Chapter 78: Don’t Do This (3)

Chapter 78: Don’t Do This (3)

Madness Gauge: 1%

Fangs Aimed at Jacrati

Liberate Ayu Hin

Optional: Kill Vipurit

The three members of the 72 Knights, the commander who was with them, and the dozens of soldiers behind them were cut down in a single [Slash], which corresponded to 1%.

It might be slow to fill as it was still in the early stages, but even considering that, it was quite worth using. The amount the gauge got filled by was less than Id expected.

Phew

Could I stop acting now? I thought it was safe enough for me to say that the Great Demon had gone home now.

I checked the gazes of the sentries standing on the castle walls and the guards behind them. I also had to deal with Lukkwan, who might still be around here somewhere

Shit, I would have to show them the scene of the Great Demon somehow so things wouldnt be awkward later. I also had to consider that this information might reach the ears of the Demon WorshippersI might have to bluff my way out under the guise of the Great Demon.

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After finishing my calculations, I pressed a hand over the eye covered by the eyepatch and bent down. To give this a name, it would be the The Demon and Demon Knight are fighting for dominance pose.

Of course, extreme embarrassment overcame me right after.

I was okay with playing as an unhinged person, but this transition scene was simply too much for me to endure. However, if I wanted to live, I had to overcome this.

Phew.

Still, I was a professional roleplayer! I kept going somehow.

My body, which Id bent at the waist, straightened again. I immediately straightened my back, as well. When acting as the Great Demon, I deliberately didn't straighten my back completely, standing quite crookedly so anyone paying me even the slightest attention would notice the difference.

Baaang!

At that moment, I heard another explosion from a distance awayRoaaaarfollowed by a dragon's roar. It seemed the kids were doing a good job, given there was a lot more pain in that roar than the one before.

In that case, I should probably clear out this castle.

Based on that sound, the Inquisitor could hold on quite well, so it wouldn't be too bad if I joined in a bit later.

On the other hand, the enemies still left in the castle were a different matter. There weren't only pirates here, but also Demon Contractors capable of casting curses and other spells through human sacrifices.

And the civilians they could use as sacrifice.

If left be, they might return to me as a lump of regret. Removing those bastards now would be a lot more convenient.

So, I took a slight step back. Even after I unleashed that [Slash], the scimitar remained enveloped in Arcane Power, giving off screeching sounds.

Well

Huh? What, someone survived this? The voice sounded too close to belong to one of the sentries atop the castle wall.

I halted my steps and turned toward where the voice came from. Looking back, I saw someone whose upper and lower body had been cleaved apart clawing at the dirt ground in anger.

Focalor. Or was it Vipurit?

You've done well.

No, but I just saw the Quest update. Why was he still alive?

For a mere mortal!

I swallowed down the absurdity I felt. At the same time, disappointment crept in.

This guy was probably supposed to be the final boss While I may have landed a surprise attack on them, it felt strange that he was done just like that.

I felt empty because I technically skipped the boss fight. I kept wondering whether this was really fine or if this was really the end.

But what about it? If this was just your run-of-the-mill game, I might have cursed out loud, but this was actually better for me right now.

I had to move while keeping an eye on the Madness Gauge, and I was currently in a situation where every second counted.

However, the Demon is still alive.

As such, I picked up a sword and brought it down on him without any hesitation.

Stab!

At that moment, the slaughterer of the Yabad region and a traitor to humanity died as though cut off from his life source. Compared to what he had done and had been planning on doing, it was a rather insignificant end.

However, I didn't want to be disappointed about it. I could only criticize it from a gamer's standpoint, but the end of a slaughterer like him didn't need to be dramatic or tragic.

I picked up his severed head and tried to stuff it into my inventory.

Since my client requested that I bring proof of his death, I intended to bring his entire head to simplify the verification process.

Grab!

Or thats what I had planned to do, had Focalor's decapitated body not stretched out an arm and grabbed me.

Heh, heh, hahaha!

No, rather, the more pressing issue was that the severed head was sporting a wide smile, or that something like tentacles were emerging from the severed neck.

As such, an octopus with a human face came into being.

!

Wow, that was actually horrifying!

I kicked away the hand holding onto my foot and threw away the head before it could wrap its tentacles around me.

Swoosh!

That wasn't all. I swung my sword so fast that one might say it was by reflex.

> [Did you really think that would work?!]

Shit. In that case, how was I supposed to kill him?

I wondered if I really should have followed Hercules example from when he fought the Hydra and used fire to deal with this thing. What happened next made me open my eyes wide.

This cant be

Not only did the skin on his belly split horizontally, but he also stuffed the corpse into that gash and somehow swallowed it.

Was he performing cannibalism followed by human sacrifice? That was quite hard-hitting.

I firmly gripped my Zweihnder, keeping my eyebrows furrowed. While it was hard for me to stop him completely, I couldnt let him fully consume the corpses.

I at least had to chop them up and crush them into mush so it would be difficult for him to even bring them to his mouth without a shovel.

> [How unseemly!]

It was effective. The slippery tentacles couldnt grab ahold of those dismembered bodies, much less pick up the crushed intestines and spilled blood.

Madness Gauge: 3%

Madness Gauge: 4%

Of course, that didn't mean I felt comfortable doing these things. I knew they were all extremely evil people, but did that give me the right to desecrate the dead?

Madness Gauge: 5%

I had to stop. I couldnt just keep on desecrating these corpses. If I didnt deal any damage to that guy, this fight would eventually lead to my defeat.

My Arcane Power recovery speed was much faster than beforeI had no idea whyso that was fine, but the same wasnt true for the filling of the Madness Gauge.

It rose by three percent while I wasnt looking.

I also needed to get fire from somewhere.

I moved toward Focalor, who was greatly enraged. Thinking I was aiming for him, he sent a bunch of tentacles at me.

However, I already vaguely understood how I should attack.

Since I received assistance from the skill earlier, the cooldown wasnt over yet. I moved my body using my own power, thinking back to when Id magnificently played around with those various flying monsters.

The first tentacle landed beneath my raised foot, and after I cleverly managed to avoid it, a second one approached me.

As I cut it off by lightly spinning my sword, a third tentacle, bending slightly, aimed for my back.

I twisted my waist just as it charged forward. It pierced the fluttering ends of my coat, passed through the air right in front of my chest, and pierced the ground.

I grabbed it with my right arm and swung it around. As I flipped it over, swinging it like a skipping rope, I used it to hit the fourth tentacle.

The fifth, I kicked off the ground. The sixth, I easily avoided the appendage while twisting my body in the air.

The final seventh. I cut it off right before Focalors face.

I rotated my body once more and slid right behind Focalor.

> [You slippery wretch!]

Was that still better than being a monster that was neither human nor Demon? I ran, turning my back to Focalor, insignificant worries occupying my mind. Tak! I started climbing up the wall.

Flap!

The ends of my coat billowed upward as I raised my eyebrows.

Before me was a guard who had seen both my dramatic acting and Focalors transformation. He was simply standing there, trembling.

I-I-I!

The guard only opened and closed his mouth, unable to say a single proper word. Would there be any good in keeping that guy alive?

I pondered as I jumped over the castle wall. There was only one answer.

Stab!

There wasnt. The only people in this city whose lives deserved saving were the poor citizens caught up in this tragedy.

Madness Gauge: 6%

I struck down on the guards head with my fistI already stabbed my sword into himand immediately turned my head. Atop the wall, I found a fireplace as expected.

Burn.

I lit a torch using the brazier placed atop the stove.

> [The sight of you running away is truly pitiful!]

I could hear a certain someone shouting below the castle wall, completely unaware of what I was doing. He was voicing his disappointment.

I tightly held onto the torch and checked Focalors location. I could reach him from where I was.

I grabbed one of the braziers legs and lifted it. Bang! Then, once it reached the wall, I threw the brazier into the air and kicked it.

The loose firewood inside of it floated into the air before pouring down on him.

> [A mere mortal dares!]

The fire raining down on him from above made Focalor curse out. However, he couldnt avoid all the embers and firewood, and that was more than enough for me.

Focalor couldnt recover from the burns right away. The tentacles writhed as though shuddering the moment the fire touched them, and the flesh simply shriveled up without recovering, like pieces of grilled meat. That proved it.

Ill roast you until you turn into charcoal, you insect.

I plunged down my body, torch in hand.

Madness Gauge: 7%

The intense scarlet tint dyed even my gray eye a reddish hue.