ceremony, after all.

「I'm against this plan. This plan is way too dangerous.」

「The same goes for everyone who participates in this plan.」

「Once you get in there, you won't be able to escape. This is a suicidal mission, and you’ve always failed during the field exercise.」

My shadow and Rem's sacrificial squad had always been annihilated no matter how many times I tried. Since they were disposable, to begin with, it was the truth that all of them were annihilated.

「Surely, going into the rocky mountain, the enemy turf, is more dangerous than fighting the head outside. But we have no choice but to do that.」

To defeat the kaiju called Yamata no Orochi, we had to take such a risk. Since our war potential stayed the same, we couldn't afford to lose more. We couldn't avoid this path, this was something that we had to do.

「That's why I've to go. As much as I hate things like self-sacrifice, I've no choice but to do it since I'm the one who suggested this plan. I have to say my power is necessary to break the shell.」

Well, I might hesitate to appoint myself to do the most dangerous job if this plan was suggested by another person. I mean, since they had the gall to suggest such a dangerous plan, they should be prepared to take the most dangerous job instead of appointing others to do that. If that person refused to take the job, a brawl was an eventuality.

That's why, since I was the one who came up with this plan and understood the risk, I had to do the most dangerous job.

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