Chapter 33: Dark Alchemist? (2/2)

That female imp was also the one who had carried through the entrance to this floor. From that moment on, she was always by my side like a shadow. It had gotten to the point where I had forgotten about her existence. After I found that grimoire, I decided to leave it in her care since it wasn’t a weapon, and most of the time I had no use for it. More importantly, it was heavy.

Hmm, if I had to describe their gender differences, male and female large imps were pretty similar. Both had flat chests, the female imp didn’t have any extra lumps of flesh on her chest. As for what’s between their legs, both male and female did not have a pee pee or a little sister respectively.

However, there was a vague sense of distinction between the two that us devils were able to pick up on. In short, they judged who was a female or male by feeling. It was precisely because of this that I was often mistaken for a female…

Truth be told, males all had a pee pee, it’s just that it’s always hidden from plain sight.

“Book!” I took the grimoire from the female imp as she brought it over, and stared at it. Was he after this book? Or was he planning something else? Should I give it to him? If I don’t, will he kill us…

“Relax, I won’t snatch it from you.” He said while nonchalantly waving his hands. My hesitation had clearly been seen through. He continued with his reassurance: “I’ve detected a hint of my race on you which means you can be considered as half an undead.”

“…” Well, I’m grateful for your reassurance, but I’m not the least bit happy about it! Why should I be happy about becoming a skeleton or a zombie!

“Haha, since an interesting kid, the ripples in your soul are so fascinating.”

“…” Calm down…but why does it feel like he can read whatever I’m thinking.

“Well, let’s continue with our conversation.” He pointed at the weapons in the devils’ hands and said: “These are your creations? Fascinating designs, as toys their strength are sufficient.”

“Toys…” Ah, don’t use such a hurtful term to describe my babies. I expanded a lot of effort in order to create those “toys”.

“Objects created by dark alchemy will follow the user’s designs during the creation process, automatically shaping themselves to the design. While this might seem convenient, it comes with several issues as well…like the fact that it’s a one-off process that cannot be interrupted. So you must have a clear design in mind before proceeding…The product’s strength is also determined by the materials…”

As he continued explaining, his aura seemed to change. If he was in my previous world, he would probably be some kind of professor giving a lecture. Judging from his confident tone, he might just be a master dark alchemist.

“Regarding that…” Unknowingly, I had risen my hand like an elementary school kid in a classroom. “May I know why my creations are nothing more than toys?”

“Perhaps to you they seemed perfect, but to me they are merely toys.”

“…”

Such a displeasing review…

“If you don’t believe me, why don’t we have a test?”

“Hmm?”

“It’s just a normal experiment, not many people would die, don’t worry.” The robed skeleton suddenly stood up and gave me a strange smile. Ah, a skeleton smiling is just something you can’t get used to.

Before I was able to react, he retreated back to the foot of the giant dragon where we first saw him. The soul flames in his eyes danced once more but this time his skeletal hands were covered in a dark green glow as well.

The earth began to shake, to be exact, the mountain began to shake. Outside the altar, undead began crawling out of the ground. There were skeletons, zombies and even two skeletal mages who had that same green glow on their hands!

The undead were all equipped with bone weapons and armors. As for the mages, they wore a set of tattered rags similar to robes. They had appeared in a circle around us, and while there weren’t too many, each of them gave off an unexpected feeling of immense power.

“Master, please retreat.” No.3 and Big 4 immediately escorted me back to the safety of the shield wall.

“Kill them!” After confirming my safety, One-eye grabbed a bone sword from one of the devils and pointed it towards the road leading down the mountain. “Clear the road for the Master! Charge! For the Master!”

“For the Master!”

With their morale raised to the limits, they roared and charged towards the path. However, before they could even take a second step, a three meter tall bone wall rose from the ground, sealing off our escape route!

“Damn it!” One-eye relentlessly struck at the bone wall but it refused to budge an inch.

Surprisingly, the undead didn’t make use of this opportunity to attack us, but instead gathered together. They formed up ranks in front of the robed skeleton; with the normal melee undead in the front, the archers in the middle and the two mages right at the back.

Unlike the unorganized hordes we met in the past, this was a proper army! One that I had almost mistaken for an army of disciplined soldiers.

The reason why I was able to notice all this was because there was no bone wall between us and the robed skeleton…I guess it going to be a battle afterall…

Hmph, I don’t care how strong you are, anyone who bares their claws at me will have to pay a price.

And so, our first ever fight with a proper army of undead began…