Chapter 212 – Fault

#212.

The giant crocodile’s teeth mercilessly bit the ground.

‘Fast..!’

I sensed the attack in advance and escaped it by leaping into space.

“Look out, both of you! The floor is sticky and it is difficult to move.”
“Thank you for your concern. But don’t worry too much about me, I’m fine!”
“Lai, let go! I’ll take care of the crocodile!”

Hisha glared at the giant crocodile, and she immediately summoned a giant snake.
This snake, called Kasha, grew stronger as Hisha’s magical knowledge developed.
With a body height of about 30m and a length of 200m, it was bigger than a giant crocodile.
Of course, it was only limited to the size, but the power it had was insignificant.

“Then Lay. Please! I will support you!”
“Yes. Then I’ll leave it to you in peace.”
“Haaaaap!”

─Kuddudduddeuk!

When the position was roughly decided and Reina was let go, magic immediately spewed out.
At the same time, the tree trunks that acted as barriers moved and caught the falling rain and at the same time suppressed the expansion of the swamp.
The area of ​​the guy who filled the inside without knowing the end stopped expanding.

He looked at us leisurely as if he had no doubt about his victory, and when he saw Reina’s magic blocking his territory, he smiled sinisterly.

Hehe… Yes. After all, it’s a high elf, isn’t it? Especially.. I don’t kill you, I’ll beautify you.]

It’s unpleasant because he’s been rolling around in a swamp all his life, and his eyes are sticky.
However, Reina was not at all shaken by such an unpleasant gaze and resolutely cut it off.

“Sorry, but you are not my taste. I will refuse.”

[…How dare you refuse my grace. I’ll use you for the rest of my life!!]

No matter how high you reach, in the end a monster is a monster.
The corner of his mouth went up crookedly at the sight of instinct taking precedence over reason.

‘I know that lizard babies are pretty…’

Reina is already the woman I picked up on.
Originally, she thought of accepting it or not when it came, but she said that she was a competitor.

I can’t give up Reina to that guy.
Originally, she wasn’t going to kill her if she could be subdued, but that’s changed now.
She said that even if she died anyway, there would be no problem in absorbing her skin, so I killed her with all my might!

Susut-

I immediately killed the presence along with Donghwa and leaped into space, and struck him from behind with a double-edged momentum.
The swordsmanship, in which all techniques are united, is brutal enough to tear apart the body of a bastard.
But no matter what, he is at the level of 10 stars.
He cannot be easily killed.

Fu-wook!

The sword was easily blocked.
Before I knew it, the sticky liquid of the swamp land rose from the floor and stretched out like tentacles, blocking the gap.
The sword power was scattered in all directions with a feeling of impact that was soft as if it had hit clay, but without any sharp edges.

Not only that, but the appearance of sucking the sword itself in as if it were going to swallow it gave strength to pull it out and stepped back.
Then the Lizardman Lord looked straight at me and killed me.

[Did you think I wouldn’t see you? Be impertinent!]

─Quarrrr!

I don’t know if it’s because I’m in his territory or what, but I do know that my stealth doesn’t work.
I deflected the attack by detonating the tentacles flying from all directions one by one using the powerful whip.
It’s meaningless to cut it anyway, so it’s more efficient to do it like this.

[I don’t need a man… Die!]

He was a child who faithfully kept the truth of the eons.
It immediately plucked hundreds of tentacles from the floor.
Since he is a man, there is no need to worry about being raped by the tentacles, but he radiated a bloody spirit as if he were about to attack him at any moment while covering all directions.
Right when she was about to escape from the encirclement through space leap, Reina’s cry was heard.

“I will not tolerate it!”

Shiriririk—!

Raina, who had been unable to keep up with the flow of our workshop, as if she had almost no combat experience, took advantage of this! He went on and exerted his magic.
The branches of the World Tree, which had been suppressing the expansion of the swamp area, swelled up and stretched out the same number of tentacles to block them.

The tentacles somehow managed to get through and tried to target me, but the tree branches weaved together like a net to block any gaps.
It was a tentacle that seeped through the tiny cracks in the net, but the trees absorbed the sticky liquid of the swamp like a sponge soaking up water.

[Your daughter!!]

The compatibility between the two was pretty bad.
To be precise, it was impossible to cause meaningful damage to each other.
Of course, even so, if the Lizardman Lord took the time to say that he was a thug, he would be able to defeat Reina, but the two of them are not alone here.

It has been proven that I can inflict enough critical damage with the previous blow.
So, as a guy, he had no choice but to be annoyed by Reina, who would return his attacks to nothing.
However, a man is a sad creature with a high proportion of the lower body when it comes to thinking and decision-making.
He couldn’t easily give up on Reina, the last remaining high elf in the world, and made me his first priority.

[You lack of etiquette for this body… I’ll kill these bugs and educate you!]

─Koo-gu-gu-gu-gu!

“Awesome..! Rai, be careful!”

The gnome must have reached the limit of his rage, drawing out his full power.
With the illusion that the density of the surrounding air was getting heavier, a terrifyingly huge amount of mana was thrust into the floor.
At the same time, the tree branches firmly blocking the swamp area cracked, and soon an eight-headed snake came out.

─Keew!

A creature called the Hydra stuck its teeth into the branch of the World Tree.
Acrid green smoke seemed to rise with him, and the tree melted like ice cream.

[Kill those bugs! Don’t leave even a handful of blood!!]

As if reminiscent of Nidohogg, the venomous dragon in Norse mythology, the one who killed the tree by drying it in an instant raised his head and poked his long snake’s mouth at me.

Huge fangs dripping with venom are truly terrifying.
I immediately fired a phantom sword at the appearance that created a great sense of intimidation, as if it could easily pierce my body.

Shu Shu Shuk— Kwaaang!

─Kuaaaaa!!

The golden sword that shot out beyond the black cave caused an explosion when the inner dormitory was pierced.
The hydra let out a scream of pain, but it didn’t stop, but rather accelerated.
Eight heads flew in from all directions, each with its own will.

‘Dangerous!’

I learned various skills based on the system, so it can be said that there are few weaknesses.
Nonetheless, the ability to detoxify was the first thing that came to mind when choosing one of the weakest points.
The immortal god heals the trauma itself quickly, but in the case of poison, it loses its meaning.
If it was enough to melt the branches of the world tree that even held a kind of divinity at once, even a single drop of venom could be a fatal blow to me.

He evaded the Hydra’s attack by continuously leaping into space.
It was quick and dangerous, but it also made sense when it hit.
Its head was said to be as large as that of a giant crocodile, so its movements were inevitably sluggish.
Effortlessly evading the attack while jumping over the stretch space, I moved at supersonic speed for an instant by using speed in succession.

Paaang—!

As I disappeared along with the afterimage, the air exploded and created a sonic boom.
The moment the tentacles that attacked along with the hydra were scattered in shock, I was holding his back.

‘Die!’

Kwaji Jijik—!

[Keuaaaaa!!]

This time, I was going to take a double-deal, but he used his thick tail to receive my attack even when he was invisible.
The scales were so hard that after a moment of hesitation, he pulled himself out of the sword’s path, only to cut off his tail.

“Sheesh..”

[Die! Die!!]

There are three basic needs of living organisms.
Which of them is the most simple? Maybe now I am looking at the correct answer to him.

As if he had lost his composure once he was in danger of escaping his life properly, he started attacking at random.
It was truly ridiculous to see him hurriedly back away from behind the hydra.

“Awesome! Body..!”

[Khehehe! I must have overworked it too! Die!]

As I staggered as the muscles in my whole body burst as a side effect of using speed in succession, he let out a mean laugh with a bright smile.
But even so, I didn’t get hit by the tentacles.
When I leaped into space again and used running water to drain it away, the tentacles couldn’t even touch my collar.

I should have pretended to be moderately dangerous and at least pretended to avoid it, but was it because I avoided it too well?
The lizard manlord glared at me as if he would kill me with eyes stained red with blood vessels bursting, then he bent his head and let out a roar.

[Kuaaaaa!! You don’t need all of them anymore! Everyone die!]

─Kwaaaaa!!

The hydra stopped chasing me and opened its mouth wide.
Clusters of green light converged from her chest to her throat.
The huge spheres gathered in the mouth, along with the flow of terrifying magical power, soon scattered in all directions with a roar.

Jijijijik!!

“Kyaaaaah!”

The liquid that touched the barrier immediately caused a backlash and melted everything it touched.
At the same time as blocking the escape route, the branches of the World Tree that were blocking the expansion of the swamp were engulfed in poison, and Reina screamed and stumbled as if the blow had been delivered.
Red blood flowed from between her lips, as if she had suffered an internal injury.

The spells flowing outside the barrier were exposed to the poison and erased, shaking as if they would collapse at any moment.
The higher the water level in the swamp, the higher the magic concentration of the Lizardman Lord.

[Bouncer! This is my world! No one can resist. I will erase it without leaving a single piece of flesh!!]

As his own triumph neared, he was a bastard who became arrogant again.
But he made a mistake.

As the saying goes, it’s not over until it’s over, you should have kept your mouth shut before it was over.
It is said that such a thing is flagged in the district. As the saying goes, something happened.
The hydra, which continuously spewed venom to break the barrier, stopped.

[How dare you insult the master of a lower race? The guy who borrowed my authority is talking a lot!!]

Four half of the hydra’s heads were dyed green.
Of course, originally, its body was green, but this time it was emitting weak light like it was emitting light differently than usual.

-Master. I’ll stop the hydra, so take care of him in the meantime!-
-Karut?-
-Yes. It’s me! I can’t keep you tied up for that long, so please hurry up.

With those words, Karut went into a fight with Hydra.
Although they share the same body, it was possible because each head had its own ego.
Divided into fours, biting each other and rolling around the swamp, they couldn’t afford to breathe.
Thanks to this, the shaking of the barrier stopped, and the expansion speed of the swamp area also noticeably decreased.

“Ugh..! Rai, let’s go! I can’t last that long!”

[This, this Zenzaang!]

Even the last deadly skill was sealed, and he spat out curse words in embarrassment.
As expected, perhaps because he had reached the state by chance, he had a much weaker mind than he thought.
Due to his inexperience in combat, Nome had no idea how to properly respond when his strongest hand went to nothing.

‘It kills in one blow.’

He focused all his aura on Platinum and used swiftness.

Awesome—!

It wasn’t long after he had used it consecutively that his bones screamed as he strained again.
But he didn’t care.
Immediately use pain block to ignore the pain and stack speed again.
Swiftly swiftly swiftly.
When I used 3 stacks, the bones split into small pieces and rattled.

I forcibly held on to my creaking body and used space jump.
Even at this moment, the guy was in a panic and couldn’t do anything.
The guy who was idly looking at the falling sword let out an unsightly scream.

[Kuaaaaa! Go away! Get lost!]

Kwajajajajak—!

The guy raises his hand to stop it, but he doesn’t even try.
My sword slashed his forearm as it was, slicing through the top of his head and coming out through his crotch.

Chow ah!

The red lines drawn in straight lines soon split on both sides and splattered blood.
Life escapes from the eyes of the reptile, stained with astonishment.
I brushed off the blood on my sword and sighed as I stepped back.

“Whoa..”

And open the status window.
At some point, it became a habit to kill strong enemies and check karma.
Seeing the number of karma like that, I immediately gnashed my teeth and was wary of my surroundings.

Karma didn’t rise at all.
That means he’s not dead yet.
Whether it was a false image or whatever, I turned my head to the fact that he was still hiding somewhere, and I saw the tail that had fallen under Reina’s feet.

The tail, which I had cut off and fell to the floor and looked useless, started to flinch, then bounced like a spring and flew to Reina.

“Reina!!”