Chapter 149 – Curse of Black Flame (3)
As the saying goes, Joanna was a former soldier and showed considerable fighting ability.
“Burn, unclean thing!”
“Die in the flames of darkness!”
“I will burn your soul again and again until it escapes the labyrinth and reaches the sky.”
However, whenever she fought, her mouth did not rest.
She had no idea how to stop it, and she had no reason to stop it.
She just thought, ‘I guess so.’
‘Wouldn’t it be cute if that was a side effect?’
If it’s not a curse that makes her body incapable of giving birth to human children, and if the side effect of the curse is just saying one of two or two, then she’s much better than she thought.
“Hmm…”
There is only one person who feels uncomfortable.
[Cerica. Why?]
“It’s nothing.”
Serica was very uncomfortable with Joanna.
Is that because Joanna is a strong enough person to be wary of Celica?
No.
[Is it uncomfortable to say something like that?]
“…A little.”
Celica answered honestly.
“I wonder if there is any reason to say something like that.”
As for Celica, she prefers not to say anything during battle.
The reason is simple: she prefers to cut at least one more person while saying a word.
Celica’s basic mindset is to kill everyone first and then think about it, rather than deliberately adding one word at a time.
“Explode, black flame! Explode, flare!”
“If I tell you the names of each skill, the enemy might be able to deal with it.”
While Joanna was fighting in front of her, Serica looked at Joanna with a dissatisfied face.
I understand.
If we had to compare the two, they could be divided into romanticists and realists.
Compared to Joanna’s skill names, most of them are ‘True Flame Dark Flame’, ‘Black Flare Hole Cluster’, or ‘Revolutionary Flame Revolution Dark Flare’.
Celica’s technical names were extremely simple, such as ‘decapitation’, ‘heart stab’, and ‘meditation’.
-If you’re chanting the ultimate skill and it’s just the sound of a sword, why do you use a voice actor?
Serica was so silent that people complained that she had nothing to say despite hiring such an expensive voice actor.
That’s actually true.
I tend to have a lot of everyday conversations, but when I’m fighting an enemy, I tend to keep my mouth shut quietly, just like when I’m sleeping or having sex.
[But isn’t that a bad thing? Just as Joanna has her own way, and you have your own way.]
“…I know there are pros and cons. But, hehe.”
Celica puffed out her cheeks and sighed.
“…What are you doing?”
[No. She thought I was asking her to press down and I thought I was puffing out her cheeks.]
I lightly pressed her cheek, and Celica lightly glanced at me.
“It’s not like that. And if you’re going to do something like that, please do it with your hands, not with armor.”
[Reception.]
“…Ha.”
Celica pushed her hand aside and walked in front of her.
“Deep in the darkness!”
Joanna dealt with the enemy perfectly as Joanna did.
Even though it is the 20th floor, of course, not only succubi appear, so we spent quite a bit of time dealing with enemies other than succubi.
“Joanna. Can’t you take out the enemy a little faster?”
“Is there any problem?”
“Because I want to finish quickly, go up quickly, and have a quick dinner.”
Ah.
I see.
‘Well, it’s been a while since I’ve had a drink with Serika.’
It was something like that.
If that’s the case, then it’s acceptable.
I approached right away before the atmosphere became hostile
[Joanna. What Celica is saying is-]
“I’m sorry. This is something I can’t control.”
“…Yes?”
“I don’t want to do it either, but it comes out automatically every time I use black flame.”
Joanna reaped the black flame with her astringent face.
“Even if I don’t use the black flame, it comes out sometimes. Every time I use the black flame, it comes out. I have no way to control it.”
[Isn’t that a side effect?]
“Yes? Ha, that can’t be possible.”
Joanna pointed to her left hand, which had been holding her black flame just a moment ago.
“There are all kinds of side effects from the curse, so there’s no way the only side effect would be saying strange things while fighting, right? Something as simple and ridiculous as that can’t be a side effect.”
“…”
Celica scratched her cheek and looked embarrassed.
If it’s not because of human tendencies but a side effect of the curse, then Celica made a mistake.
“I’m sorry. I thought you did it on purpose, Sir Joanna.”
“No sir. Please just call me Joanna. Can I just call you Serica instead?”
“Of course.”
I wonder if they have something in common because they are strong.
The two quickly resolved a situation that might have caused resentment through conversation.
[I’m glad it was resolved through conversation, but there are definitely still issues that need to be addressed. Leader. What does the leader think?]
I asked Laura, who was approaching from behind.
[Does the leader think that a side effect of black flames is ‘speaking during battle’? Or does he think it is the side effect he mentioned last time?]
“…Couldn’t there be more than one side effect of the curse?”
Pointing to the traces of the monster burned with black flame, Laura cautiously expressed her opinion.
“First of all, there is one problem that is bigger than anything else.”
[What is it?]
“The magic stones of enemies killed with black salt are quite small.”
Laura took out the two magic stones handed to her by Shiro at the same time.
“This is the magic stone that caught the orc that was trying to target Asti from the rear, and this is the magic stone of the orc that Joanna destroyed with black salt. The size of the magic stone is so different that it cannot be said that it is a difference between individual orcs.”
“Then my side effects are…” ” .”
[Does this mean that there can be significant losses when farming magic stones? It’s a shame.]
You can easily win by using black salt, but the reward you get is less.
[The visual effect of the black flame was so great that I didn’t notice it at all.]
“Because Yahannam was in battle.”
It was Shiro’s job now to collect the bodies of the demon beasts, and I was busy dealing with the guy who was burning with Joanna’s black flame and was running wild.
“I think Joanna’s black flame burns not only the body but also the mana. A kind of…’Mana burn’?”
“I propose.” How about placing a magic stone on the floor and lighting a black flame?”
At Astarote’s suggestion, we started the experiment right away and-
“…Explode, black flame bullet!”
Hwareuk.
The magic stone burned in black flames and began to melt.
“Did you know this phenomenon existed?”
“…I didn’t know.”
Joanna squeezed her left hand with her sour face.
“Well, that’s it. I’ve never had to burn a magic stone with black flame in my life. It’s such a waste.”
[That’s right.]
Even if we know that collecting sunlight with a magnifying glass will burn paper, no crazy person would experiment with that paper using 50,000 won in cash.
[Still, it’s a bit surprising that I didn’t know until now.]
“It’s not that I didn’t know, but I rarely burned it with black flame.”
[Didn’t you use black salt often?]
“I’ve used it often, but I haven’t had to burn demons or demons much until now.”
[Then what have you burned so far?”
“Except for burning nobles…”
[…Chuhm.]
It was a little uncomfortable, but I’m glad I figured out one of Joanna’s abilities.
[Is combat inconvenient without black flame?]
“No. It’s just hitting three times when you should have hit once.”
[This will be a very inefficient battle. Just use black salt. Serica. Do you understand?]
“If that’s the case, I understand it over and over again.”
If it is more efficient to speak while using the black flame, Celica can also fully understand.
‘That’s really how it is.’
In-game, you can just look at the combination of party members and form a strategy team, but in reality, you have no choice but to consider all party members’ tendencies, ways of thinking, thoughts, and relationships.
‘It would be nice if everyone under the dick became one.’
The most comfortable party would be to be made up of people who have had sex with me once, but unfortunately, there are people who haven’t ‘officially’ had sex yet, so there’s nothing we can do about it.
‘But if we go down one floor at a time, the day will come when we all have sex together.’
Astarote ended up having sex with me too.
On the way down to the 30th floor, you can have face-to-face sex with Celica, and on the way down to the 40th floor, you can have revolutionary sex with Joanna.
Or, you can have vaginal sex in front of Charlotte and the doll.
Since no one knows what will happen in the future, all we have to do now is to work together and fight together.
Because that is ‘colleague’.
[Then let’s go back inside. We finally arrived at our final destination.]
Last.
You can go down further, but if you succeed in conquering the 20th floor, you should party lightly.
Because Celica wants a party.
Since there is a large amount of alcohol prepared, we will attack the boss on the 20th floor right away to enjoy the end of the chest festival.
[Do not enter.]
Thump, thump, thump.
As soon as I entered the boss room, I felt as if the space was changing, and a huge spider came down from the sky.
[Is it named this time?]
〈Norriens of Blasphemy〉.
Regardless of the name, even the second name is scary.
The spider’s body has eight legs, and its upper body resembles a typical fantasy Monmus spider woman, a human woman.
The face is pretty.
But above that face…
“Krrrr…”
Norien spits out blasphemy while scratching his neck like an animal.
“I’ll pull out your eyes… And use them as mine… Haha…!”
He was wearing four sunglasses on his face, up and down, like a face shield.
[Joanna.]
I stepped forward and grabbed my weapon, a two-handed hammer.
[Can I put black flame on my hammer?]
