Day 70 Nighttime, Murimuri Castle Interior
This night is going to be a long one. I have no idea why I have to spend a long night being chased by middle-aged men, and to be honest, I dont want to even try to understand, but they are chasing after me?
Well, chasing after me they are destroying themselves by walking into traps, and once darkness falls, having RajinganI will be at advantage, so the chase has its meaning, but I dont want to look for meaning in a depressing game of tag with middle-aged men!
I mean, I dont wanna have Waait~,Catch me, if you can?~andWow, Kya, kya, ufufu with middle-aged men! I absolutely refuse!
Well, time should be on my side. If they arent going to cause a stampede yet, then the Geeks, the Idiots, and Slime-san might make it in time. The Kingdoms army also shouldve started working on preparations by now.
But since I didnt expect such a prolonged fight, the miscalculations became misfires, hurting my own self. I still keep taking self-inflicted damage from Magic Wrap. Even if I have Regeneration, with the body being continuously destroyed, it makes it ill-suited for a long fight.
Or rather, it hurts, you know?
And in heavy mana economy mode, I have no other means of attack aside from close combat. The compatibility with self-destructing enemies is just the worst. And if I keep getting barraged with long-ranged attacks, things will only keep getting worse. And also middle-aged men are the worst!!!
Siiigh. This is outside my expectations, outside the calculations, and out of service, I thought that itll be fine just baiting, hiding, stalling for time, and then crushing theirStrongest. But I didnt expect such a trap, or rather, explosive middle-aged men, no one would!
Exploding Art wouldve still been fine, but exploding middle-aged men is nothing but an annoyance, think of the people around you? Its a high time to enforce some sort of middle-aged men regulation law, and for example regulate them out of existence?
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But its too early, its not yet the time.
Pulling out my trump card to have it wasted here is a poor move. I have to wait for the enemy to play their trump card first.
Thats how it became the disadvantageous prolonged fight in the first place, but the enemy is taking more casualties. About half of them must be gone now. Everlasting Trapis surprisingly useful, but with the way Maid Girl was angry, it might get confiscated? Even though I was the one who found it?
In the first place, I thought the effect ofSticky Boots Allow Walking on Walls and Ceilingwill be useful indoors, but I didnt consider exploding enemies at all. To be frank, that thought didnt even cross my mind.
I didnt consider in my calculations that on top of it not being surprising for for the Church to have a unit of crazed fanatics, the fact, that their believers are a bunch madmen so crazy in love with their old fart they wouldnt care not only about the lives of others but about their own either.
I think the enemy should be growing impatient by now, but they are yet to make a move. It would be a problem if they trigger a stampede, but if the Worst-san shows up first then everything will be brought into motion at once. So for now its a contest of endurance.
Sticking to saving energy I continue the preparations while also clubbing middle-aged men.
Swinging extended Staff of the World Tree I sweep and mow enemies down, and trampling them, rush forward. If I dont get away immediately the fanatics will blow up, but blowing up they also get other middle-aged men caught up, reducing the numbers.
The Demon Scythes that I brought out as reinforcements took too much damage from self-destruction explosions, so they cant be used anymore. I wonder if rubbing some mushrooms will fix them? Well, lets try it anyway, at least some consolations sake. They wont rust, right?
Its alright, right? Rub, rub?
I sense an upsurge in magic power. Its at the Churchs knights place. Rajingan can see the overflowing magic power rising up like a shimmer of hot air.
A special skill of the Sphinx, which in the past, almost annihilated the Pres and others. A playhouse of infinitely reviving dead. Well, they arent exactly coming back to life, but instead rise in zombie-like state over and over. Thats Rise from the Dead.
And this special skill is the worst! Because it means infinitely respawning infinite middle-aged men! What do we do if they retain their Stink of Middle-Aged Mentoo?
Taking care of infinitely spawning middle-aged men with deadly poison (stink), before getting to the girls fantastic self-exposure attacks is tough.
After all, even though I made the castle somewhat on the larger side for the sake of stationing a garrison, the castle was stuffed with 40,000 middle-aged men. Thats like 640% middle-aged men ratio per unit of space. The smell of middle-aged men will probably never disappear from Murimuri Castle.
Good grief, there is a restrained half-naked belly dancer with a nice body right in front of me, inviting me for a night of highschool boy FEVER, couldnt you do without middle-aged men infinitely gushing forth? Like, if it was a steam from a hot spring gushing, Id welcome it.
Enjoying a lovely hot spring time with egyptian lady surrounded by stream and the mysterious light, unwrapping her yukata sash, making her go Oooh~ Myy~, anyway, a hot spring wouldve been great, but no one asked for an endless spring of middle-aged men!
They are freshly killed, so their movements arent bad for zombies, but since they were wearing heavy infantry equipment to begin with, they are still slow.
As expected, the middle-aged men that were blown up and scattered all over the place arent getting revived, so avoiding the middle-aged mens stink from the outside, I escape to the innermost highest building of Murimuri Castle.
Having to dig-in as a shut-in But even if this isnt my home, having shut myself in, its now my turn.
Below is a blend of 40,000 zombie middle-aged men and fresh middle-aged men. The actual bend ratio doesnt matter. I mean, I dont care?
They forced me to play my card first. Even though they have more tricks up their sleeve, I was instantly cornered into it. Well, it cant be helped, its too much.
I was way past my limit already. This is the maximum of what I can handle.
I mean, I cant take the smell of middle-aged men anymore!
DIIIIVE! INTOO THE! SKYYYY!
Walking through the air with Air Walk I jump into the sky. I mean, there is no way to rid Murimuri Castle of middle-aged mens stink anymore? Itll have to be completely destroyed and rebuilt from zero?
A thunderous roar of explosion boomed as a blazing pillar of fire rose into the sky. The old Murimrui Castle filled with 40,000 middle-aged men was destroyed by fire, engulfed in scorching flames, and crumbling with a deafening loudness collapsed under accompaniment of a severe earthquake.
Traveling with Air Walk I then land at the new Murimuri Castle, which grew behind the Old Murimuri Castle a short while ago. Yeah, I actually prepared it beforehand and buried it underground? I managed to bury 40,000 enemies, but lost one of my trump cards as a result.
It also cost me heavily in mana, so with all things considered, it doesnt exactly even out. It was a heavy loss for me.
The old Murimuri Castle was a war fortress meant for battling armies with combat based on Skills in mind. The New Murimuri Castle also has sturdy walls capable of withstanding hordes of monsters added to that. An overall reinforced version with a new, improved layout.
Meanwhile, the old Murimuri Castle is sinking underground along with the foundation, turning into a deep, wide hole. Once fully flooded with water, or rather, turned into a pond?
Both monsters and middle-aged men will probably end up drowning there, at the very least it will greatly impact the speed of invading enemies. When the peace comes it might be a good spot to release Fish Girl and others back into the wild. What do we do if they multiply though?
This is the last defense line in case we failed to suppress the stampedes. Its the last stronghold for the sake of protecting the frontier, even if towns and villages of the neighboring domain will end up obliterated.