Chapter 51 - Start of Investigation part 3 (2/2)
”Fighting a queen Lou Carcolh inside the drainage, that will be no easy task. Need any help?” [Erinmorlin]
”Depends, but let me handle it first” [Ash]
”If you said so” [Erinmorlin]
There are two proverbs here, to many cooks spoiled the broth and also many hands make light work. Both are true but in this case, I guess observing first and decide later will be the best course of action for them
Just as we started to feel bored due to the long walk (well, there are Lou Carcolh attack here and there but all are handled swiftly by me), we finally reached the centre and man, the water magic stone is huge, shining some pale blue colour light as well as pouring stream of water around it, but sadly, the water quality is something to be worried off. One look and I can see it's not recommended to use at all. That magic stone surely have been corrupted somehow. Plus
”There's the queen!” [Alice]
”It's huge” [Lisa]
””Careful”” [Flinar, Erinmorlin]
”I will” [Ash]
If the water magic stone is a size of a small room, the Lou Carcolh Queen will occupy nearly 9/10th of it, which honestly makes it an easy target for me, the problem lies in only the environment
The Queen Lou Carcolh seems to order her underling to make a kamikaze attack, they hurled themselves shell first toward me, with no regards to their safety, and god, I might not have felt a cannon ball being fired at me, but I can say for sure it hits like a cannon. My hand quickly goes full numb just by blocking and smashing those shells. Luckily the chained thunder magic as well as the sea water magic do wonder here.
Still, they also cast some slimy substance towards me, which slow down my movement. A quick analysis by my scan magic revealed that the slimy substance do contain the same microbes that causes the endemic disease. Maybe it's due to their ingestion of the nearby water
(I'm glad I covered myself with cure magic) [Ash]
Just when the seemingly endless barrage of Lou Carcolh of various sizes and weight come to an end (maybe nearing fifty of them), the queen greeted me herself.
Contrary to its size (and also to its species), it sure is fast. The queen is a bit slower as compared to its underling, so it's easier to dodge its attack, but the power behind it is no joke. One slam from its head hold roughly the same forces to that of three medium size Lou Carcolh barrages just now
plus
(If the queen keeps on doing it, the whole structure will collapse, have to finish it fast) [Ash]
With its upcoming attack, I use my scythe to slice both the upper tentacles holding its eyes as well as the numerous tentacles coming from its mouth
In response, it breath out a large amount of poisonous gas, since my body is blessed by the goddess, I don't find it strange if It doesn't cause any sort of illness to me, but those four behind me will surely felt it. Thankfully, Flinar uses his wood magic to neutralise those gas
The second attack come, the queen have regenerated its tentacles back in shape, as if nothing really happen just now.
(This will get tedious) [Ash]
Have to do something fast, or else this structure will really collapse.
Think
Think
Think...
GOT IT!
I have to wait for the poisonous gas attack. No, instead of waiting, let us aggravate it like last time. Slice those nasty tentacles and BINGO
” EAT THIS!” [Ash]
While supplying more of my sea water magic into the scythe, I throw it inside the queen at high velocity. As expected, the slimy substance inside the mouth halted its momentum, but that's exactly what I was hoping for
With this, the sea water being omitted from my scythe will cause the queen to shrunken. As it shrink (and quickly for that matter), it goes on a rampage spree, but the power have been significantly reduced until
”Only the shell and the magic core is left behind” [Ash]
The shell is humongous, and so does the magic core. While the magic core do emit water magic, sadly it also emit poison magic, so obviously we can't use it to replace the corrupted water stone. Well, better store it first
”You sure make it look easy” [Erinmorlin]
”That's an A rank monster there, and yet it's instantly slayed” [Alice]
”If we pitch you to fight the Saga or the Female Paladin Aries, I wonder who will win” [Lisa]
”That's an interesting experiment” [Flinar]
”Let just report first to the king, shall we?” [Ash]