Chapter 270 – Assassination Family Raven 3 (24)
A small gray elephant shivering behind a test tube containing a specimen.
This was Shahemoth, the demon of mirage, the target I had to assassinate.
They struggled quite a bit because they were pushing a volume they couldn’t handle, but in the end, Shahemos, which couldn’t grow completely, ran out of power first.
When I thought that I would have missed Shahemoth if it weren’t for the Yeongyeong Shinkung (連影神功) that can quickly recharge mana, I realized that calmness is important.
“Please save me…”
The little elephant bowed its head in front of me with tears streaming down its face.
The quest ends when you make a weapon using Shadow Craft and cut off the head.
Even though it is not a quest related to training, I think it is a quest that takes a long time.
Is there anything we can do since the target is far away and cannot be reached at once through the warp gate?
When I stretched out my right hand, a long sword made of shadows appeared in my hand.
“Of all the enemies I’ve fought so far, I’ll admit that he wasn’t the strongest, but he was tough.”
Just as he was about to hold the sword of shadow upside down with both hands and hit Shahemoth’s head, his composure his his his kicked in.
As time slowed down, I thought. Why did it activate?
It has been activated in the past when it was not a combat situation.
Theo Travis, my composure kicked in when I was tasked with killing my assassin who told me he knew the future.
However, because he was killed right then, further detailed information about the future was not available.
With the information I obtained at that time, I was killing it in Teib Village, but would you say it didn’t help much?
If you think about it, it hasn’t even been two months since that guy died.
“Whoa.”
Just before the tip of the sword touched Shahemoth’s head, he removed the shadow sword and touched Shahemoth’s head with his hand.
“Kwaaaaah I’m dead!”
Even though I just touched it, I gently stroked Shahemoth’s head, which was acting harshly, and he stopped crying.
“Huh? Am I alive?”
“I’m thinking about it.”
“Now I don’t have any magic power, so I can’t do anything…”
Magi? Are you talking about contaminated mana? It may have the same or similar properties.
I thought it would be a good idea to dig up more information from this little elephant.
“Can’t the Demon King descend yet?”
“Eh? I can’t say that!”
“Has he been banned? Otherwise, he seems to have forgotten that he just barely survived.”
Shahe Moth shook his head and said as he formed a dagger of shadow in his hand.
“Actually, I don’t know! I just made an order to send the weak demons to Middle Earth and prepare for that day!”
“It’s a weak devil…”
Maharis didn’t seem to have been properly revived, but he was able to make a mentally weak person commit suicide, and Shahemos in front of me right now is acting appropriately. If he had used his full strength when he fought me, he would have the strength to fight not just the village, but the country. It had.
But you call yourself a weak devil. How strong are strong devils and demon kings?
I thought that the best thing would be to prevent the devil from descending and that would be the most effective.
“I was really stronger when I was in the demon world and when I descended last time… Even if I didn’t grow, how can I lose to just one person…”
The little elephant said while completely lying down on the ground.
“Because there is an abundance of demon energy in the Demon World? Does the reason why the demons were sent here first mean that the Middle Earth should have enough demon energy to make it easier for high-ranking demons to operate?”
How futile would it be if really strong demons came over and couldn’t use their full power? It seems like he’s an advance team to prevent that.
“Then how do you make Magi?”
“If you mix the desire, despair, and fear of a living thing with vitality, you can obtain low-quality magical energy.”
I stroked Shahemos’ head with my hand as he calmly answered my questions.
It seems that it likes to be praised by its big ears fluttering.
“Then what should you do to resupply your demonic energy when you have nothing now?”
“We need to use the humans still remaining on the second floor or collect magical energy that naturally recovers.”
“In the end, without demon energy, you are nothing more than a baby elephant that can speak.”
“Ugh…”
I guess that cannot be denied.
Now that I’ve heard the story, should I stop killing it? When I thought of that, calmness came into play again.
I think it shows that there is another way?
However, the only way I will try is to use heat or negative mana.
Negative mana has some resemblance to magic energy, so if you inject it into Shahemoth, you may quickly regain magic power.
So what happens if you apply heat and burn off all the remaining magical energy?
‘What. Just give it a try.’
The quest is cleared anyway even if Shahemos dies.
Because I have nothing to lose.
When I placed both my hands on Shahemoth’s head, he wrapped his nose around my wrist.
“What are you trying to do? Am I going to die?”
“If the results are bad, you will die.”
Hehe!!!”
I created as much heat as I could and sent it to Shahemos’ body.
“It’s so hot! You’ll burn to death!!!”
I can’t generate that much heat right now? Is it because the demonic energy and heat are at odds that you feel that pain?
I used my strength to stop the small elephant from struggling and trying to get up, and continued to inject heat, but I could see that it was not enough.
It had to be burned down to the very deep roots, but the firepower was not enough.
‘There is a suitable flame here.’
I recovered all the heat that had spread through Shahemoth’s body.
“Hoeeeeek…”
Even though the little elephant was covered in sweat and stretched out like a corpse, I started working again.
Skill Link-Boost
Shadow Mastery. White salt.
The nature of white flame, a flame containing the power of purification, has been completely transformed.
Yin attribute mana containing the power of purification? Shadow? Something that couldn’t be pinpointed and explained began to gnaw at Shahemos’ body again.
“Aaaaa?!”
Shahemos screamed loudly, not because of the pain caused by the heat, but because of pain that completely changed his existence.
I pressed his head hard to keep the sound from escaping to silence him, and Shahemos’s struggles and hitting my hand with his nose were bearable, so I let him go.
When the mana I had filled by absorbing the shadows began to run out, a blue window appeared in front of her eyes.
『Quest』
〈Defeat Shahemoth, the demon of mirage.〉
-Completion: Shadow Mastery (C) -〉 Shadow Mastery (B)
“Is he dead?”
I thought it would be a shame if I failed, and thought about checking what had changed since my Shadow Mastery level had increased, but Shahemoth’s nose twitched.
Isn’t he dead? I took my hand off Shahemos’ head, stood up, and watched the gray elephant for a moment.
The body of the gray elephant turned into smoke as if the illusion disappeared, and then turned into the little girl I had seen earlier.
Then Shahe Mos sat down, looked blankly at his hands, and tapped himself with his hands.
After seeing that even his nose had disappeared, Shahemos looked up at me and pointed with his finger.
“I… What did you do to me?”
“I don’t know either. It’s my first time trying it.”
Shahemos, who heard me, frowned, stood up and turned her right hand into smoke.
Are you thinking of changing into the hands of a werewolf? When he saw that figure, he thought about killing it and created the Shadow Sword.
“Ugh?”
Shahemos’ arms became the legs of an elephant.
“It seems there has been a restriction.”
When he approached Shahemos and injected him with negative mana, Shahemoth was able to change his arms into human arms again.
“Surely I am subordinate to you?!”
“It seems like that. Your illusionary ability has been demoted to a transformation ability, and it looks like I have to inject you with the fuel needed for transformation. It is definitely correct to say that you are subordinate to me.”
“You bastard!”
“Isn’t it better to be alive than dead?”
“This is more humiliating! I’d rather kill you!”
I don’t know if the quest hasn’t been cleared, but for now, ‘Demon’ Shahemos treats the quest window as dead.
So it would be okay to keep it alive.
“Shahemoth, if we liberate the people on the second floor, will we be able to return to normal life?”
“It must be difficult, right? I ruined it to create demonic energy. If I leave it alone, they will all die in a day or two.”
Shahe Moss said, crossing his arms.
Seeing the girl with her long gray hair doing that with her naked body made me want to put some clothes on her.
“Then it would be better to make him comfortable as quickly as possible.”
I made a shadow dagger and went down to the second floor.
While giving everyone rest, I searched the prison and fortunately was able to find a set of clothes suitable for Shahemos to wear.
At first, he didn’t want to wear it because it was dirty, but when I made him some water and washed him clean, he pouted and got dressed.
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“What are you going to do with me?”
On the way back to Stemore with Shahemos, Shahemos asked me.
“I don’t know. The transformation ability is useful, so I wonder how I can use it.”
“Remember what you said earlier about me being demoted? That’s really it.”
“To what extent is transformation possible? It will replenish your mana, so try it.”
Then Shahemos was enveloped in smoke and became Shahemoth in the form of an adult.
At best, the washed and dressed clothes fell to the floor, but Shahemos would have to wear them again anyway.
“Refill me with mana.”
Shahe Moss said, sticking out her big breasts.
As I squeezed her chest and injected negative mana into her, Shahemoth made a shocked expression.
And when the mana was full, it was me who changed.
“I can only use these three forms right now. It may be because I can’t adapt to your mana.”
Shahemos spoke in my voice. It felt a bit strange seeing the same person.
Seeing myself from the perspective of an observer just before possessing the lower world was different from being freed by class liberation.
Is this how you feel when you see your doppelganger?
He asked me when I injected mana into Shahemoth’s shoulder to change his appearance.
“What will it turn into? An adult with big breasts? I just touched her breasts and I still like adults more?”
“Turn into a child. It’s light when you take that side.”
“Tch.”
By consuming mana, she gave clothes to Shahe Moss, who turned into her child.
“Anyway. The request ended sooner than expected.”
Originally, it was necessary to go all the way to Edburnil’s estate to investigate, but it ended up in the village.
Should I go get the request fee? Then I thought the time would be roughly right.
