Chapter 143

Chapter 143

Otherworld Demon King Survival Guide.

Episode 143: Lizardmen Scoundrels (7)

That sound!

-Thud Thud Thud.

The sound of heavy footsteps!

“Whoa, whoa, whoa! What the heck is that thing!”

“Shaaat! Master!”

From over there, a disgustingly huge and repulsive frog was thumping its way towards us!

“Bwooah!”

Its massive size and dark brown, lumpy, hideous skin! It advances as if to devour a pixie with its mouth agape!

“What kind of pork belly is this!”

No, it was obviously smaller than a pork belly, but damn, it’s almost as big! If I were to exaggerate, it’s so overwhelmingly large that it could be considered a pork belly!

Such a huge frog!

Truly another world!

“Ke, kerluk!”

“Kruck?!”

My subordinates were startled by the frog, jumping with their fists shoved into their mouths.

“Cough, kerluk! Form up!”

But perhaps due to their diligent training, Buril regained his composure and tried to form up upon shouting.

No! Don’t!

“Hey, hey! Fuck! Buril! Don’t form up!”

“Ke, kerluk?!”

“That thing is freaking huge! Formation is useless! We’ll just get smashed if we collide!”

-Thud Thud Thud!

The approaching frog!

“Disperse! Everyone, disperse! Don’t go towards the water! Scatter, everyone!”

“Kerlukluk!”

“Aaaaahhh!”

Upon my command, everyone, regardless of age or gender, executed a scatter.

“What in the world is that!”

“Fucking hell!”

“Such a huge frog!”

Women screamed in horror and drew their weapons.

Should we run?

Thinking so, I ran. Of course, keeping the frog in sight at all times. As a commander, I must not take my eyes off it.

-Thud Thud Thud!

“Bwooah!”

It advanced like a truck, opening its maw, driven by intuition!

“Guys! Dodge! Throw yourselves!”

The moment I shouted!

-Sssaaaak!

The frog, like a chameleon, shoots its tongue!

-Kwoong!

Soon the tongue struck the ground. The swift and agile goblins and imps, having heard my warning, threw themselves to dodge!

“Bwooah!”

“That bastard! Daring to attack my kids!”

I shout while observing the frog.

-Thud Thud Thud!

Its advancing speed… it’s not that fast! And its turning speed was slow, fitting its size!

“Can we win?”

If we could win, fighting and killing it wasn’t a bad idea. We’ll be living here from now on, and battling such a gigantic monster will surely be a plus.

“Poison?”

Could it have poison?

No! It doesn’t make sense for that huge thing to have poison! If it were a giant venomous creature, it would be natural for the surroundings to be devastated! But this swamp, although a bit dirty, is not such a den of death!

“Then we fight! Pixies! All follow Serinu and take flight!”

“What?!”

“Aaaaahhh!”

“You heard! Hurry to my side!”

-Woong!

At my call, the pixies flew towards Serinu.

“Serinu! Fly up and attack with the kids from above! Deal damage from the air!”

“Got it!”

Serinu, having gathered the pixies, began firing from the air.

-Sssaaaak!

-Puk!

A Wind Cutter buried into the frog’s back skin!

“Bwooah!”

The creature roared as if angry, but due to its body structure, it couldn’t look up! Good. The attack was successful, and it couldn’t see the sky! The pixie got chased earlier because it foolishly ran in a straight line. Probably due to panic.

“Bwooah!”

The excited damn frog moved and shouted, but it couldn’t catch the swift and agile monsters. They had already scattered, making them hard to catch.

“Shaa! Master! What should we do!”

“Just run for now! Nuns!”

“What?!”

Calling the nuns right away!

“Hurry and attack! Fire Dark Bolt!”

“Do you think I will follow the command of a demon!”

“Sister Irene! I’m getting angry!”

“Aaaaahhh! Don’t be angry! Eek! Dark Bolt!”

-Whooosh!

Thus, three nuns ran and fired Dark Bolts at the frog. An attack that truly utilized mobility.

-Boom!

“Bwooah!”

The frog roared and briefly stopped as the dark magic hit. Our attack was very effective!

Then!

“You! We need to attack together! It’s slow to turn, so attacking from both sides will make it manageable!”

As I was about to give an order, Vanessa shouted.

“Alright! Then, Vanessa! Reika! I’ll be the bait in front, go to its sides and stab it!”

“Understood!”

“What? Bait? Hey! I’ll be the bait, you go!”

“No! Follow the order, Lady Reika!”

“What are you trusting!”

-Shout!

Reika shouted and positioned herself in front of the frog!

“Hurry up!”

“This is…!”

It’s a bit uncomfortable due to the disobedience, but it’s a bit much for me, the supreme commander, to become bait!

No choice! I shall use Reika as bait and attack!

“Bwooah!”

Soon, the frog locked onto Reika, effectively using her as bait as it began advancing towards her.

“Then, Vanessa! Let’s go!”

“Understood!”

“Sharan! Go protect Lumica! She’s slow!”

“Shaa!”

-Paat!

Thus, Vanessa and I took off from the ground.

-Crack.

While running, I tightly gripped the longsword in my hand. The pixies had already attacked its back skin. Additionally, there were wounds on its side from the Dark Bolts.

“Wooooo!”

With that in mind, I charged powerfully towards the frog’s side. Of course, its attention was fixed on Reika. It shot its tongue, but there was no time to think, only to act!

I thrust my sword toward its side!

-Puuk!

“Bwooah!”

The iron tip of the sword dug deep into the frog’s side. The sensation of cutting through amphibian skin was conveyed, and the sword went in deeper than expected, surprisingly so.

“This damn frog! Back when I was young, I was a bullfrog-catching demon, you bastard!”

Its skin wasn’t as tough as I thought!

“Bwooah!”

The creature made a fuss, but its body structure clearly limited its speed in turning. Great! If it couldn’t move properly, it’s just a big, useless frog!

“I’ll slice you up!!!”

I moved alongside the creature, avoiding being crushed by it, and continued to stab and slice its side.

“Haap!”

Not just me, but Vanessa was also slicing away, as I could hear the sound of her kihaps and the slicing of flesh. Reika? She was guarding the front of the frog.

Perfect!

-Puk! -Puk!

Continuously damaging its side and causing it to bleed, the frog screamed. But if it couldn’t handle its size, it was just being miserably butchered!

-Paat!

And then!

“Haap!”

Vanessa leaped onto the frog’s back, grasping her sword in a reverse grip, and slammed it down onto its head.

-Puuk!

“Bup…!”

“As expected of a knight!”

She was not a knight for nothing!

“I want to do it too! Pixies! Lend me your strength!”

-Paat!

As I shouted and jumped!

-Woong!

The pixies flew to me, grabbed my shoulders and arms, and lifted me forcefully into the air.

“It’s heavy!”

“Over there! Let me down behind it!”

“This is my limit!”

-Kwoong!

Thus, I also climbed onto the frog’s back, held my sword in a reverse grip, and stabbed down furiously.

“Phew! No big deal! Just a big, slow monster!”

“Vanessa! Have you ever seen anything like this?”

“No!”

“Anyway! Guys! Gather around! Just be careful of its mouth and hit it hard!”

“Keruuk!”

Seeing the frog incapacitated, the goblins gained courage and ran forward with spears to start stabbing its body.

-Puuk! -Puuk!

It was like primitives raiding a mammoth!

“Keruuk!”

“Krrrrrrk!”

The imps threw flames. The kobolds kept watch from a bit further away.

“Haap!”

And like that, the damn frog raid was over.

“Ha! Fuck, yeah! You guys did amazing! Absolutely perfect!”

Catching such a gigantic mob successfully! I felt so accomplished I could cry.

“We’ve slain the giant monster!!!”

“Keruuuk!”

“Master…! Kruk! That was amazing! Attacking from above! Kerulung!”

“Krrk! Master, awesome!”

My subordinates praised me.

“Hahaha! Only I could do such a thing! The demon lord you serve is precisely this kind of being! Hahahahaha!”

I felt incredibly good!

Morale was at its peak.

“Wow, but.”

On Vanessa’s side. That side was completely ravaged. The innards were spilling out.

She’s genuinely strong.

Her power and skills are different from mine. And the audacity to deal damage… Indeed, a knight was a knight.

“You’re really strong, Vanessa.”

“You just realized that?”

“Your eyes are weak, though.”

“What, what did you say?!”

Good.

“Anyway, guys! We won! The nuns did great too! Masters of dark magic, indeed!”

“A nun like me, using black magic to help demons…! I’ve completely fallen!”

“Ah, Irene. Please calm down…”

Ignoring Irene.

I went straight to Reika.

“…”

Reika was just crossing her arms, glaring at the frog.

“Sister Reika, are you hurt?”

“Do I look hurt to you?”

“Just worried.”

“Worry about your own skin rather than mine? A pathetic one trying to be bait.”

“Hehe, were you worried about me?”

“Nonsense.”

“Anyway, I appreciate you volunteering as bait.”

A truly great experience.

“Master! Can we eat that! Kruk!”

“Krkrkrk! Want to eat!”

“We should ask. Serinu, can we eat that?”

“I don’t know. Never tried it.”

The meat seemed a bit suspicious.

“What about Sharan?”

“Sharan doesn’t know either. Shaa.”

“Lumica?”

“Never seen such a thing… Eww. Sticky. The Demon Lord needs a wash.”

“Ah, I do need to wash.”

I was all sticky.

“Guys. Let’s not eat it. Since it’s the first time we’ve seen it, let’s leave it for now. We can ask the lizardmen once they’re subdued. Then let’s retreat for now! Rest up and start the search again!”

“Kruk!”

The battle ended perfectly!

Though it seemed like there’s no material loot left, we gained something very valuable.

That was the experience of battling a giant monster.

Experience points.

After slaughtering the frog, we moved out of the swamp and set up camp.

And the next day.

When we resumed our search.

“We found it! The Lizardmen habitat!”

The pixies discovered the habitat.

“All troops, prepare for battle! Advance to the Lizardmen habitat!”

“Krrrrrk!”

Let’s achieve our goal!