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Day 18
『Phew… that does it for the 68th room.』
Silica had sent an ice lance through a Cerberus’s heart. The Cerberus was literally 4m tall with three heads. We had spent the entire day completing rooms and needless to say, we were both exhausted. Silica had stopped acting as a support and took up a more offensive role. We covered each other’s backs and often competed on who killed the most monsters.
Also, I had evolved to a 3 tails Kitsune while we killed the 66th room’s boss. It was a lackluster evolution fight as compared to my other two. Silica and I killed the Sand Shark pretty quickly.
*Duplication Description*
DuplicationLevel1**Description**
Duplication level 1
Clone – Allows user to make an illusion of themselves
I kind of realized how useless the description windows are. They aren’t descriptive at all.
I had gained a new ability called Duplication. It basically allows me to make clones of myself. The clones were not real, they are just illusions. If my clones ever take a lethal wound, they would disappear. They also could not deal any harm to enemies, making it useless for offensive. For now, I used duplication as a distraction, allowing me to use Shadow Passing.
When I used duplication, a clone would literally form from thin air on a location I concentrated on. I could not make a clone inside objects. The clones had shadows of their own and looked exactly like me, making it impossible to tell the difference.
The mana cost of Duplication is reasonable unlike my humanoid transformation. It costs 500 mana to make a single clone and another 100 mana to make it move on its own. The cost of humanoid transformation increased as well. I think it scales off percentage mana instead of having a fixed cost.
I have yet to gain any offensive ability. My abilities so far are just useful for running away. However, Silica told me that abilities level up the more I use them, so hopefully I’ll be able to gain an offensive ability from my skills one day.
Upon evolution, my body also grew slightly bigger. I had grew to around 1.5m in height. Which was only 0.1m taller than my previous height. My body was also very lean and slim. I did not have much muscles on me. Not to anyone’s surprise, I also gained my third tail.
But I had found it weird that we were this close to finishing the dungeon. We had gone through so much in this short span of time. Maybe it wasn’t that bad to have someone by your side.
『Rest up Anon, we’re going to fight the final boss tomorrow.』
Erm… Silica…
『What is it? You don’t have to thank me for saving you. Baka Kitsune. 』
Will you go out with me?
『W-wait w-what?! Is that a pro-proposal?!』
Silica’s mouth was wide open while she started to fly around frantically. The air was fresh in the forest like room. Was that the reason she was shock..?
I mean would you stay with me after we leave this dungeon… like travel around the world together. I would have to take care of something first but after that… I want to be with you.
『O-oh! That’s what you meant haha… haha… sure I promise we’ll be together after leaving this place. I don’t have any plans after all.』
Silica flew up to me with her pinky finger stretched out. After waiting for a minute with it stretched out, she glared at me. She was expecting a response. Well… I don’t have any fingers… I then licked her with my tongue. It got her whole body drenched in my saliva.
『B-baka Kitsune you got m-me wet…』
We then argued for a while before going to bed. Tomorrow would be the last day in this hellhole.
***
Day 19
We got up early and ate our first meal of the day as usual. What stood before us was a door. The door was bigger than usual and was probably 3m in height. It was shaped as a rectangle and showed no signs of aging nor deteriorating. It was also bright red in color, contrasting with the forest-like room.
I used my newly acquired tail to move the handle down before pushing the door open. Upon entering, we were greeted by a pitch black room, the only light source came from the previous room.
The floors were chequered black and white with marble pillars holding up the ceiling. It was a familiar scene as I’ve been to a similar room before. There was also a red carpet leading into the nothingness.
Something was strange… it was quiet… too quiet. Was this supposed to be the final room?
I turned my head next to see Silica chanting a spell. After speaking her last words, her wand started emitting light. The light was weak but it allowed us to see what was ahead.
But the sight that greeted us was unpleasant. The beautiful marble pillars were tainted with blood and body parts of what seemed to be humanoids were scattered all over the ground. Status windows popped up confirming that the bodies belonged to humanoid ants. The limbs and organs of the said creatures could be seen all over the room. As we walked deeper, the bloodstains became more visible. The once chequered floors were no longer in existence they were just dyed in the blood of the humanoids.
All of the bodies showed similar signs of death and by judging from all of their missing heads, they probably died immediately. Their corpse however, were mutilated even after death. There were even see half eaten intestines on the red carpet. The stench of rotting flesh was intolerable. Their bodies had decayed for a few days. What kind of sick pervert would do this…?
The grotesque sight did not faze me at all. But for Silica, it was a different story. The smell was getting to her and she had to cover her nose. She then proceeded to puke her breakfast all over the blood stained floor. Even her vomit smelled better than the rotting flesh and had helped relieve the smell.
*Squish.. squash*
My footsteps were making the same sound that emitted when walking on water puddles. By now, my soft, white paws were dyed crimson red. The red carpet also camouflaged with the tiles making it hard to see if we were making progress.
What we saw next was unbelievable. A giant chair was made with the heads of the severed ant humanoids. No… it was not a chair. It was a throne.
There was something sitting on the top. Its silhouette figure was that of an animal with four legs. It was gigantic. At the base of the throne, there was a body of a 3m long ant humanoid. It was bigger than the rest of the humanoids that were around 1.7m tall. Its abdomen was also unusually large.
“So you’ve finally come, Sin of Gluttony.”
“….”
The stranger’s voice was in a deep serious tone. It sounded really majestic as if a king was speaking. It totally contrasted with Silica’s voice that was filled with rage. She was screaming at the top of her lungs. I’ve never seen her like this before. She was usually calm and never reacted to anything. Was that thing someone she knew?
For some reason, I could understand what the stranger was saying. Silica’s words were incomprehensible. Her words sounded like a bunch of gibberish being screamed at a high tone.
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Level: ???
HP: ???/???
MP: ???/???
Species: ???
The figure then jumped down from his throne, sending a tremble as he landed. His movements were elegant for a creature that was around 4 meters tall. He was at least 3 times larger than me. The figure’s appearance was that of a wolf. His fur was pure black and he only had one tail. His eyes glowed bright red and the presence he emitted was heavy. Just by looking at him made me slowly lose my conscious. I had no choice other than to look down.
“Oh… Kitsune. How low have you fallen? I had once considered you my rival. But you aren’t even fit to be acknowledge by me now.”
“W-who ar-are y-you?
I could only stutter… I was scared of even thinking of talking to that… that thing. I could tell that the wolf was speaking in beast language. Beast language was what I spoke to Roguard when I was born. It seems that animals that belong to the dog family, canidae, speak this language.
『His an Greater God… he goes by the name Inugami.』
Wait… you can understand beast language?
『I can even speak it as well. Baka Kitsune (⑅˘͈ ᵕ ˘͈ )』
… Then why have we been communicating through telepathy?
『Because it’s easier that way. Tee hee xP』
I felt like smacking Silica with my tail… but I could not move with the Inugami in front of me.
At least talk in beast, so that I can understand.
『Fine…』
“I don’t have any business with you… Kitsune. I’m here for the Sin.”
I then turned my head towards Silica. She had a worried expression and was shaking her head.
Silica… you’re the Sin of Gluttony?
『I-I wanted to tell you b-but the timings were never right. I just don’t want you to hate me. I-I’m sorry! For-』
I knew.
『WHAT?! H-how?!』
Well... you gave a lot of hints… the first was when you were shocked at my ability to see status windows. Second was that you knew everything about this place. The most obvious hint was that your mana never decreased when you casted spells and you haven’t leveled up in 60 floors...
『Why didn’t you tell me earlier?! B-baka!』
I thought that you had personal reasons to hide your past. So…
『Guess I don’t have to keep it hidden anymore.』
Level: ???
HP: ???/???
MP: ???/???
Species: Lesser God -Fairy Variant-
Title: Sin of Gluttony
Description: Fairies are easily identifiable by their small size and chest. The sins broke the rules of heaven resulting in them escaping heaven.
Silica’s status window had changed. Most of her statuses were unidentifiable, it was similar to the Inugami’s.
I then turn my head to face the Inugami. He was staring at Silica with zero interests in me.
“You know why I’ve come right?”
“Y-you killed the Ant Queen…”
“Hah… She was nothing more than a weakling. She only managed to overthrow you by sealing your mana. I killed her to get the seal back.”
“Too bad for you, I got my mana back.”
“Hmm…? I’m pretty sure that eating a mana crystal is only a temporary solution. The mana stone you ate only gave you a fixed amount of mana… and I’m pretty sure you’re low after clearing 60 rooms or so.”
“H-how do you know?!”
“I have my sources…”
Inugami then took out a crystal that was wrapped in his tail. The crystal he held was one of a kind. It was transparent with a ruby colored glass shell covering it.
“T-that is-”
“Your sin was eating the fruit of eden… I was sent here by my master to seal your soul in this. But now that there’s a bigger fish here… you’re free to go”
Inugami suddenly glanced at me before reverting his attention back to Silica.
“Y-you wouldn't dare.”
Inugami was calm. He was staring to the jewel, seemingly admiring its beauty. He was playfully moving it around with his tail with a huge grin on his face.
Silica on the other hand pointed her wand at the face of the Inugami. She was literally the size of an ant compared to the Inugami. He could probably swat her like a fly if he wanted to.
I then fell on my fours. I could not move… I was being sandwiched by the presence of two gods. It was making it hard to breathe. The two gods were letting out immense killing intent. It looks like a fight was about to begin.
“<
The crystal that was around the Inugami’s tail started to float in the air. It was glowing, emitting a bright scarlet light. It seemed to have a gravity of its own. Blue droplets in the air started to harden before revolving around artifact before getting absorbed into the crystal. The more droplets that entered, the more intensely it glowed.
『Anon. Get out of here. NOW.』
Hearing Silica’s warning, I tried to move. But my body felt a hundred tons heavier and I could only stagger onto my feet.
Then... a bright red light shot in my direction.
I could only close my eyes when the beam flew at me. Was this the end? Was I going to die?
I had waited a good five seconds. But my end never came. Then, I slowly open my eyes.
“SILICA!”
Silica had taken the bullet for me. The bright red beam had hit Silica instead of me. She had saved my life… again.
“AHHH!!”
Her scream was deafening. It felt as if she was being eaten alive. Tears were streaming down her face while her body was writhing in pain. This… this is all my fault…
If only I had moved… why am I so useless… time and time again I always lose the things that are close to me. Why am I not strong enough to protect what I hold dear? Silica… Silica… Silica…
After the beamed stopped entering her body, something flew out. It was not matter. It was a spirit. That thing looked exactly like Silica. Its hair was fluffy with the cute double ponytails. Her spirit was colorless and it started to fly into the crystal.
Silica’s body then dropped onto the ground. It laid there lifelessly, not moving in the slightest. Her blue eyes were open with pupils dilated. She was like a doll.
I could not fathom what just happened. This has to be a bad dream right?
*Clink .. clink .. clink*
The artifact fell onto the ground. Silica’s soul was sleeping peacefully inside the jewel. The once transparent artifact now contained her soul. Inugami then walked up to the artifact before picking it up with his tail.
Inugami then proceeded to walk towards the door on the other side of the room. He then stopped beside me before giving me one last glance.
“So this is how low you’ve fallen.”
After Inugami exited the room, I was left alone in the pitch black room.
*Day 19 to be continued*
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