The Saintessâ Serious Mode 3
[I was a little, surprised.]
âI thought you were done in there as well!â
Rin was safe.
I thought it mightâve been a big loss for a large hole to have been opened on its body, but it appears that Rin [Opened the hole itself]. As expected of a slime, itâs even able to do emergency evasion methods like that huh.
Though thanks to that, we have a huge hole in the roomâs ceiling now.
[When she, held out that hand, I got a bad, feeling.]
âAs expected of Rin. You got my respect, boss.â
[Kukuku, I am, strong, after all.]
You could say that again. Still, that saintess is also something. She somehow evaded Rinâs attacks while chanting, managing to let off that cannon-like magic at close range. I donât think Iâd be able to do that even if I knew Iâd be fine dying.
[Iâm a bit, hungry. Kehma, mind getting, eaten?]
âNn? Sure, go for it.â
[Nom. Om nomâŠ]
Rin quickly gulped down the messenger golem. It feels like itâs been a while since that happened. Also, it wasnât whether or not Iâd get eaten, but if I minded it huh. Me getting eaten was already done and decided on huh⊠well, itâs fine. Yep.
Looks like the saintess wonât be able to defeat Rin after all. Mine dungeonâs protector is a wall! [1]
⊠I might raise a flag if I keep going, so letâs stop there.
For now, the saintess doesnât look like sheâs going to come back today, so how about I get back to the gargoyle mass production stuff? The main thing Iâm working on right now is fire arm gargoyles that have thirty fire magic formations engraved onto their arms. Iâve made ten of them so far.
Using an iron golem as the base, I hybridized it with clay shoulders so that they wouldnât damage themselves with the heat⊠Their iron arms will be super hot because of the fire, so theyâll burn stuff when they touch it. Fufufu. I also took the chance and polished them. Itâll be awesome if they roared while glowing a hot red.
Although⊠it burns through a stupid amount of magic stones. Itâs to the point that it takes 10 DP worth of magic stones for their arms to be active for an hour. Because Iâm using practically identical magic formations, they take up 300 DP per.
Looks like theyâll be able to do various things too. Expand your dreams, gargoyles⊠[2]
⊠Huh? But hasnât it become a physical attack rather than a magical attack after all?
Hmmm, I could try it out if I summoned a ghost-type monster. Letâs give it a shot when the saintessâ seal expires.
*
The second day that the saintess was taking it seriously. So that she could confirm the black wolfâs death, the saintess carefully looked into the roomâand the black wolf looked back.
The saintess hurriedly took a distance from the room. To put it in a way easier to understand, she ran away.
She didnât hesitate at all. She knew firsthand that she would be dead if she delayed her judgement at all.
âHah, haah, haahâŠâ
After taking a sufficient distance, the saintess calmed her rough breathing.
⊠Impossible, was the wolf immortal? The gaping hole from the day before had closed as well. She thought about things like that.
There was nothing she could do but kill it immediately. Maybe it would die if she destroyed its head?
Is it an immortal beast? Still, as long as it was a monster that belonged to the dungeon, its healing should be slowed through the effects of [Treaty].
If itâs a dungeon boss, all the moreâ
⊠Just then, the saintess realized that something was off.
There was nothing in common between the demons that appeared in the dungeon and the black wolf.
That was the usual trend for dungeons.
For example, fire-attributed, demi-human-type, or beast-type.
Right, that way, you could even call a dungeonâs monsters the dungeon bossâ subordinates.
The monsters that appeared in this dungeonâother than the jellies that appeared in placesâcould be roughly divided into being either goblins or golems.
Both kinds of monsters were close to being earth-attributed.
The demi-human goblins and the bio-magical golems. Their commonality was a bit weak, butâ
âin a place like that, there suddenly appeared a dark-attributed beast type.
Going with the usual course of events, it wouldnât be odd for the boss monster to be a goblin or a golem. Something with a humanoid shape for example. Itâs not like the boss monster has to share things in common with all of the demons, but⊠at the very least, sheâd never heard of something like a boss that didnât share anything in common with the other monsters.
Dark-attributed. Beast-type. Overwhelming physical strength. Immortal resilience. She couldnât find anything in common. It was obviously unnatural.
â⊠Perhaps, no, itâs⊠itâs not without precedence, itâs possibleâŠâ
The saintess thought.
(Perhaps, is that black wolf a field monster that has no relation to the dungeon?)
She felt that was the correct answer.
According to the preparatory audit, this dungeon named [Ordinary Cave] originally only had goblins. It went through a transition phase, becoming able to also have traps and golems.
Moreover, magic swords as well.
Considering the course of events, it was a pretty possible thing that it was just a field monster unrelated to the dungeon that took up residence here.
⊠The original encounter was near the second floor, causing the saintess to be summoned over. She heard from the guildâs report that it had destroyed the [Gate of Wisdom].
In other words, wasnât that alone enough proof that it came from outside of the dungeon?
Using that conclusion⊠that black wolf was probably entirely unrelated to the dungeon.
In that case, [Treaty] wouldnât have any effect on the black wolf.
It was a very worrisome fact, but at the same time, that meant that since it wasnât related to the dungeon, that also meant it wouldnât revive if she completed defeated it.
Then sheâd only have to go all the way this time.
The saintess made her decision.
She began the incantation for [Ray of Judgement]. In exchange for its strength versus wicked existences, this magic had an incredibly lengthy incantation. It was natural as something stronger than the upper class to be so long, but due to its incantationâs length, it wasnât suited for combat. Instead, it was often used as a [Warning] of the light god punishing sins.
But the saintess held no doubt that it wouldnât be effective against the black wolf this time.
Because this time, she would aim for its head.
She looked into the room with the black wolf in it before the incantation completed.
The black wolf⊠wasnât there.
(⊠Huh? Itâs not there?)
She wondered. However, she couldnât stop the incantation once it was started.
Timidly, she took a step into the room. She thought that it might have hidden itself in a blind spot from the entrance, but that wasnât it⊠perhaps it had moved out of the room?
If it was a monster irrelevant to the dungeon, that might have been the case. It would be strange for it to stay in a room that it knew might endanger its life if it stayed. It would only do something like that if it had circumstances as to why it couldnât move, was confident in its ability to win, or was just an idiot.
But what should she do? The incantation had already completed. Firing it for no reason would just cause her to collapse from running dry on magical power. She didnât have the time to stick around any longer.
[GurururuâŠ]
She heard the wolfâs growl. From behind her.
ââ[Ray of Judgement]!!â
The timing was great. She hadnât had much more time. Turning around to look at the damage the beam did, it coincidentally managed to hit the black wolfâs head.
âI did itâ!?â
The wolfâs head burst open. However, the saintess felt a sizzling bloodthirst.
Her body lost strength, falling down to the ground in accordance with gravity.
⊠The headless wolfâs foreleg cut through the air, straight towards the saintessâ upper body.
(Impossibleâhow is it moving without a head!?)
While her consciousness blurred due to running out of magical power, the saintess saw something unbelievable. A burbling black mass grew out from the area that its head should have been, producing a new head.
âHa, haha⊠what⊠just what are youâŠ!â
[GarooooâŠ!]
Snap.
The saintess was eaten by its newly-reformed head.
With only one day remaining, how could she bring down this black wolf?
The saintess couldnât even begin to guess.
Footnotes:
He used a special âIâ here, so I used a special âIâ.
This has appeared a few times in this series, but I have no idea what itâs referencing. Should be obvious what itâs saying though. 怹ăćșăă
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