155-Episode 155: Venom Beat Roar!

As the resurrected Venom Beat slowly stands up, a large amount of dirt on top of it falls down like a landslide.

At the same time, the Venom Beat's lower torso erupted in a spurt of purple gas.

Then the surrounding poisonous swamp was transformed into an even darker color.

''Liliera-san, please stay away from that poisonous gas!

All right!

That Venom Beat is a mutant species with an unknown and deadly poison.

If you get too close, there's a high risk that it will unleash a dangerous poison that even my antidote magic can't detoxify.

We'll stop its movement first and then reseal it!

I won't let you!

Just as I was about to stop Venom Beat's movement, a bolt of red-black magic struck with a sharp voice.

''What?!''

We avoided the magic bolt and turned around to face the direction from which the attack came.

"You are?!

I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work.

I'm sure you'll be able to find the best way to get the most out of this one.

You're alive!

But the strange thing was that the demon wasn't just alive, he was obviously getting healthier.

I'm not sure if they were dying a while ago.

''What do you mean...?''

The fiend who had been poisoned by the fierce poisoning said that even his allies who asked him to heal were spoon fed to him.

I don't think that dying thing was very much of a lie.

''Huh, sounds strange.''

The healthy demon grinned.

''Let me tell you. The answer is ... yourself, kid!

"B-me?

I'm confused by the fact that I'm the reason why the demon became healthy.

What do you mean by that?

I'm sure you'll be happy to know that the antidote you released when the seal was lifted also detoxified the poison that was consuming my body!

"...?　ah?

That's what it means?

Oops, I was being careless.

I didn't think that the ranged antidote magic I activated to protect myself from the Venom Beat's deadly poison would detoxify the demon's poison as well!

'Thank you, kid!　You're the reason I'm back!

It is a good idea to have the reddish-black magic that comes from the hand with a smile, forming a spear shape and holding it up.

I'm going to kill you in return for that so that you don't have to suffer.

The magic contained in the wings explodes and comes at us at high speed.

I won't let you!

It was Liliera-san who prevented that blow.

The magic power contained in Liliela-san's spear competed with the spear of magic power in the demon's hand.

''Lex-san!　I'll deal with this demon!　Lex, you need to focus on sealing the Venom Beat!

'No, we've already set up wards to prevent the poison from leaking out, so let's focus on defeating the demon first.

The seal was destroyed and the development of the wards was almost interrupted by this demon.

It's better to make a clean break with this guy.

But Liliera-san raises her voice to say no.

''I'm one of Lex-san's friends!　

You're a little b*tc*!

The two men recoil back from flicking each other's spears.

'So let me have it here!　As your partner, I'll prove to you that I won't be a liability!

Huh!

I could feel a strong will from Liliera-san's words.

Those were surely words that came from the pride of being an adventurer.

Then it would be a waste of time to put a damper on that determination.

''I understand. I'll leave that demon to you!

'Yes!　I've been appointed!

Oh, Liliera.

I call out to Liliella, who was about to head to the fight with the demon, "Thank you for preventing the demon's attack earlier!

''I'm so grateful that you prevented the demon's attack earlier!　Thanks to you, we were able to deploy the wards in time!

Huh?　........let's go!

Hm!　They'll make you regret taking on me alone!

Once again, Liliera-san and the demon charge forward with spears in hand.

''Cyclone burst!''

"Allogant burst!

The magic released by the two men collided and flashed in the center.

''Taaaaah!''

ZEAH!

Both of them use their flashed magic as a substitute for dazzling each other, fleshing each other out and thrusting their spears at each other.

The two just barely evade each other's attacks, and they repeat the exchange, alternating their positions with each other as it is.

Alright, let's leave the demons to Liliella-san and I'll focus on sealing Venom Beat.

In order to do that, we need to set up a magic circle for the seal first.

If you want to seal with basic magic, it's enough to use sealing magic.

You'll be able to use magic items and magicians to increase the success rate when sealing a powerful opponent, but the magic itself can be activated normally.

But if you want to seal a huge Venom Beat class opponent, it's a different story.

You'll be able to use it for a long time, but you'll have to do it again!

When you activate the sealing spell, it will seal the target within a certain area.

But if the opponent is too big and goes too far out of the magic's range, the magic will fail.

Therefore, if you want to seal a large target, you need to draw a magic circle large enough to fit the entire giant body in it.

Or you can place a ward-type magic item around the target.

Originally I was going to prepare for that before I lifted the seal, but I couldn't prepare for it due to the demon destroying the seal.

But, well, we'll just have to do something about it, won't we?

Fortunately, the other party is that huge body.

I'm sure he hasn't noticed our presence yet, partly because he just woke up.

That's what I was thinking at the time.

There was a creaking sound like metal scraping from the ground.

I looked down to see Venom Beat pointing its massive horns at us.

The next thing we knew, a purple blob shot out of Venombeat's horn at high speed, "Liliera-san!

''Liliera-san!　Venom Beat's poisonous attack is coming!　It's highly compressed to a high density, so avoid it because it's powerful enough to destroy the city walls!

I warn Liliera-san who is fighting the Majojin.

It seems that she must have misunderstood the magic clash between Liliella-san and the demon just now as an attack on her.

'Huh?　What is that bullshit attack?

''d*mn, you idiot!　You don't even know who broke the seal!

Liliera-san and the demon tried to avoid the poisonous bullets coming at high speed just in time.

''Oh, no!　Averted to a greater degree!

"What?

Oh, shit, I failed to tell Ms. Liliera!

The Venom Beat can be made to burst by hitting the poisonous bullets it releases with ultrasonic waves!

"What?

With a warning, my ears start to keel over.

Looking at the ground, the Venom Beat was flapping its spread wings at high speed, generating high frequencies.

If I had been at close range, that sound wave alone could have damaged me.

''Phew!''

Tsk!

Immediately after Liliera-san and the demon hurriedly moved away from the poisonous bullets, the poisonous bullets seemed to wriggle like boiling water, but the next moment they burst and scattered around them.

''Ta, thank you, Lex-san........''

''Avoid the Venom Beat's poisonous bullets in a big way so that the bursting droplets don't hit you, or use a barrier-based defensive magic to defend against them. His fighting style is basically a way to weaken the opponent with poison.

You're a real cheapskate for a big guy.

Haha, you could say that for sure.

It's tricky because they use poison aggressively, but they also use huge bodies in their fight.

Since they know we're the enemy, we need to stop them first.

I was going to sneak up on him and seal him up, but it doesn't seem to work out that way.

'So let me block your movements!　Grand Geolancer!

I use wide-area annihilation magic to penetrate Venom Beat's entire body and block its movements.

It's fortunate that it's still slow because it's right after the resurrection.

"Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

And then the demon's astonished voice came from the other side.

I'm sure he's surprised at Liliera-san's ability, isn't he?

Yes, it's nice to have a friend to trust with your back!

Okay, now that we've blocked the movement, I'm going to seal it!

While Venom Beat is stuck, I begin to prepare to reseal it.

I draw a perfect circle around Venom Beat from above with earth magic and begin preparing to write a magic circle

But still, this Venom Beat doesn't resist at all.

The Venom Beat that I fought in my previous life was much more energetic.

He's kind of groggy and looks like he's dying of a serious injury.

No.........could it be that he's pretending to be dead?

I'm a mutant, and maybe I'm actually intelligent.

I see, it's waiting for me to come down to carve a massive magic circle on the earth.

And the moment I'm caught off guard and turn my back, he's planning to attack me.

But now that I've realized that, I'm not going to be attacked quietly.

Cocute Spiller!

I don't want to give Venom Beat a chance to counterattack, so I pierce Venom Beat's body with a mountain of ice spikes.

As I pierce Venom Beat's body, the icy pile of spikes freezes its body with the poisonous fluids from the wound.

Venom Beat, realizing that he'd been caught dead, turns over in agony, his legs twitching in pain.

He's going to point the poisonous fog spout at us and make a ranged attack!

I won't let you!　Iloushen Freeze!

The ice magic that is activated freezes the many vents of poisonous fog in Venom Beat's belly.

With the poisonous fog sealed off, Venom Beat curls its legs and takes a defensive stance.

Yeah, it's more convenient for us to be on the defensive.

''Alright, I'll carve the sealing magic circle while I can!

Oh, um... Mr. Lex?

At that time, I heard a hesitant voice from Liliera-san, who was supposed to be fighting with the demons.

''What is it, Liliera-san?''

All the while I'm not distracted by the Venom Beat.

He's intelligent enough to try to catch me off guard, because you never know what he's going to do to you.

''Well, that Venom Beat seems to be dying, and if you don't bother to seal it up, wouldn't it be quicker to stop and stab it normally?''

What?

Liliella told me to look closely at Venombeat, and I saw that Venombeat was jerking and twitching and giggling.

''Huh?''

Funny, wasn't that Venom Beat a special individual that evolved in a special way?

I was just looking at it, thinking, when Venombeet tilted his head back and stopped moving with his legs curled up.

'Bugs are like that when they die, aren't they?'

Yeah, come to think of it, it looks like a dead bug on the side of the road in the summer.

Well, are you sure it's not ... that it's really dead?

What?　Wait a minute! Because that was a restraining attack to block his movement and venom!

There's no way it can be defeated so easily!

I hurriedly looked at Venom Beat with my exploration magic, but I didn't feel any life force from its body.

''What?

What? You really defeated it?