Chapter 760 – The End of the Invasion

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The intense sound of destruction echoing from the basement was violent and extreme, as if that smooth and cute body had been camouflage all along.

The explosion that occurs every time that round fist hits the ground or a wall makes me suspect that explosives or something like that was planted inside the marble golem.

Its identity is the effect of a technique that explodes the earth power engraved on the golem’s entire body.

When it touches an object made of natural objects such as trees or rocks, it overloads the magic power of the earth contained within it, creating a strong shock from there.

The downside is that the marble golem itself is not very durable, and it is also affected by explosions.

However, if the number is around 20, even if one or two of them have their arms damaged due to the shock of self-destruction, there will be no problem in forming a formation and advancing towards Lilim, who is standing in the center.

＂Qu…! Mana Spiral!”

Lilim, despite breaking out in a cold sweat, stood blocking the stairs and waved her hands.

Then, the torrent of black magical power extending from her fingertips twisted into a spiral shape in the air, becoming a spear that seemed like it could pierce anything.

When the spiral spear of dark magic gets stuck in the head of the golem in front of her, that part pierces, but its body does not collapse with just that.

＂…! After all, I have to destroy the entire body at once…!”

Moreover, her golem felt no pain, and regardless of whether her own body was broken or not, she ignored even such damage and came at her with her fists from the front.

Boom! When a bloody sound is heard, Lilim does not dodge, but instead deploys a barrier with her black magic to block her attack.

If she tried to avoid the stairs she was standing on, it was obvious that the golem would climb her stairs and prey on others on the ground, especially helpless children.

Bang! Bang! As the golems’ fists pounded heavily, her black magic barrier vibrated again and again.

＇…＇

If it were her before, she would have ignored other people’s damage and would have used them as bait to take advantage of her while her enemies were distracted.

By doing that, she cannot atone for the evil she has done.

Besides – Amelia wouldn’t want that either.

At that time-

Bang! The sound came from behind her – more precisely, from the ground above the stairs.

And once again, the vibrations ring through the mansion.

‘Could it be that there were golems remaining on the ground? … No, this is a different magic power – an explosion of divine magic power. Is Amelia fighting someone…’

There were two presences felt, so it would be natural to think that there was one more person besides the person controlling the golem.

He wanted to go up to help Amelia, but Lilim thought that such a narrow space would be best for restricting the golem’s movement, and his goal was to buy at least some time until Cleon and the others returned.

However, her black magic does not exert much physical destructive power.

She does not have magic that has the power to destroy the entire body of her marble golems in one fell swoop.

Is the true value of black magic, which disturbs the other person’s senses and hinders the use of magic, shown when dealing with humans?

It was her Pandora that she kept that blocked her own shortcomings and gave her the power of physical destruction.

I felt like I missed the emperor’s magic sword more than ever.

However, now is not the time to complain about what is not there.

Each and every piece of her black magic flowing through this body is both a spear and a shield to her.

As a member of the dark horse clan, she was confident that she would not fall behind others as she could control black magic.

Even if the opponent is Cleon.

＂Pierce through…!＂

The next moment, her voice echoed in the basement, causing the surface of the black barrier to tremble.

And, the torrent of magical power rising from the surface of the barrier transformed into the spiral spear that had pierced the golem’s head earlier, turning into dozens of thorns that pierced the enemies.

Let’s go! And when the spears that pierce the solid surface of the golems rise up, the three golems in front are shattered by the thorns, creating numerous wind holes from head to toe.

In the end, the golems are unable to withstand their own weight and collapse to the ground, their thin limbs trembling.

＂Good…!＂

Lilim clenched her fists while making a happy voice without realizing it.

Although it was a narrow street, Lilim thought it was a significant achievement when she heard something different.

Other marble golems, which had absorbed the fragments of the fallen golems and had become lumpy, increased the strength of their bodies and pushed towards the barrier, the sound of the surface of the barrier being torn apart.

“For a moment…! That’s unexpected…!”

Lilim was embarrassed, but her magic was rapidly draining from her body, showing the severity of the depletion of her barrier’s durability.

If she maintained her barrier like this, she would be depleted of her magical power, and there was a high possibility that she would faint from the shock.

Therefore, Lillim momentarily disarms the barrier and steps back, increasing the distance.

In the end, I had to retreat to the middle of the stairs and push the enemies away using methods other than the barrier.

＂… It has ended up like this!＂

The next moment, Lillim placed his hand on the bottom of the stairs and created a blanket of black magic.

Then, the stairs became slippery as if oil was flowing, and the golems were unable to climb the stairs.

However, since this method also consumes a large amount of magical energy and cannot cause direct damage to the enemy, it will only be a waste of time.

If we can’t stop them in some way-

At that time, one thing appeared in Lilim’s head-

He was thinking about a girl who had something he didn’t have.

001

Amelia exchanged words with the slime that suddenly appeared in front of her, preventing her from going up the stairs even if it crawled out of her kitchen and into her living room.

The liquid, which has an unpleasant texture that is best described as sticky and slippery, defends Amelia’s attacks by freely changing its shape, and at the same time continues to restrain and subdue her body. It was reaching out with its tentacles.

When Amelia’s quick steps echoed like steps, about ten tentacles of liquid flew and stuck in the place where Amelia had just been standing, piercing the wooden floor and sending out fragments.

To prevent the guy’s attack from penetrating her private space as much as possible, Amelia moves to a large, open area – for example, her living room – and confronts the guy with her table as the center.

‘Another tentacle…! Still, the method of her attack itself may not be that complicated…!

It is a slime that does not have sense organs such as eyes, but instead, it instantly judges other factors such as vibration, breathing, and temperature, and if it recognizes the opponent as prey, it rushes in and subdues it.

However, only the magician who summoned or created this slime will know whether its ability to suppress is predicated on killing people, or whether it really ends only with suppression.

As Amelia, I was concerned about the strong hitting sounds and vibrations that continued to echo from the basement, but now I had to do something about this slime.

What makes Amelia so difficult is that the body of a slime is basically made of liquid.

Amelia’s hammer is made of magical power, but its main means of attack was a blow using physical force.

However, the slime’s body, which is made of liquid and has jelly-like elasticity, bounces the hammer away while dispersing the impact on the surface even if it catches Amelia’s hammer.

The only thing that Amelia’s hammer worked on was the part where the bulk was thinned out, like a tentacle extending far and wide.

If even that hadn’t worked, Amelia would have no way to deal with the enemy.

If there is anything I can trust in Amelia, it is that guy’s core that is glowing red inside the slime’s body-

In other words, it is possible to collapse the slime’s body by destroying the core, which is the heart of the slime.

This is a fact that everyone knows if they have any interest or knowledge about monsters.

That’s why Amelia didn’t give up even now that her own attacks weren’t working and waited for her slime to show an opening.

Whether she knows what Amelia is trying to do, her monster swings its tentacle whip at Amelia, who is holding on firmly.

Wow! Every time her voice rings out, the armor that Amelia created with her magic glows, mitigating the impact.

But Amelia herself knows very well that there are limits to that.

Because her faucet was not turned off, the liquid that continued to flow was gradually increasing the volume of the slime.

If it took too long, there was a possibility that the slime would grow so large that the opportunity to attack the core would disappear.

‘What should I do…’

Amelia falls into trouble without realizing it.

However, her tentacles reach out once again, targeting Amelia.

Amelia thought it was too late to block this, so she took a big step back and wondered if she would succeed in dodging her attack.

At that time, that guy’s tentacles tried to chase Amelia as far as he could go.

＂Tght…!＂

Amelia manages to swat it away with the side of her shield, but she is almost caught in the torso by her tentacles.

‘Since the body is liquid, isn’t it natural that the length can be adjusted at will…’

Amelia sighs in relief, but thinks that her avoidance is next to impossible.

But she soon succeeds in getting a hint of her path to victory.

‘… Okay! Obviously, you can extend your length with liquid at will, but that’s not because you’re creating something from nothing, but because you’re using the liquid remaining in your body to make it longer…!’

If you’ve thought about it that far, what you need to do is simple.

Amelia stood still and waited for the thing to extend its tentacles towards her once again.

And the next moment – seeing the tentacle reach out as expected, Amelia was able to make the distance between her and it is a little longer just by taking a step back.

At that moment, Amelia, who noticed that the volume of her torso had decreased slightly, nodded as she thought, and this time she turned around and started to run out of her living room.

Although the shield and hammer she held in both hands were annoying, she never let go of them and kept feeling the presence of her tentacles following her.

Just like that, while sprinting around her living room for a few turns, her tentacles spin around and chase Amelia.

And, as a result, the tentacles stretched out long enough to surround the living room several times, latching onto the furniture and pillars in the living room –

＂Now!＂

Bang! And then Amelia leapt on top of her slime and struck its core with her own hammer.

In order to maintain tentacles that were longer than necessary, the animal drained more of the liquid that maintains its body into the tentacles than necessary.

As a result, the volume of the area protecting her core shrank, and Amelia struck down her own hammer at the moment when her core was almost exposed.

A thudding sound rang out from the impact, and the shock that was not fully absorbed dented the floor where the slime was.

But─

Kkuguguk. Ttiyong~!

＂Eh, ah!?＂

When you think of such a stupid sound effect, Amelia swings her hammer, and it bounces back with even more force than when her arm came down.

Her hammer definitely reached the guy’s core.

But-

＂Well, even the core is elastic!?＂

With greater elasticity than any other part, Amelia’s hammer bounced off, causing her to fall backwards without being able to maintain her posture.

Clap! And looking down at her, as a result of retrieving her extended tentacles, the slime had already grown so large that it filled her entire living room, and was trying to wrap Amelia’s hands and feet and tie them up.

＂… Ugh…!＂

Amelia let out a sound like a scream at that unpleasant sensation, and she tried to somehow escape from her tentacles-

When you think that her body has glowed for a moment, her hammer, shield, and armor disappear, and she returns to her original form, taking advantage of the temporary loosening of her tentacles to stand up.

And after jumping onto the furniture nearby for help, she transformed once again and somehow managed to escape from the slime’s realm by launching her body towards the passage leading out of the living room.

“Ha, ha…! Up, it was dangerous…!”

Cold sweat flowing down her forehead without her knowledge.

While Amelia’s mind was spinning, wondering how to overcome her strange situation-

Bang! As soon as she heard her shout, Amelia could see something coming from the end of the hallway she had run out of, making a loud noise.

As soon as Lilim jumped out of the stairs going down to the basement, marble golems poured out after him.

＂Lilim!?＂

＂…!＂

And Lilim’s eyes widened as she saw the slime slowly pouring out of the living room and into the hallway where Amelia was.

Just like that, he ran towards Amelia.

At first glance, it could have seemed like Lilim was thinking of using Amelia as a shield, and she was running away –

Amelia also runs to where Lilim is.

And following after them, familiars of earth and water.

Finally, the moment when we both thought we had reached a place where there was no escape.

Amelia and Lilim were swinging their magic power and weapons towards the enemy the other had dragged, as if crossing each other.

Bang! As soon as the sound rang out, Amelia’s sacred hammer crushed the body of the golem in front of her from head to foot.

Suddenly! When I thought I heard the sound, the spiral spear of Lilim’s dark magic pierced the tentacles of the slime flying towards me, causing it to rain down on the ground.

And then, Lilim and Amelia stand with their backs facing each other and talk.

“If I had known this would happen, I would have joined from the beginning.”

＂Well, well… If the results are good, it’s good… Ahaha…”

They were enemies because they didn’t have a good compatibility with each other, but when they exchanged enemies like this, on the contrary, the compatibility between the two people resulted in an advantageous outcome.

And the next moment-

As Amelia’s hammer and Lilim’s spiral spear swung at the enemies once again, their victory was approaching.

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＂… It has become quiet.＂

When Petrus mutters so, he lifts his arm from the ground and covers it with his sleeve.

“I guess the situation inside has been sorted out. Could it be that the familiars were attacked by the kids inside?”

The two people, who did not have magic to synchronize their vision with their familiars, had no choice but to go in and check directly to see if the target they had given orders was able to complete them.

However, the fact that it was quite inside also meant that there was no need for the familiars to run amok anymore.

“Then let’s go inside and check.”

When Petrus spoke as if he agreed with Aqua’s opinion, he slowly opened the iron bar door in front and stepped into the Flame Watch family’s mansion.

The sound of Petrus’ heavy footsteps, knocking, knocking, and Aqua’s sharp footsteps, echoing again and again.

Neither of them felt any hesitation or fear, as they walked confidently, perhaps because they were confident of victory.

And finally, of the two people standing in front of the front door, when Aqua points her finger towards the keyhole in the front door-

Water flowed out of her hand and filled the inside with the keyhole, making a clanking sound.

＂It’s a thief’s skill.＂

＂Could you please stop annoying everyone?＂

Aqua responded to Petrus’s mocking words and opened the front door.

Then the next moment-

＂Nightmare.＂

Right in front of the front door, she recognized with her eyes that there was a cute-looking girl, and at the same time, she stretched out her hands and spewed out her black mist-like magic towards the two people’s heads. 〉

＂Dark magic…!?＂

＂Lie, why…!＂

Petrus and Aqua, who are embarrassed, receive the magic from the front at the same time and fall to the ground as if they fainted.

Of course, it was Lilim who did it, and it wasn’t something that was particularly life-threatening, but it was a magic that showed the other person a terrible nightmare and put them to sleep.

For about an hour, it won’t wake up no matter how much external stimulation you do.

“Okay then…”

Lilim was a little worried about what to do with the two people who fell on the ground, but first.

He accepted the rope that Amelia had brought and smiled evilly.