Ch.103Spaceship Raid (5)

My plan was simple. I just needed to do exactly the same thing I did when I took out the blue jellyfish.

‘Hey~long time no see!!’

The idea was to casually flap my mouth like that, activate Kiryu Second, and cut off its head before the conversation ended.

However, that plan went out the window immediately.

Ziiiiing-!!

The red jellyfish, piloting a giant robot, immediately deployed a barrier field. Even I couldn’t swing my sword through a barrier field right away.

“Our brave warriors informed me. You’re a ruthless one who attacks without warning.”

The red jellyfish said with a smile.

Damn it… information has already leaked out.

“You might have obtained the Blue Key Card, but I won’t be so easy. Bluevian was merely the weakest of us all!!”

The red jellyfish laughed heartily.

So, that guy I sliced in one stroke… his name was Bluevian. Useless information either way.

“Boys!! Take care of him!!!”

The red jellyfish immediately directed his subordinates.

“UOOOOOH!!!!”

“When all this is over….. I’ll confess to her!!”

“Mother would be proud if she knew about this?!!!”

“Kill that bastard!!!”

The jellyfish army charged toward us.

However, a ragtag bunch remains a ragtag bunch no matter how many gather.

“Sasith!!!”

I immediately gave instructions to Sasith.

“Come forth!! Uwang 799!!!!”

Sasith immediately brought out his psycho-robo.

“EARTHQUAKE!!!!”

Sasith activated his area-of-effect skill.

“Kung-kung-tta!!!”

Uwang slammed the ground with a cheerful battle cry.

KWAAAANG-!!!

Localized earthquakes swept through the area.

Whoooosh-!!

The temporary earthquake disrupted the jellyfish soldiers’ stance.

PAAAAH-!!!

I didn’t even need to use Kiryu Second. I immediately leaped high toward where the jellyfish soldiers were.

“URYAAAAAAAH!!!!”

Right after, I swung my sword.

PUSHAAAAAAAAK-!!!!

The wide horizontal strike tore through the jellyfish crowd in front of me.

PUSHA-SHA-SA-SA-SA-SA-SAK-!!!!

The jellyfish scattered their body parts like snowflakes and died screaming.

“Wha….?!!”

The red jellyfish backed away in shock. It never expected its soldiers to be sliced apart in a single strike.

“Come on. Hurry up and attack.”

I gestured with my sword in hand.

“Fine!!! I’ll kill you!!”

The red jellyfish immediately operated the giant robot it was piloting.

Woooooong-!!!

As the barrier field disappeared, the red jellyfish charged toward me.

“Die!!!”

The giant robot swung its beam sword at me.

CHAEEENG-! CHAENG-! CHAEEEENG-!

The giant robot and I clashed swords.

“Uhahaha! Not bad for a human!! But not good enough!!!”

The red jellyfish shouted as it pulled its machine back.

“UOOOOH!!!!”

With the red jellyfish’s shout, its body began to glow red. Yeah, honestly, it stimulated every man’s fantasy.

“With this technique…. I become about 3 times faster.”

The red jellyfish made a rather plagiaristic statement.

“This technique is called…. TRANS ARM!!!!!”

The red jellyfish proudly announced the name of its technique.

“Hey!!! That already exists!!!”

Plagiarize in moderation! Jeez!!

“Die!!!!!!!”

The red jellyfish ignored my warning about intellectual property rights and immediately launched its attack.

“URYAAAH!!!!”

As the giant robot’s sword flashed, sword winds swept in from all directions.

This was an unavoidable area attack even in the game.

PUSHA-SA-SA-SA-SA-SAK-!!

“Argh!!”

“Ugh!!”

“Gah!!!”

Sasith, Umi, and Taiga were blown back by the sword winds and rolled on the ground.

Tidididing-!

I somehow managed to deflect the sword strikes by swinging my own sword. Really… I was becoming more and more of a monster in terms of physical prowess, even by my own assessment.

Anyway, everyone lost more than half their HP from the area attack.

“Umi!! We need healing!!”

Sasith immediately gave instructions.

“Okay…!”

Umi was about to chant a healing spell.

I stopped her right away.

“Wait a secoooond!!!!”

I shouted loudly.

“Why, why…..Shota.”

Umi looked at me with an expression of disbelief.

“Everyone…..this might sound stupid but listen to me.”

I said to my companions.

“No, Shota. You’ve always been stupid. Now…”

I deliberately ignored Umi’s sarcasm.

“Cast heal on that jellyfish, Umi.”

I said to Umi.

“A healing spell on the enemy? You’ve finally lost it!!”

Taiga shouted.

“Shota….did you fall victim to some hypnosis app?”

Sasith asked.

Hold on… hypnosis app? That’s an interesting word choice. I should check Sasith’s phone later. I thought to myself. I quite like hypnosis stuff too. Anyway.

“Trust me!”

I shouted.

“O-Okay.”

Umi finally followed my words. Phew. Good thing I built up her affection. I genuinely thought so.

“BURST HEAL!!!!”

Umi cast the highest-level healing spell on the red jellyfish.

“W-Wait!! Stop!!!”

As expected, the red jellyfish panicked.

PAAAAH-!!!

A sacred light enveloped the red jellyfish’s body.

“UGAAAAAAAH!!!!”

The red jellyfish took enormous damage from it.

KRRRRRRRNG-!!!

The giant robot broke down at an incredible speed.

“No. What is this…..”

Sasith was bewildered.

“Look at the wall. There’s a strange device installed.”

I pointed at the wall.

Beep-!

In a spot not easily visible, a small machine was beeping and running.

“He installed it while showing off his flashy techniques. The effect of that machine is simple: it converts healing into damage, and damage into healing.”

I pointed at the red jellyfish.

“Kuh…. you humans have good eyes.”

The red jellyfish staggered up from the cockpit.

“Then the method of healing is simple too.”

Without hesitation, I punched myself in the cheek with a full swing.

BEOOOORK-!!

Although I hit myself, no damage was taken.

Ding-!!

My body started to heal. Damage was converted to healing.

“Hit each other!! That will heal us!”

I said to my companions.

POK-! PEOBUK-!! BEOOORK-!!

Hearing that, Taiga didn’t hesitate to swing his baseball bat at the back of my head.

“It’s true!! Shota’s body is healing!!”

Taiga laughed in amazement.

“Kyahahahaha!!!”

POK-! PEOBUK-! BEOOORK-! POK-!!

Taiga enthusiastically beat me with his club. I understand it’s healing me, but… isn’t he enjoying this too much? Honestly, I couldn’t help but wonder.

——–

This red jellyfish was a gimmick boss. First-time players mindlessly pour full damage into it. Then they despair as they watch the enemy’s health bar fill up at an incredible speed.

To properly deal with the boss, you need to either destroy the machines installed on the walls by spending turns, or pour healing spells on it.

But killing it with healing spells was faster. Let’s all make this world beautiful with the power of healing.

“Umi!!! Use Saint Heal on that wobbly thing!”

I immediately directed Umi. It was a high-tier skill with the largest healing amount.

“O-Okay!!! SAINT HEAL!!!”

Umi immediately took out her psycho-robo and cast the healing spell.

SHUPAAAAAAAH-!!!!!!!

The power of healing enveloped the red jellyfish.

“KIEEEEEEEEEK!!!!!!!!”

With that, the red jellyfish’s body melted into a smoothie.

Yes. It was our victory. What can you do? Blame your misfortune for making us your enemies.

In the place where the jellyfish smoothie formed, a key card emerged. It was the Red Key Card.

“With this, we’ve collected both key cards.”

Sasith said with a sigh of relief.

“Hehehe….. I can’t let you go like this… activating super regeneration device…!!”

The red jellyfish, completely melted into a smoothie, activated a device.

Woooooong-!!!

Simultaneously, all the dead jellyfish came back to life.

“Now…. let’s see you…. struggle….”

The red jellyfish said with a sadistic smile.

Whether it was the blue one from before or this one, their patterns were identical.

But not a chance.

“Dora-Dora-Gang!!!”

I immediately used Dora-Dora-Gang.

PAAAAH-!!

We teleported back to the entrance.

——–

After returning to the dungeon entrance, Sasith inserted the two key cards into the terminal in front of the massive iron door.

“Administrator approval…. door opening.”

Along with the dry mechanical voice, the heavy iron door opened.

And so, we headed to the second floor of the spaceship.

The area before the boss fight was filled with jellyfish. However, dealing with them was no trouble at all.

After giving the jellyfish a taste of the bitter world, we reached the innermost part.

The central control room of the spaceship. The boss mob was there.

“To think you’ve come this far… impressive.”

A jellyfish with medals dangling on its face part said with a smile.

“The ones below might have been quite incompetent…. but I’m different. Behold… my power!!”

The jellyfish was about to unleash its power.

“KIRYU SECONDO!!!”

But I had already charged my breathing.

PAAAAH-!!

I immediately charged toward the jellyfish.

“What…..”

The jellyfish’s eyes filled with shock.

PUSHAAAAK-!!

I immediately cut off the jellyfish’s legs.

“What…..”

The jellyfish’s large body collapsed with that. You talk too much. That’s why you get ambushed.

“Now!! Everyone, crush it!!!”

I immediately shouted to my party members.

“O-Okay!!”

My companions, finally coming to their senses, rushed forward.

POK-! PEOBUK-! PUSHAK-!!! PUUUK-!!

We swung our weapons at the fallen boss mob with tremendous momentum.

After a one-sided slaughter, the boss mob eventually turned into a smoothie like its subordinates.

“You…. despicable….!”

The smoothie mumbled.

“Hm? Can’t hear the words of a loser?”

I pretended to bring my ear closer to the smoothie and said.

“However…. this is my victory…. my death triggers the self-destruct device…. so…..”

The smoothie attempted a final resistance.

Beep-!!

“Self-destruct device activated.”

A dry mechanical voice was heard from all around.

However, I still had one Dora-Dora-Gang left.

“DORA-DORA-GANG!!!”

I immediately activated Dora-Dora-Gang, and we teleported to the dungeon entrance.

Then we went outside through the emergency exit.

KRRRRRRRNG-!!

As we watched the spaceship gradually being destroyed and fading away, a shrill scream came from it.

“You….. BASTAAAAAAARDS!!!!!!!!!”

The boss mob’s resounding cry echoed all around.

Frustrated and resentful, aren’t you? That’s life. I thought as I took in the sight of the disappearing dungeon.