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After descending the hole, we found ourselves in to another room with two holes right in front of me and to my right.
We chose to go to the right side first and eventually encountered twelve denovons in a room full of eggs.
They were more aggressive in this time, they didn't even gave us a second to process the entire room and dash at us prepared to attack.
Before Noelle could charge in, I dash right in front of them and using my long blade, slashed horizontally and broke their dash.
After I dash backwards, Noelle charged in front of them while Cynthia started covering her with her rifle.
I charged in too so I can support Noelle but after killing eight of them, Cynthia rifle stopped firing.
When I took a glance back, it seems four more denovons arrived in our rear, I immediately started getting faster of killing the denovons in front me, killing the last four with collective effort of me and Noelle.
I took a glance at Cynthia to see if she was okay, I saw her sabre and bayonet was full of black blood, it seems that she had to fight them in close combat and because of that her legs was slashed but Cain was already healing her
'If only I was faster'
I berated myself but I did not let get to me since I was still in the denovin's nest and I knew that this was just my sense of responsibility when I'm in a party which was also the reason I started unconsciously giving direction.
We went back to the previous room and heard that large roars coming from the hole in front of us.
An ominous feeling washed over me and I expected that the one in the other side were the remaining denovon and the queen.
I took a deep breath and started heading forward but as we approach we found light from the other end.
Alerted, I put my right hand into my sheathed weapon prepared to slash but as we eventually reach the light, I saw about 20 denovons waiting for us and the denovin in the back, just sitting
"Are those...lanterns?"
The very bright lantern was put in a orderly pattern
"The denovin and denovons are not smart enough to make such a thing"
Cynthia added while I was observing the denovin, It seems she had no plan on moving although her body is weirdly moving sometimes
"Cynthia, try to see if you can get a clear shot on the queen while you cover us"
"Cain observe the battlefield as always"
"Noelle and I will protect the area for you two"
"Since when did you become our leader?"
Noelle said in a joking manner while preparing for a sweeping attack on her right with her mace
"Sorry, I always unconsciously do that"
I responded somewhat smiling while I was preparing for a horizontal slash on my left by making my right hand hold my blade in a reverse grip while the left normally to make it less stiff.
As the 20 denovons charged at us, Cynthia killed four of them before they could reach the tip of my blade.
I soon as 7 charging in my direct get closed enough, I slashed them all breaking their momentum.
I took a glance at noelle to see the other nine knocked down with two of them not moving.
I hold my blade with my two hands normally and stepped forward and slash the nearest one at me then sweep the three grouped up
"I have a line of shot in the queen!"
Cynthia shouted at me
"Shoot it!"
I responded as I kill the remaining 2.
I glanced at Noelle and saw her armor spilling a little amount of her blood but Cain was already healing her.
Cynthia shot the queen and the denovin didn't even move
"Huh?"
After Cynthia shot her head, her body dropped however the her back was pierced from the inside the soon a humanoid figure came out of the denovin's body.
Its black armored body was twice my size and had a humanoid body similar to a woman and her back had black tentacle like suckers and her forearms had retractable claws.
Then looked at its soul.
NAME:
RACE: ???
STATS:
STR: 55
DEX: 40
END: 34
INT: 62
SPD: 45
DESCRIPTION: ???
"It has no description and race!"
"This must a new demonic creature that even the
"The scripter?"
"Its the one who wrote that descriptions of everything, although we can make description as well,
"
Noelle added
"Its said that those who see
Cain added too.
As our conversation ended, It seems that it finally saw us
"RooOooOOooOAkkKaL"
After it roared at us, It immediately charged at Cynthia but Noelle got in front of her and shielded her however its claws pierced her shield and arm
"Ahhhhh!!!"
A cry of pain came from Noelle however before she could do anything she was kicked away.
I immediately snap out of my shock when I found out that it was trying to kill Cynthia, and so I tried to slash at it but it dash back then charge again at her.
Cynthia tried to shot at her and it managed to pierced it somehow however it did not stopped at its tracks and I charged at it but the tentacles tried to stop me however I managed to ignore them and I jumped stabbing it head.
And then it started moving around trying to shake me off and eventually it grabbed me and threw me into the wall breaking a couple of bone in body.
Cain rushed at me to started healing.
I took a look at the battle, I saw Cynthia with a couple of wounds notably in her nose and in her cheek dodging and weaving while it tried to stab her.
Noelle was knocked out at this point.
Cain was acting calm but from his face, he was scared.
And the demonic creature's head was pierced by my blade so deep that my edge my stuck in there.
I took a look at my blade which was reduced to only its handle and I mentally hated myself for my inadequate skills but before I could hate myself further I seems that the demonic creature managed to grab hold of Cynthia
"Ahhhh!!!"
I looked at her which was proceedingly getting crushed by the demonic creature.
And then she mustered up these word
"Hugo, run..."
Cain was already finished healing me but he was already out of mana
'I could run right now'
'I want live so badly'
'The demonic creature is distracted with Cynthia right now, I should run'
Such cowardly thoughts ran around my mind
"Remember Hugo, you can never learn the true value of life until you can no longer return from it..."
'Hahaha'
'Why now grandpa? do you want me to risk my life for such a reason of trying to find my purpose?'
But before I could answer that I was already running to the demonic creature.
And then I remembered it, my illusion magic.
The reason I didn't use it was because I couldn't find any use for it but right now I didn't want to half-assed this and so I imagine myself in its body.
How it acts, moves and sees.
I focused my mana and created an illusion of it burning and its surroundings.
It seems to work since it started screaming and started lossing grip on Cynthia.
I grabbed her rifle and started shooting at the tentacles that was sucking Cynthia with one hand while heading for her direction.
I threw her rifle to Cynthia as I passed her.
The demonic creature tried to use her tentacles to attack me.
But I heard gunshot from behind me, it seems that a immobile Cynthia was using a last bit of her strength to cover me and I started threw away my handle and jumped at it.
I took my blades edge and stab its head repeatedly although the demonic creature's tentacles was sucking me and my edge was cutting my hand didn't care how painful it is.
I was more focused on killing it and eventually after what felt like hours, killed it.
Its dropped to the floor and I was on top if it panting.
"What the hell is that disgusting smile"
Cynthia said a bit weak but jokingly.
When I touched my face, I felt a giant smile full of relief and happiness.
And my cloak and clothes was already full of holes but I didn't care at all, I was just happy, an emotion that I haven't felt in years
But as I realized that my hand had multiple cuts in it and that my body was full of holes where the tentacles sucked me.
I eventually lost my consciousness
"Hu-hugo!"