Alexia

The bright side about these parasites is that they’re free EXP for me. To the point that I don’t feel any sort of threat and am really just casually walking through this disturbing place getting walking bags of EXP jumping out at me.

I glance at the latest one.

Uh, okay, disgusting and wiggling bags of EXP. Seeing as they don’t have legs or feet to walk with.

That’s not the point though.

I slice straight through the thing, getting more EXP.

The point is that this place isn’t as bad as I first thought. Even if I’m inside of a massive monster.

Although, I do wonder where I’m going. And how long it’ll take to get there. Considering how I don’t seem to have really done anything while here. The ‘tunnel’ is quite literally endless from what I’ve seen so far. It doesn’t turn. Doesn’t curve. Doesn’t stop.

Just keeps going on and on.

The only difference is that the walls, ceiling, and floor are all still moving around as I go.

And I can’t help but get a bad feeling when I look at said walls, floor, and ceiling. Specifically the liquid and blood in them.

Please tell me I don’t have to try going into those openings? I really don’t want to.

Those are the only places where anything has entered the tunnel from. Which likely implies it’s the only way further. Unless this monster is just that large.

I get the feeling it isn’t just that large though. Even if it most likely is very large.

After all, I appeared within this monster through that rift. Spatial magic. So that must mean this creature has some use of that affinity.

Wouldn’t be surprised if it’s just looping me around in whatever organ I’m traveling through.

With this in mind, I continue marching my way through this place for nearly an entire day, simply using it as a place to farm levels. But no matter how long I spend in this final boss’s lair, otherwise known as its body, I don’t find any differences in it. I just keep on marching through the place.

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Endlessly.

Eventually I let out a sigh before coming to a complete halt. Then I walk up to one of the walls with a clear grimace on my face.

This is going to be very unpleasant.

Another one of the parasites tries to jump out of the wall right where I’m at, only for me to blast it in the face with a Quantum Bolt without any hesitation.

Unfortunately, no matter how much I want to deny this, the fact that these monsters haven’t really been growing in level despite how long I’ve been fighting them speaks volumes about my situation. So I’ll probably have to go down this route if I want to continue forward.

I stand right in front of the opening in the wall filled with blood for several seconds. Then I move over a little to the side, where there’s an opening filled with water instead.

Yeah. I should try this one first.

Because it’s less disgusting.

And with that perfectly normal thought in mind, I reach forward with my hand… only to find the flesh of the organ rushing to meet my hand instead of letting me in.

Welp. Too bad. Looks like I won’t be able to go inside the walls.

I smile at the thought before nodding to myself.

Too bad indeed.

Instead of continuing on through the tunnel though, I decide to try the other liquid and even gas openings on the walls instead. Since I can’t be poisoned.

Not a single one lets me through though.

Not until I finally give the blood openings a try, immediately finding myself repulsed by the sensation of pushing my arm into nothing but a bunch of blood. With random chunks inside of it.

Ugh. I was right.

Damnit, why couldn’t I have been wrong?

I grimace as I take a deep breath and begin pushing further inside. Only to find quite the number of parasites instantly rushing straight towards my arm from within the blood. Parasites I didn’t notice before now.

They all pass right through my arm though. Not a single one latching on.

This may not hurt, but it is most certainly not pleasant.

I want a reroll on this dungeon. Is that even possible?

Or, rather, I know it’s not, but still. My point still stands.

I don’t like this boss area.

At all.

I hesitate for a few seconds before sighing once more. Feeling immensely grateful for the fact that I do not need to breathe.

And the fact that I brought nose plugs.

With that thought, I go ahead and bring my nose plugs out and plug my nose with them. Then I bring out my ear plugs as well.

And after finishing up my little preparations, I fully step into the blood, having all of the parasites rushing straight at me in an instant.

It doesn’t take me long to realize that these parasites are higher leveled than the ones out in the ‘tunnel’. Proving that I’m going in the right direction. Even if it’s a distasteful one.

If I someday find out that there really is someone designing these dungeons, I’m going to have a little chat with them.

I scowl at nothing as I slowly trudge my way through the blood until the ground begins to leave me and the little opening I’m in expands outwards into a literal sea of blood. One filled with parasites for as far as my blood-coated eyes can see.

That’s a lot of parasites.

And they’re swarming me like some hive of bees attacking an invader.

Or those piranhas.

I blink at that thought.

The System wouldn’t… no… I can’t see it doing that.

There’s no way the System could somehow fit piranhas in this place. It’s in the middle of a monster’s body.

My thoughts come to a pause at that before I continue swimming forwards, occasionally swinging my polearm to kill some of the pests in the process.

I better not jinx it.