Episode 471 Unexpected Demons

　Alisa explained to a surprised Francine. Hearing this, Francine let out a sigh.

I envy you."

　Alisa chuckles.

　We proceeded through the five-layer grassland until we came to a rocky hill where the middle boss's room was located. There is a hole in the rocky hill, through which one can reach the middle boss's room.

What kind of demon is the mid-boss?"

　I asked Francine. Francine said it was an oak general zombie.

He said, "Don't worry. It hasn't come back yet."

　We headed for the middle boss room. Then we stopped in front of the room.

I thought you said they weren't back?"

　Ami shouted out involuntarily. She could see the orc general zombies wandering around in the middle boss room.

I'm sorry. It seems my information was out of date."

Well, it happens sometimes."

　Alisa says comfortingly. They also checked with the Adventurers' Guild beforehand. At that time, there was no information that he had been resurrected.

'Well, if he's back, so be it. Let him die again. ...... No, in this case, let him disappear is correct."

　Alisa hears my words and giggles.

They are zombies, you know. Who's going to beat them?"

This time I'll take him down. It seems to go well with my weapon."

　I pulled out my light sword, Clau Solas, and entered the middle boss room. Alisa and the others come in behind me. An orc general zombie stares at me with his sword at the ready.

　I pour magic power into the light sword Clau Solas and form a photon blade. I close the gap between us and swing down the photon blade as if I were the first to do so.

　An orc general zombie over two meters long caught it with a sword. Normally, the sword that caught the zombie would have been severed and the zombie would have been slashed.

Is this guy using the 'Weapons of the Dark Lord' too?"

'It seems so. Be careful.'

　I had fought demons that used the "Weapon of the Dark Lord" before. Looking closely, I saw a black shimmering flame rising from the sword.

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　The Orc General Zombie extended its arm and swung its sword as if to reave. I leapt back and ducked, activating my quintuple activation "Thunderbird Push" and slamming the lightning bolt plate into the orc general zombie's chest.

　The middle boss jumped backwards, but he got up and came towards me as if nothing had happened.

This is why I hate the undead."

　After some grumbling, a good idea came to me. Immediately after activating "Crash Ball" and releasing a D-particle vibration ball aimed at the opponent's head, I activated "Guided Blitz" and released a D-particle guided missile, locking on to the enemy's right knee.

　The reason for targeting the right knee with a D-particle guided missile is because the head may try to pay for it with a sword.

　The orc general zombie noticed the D-particle vibration ball and jumped to the side to avoid it. The D-particle guided missile that was released immediately after that also jumped to the side and tried to avoid it.

　The D-particle guided projectile tracked and hit the right knee of the Orc General Zombie, shattering the knee area. The next moment, I stepped in and slammed my photon blade into the Orc General Zombie's neck.

　The head of the giant body was chopped off and its head flew through the air. He unleashes a photon-blade thrust toward that head. The tip of the photon blade pierced through the pig nose in the middle of the ugly face. The blow tore the orc general zombie to pieces, and the orc general zombie disappeared.

Well done."

　Francine was the first to speak up. Later, Alisa and Ami also praised her.

Look for drops."

　The magic stone is soon found, and Ami discovers a gemstone. When Alisa appraises it, she finds it to be a gem called "Chimera Crystal.

　The gemstones look like blue, yellow, and pink flames dancing in the crystals, and they are said to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars when they are this large.

I found the treasure chest.

　I heard Francine's voice, and when I looked in that direction, I saw a treasure chest appear in the corner of the room.

　I brought Elmore out of the shadows and asked him to open the treasure chest. When he opened it, a needle flew out from inside. Elmore brushes it away with his hand. The needle that fell to the floor seems to have been a poisoned needle, and the tip of the needle has turned black.

　I washed Elmore with "Puppet Wash" because the poison might have gotten on his hands. Then I checked inside the treasure chest.

　Inside was a bracelet. When I examined it with the appraisal monocle, I found that it was a "storage bracelet" with the same capacity as a space of about six meters in length, width, and height, respectively. However, it does not seem to have a time delay function.

'It's a storage bracelet. I've got another storage system."

　I had declared from the beginning that I alone would fight for the drop this time, so the jewelry and storage bracelet would be mine.

　Perhaps it was because I had defeated the middle boss, but I felt as if I had finished the job. However, the objective was the shadow magic stone of Dark Fang, so the real work was just beginning.

　There were no serious demons in the sixth and seventh layers, so we took the shortest route through them and arrived at the eighth layer, our goal. The eighth layer was a mountainous area. There were several steep mountains and valleys, where Dark Fang was said to be lurking.

　We start the hunt for Dark Fang. We'll have Elmore and Tamegoro join us, and we'll have the D-particle sensors fully open to probe the perimeter. The range of the search would be over a hundred meters.

　This was the result of training according to the "Interference Training Method" obtained in the dungeon, which resulted in an increase in the range of exploration.

　Its D-particle sensor detected a demonic-like presence.

Be careful. A demon is approaching."

　I shouted a warning and everyone else looked around. When the demon got as close as 20 meters, it disappeared. It seems to have dived into the shadows.

'Dived into the shadows. Dark Fang, apparently."

　I pointed in the direction where the demon's presence had disappeared. Tamegoro started moving and approached the shadow of the tree. At that moment, a huge black dog jumped out from the shadow.

　Opening his mouth wide, Dark Fang attacked Tamegoro. Tamegoro strikes the large face with his thunder hammer "Mjolnir". The power was so great that the face bent and Dark Fang's huge body slammed into the ground and bounced.

　As Dark Fang staggered to his feet, Arisa fired a quint cold shot and shot a D-particle cooling pile into Dark Fang's side.

　At the moment of hit, the terminus of the D-particle cooling pile opened up like a cosmos, striking all of the kinetic energy into the Dark Fang's body. The ribs broke, the hit point caved in, and the additional effect, cooling, froze the heart.

　Dark Fang disappeared, leaving behind a black magic stone. Arisa happily picked up the shadow magic stone, then patted Tamegoro on the shoulder and praised him.