Chapter 26 - Wait, Suddenly?
Chapter 26 - Wait, Suddenly?
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"A Majin?"
I asked while quickly flipping through the book as she had told me to.
Because if what she said was true, we were running out of time. Let's read the text and listen to her explanation at the same time.
"If someone is contaminated by the evil energy created by a black magician, they turn into a Majin. The more cornered their mind is, the higher the chance of contamination."
"Good god... Then why are the two of us perfectly fine?"
"You are a black magician. I am a warrior of the snowfield. Does that explain everything?"
Yeah, yeah. That's true.
I had heard enough of the explanation, so now it was time to read the book.
I quickly flipped through the pages, which gave me goosebumps because they felt like they were made of leather.
'What the fuck does this say?'
However, contrary to Karl's bold assurances, I couldn't read the contents of the book at all.
According to what she said, I should have been able to read it.
"Gi-, giiiiive meee... the boooook!"
"Hurry up. She's gradually turning into a Majin."
Fuck!
Glancing away from the book, I sneaked a look at Anders, who was collapsed, and a truly horrifying sight was unfolding.
Sharp goat horns suddenly jutted out from that silver-haired head, and her muscles suddenly expanded, swelling up as if her armor was about to burst.
The torch she had been holding was sucked into the cross-section of her severed arm, and soon a new arm engulfed in flames surged out.
"She's about halfway transformed now."
Good god, that's half?!
I wondered what on earth would happen once she fully transformed. I was extremely curious, but focusing on the book was the priority for now.
[...'Drain', a magic that absorbs others' vitality to make it one's own life force, is the absolute basics of the basics of 'flesh', but unfortunately, it is magic that has gone extinct due to the massive hunts by paladins.]
Got it.
I don't know how it happened, but as I read the text, it suddenly changed into letters I could read.
[How to use Drain is very simple. Reach out your hand toward the target you want to absorb. Then get as close as possible and load it with the emotion of resenting the enemy.]
Load it with emotion? What the hell is that supposed to mean!
"Are you done?"
"...I think I'm done."
Unfortunately, there was no more text I could read beyond this.
That meant there was nothing more I could get from this book.
"Kuaaa, kuaaaa! Booooook! Booooook, give me the booooook!"
"Hmm. In that case, I suppose I can kill this woman."
"Pardon?"
Wait a minute, could you just kill her like that?
"Is that possible?!"
"It's possible. However, you must deliver the finishing blow. A Majin can only be permanently killed with a black magician's magic. If you just kill her, she will resurrect even if it takes years."
No, not just the master, even the things they create are immortals!?
What kind of absurd monster is this!
"Ho-, how can such a thing exist! If there were even ten Majin, this world would have been destroyed!"
"There are several ways to kill a Majin other than black magic. Anyway, she's about to attack over there."
Anders, no, the Majin rushed at me, violently swinging her burning right arm!
But far faster than that was Karl's fist landing a counter on her face. The bastard's body collapsed powerlessly.
"Guk!"
"Hmm!"
Without even using her axe, Karl kept pummeling the Majin's face, turning the bastard into pulp.
How many times did she beat her? Soon, the body's functions stopped little by little, and it went limp shortly after.
For such a cool transformation, it's a rather anticlimactic ending.
"She'll resurrect again in 5 seconds. Use it now."
"...Yes!"
Ah, so it wasn't permanent yet.
As she told me, I reached out my hand to use Drain before the Majin could resurrect.
'Emotion, emotion, emotion...'
Come to think of it, this person didn't do anything wrong to me.
If you think about it, it must feel rather unfair to her. Not only could she not settle the score with her family's enemy with her own hands, but she's even meeting death after turning into a Majin.
Thinking like this, she's so pitiful. Far from resentment welling up, I only feel sympathy.
'...But if this woman became a monster called a Majin or whatever, who's going to give me money?'
Where on earth am I supposed to collect those 5 silver coins?
I even traded away my falchion for this job.
To buy a similar one again, I'd have to pay at least 1 silver coin.
Thinking like this... anger suddenly surges up. Even though it's not this woman's fault, I feel resentment toward an innocent person.
"Ah, fuck!"
- Shuuuuuu!
The moment I had that feeling, green light fiercely spewed out from my hand.
It looked just like looking at a waterfall. The light that came out split into multiple branches and reached out to the Majin, like an octopus reaching its tentacles toward its prey.
"...Ugh!"
Something enters my whole body.
Do you know the feeling when getting a blood transfusion? That coldness when blood drains out.
It's a feeling somewhat similar to that. Except rather than a draining feeling, it's a sensation of something sliding right through my blood vessels.
"Is this what it feels like!"
It felt like someone dropping water onto a body dried up from a lack of moisture.
Every single cell gained vitality, and my heart beat like crazy.
My skin, which had been tanned since coming to this world, gradually peeled off and soon turned white.
After becoming so white that even bleach couldn't make it like that, the burns on my arm healed cleanly.
"...My field of vision seems to have lowered a bit."
What is this feeling? Did my height shrink?
Come to think of it, the quilted armor is a bit loose. It was definitely clothes modified to fit me perfectly.
"Karl... Something's weird. I killed the Majin, but my height has gotten super, super small."
That's right.
My height had shrunk!
My height was already called a dwarf's, but it shrank even more here?
I was barely maintaining the 160cm line, but it felt like it had shrunk to 150cm.
"...I see. It definitely got smaller."
"T-, that's a big problem!"
When it comes to a fight, you basically have to consider that size takes up half of it.
Look at Karl. Because she's big, she's strong, and that's why she's good at fighting, isn't it?
For my height to shrink even more here... is practically the worst-case scenario.
"Karl! What should I do? Isn't there a way to grow my height?"
"Hmm, there is no way to grow your height."
"Then what should I do?!"
"There is truly nothing you can do, Dennis."
Karl took a step forward toward me.
Huh, but now that I look at it, her eyes have gotten a bit scary...
"You won't be able to do anything."
"Karl?"
"Shh."
Karl approaching step by step.
I stepped back little by little, matching her pace.
The more I did, the closer she came.
Karl is already huge. Just having her standing in front of me made me feel immense pressure.
"Ka-, Karl..."
"I was thinking of harvesting the fruit when it ripened a bit more deliciously."
"What kind of vulgar nonsense is that... You're joking right now, right?"
"A joke, you say."
- Tuuk.
As I was walking backward, my foot caught on something tuuk, and I fell backward.
It was a bed. My shrunken body landed precisely on top of those luxurious sheets.
"Perfect timing. I won't need to force you onto the bed. Anyway, did you think I was joking just now?"
"Th-, that prank is going too far."
"First a joke, now a prank. How amusing... But can you still say that even like this?"
- Jjoop!
Karl forcibly parted my lips to create an opening.
Her powerful finger strength could easily create space just by pressing my cheeks, and she shoved her tongue right in there.
"Euh-up!"
Her tongue roamed every nook and cranny of my mouth.
Starting from the roof of my mouth to the inside of my cheeks and my molars, she licked them clean.
If her tongue had been as sharp as a razor blade, my entire jaw would have been slashed to pieces. That's how thoroughly every single place was violated and violated again.
"Heu!"
By the time I finally escaped from her tongue, a bit of time had passed.
"Delicious."
"What on earth is delicious..."
"Your saliva, and your face looking so pleased just because I tossed my tongue around a bit."
After forcefully making my body sit up, Karl manually stripped off the armor and gauntlets I was wearing, one by one.
The quilted armor fell powerlessly to the floor, and my combat boots were pulled off and thrown far away.
After tossing away the studded leather gauntlets with a flick without even looking back, she gazed at the old cloth clothes I was wearing.
"I heard men in this region care about their clothes."
"You need to have spare money for that."
"I see."
Since I'm also someone interested in fashion, I'd rather wear dyed clothes than ratty ones like this.
"I've stripped you this far, Dennis. Take off the rest with your own hands."
"Are, are you telling me right now to do a strip show..."
"I don't know what that is, but sure, do that strip show."
Inside a cave like this.
And with dried-up mummies right there, you want me to do a strip show?
"If you don't do it, I'll strip you myself."
No way!
But I had no choice.