Episode 117 〈 Big Eyes 〉
Edolf, a senior iron rank, commanded adventurers and mercenaries.
We evacuated the citizens in the city center and eliminated the monsters.
The Red Ogre was a difficult opponent to face, but it was not impossible to kill if Elusha’s regular wizards were with him.
We defeated the monsters in the city center one by one. At that time, adventurers and mercenaries became noisy.
They screamed towards the castle where monsters were spewing out.
“What is that again!”
Edolf also turned his gaze to look at the castle and couldn’t help but widen his eyes.
Darkness fell around the fortress.
Dark clouds swirl in the sky and lightning strikes.
People’s screams could be heard from the windows of the castle, and a dark red shadow wriggled between them and ate everything.
Soon, writhing tentacles began to spread out through the holes in the castle and surround the castle.
It seems as if the entire castle is being swallowed up.
“Is that…?”
What on earth is going on?
It was a terrible sight that could only be seen in one’s imagination.
At Edolf’s question, the face of the wizard assisting him hardened.
“Big Eyes.”
“Big Eyes?”
It was Edolf, who prided himself on having some knowledge about monsters. However, even for him, Big Eyes is the first monster name he has heard.
“An ancient creature called the Gatekeeper of Hell. It is a living organism that can regenerate infinitely as long as it has food. The body is made up of large eyeballs and also.”
The wizard swallowed dry saliva and looked at the castle.
“It is a monster that specializes in protecting something.”
The dead walked out through the entrance of such a fortress.
Demons began to come out of purgatory.
Their eyes flashed and they glared at Elusha’s adventurers.
**
I left the prison, leaving behind the necromancer who had been skewered to death.
There was a storage room right in front of the prison, so there was no difficulty in getting Hans’ luggage and Ellis’ gauntlets.
I watched the situation outside through the window of the castle.
Monsters are running rampant in the city.
It seems that the monster the lord attracted has been released.
Fortunately, this is a city of adventurers.
Elusha’s defense force and adventurer mercenaries worked hard to subdue the monster. They were approaching the citadel, the source of all this.
He sensed signs of an abnormality occurring here.
I wore silver full body armor and a helmet.
I walked down the hallway holding a musket.
Hans and Ellis followed suit.
“What happened?”
Ellis took one look at the prison and asked me a question.
“It’s obvious that a necromancer has appeared.”
I’m sure he’s pulling some kind of trick again.
Could it be related to Aslan?
That won’t be it.
As they are a dependent country of the Holy Emperor, they are under surveillance.
The feudal lords may rebel against Princess Tinya’s control, but they will not be able to do something like this outright.
That means that a force separate from Aslan was at work.
There is nothing that cannot be suppressed if it is an organization rather than a national level.
“Aaaah!”
“Run away…!”
Knights and wizards were seen running away from the corner at the end of the hallway.
Is a monster chasing after me?
Skeletons were brought forward.
He grabs his shield and raises his spear.
The eyes of the knights and wizards who were gasping for air widened.
“Undead…!”
When they were startled and hesitated, the space distorted in the air.
-Kihihihihihi!
Large eyeballs popped out from the distorted space along with a bizarre laughing sound.
The unidentified monster rolled its eyes at the fleeing knight wizard and us.
It makes a bizarre smile as if it has found its prey.
At the same time, something dark and red stretched out from the corner.
The faces of Ellis Hans and I hardened.
It’s a writhing tentacle. It crashed like a wave.
The tentacles opened and jagged teeth came out and swallowed the knights and wizards.
Heavy tentacles crushed the knights and wizards and turned them into pieces of minced meat.
All that could be heard was a ‘crunching’ sound, but no trace was left.
“Another strange monster.”
I summoned a musket and aimed it.
Ellis’ face turned pale at the disgusting eyeballs and tentacles, and Hans stiffened and took a step back.
The two people shouted at the same time.
“Big Eyes!”
“what?”
When I try to ask, dark red tentacles gather.
It formed a snake-like shape and opened its mouth with a ‘snap!’ It opens up and attacks.
What is it that has no appearance?
“Stop it.”
The skeletons jumped up and stabbed them with the spears.
The spears pierced them and their skin burst.
Magical power spewed out from the pierced area and repelled the skeletons.
The ruptured area regenerated quickly.
It was clearly an attack filled with holy power, and the tentacles The monster endured.
This time, I aimed the musket and fired.
The bullet flew through the air and pierced the monster’s body. As
the monster wriggled and tilted, its body exploded in a spiral shape and disappeared.
-Kihihihihi!
Again ! Strange laughter is heard from all directions.
I turn my gaze towards the wall.
Between the hard bricks, the space distorts and a large eyeball appears.
Although I pride myself on being brave, I can’t help but feel goosebumps.
I frown and immediately hit the end of the musket. I stabbed the dagger into the eyeball.
It seemed like it disappeared for a moment, and then dozens of eyeballs appeared on the wall at the same time.
“…You’re crazy.”
The wall collapses.
Tentacles extend through it.
When I step back, the skeletons step forward and cut off the tentacles.
“We must run!”
Hans turned pale and shouted.
He knows that I caught the dragon.
Still, he says, ‘We must run away.’
Does he think he is more dangerous than the dragon in legend?
Hans took out unknown medicine bottles from his luggage and placed them on the floor. I sprayed it.
The floor wriggled and shook.
“As expected…!”
“Do you know anything about this monster?”
“We have to get out quickly, otherwise this place will be in its stomach…”
“It’s dangerous!”
Elise stretched out her hand and grabbed Hans’ head and
slammed it to the floor. Suddenly, a tentacle with a blade passed by.
Elise threw a fist full of holy power and exploded the tentacle.
She cried out while pressing down on Hans’ head. .
“This castle itself will become the belly of a monster. Big Eyes is an ancient gatekeeper. He is a demon who makes the surrounding environment his own and uses it as a base!”
“…”
I looked at the fleshy pieces of tentacles that Ellis burst.
The volume of the burst tentacles gradually increased and polluted the surroundings.
It looked like an alien nest in a science fiction movie.
Hans covered his head and said,
“Elise , That’s right. If you can’t get out of here, you’ll be trapped in its body and digested. So…”
Then the ground collapsed.
Tentacles stretched out, grabbed Ellis and Hans’ legs, and pulled them.
“this!”
I reached out and picked up Ellis and reached out to Hans.
“Save him…!”
He narrowly missed Hans’ hand.
Hans was dragged into the deep darkness of the ground with a despairing expression on his face.
“Save him!”
Skeletons threw themselves towards the cracked ground.
At the same time, the collapsed castle floor was surrounded by tentacles.
They raised their muskets and fired wildly at the floor.
The Christmas bullet pierced the floor and created a hole, but it regenerated shortly afterwards.
“What a monster .” “This…”
It doesn’t work on Christmas.
Even if it burns down, another tentacle increases its volume and fills the place.
Will Hans be safe?
He’s a lucky guy. Besides, the skeletons followed him, so he should be able to hold out for a while. .
But it won’t last long.
We have to kill this monster until Hans can survive.
“Sir Allen!”
Ellis shouted.
I turned my head.
Other tentacles came rushing in from around the corner.
Various types of undead were also caught in the middle. What
on earth was this?
I summoned Amon’s skull from the item window.
I put the skull on my head and frowned.
I wanted to enjoy this vacation. I wanted to feel the fun of an adventurer and make some memories
. But who the hell is this guy who interrupted my vacation.
I don’t know who he is.
“I will crush you thoroughly .” .”
I shouted the starter:
**
“This time it’s a success!”
“Big Eyes has also been summoned. He may not be able to go outside, but no one can stop Purgatory here!”
Purgatory was opened.
Most of the survivors in the citadel also became prey to Big Eyes.
Big Eyes will expand its body and regenerate as much as the nutrients it consumed.
An infinite number of the dead escaped from the warp gate connected to Purgatory. They made the territory a place of death. It was made into a city.
The souls of the dead are sucked into purgatory and become the source body that maintains the warp gate again. The infinite loop of death will repeat.
“Now… you can die.”
They have longed for it.
A world where everyone is free from pain and can live forever. A world where
everyone is equal before death.
This is the moment when the long-held dream of their king, Amon, the Demon King, comes true.
“Amon, the Demon King! We have done it!”
As the necromancers were enjoying a moment of joy in the hallway, there was a sound ringing in their ears.
The necromancers were startled and looked towards the source of the sound
. Someone was walking from the edge of the castle swallowed up by Big Eyes.
A bright light leaked out.
Walking . Every time you move, an aura containing holy power spreads. The holy power exploded the tentacles attached to the wall and disappeared.
The necromancers swallowed dry saliva due to the vast energy of holy power.
Who is it? Who is it that unleashes such enormous sexual power?
Did the archbishop come forward in person?
The necromancers tensed and grabbed their staffs.
They couldn’t believe their eyes as they concentrated their magic on the staff, sweating coldly.
“Uh huh…?”
“wait for a sec.”
The necromancers’ eyes widened.
They took a step back.
A being walking leisurely, spreading bright light.
“Ah…”
The Necromancers’ mouths opened.
The being they worshiped and revered 50 years ago was walking right in front of them. It had
a mountain goat’s skull and bone armor covering its entire body, and in its hands was holding a ‘great sword’ made of bone. He appeared.
Their former master.
The king of death who ruled over numerous evil spirits and
marched in. “Spirit King!”
“It is Amon Amon!”
“The King of Death has come!”
The necromancers shouted with joy.
How could such a miracle happen?
The being who had the hopes and dreams they had longed for appeared right before their eyes.
The necromancers sobbed and approached him.
They could not even think of using magic to attack him. .
All I can do is kneel in front of him and stretch out my hands to praise him.
“Spirit King! Ah, our master.”
“I tried to make your dream come true.”
“I am changing this world into a world of death and death itself. A world without the pain you wanted, a world where everyone is equal…!”
The necromancers cried out.
They even thought that the Demon King had come out of the open purgatory.
Their master reacted accordingly.
“Kasim.”
A loud but low murmur rings out.
The necromancers looked at the Demon King Amon in shock.
The soul of a large man appeared behind him and was immediately sucked into the great sword.
Necromancer Amon raises his great sword.
“Master…?”
Until then, the necromancers had no idea what Amon was doing.
I just watched in a daze.
That was the end.
He draws the great sword and throws it away.
The air exploded and the limbs of the nearby necromancers were torn apart and crushed.
“…!”
The necromancers who were running happily from afar stopped.
Amon slammed the bone greatsword he was holding onto the ground.
“Do you want death?”
The aura of holy power surrounds the great sword.
Holy water flowed out from the gap where the great sword was inserted and soaked the floor.
“If you want it.”
The tentacles made by Big Eyes dried up and disappeared.
The wind gathers and becomes compressed.
The Demon King’s eyes sparkled.
“I will give you death.”
The wind burst out and an intangible blade struck the necromancer.