Feeling a strong presence suddenly made Reo widen his eyes in surprise. He looked up and his golden cornea glowed as he looked at the darkness on the ceiling of the cave. There isn't a Mana Crystal that looks attached to it.
And that's when, Reo saw the two pink eyes that shined through the darkness, it was clear that there was someone who was currently there. The aura and intense killing intent emitted by that figure. But the aura was quite confusing to Reo's senses, the aura that emitted by the creature was indeed very strong but at the same time Reo felt its aura wasn't that strong.
'Now I'm sure ... The person who spoke just now is this Red Gate Dungeon Boss. But there is a lump in my mind, why previously I could not detect her presence at all? How could she hide her strong presence from my Navigation Ki? '
Various questions crossed Reo's mind before he suddenly heard Karen's fearful voice from behind him.
"This is ... Shirogami-kun."
Reo glanced slightly backward, it was clear that the aura emitted by the creature made Karen frightened, after all Reo estimated that the monster's rank might be a Low-level S-Rank only from its aura, although he was not sure of that estimate.
'Meeting an S-Rank Monster in a B-Rank Dungeon, what a ridiculous scenario.' Reo thought, smiling faintly. A few moments later the woman's voice was heard again and this time accompanied by a disgusting voice that was heard when the body of a caterpillar covered by mucus rubbed against the ground.
* casspp *
"Though Zeboub has kindly lent me some of his subordinates, but look what you did. You killed one of them. Now who will bring me human flesh, my fresh lunch?"
1
* casspp *
Then, from behind the darkness slowly appeared a giant caterpillar. The caterpillar has three pairs of red eyes on each side of its face, its cylindrical body coated by a brownish-black steel proglotid makes it look fused with the surface of the cave.
But the thing that caught Reo's attention the most was the figure that came out of the caterpillar's big mouth, it was a beautiful woman with an exciting naked body. She has pink skin that distinguishes it from humans, her hair links extending to the bottom and covers her nipples, her body is filled with disgusting mucus and her lower body looks bound to the flesh of the caterpillar. A red crystal appears on her shoulder.
There was no mistaking that the woman who was the person who had talked to him just now, Reo assumed that the pink woman was an existence similar to that steel caterpillar.
"Finally appeared ... The Dungeon Boss," Reo murmured quietly.
Karen who heard that immediately tightened her grip on the wand in her hand, and looked up to her face. Meanwhile, Osamu who was beside Karen put on a serious expression.
The worm was seen hanging on the ceiling of the cave and facing Reo and the others. While the pinkish woman suddenly smiled, her sharp eyes stared at the three of them in confusion. She then murmured, but it was loud enough to be heard by Reo whose entire senses were strengthened using Ki.
"But if the three of them are still alive, that means that guy ... Heh! How useless, just completing an easy task like this he can't. Actually what that person is thinking of sending a trash like him."
Hearing the murmur of the woman, Reo raised his eyebrows suspiciously.
' That man? Scout-san, huh. ' Reo thought.
"Well, it's none of my business, after all, they've given me what I want. Right now all I need to do is kill the three of them, then all the business will be over."
Hearing that, Reo raised his hand and placed it on the hilt of the katana hanging from his waist. Karen, who was just silent, suddenly opened her mouth.
"Hey, what should we do now? Are we going to fight her?"
"Are you afraid?"
Asked Reo, their eyes met. Hearing that, Karen nodded, though not as before, she didn't cry or complain about the bad conditions that had befallen her.
After a while of being seen thinking about something, Reo suddenly smiled before turning his gaze back towards the woman.
"Then immediately leave this cave and bring Glasses-kun with you. Your task is complete and you will instead prevent me if you stay here," said Reo.
Hearing that, Karen widened her eyes.
"B-but ... There's no way you can face a Dungeon Boss from a Red Gate alone."
"..."
Karen was then seen trying to explain this to Reo who only stared at her with a deadpan expression.
"I mean ... even though the two of us can't help you directly to deal with her. But at least I and Osamu can get rid of the remaining monsters when you face the Dungeon Boss."
"Didn't you just say that you are afraid of that creature."
"I was scared, but ..." Karen looked confused about what to say, but Reo knew what it was.
Even Reo, who was not sensitive to the emotions of others, realized that some of the terrible events they had faced before had changed Karen, both mentally and physically.
When Karen was hesitating, Reo then looked aware of something, he glanced down at the ground for a few seconds before turning towards Osamu who was standing next to Karen with a tense expression. Sweat trickled down his forehead.
"Glasses-kun."
" What? "
"This is not a cave," Reo answered curtly, he put on a deadpan expression. While Osamu who heard that could only say a word.
"Huh?"
However, before Reo could finish his words the woman opened her mouth again. This time, there was no hospitality like before in the tone of her voice, it was full of arrogance and dominance.
"Who allowed you to speak in front of me? Get down on your knees!"
* buzz *
The walls of the cave shook as the pressure of the magical energy around him grew stronger as a result of the woman's actions. However, Reo just casually used his Domination Ki and--
* buzz * * fwuosh *
The wind blew throughout the cave when the pressure of the magical energy emitted by the woman was successfully restrained by Reo by using his Domination Ki. Seeing that her pressure could not affect Reo and the others, the woman widened her eyes.
' Uh? '
Before suddenly she grinned broadly, her cheeks turned red and her gaze looked like someone who was in ecstasy. She then licked her red lips using her long snake-like tongue.
"Looks like you're quite strong for a human ..."
The woman then tried to scan the magic energy possessed by Reo, but the result made her put a confused expression on her face. He tilted her head innocently and touched her lips with her index finger.
"Hmm ~? But this is very strange ... Why can't I feel the slightest bit of magical energy in your body?" The woman was moving her head right and left, waiting for Reo's answer.
But Reo only kept quiet and prepared himself if there was a sudden attack launched by the woman.
"But it doesn't matter, you can withstand the pressure I'm emitting. So your taste must be very tasty, hey human ... Let me, Lady Anaceen devour your delicious body."
The eyes of the woman who called herself Anaceen then glowed and emitted a terrifying magic energy and made Reo widen his eyes. But Reo widened his eyes not because he was surprised by Anaceen's magic energy, but rather ...
"Glasses-kun, quickly take Idol-san away from this cave," Reo said in a low voice.
Hearing that Osamu who initially hesitated immediately nodded and turned around. He then took Karen's hand and said.
" Let's go. "
"Are you stupid !? If we break up it's the same as letting Shirogami-kun die. If that happens then ..." Karen knew, they would die too of Reo die. Without Reo, there is no hope to face the Dungeon Boss.
But, even though he knew that, Osamu seemed unmoved.
"Didn't you hear what he just said? We're just going to prevent him, so let's go out of this cave."
Hearing that Karen widened her eyes, she then turned towards Reo who looked relaxed as if telling her to leave the cave as soon as possible. Karen then closed her eyes before clenching her teeth and turning around.
"Tsk, alright."
Osamu who heard that nodded, before Karen removed her hand from Osamu's grasp.
"Also, let go of my hand!"
Osamu who heard that immediately took his hand off Karen, and only saw Karen who was seen running straight out of the cave. While he was silent for a moment and glanced a bit at Reo who was behind him with a mysterious look before starting to step and follow Karen from behind. They both left Reo alone in the cave.
Seeing that two of his prey were trying to escape, Anaceen said.
"I will not let any of you escape."
Suddenly, four figures appeared from the darkness. It was a figure of the same type as the fly man Reo had killed outside before, Insectnoid with the type of fly.
* psssst *
The sound of hissing and flapping of wings from the four Insectnoids could be heard in Reo's ears, they were seen flying very fast and trying to catch up to Osamu and Karen who had first run out of the cave.
But...
"Kriieeet!"
* Zap *
Reo suddenly moved from his place and in an instant was in front of one of the Insectnoids. His golden eyes stared coldly at the big red eyes of the Insectnoid, he crossed his sword to the side and ...
* swing * * spurt *
In less than a second, the head of the Insectnoid was immediately cut off from his body when Reo slashed his neck at a terrifying speed. Only visible flashes of white light in such a short time, the Insectnoid died in a state not ready for Reo's sudden attack.
But that is not the end.
"Krieeet."
* clang *
The sound of an iron clang was heard as the blade sticking out from the Insectnoid's hand collided with the surface of Honjo Masamune. The black blade, a dark green aura was seen surrounding the blade, and made it able to survive when it collided directly with Honjo Masamune which had been coated using Ki.
'This one is stronger than the one I faced outside before, both physically and the magical energy emitted by his body. The number of Ki like this will not be enough to penetrate his hard skin, besides that ... His attack will hurt me if I don't use Full-sheath Ki to coat my body. '
And when Reo was deep in thought, suddenly another Insectnoid also started to attack Reo. One of the Insectnoids flew towards Reo like a missile and positioned the two blades in his hand like a spear trying to pierce Reo's body.
However, Reo who had felt his intention to use Ki, immediately responded quickly ...
* tap * * wuup *
Reo turned his wrist sideways and changed the position of his sword from top to bottom, it indirectly made the blade in the Insectoid's hand that touched the Reo's sword also twisted.
All of that happened in a very short time before Reo was seen releasing his grip on the hilt of his sword before twisting his body on the air.
* fwuosh * * bump *
He then cruelly sent a spinning top-kick using his right leg that had been strengthened by Reo forcement Ki, right on the head of the Insectoid and immediately knocked him to the ground.
* crack *
The body of the fly then hits the surface of the ground, but instead of cracking, the surface of the ground just cracks before the insect's body looks like it has been spun like an object dropped on a soft surface like a mattress.
"That's ..." Reo widened his eyes when he saw that, before his gaze returned to planting. The sight before his eyes just now confirmed his suspicions.
' I knew it... '
But Reo realized that at this time he was still not safe, the attack came from behind and his balance in the air began to falter. Reo has absolutely no skill that can make him fly or float in the air, therefore he also has a limit to remain in the air. But that is not a loss at all to Reo, but rather an advantage.
"Kriieeet"
When the tip of the Insectnoid's blade almost hit Reo, he had already fallen so that the Insectoid's attack ended in vain.
* fwuup *
Reo fell to the ground and he glanced down a bit, there he saw the Insectnoid he had previously flung while struggling and trying to stand up. But, with a cold expression on his face, Reo--
* fwuosh * * bump *
"Gack--"
With his two legs that had been strengthened by Ki, Reo landed directly on the head of the Insectnoid and in an instant broke his head into minced meat, like someone who was breaking a balloon by stepping on it.
* spurt *
Blood sprayed around the body of the Insectnoid who had lost his head, he even died immediately even though he could not finish his death groan. Seeing two of the four Insectnoids just killed by Reo made Anaceen narrow her eyes.
"You ..."
But instead of being angry Anaceen smiled broadly.
"Awesome ~."
"Huh?" Even Reo raised his eyebrows because of the unexpected response from Anaceen. Honestly, he didn't see that coming. The response was beyond his expectations.
"Hey Miss Caterpillar, are you alright?" Reo then began to move from his place and put his feet back on the ground. He glanced slightly towards the surface of the ground he stepped on, but so as not to look suspicious he looked back at Anaceen who was still casually hanging on the ceiling of the cave.
"You defeat those flies very easily even though you don't have magic energy in your body," Anaceen said. The two remaining Insectnoids also began to retreat and were seen floating in the air, they stopped their attack on Reo.
"I've never seen humans like you, even without the power of the Ruler you can still fight Monsters like us."
"Ruler?" Hear unfamiliar vocabulary, Reo raised his eyebrows and frowned, muttering under his breath.
"Or perhaps, you are the King of humanity?" Asked Anaceen with her innocent face, her expression fickle and even Reo himself could not properly assess Anaceen's personality.
1
"King, huh. You monsters are really outdated, aren't you? Are you also using the monarchy system as your government system. No, I think it's only natural to remember that you are creatures that determine leaders based on strength." Reo said with a relaxed smile.
"Hoho ~, so you don't have a King for your race?"
Hearing that, Reo shrugged his shoulders.
"Well, human beings are selfish and full of greed, none of them want to be bound to one rule and be under someone's leadership. We are not a loyal creatures like you, monsters."
Said Reo with a faint smile. Hearing a hint of sarcasm behind Reo's words, the smile on Anaceen's face disappeared.
"Whether it's praise or insult, I don't know."
"That's a compliment, why do you consider it an insult?" Reo said, stretching out his hands. Hearing that Anaceen was silent before Reo continued his words.
"And also ... Like I said before, humans really are very selfish, a very selfish creatures. For example, I don't expect there is a man who intentionally cooperates with monsters and betrays his own race. Killing his comrades with a smile on his face. "
Hearing Reo's words, Anaceen's expression seemed unchanged. But actually she knew what Reo meant.
"Then what does that have to do with me ...?"
"No, no, it really has nothing to do with you if you really think of it that way, I guess?" Reo said with a mysterious look. He then continued as the smile on his face slowly disappeared.
"It's just ... I don't understand why you deliberately revealed the fact that you have have some connection with that man to me, Miss Caterpillar."
The atmosphere then became silent in an instant when Reo said that. Not a sound was heard apart from the flapping of wings of the Insectnoids and the drops of water that touched the ground.
* drip *
Before Suddenly--
"Hihihihihi, So you realize it ~ You are increasingly looking delicious, human."
Anaceen giggled in a terrifying voice, a wide grin on her face made her look like a freak. Her tongue stuck out as she spoke to Reo. Hearing Anaceen's laughter, Reo put a deadpan expression on his face.
"..."
Anaceen's pink eyes then shone before she said in a low tone that would make everyone shiver when they heard it.
"I don't know how you realize it but it makes me even more impatient ...
"..."
... to devour you. "
***
"* pant * * pant *"
Right now outside the cave, there were Osamu and Karen panting after running with all their might to avoid the pursuit of the Monsters.
Karen is seen grasping her knee while trying to catch her breath while Osamu can still stand and hold his waist. The awkward atmosphere still enveloped the two of them after what had happened before.
"You * pant * ... why did you let him fight alone?" Karen suddenly opened her mouth.
"Huh?"
Karen then turned towards Osamu who was behind her and looked at him with a sharp look, she looked angry and annoyed and it was of course directed at Osamu.
"I asked, why did you let him fight alone, huh !!?? If only we were there, we could have helped him." Said Karen in an angry tone.
"..." While Osamu could only be silent and did not intterupt Karen's words in the slightest, because he knew doing that to a girl who was angry was tantamount to committing suicide.
"You Useless Nerd! Coward! " All the words of contempt and scolding were hurled by Karen at Osamu in a cold and disgusted tone.
"I should have stayed there to help him. Sh*t!!" Karen then kicked the ground below with an annoyed expression.
While Osamu, who had been silent, finally opened his mouth.
"Are you done talking?"
Karen just kept quiet and didn't intend to answer Osamu's question. He crossed his arms with a frown and tried his best not to look at Osamu's face.
"If you have finished talking, then let me talk."
"There's nothing you need to talk to me about, I don't care and I don't want to see your face again in front of me, f*ck off!" Karen said, glaring.
"Sorry, but I can't do that because we have to do what Reo ordered beforehand," Osamu said. He wiped his sweat and put on a serious expression.
"Huh? Shirogami-kun? What do you mean?" Karen asked, raising her eyebrows.
"Previously, you should have also heard Reo's words. He said a sentence, 'This place is not a cave.', So he said, right?." Osamu said.
"What's wrong with that? Maybe he's just kidding."
Hearing Karen's words, Osamu was facepalmed.
"You moron, how could he joke at a time like that. And also, aside from what Reo said. I did realize something strange before."
"Something strange?" Karen's anger began to subside and she seemed a little interested in Osamu's words this time.
Osamu nodded before saying.
"Do you remember, the cave where we lit a campfire before?"
"What's wrong with that?"
"Naturally, the structure of the cave should be a hole in the surface of the earth that is constantly protruding downward and has a surface that continues to decline, that's the structure of the cave that should be. But the cave that we occupied before ..."
When hearing Osamu's words, Karen suddenly remembered something before she widened her eyes.
"The surface is flat !?"
Hearing that Osamu nodded.
"That's right, the cave we lived in previously had a flat surface, there were no derivatives and the surface underneath was also moist soil instead of rocks. Besides, the hole was too short for a cave with such a large hole."
"That's mean..."
"That's mean, the cave is not a natural cave, but an artificial cave. No, if Reo says that it's not a cave, then what is it?" Osamu then looked thoughtful, he held his chin with a confused look.
The atmosphere became quiet before Osamu suddenly felt the surface of the ground beneath shudder.
* growl *
And suddenly--
"Don't tell me !!" Osamu then looked back, towards the Cave where the Dungeon Boss was before with wide eyes. Before he glanced back at Karen with a serious expression.
"This is bad !!"
"Huh? What's wrong?" Karen, who still didn't understand the meaning of Osamu's words, said in a confused tone. But Osamu immediately set foot and ran towards the opposite, towards the cave where they had stopped before.
"Oi, where are you going !?" Karen shouted when she saw Osamu running fast, while Osamu just said.
"There's no time to explain it, but the point is we have to go to where that bastard is bound right now !! If not, then he will die and we won't get any information from him."
Hearing that, Karen just nodded hesitantly before joining in following Osamu from behind. While Osamu seemed to grit his teeth and think.
'Damn, hopefully my guess isn't true. Because if not, from the beginning, we would have ... '
***
"... devour you!"
Right after Anaceen said that, her body slowly released a pink aura that seemed to blaze like fire.
"Hihihi."
Then, Anaceen stretched out her arms and the wall of the cave around Reo began to tremble and squirm, making it looks very disgusting.
* growwl *
"We'll see how you respond after seeing this, human." Anaceen then looked up before saying in a low voice.
"Aspect of Insects: Worm Racial Retribution, Poisonous Gas."
Then, small holes appeared all over the cave wall, it looked very terrifying and might make a person with Trypophobia die of fear just by seeing it. And then--
* casssp *
A dense pink gas is sprayed from the small holes, and anyone who sees it will know if the gas is an poisonous gas. Without wasting much time, Reo immediately covered his nose and mouth by using his haori and thinking.
'No doubt, my suspicions are true. This cave, from the beginning was not a cave ... But the body part of a monster, which is this woman herself. '
Then Anaceen's voice echoed in front of Reo.
"I, one of Querehsha's 12 Insects General, The Toxic Devourer, Anaceen will devour you."
Hearing that, Reo immediately prepared for an attack from the front but he could not detect Anaceen's presence at all. That's because from the beginning he had been inside Anaceen's stomach, so he could only detect the intentions emitted by her large body, without being able to detect where his small body was. In addition, the dense pink gas blocked his entire vision and he could only rely on Reinforcement Ki in his eyes, which was also useless because what Reo could see right now...
Only the aura of Anaceen's large body.
' I don't know if she really knew my weaknesses from the start or she was just very careful person. But right now, I really did get into the trap. '
Everything finally makes sense now. The reason why Reo could not detect the dungeon Boss, Anaceen's whereabouts was because from the very beginning, Reo's Navigation Ki had been deceived and manipulated by the presence of Anaceen.
She disguised her large body with the surrounding environment, which made her only look like a cave filled with Mana Crystals inside. And that deceives Reo's senses which then only considers it an ordinary cave. And also, Reo realized that actually there were absolutely no caves in this poisonous forest.
There are no mountains, hills or rivers. Automatically, the cave is also not possible to form naturally. And the two caves he found were part of the mouth and tail of Anaceen's massive interconnected body, a giant caterpillar! And that's when Reo realized that from the start, this had all been planned.
* blup *
When Reo heard the dripping slime, he then immediately got ready to jump. However, before he could move, he felt a disgusting slimy tentacle trapping both of his legs.
* syuut *
'Tsk. '
* boom * * splash *
However, Reo had already covered his two legs with Ki before swinging them and easily crushed the snare of the tentacle-like tongues.And without thinking, Reo immediately jumped up to avoid the attack from underground for the second time.
'I have absolutely no advantage if I have to fight on the ground right now, if only I can get out of this cave... i mean this creatures, then I can kill the original body from the outside. But ... '
Then Anaceen's voice came back.
"Aspect of Insects: Worm Racial Retribution, Poisonous Liquid."
* plub *
Reo who heard the dripping sound, then reflexively looked up and in an instant a purple liquid that looked like Slime fell right on Reo's body before he could avoid it. However, Reo readily retreated and immediately stood back on the ground.
* blink * * dap *
Reo who had once again stood on the ground, then looked towards his body with a deadpan expression. His clothes, his white Haori had been wet with that disgusting pink liquid.
"Oh ~, I'm not surprised if the poison can't melt an outfit made of steel spider thread but, Looks like that poisonous liquid doesn't affect your body either."
Of course Reo is not affected, poison cannot hurt him from the outside because of the Ki layer that covers his body, but it will still be very dangerous if the pink liquid or gas enters his body, after all Reo is just an ordinary human. He has absolutely no any special resistance to poisons.
'Now this is really bad, how do I get away from all this. '
If Reo fights directly against Anaceen in a balanced situation, Reo confidently says that he will 100% win the fight. But at this time, he did not even know how to kill Anaceen, whether by killing her large body, or her small body in front of him right now.
"Hihihi, how about that? Have you started to lose your consciousness, human?"
* bruuut *
Then, Anaceen's figure suddenly appeared from the ground. The way she appears and when her form is formed from the flesh of the belly of its large body makes it look very disgusting.
She then turned her gaze towards Reo in front of her who was seen standing with a sharp look.
"Looks like your body's endurance is so strong ~, Then there is no choice but to finish you off directly human."
But, it was a fatal mistake.
"Aspect of Insects: Worm Racial Retribution, The Real Form."
When she said that, nothing changed from Anaceen's appearance. But suddenly she slid towards Reo as if trying to hug him. Seeing that, Reo then pulled Honjo Masamune and crossed it.
* fwuosh *
Before he muttered.
"... Senbonzakura."
* swing * * swing * * swing *
Reo then madly swung his hand and sent dozens of successive slashes towards Anaceen. However, Anakeen's form suddenly disappeared as if absorbed by the ground and all of Reo's attacks are in vain.
* blup *
" What? "
Seeing that, Reo who was shocked at first returned to alert and prepared to send another slash, before suddenly he felt his legs as if being sucked into the suction mud. Feeling that, Reo then looked down and the sight before his eyes surprised him.
The surface underneath has completely transformed into a layer of slimy flesh which slowly absorbs his body.
* zyuuut *
"Tsk, what the f*ck id this disgusting thing."
Reo then covered the surface of his sword using Ki and launched a slash towards the layer of slimy flesh underneath, but it was useless.
* swing *
The slimy flesh quickly regenerated as if Reo's slash had no effect on it. Seeing that, Reo put on a serious expression.
'This disgusting object is too thick and strong, even I can't swing my legs to make a move to destroy it. And even if I destroy it, these meats will continue to regenerate again and again. '
When Reo was thinking about the solution to his problem at this time, the figure of Anaceen who had previously disappeared reappeared several meters in front of Reo who continued to be sucked into a thick layer of slimy flesh.
"Hihihi, slowly your body will be sucked and destroyed. How does it feel to be the food of a worm, human?" Anaceen grinned cruelly. Her naked body was exposed.
Hearing Anaceen's words, Reo seemed not to panic at all and said casually.
"Well, to be honest, I don't really like this feeling, I'm curious how it feels when that part of mine is swallowed by the flesh of your body, but I guess I'm still quite normal as a human and want to feel my first experience with a human too."
"Hm? What are you talking about?" Anaceen tilted her head innocently and seemed not to understand what Reo wanted to say. And hearing Anaceen's words, Reo just said.
"Well, I mean ... I'll kill you," Reo said with a mysterious smile even at a time like this.
"Huh?"
***
At this time, Osamu and Karen who were seen running finally arrived at the cave where they had lit a campfire before. And without further ado go straight inside.
"Phew, thank goodness he's still in this place." Osamu sighed in relief when he saw Amami's body which was still seen sitting unconscious and bound to one of the rocks in the cave.
"Yes ... Then what should we do now?" Asked Karen who was standing beside him.
Osamu was then seen moving closer to Amami and trying to untie him. While doing that, he said.
"This place is very dangerous. First of all, let's get the body of this bastard out of here."
Hearing that, Karen nodded. When they were running before, Osamu had explained to Karen his hypothesis that he had taken from Reo's words and his observations so far. Karen then immediately approached Amami before she realized something.
"Hey, Osamu. You said before that this cave is a body part of a monster right?"
Hearing that, Osamu who was seen raising Amami's body raised his eyebrows.
"Hm? What's wrong?"
"If that's the case, can't we help Shirogami-kun by bringing down this cave using my fire magic?"
Hearing that, Osamu suddenly widened his eyes before a smile appeared on his face.
" Yes, of course. "
***
* drip *
Silence enveloped the cave when Anaceen heard what Reo said. Kill him, he say? To Anaceen, that sounded like a very bad joke.
"Kill me, you say? Pfft, Pwhahahahaha. What did you say just now? Kill me? You want to kill me?... You really don't understand the situation you're facing right now, aren't you, human?" Anaceen burst out laughing at the words of Reo.
While Reo just smiled, his expression did not change. After a while, the smile on Anaceen's face then disappeared.
"That's right, you really are a stupid creature who can't judge the situation. Well, at first I just wanted to enjoy the time by watching you slowly devoured by a layer of flesh in my body, but I changed my mind at this time."
Anaceen then looked sharply towards Reo, and the pink aura slowly emanated from her body.
" Right now, I'll kill you right away."
Anaceen then began to form a sword from a layer of flesh beneath him while saying.
"Now regret what you say in the hereafter, and be delicious cicadas."
However, before Anaceen can move at all from her place. Suddenly an explosion came from the darkness of the cave that echoed and could be heard by Reo and Anaceen clearly.
* Boom *
Hearing that, Anaceen widened her eyes and murmured.
"That voice !?"
And suddenly, the meat that tried to gobble up Reo slowly shook strangely before the bond slowly relaxed and allowed Reo to move his legs freely.
"It seems like those idiots understand the meaning of what I said before ..." Reo said thinking about Osamu and Karen, without wasting any time he immediately mounted his stance and prepared to attack Anaceen.
"Damn it !! what those bastards did to my beautiful tail," Anaceen said with an angry expression, but without realizing that Reo had mounted his stance perfectly.
Reo was seen grasping the handle of his sword using both of his hands and crossing it at his left side, his mouth was covered with the hilt of his sword and his golden eyes glowed in the darkness. Seeing that Anaceen grinned broadly and said in a confident tone.
"Are you idiot !! Didn't you learn from your mistakes !? Your attack won't be able to hit me the same as before, your efforts are in vain !! "
While Reo who heard it only said in a low voice.
"Sorry to disappoint you but, the attack I will launch right now is inevitable... because it is not bound by the concept of time."
"Huh? What are you talking about--" Anaceen tried to denounce Reo's words, but before she could finish her words, Reo suddenly disappeared from his place and in an instant arrived before her.
"Shirogami Itto-Ryu, Hiken ..."
In that short amount of time, Reo's golden eyes exuded a grisly killing intent that made Anaceen's entire body stiffen by just looking at him. And at that moment, Anaceen finally saw her own death. The whole world became silent for a moment before Reo murmured softly.
... Tsubame Gaeshi. "
Feeling a strong presence suddenly made Reo widen his eyes in surprise. He looked up and his golden cornea glowed as he looked at the darkness on the ceiling of the cave. There isn't a Mana Crystal that looks attached to it.
And that's when, Reo saw the two pink eyes that shined through the darkness, it was clear that there was someone who was currently there. The aura and intense killing intent emitted by that figure. But the aura was quite confusing to Reo's senses, the aura that emitted by the creature was indeed very strong but at the same time Reo felt its aura wasn't that strong.
'Now I'm sure ... The person who spoke just now is this Red Gate Dungeon Boss. But there is a lump in my mind, why previously I could not detect her presence at all? How could she hide her strong presence from my Navigation Ki? '
Various questions crossed Reo's mind before he suddenly heard Karen's fearful voice from behind him.
"This is ... Shirogami-kun."
Reo glanced slightly backward, it was clear that the aura emitted by the creature made Karen frightened, after all Reo estimated that the monster's rank might be a Low-level S-Rank only from its aura, although he was not sure of that estimate.
'Meeting an S-Rank Monster in a B-Rank Dungeon, what a ridiculous scenario.' Reo thought, smiling faintly. A few moments later the woman's voice was heard again and this time accompanied by a disgusting voice that was heard when the body of a caterpillar covered by mucus rubbed against the ground.
* casspp *
"Though Zeboub has kindly lent me some of his subordinates, but look what you did. You killed one of them. Now who will bring me human flesh, my fresh lunch?"
1
* casspp *
Then, from behind the darkness slowly appeared a giant caterpillar. The caterpillar has three pairs of red eyes on each side of its face, its cylindrical body coated by a brownish-black steel proglotid makes it look fused with the surface of the cave.
But the thing that caught Reo's attention the most was the figure that came out of the caterpillar's big mouth, it was a beautiful woman with an exciting naked body. She has pink skin that distinguishes it from humans, her hair links extending to the bottom and covers her nipples, her body is filled with disgusting mucus and her lower body looks bound to the flesh of the caterpillar. A red crystal appears on her shoulder.
There was no mistaking that the woman who was the person who had talked to him just now, Reo assumed that the pink woman was an existence similar to that steel caterpillar.
"Finally appeared ... The Dungeon Boss," Reo murmured quietly.
Karen who heard that immediately tightened her grip on the wand in her hand, and looked up to her face. Meanwhile, Osamu who was beside Karen put on a serious expression.
The worm was seen hanging on the ceiling of the cave and facing Reo and the others. While the pinkish woman suddenly smiled, her sharp eyes stared at the three of them in confusion. She then murmured, but it was loud enough to be heard by Reo whose entire senses were strengthened using Ki.
"But if the three of them are still alive, that means that guy ... Heh! How useless, just completing an easy task like this he can't. Actually what that person is thinking of sending a trash like him."
Hearing the murmur of the woman, Reo raised his eyebrows suspiciously.
' That man? Scout-san, huh. ' Reo thought.
"Well, it's none of my business, after all, they've given me what I want. Right now all I need to do is kill the three of them, then all the business will be over."
Hearing that, Reo raised his hand and placed it on the hilt of the katana hanging from his waist. Karen, who was just silent, suddenly opened her mouth.
"Hey, what should we do now? Are we going to fight her?"
"Are you afraid?"
Asked Reo, their eyes met. Hearing that, Karen nodded, though not as before, she didn't cry or complain about the bad conditions that had befallen her.
After a while of being seen thinking about something, Reo suddenly smiled before turning his gaze back towards the woman.
"Then immediately leave this cave and bring Glasses-kun with you. Your task is complete and you will instead prevent me if you stay here," said Reo.
Hearing that, Karen widened her eyes.
"B-but ... There's no way you can face a Dungeon Boss from a Red Gate alone."
"..."
Karen was then seen trying to explain this to Reo who only stared at her with a deadpan expression.
"I mean ... even though the two of us can't help you directly to deal with her. But at least I and Osamu can get rid of the remaining monsters when you face the Dungeon Boss."
"Didn't you just say that you are afraid of that creature."
"I was scared, but ..." Karen looked confused about what to say, but Reo knew what it was.
Even Reo, who was not sensitive to the emotions of others, realized that some of the terrible events they had faced before had changed Karen, both mentally and physically.
When Karen was hesitating, Reo then looked aware of something, he glanced down at the ground for a few seconds before turning towards Osamu who was standing next to Karen with a tense expression. Sweat trickled down his forehead.
"Glasses-kun."
" What? "
"This is not a cave," Reo answered curtly, he put on a deadpan expression. While Osamu who heard that could only say a word.
"Huh?"
However, before Reo could finish his words the woman opened her mouth again. This time, there was no hospitality like before in the tone of her voice, it was full of arrogance and dominance.
"Who allowed you to speak in front of me? Get down on your knees!"
* buzz *
The walls of the cave shook as the pressure of the magical energy around him grew stronger as a result of the woman's actions. However, Reo just casually used his Domination Ki and--
* buzz * * fwuosh *
The wind blew throughout the cave when the pressure of the magical energy emitted by the woman was successfully restrained by Reo by using his Domination Ki. Seeing that her pressure could not affect Reo and the others, the woman widened her eyes.
' Uh? '
Before suddenly she grinned broadly, her cheeks turned red and her gaze looked like someone who was in ecstasy. She then licked her red lips using her long snake-like tongue.
"Looks like you're quite strong for a human ..."
The woman then tried to scan the magic energy possessed by Reo, but the result made her put a confused expression on her face. He tilted her head innocently and touched her lips with her index finger.
"Hmm ~? But this is very strange ... Why can't I feel the slightest bit of magical energy in your body?" The woman was moving her head right and left, waiting for Reo's answer.
But Reo only kept quiet and prepared himself if there was a sudden attack launched by the woman.
"But it doesn't matter, you can withstand the pressure I'm emitting. So your taste must be very tasty, hey human ... Let me, Lady Anaceen devour your delicious body."
The eyes of the woman who called herself Anaceen then glowed and emitted a terrifying magic energy and made Reo widen his eyes. But Reo widened his eyes not because he was surprised by Anaceen's magic energy, but rather ...
"Glasses-kun, quickly take Idol-san away from this cave," Reo said in a low voice.
Hearing that Osamu who initially hesitated immediately nodded and turned around. He then took Karen's hand and said.
" Let's go. "
"Are you stupid !? If we break up it's the same as letting Shirogami-kun die. If that happens then ..." Karen knew, they would die too of Reo die. Without Reo, there is no hope to face the Dungeon Boss.
But, even though he knew that, Osamu seemed unmoved.
"Didn't you hear what he just said? We're just going to prevent him, so let's go out of this cave."
Hearing that Karen widened her eyes, she then turned towards Reo who looked relaxed as if telling her to leave the cave as soon as possible. Karen then closed her eyes before clenching her teeth and turning around.
"Tsk, alright."
Osamu who heard that nodded, before Karen removed her hand from Osamu's grasp.
"Also, let go of my hand!"
Osamu who heard that immediately took his hand off Karen, and only saw Karen who was seen running straight out of the cave. While he was silent for a moment and glanced a bit at Reo who was behind him with a mysterious look before starting to step and follow Karen from behind. They both left Reo alone in the cave.
Seeing that two of his prey were trying to escape, Anaceen said.
"I will not let any of you escape."
Suddenly, four figures appeared from the darkness. It was a figure of the same type as the fly man Reo had killed outside before, Insectnoid with the type of fly.
* psssst *
The sound of hissing and flapping of wings from the four Insectnoids could be heard in Reo's ears, they were seen flying very fast and trying to catch up to Osamu and Karen who had first run out of the cave.
But...
"Kriieeet!"
* Zap *
Reo suddenly moved from his place and in an instant was in front of one of the Insectnoids. His golden eyes stared coldly at the big red eyes of the Insectnoid, he crossed his sword to the side and ...
* swing * * spurt *
In less than a second, the head of the Insectnoid was immediately cut off from his body when Reo slashed his neck at a terrifying speed. Only visible flashes of white light in such a short time, the Insectnoid died in a state not ready for Reo's sudden attack.
But that is not the end.
"Krieeet."
* clang *
The sound of an iron clang was heard as the blade sticking out from the Insectnoid's hand collided with the surface of Honjo Masamune. The black blade, a dark green aura was seen surrounding the blade, and made it able to survive when it collided directly with Honjo Masamune which had been coated using Ki.
'This one is stronger than the one I faced outside before, both physically and the magical energy emitted by his body. The number of Ki like this will not be enough to penetrate his hard skin, besides that ... His attack will hurt me if I don't use Full-sheath Ki to coat my body. '
And when Reo was deep in thought, suddenly another Insectnoid also started to attack Reo. One of the Insectnoids flew towards Reo like a missile and positioned the two blades in his hand like a spear trying to pierce Reo's body.
However, Reo who had felt his intention to use Ki, immediately responded quickly ...
* tap * * wuup *
Reo turned his wrist sideways and changed the position of his sword from top to bottom, it indirectly made the blade in the Insectoid's hand that touched the Reo's sword also twisted.
All of that happened in a very short time before Reo was seen releasing his grip on the hilt of his sword before twisting his body on the air.
* fwuosh * * bump *
He then cruelly sent a spinning top-kick using his right leg that had been strengthened by Reo forcement Ki, right on the head of the Insectoid and immediately knocked him to the ground.
* crack *
The body of the fly then hits the surface of the ground, but instead of cracking, the surface of the ground just cracks before the insect's body looks like it has been spun like an object dropped on a soft surface like a mattress.
"That's ..." Reo widened his eyes when he saw that, before his gaze returned to planting. The sight before his eyes just now confirmed his suspicions.
' I knew it... '
But Reo realized that at this time he was still not safe, the attack came from behind and his balance in the air began to falter. Reo has absolutely no skill that can make him fly or float in the air, therefore he also has a limit to remain in the air. But that is not a loss at all to Reo, but rather an advantage.
"Kriieeet"
When the tip of the Insectnoid's blade almost hit Reo, he had already fallen so that the Insectoid's attack ended in vain.
* fwuup *
Reo fell to the ground and he glanced down a bit, there he saw the Insectnoid he had previously flung while struggling and trying to stand up. But, with a cold expression on his face, Reo--
* fwuosh * * bump *
"Gack--"
With his two legs that had been strengthened by Ki, Reo landed directly on the head of the Insectnoid and in an instant broke his head into minced meat, like someone who was breaking a balloon by stepping on it.
* spurt *
Blood sprayed around the body of the Insectnoid who had lost his head, he even died immediately even though he could not finish his death groan. Seeing two of the four Insectnoids just killed by Reo made Anaceen narrow her eyes.
"You ..."
But instead of being angry Anaceen smiled broadly.
"Awesome ~."
"Huh?" Even Reo raised his eyebrows because of the unexpected response from Anaceen. Honestly, he didn't see that coming. The response was beyond his expectations.
"Hey Miss Caterpillar, are you alright?" Reo then began to move from his place and put his feet back on the ground. He glanced slightly towards the surface of the ground he stepped on, but so as not to look suspicious he looked back at Anaceen who was still casually hanging on the ceiling of the cave.
"You defeat those flies very easily even though you don't have magic energy in your body," Anaceen said. The two remaining Insectnoids also began to retreat and were seen floating in the air, they stopped their attack on Reo.
"I've never seen humans like you, even without the power of the Ruler you can still fight Monsters like us."
"Ruler?" Hear unfamiliar vocabulary, Reo raised his eyebrows and frowned, muttering under his breath.
"Or perhaps, you are the King of humanity?" Asked Anaceen with her innocent face, her expression fickle and even Reo himself could not properly assess Anaceen's personality.
1
"King, huh. You monsters are really outdated, aren't you? Are you also using the monarchy system as your government system. No, I think it's only natural to remember that you are creatures that determine leaders based on strength." Reo said with a relaxed smile.
"Hoho ~, so you don't have a King for your race?"
Hearing that, Reo shrugged his shoulders.
"Well, human beings are selfish and full of greed, none of them want to be bound to one rule and be under someone's leadership. We are not a loyal creatures like you, monsters."
Said Reo with a faint smile. Hearing a hint of sarcasm behind Reo's words, the smile on Anaceen's face disappeared.
"Whether it's praise or insult, I don't know."
"That's a compliment, why do you consider it an insult?" Reo said, stretching out his hands. Hearing that Anaceen was silent before Reo continued his words.
"And also ... Like I said before, humans really are very selfish, a very selfish creatures. For example, I don't expect there is a man who intentionally cooperates with monsters and betrays his own race. Killing his comrades with a smile on his face. "
Hearing Reo's words, Anaceen's expression seemed unchanged. But actually she knew what Reo meant.
"Then what does that have to do with me ...?"
"No, no, it really has nothing to do with you if you really think of it that way, I guess?" Reo said with a mysterious look. He then continued as the smile on his face slowly disappeared.
"It's just ... I don't understand why you deliberately revealed the fact that you have have some connection with that man to me, Miss Caterpillar."
The atmosphere then became silent in an instant when Reo said that. Not a sound was heard apart from the flapping of wings of the Insectnoids and the drops of water that touched the ground.
* drip *
Before Suddenly--
"Hihihihihi, So you realize it ~ You are increasingly looking delicious, human."
Anaceen giggled in a terrifying voice, a wide grin on her face made her look like a freak. Her tongue stuck out as she spoke to Reo. Hearing Anaceen's laughter, Reo put a deadpan expression on his face.
"..."
Anaceen's pink eyes then shone before she said in a low tone that would make everyone shiver when they heard it.
"I don't know how you realize it but it makes me even more impatient ...
"..."
... to devour you. "
***
"* pant * * pant *"
Right now outside the cave, there were Osamu and Karen panting after running with all their might to avoid the pursuit of the Monsters.
Karen is seen grasping her knee while trying to catch her breath while Osamu can still stand and hold his waist. The awkward atmosphere still enveloped the two of them after what had happened before.
"You * pant * ... why did you let him fight alone?" Karen suddenly opened her mouth.
"Huh?"
Karen then turned towards Osamu who was behind her and looked at him with a sharp look, she looked angry and annoyed and it was of course directed at Osamu.
"I asked, why did you let him fight alone, huh !!?? If only we were there, we could have helped him." Said Karen in an angry tone.
"..." While Osamu could only be silent and did not intterupt Karen's words in the slightest, because he knew doing that to a girl who was angry was tantamount to committing suicide.
"You Useless Nerd! Coward! " All the words of contempt and scolding were hurled by Karen at Osamu in a cold and disgusted tone.
"I should have stayed there to help him. Sh*t!!" Karen then kicked the ground below with an annoyed expression.
While Osamu, who had been silent, finally opened his mouth.
"Are you done talking?"
Karen just kept quiet and didn't intend to answer Osamu's question. He crossed his arms with a frown and tried his best not to look at Osamu's face.
"If you have finished talking, then let me talk."
"There's nothing you need to talk to me about, I don't care and I don't want to see your face again in front of me, f*ck off!" Karen said, glaring.
"Sorry, but I can't do that because we have to do what Reo ordered beforehand," Osamu said. He wiped his sweat and put on a serious expression.
"Huh? Shirogami-kun? What do you mean?" Karen asked, raising her eyebrows.
"Previously, you should have also heard Reo's words. He said a sentence, 'This place is not a cave.', So he said, right?." Osamu said.
"What's wrong with that? Maybe he's just kidding."
Hearing Karen's words, Osamu was facepalmed.
"You moron, how could he joke at a time like that. And also, aside from what Reo said. I did realize something strange before."
"Something strange?" Karen's anger began to subside and she seemed a little interested in Osamu's words this time.
Osamu nodded before saying.
"Do you remember, the cave where we lit a campfire before?"
"What's wrong with that?"
"Naturally, the structure of the cave should be a hole in the surface of the earth that is constantly protruding downward and has a surface that continues to decline, that's the structure of the cave that should be. But the cave that we occupied before ..."
When hearing Osamu's words, Karen suddenly remembered something before she widened her eyes.
"The surface is flat !?"
Hearing that Osamu nodded.
"That's right, the cave we lived in previously had a flat surface, there were no derivatives and the surface underneath was also moist soil instead of rocks. Besides, the hole was too short for a cave with such a large hole."
"That's mean..."
"That's mean, the cave is not a natural cave, but an artificial cave. No, if Reo says that it's not a cave, then what is it?" Osamu then looked thoughtful, he held his chin with a confused look.
The atmosphere became quiet before Osamu suddenly felt the surface of the ground beneath shudder.
* growl *
And suddenly--
"Don't tell me !!" Osamu then looked back, towards the Cave where the Dungeon Boss was before with wide eyes. Before he glanced back at Karen with a serious expression.
"This is bad !!"
"Huh? What's wrong?" Karen, who still didn't understand the meaning of Osamu's words, said in a confused tone. But Osamu immediately set foot and ran towards the opposite, towards the cave where they had stopped before.
"Oi, where are you going !?" Karen shouted when she saw Osamu running fast, while Osamu just said.
"There's no time to explain it, but the point is we have to go to where that bastard is bound right now !! If not, then he will die and we won't get any information from him."
Hearing that, Karen just nodded hesitantly before joining in following Osamu from behind. While Osamu seemed to grit his teeth and think.
'Damn, hopefully my guess isn't true. Because if not, from the beginning, we would have ... '
***
"... devour you!"
Right after Anaceen said that, her body slowly released a pink aura that seemed to blaze like fire.
"Hihihi."
Then, Anaceen stretched out her arms and the wall of the cave around Reo began to tremble and squirm, making it looks very disgusting.
* growwl *
"We'll see how you respond after seeing this, human." Anaceen then looked up before saying in a low voice.
"Aspect of Insects: Worm Racial Retribution, Poisonous Gas."
Then, small holes appeared all over the cave wall, it looked very terrifying and might make a person with Trypophobia die of fear just by seeing it. And then--
* casssp *
A dense pink gas is sprayed from the small holes, and anyone who sees it will know if the gas is an poisonous gas. Without wasting much time, Reo immediately covered his nose and mouth by using his haori and thinking.
'No doubt, my suspicions are true. This cave, from the beginning was not a cave ... But the body part of a monster, which is this woman herself. '
Then Anaceen's voice echoed in front of Reo.
"I, one of Querehsha's 12 Insects General, The Toxic Devourer, Anaceen will devour you."
Hearing that, Reo immediately prepared for an attack from the front but he could not detect Anaceen's presence at all. That's because from the beginning he had been inside Anaceen's stomach, so he could only detect the intentions emitted by her large body, without being able to detect where his small body was. In addition, the dense pink gas blocked his entire vision and he could only rely on Reinforcement Ki in his eyes, which was also useless because what Reo could see right now...
Only the aura of Anaceen's large body.
' I don't know if she really knew my weaknesses from the start or she was just very careful person. But right now, I really did get into the trap. '
Everything finally makes sense now. The reason why Reo could not detect the dungeon Boss, Anaceen's whereabouts was because from the very beginning, Reo's Navigation Ki had been deceived and manipulated by the presence of Anaceen.
She disguised her large body with the surrounding environment, which made her only look like a cave filled with Mana Crystals inside. And that deceives Reo's senses which then only considers it an ordinary cave. And also, Reo realized that actually there were absolutely no caves in this poisonous forest.
There are no mountains, hills or rivers. Automatically, the cave is also not possible to form naturally. And the two caves he found were part of the mouth and tail of Anaceen's massive interconnected body, a giant caterpillar! And that's when Reo realized that from the start, this had all been planned.
* blup *
When Reo heard the dripping slime, he then immediately got ready to jump. However, before he could move, he felt a disgusting slimy tentacle trapping both of his legs.
* syuut *
'Tsk. '
* boom * * splash *
However, Reo had already covered his two legs with Ki before swinging them and easily crushed the snare of the tentacle-like tongues.And without thinking, Reo immediately jumped up to avoid the attack from underground for the second time.
'I have absolutely no advantage if I have to fight on the ground right now, if only I can get out of this cave... i mean this creatures, then I can kill the original body from the outside. But ... '
Then Anaceen's voice came back.
"Aspect of Insects: Worm Racial Retribution, Poisonous Liquid."
* plub *
Reo who heard the dripping sound, then reflexively looked up and in an instant a purple liquid that looked like Slime fell right on Reo's body before he could avoid it. However, Reo readily retreated and immediately stood back on the ground.
* blink * * dap *
Reo who had once again stood on the ground, then looked towards his body with a deadpan expression. His clothes, his white Haori had been wet with that disgusting pink liquid.
"Oh ~, I'm not surprised if the poison can't melt an outfit made of steel spider thread but, Looks like that poisonous liquid doesn't affect your body either."
Of course Reo is not affected, poison cannot hurt him from the outside because of the Ki layer that covers his body, but it will still be very dangerous if the pink liquid or gas enters his body, after all Reo is just an ordinary human. He has absolutely no any special resistance to poisons.
'Now this is really bad, how do I get away from all this. '
If Reo fights directly against Anaceen in a balanced situation, Reo confidently says that he will 100% win the fight. But at this time, he did not even know how to kill Anaceen, whether by killing her large body, or her small body in front of him right now.
"Hihihi, how about that? Have you started to lose your consciousness, human?"
* bruuut *
Then, Anaceen's figure suddenly appeared from the ground. The way she appears and when her form is formed from the flesh of the belly of its large body makes it look very disgusting.
She then turned her gaze towards Reo in front of her who was seen standing with a sharp look.
"Looks like your body's endurance is so strong ~, Then there is no choice but to finish you off directly human."
But, it was a fatal mistake.
"Aspect of Insects: Worm Racial Retribution, The Real Form."
When she said that, nothing changed from Anaceen's appearance. But suddenly she slid towards Reo as if trying to hug him. Seeing that, Reo then pulled Honjo Masamune and crossed it.
* fwuosh *
Before he muttered.
"... Senbonzakura."
* swing * * swing * * swing *
Reo then madly swung his hand and sent dozens of successive slashes towards Anaceen. However, Anakeen's form suddenly disappeared as if absorbed by the ground and all of Reo's attacks are in vain.
* blup *
" What? "
Seeing that, Reo who was shocked at first returned to alert and prepared to send another slash, before suddenly he felt his legs as if being sucked into the suction mud. Feeling that, Reo then looked down and the sight before his eyes surprised him.
The surface underneath has completely transformed into a layer of slimy flesh which slowly absorbs his body.
* zyuuut *
"Tsk, what the f*ck id this disgusting thing."
Reo then covered the surface of his sword using Ki and launched a slash towards the layer of slimy flesh underneath, but it was useless.
* swing *
The slimy flesh quickly regenerated as if Reo's slash had no effect on it. Seeing that, Reo put on a serious expression.
'This disgusting object is too thick and strong, even I can't swing my legs to make a move to destroy it. And even if I destroy it, these meats will continue to regenerate again and again. '
When Reo was thinking about the solution to his problem at this time, the figure of Anaceen who had previously disappeared reappeared several meters in front of Reo who continued to be sucked into a thick layer of slimy flesh.
"Hihihi, slowly your body will be sucked and destroyed. How does it feel to be the food of a worm, human?" Anaceen grinned cruelly. Her naked body was exposed.
Hearing Anaceen's words, Reo seemed not to panic at all and said casually.
"Well, to be honest, I don't really like this feeling, I'm curious how it feels when that part of mine is swallowed by the flesh of your body, but I guess I'm still quite normal as a human and want to feel my first experience with a human too."
"Hm? What are you talking about?" Anaceen tilted her head innocently and seemed not to understand what Reo wanted to say. And hearing Anaceen's words, Reo just said.
"Well, I mean ... I'll kill you," Reo said with a mysterious smile even at a time like this.
"Huh?"
***
At this time, Osamu and Karen who were seen running finally arrived at the cave where they had lit a campfire before. And without further ado go straight inside.
"Phew, thank goodness he's still in this place." Osamu sighed in relief when he saw Amami's body which was still seen sitting unconscious and bound to one of the rocks in the cave.
"Yes ... Then what should we do now?" Asked Karen who was standing beside him.
Osamu was then seen moving closer to Amami and trying to untie him. While doing that, he said.
"This place is very dangerous. First of all, let's get the body of this bastard out of here."
Hearing that, Karen nodded. When they were running before, Osamu had explained to Karen his hypothesis that he had taken from Reo's words and his observations so far. Karen then immediately approached Amami before she realized something.
"Hey, Osamu. You said before that this cave is a body part of a monster right?"
Hearing that, Osamu who was seen raising Amami's body raised his eyebrows.
"Hm? What's wrong?"
"If that's the case, can't we help Shirogami-kun by bringing down this cave using my fire magic?"
Hearing that, Osamu suddenly widened his eyes before a smile appeared on his face.
" Yes, of course. "
***
* drip *
Silence enveloped the cave when Anaceen heard what Reo said. Kill him, he say? To Anaceen, that sounded like a very bad joke.
"Kill me, you say? Pfft, Pwhahahahaha. What did you say just now? Kill me? You want to kill me?... You really don't understand the situation you're facing right now, aren't you, human?" Anaceen burst out laughing at the words of Reo.
While Reo just smiled, his expression did not change. After a while, the smile on Anaceen's face then disappeared.
"That's right, you really are a stupid creature who can't judge the situation. Well, at first I just wanted to enjoy the time by watching you slowly devoured by a layer of flesh in my body, but I changed my mind at this time."
Anaceen then looked sharply towards Reo, and the pink aura slowly emanated from her body.
" Right now, I'll kill you right away."
Anaceen then began to form a sword from a layer of flesh beneath him while saying.
"Now regret what you say in the hereafter, and be delicious cicadas."
However, before Anaceen can move at all from her place. Suddenly an explosion came from the darkness of the cave that echoed and could be heard by Reo and Anaceen clearly.
* Boom *
Hearing that, Anaceen widened her eyes and murmured.
"That voice !?"
And suddenly, the meat that tried to gobble up Reo slowly shook strangely before the bond slowly relaxed and allowed Reo to move his legs freely.
"It seems like those idiots understand the meaning of what I said before ..." Reo said thinking about Osamu and Karen, without wasting any time he immediately mounted his stance and prepared to attack Anaceen.
"Damn it !! what those bastards did to my beautiful tail," Anaceen said with an angry expression, but without realizing that Reo had mounted his stance perfectly.
Reo was seen grasping the handle of his sword using both of his hands and crossing it at his left side, his mouth was covered with the hilt of his sword and his golden eyes glowed in the darkness. Seeing that Anaceen grinned broadly and said in a confident tone.
"Are you idiot !! Didn't you learn from your mistakes !? Your attack won't be able to hit me the same as before, your efforts are in vain !! "
While Reo who heard it only said in a low voice.
"Sorry to disappoint you but, the attack I will launch right now is inevitable... because it is not bound by the concept of time."
"Huh? What are you talking about--" Anaceen tried to denounce Reo's words, but before she could finish her words, Reo suddenly disappeared from his place and in an instant arrived before her.
"Shirogami Itto-Ryu, Hiken ..."
In that short amount of time, Reo's golden eyes exuded a grisly killing intent that made Anaceen's entire body stiffen by just looking at him. And at that moment, Anaceen finally saw her own death. The whole world became silent for a moment before Reo murmured softly.
... Tsubame Gaeshi. "
