Chapter 73 – Vampires (9)
The Queen of Mosquitoes, which was a single creature a little while ago, her body and head were separated and split in two, and she became a swarm of thousands of mosquitoes, coveting the blood of the Lizardman chieftain.
“Khaaaaagh! These bugs!!”
Charnard, who was sucking blood from the mosquitoes attached to her body, swung her limbs and tail roughly, or rolled on the floor to shake them off, but some mosquitoes burst out, but did not have a decisive effect.
Jjoooook!
The mosquito that sucked out the blood of the chief… No, the alter egos of the queen gathered in one place and began to return to her original form. Then her queen’s head floated in the air, displaying an ecstatic expression.
“Ah, ah, ah… Although it is a lowly and repulsive enemy lizard, the ripeness of the blood is excellent. How long does it take to taste the blood of a strong man…”
When a mosquito that has sucked enough blood leaves its seat, another mosquito roaming around fills the vacant seat and sucks blood again. Charnard’s movements, which were intensely resisting with her whole body, are gradually slowing down. In an instant, she began to feel dizzy due to the effect of sucking a lot of her blood.
Chow ah!
“Keeeeek!!!”
On the other hand, the rest of the party, who had just dealt with the mosquito people who were blocking their way, belatedly confirmed the appearance of the chieftain who had been covered by a swarm of mosquitoes.
“This…!”
Did you have the ability to divide into small pieces? A warrior’s worst enemy.
“Mother!!”
Roden grabbed Guerub’s wrist as he was trying to reach her mother. Naturally, he tried to shake off Roden’s hand, but it doesn’t budge like a rock.
“I can understand your feelings, but what can you do if you come close? Do you think you can drive them away with your bare hands or with a sword? If you approach them right now, you’ll just suck blood.”
“…I get it.”
Guerub could not refute. For a moment, I couldn’t overcome my emotional agitation and almost made the stupidest choice.
After confirming the look in his eyes that had regained his composure, Roden let go of his wrist and looked at Merim.
If I use the sword wind, even the chieftain will be cut to pieces or seriously injured. If so…
“Merim! Whether it’s flame-type or lightning-type, whatever is good, attack the chief with magic.”
“Uh, are you going to be okay…?”
“It’s a thousand times better to be attacked with magic once than to be mummified, so hurry up!”
“I’m begging you too. Use magic on my mother.”
Even thinking about it, Merim, who decided that there was no other option for this reason, nodded her head and quickly chanted the spell, pointing at the chief with a staff.
“Lightning Wave!”
Through her short agony, what she chose was lightning-type magic. Pajik-pajik, the blue electric current gathered at the tip of the staff instantly attacked the chief’s body.
“…!!!”
Then, Charnard’s body, which allowed the electric shock, trembled. Her mosquitoes that clung to her also scorched, or fled quickly.
“It’s great! Interfering with the Queen’s meal…! Things that don’t even know etiquette!!”
The mosquitoes completely retreated, and we could see the chieftain lying on the floor. Roden and Guerub nodded at each other, and together they quickly carried the fallen chief.
While his whole body is slightly swollen from mosquito bites, Charnard is slightly scorched. Even in the midst of that, her mental strings were holding on straight.
“Ugh… It wasn’t enough that I showed a shameful figure as a warrior, so I even got help…”
“It’s just a bad match, so don’t blame yourself too much, leave the rest to us.”
The chieftain, who had never been defeated even in one-on-one or even many-on-one situations against warriors or invaders within his tribe, felt deeply resentful.
However, if not defeat, how should we define this situation in which we were helpless by the enemy’s attack and even received help from our colleagues? She meekly nodded her head.
“I wanted to see the end with my own hands, but I can’t help it. If you leave that kind of monster unattended for a long time, it will inevitably create its own power. You’ll have to put an end to it here and now.”
“I am of the same opinion.”
You need the help of a wizard to easily deal with enemies who can divide themselves into small pieces. Roden forced the rest of his teammates to sit in the far corner except for Merim.
“I think you used quite a bit of mana while coming down here. How much do you feel left?”
“Umm. A third of it?”
“Okay. That’s enough. I’ll make a spell in advance, and only when I feel the mosquito-splitting guy try to cling to me, I’ll check it right away.”
“Okay. Brother.”
While Roden and Merim devised a simple countermeasure, the Mosquito Queen, who had been savoring the blood of the chieftain she had just exploited, pointed and shouted at her two men and women.
“Blood Spear!”
Along with the queen’s cry, a portion of her blood that had been steadily collected was transformed into a small spear and shot out as sharp as an arrow.
Were you able to do ranged attacks? Judging from the flying angle, she was aiming not only for me and Merim, but also for the party behind her.
“Whoa.”
Loden, who had taken a short deep breath after holding his position a long time ago, opened his eyes and swung his sword at the flying spears.
Squeak! It is so fast and accurate that it gives the illusion that it is using multiple swords. Every time the faint afterimage of the sword passed through the air, dozens and even hundreds of blood spears vanished in the air.
“My God! A warrior who can block all the bloody spears she created with just one sword…”
Mosquito Queen looked bewildered at the intruder’s prowess beyond her expectations and prepared for her next attack, but Loden quickly closed her distance and swung her sword to sever her queen’s waist.
There was definitely a sense of the enemy’s body being cut by the blade. Normally, it would have been accepted as a sign of victory, but not now.
Why Ae-ah! Aaaaaeng!
“Well, I thought it would be like this anyway.”
A cutaway of the Mosquito Queen, whose upper body and lower body are separated, wriggles in the form of a tiny mosquito. It must have split her body into small pieces right before being cut by her sword.
The blood-haired queen in her eyes thrust her face in to taste her Roden’s blood, showing off her long nose and sharp fangs like the snout of a mosquito, and Roden revealed her true nature. She swung her free hand towards the queen’s face.
Perseok!
Fragments of her queen’s hair scattered all around her like soft fruit beaten by her club, transforming into buzzing mosquitoes that tried to envelop her loden.
“Lightning Wave!”
Then, Merim’s electric shock, which had her pre-loaded spell, swarmed the mosquitoes with delight. Roden was also affected by her electric shock a little, but she didn’t hesitate because she had told her beforehand that she was fine at this point.
As expected. Dividing into swarms of mosquitoes will decrease its durability infinitely. Although it is an atrocious trait for a warrior who specializes in dealing with one enemy at a time, it is easily attacked by wizards with wide-area skills.
“And, how dare a lowly wizard who is no different from a clown!”
The Mosquito Queen tried to target Merim by returning to her original form to prevent her damage.
“Where are you going?”
Love liquid!
Loden, unwilling to lay her hands on her lover, swung her sword lengthwise and tore her queen in half.
“Kuyaaaaa!!!”
As before, the screams of her split in half echo from the queen, who only split her amputation with mosquitoes.
The damage is infinitesimally insignificant compared to cutting it directly, but even if it is cut like this, the queen’s alter ego, the mosquitoes, are sliced and the damage accumulates.
If she completely split her body, she would be burned by Merim’s electric shock behind her, but if she maintained her true form, she would be sliced by Roden.
… After about 10 minutes, the Mosquito Queen, who was originally the size of three adult men tied together, became quite shabby to the point that she could barely hold her head. Now, even if I leave her alone, she will wither and die on her own.
“If you can’t kill her in one shot, she’ll just have to keep attacking him until he dies. Merim, you did a great job keeping him in check.”
“Huah… Her brother did a good job too. I’m almost out of mana now, so her head is a little dizzy. On the way back, her brother will carry her on her back.”
“Yes, yes.”
When the battle was almost over, Merim, who had completely relieved her tension, leaned on Roden, and he patted her on the back lightly, exchanging words of her good work.
The rest of the people who had been watching the two of them all along slowly approached them.
“When I first saw it, I always thought it was an unusual male even when we moved together, but seeing him fight in earnest is beyond my imagination. I am deeply grateful for taking care of that monster on behalf of our tribe.”
Not only Sharnar, but also Guelub, who was supporting him, bowed his head and expressed his gratitude.
“Are you feeling better?”
“Ah, watching you guys fight, I got a lot better thanks to replenishing my blood with the food I passed in my mouth.”
“It’s fortunate.”
After Roden finished talking with the Lizardman Hat, he turned to Maril and Roxia who were waiting next to him.
“This is goodbye to the dreaded mosquito crisis. Thank you for protecting Roxia while waiting, Maril. And Roxia had a hard time staying outside until today.”
“I can finally go home.”
“Uncle and Merim unni are really cool!”
While waiting, Roxya, who had regained her strength, sprinted to her owner, hugged him lightly, and rubbed her head. Roden’s hand went up to the top of the girl’s head, who was teasing her like a puppy, and she stroked her softly as usual.
That moment.
“Ah…! Aaaaa!!”
I finally found it… !
The Mosquito Queen, who had been staring blankly at Roden’s party with only her head left, suddenly screamed as if having a seizure, and her tears mingled with her blood flowed.
The queen’s gaze was fixed on Loxia.
“Mah… No… Maa… Ni… Mawa… Sama…!”
Demon King! Demon King! Demon King! Demon King! Demon King!
Half a year ago, I barely opened my eyes thanks to the demon lord’s energy, which I had been feeling constantly, albeit weakly…
Why are you bowing down to such an inferior species… Didn’t you finally find me…
Ah, the glorious great empire…
The queen, who finally recognized Roxia’s demon king’s aura after getting close to it, wanted to shout right away, but she didn’t even have the energy to speak out anymore.
The Mosquito Queen’s head slowly dried up as she watched Loxia, pouring out her bloody tears, and before long it became like a dry mummy, and her breath completely stopped.
