The Witch in the Sleeping Forest -3-
-KABOOOOM!!!!
Two overwhelming forces clashed head-on.
-RUMBLE RUMBLE!!!
The blinding light from their collision engulfed everything around. But that wasn't all.
-RUMBLE CRASH!!
The shockwave from the clash didn't just shake the castle—it rattled the vast expanse of land surrounding it like a massive earthquake.
"KeeEEE!?"
"Grrr!?"
The nearby monsters, sensing the overwhelming torrent of power from the clash, went berserk and fled in all directions, desperate to escape the castle.
"Grraaah!?"
"Grooooh!?"
The smaller evil-eye monsters nearby weren't spared either. Those loitering too close were outright annihilated, while the rest—too slow to shut their eyes against the blinding flash—suffered severe damage to their massive eyes.
"ROOOAR!!"
"Grooooh!!"
With the monsters' greatest weapon—their evil eyes—sealed off, my undead seized the opening and launched a ferocious assault.
The undead didn't particularly like light either; they loathed it. But this wasn't holy or pure light infused with castle attributes, so they took far less damage than the eye-heavy monsters.
-BOOOOM!!
The standoff of breaths lasted only a few seconds—
-VRMMM!!!
"!?!?!?"
My black flames devoured the white magic, overwhelming it with sheer firepower. The clash's epicenter steadily pushed toward the evil-eye monster.
"!!!!"
-VRMMM!!
In response, the monster tried to activate its evil eyes from a blind spot to strike me. But I'd already seen through it.
'Time to stop playing around and get serious.'
-KABOOOOM!!!!
The output of my black flames surged even higher. My flames already surpassed Flamma's in power and intensity.
"!!!"
Panicking as it was relentlessly pushed back, the monster dispersed the magic gathering in its eyes and focused on its breath attack.
'You're not the only one who can follow up.'
Unlike it, I had plenty of leeway. I activated additional magic.
Exploit Corpse
Hundred Bone Lance
-CRACK!!
At the same moment, bones ripped free from the corpses of the small evil-eye monsters slain by my undead, transforming into lances larger than a hundred men.
-WHOOSH!!!
-WHOOSH!!
-BOOM!!
The lances streaked through the air with whistling shrieks, launching in unison toward the evil-eye monster.
-STAB!!!
"GRAAAAAHH!!!"
Hundreds of bone lances pierced its body everywhere—even into the dozens of evil eyes sprouting from it. It looked just like a porcupine, and the agony of the impacts forced it to halt its breath attack.
Then—
-ROARING FLAMES!!
"KIIIIIEEK!!!"
Black flames engulfed it. Already battered by the bone lances, it couldn't form a barrier like before.
-ROARING FLAMES!!
"KIIIIIEEK!!"
The inextinguishable black flames ravaged its body mercilessly. It screamed and writhed in the burning pain.
"GRRAAAAHHH!!!"
-VRMMM!!
I could see it channeling magic into its remaining evil eyes for a final desperate attack. The target? Me.
But I didn't bother defending, dodging, or countering.
Because—
-SLASH!!
SLASH!!
"Uuu!!"
"Uee!!"
Kangjang and Dena—who had slain the ogre-sized evil-eye monsters earlier and been spectating my fight—appeared. Their handblades and greatsword, wrapped in materialized aura, sliced the monster's body into an X from both sides, as if refusing to let it have its way.
"Gaaahh..."
-THUD THUD!!
BOOM!!
With that death rattle, its balloon-like body—now in four chunks—plummeted to the castle floor.
"It's over."
The battle was done.
-SNAP!!
-FWOOSH!!
I first extinguished the black flames cloaking its corpse. No need to ruin prime undead material now that it was dead.
'Not bad stuff. Perfect for elite undead. Though it's weaker than the beholders in the game.'
Beholders were at least this strong at minimum—and they had anti-magic as their trademark. Finished with my thoughts, I surveyed the surroundings.
"KeeEEE!!?"
"Grooooh!?"
With their leader gone, most evil-eye monsters had lost the will to fight and were fleeing in disorder.
"Uwaaaah!!!"
"ROOOAR!!"
-SLASH!!
-VRMMM!!
My undead pursued and slaughtered them. It wasn't even a fight anymore. Already outclassed in quality, now stripped of morale, they fell like leaves in the wind.
'Leave enough corpses.'
-Grrr!!
-Hee hee!!
My telepathic command got an instant response.
'Even a rough count shows hundreds.'
A few for me or Kangjang to devour for predation boosts, the rest for undead fodder. Weak compared to mid-tier undead, but barely passable as material. Of course, mass-producing now would cramp our space and mobility, so no rush. I'd store them in the Corpse Repository for later.
'Tch... If only I'd unlocked one of my higher classes, Death Lord, this wouldn't be an issue.'
It came with a skill for a dedicated subspace to store undead. No more space or mobility worries. But priority-wise, it ranked below liberation from impotence.
'A working dick is more important than anything.'
Everything else was secondary.
The EXP from slaying evil-eye monsters was quite juicy. Not just the big one I killed—my undead's kills funneled EXP to me too, including the small fry.
'Just two more levels, factoring in the one for my original form. Almost there.'
My current badass grave lord look was cool, but heading upstairs like this would get me mistaken for a monster(?) and hunted. Returning to normal was key.
'Dump all points into racial stats.'
I felt magic and strength surging through my body.
'Normally, you'd need time to adapt senses to a suddenly stronger body...'
In my past life and even before becoming undead in this one, my muscles grew just from breathing until death. Daily sensory and control adjustments were routine. But this body? Levels up, body skyrockets in power—and it handled it seamlessly, like it was always meant to be this way.
'The undead effect?'
No wasted time—perfect.
"Auu~~"
"Uee~~"
As I wrapped up my thoughts, Kangjang and Dena's voices rang out. They were calling me.
"Yeah? What?"
I naturally turned toward them.
"Uuu~~!!!"
"Eehee!!!"
There they stood atop their ogre-sized evil-eye kills, beaming triumphantly like parade generals showing off their prizes to me.
"Auu!!"
-SMACK SMACK!!
Kangjang boldly slapped her monster's flank, as if demanding, How's this?! Her confident grin said it all.
"Uee!!"
-THWACK!!
Dena mounted hers, striking a legendary hero's pose—red greatsword thrust skyward. It was like a painting come to life.
Both proudly displaying their hunts reminded me of cats bringing mice to their owner for praise.
Thanks to stats surpassing standard high-tier undead, they'd dispatched them easily. Aside from the fatal wounds, the corpses were pristine. Cleaner bodies made better undead material. (Though my Aurora Fantasia bypassed that.)
"Ooooh!! Impressive, both of you!! Taking down enemies this cleanly!!"
"Uuu!!"
"Eehee!!"
Their faces lit up with even happier smiles at my praise, like masterpieces on beautiful women.
-WHOOSH
"Come here to Daddy!!"
I flung my massive, thick arms wide open to them.
"Auu~!!♥"
"Uee~♥"
-HOP!!
Without hesitation, they leaped straight into my embrace.
-SQUEEZE
"Uuu~♥"
"Eehee~♥"
Embodying "flowers in both hands," I hugged Kangjang to one arm and chest, Dena to the other.
"Auu~"
"Uee~"
-RUB RUB
They immediately nuzzled my chest like marking territory.
I moved the arms cradling them.
-BOING
-JIGGLE
My right hand went to Kangjang's breasts, left to Dena's ass.
"Good girls, good girls—you did great, so time for plenty of praise, right?"
"Uuu!!"
"Eehee!!"
-NOD NOD
They bobbed their heads furiously. Confirming their eager wish, I began stroking those spots.
-BOING BOING
-JIGGLE JIGGLE
Breasts and ass yielded and bounced under my hands, shapes shifting mesmerizingly. Firm yet soft sensations dominated my palms. Her specialty breasts gave thrilling tingles from perky nipples; the taut, smooth ass was pure stroking bliss. Addictively suck-you-in.
But this was praise—they deserved to enjoy too.
"That's it, good girl!! Good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good!!"
-STROKE STROKE
-SQUEEZE SQUEEZE
-BOING BOING
Breasts and ass got rapid pets in time with my words.
"Uuu~~♥"
"Uee~~♥"
They melted with hot, moist, blissful voices.
"Good good good good good good good good good good good good good!!"
"Auu~~"
"Eehee~~"
Lost in the trance of petting, they spoke up again.
"Good... Hm? Wanna switch spots?"
"Uuu!!"
"Uee!!"
I obliged: right to Kangjang's ass, left to Dena's breasts.
"No big deal."
-JIGGLE JIGGLE
-SQUEEZE SQUEEZE
"Good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good!!"
"Auu~~♥"
"Eehee~~♥"
Back to hypnotic bliss—giver and receivers lost in mutual delight. We didn't stop for hours after.