Chapter 219 – Why Is XX There?
Day 30 of adventure.
Fortuna fully enjoys the heavy touch provided by medium to large-sized monsters.
Jun skillfully finds restaurants (monsters) like a local guide.
Thanks to the activities of these two people, Jun’s party quickly broke through the 26th floor and climbed to the 27th floor.
“And. It’s not even hot, but it’s bubbling.”
“Por, don’t get closer. Jiji, Jiji.”
The 27th floor was covered in swamps.
It is also a poisonous swamp that fully reflects the characteristics of the 20th floor.
Every time an air bubble exploded in the swamp, poisonous smoke of an ominous color slowly rose up.
Kuooo!
Soggy! Soggy!
Although it was such a dangerous swamp, it was an extremely comfortable home for the monsters living on the 27th floor.
The moment Jun and his wives stepped into the swamp, various monsters that had made the swamp their home, including swamp trolls, swamp slimes, and swamp golems, came out like a homeowner who had been robbed.
Weeeee!!!
“Aaaaah! My dear! “My dear!”
The most impressive of them all was the Giant Mosquito, which was as big as an ox.
When the already disgusting guys got bigger, they couldn’t be that disgusting anymore. The unique sound of wings flapping as loud as their size stimulated PTSD on a midsummer night.
Jun forgot his dignity as the head of the family and took a step back without even realizing it.
Honestly, it was the scariest monster I’ve ever encountered.
Perhaps the same was true for the other wives, as Fortuna, who had been through all the hardships of childbirth, and Dohwa, who was not very good at expressing her emotions, looked horrified.
Rebecca, who rarely showed feminine reactions unless she was in honest mode, let out a fierce scream and clung to her arms like a heavenly woman.
The albino was the only one relaxed with a slight frown on her face, and that’s why…
“Among the family’s skills, there is a skill to kill poisonous insects. But as you can see, Rebecca hates bugs…”
“She failed to master the skill, so she imagined herself succeeding in mastering the skill, and that image was projected onto you?”
“Yes. That’s why I don’t hate bugs. Well, I don’t like things that big.”
Although the albino said so, she couldn’t bear to aim her weapon at Giant Mosquito.
Seeing the expression of agony on his face, he seemed to be wondering if there was any way to kill that mosquito.
For a moment, Jun imagined an albino carrying a large mosquito.
“… Lakies.”
Immediately, the third hand holding Lakies was sent flying towards Giant Mosquito.
Then, he activated Lakies’ special effect – absolute zero, instantly freezing not only that mosquito but also other mosquitoes and monsters.
“Ah~”
I quickly left the swamp with the sad albino.
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Day 34 of adventure.
We reached the 28th floor.
Fortunately, there wasn’t that much swampy area on the 28th floor. There was no longer any need to listen to the albino’s sighs full of regret.
“Hey~. “I can’t see what’s ahead!”
Instead, a thick layer of poisonous smoke spread throughout the rainforest, which severely limited visibility and made Fortuna sneeze again.
“Etch! Etch! Hehe~.”
“Por, come here.”
Fortuna sneezes repeatedly and starts crying.
Jun, who easily guessed why she was doing this, took out her new mask from her purse and took off the mask she was currently wearing.
Vagina
“You paid a lot, our Por.”
“Look, don’t look!”
The inside of the mask she was wearing was covered with a translucent liquid.
As she was looking into it, laughing, Fortuna, her face turning bright red, quickly took it away from her.
It seems that he was worried that she might lick his translucent body.
Tsk. Stop teasing me and move a little faster.
“Anyway, I guess I’ll have to hurry especially this time.”
Due to the thick poisonous smoke, the concentration of extreme poisons in the air has clearly increased.
For Fortuna, whose entire body was made up of divine power, she was nothing more than a little stronger pollen, but she was slowly becoming a poison to herself and her other wives.
The extent was very small, and she had many ways to solve it, but she still wanted to refrain from accepting her poison as much as possible, just in case.
“Dohwa, try to absorb as much as you can with the pink birds.”
“I understand.”
Nectarine’s avatar, Peach Blossom, has a total of 3 abilities.
One was an auror, the other was the power of a divine beast, summoning inherent spirits, and the last one was the power of another divine beast, Ocombination (the ability to purify something dirty into a clean one).
‘Dohwa’s power is focused on ‘fruit-bearing’, so the effect of ‘five synthesis’ is less compared to the divine tree and world tree of this world, but the power is still on a different level from the general supernatural ability.’
If you use that power, you will be able to breathe clean air for a while.
In addition, the growth of Dohwa will further accelerate.
‘In return, my and Dohwa’s cores will heat up a little.’
It will be less heated than if Fortuna continues to use purification.
Kwaang!
In addition, since the field of view is not obstructed, you can properly spot the monsters that were hiding in silence.
“Don’t disturb!”
A beast-type monster, a black jaguar, lunges at you with its vicious-looking fangs.
Fortuna, who was enjoying the clear air, got very angry and swung the hammer at the guy.
Thump!
“Ugh?”
“Oh!”
Contrary to expectations that he would go down all at once, he narrowly dodged Fortuna’s attack.
Fortuna was taken aback, and Rebecca and the albino’s eyes lit up at her greed.
“Sister Porn! “Leave that guy to me!”
“You don’t want to take in just one obedient cat!”
Rebecca and White quickly took over for Fortuna before he tore the Black Jaguar to pieces.
When raising a shadow through shadow cloning, the body of the object that forms the basis of the shadow must be intact so that the shadow appears intact and the loss of power is reduced.
“Whitey, you know, right?”
“Attacking the inside of the body as much as possible? Of course. “Don’t just explode the bomb.”
Rebecca and the albino exchanged glances as they spoke, then quickly and stealthily rushed towards the black jaguar like ghosts.
“It looks like he really wants it.”
“Huh. I think so.”
“Because dark side superpowers are rare. It seems like the fighting styles are similar, so it’s inevitable that it will be frustrating.”
Gyao!
When Jun, Fortuna, and Dohwa were so convinced, Jaguar displayed his superpower, as if to teach them the reason for their understanding.
Crispy!
Its shadow stretched out like a snake, then turned into sharp black thorns and rushed towards Rebecca and the albino.
No, the moment you want to do it,
“Heh. “It’s just a cute joke.”
Rebecca smiled arrogantly and waved her arms.
At the same time, like an obedient child, the black thorn aimed its tip not at them but at the jaguar.
Control of the shadow has passed to Rebecca.
It was a skill that was possible because she had the ‘characteristic-dominance’ in addition to her upper attribute, darkness.
Ugh?! Splash!
Realizing that she was not his match, Jaguar hurriedly hid her body in her shadow.
I didn’t even know that it was an act of pushing myself into a dead end.
“You suppressed the monster’s instincts? Hehe. “I crave it even more.”
“I have it. Huh? I will have it. Since you seem to be an elite monster, Rebecca, you can’t do ministry anyway.”
Rebecca and the albino bickered and followed him into the shadows.
A moment later, a cat with its tongue out was dragged out of the shadows, grabbed by its tail.
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Bang! Slurp!
As soon as Leon returned to the dormitory and slammed the door, he jumped towards the nearby bed.
He had just finished sparring with Elysia, so his whole body was covered in dirt, but he was so heartbroken that he didn’t care one bit.
‘It got bigger.’
In the sparring a little while ago, he realized.
The gap between Elysia and herself has widened further.
Even while they were in the labyrinth, they practiced without resting even for a day, shedding blood and sweat, but seeing these results was truly meaningless.
‘… Damn.’
In fact, it was a natural result.
The reason they went to the labyrinth was not to kill practice time like other graduates, but to conquer the labyrinth, and they also solved a major incident that occurred while conquering the labyrinth at the forefront.
Since he must have received a considerable amount of compensation from the Bright God, it was only natural that the gap widened.
‘No, even if there wasn’t that reason, the gap would have widened.’
There was a more fundamental reason why the gap widened.
‘Role and talent.’
She is a warrior who carries the mission of saving this world, and to achieve this, she is born with a talent that shines brighter than anyone else.
She was born with a talent that was only slightly(?) Superior to that of an illegitimate prince, so she was not an opponent she could match.
‘Then what about Jun?’
An orphan who doesn’t know who her parents are, and a childhood friend who is gifted with not one but two special abilities that are not useful in battle.
In terms of his role in the novel, he would definitely be a supporting character who appears for the main character’s convenience.
‘But why did Elysia and Iris choose him as their lover?’
I met him first and expressed my interest in him,
No matter who sees it, my origins are superior,
Even though I lack the number of special abilities, I am stronger in substance,
In terms of role, I would be no different from the main character, so why on earth!
‘Phew~. Let’s stop.’
Having these thoughts doesn’t help at all.
Rather, it was implicitly revealed in his attitude and only earned them their hatred.
‘I’m already under suspicion, but if I get unfavorable on top of that, the slightest possibility will disappear.’
Currently, Elysia and Iris are working as teaching assistants at the academy during school hours, and after school, they are working as warriors and saints, digging into the connections between the traitors revealed during the last great incident.
It seemed as if he was focusing his attention on something else in order to forget something, but the results could never be ignored.
‘It’s something I would enjoy as a member of this world, but…’
It was very difficult for a person aiming for the throne.
That’s because, among his supporters, there were forces that the church would dislike.
“Leon, what are you thinking so hard about?”
“Thoughts about you.”
In response to Leon’s answer, his roommate and a member of a faction that the church would dislike smiled as if asking him anything.
“You really have nothing to do with immoral people, right?”
“That’s right. “Our resistance is just an organization that wants freedom of class and religion and has nothing to do with immoral people.”
Leon looked intently into his roommate’s eyes.
To get a clear look at his sincerity.
“Your Highness Leon. You, who can stand above the nobles and priests, are our only hope for liberation from their oppression. “We never deceived you.”
I couldn’t see the slightest lie in my roommate’s eyes.
In response, Leon withdrew his suspicions and apologized to him.
“Sorry. Because of suspicion.”
“No. It could be because the hero and the saint are suspicious of him. “I don’t want to say it in return, but wouldn’t you please do me a small favor?”
Part of me wanted to refuse.
But I was concerned about the funds I received from them.
As I was thinking about it, my roommate said.
“A misunderstanding between a hero and a saint. We will solve it ourselves.”
“… Are you serious?”
“Yes, unlike the nobles who crossed the impassable river, there is still room for compromise with the church. “What we want is freedom of religion, not rejection of religion.”
“Still, it will be difficult.”
“Still, I have to try. For that purpose, the leader said he would like to meet the hero and saint in person. “Please help me with that.”
Leon thought that would be okay.
But how? Outsiders are not allowed to enter the academy unless it is a special day.
“Aren’t you going on an experiential learning trip this time? There…”
After a while, Leon nodded his head.
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“Then I’ll ask you a favor, Senpai♡”
Hehe. Yes, this senior will do his best for our junior.”
At the same time, a similar scene was unfolding in the next room across a wall.
