Black-Haired Alien From Another World 161

Chapter 161 – Kobolds and the Underground Labyrinth

“Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!!!!”

The transcendental courage from just moments ago was now meaningless as I screamed and sprinted. Courage and valor were now stories from another world.

—Screeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeech!!!!!!!

“Mom! Mom! Mooooooooom!!!”

It was fortunate that the space was wide. There was enough room to escape. But that was it. Thump, thump, thump! The Kobold Queen, easily 5 meters tall, was shaking the earth as she chased after me like a madwoman.

This was a nightmare.

A terrible nightmare.

The curse of solitude.

“Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!”

The cursed queen of the kobolds was completely berserk and trying to kill me. It was only fortunate that her speed was similar to mine; if she had been even a little faster, my whole body would have exploded and I’d be dead, trampled like a pile of maggots.

This world is a fucked up world.

It’s such a goddamn awful world that words can’t even describe it.

Something must have gone wrong.

It felt like victory was a concept that never existed from the beginning.

“Help me… Elise! Claudie! Winia!”

Calling out the names of my companions, I ran as if I intended to escape to the end of the world. There was nothing I could do now. I was really screwed. If I hadn’t lost my courage, I wouldn’t be so afraid and would have just fought and died.

—Slither, slither.

Perhaps due to the extreme fear, I was hallucinating and reality began to distort.

Suddenly, trees sprouted and vines grew. And darkness spread. I ran through that dark forest. The twinkling stars in the sky were lighting up the night, but the path ahead of me was as black as could be.

—Gyusat!

Beyond that, the shadows of those I had killed seemed to be reflected. The one spitting blood and wailing was the shadow of a kobold,

—Keruk!

The sound of laughter at me was that of a goblin,

—Techyaaaaaa!

And then the gremlin appeared and mocked me.

“Don’t…”

One after another, there appeared cockatrices, skeletons, zombies, robbers, bandits…

“Don’t look at me with those eyes!!!!”

Suddenly, everything went black.

Looking up at the sky, even the stars that had been lighting up the night had disappeared, holding their breath. The moon? Where was the moon? Wasn’t today the day of the full moon?

Please appear and light my way…!

“Hee hee hee hee!!!”

I turned around.

Beyond the veil, I could hear Elise’s shouts and Claudie’s sword slashes, but all I could see was the Kobold Queen reaching out her arms to kill me.

Even that was so dark that it was barely visible.

Yes.

If there was such a thing as death, that would be it.

That was the being that would kill me.

—That’s when it happened.

“Huh?”

—Whoosh!

Light began to pour out of the pouch hanging on my belt. Light…? As if the starlight and moonlight of a full moon forcibly contained within were bursting out, it frantically emitted brilliant rays of light.

“This light is…?”

It was somehow familiar.

Warm.

And cozy.

Perhaps thanks to the light, the forest had disappeared as if it had never existed from the beginning, and the cold stone floor of the underground labyrinth welcomed me.

“Kuh-ahhhhhhh! God! Give me the power to execute justice! Grant power to your humble servant!!!”

Elise roared loudly. Claudie was kneeling on one knee, panting, and Winia was also standing with a pale complexion, supporting herself with her staff.

Only Elise was fighting with a completely deranged face, but the Queen didn’t care. Because they were both running, Elise’s iron mace wasn’t able to inflict any effective blows.

“Light.”

I opened the pouch.

The identity of that light that poured out brilliantly was…

—Holy water.

“Holy water?”

I retraced my memories.

The holy water in the luxurious glass bottle reflected the light like a jewel. Where did I get this…? Oh, right!

That damn Brass Celestial Society!

I got it as a reward for beating those cultist bastards to death!

“This foreshadowing!”

High-grade holy water!

Holy water had the effect of destroying evil beings!

If my guess was correct, then that giant queen in front of me was definitely an evil being! A gamble with my life. My heart was pounding as if it would explode. Would it really work? With trembling hands, I grabbed the holy water.

Holy light leaked out from between my fingers…!

—Flash!

“Light, come forth!!!”

I shouted and raised it high.

Then!

—Screeeeeeeeeech???!!!!!!

The Kobold Queen slammed on the brakes and screamed! “That… that light!” Elise exclaimed in astonishment. I held the holy water out towards the Queen. The brilliant light of the holy water that poured out began to burn her flesh!

—Screech! Screech! Screeeeeeeech!!!

“Is it working!”

Carefully, I took one step forward. And two steps. Then three steps! Each time, the Queen let out a scream of agony and backed away!

It was certain!

The holy light of the holy water was driving away the evil being!

“Ha… haha!!”

Then, from within, an unbelievably explosive courage began to surge!

Otherworldly!

This courage was otherworldly courage!

“Haa! Hahahahahahaha!!!!”

—Kyaryaaaaaaaak!!!

Taking advantage of the gap, Elise hammered the Queen’s ankle with her iron mace. Claudie, having grasped the situation, took a breath and kicked off the ground… A chance for victory! We had seized the opportunity for victory again!

“Receive this light!”

—Screeeeeeeech!!!

When I held out the light, the rampaging queen forgot her anger and just squawked and writhed in agony. Was the light so intense that she couldn’t even counterattack! Winia, having exhausted her mana, couldn’t do anything, but the attacks of the other two women were effectively landing!

“Expecto!”

Pilgrimage.

I held the holy water high and advanced towards the Queen.

“Patronum!”

The light that poured out shone brightly as if my will was burning. The light grew brighter and brighter!

Now even I couldn’t open my eyes because of the holy radiance!

“Ah!”

Elise exclaimed! She was already crying. I was also shedding tears. He! Ah! He had descended here!

“Ah, Lord!”

Elise and I were sobbing, and the Kobold Queen was screaming, causing this vast space to transcend reality. This place was literally like a dream world. “Screeeeeeeech!!!” As expected of high-grade holy water. The Queen’s flesh exposed to the light bubbled and melted.

—Thud.

—Thump.

Stepping on the flowing, liquid flesh, I moved forward again. The Queen sobbed. She called out to her children, but there were no kobolds to protect her now.

Finally, the Queen, cornered against the wall, cowered.

She screamed while cowering.

—Screeeeeeeeeech!!

That scream was like a Mezzoforte, no!

A Masoporno!

The Kobold Queen’s scream sounded like it came from a masochist’s pornographic fantasy!

I sensed victory!

“You evil bastard! Just die already!”

I chastised the Kobold Queen, pointing my finger like a stern pope. Claudie, who had approached the cowering Queen, stabbed her in the neck with her sword. If it had been the usual Claudie, she would have severed her neck with a single blow, but the power in the curved blade was too weak, so her neck didn’t come off.

“The steadfast faith of the Saintess has led us to victory!”

Elise, wiping away her tears, struck down with her morning star like lightning. The target was the Queen’s skull. Crash! Bang! Madness dwelled in those moist eyes. Elise cried and hammered away like a madwoman.

As she did so, the light of the holy water began to fade.

I could instinctively tell.

The holy holy water that had saved me from the crisis had now exhausted its power.

“Thank you.”

For a moment, we were comrades who had crossed the line of death together.

But now I had to send my comrade to a place from which they could not return.

“Holy water.”

My face was completely wet with tears that had already flowed from my eyes. Now it was time to say goodbye. I opened the lid of the holy water. And.

“You were my comrade.”

I sprinkled it on the sword.

“…The end is near.”

Shuffle, shuffle. I walked slowly, so that the holy water sprinkled on the sword would not fall off. The weakened Kobold Queen could no longer resist. Her veins, which had been visible on her forearms, had become as weak as thin branches, and her massive body was shrinking more and more, as if the air was being let out of a balloon.

“Haa… haa… Katt. Finish it…”

The exhausted Claudie gasped and said with difficulty.

“Claudie. You can rest now.”

—Kyooo…

And then I faced the Queen.

“Rest assured.”

The Kobold Queen, breathing weakly, looked as weak as a dog that had just given birth. Even the apocalyptic behemoth that brought about the end of the world was just as weak as any mortal being when it reached the threshold of death.

You have done your part.

It’s just that I was too strong.

“You can have your postpartum care in hell.”

I brought down the raised sword. “Kyooo…!” The blade that pierced her neck injected the holy water into the Queen’s blood vessels like a syringe. —Bubble, bubble. Then her neck swelled up.

“Everyone, get away!”

We distanced ourselves and observed the Kobold Queen’s demise.

At the very end, she tried to stand up. She stood up with her shattered knees and reached out her arms. Whether it was her last desire to kill us, or the gesture of a mother looking for her children, there was no way to know, but the Queen tried hard to reach out her arms even as her body melted away.

—Kyooo… kyoouuu…!

A gloomy beast’s howl.

That was her last death cry.

—Tssssssss… Then all the flesh melted away. All that remained were the shackles wrapped around the Queen’s arms and the black iron crown. And a few iron fragments.

Even the bones had half-melted and could not be identified.

In a solemn atmosphere, we watched the scene in silence.

“…We won? Really? We survived?”

Winia muttered in astonishment.

I picked up the staggering Winia. “Good job, Winia.” Her huge breasts, which were always elastic, had lost their strength and were drooping. “I’ve known that our Darkie is a crazy bastard since a long time ago, but after seeing you today, I think you’re a real idiot.” She chuckled and buried her face in my arms and said softly.

“Katt… me too.”

“You worked hard too, Claudie. Are you okay?”

“Yeah… this is the first time this has happened. It’s so hard…”

Claudie, who had approached, also hugged me as if she was collapsing. I was also exhausted, but not to the point where I couldn’t support the two women.

“Saintess. You have done well.”

“Yes, Elise. Our faith has purified evil.”

“That is correct. For a moment, I thought I saw the figure of Aizermart, the God of Order.”

Elise’s expression looked as stern as that of a religious person with unwavering faith. She shone her wet eyes and said to me.

“It was a valuable experience… but where did you get that holy water?”

“Ah, the holy water? I used to beat a group of cultists to death, and I received it as a reward from the Brass Celestial Society. I didn’t have much use for it, so I forgot about it, but it turned out like this.”

“C, cultist group, you say? Tell me more about that story!”

With that, I held Winia and Claudie in my arms and briefly explained what had happened in the waterway. This high-grade holy water was received as a reward at that time. Elise, who heard my story, had a serious face.

“I see… that’s what happened… Anyway, that holy water was decisive. The holy water of the Brass Celestial Society is especially famous for its quality. And it’s high-grade holy water…”

“Aren’t you guys very close?”

“There is no special exchange.”

Anyway, we won.

Loot… there wasn’t anything particularly useful, but since we had won, we had to take something with us.

“Wait here for a moment. I’ll search the corpse.”

“Haa… Katt. You’ll carry me on your back when we go, right?”

“What nonsense are you talking about, sis? Darkie, I can’t walk at all.”

“I’ll carry both of you on my back, so don’t worry.”

The way back will be difficult. I sat Winia and Claudie down on the floor and searched the Queen’s remains. Elise helped me.

“Elise. This crown…”

“It looks evil at first glance.”

I picked up the most noticeable item, the black iron crown. In the center of the crown was a small red gem that seemed to be burning with hatred. Even if the crown itself wasn’t worth much, wouldn’t I be able to get some money if I cut out this gem and sold it?

“The rest are shackles… but these also look evil enough. I wish I could take the organs and bone fragments with me, but they’re all mush. It’s a shame.”

“Damn it, these bastards have shitty loot.”

The crown was heavy.

What was the meaning of this?

They wouldn’t have just put it on the Queen as a decoration.

…A crown, huh.