My Villains Episode 068
19. Escape (1)
When Ellen woke up, she was fed soup made with ingredients she couldn’t speak about. Fortunately, Ellen also emptied a stone bowl clean without asking if she was hungry or what was in the soup.
The problem was then.
“…what?”
“My legs can’t move my legs.”
Judging by the fluctuating eyes, it didn’t look like he was lying. I tried to stay calm and asked Ellen.
“Since when?”
“It was like this when I first woke up earlier. I thought my body was stiff for a while because I was lying down for a long time…”
“Where do you stop moving?”
“I do not know. just just.”
Ellen continued in a trembling voice.
“No sensation below the waist.”
I pressed and pinched Ellen’s legs and asked questions in succession.
“Is this here?”
“I don’t feel it.”
“Here too?”
“…huh.”
..ha Anxiety has become a reality.
There were already ominous signs. It was none other than Ellen’s character sheet.
Originally, Ellen’s stats were 8 points in strength, 10 points in agility, 14 points in health, and 24 points in magic power. However, strength and agility fell to 5 points and 4 points, respectively.
The drop in his stat score was something he had never experienced since he came to this world, not even in the game. So I guessed that something was wrong with Ellen, and I just wished her to come to her senses.
But being paralyzed from the bottom of the body… This is too much.
Ellen rubbed her thighs and said in a trembling voice.
“…It just feels like touching someone else’s leg. Why is this doing this?”
Why did this happen?
…Ha, there are too many things to guess, so I can’t even feel it.
Did he get stabbed and hurt his spine? He used a wound healing potion, but it could be that the medicine didn’t reach him.
Breathing stopped while floating in the water, and later, the heart also briefly stopped, so there may be a problem with the brain.
Or, a bacterial infection could have occurred through the wound, or there could have been a side effect of the treatment method of ignorantly pumping blood.
The number of cases was so large that there was no way to know the exact cause.
I tried to diagnose Ellen’s body with blood, but… I don’t know. What’s the matter?
The good news is that the blood is definitely flowing. At least I won’t have to worry about rotting from the end…
I hesitated for a while before opening my mouth.
“Do you know how your wound healed?”
“…Didn’t you use the potion?”
“Of course, I also wrote potions. But,
can I say something? Wouldn’t it be a little embarrassing?
I sighed and told the truth.
“Your heart stopped for a second.”
“what?”
“Maybe it was because I lost too much blood. So…
Hearing the story of her own resuscitation process, Ellen put on a strange expression as if she was surprised or confused.
“…is that possible?”
“Actually, I was just doing whatever I could. With the feeling that I should do something. Maybe that’s why you became like this.”
Listening to my gibberish, Ellen was silent for a moment, then nodded.
“Maybe. But considering the time when I was stabbed with a spear, maybe it was natural. Because it hurt so much…
Ellen, who knew everything, somehow calmed down. Somehow I feel more guilty.
“Let’s go to church when we get out of here.”
“church?”
“huh. Bishop-level priests even raise cripples and make severed arms sprout. You will be able to cure it in no time.”
“…okay.”
The boy still nodded his head with a mysterious expression on his face.
Ellen’s life was saved, but the situation was still hopeless and we had to move. I carried him on my back, secured my legs with a half-cloak and bushes, and started walking.
There were three threats in total.
First, here is the ‘rotting crypt’ itself.
This is a place where it is difficult to find food and is infested with all sorts of dangerous monsters. Over the past four days, there were over twenty monsters, and each one was very dangerous. Just exploring this place would be a significant risk.
In addition, because the event of the ‘Altar’ was triggered, the cavity was filled and the passage to the top was also blocked.
The second is the necromancer Luke. It is unknown whether he remains here or has gone out. However, if Luke and the undead troops are still chasing us, they will become a serious threat. Although my power has risen considerably, it is still far from enough to deal with Dullahan.
The last one is
goooooo!
yes that guy
A huge roar came from somewhere beyond the crypt. It was a menacing roar that spontaneously hurried his steps.
Ellen’s body trembled as she hung behind her.
“…Poi is that?”
“It’s ‘Underground Lord’. It’s getting closer.”
yes that guy
The third threat we face… and the one who acts as a tagger.
The Underground Lord is a terrifying monster that is summoned when you activate the event of the ‘Altar’ encounter. Since he gave 100,000 experience points, he should be above level 40 to be able to stably catch him.
On the other hand, the proper level of the decaying crypt was 17 at most. In a word, the monster called Underground Lord was not made to be caught, but placed to be avoided unconditionally.
The altar itself is such a setting.
It is an event in which you summon an underground lord from the deep place, avoid him, find the artifact room in the deep place, obtain the artifact, and escape to the surface.
In order to find the relic room, you have to go down underground endlessly, and magic traps start to be laid all over the crypt, and the underground lord is impossible even to fight.
Due to the addition of these points, among the Dark World players, the saying ‘Altars are filtered’ became common sense.
Invoking the Underlord to escape from Luke… is that it? Like meeting a tiger while trying to avoid a wolf?
Ha I feel sorry for the powerless prey.
Ellen, who was looking at the road she had passed, asked in a low voice.
“So, is it wise to go down like this without any countermeasures?”
“Because it’s not going down without a countermeasure.”
Ellen was dubious about my claim that she had to go down to the depths to escape.
He made the excuse that he had read about such a crypt in a book about ancient empires, but he still looked uneasy.
“…I’ve read more than 20 books about the ancient empire, but I haven’t seen a single mention of a place like this.” “You must have read the book in vain.”
“what? You-”
“Go down now. hold tight.”
“
Unlike sewers built by humans, crypts are randomly created terrain.
Therefore, in addition to horizontal caves that are easy to walk through, you can sometimes encounter vertical caves with no space to step on.
“Here, shine a little on your feet.”
“like this?”
“Oh, I see now.”
Grabbing a rope made of several layers of twisted shrub stems and bushes, they descended down the vertical tunnel.
Relying only on the rope, Ellen’s arms wrapped around her neck stiffened as she spurred up the wall. It wasn’t just him, but every time I heard a ‘tuduk’ sound from the rope, I too became agitated.
♦♦. As I was doing this, I suddenly remembered the guerrilla training. It was really scary going down a rock wall on a rappel. It was comfortable compared to marching or PT, but it was a training I never wanted to do again.
But he’s doing it here
.
“okay? Shine some light down.”
Ellen groaned and extended her torch into the air. Just then, a spark the size of a fingernail fell.
Woo woo woo.
An ominous sound echoes through the cavity, whether it be because of the wind or groundwater. The sparks that fell for a long time lost their light before reaching the floor.
…it’s so damn deep. Could there be a shortage of lines?
Concern raised my head, but I pretended to be nonchalant and told Ellen.
“Go again. hold tight.”
“Yeah, but it’s just a little bit cheesy.”
I kicked the wall while calming my nerves. As the rope wrapped around my hand unwinds, I keep glancing at the floor.
It was then. A grotesque sound came from the top of the vertical cave.
Jizzy jizzy jjik!
“ha.”
“trunnion?”
“Enemy. Prepare your magic.”
“Wait a minute? You’re kidding me now!”
Ignoring Ellen’s screams, I kicked my feet loudly. The grotesque sound soon turned into a loud flapping of wings as they descended almost as if they were about to fall.
Parala Rock.
“Poi poi wee!”
“Well, memorize the order quickly!”
I gritted my teeth and grabbed the rope to slow me down. Because all the ropes in his hands were loosening.
I glanced down and, fortunately, I could see the floor. Holding the rope with only one hand, I drew the sword from my waistband. It was around that time that monsters, not monsters, appeared.
Chijik jjikjjik!
What appeared were four ‘Mulzara’. True to their name, they were bugs resembling stink bugs.
It made a grotesque vibrating sound with its mouth, and was gliding down a vertical tunnel desperately flapping its wings, which were weak compared to its size.
And, of course, it was huge enough to be called a monster, so it seemed like it was well over 2 meters in length.
Fortunately, Ellen didn’t panic when she saw those terrifying monsters.
“Influ-unt flammae archuire ensa-ra”
I don’t know if all wizards in this world are like this or if Ellen is special- she used to cast the same spell in various ways.
The length of the spell, the presence or absence of hand signs, and the complexity, as well as the form of magic that is expressed, are different every time.
This time, Ellen chanted only a spell without a handprint to form a flaming arrow in front of the torch. Then I spurred on the wall and fired the magic while avoiding the claws of the attacking creature.
“Ignis!”
Chijik!
The wings were pierced by the flames, and the body twisted wildly and fell.
Of course, when catching bugs, flame magic is the direct bread.
“Going down!”
One rolled on the floor, and the other three clung to the wall or floor, watching us and making a ferocious vibrating noise.
I quickly let go of the rope and landed on the ground at a height that seemed to be about the third floor of an apartment building.
Crispy! Kang Kang Kang!
They made a loud noise as they clashed their jaws as if they were very angry. Ellen shuddered again when the male, who had been rolling on the floor, straightened up.
“Wow, ghastly-”
He must have seen the eggs tightly packed in the male’s carapace. Well, it’s a visual that will make you even have a xenophobic feeling.
The ones that appeared were a group of three females and one male.
The biggest one hit by the flaming arrow was a male. The carapace seemed to have caught fire, and about 30% of the eggs were melting while leaking body fluids.
Perhaps because of this, the relatively small females started attacking them as if in a fit.
“Cover Ellen!”
“ oo _ ” –9
I put Ellen against the wall and covered her hrunting with blood.
Sooooooong.
The heart-colored blade showed off a brilliant red light, and soon began to pulsate like a tongue flicking.
A sense of omnipotence and fighting spirit boils in the vivid sense felt from the blade. It wasn’t just about holding a good sword. It was thanks to Ellen’s level rising while she passed out.
“Whoa.”
In order to cool the hot blood, he jumped at Momulara, who was the first to attack.
Kang Kang!
He threatened me by striking my jaws together, but I swung my red blade and slashed at the foreleg, sheep antennae, and hard jaws at once.
Crispy!
As he twitched and recoiled, I held out my left hand, extending control toward the fluid he poured out. It is the power of ‘Hot Blood’, a rank 2 skill that enhances blood control and body speed.
I could clearly feel the bodily fluids flowing down the floor as if a third arm had sprouted. At that moment, the power contained in the blood was released with full force toward the follower.
Kuga each!
The yellow bodily fluids drawn by the hemorrhoids rippled violently and then scattered towards him. The bodily fluids filled with vitality turned into sharp fragments and scratched his head deeply. Likewise, it was the 2nd rank skill ‘Pivora’.
Chijijijijijijijijijijijijijijiji.
“Ellen!”
“Ignis!”
As if she had waited, Ellen’s flaming arrow pierced the snout of the last female. I shouted as I finished off the other two females as he rolled over in flames.
“Ellen Burning Weapon!”
“Tielum ensa—ra!”
Ellen completed the spell in an instant, and Hrunting, which had been shining brightly, was engulfed in flames in an instant.
The flames fueled by mana and blood were different from ordinary ones. Instead of yellow, it turned into bloody flames that glowed reddish and sticky.
Crispy! Kagak Cak!
As the male Muljara made a noise with his huge jaws, the eggs attached to his carapace hatched all at once.
Toduk toduduk!
Dozens of larvae, the size of small dogs, rushed at us flapping their transparent wings as soon as they threw off their eggshells. It looks like dozens of translucent giant cockroaches rushing towards their prey.
Parala Rock!
…Ah, I hate it so much.
I swallowed my nausea and stood firmly in place, holding the hilt with both hands. Hrunting had a hilt that was about twice as long as the previous Pulsion, so it was not uncomfortable to hold with both hands.
In that state, he began to swing the blade engulfed in flames.
“Sigh!”
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
It wasn’t a very sophisticated swordsmanship, but thanks to his excellent body vision and reflexes, he was able to cut the larva in half. The others who missed it were engulfed in the sticky flames attached to their blades, and all were burned.
Cheeky support.
The male, who had lost both the females and the cubs, let out a helpless mouth. I ran to him at once and tore off his head and chest at once.
Chiiyi
Hrunting cracked open the exoskeleton without resistance, and Moojaraa’s corpse belched acrid smoke and burned. The battle is over.
“Tww tew.”
I spit out the bodily fluids in my mouth and collected the bodily fluids that clung to my body with my fingertips. As if defying gravity, he brought the unlit Hrun Ting to the large droplets of bodily fluids that had gathered.
Kulleong.
With a strange sound, the yellow bodily fluid melted into Hrunting’s brilliant color.
“Whoa.”
Feeling like entering a hot bath, I let out a hot breath.
