Chapter 531 – 531: Utilizing The Octopus
About thirty Land Octopuses were completely roasted, and the area was cleared, so we went down.
As we descended, the smell of the thoroughly roasted Land Octopuses filled the air.
“Smells kind of good.”
Tikia seemed to feel the same way, as she turned to Gracia and said,
“Gracia! Cut off a leg for me!”
“Just one?”
“Yep!”
*Swoosh!*
Gracia drew her sword and cut off a leg from a nearby Land Octopus.
Using telekinesis, I lifted the leg Gracia had cut, keeping it from touching the ground, and moved it in front of Tikia.
“Can I eat this as is?”
“The outer part is dirty from touching the ground, so we should eat the inside. Look, it’s roasted golden brown and looks delicious.”
“Um, well… Tikia, even so, eating something that’s just been roasted feels a bit unsettling. Shouldn’t we ask someone who knows about cooking?”
“I can cook too, Elsie. My gut is telling me! It’s safe to eat!”
“I-is that so?”
“Hehehe, if you’re really worried, how about Rent tries it first? Rent wouldn’t get sick or anything, right?”
“Putting aside whether others can eat it, we can at least check the taste.”
“Great! Then Rent, try it!”
“Okay.”
Honestly, I was curious too, so I decided to try the Land Octopus leg.
I used a Mana Weapon to create a knife and quickly cut a bite-sized piece of the inner flesh, then took it to Elsie.
“Elsie.”
“Y-yes?! Um, wasn’t Rent supposed to try it first?”
“Yeah, but it’s hot, right? Blow on it.”
“Ah, okay! *Hoo, hoo*…”
These little moments of affection with my lover are always enjoyable.
“I’ll do it too! *Hooooo*!”
After receiving Noah’s *hooo!* as well, I put the slightly cooled Land Octopus meat in my mouth and chewed.
“Munch, munch, munch…”
“How is it?”
“The texture is good. But it’s a bit bland since it was just roasted.”
It feels like it would be incredibly delicious if we sprinkled some salt or grilled it with seasoning.
“I think it would be good boiled too.”
Suddenly, I wanted to eat a spicy octopus stew.
“There’s no poison or anything, right?”
“Yes, it doesn’t seem like it. But just in case, please don’t eat it. I’ll ask Kelvan or Kevin later.”
Using telekinesis, I extracted the magic stones from between the eyes of four golden-brown roasted Land Octopuses and put them in my inventory.
I’ll take the Land Octopuses with the magic stones removed to Kevin’s restaurant and leave the rest to Kelvan.
After putting all the dead Land Octopuses into my inventory, I gave Tikia a piggyback ride and said,
“Tikia, take a rest for a bit.”
“Okay. If I’m the only one doing all the work, the others won’t get to hunt! Hahahaha!”
“Using that wide-area magic from so far away, you wiped out the monsters on the 21st floor in an instant… Mages are really convenient.”
At Noah’s words, Lyfa crossed her arms and said,
“Well, normally, a mage would have to rest for a long time after using a spell like that. Tikia is an exception since she can draw magic from Rent as much as she wants… and I’ve never seen a Fire Tornado of that scale before.”
“Hahahaha! Lyfa! Noah! Gracia! Ninya! If you’re tired, just say so! I’ll take care of it with magic anytime!”
“Hmph, we’re fine. If the four of us work together, we can hunt faster than Tikia’s magic, right?”
“To do that, we first need to get used to the Land Octopus’s movements. Elsie, please give us support magic.”
“Yes! Speed! Power! Barrier!”
After Elsie cast buffs on the four of them, we moved a bit and went to another area where Land Octopuses were.
Since there were no other adventurers, it only took two minutes to find another group of Land Octopuses swarming around.
“Let’s try catching one as a test.”
*Clap!*
I deployed a barrier to block the path so the other Land Octopuses couldn’t interfere.
“Thank you, Rent♡”
“Aren’t you being too overprotective, darling? We can handle it even if others attack, right?”
“Lyfa, let’s just accept our husband’s kindness for now.”
“Hehehe! Then I’ll go first!”
Noah charged forward first, followed by Ninya, Gracia, and Lyfa.
“Shadow Step!”
Noah used a skill to increase her speed and swung her dagger at a Land Octopus.
*Swoosh!*
But unfortunately, the monsters on the 21st floor weren’t so easily defeated.
The Land Octopus dodged Noah’s dagger and immediately attacked her with its tentacles.
*Whizzzz!*
The tentacles, swinging like whips, covered Noah.
“Whoa!”
Noah flexibly twisted her body, dodging the Land Octopus’s tentacles.
“You went too far ahead, Noah~ *Eek*!”
Ninya, who had followed behind, swung her spear to restrain the Land Octopus.
The Land Octopus, facing a new attack, retreated slightly, creating some distance.
“Aww, I tried to handle it alone, but it didn’t work out.”
“Noah, it’s good to aim for results, but you can’t be too hasty. This time, we’ll attack together. You’re going with me this time.”
“Okay, Gracia.”
This time, Noah and Gracia charged at the same time.
The Land Octopus swung its tentacles at the enemies charging towards it.
“Haaap!”
Gracia, facing the incoming tentacles, wrapped her sword in wind and swung it.
*Slash!*
Four of the Land Octopus’s eight legs were cut off in one go.
With its tentacles cut, there was a gap in its movements, and taking advantage of that gap, Noah swung her daggers in both hands.
“Yaah!”
*Swish, swish!*
Noah’s daggers cut off the rest of the Land Octopus’s legs, and in that instant, the size of the Land Octopus’s head grew.
It looked like it was trying to spray ink to escape.
“It’s too late to spray ink!”
*Thud!*
Lyfa, who had quickly closed the distance by stomping on the ground, threw a powerful uppercut.
“Haaaat!”
*Wham!*
The Land Octopus, as big as an adult man, was hit by Lyfa’s uppercut and floated in the air for a moment. Lyfa then called out to Ninya.
“Ninya, sis!”
“Thank you, Lyfa♪”
Ninya took a stance to throw her spear, aiming at the Land Octopus in the air.
“Lightning Spear.”
*Zzzzzzzap!*
As electricity surrounded Ninya’s spear, three electric spears appeared around her.
As Ninya threw her spear at the Land Octopus, the electric spears followed.
*Thwack, thwack, thwack!*
*Zzzzzzzap!*
Ninya’s spear and the electric spears hit the Land Octopus, emitting a dazzling burst of electricity.
*Boom!*
The Land Octopus, with the spear embedded in it, crashed to the ground, its surface blackened, and it died.
“We caught it quickly with the four of us. Here, Ninya.”
Noah pulled the spear out of the Land Octopus and handed it to Ninya.
“Thank you, Noah. But isn’t it because we only caught one thanks to Rent? It’ll be harder to catch multiple ones.”
“Then let’s try increasing the number little by little.”
Getting stronger is good, but safety is the most important.
One this time, then two next time.
We can gradually increase the number and improve our lovers’ skills.
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Two hours had passed since we entered the 21st floor.
The Land Octopus hunt was going smoothly.
As we gradually increased the number and got used to it, Ninya, Noah, Gracia, and Lyfa could now handle the Land Octopuses coming from multiple directions without any problems, even without the barrier.
At first, they went with a four-person team, but now they were switching tags at regular intervals, hunting in pairs.
Currently, Lyfa and Noah, and Ninya and Gracia were fighting as a team.
“Yaaaah!”
*Swish, swish, swish!*
“I cut off the legs! Lyfa!”
“Got it! Crimson Fist!”
*Whoosh!*
“This time, Gracia, finish it off~”
*Slash!*
“Understood. Wind Boost!”
*Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!*
The hunt was progressing smoothly.
But we still couldn’t hunt as many at once as Tikia’s magic could.
“Twinkle Star!”
For reference, after an hour, Tikia was also itching to move and was dealing with Land Octopuses coming from another direction.
Seeing how smoothly my lovers were hunting, I thought it was time for me to step in as well.
I also needed to give clean corpses to Kelvan.
But I couldn’t interrupt my lovers who were in their element.
“Tikia, just a moment.”
*Poof!*
I picked up Tikia and created a clone, placing Tikia on the clone’s shoulder.
“Huh? What’s wrong?”
“I’m going to go catch some fresh corpses separately.”
“Ah~ That’s right, you have to give some to that dismantler. Go ahead.”
“Okay.”
Using telekinesis, I floated into the sky and headed towards an area with many more Land Octopuses.
After about a minute of flying, I had come quite a distance, and looking down, I saw a swarm of Land Octopuses.
…A swarm of enemies.
In a moment of impulse, I dove towards the ground at high speed.
*Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!*
I wrapped my fist in magic, turned it into wind, and then slammed it into the ground.
*KABOOOOM!*
*Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!*
The moment my fist hit the ground, a rupture the size of my body appeared, and at the same time, the wind that burst from my fist spread around, blowing away the Land Octopuses.
*Splash! Splash!*
Some of the Land Octopuses even fell into the lake with a splash.
The recreation of the situation where enemies are blown away by the shockwave coming down was a success.
The sense of accomplishment is very satisfying.
*Splat!*
At that moment, some of the Land Octopuses, angered by being blown away, shot ink at me.
Of course, I blocked all of that ink with telekinesis and returned it to the Land Octopuses that had shot it at me.
The sight of them wriggling and flailing their tentacles in confusion as their vision was obscured by their own ink was very comical.
Hmm, but a lake…
I used telekinesis to stop the Land Octopuses that were trying to approach me or spray ink and approached the lake.
After dipping my hand into the lake once, *splash*.
*Lick.*
I licked the water of the lake.
It was fresh water, not salty.
Unbelievable.
The Land Octopuses were freshwater octopuses.
No wonder the grilled ones didn’t taste salty.
Now that I’ve satisfied my little curiosity, let’s start collecting corpses for Kelvan in earnest.
But how should I kill the Land Octopuses, which are practically soft-bodied animals?
If I broke the magic stones between their eyes, they would die soon enough, but that wasn’t the style Kelvan liked.
A way to do it without causing any wounds…
Even if I twisted them with telekinesis, octopuses don’t have bones, so to kill them by twisting, I would have to twist them until they were completely separated.
Reluctantly, I decided to wound the Land Octopuses’ heads.
*Clap!*
*Swish, swish, swish, swish!*
I flicked my fingers and created swords above the heads of the Land Octopuses within 30 meters, then used telekinesis to lift them.
*Thwack, thwack, thwack, thwack, thwack, thwack, thwack!*
I controlled them, like when I had a match with Yaseo, and stabbed the Land Octopuses in the crown of their heads.
The Land Octopuses, their brains directly pierced by the swords, lost strength in their tentacles and died.
Some of the Land Octopuses had their ink sacs pierced, and when I removed the Mana Weapons, ink was flowing from the wounds.
After repeating that process a few more times, I collected the Land Octopuses I would give to Kelvan.
As I continued to collect the Land Octopuses, my eyes naturally went to their tentacles.
The Land Octopus’s tentacles, which were also the subject of my fantasies today.
And the suckers on octopus and squid tentacles.
Suckers…
The Land Octopus’s suckers weren’t large and sparse, but rather, they were like the size of normal octopus suckers, with several attached.
Come to think of it, Jen had warned me to be careful not to get caught by the suckers, so they must have very strong suction.
Just how strong are they?
I’m very curious.
In tentacle porn, they only poke and prod vaginas, but a situation where the vaginal walls are sucked by suckers isn’t bad either.
Of course, sucking the clitoris is also very good.
But at this moment, I had a thought that there might be a new possibility.
To confirm that… I needed to experience it myself.
I’m the only one here right now.
It’s the perfect environment for an experiment.
I used telekinesis to move a Land Octopus that I hadn’t killed yet in front of me.
Then, with the Land Octopus in front of me, I slowly took off my clothes and put them in my inventory.
*Clap!*
I released the Land Octopus and spread my arms wide, shouting,
“Come!”
*Wiggle, wiggle!*
The Land Octopus instantly wrapped its tentacles around my body.
The suction power test of the tentacles’ suckers begins.
