Chapter 455
by post_apiChapter 455: Red Rain
Ah… I really wanted to go back; it felt like it had been such a long time since I had been with Mom… Hee hee hee… Oh no, I’m getting distracted.
The green-haired girl curled her shimmering lips, narrowly avoiding a sneak attack from a tentacle behind her, while quickly throwing a short dagger.
Ssh—
After the dagger pierced the tentacle, the monster shrieked and struggled, turning into a puddle of rotten flesh and blood.
Other tentacles attempted to collect the rotten flesh, but as soon as they swallowed it, they let out horrible cries and spit it out; just a brief moment of contact had corroded part of their mouths.
Even after being killed, the corrosive properties still remained in the rotten flesh; although the effect was weakened, it was still not something these tentacles could eat.
“Hmph, how despicable, to launch a sneak attack!”
At the same time, Lvzi snorted, her eyes glancing at Jilly, who was fighting not far away.
Honestly, why did I have to take care of this child? Stealth One and Army Lady were enough.
Well, even though Little Jilly looked really pretty, there were many beautiful females in the ant tribe nowadays! And they were all mothers’ daughters… Mother… hee hee hee…
No… I couldn’t stand it anymore! After this battle, I needed to go back!
If I kept taking care of Little Jilly, I wouldn’t have any time to take care of Mother! Taking care… where should I start? From her tiny, cute little feet, or from…
While lost in thought, the girl’s eyes suddenly became dreamy, and the saliva she had held back began to drip from the corner of her mouth.
How wonderful… how wonderful… first this… then that…
Finally, the saliva slipped from the corner of her mouth, landing on the shadow below the girl.
In the next moment, the shadow twisted and changed shape as if it had exploded.
“Wah… I’m getting goosebumps!”
“Quick, get out of the way, quick!”
The shadow, regaining its calmness, carefully went around the small patch of ground that was wet with drool.
At that moment, hiding within Lvzi’s shadow were ten Stealth Ants, acting as her bodyguards.
Phew… even in this bloody battlefield, Sister Lvzi was still the same.
A voice from the shadow said after letting out a sigh of relief.
Shouldn’t we remind Sister to be more careful? Those tentacles can still come up from the ground.
That’s true, then let’s…
Just before she could finish talking with her sisters who shared her pain, Lvzi suddenly moved. While slashing a monstrous figure that screamed and charged at her with her long sword, she threw her short dagger and precisely killed two tentacled creatures.
“……”
…Looks like we don’t need to remind her.
It was already quite ‘amazing’ to have such fantasies in this situation. I didn’t expect her to keep fighting while still lost in her thoughts… Sister Lvzi…
That’s impressive…
She easily did what the other two sisters couldn’t.
Yeah…
“Hey, are you talking about me?”
Waaaah!!!
While they were talking, Lvzi suddenly bent down to look at her shadow.
From the perspective of the Stealth Ants, it looked like a huge face had suddenly appeared on the screen, startling them.
“Hmph, are you talking bad about me? Hmm, I’ve decided, after dealing with that big guy, you all will come out and sleep with me tonight!”
Eh…!!
A chorus of sad voices echoed from the shadow.
…
Jilly maintained her skills “Cathexis” and “Magic Essence Perception,” easily responding to attacks from tentacles, whether they came from the ground or below.
Her movements were simple and powerful, aiming to defeat enemies with the least effort with each strike.
During breaks in the battle, she would also glance at her three sisters.
The stealthy figure of Stealth One was elusive, making it hard for the girl to catch a glimpse of her.
As expected, Army Lady boldly charged into the midst of the most crowded enemies, made up of humanoid monsters and tentacles, drawing most of the fire towards her while showing a rare excitement and a hint of bloodlust on her face.
I wish I could be as strong and reliable as Sister Army Lady… Jilly thought to herself.
When she glanced at Lvzi, she was taken aback.
Talking to… shadows?
Sister Lvzi always did strange things.
Without thinking much, the girl shook her head and refocused her attention on the battlefield.
With the addition of Lvzi and the others, the other adventurers felt much less pressure, and the retreating soldiers also experienced fewer casualties.
But this was only temporary.
After many rounds of eating, the meat mountain that fought against Sword King Hugue was different. It generated humanoid monsters and tentacles much faster than before, and there were naturally more of them.
Even with the addition of the four from Lvzi, the overall number of these monsters continued to increase.
Moreover, when it noticed that nearly half of the soldiers had retreated, the meat mountain seemed to become a bit angry. One could see the spot on its head, which had been cut by Hugue, starting to swell and grow…
Boom!
Like a volcano erupting, a large amount of red slime, which looked like blood but was many times thicker, suddenly burst out from that spot.
The slime sprayed into the air and then fell to the ground like raindrops, making a “pata pata” sound.
“Damn it! What is this strange thing?!”
“So sticky! I can’t open my eyes!”
“And it’s so itchy, itchy… it’s driving me crazy, ahhhhh!!!”
The soldiers who had not yet retreated to the city became chaotic as soon as they were touched by the ‘red rain’ falling from the sky. The red rain stuck to their skin and soon brought a greater feeling of itchiness.
However, because the red sticky substance was firmly attached to their skin, the soldiers could not stop the itching no matter how much they scratched, and in the end, they only made their faces and bodies bloody and bruised.
But was it just blood and bruises? Of course, it was not.
The red rain fell continuously, breaking the skin, and this red rain seeped into the soldiers’ flesh… muscles…
In the end, the soldiers who could no longer bear the itching either screamed in pain or pulled out their swords to cut their own throats.
Besides that, after the red rain fell to the ground, it made the battlefield incredibly sticky, slowing the soldiers’ retreat considerably.
Taking advantage of the soldiers’ chaos, the tentacles opened wide and lunged into the crowd, greedily devouring the poor soldiers who were still frantically scratching their heads and faces amidst the disaster.