Chapter 74

Translator: Penny

Chapter 74

Huh?

Blood?

***

Twitch-

A woman was fidgeting in a cave.

【Dragon King】, Bel Orthea scratched her red hair.

"Hmm…! Is it too dirty to send the blood as it is?"

Bel Orthea clapped her hands.

Suddenly, water poured down from the ceiling of the cave like a waterfall.

When she clapped her hands once more, the stream of water wrapped around Bel Orthea's body and then slowly evaporated after a while.

"Hmm hmm hmm."

Bel Orthea tied her already dried red hair into a ponytail.

"It's been a long time since I've drawn blood."

Bel Orthea raised her pure white left arm.

And.

Kiiing!

She picked up a sword that looked like an awl from among the swords on the floor.

"Disinfection…!"

She lightly stabbed the heated blade into the inside of her arm.

There was no need to disinfect it, but.

She filled a bottle with blood.

Splash-

"Should I add some sweetness?"

Bel Orthea stared at the small bottle and pondered for a long time.

"My blood is swimming in the Climber's body…! I feel so good…!"

A thrill slowly filled Bel Orthea's eyes for the first time in a long time.

***

I was able to receive the Dragon Blood from Heavenly Demon Senior that very night.

What Heavenly Demon Senior wanted to receive was ramen.

It seemed they were curious about the taste of ramen.

They said they added sweetness to the blood, but I still couldn't grasp what that meant.

I'll have to consume it to find out.

Four days had passed since the first root paralysis.

The ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠progress of the Dranas root paralysis was going quite smoothly.

I paralyzed two out of the remaining five.

Three left.

Originally, I had set a goal of handling one per day by myself, but it became impossible because the damn Split Entities and the Silien Warriors blocked me and Ban Ineoreu one after another.

Of course, I checked the gallery from time to time.

Hmm.

Am I crazy to argue about whether Heavenly Demon Senior's Martial Arts philosophy is right or wrong?

It's just that I definitely saw something about Ban Ineoreu, so I just left a comment.

What I experienced for 5 days was that Ban had a tendency to raise his level according to the level of the enemies.

Hide 30% of your power.

It seemed like he was executing one of the Martial Arts that Heavenly Demon Senior had mentioned.

Whenever a variable occurs, he opens up his power to match that variable.

That seemed to be Ban Ineoreu's method.

That's why I asked Ban Ineoreu to teach me swordsmanship 3 days ago.

Ban's reaction to that was lukewarm.

"Why learn my swordsmanship? Your swordsmanship is superior."

While saying that, Ban seemed to be thinking about something while stroking his scabbard, and then added.

"I could teach you light swordsmanship or curved swordsmanship."

Ban taught me swordsmanship.

Continuously.

"Narrow your shoulders a bit more, that way you can move more efficiently."

"Okay."

Starting with the posture.

"Widely horizontally."

He taught me swordsmanship diligently enough, but what Ban was actively trying to teach me was not swordsmanship, but archery.

"Shooting a bow has the power to relax the mind and body."

Ban looked at me with his blue eyes and explained.

While handing me the spare bow and arrows in his Inventory.

"When you have to draw the bow and shoot, you must concentrate on that situation. It forcibly eliminates stray thoughts."

Ban explained archery to me with great enthusiasm.

Enough to convey his enthusiasm.

"Wind, the distance to the target. You have to judge everything. Take a deep breath."

Ban corrected my posture.

The warmth flowing from Ban's hands flowed into me.

"Now, release the drawn bowstring."

The arrow drew a wave-like trajectory and went forward sharply.

"Now, let's shoot together."

Ban Ineoreu stood side by side with me and drew the bowstring.

"Be conscious, but don't be conscious. It might sound like nonsense, but you've used a sword for a long time, so you know what I mean, right?"

"Yeah, I know."

The problem is that I haven't ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠used a sword for that long, but I understood what he meant by feeling.

Swaaaeek-

Ban and I chased the end of the ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠arrow as it drew a trajectory and went forward.

It was as Ban said.

Squeak-

The series of processes of hooking the arrow on the bowstring, pulling it, and shooting it gave stability to the mind and body.

The surroundings were always quiet.

The Silien Warriors only watched us from a distance and did not interfere in any way.

"This is a gift."

Ban handed me a quiver filled with bows and arrows.

It was an arrow with the same name as the Bow of the Other Shore.

"Thank you."

"It's nothing, we're going up to the 14th floor together as a team."

My eyes widened at Ban's words.

Could that be possible?

I thought it would be really nice if that were the case.

Once again, I stood side by side with Ban Ineoreu and shot an arrow.

Three more days passed.

We paralyzed one more root.

Now there are only two roots left to paralyze.

"Okay! Let's paralyze the roots energetically today too!"

Turiana raised her hand and shouted energetically.

"Okay."

I thought all the Silien were like this with high tension, but only Turiana was exceptionally high.

This time too, we left the thirty-two Silien Warriors to deal with the Split Entities rushing in from all over the front line. We broke the pillar and went inside the cave.

The Most Vile rushed towards us.

It was a wide-ranging horizontal attack that filled the field of vision.

Ban and I jumped up at the same time.

Leaving a cool trajectory behind, we ran forward together.

After the first root paralysis, we reorganized the way we fought.

We deal with The Most Vile together at the same time.

After making The Most Vile moderately near-death, one of us paralyzes the root.

Ban Ineoreu and I took a step at the same time.

This Most Vile had a bright red body.

Ban's sword slashed diagonally.

I also swung my sword horizontally.

I was flustered.

And it seemed like Ban was the same.

Illusion.

The movements of this Most Vile, which can be said to be the fifth Most Vile, were as strange as a ghost.

The level of technology it boasted was clearly different from the previous four Most Viles we had met.

Tss tss tss…!

The Most Vile was scattering a bright red Domain on the bottom.

"Ban, that thing."

Ban nodded at my words.

"Yeah, it looks like a Domain."

…Shit.

I thought those Most Vile couldn't use 'Domain'?

A variable has occurred properly.

I quickly took out the Terminal and activated the shooting function, Visographica.

At that time.

Crackle! Fizz!

Suddenly, cracks appeared in the air.

More ant-headed Most Viles appeared.

Kireureuk.

As many as four.

A red aura was also rippling under their feet.

A total of five Most Viles, estimated to be Rank 6.

Why did Ban Ineoreu, who had this much power, die on the 13th floor?

I thought this might be the point.

Even if we had successfully completed the previous roots, we would have died here.

Because I feel like I'm facing death now.

Thwack-

I stuck the Dragon Blood serum into my side.

And the 'Breath of the Extreme' too.

Crack!

Along with a momentary pain that shook my mind.

A sensation of twisting my body rose from my toes.

But now is not the time to worry about that.

First, I survive.