17 Chapter 14: The Lone Frail Princess (1/2)
Urk?!
Huh? What the… What happened?
That voice…
Don't tell me, it's still alive?!
I can't…! Move! Kuh… This is bad, this is bad, this is bad, this is bad, this is bad, this is bad, this is bad…
Purin: ”Curse… Distress.”
Damn… it… I… can't move my whole body. I can't execute Float, I can't use Teleport, and I can't use my Psychokinesis. Did it do something? Paralyze? It doesn't use Crysaztel?? Is it something my Reflect won't work against?? Even my barrier was ineffective against it…! Even my Paralysis Resistance is useless against it??
Just how powerful is this slime…??
And why is it alive…?? It didn't see any orb like with the regular slimes…!
Purin: ”Curse… Fear. Curse… Malice.”
*thump!*
Wh-Wha…?! Wh-What the heck… What is this…
I'm scared…!!
No…
This is not the level of scared…
Dreadful… Horrendous… Hedious… This is more than the level of what I felt with the Hydra… I feel like I'll lose my consciousness from the fear alone…!
Purin: ”Curse… Poison. Curse… Excruciating Curse.”
Arck…! It hurts… It's hot… It's painful…! It's draining my HG… At a faster rate too…! This is bad… This is seriously bad…!!
Why isn't my Pain Resistance working…?? I have other Resistance Skills too… Why are they not working…? Is this slime's attack that powerful to begin with…?? Is this the work of a Curse?? Is it different from a magic skill and other kind of skill?? Damn it… My mind…!
I thought that if it would come into a risky situation I would just use Soul Consume as my last resort, but… I can't…!! My HG is decreasing to a dangerous level… My Regeneration is not keeping up…
Purin: ”I told thee, purin. Thou cannot approach Milady, purin. It would seem that ordinary means will not work on thee, purin. Very well… I will merely have to use my Curse and kill you, purin.”
Killed…?
Right… I'll be killed…
Purin: ”Curse: Confuse.”
I… I can't think straight… Wh-Why am I even here in the first place?! Why did I come here…?! Pain… It hurts…
Damn… it…
Damn… damn… damn… damn it…!!
Purin: ”Learn thine place, scum, purin. No one will go near that person as long as Purin is here, purin. Regret, as thy reincarnate into a much worse monster, purin.”
Don't screw with me…! Kuh…
Like hell I'll die here…!!
I want to talk back… I want to defend myself even only with words… But…
It's true… It's just what the slime says…
<Telepathy skill acquired>
… I got too confident…
I thought nothing will be able to touch me as long as I have my skills and high status… I had my experience when I was still a human. I thought I could just simply use them and fight all my way through. I relied on numbers. I relied on skills. I relied on Reflect too much… I got conceited… Such stupidity…
Fun… huh?
Well, it is fun. It is, but…
I know I'll still resurrect, anyways, but still… I lost. I got defeated. I was perfectly crushed. Just when I thought I overcome an otherwise impossible to defeat monster. And it wasn't even a skill that may cause any destruction or anything…
I was defeated with a curse.
I couldn't even fight back.
Damn it…
My HG…
Damn…
It…
??: ”Purin…!! S-Stop…!!”
Purin: ”M-Milady?!”
…?
The fear… the pain… the paralysis…
They're… all gone…?
I heard a voice… Who's…
That…?
A girl… staggering…?
Curses…
My…
Consciousness…