Chapter 260 – Homunculuses

“Downpour!”

It was a win. The prediction that the arsonists who started the fire were homunculus came true. The liquid flowing from the cracked scalp was definitely not blood. There’s no way the blood could smell like this thick oil.

“Aaaaa!!”

The homunculus, who was unexpectedly attacked, grabbed his head and let out a painful scream. Landing on the ground, I chanted an incantation while pressing down on my broken scalp with a quarter staff.

“Hagalaz.”

The moment [Quick Freeze] Was activated, cold air elements were released from the quarter staff. To kill a homunculus with monstrous regenerative abilities, simply breaking its head was not enough.
The way to subdue them in one blow is to freeze them to the bone as well as the whole body.

Damn-!

His head froze and the blood that flowed out stopped. The homunculus, which was trying to approach the workshop vigorously, could no longer move. With the inside and outside of his body frozen, he became a frozen homunculus and ended his life.

“Litten!”
“Oh, it’s frozen!”

The remaining homunculus cast their gazes at me after seeing their colleague who had been dealt with in an instant. Maybe the name of the dead homunculus was Litton.

“I’ll tell you directly that you guys are homunculus.”

I raised my quarter staff and fired a provocation at the homunculus. As a homunculus discriminator, the time has come to perform another discriminatory task.

However, the surviving homunculus were not easily discriminated against.

“Kill!”

According to the signal sent by someone, the homunculus attacked me in concert at once. They are bodies with superpowers that can crush rocks. If you get caught by them, it won’t end at the level of being fractured. As I was about to widen the distance with a space jump, support came in from the rear.

“That’s a homunculus!”

Awesome!

The hand of the homunculus that was trying to grab my neck was cut off. Rebecca, who ran at high speed, pulled out her curved sword and fired a slash. The beast warriors who were guarding the front gate of the workshop together belatedly ran to block the homunculus.

“Hhhhh!”
“Go back into the flask! Filthy homunculus bastards!”

The beastmen warriors knew the identities of the enemies who would attack the workshop because they were informed by me. Even they knew that they had to deal with a homunculus with regenerative abilities. It’s not like we just played and ate while waiting. He had thought enough about how ordinary soldiers would deal with the homunculus.

“Do you think you can kill us with just a spear blade!”

The homunculus did not tremble in fear at all against the spear-wielding beastman warriors. It doesn’t care at all about being stabbed, and it charges forward recklessly.

That’s because he believes in his fraudulent regenerative ability. Even if there is a hole in the body, it will recover quickly, so there is no reason to be afraid.

Give up the flesh and take the bones!
That was the basic fighting method of the homunculus.

Fu-wook!

A spear pierced the chest of the homunculus. The homunculus, frowning, immediately stretched out his hand and tried to harm the beast-man warrior. It was the moment when the mighty hand was about to snatch the face of the beastman warrior.

“Ehh?!”

The body of the homunculus, which had been rampaging wildly, stopped. His arms stretched out in front of him lost momentum and limp. The homunculus looked at the spear stuck in his body with puzzled eyes.

“Mo, my body is strange…!”

Sensing that something was wrong, the homunculus quickly pulled the spear out of his body and stepped back. The punctured area was quickly covered with flesh and recovered. However, once stabbed, the body cannot be prevented from becoming helpless. The homunculus’s complexion turned pale, and his labored breathing sighed.

“The poison has taken over! Even a homunculus doesn’t even have the ability to detoxify!”
“If it’s a single shot, both you and I will be hooked! Bastards!”

Realizing that the countermeasure had worked, the beast warriors let out cheers.

Poison.

In the Great Forest, there are many monsters with poison. Snakes, arachnids, and basilisks living in swamps.

We asked the Alchemists of Tabula to mix the monster’s venom to create a deadly poison. It was only to subdue the homunculus.

“Keuuuuu”

The poisoned spear blade achieved its goal at this moment. The homunculus attacked by Rebecca and the beast warriors quickly lost their energy and stumbled. Even with his excellent regenerative ability, he could not drive out the miasma that penetrated his body.

“I thought it was noisy outside, but the attackers appeared.”

The workshop door opened and Lefiel appeared. The people waiting inside the studio also seemed to notice that the attacker had appeared.

“Didn’t Albert show up? The owner of those homunculuses.”
“Albert hasn’t shown up yet.”
“It’s a pity. But we just need to catch them and interrogate them about the owner’s location. We’ll need to keep at least one alive.”

Lepiel took a spear and joined the fight himself. It is rare to see first-class fighters fighting face to face. Among warriors and wizards, there are extremely few who have reached a first-class level. I watched Lepiel while casting so that I could apply at any time.

‘How great are first-class things?’

Lepiel walked leisurely toward the group of homunculus. Two of them are still intact and unpoisoned. I’m wary of poison, so there’s no way I’m going to get hurt as easily as before.

“Don’t underestimate us! Beast bitch!”

Tadak! The five homunculus attacked Lepiel at once. The homunculus, which had already been poisoned, was approaching from the front, probably using a trick. The poisoned entity is trying to act as a meat shield. With the five in front of him, Lefiel silently raised his spear.

“Did you say you have a body that regenerates endlessly?”

Lefiel’s voice echoed throughout the hall.

“All you have to do is stab it until it loses its regenerative power.”

Stab until dead
That was the clear answer that Lepiel gave to the homunculus. It is theoretically possible for ordinary unmanned people. However, the skill of a first-class martial artist was enough to implement the theory into reality.

Whiik!

Lepiel stabbed his spear at the homunculus like lightning. He was so quick with his hands that his eyes couldn’t follow every thrust. It was like a flash of light piercing the homunculus.

“Keew!”
“Kyaaaaak.”

Holes were pierced through the bodies of the approaching homunculus. Holes appeared in all parts of the body. It’s a trace of Lefiel’s spear breaking through. The beehive was literally being born right in front of my eyes. With the momentum to pierce every single pore, Le Piel did not stop his series of attacks.

‘Awesome.’

I was genuinely impressed with Lepiel’s skills. When you become a first-class martial artist, everyone can show off that level of martial arts. It can be said that it is a unique magic performed almost as a martial art. Our Rebecca will be able to perform such a skill someday, right?

“Rebecca, don’t you have a special move like that?”
“It’s under development. But what are you looking at with such a great expression?
“Oh, yes.”
“What’s that disbelief tone?”
“Of course I believe.”

Soon the battle was over. Most of the five homunculi that rushed at Lepiel became unrecognizable. Perhaps the nuclear nucleus in his body was destroyed, or he died as it was.

The only one who survived was the one in the rear.

“Cool!”

Even that guy was pierced by his spear and couldn’t control his body properly. Because Lephiel’s spear was also coated with deadly poison developed by Tabula. Severely poisoned, he showed no will to resist.

They succeeded in capturing the homunculus.
The battle was over, but the flames still engulfed the streets, threatening people. It’s time for me to work as a fireman here.

“Liquid ring.”

A wave was called in to extinguish the fire. The damage was reduced by the beast warriors and Rebecca rescuing people.

After tidying up the streets, we dragged the surviving homunculus into the studio.

*

“The deadly poison seems to have worked properly, Mr. Dream.”

When I was struggling outdoors, it wasn’t safe inside the studio either.

It seems that the homunculus who secretly infiltrated the workshop started a riot.

“The nun’s death beam worked properly this time! I roasted the poisoned homunculus.”

In front of the rune scroll storage room, Kate put on a triumphant expression. Along with the beastmen warriors waiting together, this side also succeeded in blocking the attack of the homunculus.

Homunculus corpses that had turned to ashes were rolling around in the hallway of the studio.

“Has anyone been hurt?”
“The beast warriors are seriously injured, but I’ll cast a healing spell before it’s too late, so they won’t die.”

It seemed like a fierce battle had taken place, but my party was safe.

The homunculus also used their own brains.
Did they make a fuss with a fire outside and then carry out a diversionary operation to infiltrate the studio? It was fortunate that he prepared deadly poison for the homunculus in advance.

All that remains is to interrogate the captured homunculus. Now the homunculus was surrounded by beast warriors. He built a siege net with people and prevented them from escaping.

It doesn’t make any sense to bind it with a rope. It must have the ability to transform its body freely. The only thing you can do is set up a guard and keep an eye on it closely.

“Find out the location of your master. Where is the man named Albert and what is he doing now?”

Lepiel personally interrogated the homunculus. However, the homunculus did not act frankly even when the spear blade was pointed in front of his eyes.

“Bar, I can’t reveal it. I can’t betray my master. He must give up and kill me.”

Despite all kinds of torture, the homunculus did not open its mouth to the end. He deserves recognition for his loyalty to his master.

“Keah!”
“He’s a tenacious guy.”

Le Piel stuck out his tongue as he watched the homunculus continue to hold out. It was clear that repeating the torture like this would only waste time.

“Daejangsaengnim, let me interrogate you for a while.”
“Is there a pointy number? A means of eliciting information from him.”
“I have a charm eye. It’s the ability to control people’s minds, albeit briefly.”

It is not easy to put mind control on Albert’s homunculus. Because they had already been brainwashed by my kindred Albert. But at this moment, the only thing I could believe in was fascination.

With my fascination, I have to break Albert’s brainwashing from the homunculus.

“Whoa.”

I took a deep breath and approached the homunculus.