Metal Slime 231
Chapter 231: Raid in the Deep Layer TL : Cnine ED/PF : Part 1 Dvarapara, 150th floor. 「Don't lose focus! We're going to fight 【Monster from
Chapter 231: Raid in the Deep Layer
TL : Cnine
ED/PF :
Part 1
Dvarapara, 150th floor.
「Don't lose focus! We're going to fight 【Monster from deep floor】 beyond this point!!」
The seekers readied themselves again after Kayla's reminder.
This floor was a forest with overgrown plants and giant trees that blocked their way forward. It was still dim, but somehow brighter than the previous floor.
「Good grief, there's no end to these guys!」
Akito stabbed a giant "Horsefly" rolling on his feet with his spear, with an annoyed look on his face.
Monsters were coming from all directions. There was a seeker responsible for the middle layer, but even with them, it would be impossible to defeat all the monsters.
Starting with Yuuma and other raid members like Kayla and the Makamayuri (Peacock King) members, they were all armed and fighting against the incoming monsters.
Ideally, they would want to conserve their magical power and stamina for the deep layer, but the current situation didn't allow them to do so.
「Anyway, we have to break through here.」
Rui effortlessly sliced the horsefly that flew toward him, weaving through the trees. The horsefly exploded mid-air, turning into sand that fell to the ground.
Even Yuuma was swinging his pickel in desperation at the insect crawling on the ground.
「Fighting without using metallization is surprisingly hard...」
When Yuuma let out such grumbling, a loud voice could be heard from the front.
「A-ARACHNE! ARACHNE ARE COMING!!」
Yuuma looked to the front the moment he heard "Arachne," and he saw the seekers who acted as their current vanguard were in chaos.
「Oh no! We have to assist them.」
「Let's go, Yuuma!」
Rui and Akito started running. Yuuma didn’t quite understand what was going on but muttered, “Oh whatever” and followed after them.
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「Don’t break formation! I’ll take on the Arachne!!」
Kayla ran to the frontline to fight the arachne while giving instructions to the other seekers.
There were a few other seekers following after her from behind. One of them was――
「Hyohyohyohyo, Kayla girl. Even someone of your caliber will have a hard time if you try to fight Arachne by yourself.」
「Anik-dono!」
Running by Kayla's side was the member of Makamayuri, Anik.
Yes, Anik had a lot of stamina considering his age.
「I'll be in your care then, Anik-dono!」
「Got it. Leave it to me.」
When Kayla and Makamayuri arrived at the front line, the seekers who fought the Arachne had already been lying motionlessly on the ground.
Their bodies had already been torn to shreds, covered in blood.
Kayla raised her face, and a sinister monster stood amidst those corpses.
A giant spider with sharp claws embedded in the ground, and on its back, a humanoid monster appeared to be riding it. That was Arachne, a powerful monster found in the deep floor.
As if that wasn't enough, there were three of them.
「There's three of them, huh... How troublesome.」
Kayla gripped the sword in her hand tightly and glared at her opponent. The Arachne slowly moved its body and swung its arm toward her.
The spider monster used steel "threads," and those dangerous steel threads could cut through anything.
And yet――
「Don't underestimate me, monster!!」
Kayla channeled her magical power into her enchanted armament, 【Great Sword Kanda】.
She swung down her sword with full force toward the Arachne in front of her. The tip of the weapon struck the ground, creating a violent gust of wind that turned into a blade of wind, heading straight for the enemy.
Severing the Arachne's steel thread and hitting their body.
The wind blade tore through the spider's body, inflicting severe wounds, causing it to dissipate. Seeing the enemy spurting green blood from their body, Kayla swung her great sword again for a follow-up attack.
Creating another "Wind blade" that instantly killed the second Arachne.
「Hohohohoho, as expected of the strongest seeker in India. I guess we cannot afford to fall behind either.」
Anik took out an object resembling a folding fan from the small bag he was carrying with him.
The fan, resembling layered peacock feathers, was gently waved by Anik toward the Arachne in front of him.
Lightning sparks generated around it as each feather started to move one by one and then danced in the air.
「Now then, Arachne, let's see which one is stronger.」
The moment Anik waved his fan, the feathers went flying.
The decorative feathers, imbued with "Lightning Magic," cut through the steel threads released by the Arachne and attacked its body.
「GUGYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!」
The decorative feathers moved freely, transforming into "Thunderstrike Blades" and piercing through the Arachne's body.
Despite blood spurting from its entire body, the spider monster charged toward Anik.
Seeing that, Anik laughed merrily as he spun his fan.
The decorative feathers, which had been flying scattered, formed an arc directly above the Arachne. Thin plasma crackled, and lightning struck from the center of the circle. [TN: Ooh, Trillion Drive!]
The Arachne, struck directly by the lightning, was unable to move, its charred body starting to emit smoke.
Soon, its body crumbled and spread out as sand on the ground. The decorative feathers that had been flying around in the air returned to the fan that Anik held up.
Once everything had merged together, it returned to its original form, a bashōsen (banana leaf fan).
「Your weapon is as amazing as ever.」
Kayla praised Anik while heaving a sigh.
「Hyahyahyahya, it's a masterpiece of our company, after all. More importantly, I'm relieved to see that the greatsword I made for you seems to be serving you well.」
「Yes, it’s the best weapon. It feels more comfortable in my hand than any weapon I've used before, and above all, its durability is extraordinary.」
Seeing Kayla raise her sword, Anik nodded in satisfaction.
「It's good to hear that. Well then, it seems that the battle on that side is about to end as well.」
「Yes.」
Anik and Kayla turned their gaze toward the other Arachne. There, the four members of the Makamayuri were in the midst of a fierce struggle against the said monster.
A large man, enveloping his axe with "Magical power of fire," slashed through the Arachne's threads, while a man and a woman wielding a three-section staff wrapped in "Wind Sword" and "Magical power of thunder" respectively crushed the spider's legs.
A woman holding a long spear took aim at the heavily restricted Arachne, preparing to throw the said spear.
The woman then threw the spear, the tip wrapped in "Water."
The spear, transforming into a sharper form in mid-air, spun while creating a vortex of water and pierced through the Arachne’s chest. The spider monster let out an agonizing wail.
The Arachne, now wailing in agony, collapsed on the ground and turned into ashes amidst a pool of water.
「As expected of them.」
Kayla praised Anik's clan members.
「It’s good that we managed to defeat the enemy, but it’s a shame we can’t even give a proper mourning to those who have fallen.」
「It's a race against time, after all. We have to arrive at the bottom as fast as we can.」
Kayla and Anik turned their backs toward the fallen seekers and led the army to walk through the dense forest.
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Yuuma and company, who rushed to the frontline as fast as they could, by some chance met Kayla and Anik, who happened to be fighting the monsters.
「Man, what in the world is that!?」
Despite the powerful "Wind Slash" created by Kayla's greatsword, what truly caught the trio's attention was Anik's weapon.
Numerous feather-like blades were fired when Anik swung his fan, zigzagging in the air as if they had their own wills.
A yellow magic gem was embedded into every single blade, which resembled peacock feathers.
「I've never seen a weapon like that before.」
Yuuma nodded in agreement with Rui. Each weapon of the other members of Makamayuri was also quite unique on its own.
They used swords, spears, axes, and maces, but during battle, their weapons changed form, giving them an advantage in the fight.
「Those are products made by India’s largest weapons manufacturer... Those weapons are just brutal.」
「Yeah, it's more advanced than my expectation.」
Akito and Rui were equally astonished by Anik and company’s weapon performance.
Yuuma looked at Anik’s face. There was still a sense of calmness in his expression. Had he been through countless trials like this before?
Anik and Kayla led the team, running between large trees.
Yuuma and company followed them, running through the forest.