Volume 14 - Chapter 2 Part 4 (1/2)
As far as shi+n could tell with 【Magic Sonar】, the dungeon only had 7 floors: it was a shallow yet wide type It could be an instant dungeon which appeared all of a sudden and Avaritia happened to choose as base Instant dungeons, which appeared randole party
“I cannot feel many monster presences…what about you, sir shi+n?”
“It’s the saeon and found very few h the dungeon were 10-20 per floor Based on shi+n’s experiences, they were far too few
shi+n and Sherlene proceeded through the dungeon, without any obstacles barring their way Their objective was to defeat the devil, so they planned to avoid fighting as much as possible, but as they couldn’t even find traps on the way, it felt like they were lured in
“Yes, I can see that”
Sherlene agreed with shi+n’s suspicions It seele battle
“For added safety, please take this with you”
shi+n took a card out of a pocket -froave it to Sherlene
“What is this?”
“A crystal iic In case the eneeon to collapse to bury us alive, use it to escape You just need toto “use” it I set it to teleport the user to the woods near the entrance”
“…teleportation…!?”
shi+n gave a quick explanation, but it looked like Sherlene only picked one word froe I think I heard you say…teleportation…?”
“Yes, teleportation It’s a rare iteh”
“Is this, real?”
Sherlene’s face was, again, very tense Much more than when she received shi+n’s weapons however She looked at the crystal as if she couldn’t believe her eyes
“Yes, I’ve used the same item in the past”
“…is that so”
Sherlene said no more: she carefully, very carefully placed the card in her pocket
She then looked at shi+n, held her te fro, but didn’t say anything
Whether she decided that it wasn’t the ti, shi+n couldn’t tell
“I will use it, in case of necessity”
Sherlene’s tone had lost much of its usual confidence
“Are you okay?”
“Whose fault do you think this…no, that is the safest option It would be ridiculous to cohtly shaken”
“Teleportation is quite the shock, I iy so casually…is a bit too h, then her expression turned sharp again
“It’s just for eencies”
“It is a very valuable insurance In case of necessity, I will not hesitate to use it Though, I would prefer not to”
Crystals disappeared upon use Sherlene understood that items were meant to be used, but she would have much preferred to keep it for research If she didn’t use it, however, shi+n would take it back, so in any case it would not become an object of research
“If we stay out of the ht, but there are still traps Please be careful”
“Yes, I cannot afford to space out any longer”
Sherlene refocused herself
shi+n and Sherlene descended froe rooms like the ones they found in the cave on the way All the items they found were collected by shi+n
“We’ve had an easy enough tis will be different froe, i door stood before them It was the boss chamber, without a doubt
shi+n instructed the concealed Schnee via Mind Chat to strike if she had the chance, then touched the gate The doors moved ih…”
The instant the doors opened, the stench wafting from inside made Sherlene twist her face
Even shi+n, relatively protected from the stench by 『Holy Armor – Vanquisher of Evil』, could smell a nasty odor Its source was all too clear: it was the stench of rotting and death
A massive amount of monster corpses were piled in the boss chamber
“What in the world…”
“The cause is, without a doubt, that”
shi+n pointed beyond the carpet of corpses
Its back was visible Because of the corpses, only the upper body was visible, but even that was more than 3 mel tall
It was a human-like silhouette, a body with visible back bones, clad in armor Only the body below the neck could be described as human-like however
Its head was a lion’s face, forcefully grafted onto a human thorax From the lion’s jaws, another neck extended outwards
shi+n and his group could only see black hair covering the neck and goat-like twisted horns
“Nnghaah? More formale voice The source then turned around
What they saw then was a goat’s face A face of goat bones Nevertheless, frooat’s mouth a man’s voice came out
“Humaahns? That’s noht the plaahn—”
——Deadly Sin Devil – Avaritia – Level 750
While the devil talked, 【analyze】 revealed its identity
The name and appearance were just as shi+n remembered
“—-who, are, you?”
Avaritia’s eyes grew narrowers, its tone heavier It was looking at shi+n only
“Let’s start I’ht fros and strike Sherlene The attack patterns are as I told you before It could use unexpected attacks, so always be on your toes”
“I aive itAvaritia’s question He crossed the loads of corpses with a speed of ni closer to the devil very quickly
“Gheeah!!”
Avaritia swung its fist at the approaching shi+n, without hesitation, twisting its back to throw it
The devil’s giant fist easily reached over 1hi through the air
“Hngh!”
His feet firround, shi+n blew out so 『The Ark』 At the saht
“Sir shi+n!?”
Sherlene’s yell rang out at about the sa a white arc in the air, it clashed against Avaritia’s arth…”
Avaritia’s fist and shi+n crossed, but shi+n did not budge Avaritia was the one to suffer dae in the clash
shi+n’s 『The Ark』 had not severed Avaritia’s are only extended to shi+n’s is, but the power exerted came not from skills, but only from the weapon: it was simply destructive
“Devil killehr…weapon”
“You know them well, don’t you?”
Before Avaritia could pull back its ar when he talked: he had no intention of wasting ti at Avaritia, a platinu the devil’s body It was an effect which activated only against devils, soerous to Avaritia
“Youuh nuisahnce!!”
Avaritia screarew draer Avaritia’s upper body was human-like, but its lower body did not exist It was like its upper body eround
It wasn’t so” lower body was a slime-like shapeless , liquidthe corpses erous it was
It was one of Avaritia’s skills, 【Lifedraining Sludge】
“Sherlene! The blue one!”
“I know!”
Before shi+n called out to her, Sherlene had thrust the blue 『Guildern』 in the ground
The ground then started glowing, with 『Guildern』 as its center, in a 5 round was freed froe cover, as if it had been cut away
“I’ to watch!”
Sherlene thus found a place to stand and readied a red 『Guildern』 The nuantic body was an easy enough target: there was no risk of targeting shi+n by eted by 『Guildern』, shrouded in a deep red glow
Sherlene had activated the Spear/Flame combination skill 【Mitear】