My Demons - Chapter 38



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My Villains Episode 038

10. 4th basement floor (3)

After the training is over.

Mr. Luke, holding a long quarterstaff, stretched out his wrinkled hand in front of the rat men’s pile.

“Vernut’sya vel pyl’……

With a low incantation, gray magical power erupted from Mr. Luke’s hand.

Tsutsutsu.

Like a flashlight whose batteries are running out, the gray magic power began to flicker dimly and gnaw away at the corpses of the rat men. It was ‘Touch of Decline’, a rank 1 extinction spell.

It was a powerful spell that rotted and disintegrated anything it touched, but in the game, the range was too short, so it was a skill that was discarded after the very beginning.

Anyway, in the game, the sight of the real-life Luke spewing out gray magic felt quite meaningful.

Is it because of the fact that he volunteered to be an undertaker? Or is it because it’s so strange for a necromancer to destroy a corpse?

Unlike me, who watched the rat men’s corpses slowly disappearing in silence, Ellen, who was standing next to me, grunted and pursed her lips.

“How long do we have to wait? “I can’t believe you’re wasting your time like this on Ratman’s funeral.”

While saying that, Ellen glanced sideways in my direction.

Even though he pretended to be talking to himself, he seemed to want me to answer. Well, since he’s the kind of guy who chews up everything other people say, of course he said it to me.

I wanted to chew on it sweetly, but I remembered Mr. Luke’s advice to be gentle with him, so I reluctantly opened my mouth.

“If you leave the corpses like that, other monsters might eat them and get full. “There’s no harm in getting rid of it.”

“Ha, does it look like it’s rotting and disappearing?”

“•••then?”

“It is impossible to completely eliminate something. Does it look like it’s disappearing? In fact, it is just divided into pieces so small that they cannot be seen and are scattered.”

•••The guy who always talks nonsense about balance, now says something absurd about the law of conservation of mass.

But is it okay to say something like that about a wizard? Isn’t it magic to create something from nothing?

Even while I was thinking that, Ellen continued speaking.

“Eventually, those corpses will become food to nourish small creatures. The rat men will eat the creatures again and lay their young ones, and then the situation will go back to the beginning.”

“Well, that will happen in a couple of months. But should we even care about that?”

“•••Are you saying it will be effective in the short term? “Hmph, if that’s the case, it would be better to kill other rat men during this time.”

“Don’t think about it that complicated, let’s just say you have something to do while resting. “It’s fascinating.”

Ellen, still not convinced, continued to grumble.

After finishing his work, Mr. Luke turned around and smiled broadly when he saw Ellen.

“I’m sorry to have kept you waiting, Miss Ellen. “I tried to get past it, but there were so many corpses that I couldn’t get past it.”

“Don’t talk to me, grandpa. Upset.”

•••To those who don’t know, it will be seen as wizard-like arrogance, right?

But even when he was a wand stand, he wasn’t this cheap. Well, he’s quite consistent.

I swallowed my frustration and scolded him in a low voice.

“Ellen. “I told you not to say that, right?”

“What am I? “I didn’t say you were an old man who smelled like a corpse.”

“hey! You really- ugh. “I’m sorry, Mr. Luke.”

I turned to Luke and apologized on Ellen’s behalf.

“It’s okay. Isn’t it true that it was delayed because of me? “I’m sorry, everyone.”

He smiled in vain.

I’m sure you’ve all heard people talking about the smell of a corpse… Will he move with the ease of an old man?

When I looked at Luke’s face, I secretly admired him because he wasn’t pretending to be okay, but really didn’t care. If it were me, I would have chopped off the top of his head with the quarter-staff I was holding.

Arnal, who was stretching on my behalf as I was speechless with admiration, trembled.

“It’s okay, Grandpa. *Ouch* Thanks to you, I got a good rest. “I wish it was like this every time I encounter a monster.” “Thank you for saying that.” Grania, who was sharpening the torch, shrugged her shoulders and expressed concern.

“I’m worried about Luke. If you use a spell in a place like this and end up not having enough magic power to fight… .”

“Don’t worry about that. “The training I have accumulated up to this age is not just in vain. I have enough magical power.”

“If that’s the case, then what?”

Of course, Middle World was not a world where people were ranked by age by one or two years.

However, like any other human society, a white-haired old man like Mr. Luke became an object of respect.

Rather than naturally respecting someone because he or she is an old person, one considers him/her as someone who has something special about him or her because he survived until he became an old person in this harsh world. This may be a big reason why the two mercenaries treat Mr. Luke well.

But when I think back, I don’t think it would have been much different even if Luke had been a young man.

Who wouldn’t like someone who casts mysterious and powerful spells but is always humble and kind? If there’s someone you don’t like, that’s an idiot-

“What a moody old man.”

•••You were here, that idiot.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

“… no.”

“Why not? What?”

I sighed as I looked at Ellen, her white brows furrowed.

Was the 4th floor of the sewer the territory of the ratmen?

After dealing with a group of nearly fifty ratmen, there were almost no monsters.

I searched the surrounding area for over two hours, but I couldn’t find anything, not even a monster.

As the tension slowly eased, I was attacked unexpectedly.

Something fell from the ceiling without any warning.

My mind couldn’t react at all.

Hmph, bang!

Is it because of the 20 points of agility? Poynix’s body succeeded in reacting instinctively. He swung the torch he was holding and struck down an unidentified enemy.

“W-what is it?”

As I looked back at the unidentified enemy, I saw that it was slightly shriveled from the heat and bounced off, landing on the wall.

Then it started writhing and crawling towards Ellen.

Slowly, slowly.

“Um, what is that?”

It was dissolving the corpse of something in the sticky slime.

It shrank to the size of a head, then expanded to become bigger than a calf, and was crawling along the wall at high speed.

A black shiny jelly-like monster-

Ugh, this is disgusting to the point of vomiting.

“Everyone be careful! “It’s slime!”

As Luke shouted, the enemy that attacked us was actually a slime.

It was hiding by clinging to the ceiling using its unique suction power, and then attacked me as I passed underneath it.

Ellen was walking in a daze when she discovered a monster charging towards her. He calmly recited the spell –

“Aaaah!”

-I hoped so, but all I could do was scream at the creepy slime shape.

“It’s slime! “Shoot flaming arrows!”

“H o sam o ah ”

-■ —9 —– I •

As if she couldn’t hear my voice, Ellen, whose face turned white, just took a step back and did nothing to react.

Damn, I think I’m panicking.

“Ugh, crazy!”

Boom!

Arnal gritted his teeth and quickly shot an arrow,

Damn it, physical attacks don’t work on slimes!

Indeed, the one who was hit by the arrow just wriggled with the arrow hanging as if no damage had occurred.

No, it wasn’t that there was no damage; rather, the arrow was melting in an instant.

Ugh, fear doesn’t work on slimes, so Luke’s spell is useless. It’s easiest to deal with it with basic sex magic, but Ellen is like that… .

“Huh, Grania?”

As I ran towards Ellen, remembering his strategy, I suddenly let out a cry of astonishment.

This is because Grania, who was guarding the last of the group, jumped out from behind Ellen and rushed at Slime.

“No, it’s dangerous-”

Before I could even stop Grania, the slime that was charging toward Ellen spotted a creature approaching it and jumped up like a rubber ball.

w O ugh”

—People、•

Grania seemed surprised by the slime’s sudden leap, but fortunately, she followed her instinct and raised her shield.

As the slime spread out and clumped around the shield, Grania quickly threw away the shield and retreated.

Purr. The slime made a strange sound and began shaking its body and spraying acid in all directions.

“Holy shit,”

Although Grania’s armor was melting away, emitting white smoke, as she quickly turned her head and retreated.

The left arm, where the acid had been particularly splattered, had even melted its leather clothing and the skin was bubbling.

“Keuuuuuuu!”

“Grania!”

Arnal and I started throwing torches and shooting arrows to attract the slime’s attention.

Meanwhile, Mr. Luke, who had thrown away his quarterstaff, succeeded in grabbing Grania, who was moaning in pain, and quickly dragged her back.

When the slime spat out the half-melted shield and approached me again, I gritted my teeth and pulled out the pulse.

At that time, Mr. Luke, who had helped Grania take refuge, stepped forward again.

“Dusha, plot’, plamya!” At the three powerful words, a blue flame soared above Mr. Luke’s head. The will-o’-the-wisp that was fluttering in the air followed Luke’s hand gesture and pounced on the slime.

Chii Iik

The wisp with its long tail made a roaring noise and wrapped around the slime’s body, and it began to twist the body, turning it inside and out.

Purr.

It resists the will-o’-the-wisps by hiding the dry and burning side inside and sending the moist side outward.

Contrary to the appearance of burning blue like a gas fire, the heat emitted by the will-o’-the-wisps was not very strong.

Mr. Luke summoned more will-o’-the-wisps, but it seemed like he couldn’t kill the slime.

By the time I blocked Ellen’s path by holding the slime in check with a torch, the guy had also recovered from his surprise and was aiming his crossbow.

“Fire arrow! “Shoot flaming arrows!”

“Huh, huh. No, that’s not enough.”

“What are you talking about? “It’s not enough?”

“S-Slime’s weakness is fire, but *sigh* if it’s that big, it can’t handle any amount of heat. “Just fire arrows.”

As he said that and fumbled around in his sling bag, I realized his intention and quickly snatched the crossbow from him.

“I’ll do it, so you memorize the spell!”

“but-”

” hurry!”

When I rummaged through the sling bag with a deft hand and took out a bottle with a red tinge, the guy seemed relieved and quickly began to recite a spell.

“Influ-unt flammae.”

Just before the spell was completed, I aimed the slime with a Molotov cocktail on my crossbow. I narrowed my shoulders as much as possible, fixed the handle, put my hand on the trigger, and waited for his order.

“Satus!”

Just as the slime that had swallowed the will-o’-the-wisps was about to leap towards Mr. Luke, a flaming arrow from Ellen’s fingertips pierced him in an instant.

When it was engulfed in flames, I quickly pulled out a protest.

Tung.

The fired firebomb landed exactly in the center of the slime. however… … .

Mulkyung.

“uh?”

“… Hey, you idiot! what are you doing!”

Crazy, the bottle didn’t break when buried in the slime’s slime body!

Seungsu Kim, you idiot! I should have shot it on the floor nearby and shattered it or set it on fire and then shot it!

Kkuddeuk, kkuduk. Surrounded by weakening flames, the slime twisted its body wildly and lunged towards us.

At that time, a sharp shout was heard.

“Stay back!”

It was Arnal who shouted.

She was pulling the bowstring with bloodshot eyes, and after a short moment of silence, she shot an arrow. The arrow with an exquisite trajectory pierced the slime.

Jang.

I hit the slime-covered Molotov cocktail and shattered it!

The distance wasn’t that far, but it hit the irregularly moving slime accurately. It’s not average skill, is it?

Anyway, as a result, flame oil mixed with sugar etc. burst out from inside the slime’s body.

Wow.

Orange flames instantly soared up to the ceiling.

The slime, engulfed in such fierce flames, began to shrivel, making a ‘clunk, crack, crack’ sound.

The slime let out a silent scream and began to die. The black shiny body melted and the contents that were being digested poured out.

“Ugh, wow.”

Ellen turned her head in disgust at that disgusting sight.

Ugh, what kind of slime is so disgusting? The slime that appears in places like Xapple Story looks really cute. This is why we have to play domestic games… … .

I started hating this world all over again.