The Spearmaster and the Black CatVolume 390
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The string of the Golden Titan extended. A golden thread budding in the air.
That was the Unique Item the adventurer party ăInnocent Armsă, led by her master Shuuya Kagari, had obtained from a treasure chest in the labyrinth.
It was Unique, but if you poured mana into it, the golden threads would turn into protective gloves. Whenever she hunted in the Whirlpool Forest of Demonic Fog, sheâd use it as a means for attacking and defending without turning it into a hair ornament or gloves. Every once in a while she also amused herself by using it for the string game her elder sister had taught her.
The reason for having increased her usage of the item might be an effect of her having struggled in the battle against the silver-haired, odd-eyed Magic Cloth User in the mansion of Earl Surgebald. The name of that man, who held the alias Odd Eye, was Bounty Hunter Pearson. He was a master at manipulating the Magic Cloth of Ryaguno.
As obvious from the way he handled her, whose strength had been boosted as <Head Servant Leader>, Pearson was no ordinary bounty hunter by any means. It could be even said that Pearson wouldnât have been caught even if Shuuya had participated in the battle against him.
Because of that, the outcome was nothing unusual, butâŠhaving let him go weighed on the dark elfâs mind.
Even now, while she recalled the events of that time, she locked the movements of a tree ogre monster by coiling the golden threads around the thighs of its two legs, using Pearsonâs way of handling the magic cloth as reference.
With a sharp glare, she fiercely dashed towards the ogre, pointing the crimson-scaled scabbard at its belly just as it was about to fall over to the front thanks to its immobilized legs. Drawing a trajectory as if swinging a bat, she slammed the dead center of her scabbard against the ogreâs thick torso. The ogreâs torso folded in the middle.
Holding its belly thanks to the intense pain, the ogre was blown away while sounds of its belly cracking could be heard.
The dark elf quickly pulled back the scabbard. On the other hand, the ogre crashed with its back against a thick tree trunk in the back, causing a dull, low, thundering rumble, after flying through several other monsters and various foliage. In the next moment, droves of bird monsters, birds, and small insects flew away in panic.
The spine of the ogre had been crushed and broken from the impact against the trunk. Moreover, a long, pointed branch growing out of the trunk had penetrated its belly, giving it the final blow.
The elf didnât watch the last moments of the ogre. She was surrounded by rock-shaped sorcery golems. In order to cope with them, she applied the walking style of the swordsmanship and assassination style passed down in the Azmail household.
After swinging the scabbard from the left to the right as if to clear away her own silver hair, she stabbed it into the flank of a golem approaching from the right side, making it bend back. Next, while pulling back the scabbard, she advances towards the bent golem. Just like that, she swung down the Ancient Evil Dragon Sword Gadorices in her right hand at the golemâs head with a speed boosted by the wind cladding the blade.
The glittering of the naked blade resembled the <Servant Leader> Kaldoâs sword skill <Grease Cicada>. Gadorices directly landed on the top of the golemâs head, bisecting it all the way down to the neck. Blood teeming with violet mana furiously gushed out of the two cut sections as the golemâs head parted to the left and right.
Waves of violet blood spurts relentlessly dyed the bluish-white skin forming her pretty face and her glossy, silver hair, which was a symbol of pride for her as a dark elf. Of course, her beloved silver mask wasnât spared from the onslaught of blood either.
At that moment, she focused on <Blood Path â Open First Gate>, a part of her as a vampire.
The blood instantly vanished, permeating into her skin and hair.
On the other hand, the now headless golem fell apart like a puzzle that disintegrated in the air, its fragments falling to the ground.
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Not yet! Itâs not enough! A lot more mana and blood dwells in this body!
With a sharp glint in her eyes, a firm resolution existed within her unadorned emotions. Her name was Viine Dao Azmail.
Earlier she had replenished her feelings of love through the dense and long conversation with Shuuya Kagari, the suzerain of the Light Demon Lucival.
While remembering the other <Head Servant Leader> and <Servant Leader> Kaldo, who was currently trying to build a dark guild from scratch, she strongly wished to grow powerful once more. And right now she was killing two birds with one stone by training to obtain new blood mana skills, gathering the materials requested by Mysty, or rather three birds with one stone, if you also added her exploring the forest.
She had just slaughtered all the sorcery golems, monsters which were equal to B-Rank adventurers. And then she had looted the orbs consisting of three stacked marbles existing within the jaws of the golems.
âPheew, the jaws were cracked, but the materials were luckily safe.â
Having finished looting the essential materials, Viine activated
as a signal. While confirming the smell of Mystyâs
at the same time, Viine proceeded deeper into the valley, where the fog became even thicker, while clearing away the foliage at her feet.
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I must be careful once Iâm outside the range of Pheremoneâs Touch. Well, since Iâm continuing to leave behind my smell, itâs impossible for me to get lost, thoughâŠ
At that moment, my foot got entangled by grass. Dealing with those memento herb-like leaves and the tolborn leaves, which are constantly trying to stop you by coiling around your feet, is quite a pain. On top of that, the droves of monsters which keep attacking me all the time.
The monsters around here swoop down on me as soon as they see my feet stuck by the leaves, seemingly judging me to be an easy target.
The pretty fox with the silver fur I cut down a moment ago was one of them as well. Itâs always a hard fight against those silver foxes. Their fur can extend in all directions from their entire body. They use fur to entwine it around anything that can be called a branch, just to repeatedly move around by leaping while using their fur as new footholds. While exhibiting such nimble movements, they continuously shoot countless fangs from their muzzles which open up all in all directions.
Those are attacks I donât really want to receive head-on. Itâd be a different matter if I had <Magic Hand guided by Thought> like Master, though.
Iâve managed to defeat a pack of those foxes with their diverse attack patterns by myself, even though I took away injuries all across my body. Afterwards I absorbed all of the foxesâ bright red blood. Then I skinned them carefully so as to not damage their silver pelts, and after collecting their bones, intestines, and meat in another bag at the end, I started to proceed further through the forest.
This place is the best to refine my judgment since fog that dulls your mana perceptions billows up every once in a while. Even right now, I can hear loud beastly voices overlapping from the other side of the depressing fog.
I canât let down my guard.
My training is proceeding well in such a way, butâŠIâve forgotten something important. Yes, hunting by myself means that I must deal with things myself even when feeling down! Iâve thought so moments ago, but I canât really get carelessâŠin this Whirlpool Forest.
ButâŠI want to peeâŠ
Ohh, right! I have this with me! The ădark spirits Master calls small middle-aged men or urban legendsă.
I activate Rasheenaâs Bracelet, causing a great number of midgets and small arms to appear from within the bracelet while marching in ranks. Theyâre darkness spirits which can change their appearance at will.
I silently pray, ăYou guys, spread out around meă, while focusing on the bracelet.
Thereupon they salute and then start moving away while hopping around. In the meantime, I push my way through the tolborn thicket, loosen my belt and the leather binding, andâŠ
An embarrassing gurgling drowns out the forestâs noise. But, I feel better now.
Suddenly the nearby leaves move, and something appears. Something black!
I end up tumbling over out of surpriseâŠ
Fallen leaves and twigs end up sticking to my bare butt. Cold.
Itâs not that Iâve been careless, but Iâve got to quickly fix myââ Hmm? Looking closely, those are my spirits⊠All of them are midgets with mouths and beards. Theyâre jumping around while being happy over having found small mushrooms, bow towards me, salute, or throw nuts at me.
Pheew. I keep watching the small spirits while smiling at my own foolishness. Since theyâre small, they might be cute, despite their beards.
But, all of them have taken out scissor-like weapons. I wonder what theyâre up toâŠ
That place being exposed to the fresh air feels somewhat refreshing, so without minding it, I watch the actions of the spirits with keen interest.
Theyâre cutting the surrounding leaves with the scissors. Then they point their scissors at my pussy⊠Ugh, are they telling me that they want to shave my pubes!?
ââŠNo! This place belongs to Master alone! Go on the other side, and watch the vicinity.â
The spirits look at me with lewd expressions. After saluting, they turn around and leave by skipping.
Good griefâŠhow embarrassing. Just as Master has been sayingâŠtheyâre really small, middle-aged men.
After getting myself fixed up in a hurry, I cancel the guards of Rasheenaâs Bracelet, and resume my forest exploration. As I advanced along the curly grains on the trees that seemed to serve as signs, I sensed a wind wave. That wind wave originated from a bird monster other than a harpy.
Its beaks are as big as that of a griffon. It has stabbed those beaks into the torso of an earthworm monster, gouged it out and cleaved open its intestines as it held the torso. The intestines disappear into the birdâs huge beak, just for it to swallow by making its throat tremble.
Itâs a medium-sized dragon, a drake species, but itâs bird shaped with an even longer neck.
While knocking down the surrounding trees with its two wings and four talons, itâs eating up the earthworm⊠The feathers growing on the birdâs torso are majestic. Somehow it reminds me of Rollodeen-samaâs appearance.
âŠWhen two dogs fight for a bone, the third runs away with it is nothing for meâŠit fills my heart with loneliness. About now, Master and Rollo-sama are putting efforts into rebuilding Cydale and hunting in the Sea of ForestâŠ
Dropping my shoulders as I think of that, I head deeper into the forest.
While predicting what Master and Rollo-sama are doing, I recall the story about ghosts Iâve recently heard from Master. And I remembered the ghost monster called âshapshirâ mentioned by Tsuan whom I deeply trust.
Letâs bring out my blood just in case. This is also part of my training.
While focusing on <Blood Path â Open First Gate>, I release blood from both my feetâŠ
As the dark-red, leather-made Long Gladiator Sandals covering most of my legs dye crimson red, I deploy the blood with the image of creating a lake on the groundâs surface. If itâs Lucival blood, the light element within should have some effect against ethereal bodies.
Mysty also uses her blood like this. The metallic lotuses floating on her blood lake are beautiful and lovely⊠The blood gathering at Mystyâs stylish shoes is the best part of it.
Sheâs got a lot of work. And probably because sheâs so eager about learning more, she succeeded in developing a wonderful, unique skill.
If it comes to plain sword-drawing techniques, Iâve learned them, but that fusion of blood and metal techniques is delicate and bold. Without dabbling in this and that, Iâll also gather blood and strengthen my skills with the Jade Snake Bow and Gadorices.
Mysty is grumbling a lot, saying things like ăI wouldnât feel so edgy if I were blood message with Master! Shit, shit, shit!ă, butâŠI greatly respect her high intelligence.
While indulging in such thoughts, I continue walking as I shed blood from my feet. My dense blood thatâs spreading in this area. This lake of Lucival bloodâŠinstead of searching for enemiesâŠno, I think itâs unsuited for that task. It might work as a method to draw monsters to me with the smell of my blood.
If I try things with my blood, I should be able to get another sensationâŠI remember that Master has done an exercise called âRadio Calisthenics.â I just watched Spirit-sama and Rollo-sama trying to imitate him, butâŠnow Iâm alone, so I wonât feel ashamed.
Letâs try doing those calisthenics on the blood-covered ground.
Remembering his words, âBeauties are doing this training every day,â I keep imitating Masterâs arm movements.
But, at that point, the magic sources of monsters draw closer. I guess they were immediately lured in by the blood smell. Since it canât be helped, I stop the calisthenics and blood emission halfway.
A galband tiger appears in-between the trees. Time for huntingââ
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As I keep sucking up the blood from the scattered monster corpses, I can sense a slight change in the bloodsucking sensation.
Although my calisthenics got interrupted, I must say that this is a wonderful place for training. It allows me to absorb blood, absorb magic elements, increase my concentration, and even sharpen my five senses. The actual ability to feel how my skills are improving is a lot more prominent over here than in the labyrinth. The only shortcoming would be that I canât get any magic stones.
I recall how I continued surviving the harsh training of the ăDarkness Highwayă together with my sisters.
After finishing off the galband tiger and dismantling its materials, I checked the quality of its pelt while wandering around for a while.
The blood and my training is still insufficient⊠Also, I feel like the presence of monsters has been low ever since I stepped into the valley. Oh, maybe itâs one of those savage lands Master mentioned?
The ground feels like solid rock. It resembles the dry place I discovered the other dayâŠ
Brick-colored stones, different from the ones native of Holkerbaum, line the ground. The scenery has changed as wellâŠitâs closer to an artificial quarry than a forest, Iâd say?
Even the sun rays filtering through the canopy flicker in the wind, causing an unbalance of light and darkness that doesnât remind one of a severe winter. Since it illuminates the area under my feet with a thorny hue, it creates a mysterious atmosphere.
Crooked stone monuments as theyâre typical for the Whirlpool Forest sprawl out at the edges of the ravine. Across those monuments, an increasing number of vertical formations that look like alcoves are visible. Is it somehow related to the ancient stone golem-like monsters which have been appearing around this area? Going by the shapes of the alcoves, ancient dwarves could have made them, no?
Since Iâm curious, I approach and alcove and check. Judging by the traces of the depressed, round center, small statues should have been installed here in the past. The upper part has sections that have fallen apart as if butter melted under high heat.
The many hand-shaped patterns among the designs of the crumbled wallsâŠfeel sickening, and at the same time, it makes me sense the regret of something.
Maybe the remains of a temple that has fallen into ruin? Maybe a battle between the Buu of the divine domain and the kin of the Spirit World? Or maybe itâs the outcome of the great war said to have raged in ancient times between the old, wild gods and the cursed goddess Master and I have offered our prayers.
The ground at my feet is gently sloping downwards. At the end of this wide, stone path liesâŠsomething like a pit.
This depression here might have been an assembly place, a council room, or something along those lines. Characters Iâve never seen before are carved into a part of the floor and wallsâ surface. The characters, which seem to advance through the maze of stone monumentsâŠare impossible to decipherâŠ
Is an ancient ruin like Roshmail? Maybe itâs a relic of the Dawn civilization that appears in dwarven literature? Or maybe itâs a connection to the underground passage continuing into the Pel-Heca-Line which was supposedly built by the ancient dwarvesâŠ?
An entrance into the underground world I know so well might exist further down the pathâŠ
Mystyâs older brother Sol, a former first-class magician read Separatists Rashuu of the Enpal House, a investigation report about a dark elf species that treasured staying indoors, butâŠit seems like quite a few dark elves have advanced from the underground onto the surface.
However, for an estrangement of the ăThird Sorcery Noble Enpal Householdăâs ăHundred Darkness CrossbowsăâŠgiven that the report was short, I quickly finished reading all of it, but I got completely engrossed when flying through the text.
It might be unrelated to the civilization of the ancient characters here, but maybe those dark elf separatists have been living in the underground of this ruin?
Iâm quite curious about such old ruins. In addition, I might also find monuments with letters from other cultures carved into them.
The headwind blowing up from the lower holeâŠis cold and unfeeling. The feeling that the magic elements switch between thin and dense concentration hasnât changed, but the coldness afflicting my skin is still the same as before I became a Lucival.
Once again, I fully realize that itâs winter right now. Probably I can only estimate the precise date as I havenât been recording it for a while now.
And the monster attacks have now stopped altogether. The sounds of beasts, too. Itâs unthinkable for the Whirlpool ForestâŠthis would have been a safe place for me to pee, wouldnât it?
Still, its silence is close to that of the underground cityâŠmy home city DaâUmezalan.
Does it mean this place is close to the bluish-white shining barrier located beneath the hill with the house where Mysty and Hankay-san live?
Iâm also curious about the place that created these mysterious shapes of overlapping stones. But first, before investigating this areaâŠletâs try asking around about me and my having experienced a change in the sensation of obtaining blood.
I can estimate that it stems from me having continued sucking blood and mana, butâŠfirst Iâm going to question Veronica who knows a lot about blood mana.
I sit down at a place with an array of box-shaped stones as if having a picnic. If Master was with meâŠI end up having such a delusional dream. I quickly shake my head to put my mind in order again.
Itâs wrong to act spoiled. I must become strong. In a hurry I created a blood message to exchange opinions with Veronica.
ăThe sensation of absorbing blood has changed, you say?ă
ăYesă
ăAre you possibly in a situation where you keep absorbing blood and mana?ă
ăYesă
ăI see. Itâs a training method thatâs available to you because youâre a Lucival. As for that sensation, I think it comes from you having sucked in a drastic amount of blood and mana. The absorption didnât catch up with the body so far, but now it has. Itâs proof of you having a high potential, Viine. No wonder that you were chosen as the First Lucival family memberâs <Head Servant Leader>ă
Iâm really happy about this. But itâs only been possible because Iâm separated from Master right now.
ăâŠReally!? Thanks, Veronica! Then Iâll continue like this. I want to become strong as wellă
ăOh, your unadorned feelings came out a bit!ă
ăSorry, I ended up being too bluntă
ăNo, not at all. Iâm glad that I get to hear your feelings. I already told you before, but itâs an old custom for blood mana to be taught to you by your vampire blood relatives, so usually your elder take care of you for <Blood Path â Open First Gate>âŠno, thatâs too long so Iâll abbreviate itâŠthe opening of the first, second, and third gates until you obtain your unique skills, you know? But, since everyone including you has said that they want to do their utmost by themselves, Iâve been only sticking to giving some advice here and thereă
ăâŠEach of <Head Servant Leaders> probably wishes to grasp their growth with their own hands, actually experiencing it. The time weâve spent with our cherished Master, who urged our growth by training us himself, led us on the right path. I feel like I learned something about being independent and not dependentă
ăHehe, youâre writing it as something, but youâre just playing dumb, arenât you?ă
ăUgh, I wouldnât do something like thatâŠă
ăIsnât it fine to honestly call it preparedness and pride as <Head Servant Leader>, and not âsomethingâ?ă
ăâŠNothing less of you as elder vampire. Youâre half right. But, Iâm not a <Head Servant Leader> whoâs going to create a family and become an empress like you. Iâm aiming to become a chosen bloodkin of my own likingă
Yep, I want to be a strong <Head Servant Leader> who can stand on Masterâs side.
ăâŠI see. Becoming a chosen bloodkin, huh? As I thought, Shuuyaâs blood is reflected in you very strongly⊠This is my advice as your senior: Itâs alright to not hurry with your growth. Youâre definitely the <Head Servant Leader> who was chosen first by Shuuya, so it kinda pisses me off to be honest, butâŠă
ăâŠForgive meă
ăAhahah, donât worry. Itâs just my real feelings that showed a bit! But, I love you with whom I could form blood ties, Viine. I want to suck your blood soon again!ă
ăHehe, despite us being of the same race, the blood of fellow bloodkin was certainly deliciousă
ăYepâȘ But, back then guildmaster was really intense, so that was the smallest issue, wasnât it?ă
ăâŠI remember. Even Spirit-sama had fainted with her butt shiningă
Itâs a memory of an enjoyable love session. Hehe, I, no, all of us have become his nourishment at that time.
ăHaha, youâre rightâȘ It was so hilarious. But, Spirit-sama has apparently obtained a new technique. Still, the servants back at the mansion are very unhappy. Iâve been hearing them bickering about Spirit-sama not being presentă
ăSome of the servants put their hands together and prayed to Spirit-sama, so it does make senseâŠă
ăLooks like it. The number of decorations in Spirit-samaâs space on the first floor keeps growing⊠The other day, when I went to show my newest horned puppet soldier, thinking that it might be nice as a new guard for Masterâs mansion in addition to Ajul, they had constructed a brand-new statue of Spirit-sama in a corner of the courtyard. The Millennium Plant has become slightly bigger, and its singing has a holy dignity to itâŠă
ăâŠThat new soldier, the horned puppet thing, is very interesting.ă
ăAh, hehe, Iâm sure youâre curious about it as well. Guildmaster was very curious tooă
ăOf course. After all, itâs something made by you who can manipulate plenty of <Blood Mana>ă
ăAww, putting it like that, or rather writing it like that, is just like Guildmasteră
ăS-Sorryă
ăIâll ask Guildmaster next time whether we canât transfer our voices through the blood messagingă
Iâll stop reacting unadorned then.
ăRather than that, about the new puppet soldierâŠă
ăOh, yeah. I made a new one while consulting about various things with Mysty and incorporating Zeetaâs new insect research and alchemy. Thanks to all of this, it leveled up. Its appearance also was set to be equipment with red as base coloră
ăRed equipment seems like itâs going to make it stand oută
ăYep. Weâre recently being called ăDignified Heavenâs Moonă rather than ăRemains of the Moonă. The name of ăBloody Moon Armyă isnât just for show either. Especially with the ăBlood Moon Sea Star Allianceă. Thatâs why Iâve added a drawing of a crimson jellyfish to the torso, and a drawing of Divine Beast Rollo-chan riding on top of it. It has a deep crimson mantle equipped on its back. The mantle is designed with a picture of a moon that seems to cover the Dignified Heaven Shrine! I also made combat outfits for us which match with blood moonâȘă
ăâŠA red moon clothing on Rollodeen-sama! I really want to see that! I can also make puppet soldiers, but somehowâŠă
Yep, I tried making them myself, but they immediately fell over. Since it made me upset, I used them as simple training target dummies, destroying them myself. However, this earned me Mystyâs wrath for wasting materialsâŠ
Ever since then, I havenât attempted it againâŠ
ăHehe, so even you as smart woman have things that are difficult for you since you donât have the necessary skill despite being principally capable of making them. But, itâs nothing you need to worry aboută
ăYouâre not wrong about that, butâŠă
ăItâs inevitable for individual difference to appear. Viine, you have blood sword techniques only you can pull off, donât you? Those are techniques inaccessible to me. I can use blood swords, but you seeâŠthat Gadorices, I think it was, you possessâŠyou mentioned some subtechniques of that. I think your specialized blood techniques that seem to make use of your Legendary weapon are uniqueă
ăThose are subtechniques combining Lucival blood with the techniques of Yui and Kaldo as well as the drawing techniques of the Azmail Sword Styleă
ăYep, those are the ones I mean! That swordsmanship is so superb because youâre using it. And yet youâre also so decent at archery, how unfairâŠ!ă
Oh shoot, I didnât intend to anger VeronicaâŠ
ăI didnât try to brag about it. Sorry. By the way, Iâd be happy if you could explain a bit more about the amazing puppet soldier you mentioned earlieră
ăâŠSure! The armor and helmet arenât the only special equipment! It also comes equipped with a whip staff and a snake blade as new weapons. The materials for these are extremely valuable, so I canât make many of them, but it looks as cool as a palatial guard protecting a king or emperor. Itâs quite superb for a guardïœă
ăSo that red puppet soldier includes Mystyâs sorcery doll techniques and Zeeta-donoâs alchemy?ă
ăNot directly, but the alchemy materials were great as reference in various ways. But, the foundation is mostly based on my
and <Spiritual Tablet of Exclusive Ruler>, both derivations of my <Blood Mana>. The power of a Light Demon Lucival <Head Servant Leader> boosts all kinds of areas. Besides, Iâd also say that itâs thanks to the business with Holkerbaum, which possesses an old cemetery, advancing smoothly. Accordingly itâs become easier to get my hands on ancient bones through the underground town. Since that place is a den infested with heretics and evil, the conflicts never cease, butâŠthe fishman pirates having been driven away by ăSea King Hornetă and us having seized a part of the Heim Riverâs golden route also plays a big roleă
The trade along the golden route certainly seems to have made ăDignified Heavenâs Moonă much more powerful.
ăThe name of ăDignified Heavenâs Moonă isnât just for show. Despite not being under direct control of Master anymore, the dark guild seems to be expanding well, tooă
ăYep. Mel is still the vice-guildmaster, but sheâs doing her best as Guildmasterâs representative. Having said that, Mel is also my <Head Servant>ă
ăâŠMel-dono appears to be busier with the increase of trading partners, enemy dark guilds, and her fatherâs matter than before Master left Pelneetă
Labyrinth City Pelneet. Adventurer clans and parties who challenge the labyrinth, high-ranking nobles who put up requests, big companies with a strong spirit of competition, murder cases involving dark guilds, the transferee and reincarnators Master warned us aboutâŠIâm sure something is happening in that city every day. And since Master left, it might have become difficult for Mel-dono, despite the dark guild counting as one of the Eight Lights.
ăMmh. Well, Iâm also busy dealing with dark guilds while protecting Amelie-chan. I also heard about Hoffmann of the Valmask family from Guildmaster. For him to be able to steal skills was completely unexpectedâŠthough I canât believe that Lunz possesses such an abilityă
Master must have told her about Hoffmann who fought the Death Butterfly people, and the battle against Schmihazar who had locked up Kisara. Though I believe that Veronica, whoâs become an empress, can deal with Hoffmann.
Without telling her thatâŠ
ăEven just knowing that Hoffmannâs powers go beyond expectations is already a wină
ăYep, I think Lunz is strong as well, but heâs an opponent I can run away from for many years while getting rid of his pursuers. But, when I heard about Hoffmann, I got really scaredă
ăCertainly, at present you can call him the opponent we must watch out for the most. But, he made Schmihazar fight Master after judging that he wants to observe Masterâs power. It was a battle method as if he had sacrificed Schmihazar to Master. And it feels like he carefully moved around so as to avoid a direct confrontationâŠas if he had predicted the outcome to a certain extent. When I heard about the battle against Schmihazar, I couldnât help but somehow feel that this was being the case hereâŠă
ăTrueâŠgoing by what Iâve heard, he seems to be smart, too. ButâŠI hate himâŠI totally hate everything about the Valmask! Iâll cut them apart with <Beheading Sword Dance>, using <Blood Sword Return>! And then Iâll butcher Lunz together with Magit! Anyway, we have a leader meeting with a depressed-looking Paulsen, so talk to you laterïœă
ăOkayă
The blood message of Veronica, who seemed to be in a bad mood towards the end, have vanished. Veronica has her own past burdening her.
âŠPulling myself together, I remember that I have my own path to follow. At that moment, Masterâs wordâs crossed my mind.
ăSpend your time meaningfully while thinking of your own good. And show me so that I can brag that having bought you was the very best purchase in my whole lifeă
He whispered those words into my ear while we were laying together on Masterâs bed⊠Moreover, he was attacking my weak spots at the same time. I immediately orgasmed thanks to his terrifying techniques, butâŠI was also very happyâŠ
Iâm not a slave anymore, but Iâll show Master that I can do as he hoped for! Thatâs why Iâll do my utmost over here.
I stand up in order to resume my hunting, and descend a place that looks like a stairway because of how the old stones are stacked on top of each other. I guess this place is an ancient ruin.
Master warned me to not go too deep, butâŠI ran down the gloomy cave continuing downwards while relying on my physical abilities.
ââUnlike the forest above, the wind over here feels lukewarmâŠthe atmosphere doesnât feel like that of my home city either. Itâs like the sensations reaching me from my long ears are slightly differentâŠ
Is it because Iâve spent a long time on the surface?
But, in this depth with this connection to the dark underground world, Iâm sureâŠa being similar to Cursed Goddess Kokodeusuzuin-sama might exist here.
After performing a triangle jump on the wall with its rock face, I land and kneel down for a moment. I doubt that Iâve already reached the bottom, butI should have descendedâŠquite a bit.
Thereâs a dome diagonally above meâŠhow nostalgic. A spear is stabbed into a big moon symbol carved onto the wall. Bones clearly stick out from the wall.
The ceiling extends somewhat radially while drawing curves to the left, right, and bottom.
I hear groaning echoing throughout the abyss-like darkness from all over the place as if responding and hailing huge magic sourcesâŠ
My blood as Lucival gets excited.
ăWho?ăăWho?ăăWho is there?ăăBird Dragon Abirisen??ăăWho?ăăHidden Engraver Chirchi?ăăWho?ăăWho?ăăWho!?ăăWho!?!ăăWho!?!?!?!ă
Whatâs this ethereal voice that makes me sense an unknown fearâŠ? Is it trying to make my senses go crazy through multiple sounds?
Iâve got a bad feeling about thisâŠ
I activate Rasheenaâs Bracelet. The darkness spirits spread out in the vicinity, but theyâre no impregnable defense.
I wonât use my Jade Snake Bow, but instead handle it with my two swords and Golden Titan.
If something gets closeâŠIâll mow it down with Gadorices which circulates the blood of <Swift Mad Sword>. Iâll also pour the poison of the snake katana on it. And, my Lucival blood is just like holy water.
So if the opponent is a member of darkness, the poison will be the smallest problem for them. They should evaporate as soon as they get touched by the blade of my sword.