Chapter 861 – #179_Present Concern (3)

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One.
Wearing a nun’s uniform wrapped in a magic circle, Dorothy moved slowly, holding a blunt sword.

Illumination of the city created by a large electric signboard and neon signs depicting whiskey.
The radiance dyed her white cheeks red and blue.

Dorothy’s travel history in Japan is about Tokyo.
Even that was 80 years ago, when the war was in full swing.

To think that such a bustling town has been built in such a short amount of time is just tongue-in-cheek at the speed of human development.

“Oh my gosh, it’s here today too.”

– Bang bang bang!

Dorothy’s sparkling silver eyes caught the homunculus.
A gigantic gorilla, worthy of a B-grade monster movie, was on the roof of a building, pounding his chest and roaring.

This time, it was a homunculus that was not in the DB.
I discerned from a distance, it has 20 eyeballs.
To point out the peculiarities, she has elongated fangs and three pairs of arms.

Looking at it in a general sense, it is quite strong.
The shockwave hitting her chest made the windows of the building scatter like snow powder.

“Haa~ I must be tired again this time.”

With a monster in front of her that even the average witch would be reluctant to do, Dorothy let out a languid sigh that didn’t suit her.
She looks very unmotivated beyond being nervous.

“But it’s for our darling.”

As he released his suppressed magic, the eyes of a giant gorilla with terrifying spider-like eyes turned to Dorothy.
It stimulated the predator’s instinct to eat the stigma.

No.
It was clear that it was not only predator instincts that Dorothy was arousing.

Is the homunculus that resembles a primate even similar in nature?
The gorilla’s penis, which is likely to be 1M, rises stiffly into the sky.

“Eww…”

Dorothy frowned inappropriately.

“Anyway, this sinful and attractive body is the problem.”
“Kwaaaaa!!!!”

-Thud! Thud! Thud!

The gorilla let out a huge roar at Dorothy, then ran between the buildings on her six arms and two legs.
Furthermore, the majesty of the gorillas running and destroying the city with beastly movements is destructive.

It’s because he’s using a charge that’s close to subsonic speed with that size.

“Right~ right~”

A head-on collision with a gorilla that is quite tall for a woman, but is 5m tall only with the upper body bent.
The outcome of the clash seemed clear at a glance.

A normal human being would have turned into a blood clot made up of internal organs and flesh, and turned into a long piece of chewing gum stuck on the asphalt…

As you know, witches are far from ordinary humans.

“Fear not.”

The pillars of the chapel lined up behind Dorothy’s back, erasing the city’s splendor with the chant.
Absolute power dwells in Dorothy’s body.

-Bang!!!!!

A monster gorilla who swung his arms in fright at his sudden presence.
The blow, which he even used to strengthen his magical power, was ferocious enough to topple Mount Taesan.

The wind pressure alone crumbled the asphalt around the area like cookies, and streetlights and signs bent like reeds swept away by a typhoon.

“Key profit… ! Whoa!”
“Hmm~ Is it body strengthening system magnetic magic? I think this is going to be crazy.”

However, Dorothy’s expression when she raised one arm to block the attack was unconcerned and self-compassionate.
Not to mention minor scars, even vital organs are not visible.

Dorothy’s power is absolute.
It is an absurd power that ignores weight class and physical strength.

The gorilla realized that the wave of magic her witch had displayed was nothing more than a trick to draw her in, and quickly tried to take her body away.
Didn’t get what I wanted

“Originally, it is the beautiful woman who kills the monster gorilla, not the biplane.”

As Dorothy puts her foot down, her immense strength crushes the gorilla’s body.

– Ugh!

The iron-like bones that support the monster’s body and the muscles with strength comparable to wire ropes for bridges scream the agony on the brink of destruction.

“Why are you leaving already? Isn’t it nice to see it up close?”
“Grrrr. !”

The power of an invisible giant press weighing down the entire body.
The gorilla put her head on the ground and looked at Dorothy on her head with fearful eyes.

“Is your self-esteem hurting?”

Dorothy, with the angel’s ring floating on her head, stamped her feet again.
What Dorothy is doing is a simple application of magnetic magic.

Strengthened after applying the absolute force to gravity.

There was no better way for Dorothy, who had no mobility, to hunt the homunculus, which was sure to go wild in all directions.

– Perseok!

With a dry roar, the entire ground except for Dorothy’s feet went black for over 10 meters.
The cause of the monster who tried to use the big-breasted witch like a frog died like a frog being stepped on by a tire.
I can’t leave a changeless scream.

“… Phew, that’s hard.”

Due to the use of the angel’s ring, the mana was drained all the way.
Still, her heart swells with a little anticipation.

Dorothy used telekinesis to salvage his booty from the crumbling corpse.

The ‘nucleus’ of a useless homunculus.
And it was a strange cat’s eye.

There are three main spoils that can be obtained when hunting a homunculus.

These are research materials, artifacts, and Gnosis Eggs left by the Witch of Creation.

And now, the black cat’s eye in Dorothy’s hand was recorded with ‘information’ that appears occasionally.

It was a treasure map with other relics hidden inside, a prophecy recorded a long time ago, or an item in which information about another homunculus was encrypted and recorded.

“… That’s crazy.”

To put it bluntly, it’s close to bullshit.

Even if you find it difficult to find the place written on the treasure map, it is not uncommon for it to be stolen because it has been so long.
Prophecy has a different interpretation structure, so there is no profit compared to suffering from headaches.
It wasn’t that important when it came to information about other homunculi.

Dorothy’s face darkens.
Si-woo said he was fine, but he still has no way to cure his body, nor a plan to deviate from the prophecy.

Maybe I’m really losing him?

“Dorothy.”

At first, I thought it was hallucinations caused by love sickness.
Because he couldn’t be here.

“It’s a book. It’s a book.”
“Dorothy, are you having a hard time?”

Dorothy suddenly turned around when she heard the call again.
There was Dorothy’s darling, Shin Si-woo, wearing a nice suit and carrying a red branch over her shoulder.

“What, what? How did you come?”
“I stopped by for a while.”

“Can I come alone like this?”
“I came to tell Count Albireo. I ran into it while running the shortest distance to the location point.”

“How long are you going to stay?”
“I won’t be around for long, and I told you that I will be back within the day.”

Where did the depressive mood evaporated?
Dorothy felt her steps lighten as if she were about to fly away and was embraced by Siwoo.

Sniffing his scent calms me down a bit.
Starting at the chest of his shirt, Dorothy worked her way up to the nape of his neck and winked at his stretched nose.

“Hmmmm, that smells good.”
“What, not even a puppy.”
“It is not a dog. Am I a cute cow girl? Ummm~”

Seeing Dorothy’s joke, Siwoo, who had a bitter laugh, rummaged in his arms.

“Ah, Dorothy. I have a present for you.”
“Gift?”
“Yes, I just made money this time. I’ll talk more about it where the teachers are. A gift before that.”

After briefly pushing away Dorothy who clings to her with aegyo, Siu put something on her palm.

It was a pretty necklace on a white handkerchief.

It was a silver chain with blue diamonds embedded in it, but I chose it because it seemed to suit Dorothy, who has an overall white color.

“Do you like it?”

Blinking his eyes, Dorothy stared at the necklace on her palm for a while.

“…”
“How is it?”
“It’s okay. Do you have a better eye than you look?”

Something about the reaction is boring.
I wonder if the cigar set I originally envisioned was right?

“If I don’t like it, can I change it? I don’t know what you’ll like…”
“Where is that? I gave it to you once, this is mine.”

As Shiu tried to take her necklace back, Dorothy swung around like a hamster deprived of her food.

“There is no trick~ It’s not about holding something like this in your hand, it’s about hanging it yourself. Please do it now.”
“I didn’t know that.”

Dorothy pulled her long hair up and exposed her neck in front of Siu.
Somehow, feeling that this present was a mistake, Siwoo sighs and puts on the necklace.

“It’s harder than it looks. This.”
“Take it slow.”
“Yes yes.”

It’s embarrassing to see you smirk without thinking.

Turning her back to him, Dorothy finally smiled happily to her heart’s content.
I was scolded because I thought I was going to keep laughing.

2.
Originally, the witch of creation adopted a homunculus as her familiar to protect her feat.

However, if you ask if the homunculus is just a guardian, it is not.

The Witch of Creation’s intentions are unknown, but the monster’s power source was her witch’s mark.
After the number of witches decreased due to the fratricidal conflict, they even made humans their prey.

Humans who were ignorant of magic and could not even identify the homunculus with their eyes had no resistance against this tragedy.

As a duke who lost his apprentice witch established a subjugation agency called Location Point, the one-sided tragedy finally came under control.

The win-win system that settled after twists and turns found its own stability after 100 years, and now, because of the homunculus, large-scale accidents or massacres rarely occur.

As subjugation-related data accumulated in the Location Point DB, witches were also able to adapt to certain patterns, which led to effective subjugation.

However, after the establishment of Hexsenacht, cracks began to form in the stable system.

The first, for reasons anyone can easily understand, is due to the decline of outcasts in the present world.

At this point, the average rank of witches has steadily been leveled upwards.
Except for some extremely dangerous ‘named’, homunculus are not a threat to witches.

Therefore, the outcasts have subjugated the homunculus for research purposes or to raise money.

However, as exiles are absorbed into Hexsenacht, or hiding in the unstable world situation, they are faced with a lack of easy-to-understand manpower.

However, the second reason made even Eloa tilt her head.

It was a sudden ecological change of the homunculus.

“Can you guess the cause?”
“… I have no idea.”

The two masters, Rinne and Eloah, were sitting face to face looking at the documents.
It is a homunculus trend report made by collecting data from locations around the world.

“The number of homunculi awakening from hibernation is abnormal.”
“The appearance of new entities that have never been recorded has also exploded.”

The two of them are still at odds with each other because they seemed very embarrassed, but they were still together at the Hokkaido branch and naturally had a conversation to some extent.

Of course, the moment the topic of work is gone, both of them keep their mouths shut.

Anyway, in general, homunculus hibernates in the dimensional gap and is active once every few years at the shortest and once every several decades at the longest.

This frequency and the number of individuals are generally kept constant, but recently, the existing named homunculus and reserve names have been appearing en masse.

It’s like that in Japan too.
This trend was unprecedented.

“If it stays like this… The number of people caught up in disasters will increase by far.”
“…”

Eloa’s expression darkened.
Linnaeus still has a colorless and odorless face and is uncomfortable inside.
Because Siwoo, a good soldier, would be reluctant to harm humans.

That time when you can even feel the stagnation of the air in a serious atmosphere.
The hotel door burst open and Dorothy entered.

“Hello everyone! How have you been while I was working hard?”
“Long time no see. Did you come when I was too serious?”
“Nanggun.”
“Chew!”

And Siwoo holding a present in both hands.

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