Chapter 1131 – Rejection

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While Cleon and Fleur are thinking about new outfits and how to operate the machine they must control.

Attis and the others who remained in the body of the Great Demon Beast Tiamat were in the midst of a battle, surrounded by each of Tiamat’s descendants.

＂Blazing Chain! And then Prometheus Gate!”

Just when you think that numerous chains of flame have appeared, a deafeningly loud sound rang out and flew towards all the demonic beasts in front of you.

Those chains with sharp ends were useful for directly trapping enemies, but they also had the effect of restricting the enemy’s movement even if they were stuck on the ground, walls, or ceiling.

Then, if you think that a trace of light appears in between.

A bunch of arrows made of magical energy each bent into a bizarre trajectory and pierced into the bodies of the demonic beasts whose feet had stopped for a moment.

＂Phew…!＂

Even after the arrow left her hand, Sasha let out a voice as if she was struggling as she finished the finishing move by looking at the target for a moment.

＂Nice, Sasha!＂

Of course, looking at her for her neat combination of her own magic, Leila couldn’t help but praise her.

Sasha and Laila, the two of them were together in a hallway that resembled a long, straight passage, dealing with Tiamat’s followers coming from both sides.

Laplace seemed to be quite serious about dealing with them, even though the number of them was enormous.

For two people who originally specialized in large-scale battles, it could be said that the number was still at a reasonable level.

However, the demons that fell after being hit by arrows were absorbed into the walls and floor.

As if to fill the empty space, the same place is once again filled with lively beasts.

＂No, there is no end…＂

＂Why do the returnees like volume warfare so much…!＂

Lila said this while recalling the countless swarms of plant golems she had faced in Elesia.

Also, Darwin had earlier tried to release many experimental subjects he had created and push them into the water in order to catch Cleon.

Of course, it can be said that the number of people is the most certain and objective number when comparing power.

There would have been risks in recruiting such a number of people, but there seemed to be no risk to Tiamat’s family.

＂What should I do…? If we don’t find Mr. Kuon and Amelia…”

“When it comes to protecting themselves, those two won’t lag behind us. Rather, it’s us who have to be careful.”

The combination of a cleric and a crusader, which is a combination of both guardian and recovery roles, may be disadvantageous in reducing the number of enemies, but will have no problem protecting themselves.

In comparison, Sasha and Lyla are hunters and wizards, whose role is to damage enemies in the back row.

There may be no problem if you can keep your distance from the enemy, but if the distance is narrowed by the opponent, and you are surrounded and driven to the wall, it will become a problem from there.

It goes without saying that the attacks aimed at them, one by one, are fatal.

“Also, considering that such a large place is suitable for us to fight, it might be difficult to move to another location. It may be difficult right now, but anyway, if you deal with them and hold on until Tiamat gets tired…”

When Lila said that, Sasha answered right away.

＂Well, on the contrary, I might want to move quickly from here…＂

“What? Why? I don’t know if there will be another space like this…”

＂Well, that, this, this place is probably…＂

Sasha seemed to hesitate for a moment at Lila’s words.

＂…? I’m more hesitant today than usual. What’s wrong? Sasha, do you know what part this is?”

＂Yes, yes… Probably, it is a space like a ‘long passage’… And if it is connected at the ‘mouth’…”

If Sasha talks that far, several candidates will come to Laila’s mind.

First of all, there is an esophagus, but the esophagus is the place we pass through.

It was too straight and long to be considered a stomach, and it did not appear to be secreting digestive juices.

If that’s the case…

＂Wait a minute, then this is…＂

Speaking of organs connected from the stomach, the common part of mammalian organisms is the ‘gut’.

Among them, Lila also realized that ‘Captain’ was the place that best suited the characteristics of this space.

＂…＂

After Lila finished speaking, she closed her mouth for a moment.

Of course, since it is such a huge creature, its dialogue will be different from that of an ordinary creature.

Nevertheless, being in this position was something that raised eyebrows at their treatment.

＂Laila, we mean…＂

“Ah, okay! I don’t need to say any more than this because I understand…”

Finally, Lila seemed to know what Sasha was trying to say, and she cut her off.

“… Now that it’s like this, let’s move to another place. Maybe I can join others.”

Lyla had no choice but to admit that the psychological damage from their position was greater than the benefits in battle. As she spoke, she stretched out both hands toward the wall.

“I honestly didn’t want to use this magic because it consumed a lot of mana and the activation was awkward, but… I had no choice.”

After saying an excuse that wasn’t an excuse.

＂Bull-ka-nu-su-＂

For some reason, Lila speaks each word in a long, drawn out tone.

At the same time, the magic power of flame gathered in the form of a sphere in her palm.

Finally, when a fireball the size of her head condenses in her hand.

＂Buster-!!＂

With a loud cry, a pillar of flame spun in a straight line from her hand and struck Tiamat’s inner wall.

It made a ‘coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo sound made, no, it was almost like an excavator gnawing away a hole there.

Then, it was not Tiamat’s body, but a hole leading to the outside of her body.

Before being eaten by Tia Matt, what appeared to be the place where she was talking to Old Burn was visible through the hole.

Of course, with the appearance of Tiamat, her ground was destroyed, so it was more like a ruin than an underground lab.

“Wow, that’s amazing, Laila!”

Sasha was impressed.

“But if you were able to drill a hole like this, wouldn’t it have been better to drill it right away…”

“Ah, I said it before. It’s unsophisticated and consumes a lot of magic attribute!”

＇The bigger reason is that it’s unsophisticated…’

Sasha nodded, as if she somehow knew what Lila was thinking, but she didn’t bother to point it out.

It was that time.

“For a moment! No time to chat! That hole is also regenerating, so we need to get out quickly!”

＂Yes, yes!＂

At Lila’s urging, Sasha nods her head and runs towards the hole in the wall.

And, Tiamat’s family will chase after those two people and try to prevent them from escaping through the hole.

However, it was at that moment that the two people almost reached the hole.

＂Oh, what the heck…!＂

Someone’s hand, like a chin, comes up from below, grabs hold of the closing hole, and crawls up.

Then, whoosh, the thing that appeared and entered inside was-

＂Ha, haa…!?＂

Geek!

Lila, who thought she was going to crash into her opponent as she flew like this, had no choice but to stop her flight.

It was the same for Sasha.

That may have been one of the reasons for worrying about people bumping into it.

More than that, they probably thought that if a collision with an appearing being occurred, they would be the ones to suffer even greater damage.

“You! Why did you come in from outside!?”

＂Wow…!?＂

When Lila screamed without realizing it, she looked at Lila with a surprised expression.

She has the characteristics of blonde hair and blue eyes. She is one of Albain’s clones that Cleon disabled by cutting off her fighting spirit.

It was a clone of a long sword – that is, a clone specialized in durability.

If Sa Shana Laila collides with her, who is so strong that she doesn’t flinch even when she swings her sword.

I might have turned into ketchup like a person who ran at full speed and hit a castle wall.

＂Why, why… I was swallowed and spit out… I was waiting outside, and there was a hole here… ＂

＂But where does it come in? You have to wait outside!”

In her explanation, Lila raised her voice once again.

Immediately after that.

＂Hey, Laila!＂

Sasha says and raises her hand to point to a place.

Then, the hole that Lila pierced a while ago and the clone passed through was blocked by regeneration, reducing the thickness to a level where a person could not pass through.

＂…＂

When Lila saw that, she suddenly felt dizzy due to her lack of magical power.

＂Hey this poem-＂

＂Hey, Laila! Nice words! Nice words!!”

When Sasha finally raised her hand and desperately tried to stop Lila from punching her clone, her clone also shrugged her shoulders and made a tearful face.

But along the way, Lila remembers what she said and pauses.

“Wait a minute, you said you spit it out…? Tiamat, you?”

＂Ah, uh, yes…＂

Tiamat is a magical beast that swallows all dangerous beings, including herself, in one bite.

Although it is said that Laplace is controlling it, he has already decided to kill Darwin as well, so there seems to be no reason to exclude this one clone from his target and swallow it.

What if it is not Laplace’s will, but the will of Tiamat, which he controls and controls?

There is something not good about her, for her Tiamat, for her to swallow her…

For example, wouldn’t this be similar to the situation where babies try to pick up and swallow something, but spit it out the moment they put it in their mouth, saying, ‘This isn’t going to work’?

And Lila’s prediction may have come back to the truth.

After the hole was completely closed, Tiamat’s body suddenly began to tremble.

It was as if her body was starting to reject it.

At first, the tremor was thought to be a mild earthquake, but it gradually grew stronger.

Eventually, it got to the point where it was difficult for the group to stand.

“Now, wait a minute, something is strange about shaking like this…!”

Even Laila had no choice but to say that.

And the next moment.

As the ground they were standing on gradually changed its angle.

I felt the place that was the ground change into a wall.

＂Wow!＂

Longsword’s clone, which had no ability to fly and no means to support its body, was in danger of falling down the sloping wall.

Sasha reached out her hand and grabbed the hem of her neck.

Kuon stuck his dagger into the wall and held on there.

＂Thank you…＂

＂Keuuu…＂

Sasha seems to be barely able to bear the weight of the clone.

If Sasha’s hands had been a little slower, the clone would have slid straight down her passage and fallen beneath her.

Lyla squeezed out what was left of her magic, and after using her flight magic on herself, she had no choice but to stick her staff into the wall like Sasha’s dagger and climb on top of it.

And, unlike the three people who endured like that.

On either side of them, Tiamat’s descendants, unable to withstand the slope, slip and fall.

The women must have held their breath as they looked at the end of the hallway, which had become a cliff of a thousand miles.

Beyond the fact that there is a floor underneath, if you continue down the passage like this, the place you will reach is…

＂Why is this guy suddenly acting like this…?＂

When her longsword clone mumbled, as if she didn’t know why, Lila asked her.

＂Your defense… Maybe they perceive you as something like stone or metal rather than a living thing…”

Since something like that has entered her body, is it causing a rejection reaction?

“Maybe there was something special in the material that made you…”

Lila said that, but the clone had no clue, so she just nodded.

“… Anyway, the ones left in my body are probably going through various things due to what happened a little while ago. I hope no one gets hurt…”

After Sasha, who is still kind, mumbles like that-

Once again, the sound of “Kugu-gung…” Echoed throughout my body.

It was a sound from Tiamat.

Clone and Lila are nervous, wondering what that means and whether another earthquake is about to occur.

Sasha paled her face a little.

＂… This sound… Is the sound of a stomach rumbling… ＂

＂I’m hungry…?＂

“Yes… In human terms, I would say it’s the ‘gumbling’ sound when you have an upset stomach.”

＂That means-＂

Laila will understand Sasha’s words in an instant.

If more time passes here, the final action will probably occur when humans put something they should not put into their digestive system.”

Thinking like that, Laila immediately used flight magic to catch Sasha and the clone.

And then I’ll tell Sasha.

“Sasha! I’ll take the remaining magic power from her!”

“Yes, yes!? Well, that’s okay, but why!?”

Laila had a duty to fly quickly.

The place she is heading to is ‘upwards’.

In other words, would it be better to say the place before the funeral – above?

“That’s right… The organism’s solution is different when the foreign matter is in the ‘field’ and when it’s ‘up’…”

Lila said this in a somewhat desperate manner as she flew upward.

Because she thought it was much better ‘up’ than ‘down’.

And, that was the moment when Lila, carrying the two people, flew up the wall of the intestines, and she was about to go up.

Coo! And when a large vibration falls on Tiamat’s body once again.

Due to the impact, Lila also bounced and hit the barrier.

＂Keuek.＂

She made a pitiful sound and had no choice but to fall down.