234 Reunion♡

234.

An endless horde of dolls swarmed in.

I’d lost count of how many waves we’d faced.

It was definitely over ten.

“Whirlwind Slash!”

A brown doll crumbled with a clattering sound. The dolls attacking weren’t particularly strong individually.

Compared to the ones Bonaparte controlled directly, their movements lacked finesse by a mile.

But instead, their overwhelming numbers made them difficult to deal with in a different way.

If it were our old party, we might have been struggling. But now, we were holding our own remarkably well against the sheer volume.

And most of the credit went to Selina.

“Kwaoooong!”

Selina Dragon’s flames and stomps swept away dolls in droves. When dealing with such a large number of enemies, nothing was as reliable as our dragon companion.

The new power Selina received from the Mana Tracers. It was a stat boost and unlimited MP in Dragonize form. Before Selina Dragon, who had become a monster herself, the dolls crumbled and scattered like fallen leaves.

I’d even say she was better than me at handling large groups of mobs.

After clearing the twelfth or thirteenth wave, I asked Eldritch about the detection magic situation through my bracelet.

“Any detection yet? Master-nim!”

“Just a little bit more, just a tiny bit more, please!”

All I got back was a response that sounded like a manual from a customer service rep.

We’re fighting to the death here, and he’s making idle chatter.

Judging by the sounds of scuffling coming from their end, it didn’t seem like they were completely idle, though.

In any case, it seemed like I was succeeding in my mission to draw aggro. The more dolls I crushed, the larger the hordes that appeared.

“Haa, they’re showing up quickly this time.”

A new wave. The tiresome swarm of dolls began to enter my field of vision again.

Did they change the pattern to not give us any breaks? Not that I was particularly tired.

“Huh, what’s that…”

Among the faceless dolls that looked like pose models, I saw a slightly different figure. Black armor, no, something that looked like a tokusatsu suit-it definitely looked like Blade’s Black Armor.

No, the moment I thought I saw it, it disappeared.

The instant I recognized it, it seemed to recognize me too. It vanished from my sight in an instant and reached my nose faster than sound.

“So fast…!”

“Hero-nim!”

Sword clashed against sword.

The speed was incredible. Even faster than before.

Like a black whirlwind, no, like a black flash, it swung its sword at my eyes without hesitation or a word. Reeking of terrifying bloodlust.

If I hadn’t spotted it by chance, I might not have even been able to react. The moment our swords met, I was a little surprised by the heavy sensation.

It was a sensation I hadn’t felt in our previous matches. It was different from the previous Blade, who specialized in light, sharp strikes.

Besides, it felt different from the other dolls. It was unlike the other dolls, which moved mindlessly like automatons. It wasn’t swarming toward the giant Selina Dragon like the other dolls either. Blade definitely seemed to be targeting me.

Maybe it was under the influence of a puppetry spell and being directly controlled. If so…

“Riel! Use All-Canceller on Blade!”

“Got it, Hero-nim! All-Canceller!”

Riel’s All-Canceller definitely activated. The light emitted from Riel’s red wings clearly touched the black armor. But…

“The All-Canceller… isn’t working?”

The momentum of Blade’s attacks, aimed at me, didn’t falter in the slightest. A storm of blades poured down on me.

Blade was muttering something incessantly.

“He, ro, He, ro, Hero, Hero, Hero, Hero, Hero, Hero Elena!”

The moment it called my name, Blade’s output suddenly increased. Distracted by the two swords flying at me, Blade’s roundhouse kick struck my abdomen.

“Keuk!”

The surrounding scenery began to recede violently. I flew away like a scene from an exaggerated action manga, crashing through the wall of a building.

Dust billowed from the impact of my flight. The place I crashed into seemed to be a warehouse or something similar.

The damage itself wasn’t great. But I was a little surprised by Blade’s unexpectedly enhanced state.

I knew from the video Ferreint showed me that Blade had been captured by Bonaparte. But becoming a doll shouldn’t make him stronger. Usually, it would weaken him because he couldn’t use his full strength.

Then this power is…

Blade entered the spectacularly destroyed building. And as it approached, the parts of the armor attached to its body fell off one by one. It even dropped the swords it held in both hands.

Taking off the armor? And even the swords… Why?

Such questions were fleeting. I gasped when I saw Blade’s appearance after the Black Armor was removed.

Blade’s cool face, which I had mistaken for a pretty boy at our first meeting, had completely transformed into something else.

Bloodshot eyes, a mouth open to reveal protruding fangs. The way it looked like it was itching to bite anything in sight-it looked like a bloodthirsty beast, or a demon.

“Blade… you…”

That wasn’t all. A hideous dick had grown in its crotch. It was something Selina had magically attached before, but that looked cute compared to this. It was a shocking sight, a grotesquely evolved organ with an even more swollen protuberance.

And I had seen such a dick before. It was a phenomenon that appeared on bodies contaminated by Astaroth’s poison.

The hideous monster’s dick looked frighteningly excited. It was erect, almost touching its navel.

It wasn’t just the size. The swollen state of the protuberances and the enormous amount of sticky fluid leaking from the tip. That organ seemed perfectly optimized to terraform the inside of a woman into its own.

“Violate, Hero, Hero Elena…!”

Startled by the sight, I felt the strength drain from my body for a moment.

‘No way, of all times…!’

I had stared intently at its dick. The phenomenon where I lose the strength to resist when I see a dick. I couldn’t move in front of that hideous dick and could only back away against the wall.

Of course, there was no way I could escape without the power of the Hero. Blade approached right in front of me, much faster than when it was wearing armor.

I was grabbed by both arms and pinned against the wall.

“…Hero… He, ro…”

Bloodshot eyes. Blade, which briefly held my face in its gaze, rubbed its monstrous dick against my Sacred Armor as if urging sex. The feeling of the dick, hot enough to burn, was transmitted through the Sacred Armor.

Its grip dug into my pinned arms, hurting as if they would break. Blade’s face, threatening with its fangs, looked like a predator. Blade, who had suffered something from Astaroth, seemed to be feeling both destructive and sexual desires toward me now.

If there was a way to overcome this situation… but…

Two ways to undo the weakening caused by the dick: Riel’s All-Canceller and my trump card, Overdrive.

But Riel was tied up with the dolls and hadn’t caught up yet. I couldn’t be sure when she would get here. So, the only option I could choose now was one.

‘I guess I have to use Overdrive…’

But we still had the final battles against two powerful enemies, Bonaparte and Astaroth, ahead of us.

If I used Overdrive here, wouldn’t I lose in the later boss fights and face a terrible bad ending?

Thinking back to when I fought Bonaparte and Astaroth before, they were powerful enemies who could defeat me in an instant if I faced them without Overdrive.

But this wasn’t the time for such luxurious worries. My life was in immediate danger.

It’ll work out somehow, I can only fight the boss battles if I’m alive. Thinking that, I activated my trump card skill.

“Over, Drive!”

Pure white light emanated from my body. White wings of light spread behind my back. At that moment, I felt the power of the Hero returning.

I released the restraints on both arms and grabbed Blade’s arms instead. So it couldn’t escape with its specialty, speed.

And with all my might, I delivered a serious knee kick to Blade’s stomach.

“He, ro… I, am…”

It still has the strength to speak.

“Just go to sleep quietly!”

I continued to plant serious knee kicks into its stomach. Several times, until it was completely silent.

Blade’s body twitched and soon slumped like a knocked-out wrestler. Judging by its breathing, it didn’t seem to be dead.

I laid Blade down on the spot and hid it under a carpet. I planned to retrieve it after the job was done.

I quickly returned to the original battlefield. I didn’t realize it when I was flying, but the distance I had traveled was considerable. I could easily find my way back by looking for Selina’s giant form.

“Kwaooooong!”

Selina was still engaged in a battle of an elephant against an ant colony against countless dolls. Stomping on dolls, swinging her forelegs to knock them away, and breathing fire, she seemed to be constantly busy.

Without delay, I joined the battle against the dolls. And I began to smash the dolls without stopping my hands. Now that I had activated Overdrive, I had to use it as effectively as possible.

In the midst of the fierce battle, I suddenly realized something strange, no, something that made me very uneasy.

Riel’s figure was nowhere to be seen.