Chapter 34
Chapter 34
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 34
Chapter Title: Becoming the Dungeon Master! #4
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That voice was honestly beautiful. Melodious enough that I wanted to hear it up close.
But I knew better. Even that voice was just one of her hunting tools.
Getting lured in and drawing near would mean death...!
"Urk!"
I tried to bolt right away, but just like last time, my body felt as heavy as lead! My feet wouldn't lift off the ground!
She was using some kind of magic or spell!
"Shaa, shaa shaa."
The dryad pulled her arms back, leaned her upper body forward slightly to bare her cleavage, and approached me slowly.
—Jiggle.
She even bounced her torso on purpose, shaking those breasts. Where the hell did she learn moves like that? No matter how you sliced it, she was a monster, so how did she pick up such lewd motions?
Was it some instinct, like a rattlesnake shaking its tail?
Did she instinctively master those sexy gestures?
—Jiggle.
—Jiggle.
Her breasts swayed left and right like a hypnotic pendulum.
I wanted to bury myself in them!
That thought coiled around my brain!
But I couldn't...!
I knew that for sure!
"Buril...!"
Thank goodness.
I hadn't come with my minions. In a pinch like this, I couldn't protect all five of them.
Being alone actually made it easier.
Thinking of him calmed my mind.
"Shaaa..."
She approached, singing like a lullaby.
I felt myself getting sucked into that smile and cleavage!
I wanted to dive headfirst into that cleavage like an ostrich burying its head in the sand!
But after my last encounter, I'd come up with a few countermeasures.
—Crunch!
I bit down hard on my lower lip.
"Guh...!"
My sharp fangs pierced my lip, sending waves of mind-numbing pain and the metallic tang of blood flooding my mouth...! It hurt like hell! Biting your own lip until it bled wasn't some exaggeration—it fucking hurt! On par with the time I tried mimicking Naruto by gnawing my finger!
But the pain worked like a charm!
—Ssshh.
My feet started to move, little by little.
"Sha, shaa? Shaya shaa."
Right then, the dryad's eyes went wide. She made a concerned expression and sped up her approach. Those eyes. That face. Anyone would think she actually cared, you pretty monster!
"F-feet...! Come on, feet! Move just a bit more! Put some effort in! My feet!"
They still felt so heavy...!
Just a little more, and I'd be good, but the dryad was too close! No choice—I drew up my demonic power!
And then.
"Demon Breath!!"
—Fwooooosh!
I spewed fire straight ahead!
"Sha, shaaaa?!"
The dryad leaped back with a backstep. Perfect! Now my feet moved freely! No time to think—time to run!
—Whoosh!
I spun around, kicked off the ground, and sprinted!
"Uwoooo!"
First things first—escape!
Glancing back while running.
—Ssshh.
The dryad was chasing me!
"G-get away! Stay back, sis!"
A scantily clad sexy woman chasing me was insanely tempting, but also totally unreal. People living in reality couldn't afford to get lost in fantasies! Especially not in the middle of nowhere like this!
—Ssshh.
She kept coming after me.
"...Stalker!"
The realization pierced my mind. Right now, she was following me. And I'd first spotted the dryad somewhere else, not here.
Did she see me there?
Mark me as prey?
And hunt me down?
"Crazy stalker!"
The ominous pieces fell into place in my head. If the dryad was chasing me... I couldn't lead her home. Buril and my minions would be in danger. I needed to shake her off somehow. For now, head to the valley. Once there, I could figure out the way home.
That's what I thought as I ran.
Checked behind me again.
—Jiggle jiggle.
"No way!"
Those tits for real!
The dryad was bounding after me, and with breasts that huge, they were flopping wildly up and down! God, I wanted to jump right into them!
Was this some deep-sea anglerfish?
The little fish in the abyss get mesmerized by the angler's glow, approach, and get eaten. I got those fish's impulse now. If that lure looked like a busty babe, fuck, even I'd follow it.
But this wasn't the dark abyss. If it was just darkness, I'd gladly go and die, but I had light. I had Buril! And I promised to get back to Kartiya, damn it!
So I kept running.
"Huff... huff!"
I finally reached the valley. Good. With the valley in sight, no worries about getting lost. Shake off the dryad, circle around, and escape.
"Shaa, shaa...? Shaa."
The sexy dryad kept following. Luckily, her running speed wasn't as fast as mine.
"..."
Wait.
She's slow?
If she's slow... maybe not that strong? No. Don't underestimate the enemy. Stamina isn't the only measure of strength.
Dryads definitely lure people in close and finish them off. If she could run fast, she wouldn't need seduction. Probably strong in close combat, but anyway—I turned sharply and kept moving.
—Tack tack tack.
Now I could control my pace. The ridiculously lewd dryad still shook her breasts obscenely as she chased, but she couldn't catch up.
That's when it happened.
—Ssshh.
"Keruk?"
For a second, I thought I'd spotted Buril. But no. Another goblin was tearing into a dodo's guts.
"Huh?"
"Ke, keruk!"
Maybe because of my size. The goblin freaked, flung the guts, and bolted like hell. That bastard. Where was he running to? Toward his friends?
—Ssshh.
Looked back.
The dryad still tailing me.
"Perfect!"
If there's a goblin pack, I can use them! Who knows how long she'd follow me!
Time to shake her off!
Using the goblins!
"Uwaaaaaah!"
"Keruk!"
I bellowed a war cry and chased the goblin. It panicked completely and ran like mad, leading me right to...
"A goblin den!"
I found what looked like their burrow—a pit!
"Keruk! Keruk keruk!"
The goblin yelled frantically as it dashed toward the hole.
"Keruk?"
"Kurruk?"
"Kerung?"
Goblins started emerging from the burrow one by one, faces like "What the hell?" And the moment they saw me.
"Ke, keruk!"
"Kerrrrrruk!"
"Kerung!!!"
They grimaced fiercely and roared. Yes!
This was it!
Their burrow! Their home! Anywhere else, they'd flee, but this was their turf! They couldn't back down! If they couldn't retreat, fighting was the wild instinct!
No matter what, they couldn't abandon their territory! It was survival itself! Lose the turf, and you're dead—so they fought desperately!
I'll use that goblin instinct!
"Kerrrruk!"
"Keruk!"
Soon, goblins poured out of the burrow and charged me!
"Keruk!!"
A battle cry full of spirit!
The surging combat fervor!
"Kraaaaaaaa!"
I roared back and charged them. As the distance closed, I faked a jump.
—Whoosh!
And threw myself sideways!
—Swoooosh!
A long sense of floating.
The goblins couldn't overcome their momentum and kept charging straight. I glanced back. The dryad was still pursuing.
"Shaa?!"
And with that.
"Kerrrrruk!"
The goblins crashed into her.
—Boom!
The goblin's body slam connected, tangling the dryad and goblins together. "Keruk! Keruk!" Savage cries and exploding violence.
"Yes!"
Everything was going perfectly!
This was using the barbarians to check the barbarians!
The dumb goblins clashed with the dryad without a clue, and the one chasing me was in a bind... Huh?
Suddenly.
—Slash!
"Keruk!"
The goblin who'd rammed her went flying.
"Uh."
That goblin's torso bore four vivid claw marks. Ripped flesh and muscle sprayed blood as it flew.
The dryad?
"...Shaa."
Striking a cool pose, claws raking the air. Not just that—shadows fell over her face. But her green eyes gleamed sharp.
"Keruuuuuk!"
"Keruk!"
"Kurruk!"
The goblins went berserk and charged the dryad. As a few more got close.
—Slash!
—Slash!
She raked them like swinging a sword.
—Spurt!
Blood erupted.
"Keruk..."
Flying goblins.
Murderous claws.
—Grab!
The dryad snatched a flying goblin's ankle, yanked it hard, and.
Bit into its neck.
—Crunch!
"Keruuuuuuuuuk!!!"
An agonized scream.
—Thud!
Having tasted blood, the dryad casually tossed the goblin aside.
"Keruk...!"
"Keruk!"
"Kerrrrung!"
Finally terrified, the goblins tried fleeing into the burrow. But it was too late.
—Snap!
"Keruk?!"
Vines sprouted from the ground, grabbing their ankles. I'd already crawled away on my belly. No way could I muster strength in my lower body.
I couldn't stand!
—Slash!
"Keruuuuuk!"
"Keruk!!"
The gruesome sound of tearing flesh.
And the goblins' wails echoed from behind.
"Huff, huff! Huff!"
I executed the belly crawl from training camp and crawled away like a madman...!