Chapter 243 – 243. Struggle, And, You, Me, We (5)
– One –
“Hee, heehee…!”
Octopoda covers her eyes and trembles.
He was trembling as he smelled the thick smell of blood.
“Huh? Octopoda-hyung, did you think you should have cleaned up?”
“Ah, no, that’s… Uuuk…”
Octopoda was seriously regretting not blocking his nose.
He hurriedly closed his eyes, but the mashed flesh costume engraved in his mind was engraved like a stigma and could not easily be erased.
Upset stomach
“Please bear with me. I’ve sorted out everything here, so I’ll just have to do it three more times.”
“… All right…”
Octopoda nods his head without even opening his eyes.
Bow down soon
“I don’t know if my mother-in-law will be able to withstand this…”
“Oh, um…”
Benison tilts his head.
I close my eyes and focus on what is happening in the distance.
“He’s finer than I thought. I was a little taken aback when I saw the dazzling Estrus in Demosi.”
“Is that so… This is embarrassing.”
“Hehe. It’s okay.”
Benison looks back at him and smiles brightly.
“Each person is different in what they’re good at! Estrus and I are used to blood because we hunt often, so it’s not wrong to be afraid of blood! Monohorn did that!”
Octopoda opens her eyes.
But he still can’t face Benison.
“Heh heh… Still, I seem to have been too scolded in front of the person who is suffering on the spot while covering himself with blood. I apologize, Benison.”
“Because Bennison is adamant during meetings, it’s the same as what my brother is doing here!
“That’s a bit… Please bear with me.”
Octopoda raises his head.
I look at Benison with trembling eyes.
“Even if it’s hard, I’ll persevere. Let’s go to the next point.”
“Yes!”
Benison smiles brightly.
The bright smile with the blood-soaked face was quite foreign.
But in Octopoda’s eyes, the blood that stained his body was not as frightening as at first.
– 2 –
Puff, punk!
Aww!
One soldier screams and collapses.
He couldn’t keep his balance at all.
Air bombs that exploded next to his ears damaged his semicircular canals.
“Honey. Just attack those three more over there. Then I think we’ll have to watch the situation.”
“Okay, my love.”
The two remained alone for a long time.
They tried to avoid situations in which the couple were alone, but this time they couldn’t.
Margarita was aware of the battlefield and José was in command, while José was also trying to neutralize the enemy’s reconnaissance unit.
Puffer, boom, boom!
Quack, Quaaaaagh!
Wow!
Soldiers fall
José calmly neutralizes the sentries of the reconnaissance unit with air bombs.
Suddenly, I look back at Margarita.
“Are you okay, my love?”
“What… I have to endure it.”
Margarita’s complexion is pale.
She was aware of everything her comrades were doing in real time, so she was the only one who knew all about the massacres taking place in the Imperial camp.
“Southwest, southeast and southeast, three reconnaissance units are preparing to withdraw troops. They must have grasped the situation through short-range communication.”
“Have the identities of your colleagues been exposed?”
“No. I’m just dismissing it as an unidentified assassin or a mysterious phenomenon. I didn’t properly grasp the situation, and only found dead soldiers. Maybe it’s because the main unit was attacked by a dummy, so it’s often reported as a strange phenomenon.”
“I see. Let’s hit the units that want to withdraw first.”
“Yes. I will pass it on to others.”
Margarita’s mouth twitched.
She delivers the current situation and countermeasures to Demosi and Estrus Joe, Benison and Octopoda Joe, respectively.
“It’s done. I think we’ll just have to go to the south-southeast, hit the troops stationed in the farthest place.”
“That’s it, my love. Oh, and.”
Jose’s gaze turns to the far south.
He looks at it with worried eyes.
“Are brother and sister alright? You said earlier that Dummy’s identity was discovered by the enemies.”
“Ah, yes. The two of you now… Oh my God…”
Blink.
Margarita blinks her eyes, and in a daze she looks south.
She seemed unable to keep up with the situation.
“Is something wrong, my love?”
“Monohon’s head… What the hell is it…?”
She watched the monohorn’s activities in a daze, muttering to herself as if it were absurd.
If she could, she wanted to connect her sense of herself with her José, as she did when she was in a frenzy.
– 3 –
Shrrrr
Whiririk!
“Ughhhhh!”
A soldier struggles while being entangled in a black plant stem.
However, the stems entangled his body even more tightly.
Deed Deuk.
“Cheup…!”
Jail tight.
The soldier’s face turns pale.
“Me-what is that!”
The faces of the soldiers around him watching it were no different.
They were very frightened.
Gurgling, gurgling.
A plant root pulls the soldier’s body towards the hole from which it sprang.
“Sa, save me! Don’t just watch, ask for help!”
The soldier who was being dragged shouted.
Those who watched suddenly came to their senses.
“Yaaaaa!”
Wedge liquid!
Pupuk!
I look through the window toward the root.
There is no significant change.
Since there was no way the plants could sense pain, the plants dragged the soldiers toward the pit.
“Move!”
Dada dot!
Weeeee!
Kwajik!
An officer who had been watching rushed in, brandishing a work ax used for camp construction.
Roots are cut off.
The officer’s face brightened.
He looks around and puts on an elated expression.
“This is a bearer,”
Wedge juice, poo-woo-wook!
His intention to encourage the soldiers is thwarted.
“Chehehe…!”
“Lord, company commander!”
For sharp roots had sprouted and lodged deep in his stomach.
He jumped out of his sleep and had no armor on, so the sharp roots could pierce his hide more easily.
Whoops!
The plant’s roots swell.
Deuk Deuk!
There is a sound like something tearing.
The officer’s eyes widen and his mouth opens.
“Queeeee…
Rattling.
Letting out a bizarre moan, the executive trembled.
Shit, shit.
Wood Deuk.
A sound resounds in the human body that should never be heard.
There are veins all over the officer’s body.
His stomach is getting more and more swollen.
Jjijijijik.
Gurgling, gurgling.
“Queueek…!”
No.
It was not a line of blood, but a trace of plant roots trying to pierce through his skin.
A new life was sprouting from under his skin.
Shrrrr
Tick, drop, drop.
The roots rustle and shed blood.
It was to regurgitate the food he hadn’t swallowed yet.
“Geruk, Gerruk…”
Burr.
The buttocks of the executive’s trousers are inflated.
It vomits blood, flesh, and roots from its mouth.
“Giyi…”
The executive’s eyes roll around and he lets out his last breath.
It’s bizarre.
So-so-so-so-so-so-so-so!
Woo woo woo woo!
Charrrr!
The stomach of an executive is ripped apart.
His stomach burst open, but what flowed out was plant roots full of blood.
The soldiers enjoy the moment of learning with their own eyes as they observe with their own eyes the principle of landslides not occurring in the mountains where plants are rooted.
“Aaaaagh!”
“Uh-heh, uh-heh!”
“Run away!”
They were not enough people to be true students.
There was no one left to laugh at their ugliness.
Kwaddeuddeuk!
Gurgling, gurgling.
Burrrr
This is because the first person to be bound by the roots of a plant was being dragged headfirst into the ground.
The hole allotted to him was too small,
Hey hey hey
Squeak.
Food gain.
His intestines were regurgitating as if they were being squeezed from all sides.
Wood-deuk, pood-deuk.
Purruk, iron puduk.
His intestines vomit even blood-soaked flesh.
It was as if the internal organs had been torn apart by the pressure from all sides.
“This, this, what kind of ugliness!”
A high-ranking general appeared on the scene with his sword drawn.
His face was burning red.
Whether it was anger or shame, only he would know.
“You stupid bastards! It turns out that all the things you guys call ghosts are the work of those plant-type monsters!”
He yells
The soldiers who ran away in a hurry look back.
Their footsteps stop.
“Fight! Build defenses and buy time to prevent it from further infiltrating the camp! In just a little while, shamans and wizards will support you!”
Was it because his words sounded convincing?
Or is it because a high-ranking officer, who is hard to even meet his face, started commanding in the field?
“Ooh, ooh, whoaaaaagh!”
“Don’t back down, you bastards!”
The atmosphere started to change.
“Don’t worry about the defense in the rear! It only appeared today, from the north gate!”
“Those guys have finally revealed their limits! Fight! Fight! The Imperial Army always wins!”
Wow wow!
A shout echoes.
Officers and officers shout in unison.
Simplify things and shout out loud that the odds of victory are great.
You never need to check whether it’s true or not.
What mattered to them was that it was the act itself of buying time for the foot soldiers not backing down.
“Force!”
“Don’t back down!”
At most, there was only one plant root,
Whirik, whiriririk!
Tung, Tung, Tung!
“Keep it off!”
“Aaaaagh!”
It had enough power to riot without hesitation and attack the Imperial military camp.
The soldiers hit by the roots are scattered.
They desperately blocked the attack of the roots with their shields, but before they knew it, the mass of the roots that grew huge was enough to blow their bodies away.
“Ugh…!”
Whip, Whip, Whip!
Like fallen leaves in the autumn wind, the soldiers’ bodies soar into the air.
Fluff, fluff.
The ending that takes place after the wingless flight ends with a fall, as always.
Purrrr.
Dump.
Perhaps breaking his neck when falling, a soldier twitched violently and then stretched out.
“Aaaaa!”
A soldier lunges at the roots of a plant with a lumbering axe.
It had grown bigger than a beautiful tree before I knew it.
“Damn it!”
Weeeee!
Thud!
The blade of the ax is more than half embedded in the root.
“…”
A moment of silence hangs over the battlefield.
The soldier smiles coldly.
“Caught”
Woo woo woo.
Damn.
Woo woo woo woo woo.
Giant roots trample soldiers.
Dust rises
After a while,
Damn
Hood deuk.
Tick, drop, drop.
Roots rise into the air, holding up the flattened corpse of an Imperial Army soldier.
The soldier’s corpse had become jerky and stuck to the side of the root.
It was obvious that the quality of the jerky would not be inferior.
Neither the filth nor the blood, as they had been pressed down untouched, was certain to be filled with a fishy taste and unpleasant smell.
Was it because he was angry about it?
Whiririk!
Iron pudduck.
Plant roots shake off the flattened bodies and throw them in front of the Imperials.
It felt like a vile mockery of the imperial soldiers.
Is it because of that?
“Uh, uh, uh, uhhhhh!”
“Lord, die!”
Dada da da da da da da da da da da da!
The soldiers started running towards the roots of the plants without hesitation.
Whiik, thump!
Wheeae juice, Pajik!
Wielding their own weapons, they madly ovulate plant roots.
Moist sawdust flutters.
It looked like the flesh of a plant being ripped open and bleeding.
“Yaaaaa!”
“Fuck it! It means it’s dead!”
Bang, crackle!
Bang, stupid!
Bang, Wood Deud Deuk!
The soldiers’ eyes are stained with madness.
Woo support!
Wow.
Finally, the plant’s roots break to the ground.
“Waaaaagh!”
“You won!”
They cheer
Although dozens of Imperial soldiers were killed, they succeeded in defeating this monster.
“Aaaaagh!”
“…”
While everyone is cheering, a soldier is silent and ponders something.
“Huh?”
A soldier by his side notices it and approaches him.
Took.
“Hey. It’s all over. Why is it dead?”
“… Huh? What did you say?”
The soldier seemed to have not heard his colleague’s question, as if he was deeply troubled.
“I asked why he was dying like that when he won everything and survived without even major injuries.”
“Ah…”
Cheers fade away.
Too quiet
“What, what?”
Deed deed deed.
A small vibration is felt under the feet.
They all feel it.
“Are there any plants with only roots…?”
“What, what?”
Everyone looks outside the fence.
The vibration was starting from there.
“Why does that only have roots? Stems? Leaves? Branches?”
“…”
Everyone starts to shiver.
Amid the subtle vibrations and unnatural silence, the soldier’s muttered words began to spread towards everyone.
“Why, why did I only notice this now…?”
“… Damn it…!”
“Equip yourself with anti-vibration! Lean against the fence and start defending!”
The officer also feels uneasy and gives orders in a loud voice until his throat bursts.
Ku-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-gung!
The ground screams.
Soldiers howl
– 4 –
“Where can you taste this too!”
Chuck!
Monohorn looked down at the northern entrance of the Imperial army camp from a distance, waving his hands like a commander who had just earned the title of Maestro.
It was a meadow covered with thick darkness, but there was no difficulty in Monohorn looking at it.
It was because the imperial military camp was lit up as brightly as daytime using flares and magic.
Why hey hey hey hey hey!
Why hey hey hey hey hey!
There was a strange arc-shaped barrier made of wood.
In order not to be able to return to the side, the barrier was formed by a steep and high cliff extending wide to the left and right.
Its front, which stretched out towards the imperial army, formed a long and steep slope.
Following it,
Whoa!
Kung, koo-woong!
Kurrrr!
Tree giants roll thick logs toward the fence of the Imperial military camp.
Block it, block it!
Ordering a large army to march beyond the high and thick prefabricated fence that forms the boundary of the camp would only force them to do the impossible.
They had to run only towards the entrance.
But there,
Aaaaagh!
Quazzuzzi, that is!
Kudeudeuk, Pipik!
It was showing a good sample to know what the word blood clot refers to.
All Imperial troops obey the orders of their superiors.
Even if it is an unreasonable order.
“You idiots. If you’re like me, I wouldn’t do something crazy like pushing soldiers over there, knowing that my men would die.”
Mono Horn looks at them and clicks his tongue.
In his eyes, the Imperial Army’s response seemed insignificant.
“I don’t know if there is even a siege weapon, how are you pushing it so that the infantry can deal with it?
Urmama was trembling in his arms.
But it didn’t look like she had taken her fright.
Tuk-tuk.
“Damn, you don’t have to force yourself to hand over your power like that.”
“But…”
Because she was sending power to Mono Horn as she struggled.
“When I first made them, the output was laggy, but it’s enough now, so you can lower the output that sends this ability to me. It’s really okay.”
“Ah… Yes, hero!”
The tremors she emits from her subside.
Her expression becomes more comfortable.
Ur Mama turns her head toward the Imperial military camp.
Monohorn didn’t bother to stop her from looking at the terrifying sight.
To play a part in her warfare, she had to get used to her blood.
“Ugh?”
But she didn’t look frightened.
Perhaps it was her holding back, but outwardly she showed no sign of fear.
Swoop, Swoop.
Mono Horn seemed proud, as she stroked her hair and nodded her head.
“Is there something strange, maman?”
Monohorn does not ignore her judgment.
This is because her unique perspective has helped everyone more than once or twice.
“Why do those people come running when they know they’re going to die?”
“Yeah, that’s probably because there’s nothing else I can do right now, right?”
“I still look a little stupid. I don’t think I would do anything like that.”
“Hehe. That’s what fear is originally. If you’re scared, you won’t be able to make good decisions.”
“Ah…”
Ur Mama nods her head.
He seemed to understand what condition they were in.
“Let’s do it in moderation and go back, warrior.”
“Yeah. Killing them all here is unreasonable even for me. We don’t have a proper response yet, so we’re going to tease them as much as we want.
“Yes!”
Tuk!
The two looked at each other affectionately and kissed.
The sorrowful screams that echoed across the battlefield seemed to have nothing to do with their circumstances.
Just then,
Whoaaaaa!
The sky brightens.
As if the wizards had chanted a group chant, a huge fireball began to rise from the Imperial military camp.
Monohorn and Urmama stared blankly at the huge fireball.
Woo woo woo!
Whoops, whoops!
Aaaaa!
It hits the wooden ramp.
“Wow…!”
“Oh my god…”
Urmama and Monohorn look at it in awe.
In no time, there is a huge hole in the ramp.
The blazing fire gradually gnaws at the flesh of the tree.
Aaaaa!
Can win!
He’s nothing but firewood!
I can hear the morale of the Imperial Army rising.
“Magic is more powerful than I thought…”
“I feel sorry for the tree, hero…”
Woo woo woo.
Monohorn firmly holds Urmama’s hand.
“Let’s get ready to run away.”
“Yes, warrior!”
Whoaaaaa!
As if the momentum had risen, another fireball was born in the Imperial army camp.
Seeing that, Monohorn somehow became grumpy.
“Eight!”
Shrrrr!
He suddenly grew the stems around the ramp,
Awesome love!
It stretched towards the fireball.
Aaaaagh!
No, no, no, no, no!
Run away!
The Imperial Army panics.
Monohorn’s eyes shine.
Aaaaa!
Fire, fire, fire!
Aaaaagh!
A fireball causes a great explosion.
Woo woo woo!
The aftermath is so strong that Monohorn has to hug Ur Mama and turn his head.
Mono Horn turns his head surreptitiously to look at the Imperial military encampment.
“Whoah!”
“Me too, I want to see you, warrior!”
“Umm… I guess it’s better not to see it?”
Mono Horn let her slip away.
When she heard Mono Horn’s warning, she didn’t look straight ahead, but only glanced at her out of the corner of her eye.
“Ugh…”
She rested her head on Mono Horn’s arms again.
“Awesome… It explodes bigger than it just explodes. Did the mana flow backwards or something like that…? The wizard seems to have been completely drained…”
There were crushed bodies scattered all over the place.
Fences and barracks, weapons and human bodies are all set on fire.
The blood boils and evaporates.
The charred corpses created a spectacle worthy of being described as a hellish horror.
Having created that level of devastation, he must have earned enough time while the other comrades destroyed the scouting units one by one.
“The kids are coming all the way. Don’t worry, you seem to have done enough, so let’s run away. If you do something wrong, you may be discovered.”
“Yes, yes…”
They hid themselves in the dark.
They heard Margarita’s voice in their ears.
They smiled softly.
I was proud.