CH 76

At the same time as the light from the magic circle disappeared, a 3 meters long lump of flesh appeared. From the outside I can’t see its legs, but it has 12 tentacle—like hands. Faces were everywhere, and blood was constantly flowing from its eyes.

「Aaaaaaaaah!」

He shouted as if he hated the world and spat out a black mass from his mouth. It looks like pitch black slime. It took the form of a deformed man and attacked me.

With a single swing of the Holy Sword, it could be extinguished. They are not strong, but there are many of them.

In order to support me when I can’t get close, Sophie is attacking the mass of flesh with her 『Holy Lance』, but the power is significantly reduced by the evil air around me. It sticks to the surface and emits white smoke, but it’s not fatal.

「You can choose whichever you like, whether be taken in or get killed.」

The dungeon master laughed as he retreated into the sky, his mouth clattering happily. The mass of flesh screamed in response, and evil magic erupted.

The contamination to the surroundings spread further, the ground turning black and the trees rotting.

The longer it goes on, the more useless this land will become. Even the Dungeon Master is not sure when he will join the fight, so I want to settle this as soon as possible.

「Shut up. I’ll get rid of that lump of meat right away. Then it’s your turn!」

「That’s good. I look forward to it.」

You’ve got that nasty laugh again! I’m going to make you disappear!

In order to crush the lump of flesh that was polluting the environment, I proceeded to slash the Black Slime and got close enough to see the expression on its face.

There are so many faces that it’s hard to tell how many people were sacrificed to create them. How pathetic. I’ll make them disappear soon.

I try to stab the nearby face with my Holy Sword. But my hand stopped.

「Hans, is that you?」

His hair was gone and his face was distorted, making it difficult to make out, but it was Hans, the man I had met at the tavern and let stay at my house. Looking carefully at the surrounding, I could see his party members nearby.

His cloudy eyes, which were still crying tears of blood, scurried around, and when he caught sight of me, he stopped.

「Uhhhh………? La……l, aaaaaaaaaa!!!!」

Could it be that he’s still alive and conscious……?

No, it can’t be. I’m sure the monster in front of me is undead. It’s probably just a memory that leaked out like a ghoul did before it was born.

Adventurers are people in profession, who never know when they will be killed by monsters, but … as expected, this is miserable…….

I didn’t think that I’ll meet him again in a place like this, and when I’m merciful to Hans, another face screams one after another.

「La …… Suaaaaaaaaa!」

The 12 arms on the lump of meat stretched out like a frog’s tongue and tried to crush it.

The power of a single blow is astounding, but it is more difficult to hit a rough attack that has not been devised. As I dodged the approaching hand, I could at least afford to glare at the hateful Dungeon Master who had created this lump of flesh.

I’ll never forgive him, I shouted in my mind.

「He has good eyes. I can’t wait to make him mine! But it looks like it’s time to go to ……. I’ll be satisfied that I’ve found the right material this time.」

The Dungeon Master looked at me and then turned to Sophie.

「I’ve memorized your Magic Spells. I’ll be waiting for you at the far end of the dungeon.」

There was no time to stop him, and in a few seconds his figure faded and disappeared.

The lost magic— similar to 『Teleportation』, but since he didn’t utter the chant, it must be a special ability like I use, or something else.

All I knew was that I had let the Dungeon Master escape and I was afraid of Zelma’s gaze.

Don’t stare at me like that. If he flies in the sky and runs away, then there’s nothing I can do about it disappearing, right?

Calm down, because according to the evidence alone, we can do something.

I just want to focus on finishing that pathetic piece of meat in front of me first.