Chapter 50 – Floor 8. One Stone, Two Birds

I survey the battlefield.

Three members of the Orc Search Party are facing the Thief Goblin whose neck is half-severed, while the Warrior Chief and other orc shamans and warriors who came out after hearing the commotion are holding back the Fusion Beast.

It’s an absolute mess, but because of that, I was finally free.

Moreover, neither the Thief Goblin nor the Fusion Beast showed much interest in me—they only instinctively attacked the opponents directly in front of them—so approaching the sprawled backpack wasn’t a big problem.

“Ohhh… so plump and tempting!”

A sturdiness full of contents that you can tell just by touching.

At the overwhelming volume that automatically made saliva drip from my mouth, the temporary black man with blonde hair sleeping in my heart awakened and shouted “Uhyo!”

When I opened the backpack and examined the items inside, all sorts of scrolls and potions, miscellaneous items and food spilled out.

I was convinced that what was in this backpack would be better than the combined contents of all the boxes and silver boxes in the tropical rainforest area.

Although there was no equipment, with this many consumables, I could push through to the next area, so what did it matter!

However, most items, except for a few, were in an unappraised state.

‘No problem.’

I took out a scroll from my holster and unfolded it.

The identity of the scroll with a large eyeball surrounded by geometric patterns was the Detection Scroll I had purchased from the Suspicious Merchant on Floor 6.

A cheat item that combines and enhances the Appraisal Scroll, which appraises one held item, and the Identification Scroll, which reveals all traps on the current floor.

Its effect was insanely powerful—appraising all items on the current floor, discovering all traps on the current floor, identifying all objects on the current floor, and exploring all secret rooms on the current floor.

I tear it without hesitation.

Wouldn’t there be at least one Detection Scroll among these many scrolls? If not, too bad.

[You have appraised Mental Potion.]

[You have appraised Slow Scroll.]

[You have appraised Protection Scroll.]

[You have appraised Poisoned Tasty Meat.]

[You have appraised Tough Skin Potion.]

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My mind grew distant at the endless rising log window, but I first organized the potions and drank them immediately.

Although there were only two Mental Potions that permanently increase stats, there were quite a few potions like Mighty Potion or Swift Potion that give buffs for a certain number of turns.

Gulp-gulp-gulp-gulp–

Like a student drinking Monster 30 days before the college entrance exam, I drank three bottles at once, which made me nauseated, but I forced myself to endure.

Like that, nine bottles of potion disappeared into my stomach in an instant.

With each bottle containing about 200-300ml, more than 2L of liquid suddenly filled my stomach, sloshing around.

“Urgh… fuck! Why do I have to do a food challenge just to survive…”

I wanted to drink a healing potion too, but it simply wouldn’t go down.

I might as well drink it when I’m about to die and throw up then.

What remained were scrolls imbued with all kinds of magic. I smiled deeply looking at that pile of scrolls.

“General Curtis LeMay… please lend me your strength!”

Ah- Your desperate voice has reached me.

I shall return you to the Stone Age.

***

The beast of aberrant form was drawn. By the call of its revered creator who had created it, to fulfill the command to rush to where that magical power was felt and tear apart and kill everything that existed.

But going along the usual path was too slow.

So it shortened that time by breaking and passing through all obstacles that existed in between.

There was prey there.

Green-skinned primates, and primates about half their size, and an ominous primate.

The smallest primate seemed to be of the same kind as its creator, so it paid no attention. The ominous primate was somehow unsettling too, but not in a threatening state.

So it attacked the green primates.

Sweet blood wetted between its teeth, making it feel good.

As it turned its head to eat the next prey, with a crack sound, a burning pain came to its foot, and looking down, it saw a primate larger than the one it had just eaten, holding a large piece of iron and shouting something.

Pain makes anger rise.

How dare prey inflict wounds on me! How dare they harm the perfect body molded by the creator!

“Monster! I am your opponent!!!”

Clash—!

As the fist and metal collided, creating a great resonance, the Warrior Chief was pushed back greatly.

The overwhelming difference in weight class created a gap that couldn’t be filled, even by putting strength in the waist to maximize muscle output and using centrifugal force.

But the Warrior Chief couldn’t back down. Because this is the village. Because he is a warrior who protects his tribesmen.

Clang – Clash—

The sword strike that surpassed limits with the aid of shamans and the simple forepaw swipe of a beast that transcended biological creatures with unholy magic power collided, creating a great noise.

“You won’t kill me so easily—!”

The Warrior Chief’s arms and legs had already begun to tremble from the impact, like deflecting a high-speed flying rock.

But to avoid showing weakness, he faced the beast while shouting at the top of his lungs, almost deafening himself.

“Wa, Warrior Chief! Crazy tribesmen are coming!”

“…Is today our last day.”

Thud-thud-thud–

The sound of footsteps running from far away vibrates the ground. Not just one or two.

Orcs who had sold their souls and minds to the evil god, each one equal to or greater than a warrior.

The Warrior Chief felt despair looking at the unholy beast in front of him.

Even if he could withstand for now, eventually he would fall, then the shaman would fall, and the remaining tribesmen would also fall and disappear.

The Warrior Chief decided to think that they had held out for a long time instead.

“Come, monster. Over here! Come—”

CRASH!!! SCREECH!!!

At that moment.

A red light from the sky struck the unholy beast.

***

“Haha, look! You all look like trash!!! Hahahahahaha!!!”

Thanks to the Floating Potion I had bought in advance from the Suspicious Merchant, standing in the sky looking down at the orcs and the Fusion Beast, I could exactly understand Muska’s feeling looking down at the ground from Laputa.

I am God! I am the returner to the Stone Age! I am the ruler of Laputa!

Seeing the Fusion Beast writhing with fire stuck to its body after being hit by the advanced fire-type magic, Flame Ray, I couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

Jealous? If you’re upset, try hitting me!

The advantage of being in the air is that I can hit you, but you can’t hit me.

“Now, Severa! Shoot everything at full power!”

“What in the world is this…”

Though Severa seemed dumbfounded, she couldn’t just stand there blankly looking at the Fusion Beast, so she began firing magic barrages from beside me.

Torrents of fireballs drove straight down from above, creating explosions and burning the Fusion Beast.

“General Curtis LeMay… arigatou…”

Boom – Bang – Crash—!

The storm of exploding flames fills Floor 8.

Naturally, fire caught on the underbrush as the beast rolled around, but that’s no longer my concern.

“Everything is burning, is this really okay…?”

“If we win, it’s all OK. I got permission.”

“Really?”

“HAH!”

Smack—

“Heeek-!”

Upon being urged, Severa finally poured out all her remaining magic and returned to her onahole state after using all her FUEL.

“SCREEECH!!! Fire!!!”

“R-Run! Abandon the village!!!”

When the fire that had started as a bonfire when I inserted the Flame Ray became the size of a summer camp campfire and engulfed the village, the orcs tried to put out the fire but soon gave up and began to flee, abandoning the village.

The Warrior Chief looked at me with a dumbfounded face while watching the Fusion Beast rolling on the ground to extinguish the fire, but as if there was no choice, he began to flee as well.

ROAAAAR!!!

“My, what a loud voice!”

Ablaze with fire yet still roaring fiercely, the Fusion Beast seemed to have finally recognized me, looking at me with eyes full of killing intent, but it was merely disgusting as it was already crushed and mangled by the heat.

Woosh—

As the beast’s massive parrot wings spread wide and flapped, the flames received fresh air and grew larger, and somehow its body lifted slightly.

But there’s no way I’d just stand by and watch.

『Thunder Drum』Though a low-tier lightning magic, its unique paralysis effect is incredibly useful.

Crash!

Along with the thunderous sound, one of the Fusion Beast’s wings bent in the opposite direction, tilting and inclining before crashing to the ground with a tremendous sound.

Thud—

“I, who can spam scrolls, am invincible! You pathetic beast! Felt good making your grand entrance, didn’t you?!”

“ARRRGH!!! HUMAAAAAAN!!!”

“Oh my, you’re still alive too?”

At the fierce shout, I turned my head to see the Thief Goblin, whose dangling neck had somehow been reattached, glaring at me and pathologically scratching his facial skin.

Blood flowed from his face, torn by sharp nails, but he seemed not to care, only calling out to me, to which I raised my middle finger.

With great power comes great responsibility? That’s why I’m taking on two super-strong mini-bosses at once, aren’t I?

I tear another scroll.

What are you going to do? What can you all do about it?

『Position Swap』

As my position and the goblin’s were swapped, my vision flipped, and suddenly I was down on the ground, while the goblin was in free fall far ahead.

“KEHEEEEEEE!!! HUMAAAAAN!!! I won’t forgive you!!!!”

Squelch–

A sound of flesh chunks splattering was heard from where he fell to the ground, making me flinch, and I summoned the Wanderer along with another scroll as I watched the Fusion Beast charging toward me from the flames.

And without even being told, the Wanderer rushed toward the Fusion Beast.

It was a picture like throwing oneself in front of a truck coming at full speed, but I didn’t stop her.

『Freezing Ray』

A blue ray emitting a bone-chilling cold just from looking at it overtook the Wanderer and collided with the charging Fusion Beast.

Crack-crack-crack-crack—

As its skin, scorched by flames, was covered with white frost, the charging beast’s speed gradually began to slow. With each muscle movement, the ice broke and refroze, broke and refroze, repeating in a split second, making it look as if the ice sculpture itself was alive and moving.

But soon, Kali’s greatsword, drawing a huge circle, collided with the completely stopped Fusion Beast.

Crash—!

Ice fragments and bloody water scattered.

But not stopping there, the successive sword strikes peeled off the Fusion Beast’s icy skin, creating large wounds.

Shiver– When all the ice covering the Fusion Beast’s body disappeared and it began to move again, the slime was already waiting in front of its eyes.

Flash—

The light of Sanctify burns its optic nerves.

“As expected from being bred as a pet, it performs tricks well. Tentacle eyeball is the best!”

My skin tingles from the flames that have consumed the entire village.

Now it’s time to finish this decisively.

‘By the way, is the goblin still not dead?’

[You have defeated the Thief Goblin, Shailock.]

‘Good.’

He was in bad condition and quite some time had passed, so he must have finally been properly roasted and died, truly befitting the name mini-boss.

But one still remained.

The Fusion Beast, its entire body burned and blood flowing from its wounds, but still with strength left to move, was slowly getting up. Seeing this, I reverse-summoned Kali.

Though there was still some FUEL gauge left, it seemed like her presence might help when talking to the Warrior Chief, so it would be better to save some.

Gr, rrk… grk…

“Yes, ugly beast. I’ll embrace you. Come on.”

The beast’s hind leg muscles bulged, tearing through its burned skin.

When those hind legs, filled with great strength, kick the ground, it will approach me instantly as if teleporting and tear me apart.

But that’s not my problem.

Just before it kicks the ground—

『Excavation』

Because the ground supporting it disappeared.

“Farewell.”

Grrk—?!

CRAAAASH───!!!

[You have defeated the Fusion Beast.]