Chapter 95 - Excavating after Continuing (1/2)

Ch. 95: Excavating after Continuing

“Don’t just stare at it!”

As Lapis started up at the chunk of flesh coming towards her, Loren put his arm around her waist and dove sideways.

A moment later, the part of the chief’s body that had been thrown at them landed where Lapis had been standing, splattering blood everywhere.

And when Loren swung his great sword with his left hand, more of the chief’s body was dug out, and when the piece fell to the floor, it turned into a large number of fairies that started attacking Loren and Lapis.

‘Energy drain…Ugh, I really don’t like this…’

When Shayna activated her energy drain, even as she complained, it killed the fairies quickly and they fell to the ground, but when they did, the chief’s body covered them and immediately consumed them.

“He finally started eating himself.”

“This is getting more pointless by the second.”

Lapis muttered like it wasn’t their problem as she was still being carried under Loren’s arm, but Loren didn’t have the time to respond.

He was too busy slashing away the fleshy arms that were being slammed down at them with the great sword that he was holding with just his left hand.

On top of that, if he cut off a part, it would change into fairies and attack them like the rounds of a shot gun, so the situation was out of his control.

‘I know I can’t throw up, but I still feel like I’m going to throw up…’

Since Shayna didn’t have a physical body, she couldn’t throw up even if she felt like it.

She could cough out all the chief’s life energy she had sucked up, but even if she did, it wouldn’t get rid of her discomfort.

“We won’t get anywhere if we don’t think of something!”

The chief, who was attacking over and over as if he didn’t feel the pain of his body being ripped away, was quite considerable, but Loren’s skill with the great sword, parrying and cutting away at them with the heavy weapon using one arm, was incredible as well.

The sound of flesh hitting steel rang continuously, and in the midst of pieces of flesh and blood flying everywhere, Lapis sighed as red stains started appearing on her clothes.

“I’m going to have to buy a new pair of these clothes when I get back…”

“Now’s not the time to be saying something like that!”

“Priest’s clothes are expensive you know? The fabric is quite good as well.”

“Worry about your life rather than your clothes!”

Loren wanted to back off for a moment, put Lapis down, and use his great sword with both hands, but the chief’s attacks didn’t stop, so he couldn’t retreat even if he wanted to.

He had considered letting go of Lapis, but if he let her go while the chief’s attacks were still continuing, the he would start targeting her as well, and with the overwhelming mass he possessed, Loren didn’t think that her delicate body would be able to take the blows.

Of course, since she was a demon, there was a chance that she could take them like they were nothing, but Loren wasn’t going to take any chances.

He didn’t want to when it was a situation where one mistake could mean death.

“Do you mind slowing down a bit!?”

The sensation of something clicking into place in his mind.

If it came, Loren would start showing greater strength, but once it did, it would put him on a timer.

He just had to defeat the chief before that limit, but if he couldn’t, he would just be lying on the ground, waiting to be eaten.

“Loren, could you do as I say?”

Lapis said, looking up at him from under his arm.

When Loren turned his eyes toward her, still partying the chief’s attacks, Lapis twisted her body into a strained position and put her hand on his chest.

“I’m going to do something reckless. But if you remember this sensation, your fighting capabilities will rise exponentially.”

“What are you trying to do!? Don’t alter me or anything, alright?”

“Of course not. There’s no way I could without a facility or equipment.”

Even as she complained about what Loren thought she was, her hand felt about his chest.

As he felt ticklish at her movements, after a while he realized that Lapis’ palm started getting warmer on his chest.

With the warmth, which seemed too hot to be body heat, piercing through his skin and muscle and spreading throughout his body, and the sensation of something being pulled out of a deep place, Loren shook slightly, even as he continued fighting the chief.

“This…”

“I believe that Loren’s berserk converts your life energy or health into strength. But that will exhaust you quickly and it’s dangerous for your body as well.”

The grip of Loren’s great sword creaked.

It was the sound d of Loren gripping it with more strength than ever.

At the same time, the next blow against the chief’s attack was faster and stronger than any of those before.

As if showing off that it was different than the ones before, the chief’s body tore deeply, and the chief, who hadn’t even flinched no matter how much he had been cut, started backing away from Loren, as if it was felt fear at the first sensation of pain.

“Oh.”

“This is self enhancement that all demons can do. It’s not as good as Gifts since you can only use it on yourself, though.”

With the chief flinching at Loren’s attack, Lapis used the chance to slip out from under Loren’s arm and jump backwards.

She decided to do so because she knew Loren couldn’t use his strength to it’s fullest if she was there.

“If you remember the sensation of mana manipulation, you could use it at will. This time I forced it out, but don’t forget the feeling of it.”

As he listened to Lapis’ explanation, he stepped towards the chief, who was trying to get away from him, and brought his great sword in an upwards swing.

Whether he had too much momentum or he miscalculated the distance, the tip of the sword dug into the ground, raising Sparks as it sunk into the chief’s body, engraving a deep wound and causing the chief to scream.

“V-vooouuunnnddd!?”

“Shut up! Stop running so I could cut you to pieces!”

He forced the upwards slash to a stop with brute strength, then brought it back down.

The two deep wounds caused the part of the body to rip off, and when it hits the floor it turned into fairies, but Loren swung at them with the flat of the blade.

After swatting them away like flies, Loren took another step forward and thrust his sword deep into the chief’s body and twisted it.

With blood splitting out of the wound, the chief wriggled around to try to dislodge the sword from his body, but Loren drove it further in.

“Hmm?”