Chapter 195 (1/2)
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The roagons entered a base… and this anization that had been e scale
They had roups that inhabited the area, and were capable of repelling the average adventurer party, but the one who had entered the base was Vandalieu
A ninja force e h-ranking adventurers, and the crianization couldn't even put up a resistance
”Vandalieu, couldn't you have just ai the slaves?” asked the 'Aegis' Melissa, who had black skin, pointed ears and two pairs of transparent wings erown as a result of her Chaos Skill and being equipped alongside insects by Vandalieu's Group Binding Technique
Melissa was thinking that it would have been easier to sies and question some of the men to learn of the base's location
Indeed, it would have been siroup of cri the slaves didn't slon our disposal of these guys,” said Braga, the Black Goblin to have become a ninja as now the captain of the ninja force
”Wait, it's not like I' why he chose to do things this way,” said Melissa as she folded her wings away
”Well, Melissa, yourMental Encroach fauys, since it wouldn't matter if it failed,” Vandalieu explained
He had wanted to try using Mental Encroachets still appeared to have their ordinary personalities while affected and did not suffer any lasting effects once the effects were removed The ability to do this was very important now that he was out in a hu a parasitic Deet's brain and nerves with the De's sub-brain and nerves was also i, Vandalieu could have used sa them alive, or ies from free ones, and the senses of monsters were different from those of humans
Thus, it had been important to test theht that it would be less likely that we get taken by surprise and less likely for there to be unnecessary da detected,” said Vandalieu
”I see, thatthis conversation to a sound conclusion
But a Dith a greying beard and bald head interrupted ”IT MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL! DON'T fuck WITH ME!” he shouted in a hoarse voice
He was the leader of this criure in the underworld, the 'Hyena' Gozoroff
Clad in half-plate ar a battle-axe and a spike-covered shi+eld, he looked like an experienced mercenary
His blue veins were visible on his forehead as he shouted angrily
”You've got so a leisurely conversation here! It's true that you've done a nuuys are still alive and kicking!” he declared
A group of five,athered to continue their resistance
”Don't get so full of yourselves just because you uards, you brats! We'll slaughter those black Goblins and cut off thely
Indeed, he was also threatening the one bodyguard - Girabat, as armed with a sword and shi+eld that he had retrieved from the corpse of one of the other cri at Gozoroff, Vandalieu didn't even glance at him
Gozoroff claimed that he and his main members were still unharmed, but the rest of them had all been disposed of by the ninja force, Melissa and the Gehenna Bees
And in this spacious room that was the base that Gozoroff and hislike a hidden exit Any possibility of hi the situation around existed only in Gozoroff's head
”D-don't look down on me, you bastards! I'll dispose of that traitor, then take that woet away!”
”No, we're not really looking down on you,” said Girabat… whose body had been taken over by a parasitic De's sub-brain and nerves Now, his body was under the control of one of Vandalieu's clones
Tarves ere standing at the front, wielding a ed at Girabat A hua to keep hi an incantation It seemed that they ell-versed in combat for bandits
”Boulder Smash!+” shouted one of the Dwarves
”DIE, TRAITOR! HEAVY BLOW!” roared the other
However, theirFamiliar
They're around the level of D-class adventurers, 's sub-brain and nerves, as well as Vandalieu's clone, the reaction speed of Girabat's body had increased dramatically
The powerful Dwarves' attacks were too slow in the face of these accelerated senses However, the only thing that had been improved was Girabat's reaction time
Girabat's body won't last if it takes these blows directly
”… Iron Wall, Iron Forhis knees as he received the flail and mace with his shi+eld and the hard portion of his armor
The Dwarves were astonished by the fact that he had been able to withstand their martial skills, and the fact that he had used a martial skill of shi+eld Technique, a Skill that he should have been unable to use
”S-so solid!”
”Girabat can use shi+eld Technique?? You bastard, when the hell did you learn shi+eld Technique?!”
Meanwhile, the arrow fired by the huis, the invisible barrier cast by Melissa The archer fired a second and third arrow, thinking that there should be a hole in the barrier somewhere, but he quickly learned that there were no holes in Aegis
”It's not like I haven't been working hard,” Melissa muttered
At first, she had only been able to use her 'Aegis' ability to produce a barrier that glowed visibly and was centered around herself Through diligent training, she had succeeded in suppressing the barrier's glow to make it almost completely transparent, and she was now able to cast it some distance away from herself
Of course, this information had been kept hidden frohth Guidance Murakami knew of it, as she had teamed up with hi, whom she had an inseparable relationshi+p with, and Kanako
”I died to Pluto's out-of-control Mana before I got a chance to use this in h,” said Melissa
”It happens,” said Braga
”Boss! It's no good; there's a barrier or so to any of them except Girabat!” the archer shouted
”Then aim for Girabat, you bloody fool!” Gozoroff bellowed
”There's no waythe Iron Form martial skill, is there?!” the archer yelled back
Meanwhile, the De his sword at the tarves at the front
”Triple Slash,” he murmured
”S-Stone Wall!” one of the Dwarves shouted, hastily raising his shi+eld and activating aofficer of the cri been exiled froh he had not mastered the shi+eld Technique Skill, he was knoithin the organization as a man whose swords, dual-wielded with the Swords numerous foes at once
Even with the exceptional Vitality of his race, the Dould be cut clean straight through his armor if he were to receive a direct blow from Girabat's Triple Slash
However, as an Infested De Familiar, Girabat was unable to activate the Triple Slash martial skill He had simply spoken the words ”Triple Slash” with his ht to his blow and it was deflected easily by the Dwarf's shi+eld
”Ah…” Girabat uttered in surprise
The sword had not only been deflected; it had broken in two halfway down the length of the blade
Girabat had been swinging the sith a reckless a strain on it It seeainst a shi+eld hardened by a ht, now! Do it, you wannbe e!” Gozoroff ordered
”Flash!+” shouted thean incantation
At the saained their composure and attacked But it was not only the arrows at Girabat and Gozoroff swung his battle-axe down at hi Fa Skill at the position he had seen his ene blinded
”Muh… Screw Strike, shi+eld Bash, Air Fist, Ten Consecutive Overar his enemies' presence, he wielded his shi+eld as a blunt weapon, and with his other hand, released a fist-shaped shockwave and then unleashed a series of overar torn and broken filled the air When they subsided, it was only the De
Gozoroff let out a pained, bloody cough ”W-as that movement… I couldn't see your fists at all… My axe broke like it was , Gozoroff dropped his axe, of which only the handle reround
The people he had appointed as high-ranking officers had possessed plenty of skill to lead a group of ruffians He had known the tarves,tih to face even adventurers head-on
But one of the Dwarves was showing the whites of his eyes after having his shi+eld punched, and the other was lying in a puddle of blood after receiving the overarm blows that had not landed on Gozoroff
The archer in the back was on the ground with the broken sword protruding fro in pain, his shoulder having been shattered to pieces by the Air Fist
The archer and the bleeding Dwarf seely, but they certainly would not be able to fight any further Gozoroff was still standing, but he was barely conscious; he felt as if he could drop dead at anyFamiliar that had done all of this had not escaped unharmed
Arrows had pierced his chest, and his shi+eld had split in two The ar the shi+eld was in a particularly terrible state; the bones were broken and led to the point that it was impossible to tell where his elboas, and the hand had lost all of its fingers
But the terrifying thing was that there was no reaction to this on his face
”Melissa, it's alright now Thank you,” he said, spitting out the blood that had pooled in his mouth with no expression at all
Melissa obeyed the De Fais But Gozoroff was not capable of doing anything now
”I can useand Unar Technique without a problem, but I can't use the base body's Skills… Girabat's Skills AndFamiliar murmured
Gozoroff looked bewildered ”What the hell are you saying, Girabat?” he asked
But Girabat ignored this question, and Vandalieu approached Gozoroff instead
”Well, this is to be expected, isn't it I have infested the body of this Girabat with a part ofit Girabat is alive, but his consciousness is separate Also, even if the base body's reaction speed is improved, its muscles and skeleton stay the same, so it seems that it was unable to withstand the recoil,” said Vandalieu, sighing as he looked down at Girabat's right ar Ten Consecutive Overar to be of any use in battle?” asked Braga
”It ht be different if I use athe effort to find one and infest theinally supposed to be for infiltration, right? It'll work fine if you take soht?” said Melissa
”I already have, actually… and as a result, it has beco facial expressions,” said Vandalieu
”… That's rather serious,” Melissa re about…?” Gozoroff denored by Vandalieu and his companions once more
Perhaps he had felt a small hope that he wouldn't be killed
”Ah, this is the su,” Vandalieu explained ”You're the 'Hyena' Gozoroff, aren't you? I'll have you tellto do business with”
Gozoroff chuckled weakly ”I don't it slave traders, with the backing of nobles and the Co illegal slaves No onna be possible to catch theoing to sneak in, brainwash them and take over Just like this,” said Vandalieu
In response to those words, a countless number of what appeared to be thin insects extended from one of Girabat's ears
”Girabat?!” Gozoroff shouted, staring in astonishated into a thin, long shape, crawled out of Girabat's ear using the Deroaned ”Help… me…” he whispered hoarsely, and then he collapsed like a rotten tree and stopped
”Vandalieu, he's dead, you know?” said Melissa
”Because I replaced a part of his cerebellu's sub-brain,” said Vandalieu ”This way, in the unlikely event that he was captured, nobody would be able to save him In fact, I'm surprised he was able to speak at all in the end”
”Then wouldn't it be better to just replace the entire contents of his skull with the sub-brain?” Melissa asked
”If I do that, the biological functions of the host will stop, and the Mana that I' takes on the properties of my own Mana There's a chance that it will be detected as so this conversation, the heavily-wounded Gozoroff desperately worked his brain to co before his eyes
In other words, Girabat hadn't betrayed him; the brat here had messed with his head and controlled hi like that? No,to the slave traders who hadslaves?
”D-do you think that what you're doing is going to be forgiven? You're going to take over them? If you lay a hand on them, you're the ones who'll be in trouble,” said Gozoroff
Slave traders verypowers that could turn into potential business rivals They hated theanizations that nor to cooperate to some extent in order to crush these potential rivals
It was highly likely that the powerful people supporting the killed would be one of the better outcomes There were some assassins ould be better called exaruesoht of them
Gozoroff himself was called the 'Hyena,' but in the end, he was just one extremity of the whole structure Fro more than a lizard's tail that could be easily replaced Crushi+ng Gozoroff would not make the masterminds take action, but they would certainly have no mercy on anyone who tried to directly interfere with their business
”No matter how crazy a brat you are, it's definitely impossible… No, could it be… You could do it?” Gozoroffhis first assuht back on the bizarre phenomena that had just occurred before his very eyes, and then he realized that Vandalieu and his companions could potentially turn the power structure of the underworld upside-down
Gozoroff's intuition was correct However, he had definitely ht, I'll tell you everything I know,” he said, grinning ”Starting today, you lot… no, you people, are our bosses I' to be useful So, just helpI need is the information you have; I don't actually need you,” Vandalieu interrupted, approaching Gozoroff with his pal is over, but no healing Now, look at this eye”
There was a De's eyeball on the surface of his pal 's luans
”N-no! Wait, wait!” Gozoroff screa to escape ”Why is there an eye there?! Stop, stop it! DON'T COME ANY CLOSEEEER!”
However, Gozoroff was fatally wounded Though Vandalieu's spell prevented hi, he wasn't able to move properly with his body in such a state
After being questioned using the Mental Encroachment Skill, he spat out all of the information he had and then was disposed of
”I was sure that you would be merciful to people who have surrendered, but… And anyway, don't you need pawns in order to take over an organization?” asked Melissa
”It depends I do need pawns, but not ruffians on the end of the organization Having theh I do want a crience network, that doesn't mean that I want to comather intelligence, and wanted a base to conduct that intelligence gathering Managing a group of cri and slave trading would be nothing but a risk for him