episode_0027

Although it was a grotesque monster, it was strangely cute in a way.

Perhaps because its body was made of slime.

Squish-!

The monster approached Donitas at an incredible speed and swung its fist at him.

With human arms and legs but a wolf’s head, it seemed to fight using the fighting style of a wolf.

It didn’t seem to fight rationally.

Thunk-!

The monster’s fist clashed with Donitas’ axe.

“Ugh, did you reinforce your hand with mana?”

“Yes.”

If he hadn’t reinforced his hand with mana, his hand wouldn’t have been unscathed after blocking the axe barehanded.

Clang-

Even Donitas was being pushed back by the force.

He had never been pushed back like this before with his strength.

Should he ask for help? As he was thinking, Hartz, who was beside him, started moving by stepping on a spell.

Shoosh-

And at the same time, he turned towards the monster’s back and aimed for its neck.

Clang-!

But the blade hesitated to go in.

“Ugh!”

Hartz immediately stepped back and started moving faster this time.

Blood dripped from his sword.

Humming-

And a moment later.

Swish-!

The sword, reinforced with aura, sliced through the monster’s torso.

“Is it over?”

But before he could finish his sentence, the monster’s torso immediately regenerated.

It seemed that regular attacks didn’t work on the slime-like torso.

However, attacking with the aura-enhanced sword seemed to slow down the regeneration.

Squish-!!!

But this fact seemed to irritate the monster, as it made a strange noise and charged at Donitas at an incredible speed.

“No, why are you bothering me after getting hit by the sword so hard!!!”

It seemed like Hartz wanted to finish off Donitas first, feeling impressed by his swordsmanship.

The monster pushed Donitas with unexpected speed.

Clang! Clang!

The monster’s hand clashed with Donitas’ axe, creating a loud noise.

As Donitas continued to block the monster’s attacks, Hartz swiftly approached and tried to strike the torso again.

But even this time, the monster’s torso didn’t get cut properly.

It seemed that the slime-like composition of the torso had a reason.

Furthermore, Hartz’s sword got stuck in the monster’s torso and couldn’t be pulled out.

This meant that Hartz was defenseless.

Realizing that he couldn’t pull out his sword from the monster’s torso, Hartz looked at me and shouted, “Help me!”

What should I do?

He was a very peculiar paladin.

To ask for help immediately after having his sword taken away.

Usually, people would try everything they could before asking for help.

“If my sword is taken away, there’s not much I can do. Help me!”

“Oh, okay.”

He was quite a reasonable person.

So, I decided to help.

Fortunately, the medieval sewer was quite open, so I didn’t have to worry about causing an explosion with fire magic.

Thinking about this, I pondered which magic to use.

Which magic could deal significant damage?

[Thought Acceleration]

Accelerating my thoughts, I chose a magic spell.

Lightning magic.

Since elemental magic wouldn’t work, I decided to use lightning magic to defeat the monster.

[Lightning Chain]

[Lightning Rod]

[Thunderbolt]

[Lightning Spear]

I simultaneously cast the four spells.

It wasn’t easy for me either, but it wasn’t impossible.

I completed the spellwork and infused mana into it, making sure not to waste any mana.

I used the minimum amount of mana to complete the spellwork without any unnecessary consumption.

Zap-

And there, the monster was electrocuted in its place.

Thanks to Hartz using a protective spell to pull Donatas to a safe place, Donatas could freely use lightning magic.

Despite using magic, the monster didn’t die immediately.

Krrrr-!

The monster, although visibly injured, charged towards me with precision.

[Teleportation]

I always used thought acceleration when fighting.

There was a significant difference between using thought acceleration and not using it.

Activating the teleportation spell and infusing it with mana took about 0.1 seconds.

Luckily, the monster wasn’t particularly fast, so I used teleportation to move behind the enemy, buying time to use magic.

“Hmm…”

Although the lightning magic seemed effective, something was lacking.

There were more powerful spells available, but using them in the sewer could lead to an explosion.

So, I asked Donatas and Hartz nearby for help.

“I’ll restrain it for a moment, please cut its throat then.”

“Got it.”

“Understood.”

Their combined strength was reliable.

If they both attacked with all their might while I held the monster, we could probably kill it.

With that in mind, I used magic.

[Snipe]

[Lightning Spear]

[Restraint]

[Water Cannon]

I unleashed magic focused on restraining the opponent as much as possible.

Although I could use up to seven spells at once, there was no need to do so in the current situation.

It was a bit overwhelming…

Zap-!

A lightning spear flew towards the monster, electrocuting it, followed by a water blast to further electrocute it.

Then, I restrained it.

The coordination was perfect.

Hartz and Donatas rushed in and cut the weakened monster’s throat.

Squelch-!

But it wasn’t over yet.

This monster didn’t seem like it would die so easily.

So, I immediately used magic.

[Chlorination]

[Chlorine Wind]

I burned and corroded the severed part of the throat to prevent regeneration.

The convulsions began.

Although the face was unresponsive, the slime body with human arms and legs continued to wriggle like a dying octopus.

Whap-! Whap-!

It indiscriminately swung its fists towards its surroundings.

But it wasn’t us who would be hit by those blind punches.

Thud-!

“Aaargh!!!”

“…He took that hit.”

“That’s for sure.”

Donatas was knocked out by the monster’s blind punch.

What should I say?

It felt like I was holding a golden egg.

Like watching someone who tried their best but couldn’t achieve success.

With that in mind, I approached the fallen Donatas and used magic.

[Lightning]

Zap-!

First, I scanned his body with lightning, then healed the injuries once identified.

Healing others was more challenging than I thought.

Each healing required a different spell.

I had to determine how to heal each injury on my own.

That’s why there were people who focused solely on studying healing magic.

How much did I heal him?

I could tell where Donatas was injured.

“Your spine is slightly damaged, so I’ll treat it here. It doesn’t seem like there are any other injuries.”

“If it weren’t for you, I would have been in big trouble with a spinal injury!”

“Oh, it was nothing. I would have struggled a bit on my own.”

It was sincere.

Perhaps due to the sewer location, using powerful magic was challenging.

In such situations, having two people wielding a sword and an axe was a great help.

[Heal]

Restore the spine and lay Dantas straight.

He’ll soon get up if left like this.

Right now, he can’t get up due to the shock of the moment.

Leaving Dantas like that, Hartz and I headed towards the monster’s corpse to collect the loot.

“Ugh, the smell is terrible.”

“Indeed, it was a strange-looking monster.”

I’ve never seen such a strange-looking monster in my life.

Of course, it may seem cute in a way, but to the average person, it would have been quite grotesque.

With that thought in mind, I started to put the monster’s corpse into a special container.

“It looks like it could sell for a good price!”

“Oh, is that so?”

If even a paladin says that, it must be believable.

Paladins were practically experts when it came to assessing monster corpses.

As we were organizing the monster’s corpse, Dantas, who had been lying down, began to get up.

“Ugh.. my head hurts. What happened?”

“You got hit by a blind punch and flew into the wall, knocking you out.”

“Oh, I see.”

Dantas said as he got up and started organizing the monster’s corpse with us.

It’s all about the money.

Not a single thing can be missed.

Even if it looks grotesque, we won’t have to see it later anyway.

I wonder how much we organized.

“Hmm?”

Something strange came out of the monster’s corpse.