## Chapter 300 – Lingering Scent of Flowers
The large, pink flower attached to the dryad’s head, like an ornament, looked identical to the one blooming on the corpse. The ominous imagination that rose like smoke soon turned into certainty.
It seemed this bastard was the one who created that corpse.
“…Beauty!”
Copson, his eyes completely glazed over, tried to slowly walk toward the dryad. It was the moment when the most reliable colleague turned into a complete moron.
“Bewitchment! It’s bewitchment!”
I didn’t know what it was, but it seemed to be some kind of enchantment.
No matter how desperate Copson was for a woman, he wasn’t such a clueless idiot that he’d lose his senses over a monster!
“Hey, you son of a bitch! Get a grip… Huh?”
I was about to smack Copson on the head to bring him back to his senses. But… at that moment, I felt something strange.
“Uh, uh?”
A sensation like my head was spinning.
It felt like I’d used up all my mana at once, my vision blurring and a sense of confusion washing over me. I quickly checked my body, but there was nothing particularly wrong.
However.
ㅡWobbly wobbly.
The world was spinning as if I were on a rocking ship.
Damn it! What the hell is going on! Is this also the dryad’s bewitchment?! I grabbed hold of my sanity and centered myself to avoid falling, correctly aiming my sword.
The hand gripping the sword’s hilt gave me confidence, while also telling me that there was nothing wrong with my body.
Get a grip, Kim Kat!
If I lose my mind here, I’m a hundred percent dead!
There’s nothing wrong with my body.
I’m just under a spell!
ㅡHehehe.
“…Is that bitch laughing?”
I don’t know what she found so funny, but the dryad covered her mouth with her long-nailed hand and laughed gloomily.
“I don’t know what it is, but you’re dead now. How dare you mess with me and my friend?”
If this dizziness is caused by that thing, then I just need to stab it with my blade and kill it. Like most problems, killing the opponent solves most of them.
Having regained my balance, I decided to subdue Copson first, who was still out of his mind, and then attack the monster.
ㅡWhoosh?
But it was at that very moment.
“Holy shit!”
Along with a faint breeze, a sweet fragrance captivated my sense of smell. Sweet. And languid. The scent carried by the wind relaxed my muscles and gave me a pleasant feeling.
Clearly abnormal.
I’m aware of it too.
However, I felt so good that I couldn’t resist.
My heart was racing.
I wanted to lie down.
I knew I’d die if I lay down, but I still wanted to…!
“It’s definitely bewitchment!”
I felt like I was going to drop my sword.
I squeezed out the last of my reason and tightened my grip. It seemed that this bastard was a murderous monster that used this kind of mind-affecting bewitchment to devour people.
The dryad I faced before wasn’t like this.
The flower on its head, too… Was it simply a similar species? So it has special abilities?
ㅡHehehe.
Seeing me like that, the dryad laughed again.
“…”
Strangely, my murderous intent didn’t surge.
No, rather, I felt like that monster was beautiful. Flesh peeking out discreetly between the small leaves. And the large breasts and long legs that were almost completely exposed… I’m going crazy, damn it.
ㅡI got an erection.
It felt like my thing was about to burst out of my pants.
My seminal fluid was pouring out as if I had taken the stamina tonic that Claudia and Winnie were singing about. Male hormones were exploding.
“This is absurd!”
That I’m getting excited by a monster like that…!
It can’t be!
I was instantly seized with the feeling that I had become an antisocial pervert who gets excited by monsters! I don’t have a monster girl fetish! I’m a man with perfectly normal sexual desires!
Above all, this excitement felt similar to Claudia’s!
I can’t stand that, no matter what!
“How dare this bastard insult my love for Claudia!!!”
The surging anger churned through my brain and blew away my dizzy reason. Now I knew.
This was a bewitchment of seduction.
The suspicious scent of the flower.
Clearly, this was what was confusing me and Copson. If I understood the method, there was no need to be afraid. I immediately filled my head with Claudia’s naked body to resist the temptation.
One Claudia.
Two Claudias.
Three Claudias…!
“I’m not even turned on by the likes of you, you fucking monster!!!!!”
Erase the small excitement with a bigger excitement!
Imagining an extreme harem made up only of Claudia, my sanity instantly returned and I shook off all the scent of the flower!
“…Beauty!”
Copson was still spouting nonsense.
He didn’t have the mental strength to resist.
“Beauty my ass, you son of a bitch!”
ㅡWhoosh!
“Cough!”
I tripped Copson, who had even dropped his sword and was trying to walk, knocking him down. He slammed into the ground and went limp.
Stay there for a while!
ㅡWhoosh?
The dryad’s eyes widened as she watched.
Once again, I felt the scent of the flower, but I was already immune. That kind of bewitchment doesn’t work on me, who is imagining Claudia’s naked body!
“Hehehe, surprised that seduction doesn’t work? Go drink some more of your mom’s milk, you bastard.”
The dryad seemed quite confident, but when I, with my sword aimed, began to advance, she took a step back as if she was flustered.
Originally, those who rely only on unrealistic techniques like bewitchment meet their death as soon as it’s broken.
You picked the wrong opponent, you bitch.
If I had been even a little more inexperienced, I would have been seduced and died with Copson.
But I am strong.
ㅡWhoosh…!
The dryad, noticing that the seduction had been broken, suddenly changed her attitude and let out a snake-like cry, extending her long claws.
ㅡSwish.
There was no need to look.
“Celestial Demon’s Descent.”
ㅡBang!
The ultimate footwork exploded the muddy ground. Mana was concentrated instantaneously on the legs, ankles, and feet!
ㅡWhoosh!
My body was launched like a cannonball by the repulsive force of kicking off the ground.
Through training in the inner world using the circlet, I had already built a tower of corpses made of dryads. It’s fast. Fast and deadly, but it’s no match for me.
The dryad’s strength is its mobility.
By performing the footwork, I instantly take it away!
ㅡWhoossssssh!!!!!
“That’s right! Finally revealing your true colors!”
I thrust my sword in an extremely efficient trajectory. The steel blade, which even cuts through the resistance of the wind, was aimed straight at the dryad’s chest!
ㅡClang!
In an instant, she spread her fingers and used her sharp claws to block my blade. It didn’t matter. I pushed my foot in and twisted the blade, attacking again.
ㅡWhoosh!!!
The dryad screamed as she took a hit.
Unlike during the promotion battle, I have grown.
There’s no need to awaken as a fire mage!
I can win even if a truckload of bastards like this come at me!
“Hehehe. So the guy who was lying dead there was your doing too? I know everything, you bastard!”
ㅡWhoosh!
I swung my sword and punched, pressuring the monster. Still, she seemed to be a higher level than the dryad I had faced before, steadily defending against the attacks and dodging fatal blows while continuously taking damage.
Of course, no resistance is of any use to me!
ㅡWhoossssssh!!
When the dryad roared, the scent of the flower that wafted again pierced my brain. Receiving the scent directly from close range, I began to feel the effects again and lust started to stir.
“You fucking bitch…!”
As my murderous intent turned into lust, I felt an urge to subdue this bitch and pin her down right away, shoving my bursting thing into her and slamming my hips like crazy.
Clearly, that’s what she’s aiming for.
“This is Copson’s share!”
But it doesn’t work on me.
ㅡWhoosh!!!
I immediately swung my sword greatly to create a sword wind and blow away the scent. I am by no means an antisocial criminal who gets turned on by monsters!
“Blood Heaven Asura Kick!”
I linked the sword with kicks.
Her defensive stance had been broken by the greatly swung sword, but I couldn’t get into a position to swing the sword again either.
Originally, swordsmanship and kick techniques are one. The kick that was unleashed as naturally as flowing water ㅡThwack! Cleanly pierced her abdomen.
ㅡJia…at!!!
A scream like a gag reflex erupted.
“Celestial Demon’s Shattering Palm!”
I followed up with a series of blows to the solar plexus! “Queak!” A heavy impact was transmitted through the end of the gauntlet!
This is the end!
“Secret Sword!”
Her claws and reflexes were able to withstand my sword to some extent, but not now that she had taken damage and her stance was completely broken.
The blade, united with unwavering faith, would split the world to destroy the demons that disturbed the mind!
“Giant Boob Split!”
ㅡWhoosh!
The sword fell like a guillotine!
It would become a certain death and cover the dryad.
But ㅡSwoosh!
“Huh?”
ㅡRustle rustle.
In an instant, the dryad’s body turned into countless leaves and began to scatter into the air… I remember this. The dryad disappeared like this when I killed it last time too.
“…Did it escape?”
The leaves carried by the wind gathered in one place like a swarm of flies and flew away. Since it had turned into leaves before I could even cut it with my sword, it was certain that I hadn’t killed it.
It used natural magic to transform its body and escape.
The scent of the flower, the dryad, and my lust. They disappeared cleanly as if they had never existed from the beginning. All that remained was me and Copson, who was collapsed and groaning.
“Ugh…”
He was curled up like a child.
“You son of a bitch, seriously. Hey. Get up, you bastard.”
ㅡTap tap.
I tapped Copson’s back with my toe. He still couldn’t come to his senses, so I opened the lid of my canteen and poured it on his face.
“Ugh!”
Then he jumped up.
He gets up when I give him water?
This plant-like bastard.
That’s why you got caught by the dryad, you idiot!
“Wh-what! What was that! Barbarian…! Beauty! There was definitely a beauty!”
“Calm down, you crazy bastard. You almost died just now.”
“Almost died…? Me?”
He reacted like a match girl who had woken up from a happy dream and been thrown into a cruel reality.
“You don’t remember?”
“I don’t remember anything after meeting the beauty… What on earth happened!”
Copson, still unable to come to his senses, looked around, constantly searching for the beauty. Fortunately, the dryad’s bewitchment didn’t seem to be that fatal.
He seems to be doing okay since he’s so energetic.
“Beauty my ass, you son of a bitch. You almost died because you were possessed by a monster.”
“Monster?”
I picked Copson up and explained that he had foolishly fallen for the bewitchment and almost died. His face gradually turned black as he listened.
“I can’t believe it… I almost died without even knowing it… Well, thank you for saving me anyway. Barbarian.”
“Hehehe. No need to thank me. You bastard. Buy me a drink next time.”
Anyway, it was a pretty dangerous monster. Most adventurers would have just died the moment they met it, like Copson.
The corpse I saw earlier. That must have been that bastard’s doing too.
It’s as good as dying the moment you fall for the seduction.
Looking back, I felt a chill again, but she was no match for me either. I have a steel-like mental strength to overcome seduction, and I also have the skills to match.
There’s no problem.
Rather, now that I know my opponent, I can deal with them more calmly.
“I’ll buy you a drink until your nose is crooked.”
Copson, who had reflexively drunk the water, said that.
“…If we make it back alive.”
“Damn it.”
The sun was setting more and more.
Like his ominous premonition, it would be night soon if we kept going like this.
“You can’t drink if you don’t make it back alive.”
“Well, let’s not be too scared. Is it our first time sleeping outside?”
“That’s true, but… to be honest, I’m very scared because of what happened.”
I decided to prepare for the worst. First of all, the dried provisions and water that I brought. With these, I can eat until the day after tomorrow without any special supplies.
If we are stranded here for a longer period of time, we will have to hunt to make food, and find water to replenish our moisture.
Suddenly, the atmosphere is survival.
But isn’t that what our adventurers are good at?
“It seems a bit late for today. Let’s prepare for camping.”
“I understand. That would be good.”
It seems impossible to get out, so let’s prepare for camping.
We need to find a safe place to hide before the sun goes down.
And so he moved with me.
“But Barbarian. Surely that flower monster… wasn’t she a beauty?”
Copson, who was looking around, said jokingly.
“This bastard still hasn’t come to his senses.”
“Hehehe, so what if she was?”
It’s just disgusting.
“Fuck off, you pervert. You’re getting turned on by a monster?”
“No, well. If she’s a beauty, whether she’s a monster or not…”
“This crazy bastard.”
