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Chapter 70
It didn't matter if he couldn't use his skills.
It was no problem even if he couldn't move with speed.
He could instantly kill guys like us with a single swipe of his claws.
That was what the Lycanthrope had just babbled about.
Unfortunately for the Lycanthrope, those terrifyingly sharp claws would never reach us.
"Huff, puff..."
The bastard had lost one of his legs,
and he couldn't even use his movement skills.
Excuse me, tell me.
How are you going to chase us at that sluggish speed?
Tsk tsk, even a turtle would be faster than that.
"Stop right there...!"
Like hell!
Would you stop if you were me?
At least say something that makes sense.
"Strangely enough, the situation is gradually turning in our favor... It seems like all kinds of misfortune are suddenly hitting that guy at once... Is it the effect of the black breath the Teddy Bear has been shooting?"
"Wooo, wooo."
"Hehehe! We're playing tag! You stupid, idiot, slowpoke wolf, catch us if you can!"
Miss Vampire, Tosuni, and the Fox.
And I was running away to avoid the Lycanthrope's pursuit.
Naturally, I wasn't running at full speed.
I was jogging slowly, like taking a light stroll.
As long as we ran at a moderate speed, we wouldn't get caught.
"I'll kill you when I catch you...!"
I told you, we won't get caught.
Catch us if you can.
The Lycanthrope's previous relaxed demeanor was nowhere to be found.
The bastard was growling with a fierce expression, dragging his leg as he desperately chased after us.
He's a guy who doesn't know when to give up.
"That's the least scary chase I've ever seen! Pbbbt!"
"Wooooo!"
"...It's a relief that all of his movement skills are sealed. He's fast even without skills, but with a missing leg, he can't pick up speed without their help."
We kept running in circles inside the prison made of thin mud pillars, giving him the slip.
But this prison wasn't disappearing.
Even if he was under the curse of skill sealing, did the skills he had already activated not vanish?
Or perhaps, although this structure was created by the Lycanthrope's skill, it wouldn't collapse even if his skills were sealed because it had already left his control after being formed.
Even if it were the latter, it wouldn't be too strange.
In fact, it would be weirder if everything made with a skill disappeared just because the skill was sealed.
If the Puppeteer Doll's skills were sealed, would our dungeon that it created face annihilation too?
It was entirely understandable that the prison didn't disappear.
Anyway.
We weren't just running away blindly.
While circling inside the prison, we were pouring all sorts of skills onto the pursuing Lycanthrope.
"You slowpoke wolf! Eat this!"
"Wooooo!"
"Hmm... It seems like no damage is accumulating no matter how much we attack, but... it's still better to keep attacking like this than to just run away and do nothing. We have plenty of natural mana stones to replenish our mana anyway."
The three of them didn't hold back, continuously spamming their skills.
Even so, there was no need to worry about their mana depleting.
Right next to us as we ran.
The sacks being carried by Miss Vampire's bat swarm were filled with top-grade natural mana stones.
If we lacked mana, we just had to receive mana stones from the bats to replenish it.
"Princess, you're too close to him now. Keep your distance. Fox, it would be best for you to increase your running speed a little more too."
"Wooo!"
"Eh? Isn't this distance fine? You said that guy can't use skills anyway, so I don't think it's dangerous!"
"It's still dangerous. To begin with, he's a physical powerhouse who doesn't rely on skills. Even though his speed has dropped, his robust body and strength remain the same, so if you get caught by mistake, you'll inevitably be torn to death. So don't ever let your guard down."
"Wooo!"
"O-Okay!"
While keeping our distance.
We solely used ranged attacks.
We absolutely did not approach the Lycanthrope.
Because engaging in close combat would be dangerous.
Just as Miss Vampire said, if we were caught, being torn to death was a certainty.
"Huff, puff... If I actually, actually catch you... I will give you every pain that exists in this world...!"
The Lycanthrope swung his hand, deflecting most of the attacks.
He couldn't block some of the attacks and allowed them to hit, but they didn't work on the Lycanthrope.
Even after taking direct hits, he was perfectly fine.
It was a situation where none of our attacks could land a telling blow.
As expected, the only thing I could trust was my misfortune breath.
Misfortune! Misfortune! Misfortune!
Rapid fire! Rapid fire! Rapid fire!
I am continuously shooting out misfortune breath.
There was no missing.
Thanks to him slowing down, I landed every single hit without missing.
"I will never get hit by your skill!"
Hmm.
Seeing him specifically focusing on deflecting my misfortune breath, he must have roughly noticed that the continuous strange events happening to him were due to the misfortune breath.
But what does he mean he won't get hit?
You're taking every single hit right now, you know?
I don't know what kind of nonsense he's spouting when the misfortune debuff keeps stacking.
It seems the bastard is under a delusion.
Since he swatted away my misfortune breath, he seemed to think he had also blocked its effect from applying.
Sorry, but it applies the moment it touches your body.
It's a breath that gets absorbed upon contact.
In other words, you can't deflect it.
"Stupid wolf! Catch us! Pbbbt!"
While the Fox was taunting the Lycanthrope.
My mana depleted due to the rapid fire of misfortune breath.
I immediately replenished my mana with a natural mana stone.
When I glanced at a bat, it tactfully brought me one.
With a Natural Mana Stone of this size, I could fully recharge dozens of times.
I used Misfortune Breath again.
Along with my Misfortune Breath, the party's attacks endlessly rained down on the Lycanthrope.
"Damn it, those guys... why do they have so many top-grade Natural Mana Stones...?"
It looked like a scene of collective bullying.
For the record, we weren't intentionally keeping him alive just to torture him.
We just couldn't kill him even if we wanted to.
Because that guy is incredibly sturdy.
"Are you jealous that we have so many Natural Mana Stones? Want me to give you one? Should I or shouldn't I? Catch up to us if you want it! Pbbbt!"
"Ugh... I will definitely kill that Fox...!"
Even with that many Misfortune Debuffs stacked, he shows no sign of dying.
What kind of monster is he?
***
I continued to replenish my Mana using the Natural Mana Stone.
And I relentlessly used Misfortune Breath.
The Misfortune Debuffs inflicted on him had already far exceeded three hundred.
So they can stack infinitely.
This is seriously overpowered.
Wait, but why isn't he dead when the debuffs are stacked this high?
Misfortune was steadily coming his way, though.
I could see the Misfortune Debuffs disappearing from time to time.
But it seemed they were only causing minor misfortunes.
Misfortunes so small that they were unnoticeable.
The only noticeable misfortune was him tripping on the floor.
A massive misfortune that could lead to death, like our attacks luckily hitting a fatal weak point, wasn't happening.
"Pant, pant... As expected, since I'm deflecting all of that Teddy Bear's skills, no more strange things are happening...."
That stupid bastard.
He must still think he deflected all the breaths.
I'm telling you, you didn't block the breath!
It's kind of pathetic.
Just stay ignorant.
Time continued to pass like that.
Did his will suddenly break?
The Lycanthrope stopped in his tracks and started punching the mud pillars.
What, is he trying to run away?
Is he giving up and retreating now?
But I wonder if he can break that with sheer strength.
"......."
I guess not.
He gave up quickly.
He knew he couldn't break it with sheer strength alone, but he must have tried just in case.
Wolf, that's pathetic.
In the end, he's trapped in the Prison he made to lock us up.
You can't escape from here until you die by our hands!
Huh? Wait a second....
Come to think of it, how are we supposed to escape?
Even if the Lycanthrope dies, it doesn't seem like that Prison will disappear, right?
Then doesn't that mean we can't ever get out of here either?
...I don't know.
Let's worry about this later.
For now, defeating that guy is the priority.
After finishing my thoughts.
The moment I was about to shoot Misfortune Breath at him again.
"Huh?"
"Wooo?"
"Eh?"
Suddenly, a massive shadow was cast over the ground.
Bear?
I lifted my head and looked up at the sky.
The ceiling of the Prison.
Through the small gaps in the mud pillars that looked like a screen door, I could see a colossal monster flying high up in the sky.
[Gravity Dragon lv.55]
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Gravity Dragon?
Is it that guy I saw before?
Seeing it again, that thing is still a monster.
There was no particular need to pay attention to it.
Either way, that Dragon was just passing by without paying attention to this place... Uh-oh? What is that falling toward us?!
"Teddy Bear, dodge!"
"Wooo!
"Hooeeeek! A giant piece of poop is falling!"
Something massive detached and fell from the Dragon's body.
It was falling rapidly like a meteor directly toward where we were.
Before long,
Craaaaash-!
Smashing through the ceiling of the Prison, the massive object slammed into the ground.
"Hooee... That was almost dangerous......."
"Wooooo...."
We barely managed to dodge the object.
Then, calming our startled hearts, we checked what the fallen object was after the sudden swirling dirt and dust cleared.
Wait, is that... an egg?
No matter how I look at it, it looks like a giant creature's egg?
"What kind of unexpected disaster is this... Huh? The Lycanthrope is...!"
Miss Vampire pointed her hand at the bottom of the egg-like object.
As I shifted my gaze there, I saw the Lycanthrope crushed flat underneath.
His body was completely limp, and his Mana flow was in a tranquil state.
And unlike just a moment ago,
the Helper was no longer displaying the Lycanthrope's information.