The Dual Swordsman Who Lost Both Arms On Stream to Save His Doomed Party Gets Exiled—Then the Heroines Go Yandere - Chapter 1: Saving the Party on the Brink of Annihilation

Chapter 1: Saving the Party on the Brink of Annihilation

“Hey… where is everyone?”

I asked the party leader, Amiro Soma.

Next to him stood my childhood friend and girlfriend, Sarashina Yuki.

Fifty years ago, a dungeon suddenly appeared deep underground in the heart of the city.

We were in the shallower layers of that dungeon.

Soma used his unsheathed longsword like a cane.

Yuki supported his shoulder, and that was all they could manage to move forward.

Even Yuki’s eyes looked hollow.

He had flowing blond hair, sharp eyes, and a high nose—the kind of guy who gave off the vibe of a smooth, straight-A student.

But now, none of that remained.

“They’re… done for already.

So the two of us escaped alone…”

“What?”

His unbelievably selfish words snapped something thick inside me.

He dragged the girls into a dangerous live-streamed run himself, yet the moment things got bad, he was the first to run…

“Escaped alone? And you’re still calling yourself the leader?”

“Shut up!

What do you know, Nezha?

Anyone would run in a situation like that!”

According to the rules of our labyrinth exploration department, the party leader withdraws last.

Yet Soma…

“Sure, trying to solo a raid boss that needs multiple parties is way too reckless.”

Maybe it was vanity, but from the moment he formed the party, Soma tended to take insane risks with dungeon runs.

Everything had just happened to work out until now…

“No!

I properly took down the cursed dragon.

But no one told me a monster like that was waiting behind it!!!”

Sigh…

In a dungeon, you never know what will happen, so you have to stay extremely careful.

But knowing Soma, he ignored everyone’s warnings, went all-in, and ended up with only the two of them escaping.

I gave up trying to get monster info from Soma, who was scratching his head in confusion after the unexpected defeat.

There was no time to grill him right now.

I had to hurry and rescue the party members left behind.

That was when it happened.

“It’s your fault anyway, Nezha-kun!

We could’ve won if everyone was there…”

Yuki defended Soma.

She spread both arms and stood in my way to stop me from grabbing his collar.

She had long black hair and glasses, giving a plain impression, but lately she had lightened her hair color, switched to contacts, and cleaned up nicely.

“Because you turned down Soma-kun’s plan, this happened…”

“I don’t have time to talk with you right now, Yuki.

The others are in the deeper layers, right?”

I skipped the dungeon run stream to talk him out of his recklessness.

I never heard they would force it with just five people.

I lowered the hand I had raised to grab his collar and put some distance between me and Yuki.

“It’s too late now!

You’ll just die out there too!”

“Maybe.”

If you’re worried about me now, you should’ve worried about everyone from the start, I thought.

They had probably already used up all their recovery potions.

No matter how much we were an S-rank party, in their current state, running into a monster would make them perfect prey…

“Soma, I’m counting on you to take care of Yuki.

Use these.”

“Nezha-kun…”

Yuki reached out reluctantly, but I handed the ampoules of recovery potions to her and Soma, then hurried ahead.

I mowed down every monster I encountered and reached the thirtieth floor.

I was used to it by now, but the dungeon was divided into floors, and some floors even had skies…

“No way…?”

The three party members—Alicia, Misato, and Lemon—were captured by black slimes and being violated.

“Stop it!”

“What are you doing, you bastard!”

“Noooooooo—!”

The sticky black substance clinging to the three had probably melted their clothes.

Tentacle-like extensions of the black slime toyed with their exposed skin.

Rarely, some monsters turned the tables on hunters and played with them.

In bad cases, they did more than rape—they used them as breeding beds.

It was inappropriate, but I briefly imagined it.

The three of them turned into breeding beds with swollen bellies…

No, I would never let that happen!

It was a bad thing, but scenes of monsters toying with explorers spiked viewer numbers on streams.

Especially with beautiful girls like Alicia and the others, the numbers went through the roof…

But sadly, I was saving that stream income for my little sister’s surgery.

“Everyone, are you okay?”

I ran to the captured members and called out.

Luckily, they were restrained by the black slimes, but their lives didn’t seem in danger.

“Hinata-kun, it’s dangerous!”

“Don’t come over here!”

“H-help me!”

They each gave different replies, but my choice stayed the same.

I would definitely save them.

That was all.

Sure enough, just as Soma had boasted, the cursed dragon was defeated, its carcass lying there.

But there was a problem with the cleanup.

Knowing Soma, he probably took photos with the carcass in the background to post on Linsta.

The carcass bubbled and turned into black slime, crawling on the ground.

I had told him so many times to burn cursed dragon carcasses completely…

“Lemon, are you okay?”

“Hic, eeeeeek!”

When I released Lemon’s restraints, her face started shaking as if in spasms.

Seeing her terrified, I sensed something wrong, turned around, and…

A monster split into two heads from the neck was there, opening huge jaws toward Lemon and my heads to attack.

“Lemon, I don’t want to dieeee!”

Lemon had completely fallen into terror mode, hugging her head and crouching to avoid being hit.

I stacked as many 【Body Reinforcement】 buffs as possible and drew my two swords.

My swords, Black Emperor and Ice Queen, were made from rare dungeon lost item drops and specialized against monsters.

The Ice Queen in my left hand aimed at the eye on the head going for Lemon.

The Black Emperor in my right hand held back the upper and lower jaws.

Can I do this?

Only Lemon could move, but because of past trauma, she had curled up like a turtle.

I was busy holding the double-headed cursed dragon’s jaws…

I released the swords, scooped up Lemon, and freed Alicia and Misato’s restraints.

If I could dodge the jaws closing in at extraordinary speed, we could all escape.

“Lemon, no time to fall.

Don’t worry, I’ll definitely get everyone out.”

I spoke to calm her, but there was no response from Lemon.

“Misato!

Take Lemon!”

“Eh!?”

I made up my mind, released the swords from the jaws, and scooped up Lemon.

It was hard to hold her while gripping the swords, but luckily Lemon was petite at 140 cm, so I managed.

” Oryaaaa!”

I spun my body like a discus throw and hurled Lemon toward Misato.

While Lemon floated in the air, I swung both swords as low as possible to release 【Crescent Moon】.

The shockwave from the swing crawled along the ground and hit the black slimes restraining Alicia and Misato.

The black slimes tore in half, freeing Alicia and the others.

Misato caught the floating Lemon.

Yes!!!

The double-headed cursed dragon was still behind…

Now we could all go home!

“Everyone, hurry and escape from here… ugah!”

The moment I turned, a crushing impact like being caught in a press ran through my right upper arm.

The weight of the arm being crushed came before the pain.

Grip strength left my right hand, and the Black Emperor—the key to resistance—rolled on the ground.

“Hinata-kun!”

“Hinata!!!”

“Mikado!

Misato!

Leave this to me—take Lemon and run!”

Alicia held a paper effigy to summon shikigami and distract the double-headed cursed dragon.

“No way!

We can’t just leave you and run…”

“What are you saying!

You guys would just get in the way!

Hurry up and go, you slowpokes!!!”

I had to yell insults like that, or all three would insist on fighting together.

“Do you want to watch me get eaten?!

Gyaaaa!!!”

“Kuh… Hinata!

Sorry…”

“Lemon, stand up quick!

Don’t waste Hinata-kun’s sacrifice!”

“Auuu…”

Finally, everyone left my sight.

Even so, they bowed over and over while sobbing…

It felt like I was going to die…

Loyal Alicia, ignoring the danger, left a shikigami behind.

The right head of the double-headed cursed dragon chased the sparkling illusory butterflies like holograms, crushing them one by one.

“I’ll trade one of my arms for one of your heads!”

White mist rose from the blade of the Ice Queen in my left hand.

I swung down with all my strength at the head biting my arm.

It hit!

Cold air running from the blade froze the hard scales, making them brittle from the impact.

Just a bit more… just a bit more and I could take its head!

Cracks formed in the neck, and the pressure on my right arm seemed to weaken—then it happened.

“Auuu!”

The double-headed cursed dragon bit my left hand holding the Ice Queen.

Alicia’s summoned illusory butterflies had already vanished.

Both arms bitten, I was lifted and spread out in a big X.

“Ag uuuuuuuuuuuuuuu—!!!!!!!”

The instant a crunch like bones shattering sounded, I let out a huge scream.

At the same time, the Ice Queen slipped from my hand.

Soon after, my restraints released, and my body dropped to the ground.

I noticed the ground—not just my shirt—was dyed bright red.

I knelt before the double-headed cursed dragon.

As if apologizing for foolishly challenging a raid boss…

“Who’s apologizing to you…”

Defiance rose in my fading consciousness.

But mercilessly, sharp teeth like a carnivorous dinosaur appeared, and my vision went dark.

Once the double-headed cursed dragon closed its mouth, my head would be crushed to pulp.

“Ah, so this is how it ends… my life…”

Strangely, time flowed slowly like a revolving lantern.

Mom, Dad—I said I’d find you, but I’m sorry I couldn’t.

Hinako, I was earning for your surgery so we could play outside together again, but I couldn’t even get half—sorry for being a useless brother.

Yuki… thanks for everything.

After we started dating, we kept missing each other…

Alicia, you always overestimated me.

But deep down, it made me happy.

With your skill, you can definitely inherit the Mikado family!

Misato, even when others laughed, I didn’t.

Thanks for confiding in me about secretly doing ballet.

I wanted to see your ballet again.

Lemon, we swore we’d get revenge on your toxic parents together, but it ends halfway—sorry…

Soma, I have no right to say this, but please treasure Alicia.

“Life’s surprisingly short…”

The moment I muttered that.

A huge bogon sound rang out, my vision suddenly brightened, and my eyes blurred a little.

“Eh?”

I wanted to rub my eyes at the scene, but I had no sleeves—or arms.

The double-headed cursed dragon’s massive body spun around and flew away.

In its place, a beautiful girl in shrine maiden-like clothes stood before me.

“Yo!

I’m White Crow!

Sparkle☆”

“Ah, yes…”

“I’m White Crow-chan!!

Sparkle!

Sparkle!!”

Was she telling me to greet her back?

“Ah, I’m… Hinata Nezha…”

When I introduced myself, the beautiful girl calling herself White Crow put hands on hips, smiled satisfied, and nodded yes yes.

Snow-white hair and shining red eyes stood out on the girl.

She saluted with two fingers, stuck out her tongue, bent her knees, stood on one leg, and threw a VTuber-like greeting.

Even though both my arms were severed and blood poured out…

“Oopsie!

I didn’t make it in time—”

Finally noticing the situation, White Crow stared at my wounds.

“Then, treatment first.”

“Eh?

Wait!?”

Treatment—it’s not something you fix by spitting on it…

White Crow leaned close and suddenly started licking the wounds like grooming a cat.

I-it tickles…

I tried to resist, but I had no arms, so she did as she pleased…

“It’s healing!?”

“How’s that?

Pretty amazing, White Crow-chan’s real power, right?”

“Ah, no… it’s amazing…”

Seeing my surprised face, White Crow put hands on hips and made a proud smug face.

She had every right to be proud.

The wounds—raw meat, even bone marrow visible, gross even to me—were covered not just by scabs but proper skin.

“Oh yeah!

I gotta apologize to Nezha.”

“Apologize?”

Just as I was about to ask what for.

Silently, White Crow jumped into my arms, her cute face right in front of mine.

She closed her striking red eyes, and something soft touched my lips.

White Crow stood on tiptoes and kissed me…

The taste of the kiss with White Crow was my blood.

Air flowed in from White Crow like artificial respiration, and the pain in my body eased.

It lasted only seconds, but when we parted and our eyes met, White Crow’s white skin flushed pink like a peach.

“I-I don’t do this with just anyone!

Only Nezha…”

“Ah, yeah…”

White Crow fidgeted shyly, rubbing index fingers together, then seemed to change the mood and tapped a tablet she pulled from nowhere.

On the back was a sticker of a fluffy, cute terakawa holding a trident.

Ready, she showed me the tablet screen.

It displayed my name, status, and basic info.

She swiped, and my acquired skills listed, ending with an unknown skill in red text.

【God’s Invisible Hand Invisible Arms】

“I was really touched.

It’s been a while since I saw a guy who sacrifices himself and tells the girls, ‘Mikado!

Misato!

Leave this to me—take Lemon and run!’

Hmm, how long has it been?

Can’t quite remember.”

She must have watched the stream.

She imitated my voice perfectly…

“Hah, stop it, it’s embarrassing…”

“Sorry sorry.

Didn’t mean to tease.”

While I puzzled over the new skill…

“Um, this is?”

“Ah, that.

I stole it from the pervert who kept sexually harassing me.

That dragon does bad things to girls just like the pervert!

So I want Nezha to defeat it.”

“But… I don’t have arms anymore…”

“It’s okay, try strongly willing to pick up those swords.”

White Crow pointed at the Black Emperor and Ice Queen on the ground.

Following her, I willed strongly, and the far-off swords floated.

I even felt the grips in my hands.

“For real!?”

I see… the previous owner of this skill must have touched White Crow’s body, taking advantage of it being invisible…

What a huge pervert!!!

“Danger!!!”

Distracted learning the skill, I noticed the double-headed cursed dragon looming behind White Crow.

The right huge jaw aimed to bite her torso in half, the left her head…