Chapter 65 – Anomalies (7)

The turbid union aims to eventually become one, as can be seen from its divine name.

Of course, that way is to eat it and put it in your stomach.

So, whether it be cultists or monsters, the opaque unity-type enemies are always crazy about something special, eating a lot.

In fact, they are the ones who get stronger every time they do that.

That’s why Edmerek is a peculiar one even among the followers of turbid unity.

They do not become one by eating, but because they eat and regurgitate what is mixed with them.

As a result, the speed at which the power of the main body was accumulated was very slow.

But that doesn’t mean Edmerek is weak. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have even risen to the position of archbishop.

Everything he ate became clones, and the clones were the same as Edmerek’s limbs.

It would be correct to say that Edmerek was combined with the clones.

Monsters that did not reinforce themselves as a single individual, but inflated their size as a group of themselves.

That’s Edmerek.

Of course, each clone was given its own role… Surprisingly, the body’s role is not combat.

Unlike most power-mad cultists, Edmerek was a little more faithful.

Believing that his mission was to endlessly increase his population like the queen ant, he was willing to give up his power.

Why is Edmerek’s modifier Vomiting Edmerek?

It’s really because he vomited up his own body without a break.

But didn’t he say Edmerek is a group, not an individual.

The power that Edmerek gave up did not disappear somewhere.

It’s focused on other clones made for combat.

Okay. For example, a grotesque giant with tentacles instead of a running head.

Thud. Thud. Thud.

-Gwoaaaaa!

“You don’t even have a mouth, so where the hell did you make that noise?!”

“Maybe there’s a tiny mouth inside that tentacle… Woo-wook. I’m sorry. I imagined catching prey with its wriggling tentacles, chewing it up with its mouth inside, and then swallowing it….”

Elisha, who is astonished by strange parts, and Vincent, who has an unnecessarily rich imagination.

While Helena blocks her minute bodies with her other students. Elisha and Vincent and I decided to deal with Edmerek’s body.

Although Vincent has some flaws, it is true that we are the strongest among them.

If there is just one problem.

“Yandel! Was that size even included in your plans?!”

“No! I just found out today that I can create a boss-level alter ego by eating a boss!”

It means that an unexpected strong enemy has been added.

H&A’s Edmerek subjugation was held outside, so I really didn’t know that this was possible….

Of course, no matter how much I whine, I won’t let you draw now, so there’s only one way.

“Glenciel-sama, Vincent. Can the two of you deal with him?”

“I think I can take it down with just my firepower….”

“You’re worried that Vincent will be able to hold out until you project all of that firepower. Understand.”

“… I’m sorry.”

“No. It’s not your fault. It was Edmerek’s fault for creating such a thing without a word.”

Blaming Vincent here would only hurt morale. In the first place, didn’t he bring Vincent even though he knew that he was half a penny?

So, all of this is the fault of Edmerek, the evil cultist. Anyway, yes.

Both of them looked bewildered at my one-sided transfer of responsibility, but it’s a waste of time for that right now.

“Then, let’s knock that size down first. Edmerek is next.”

“Do it. It would be a bit difficult to ignore that and fight.”

“I agree with you.”

A translucent sphere embodying water and wind rose above Elisha’s head, who quickly agreed.

Vincent ran straight ahead, holding his sword.

I also started chanting at the staff.

Through the shadows of the elements, Elisha is able to use water and wind-attribute magic quickly.

So what I need to do is stop the tentacle giant so that Vincent can last a little longer, rather than deal direct damage.

After all, there is nothing like Earth-type magic for stopping power.

Pounding.

The vibration of the core resonated with the heart and attracted mana around it.

Thanks to the system correction, magic that can be completed without much concentration.

By the end of the chant, a chunk of rock that was bigger than my upper body appeared in front of the staff.

It is neither pointed nor rotated.

Magic that focuses on mass itself rather than attack.

“Throw a rock!”

It’s a really crude name, but since the magic itself is crude magic in the first place, it can’t be helped.

The starter word should be the word that best expresses the magic.

Huung-

Rocks flying with a heavy pongong sound.

If this is the case, even that gigantic tentacle giant will flinch.

Taking advantage of that gap, Vincent could cut off his leg and take away his mobility.

Elisha must be able to cast a little more powerful magic so that she can deal definite damage to him.

I thought it was a very appropriate choice of magic, but… Unfortunately I couldn’t see the result.

A corner of the field of view.

It was like that in H&A, and just like it was just before, Edmerek knew how to vomit a new clone while the clones were fighting.

Because the guy was stretching his hand towards me.

From the index finger to the little finger, stick together, drop the thumb downward, and then strongly collide with the other four fingers.

Gestures like a beast opening its mouth and then closing it.

The power that the Priests of Cloudy Unity have in common is Devouring the Void. It is the precursor of the predation chain, the higher authority.

The effect is simple. It’s because it’s just repeating empty stomach 3 times in a row.

“That madman!”

I threw myself to the side with all my might.

Hard.

Translucent teeth biting into the place where I was.

It’s not that difficult to avoid if you only check the preparations in advance, like when you first avoided the air predation.

… The problem doesn’t end here.

Rolling around.

“Wind!”

He rolled rapidly across the floor, pushing his body with magic.

As if chasing me like that, I hear a series of eerie muffled sounds coming from behind my back.

After barely dodging all three times, he stood up and glared at Edmerek.

Then, the guy trudged along with a smile on his face.

“Did you really think I would stay still?”

“Because it was like that until now.”

“It’s like that I came to this place instead of the dungeon entrance, and it’s like that now. It seems like you’ve done a lot of research on me, but… Didn’t you say that in the first place? It’s a bit of a special situation right now.”

Edmerek’s bony arm peeked through the fluttering hem of his robe.

An arm like a rotten branch was pointed at me again.

When I quickly raised my body, the translucent jawline crushed the air again.

She shook her hand and shouted at Elisha, who had been flinching from earlier and kept sending her gaze this way.

“Just turn off the time! Anyway, I stopped her from continuing to vomit her body, so please hold on until Helena cleans up first and comes to help!”

Then she started running.

Its air predation is strong, but its preparations are so clear, and since you have to aim directly at the attack point, it becomes easy to avoid if you keep moving or staying focused.

On top of that, the Priest of Cloudy Unity doesn’t have any clear attack powers other than emptiness, so there’s no need to worry about anything other than the special pattern.

Now that this has happened, I will hold onto Edmerek and hang on.

Since he is perfectly familiar with the pattern, it should be possible to pass the time.

However, Ed Merek did not take his eyes off me as I chanted his magic while spinning around him, and continued to speak with a calm attitude.

“Unlike the other top heads who designated the feat for being a threat to the Church, He ordered your death Himself. You have no choice but to go out differently than usual, right?”

The magic to prepare is Thunderbolt.

The Priests of Cloudy Unity are the one-tool for emptiness, but this is because they can actually deal with quite a few things with just one emptiness.

So, it would be better to use lightning-type magic that is as fast as possible and will inevitably become rigid without special preparation.

“All things will be done according to His will.”

Edmerek raises his hand to me again.

Before my fingers, which seemed to break if I touched them, closed again, I released my magic first.

“Thunderbolt!”

Paperweight!

Blue lightning piercing the air.

Of course, it’s not as fast as real lightning. This is just an imitation of lightning created by my imagination and magical powers.

But even so, it will be a speed that is hard to follow with the eyes.

“Eat it.”

Hard.

The translucent jaw that appeared out of thin air bit the lightning, and the magic disappeared without a trace.

Write. Even though I knew it would be like this, I was dumbfounded when I saw it myself.

Does it make sense to eat magic to get rid of it?

Still, it was something I was expecting, so I’m going to prepare for the next attack, assuming I aggressively blocked the predation in the air.

For some reason, Edmerek suddenly pointed at me with his index finger, instead of using a series of empty-swallows.

“No one can escape hunger. You will soon be like me.”

Short declaration. The intense hunger felt right after that.

Regardless of my will, my untied legs twisted on their own, and my body rolled on the floor.

“Cuck!”

There is something to guess. But that made it even more confusing.

That will be too….

This was originally a debuff that Edmerek used in the final phase.

“Fuck.”

Evande to fake a pattern and curse it.