Metal Slime 233
Chapter 233: Dangerous Monster TL : Cnine ED/PF : Part 1 Dvarapara, 226th floor. The progress of the seekers was painfully slow due to the n
Chapter 233: Dangerous Monster
TL : Cnine
ED/PF :
Part 1
Dvarapara, 226th floor.
The progress of the seekers was painfully slow due to the never-ending attack of powerful monsters.
「UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」
An Indian seeker raised a scream as he retreated. However, the monster before him wouldn't allow that and released "Wind blade" without a moment of delay.
The seeker tried to block the wind blade with a magic barrier, but it easily got overpowered.
「GUH, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!」
The wind blade pierced the barrier and silently chopped the seeker's limbs.
The man crumbled to his knees, crouched down as he coughed up blood. The fallen seeker then became motionless and never rose again.
「THE HECK!?」
Rui, who watched the spectacle from the vicinity, was really surprised upon seeing the figure of the attacking monster.
「What's the matter, Rui!?」
Rui, Akito, and Yuuma were fighting in the forest at the center of the floor. Surrounded by monsters, they were managing to fend off the monsters' attacks.
「It's Sol Mantis! Extremely powerful monster from deep floor... We cannot leave it to its own devices or it'll cause huge damage to the raid team!!」
「Sol Mantis?」
When Akito looked in that direction, a humanoid mantis with four arms was attacking the seekers.
Sol Mantis was the most feared monster in the 【Green Dungeon】, naturally, Rui and Akito had also known about that.
Theseekers who noticed the monster tried to counterattack, but the mantis swiftly cut through them with a single strike.
Those whose torsos were severed became silent corpses, rolling onto the ground.
「Dammit! At this rate, they're going to be wiped out, I'll go!!」
Akito struck down a nearby monster with a lightning blast and then ran toward the Sol Mantis, which was rampaging wildly without care.
「Please!」 said Rui while taking down the monster around him.
Yuuma was being attacked by a giant worm and was lying face down, seemingly on the verge of death. Rui lowered the back of the sword he was holding and swung it to the side.
The worm's body was cleanly sliced, and with the restraint broken, Yuuma gasped.
「T-That was a close call, Rui.」
He unsteadily got to his feet, swaying as he readied his pickle.
「Yuuma, Akito headed toward Kayla and the others for support. We have to defeat the monster in this area by ourselves.」
「G-Got it!」
Yuuma wrapped his pickle with "magical power of wind".
Up to this point, Yuuma had swallowed a few 【Green Magic Gems】 dropped by the monsters along the way. It did reinforce the power of Yuuma's "magical power of wind" but――
「ORYAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!」
Though the pickle swung by him created a powerful whirlwind, it vanished into the horizon.
「Aah...」
「Yuuma, calm down. Your wind magic has definitely improved. If you concentrate and use it, you can definitely defeat the monsters.」
「G-Got it!」
Rui swiftly slashed through the approaching monsters, instantly incinerating them to ashes.
Seeing that, Yuuma said, "Alright! I'll do it too!" and spat onto his palm before gripping the pickle again.
When he swung down with all his might, a violent gust of wind erupted, sending the insect in front of him flying. The force of the wind also blew Yuuma away.
He fell on his rear but quickly got back up, this time swinging the pickle to the side.
A powerful wind blade shot out, heading towards a spot where no monster was present.
「Uugh, dammit!」
Although it was more powerful than before, he still failed to land a hit on the monsters. Growing increasingly frustrated, Yuuma reacted with a start as a black insect charged at him at full speed.
――A-Ain't this a c0ckr0ach!?
「UWAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!」
Part 2
He swung his pickle with all his might, and the strike that imbued with "magical power of wind" was really powerful, shattering the black insect into pieces.
「The heck, so beating them directly like this is the best way to beat them...?」
I let out a sigh of relief and looked around, only to see a swarm of black insects approaching.
Yuuma shuddered, but upon closer inspection, they weren’t cockroaches. They resembled the pill bugs he had seen on TV.
「The heck, I ended up startled for nothing!」
Yuuma pulled himself together and began crushing the pill bugs one by one.
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Akito channeled lightning through the soles of his feet and ran, as if bouncing off the ground. He was running at a speed that was unimaginable for an ordinary human.
And yet――
「Fast! Just how in the hell is that mantis managed to move that fast!!」
Sol Mantis displayed a speed that even Akito's legs couldn't match. It cut down and killed one Indian seeker after another.
「This is bad! If there are any more casualties, it’ll be impossible to continue the strategy.」
Akito showed signs of panic, but there was nothing he could do. Between the large trees and on a small hill, Sol Mantis attacked one seeker after another.
In that instant, an explosion sent shockwaves flying in all directions.
「WHAT THE HECK!?」
Akito tried to stop his feet as if he were slamming on the brakes, but he couldn't stop in time and was directly hit by the blast.
He raised his arms to protect his face from the blast.
Looking through the gap between his arms, Akito saw Kayla, who had blocked Sol Mantis's scythe with her great sword.
After a tense blade clash, Kayla and the mantis both stepped back. Akito didn't waste that chance to close in the distance.
「Are you okay, big sis!?」
「Tennouji!」
Kayla held her great sword in position as she sent a glance at Akito.
「Leave this guy to me!」
Akito lowered his Gae Bolg and tried to step in front of Kayla. However, Kayla shook her head and silently gestured for him to stop with her eyes.
「Nope, this guy is mine! Sorry but I have to kill this guy with my own hands.」
Contrary to Kayla's firm remark, Akito had a doubt if Kayla could really beat the Sol Mantis.
The speed of Sol Mantis itself was no joke. Thus he doubted if Kayla could hit the mantis with her great sword.
Unaware of Akito's doubt, Kayla channeling her magical power into her 【Great Sword Kanda】. Glared at the sol mantis while pointing the tip of her great sword toward the monster.
「Tennoji... Don't think that you two are the only ones who can use "2nd Level Magic"!」
Kayla raised her left arm and looked at the bracelet on her wrist.
The beautiful ornament, adorned with various sizes of 【Green Gem】. When Kayla took a deep breath and focused, one of the gems began to glow, then cracked and shattered into pieces.
In that moment, a storm formed around Kayla.
The storm forced Akihito to take a step back and covered his face with his left arm.
The storm that generated was then gathered around Kayla's great sword and gradually converged. Once the storm was fully subsided, the great sword began to shine with a green light, emitting a divine glow.