## Chapter 160 – Kobolds and the Underground Labyrinth
ㅡClang, clang!
“KweeEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!”
The roaring queen shook violently. At the sight, all the kobolds trembled and began to lower their tails, as if fearing their own mother.
What in the world… what in the world is happening!
ㅡThwack!
ㅡThwack!
Clatter, clatter! Thud! With each twist of the queen’s body, the black chains binding her shattered! Arms, legs, neck, and torso! As the massive monster, over 5 meters tall, rampaged, shards of iron flew!
“Sh, shit! Total shit! That, that, that, that thing!!! It’s breaking free!!!”
I shouted in horror… the end!
The demonic beast of the apocalypse that King David tried to stop but couldn’t, the one that would burn the world!
That monster has arrived in the mortal realm!
“Cloudy-nim!”
“Impossible!”
At Elise’s call, Cloudy answered, splitting the heads of the cowering kobolds in two. Her complexion looked quite weary. Cloudy was also reaching her limit.
Cloudy, our strongest force, is unable to use her power!
This was a crisis!
“Winia! How many spells can you still use!”
“Only one or two at most!”
“Total shit!”
ㅡThwack! Finally, the Queen, having completely broken free of her chains, moved her massive body.
It was truly a size comparable to an ogre. Thud, squishhhhh! As the Queen began to walk out, the bloated, external uterus attached to her genitals tore away, spraying blood and amniotic fluid!
“KweeEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!”
ㅡThump, thump!
Heavy footsteps!
For her, a monster, seaweed soup and postpartum care were unnecessary! The queen, who had just given birth, roared with an extremely healthy voice! Like the first cry of a robust baby!
“Blackie, I think we’re screwed.”
Even Winia whispered of death in the face of that overwhelming despair. The Winia who always had a half-rotten expression and confidently cursed out her mother was nowhere to be found.
“I think so too… but.”
By something like that.
Life.
I can’t give up.
“We mustn’t lose hope! Only those with steadfast faith can survive the apocalypse! Winia! We can survive! Don’t give up! If we gather the power of friendship in one place, there’s nothing we can’t do!”
“Bl, Blackie…?”
I raised my sword and gave a speech like a legendary hero. Even if the monster blocking our path is a demonic beast of the apocalypse from the Book of Revelation, if we don’t give up, we can live!
Paradoxically, I found hope in the despair darker than the bottom of the abyss. I am the Fist King. The Fist King never gives up. What I give up is only!
“When this life is overrrrrrrㅡ!!!”
ㅡFear was transformed into courage.
Since coming to this other world, I realized. The moment you give up, the moment you let go of that life! That’s when a person dies! Look at me! After coming to this other world with absolutely nothing, I’ve survived countless brushes with death and lived to this day!
If you don’t give up!
If you have the will to live!
Humans can survive as humans!
“Elise! Our faith! Our reverence for God! We’ll show it here! We are human! Because we are humans with infinite potential, we can even overcome the predetermined apocalypse!”
“…Oh, oh!!! Ohhhhh!!!!! Exactly! Exactly that!!! Saint! Your words are right and just!!! Ah, God!!! God of Order, Ijzermart!!!!”
Elise and I roared simultaneously.
Then, an unbelievable amount of fanatical courage surged excessively. As a side effect, reality twisted, and I began to see hallucinations. The 5-meter-tall monster in front of me now looked like Goliath, the legendary general of the Philistines!
An existence to die and fall!
An existence to be defeated and collapse!
An existence we can win against!
“We must repel the evil creature that plagues this land with our faith, or God will be saddened!!!”
“Oooooooo!!! That’s right, Eliseeeee!!!!”
Without either of us saying anything, we kicked off the ground. Light emanated from Elise’s body, soaked with sweat. Did the power of fanaticism infuse her with divine power? I don’t know.
All I can know. That is.
That I can still fight!
“KuoOOOOOOOOㅡ!!!!”
Gathering all the inner energy in my body, I unleashed a lion’s roar. An extreme scream that broke the durability of my vocal cords to the limit!
ㅡQue, Que-ssaaaaaaat!!!
ㅡQue-ssaaaaaaak!
ㅡGyu-sasaaaat!!!
Then, the small kobolds scattered in a frenzy. The fear of the queen and the fear of me were mixed together, shattering their minds.
ㅡThump, thump!
The queen was still not fully recovered, so she was approaching us with slow steps. Slow. But heavy. Overwhelming weight and size. We wouldn’t be able to win with normal means.
But!
“Elise! The power of God! Give me the power of God to purify the world!”
“Holy Enchant!”
Light soared!
The power of the buff felt more than twice as strong as usual. When I thought I could do it, I really felt like I could. The stamina that had bottomed out in the fight with the Guardian somehow began to recover at a terrifying rate!
“ReligiousㅡEcstasy!”
The Queen raised her arm.
Thin but with bulging muscles. Skin color that was a pure darkness, like the world seen by a blind person! And nails that protruded like the claws of a demon! It was an arm born solely for violence!
“Too slow!”
ㅡWhoosh!
I avoided the massive whip-like swing.
The attack speed was slower than I thought, and the trajectory was unstable, so I was able to evade it. Elise and I split to the sides and launched attacks simultaneously.
“God of Order!”
“Hwanung!”
And then I slashed at the ankles supporting the Queen’s heavy body. ㅡSquish! Unclean blood splattered and evaporated by the holy light, but the wound was not large. Of course. It’s this big. It won’t end easily.
But it didn’t take more than a second to swing the sword twice. I immediately slashed the same spot again, and again!
“Real Sword Style-dejaaaaaaaatㅡ!!!”
“Kyuuuuuuuuu!!!!”
The Queen, screaming in agony, stomped her feet and flailed her arms in all directions. Not using sight became a poison. Since we were attacking from both sides, she didn’t know what to do!
The Queen was just big, but she didn’t seem to have any combat experience.
Of course. When would the queen, who only gave birth to babies underground, have fought? She wasn’t at the level to be compared to an ogre, but she seemed to be at a similar level to a flesh golem!
“KweeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!!”
“Tch!”
However, the attack range was as wide as its huge size. I had to throw myself and create distance to avoid the arms swung in unstable trajectories and the indiscriminate kicks.
ㅡTss.
“You son of a bitch!”
In the end, all I managed to do was land nine slashes during the duration of the buff.
What about Elise?
She was also fighting hard, hitting the bones with her iron mace, but she wasn’t landing any particularly effective blows. There wasn’t enough decisive damage. The monster’s defense was too high!
“Light Bolt!!”
The fired sphere of light struck the Queen’s face. Her hood burned, and a scream that didn’t seem to belong to this world echoed.
“Kweeeeeeeeeek!!!”
“Now’s the time!!!!!”
Another special attack!
The remaining kobolds had all fled due to the previous roar. Winia and Cloudy were taking a breather. I have to buy as much time as possible. Only that was the only way for us to survive!
Knowing that, I rushed in even more maniacally!
“Ah.”
Honestly, there’s almost nothing I can do.
I felt my incompetence to the bone.
“How pathetic.”
Even so, I have to buy time… until they recover their stamina!
If we can just hold out until then, we can live!
Jesus, Buddha, Hwanung! I called out the names of all kinds of gods in my heart and rekindled the dying flame of courage like a candle in the wind, and shook off the fear that was trying to swallow me like a deep swamp!
“I can do it!”
Even so, every time I shook off the fear, it swept in and tightened my mind. The flame of courage also flickered uneasily.
The candle will go out.
Eventually, it will be swallowed by fear!
“I can do it!”
But I move!
“Kkieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekㅡ!!!!!!”
A powerful roar and Elise’s fanatical prayer!
“This victory! To God! I offer it! Light! God of Order!”
It was fortunate that the Queen’s condition was not normal. Little by little, our attacks were working. I was nervous. I could avoid the attacks, but if I made a mistake and got hit even once, I would probably be one-shotted.
It’s a blow with that kind of weight.
Armor made of mere iron plates can’t block it.
The armor that had always firmly protected me was neutralized. Death is the moment you make a mistake. I just, just swing my sword. If I keep stacking damage, I’ll eventually land an effective hit!
“Katt! The front! I’ll go around to the back!”
“Cloudy! Are you okay now!”
I danced with my sword in a trance of battle. Did this dance really reach the Queen’s breath? I don’t know. But the result was visible. Cloudy had joined!
“To some extent! Thanks for the hard work!”
She still looked tired, but she must have judged that she had recovered enough stamina to jump in!
ㅡSlash!
The gleaming curved blade flashed past, lacerating the Queen’s flesh… but it couldn’t cut through to the bone, so it couldn’t bring the Queen down. As expected, it’s still not enough!
“Flame Arrow!”
ㅡWhoosh!
ㅡBoom!
Then a fiery arrow flew in. Magical flames with explosive power! It flew and hit the Queen’s chest, and exploded with a loud noise.
“Kwieeeeeeeeeekㅡ!!!!!”
“Blackie! That’s the last one! I can’t help you anymore!”
“That’s enough, Winia!”
The Queen, who had become a literal flame kobold, writhed in a frenzy. Slash! Sparks flew, but I didn’t care. My quilted armor, which was like my treasure, was scorched and the seams burst. It was fucking annoying, but I couldn’t help it!
Now is the time for extreme damage!
The three of us frantically poured in damage.
An iron mace striking bones, a bastard sword making scratches. And two curved blades cutting through even blood vessels! Each of us, from three directions, brought the Queen to her death, exerting our maximum skills!
ㅡThwack!
A blind fist slammed into the ground.
Evading as if performing acrobatics, I prepared to attack again.
ㅡThen the Queen’s upper body swelled abnormally.
“Wh, what!”
“Please step back!”
What is it? I thought she was using a breath attackㅡ
ㅡKyuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!
I heard a huge scream that literally felt like my head was breaking. No, shit! Even the surging courage couldn’t block the pain! I grabbed my head!
Damn it!
It hurts so much, you son of a bitch!
“Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!!!!”
Was it the aftermath of the scream? The flames that had been burning the Queen’s upper body went out. The Queen, with all the fire on her body extinguished, stopped for a moment. What is it? And.
ㅡWhoosh!
She started moving at an unbelievable speed!
“Kakh!
ㅡThwack!
A long tail fluttered. Elise, who was standing in its path, was hit by it and flew to the other side of darkness. “Eliseeeeeee!!!!” I ran over, wondering if she was dead, and saw her struggling to get up after rolling on the ground about six times.
Fortunately, she doesn’t seem to be dead!
“Kweeeeeeeeeeeek!!”
“Tcheh!”
Cloudy retreated.
“Oh my god!”
The Queen’s movements became faster and faster… Is it a rampage!!! Thwack! Immediately, I heard an explosion, and the Queen, who had slashed through the air, kicked off the ground. Explosive speed from overwhelming muscle mass!
“I’m gonna lose everything-techaaaaaa!”
Our formation collapsed in an instant, and all attacks were in vain! I tried to squeeze out the last of my courage, but there was nothing I could do against the Queen, who was sprinting through space!
Despair!
Overwhelming despair covered me!
“It’s not working, you son of a bitch! Run away, guys! We’re all dead!”
As I screamed, the Queen ran towards me, and what the hell is this!
“NooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!”
Death was approaching!
