Episode 53. The Fox Sisters
A nine-tailed fox that was hit by a fist as strong as an iron ball. Even though it wasn’t just one but several hits, it wasn’t something she couldn’t endure.
If you keep getting hit, you’ll get bruises, but with the regenerative powers you gained while evolving into a divine beast, you can heal the wounds as much as you want.
But that wasn’t the problem.
In a critical moment when the Holy Spirit was infused into him, he instinctively learned how to use his magic. Now that he had mastered the true use of his power, there was no need to prolong the fight.
If you just suck out all the souls, everything will be over.
‘I can’t stand it anymore… .’
A thought crossed the gumiho’s mind.
The problem was simple, yet impossible to ignore.
I can’t concentrate on the battle just because of food.
Just smelling it makes my mind go blank and I feel like a mute who has forgotten what I was just going to do.
When it sucked in my soul, it sucked in even the smell like a vacuum, so my mouth started to water. It had nothing to do with my will.
‘With just that kind of rice ball… That kind of… .’
I couldn’t call her that. From the day she was born until now, she had never eaten anything properly.
Locked in a dark isolation room, her only food is bug-infested fruit, weeds, and rainwater that drips through cracks in the ceiling.
She has lived her life eating only things that are embarrassing to even call snacks. And she has lived her whole life being experimented on, so there is no way she could have common sense.
Even after losing his memory, the pain still remained in his heart. The pain of losing his family and the hunger that prevented him from eating anything properly.
Even though I had regressed to the level of a preschooler, I instinctively chewed and tore at things. The fact that I was driven by the gluttony characteristic of a god also played a part.
Even after settling on the mountain east of the academy, he would swallow anything he could get his hands on. It would be safe to say that everything he saw, including grass, bugs, mud, and rocks, went into his stomach.
Then I saw a boy fishing by the lake.
The boy’s eyes were drawn to the white lump he had dropped. It was the rice he had only heard about.
She didn’t have the common sense that you can’t eat something that falls on the floor.
I just swallowed a mouthful of rice covered in dirt… .
‘I want to eat it again!!’
The gumiho couldn’t forget the taste from that time.
It couldn’t help but be shocking, since she had always thought that the trash she had picked up and eaten was delicious.
Because it was the first time I ever tasted rice!
The white rice covering the outside was chewy, and the grilled ham inside melted in my mouth.
And the fragrant smell of the oil mixed in the rice was so intoxicating that I could smell it again.
Even though it’s embarrassing, I have no choice but to admit it.
‘I can’t help it… I can’t stand that!!’
But I can’t take this anymore. I’ve already decided to destroy humanity, and I don’t have much time left.
In fact, this body is a vessel that cannot fully contain the volcano’s magic energy. Regardless of that, the magic energy is still seeping into the body.
Will you die from that side effect, or will you explode from absorbing too much magic energy?
Whichever you choose, it’s like beating the odds.
Now that it had come to this, the only choice was revenge.
Blow up this body together with the Kingdom of Papyrus. To do so, you must wait until it is fully charged.
I’m already about to die, so I can’t be tied down by a mere smell.
Kwakjik!-
The expedition team opened their eyes wide in suspicion.
The nine-tailed fox crushed her own nose. She hit her face with her own hand and crushed her nose.
I could guess roughly what her intentions were.
“There is no need to get drunk on that feast anymore!”
The nine-tailed fox shouted triumphantly. As expected, my prediction was right.
If your nose is destroyed, your sense of smell is basically paralyzed. You won’t be able to smell the delicious smell of rice balls.
For a beast, you could say that it’s quite clever.
“This is pretty good, isn’t it?”
“Is now the time to admire? You can’t attract attention anymore.”
When I spoke jokingly, Jenny retorted with a worried expression.
We had already finished our strategy meeting before fighting the nine-tailed fox.
Starting with Bayman’s giant golem operation… except for the rice ball operation, it’s safe to say that everything else is no different from the main story.
It is also true that it is disadvantageous the moment it fails as it is one of the important strategies.
Like a machine that collapses because one screw is loose.
But there was no need to worry.
“It’s over now!”
The nine-tailed fox opened its mouth to suck out souls again. Another vacuum occurred and everything was absorbed.
I can’t smell anymore. I thought I could end it without any problems.
“Hmm! Hmm! Huh?”
Suddenly, my sense of smell came back to life. Once again, I was intoxicated by the smell of rice balls and the skill was canceled.
I broke out in a cold sweat with a look on my face like, “What the hell is going on?” Then I touched my nose again… and it was back to normal!
“Don’t be ridiculous, kid. You have a healing factor now.”
A trait that allows one to heal any wound and transcend the limitations of a living being.
The ability that had been protecting the gumiho was now holding her back.
‘Fuck…!’
In this situation, you have no choice but to fight while blocking your nose. It’s basically like having one arm sealed.
But would the expedition party just leave it alone?
“Angela, I’m so sorry.”
Jenny ran with superhuman movements. A blue trail crossed the barren land like a meteor.
The gumiho swished its tail to stop it.
‘We have to stop it.’
Even if you can’t use one arm, you can use your tail.
The nine tails moved like snakes. With each swing, the tails pushed back the forest, and even if you were on the verge of death, you would nod your head if you were hit once.
Jenny, who knew that, increased her speed exponentially.
She drew various lines to avoid the tails that stuck into the ground like thorns. There was nothing faster than Jenny, as she poured all her strength into it.
Jenny jumped when her tail was completely exhausted and she reached a certain range. However, the nine-tailed fox’s weapons were not limited to her arms and tail.
“Get lost.”
Every time that line came out, there was always something that came out of the gumiho’s mouth.
Flamethrower, that is.
Her hidden pattern was shot at Jenny, who was floating in the air. Jenny reacted and formed an ice wall, but it was impossible to block the enormous amount of heat.
It was the worst situation for Jenny, who didn’t even have the magic to use the air as a stepping stone.
[Chain Silver – Winter Whirlwind]
The heat had died down. A cold tornado formed around her, pushing away the flamethrower.
Mary, who was about to join in, also paused for a moment at the sight.
Originally, the output of the Silver Age she could control was 25%. But now… she awakened her power to 30% with the sole purpose of saving a child.
Choaaaah-
Energy of corresponding attributes collided. A mist rose up that blurred the vision.
Until a moment ago, the fire was on top. But now that they were on equal footing, the repetition of heating and freezing seemed endless.
Boom!-
There was a huge explosion in the air. The particulate matter that made up the water vapor obscured the nine-tailed fox’s view.
However, the output itself was a bit more dominant on the flamethrower side. I saw Jenny take a lot of damage because the cold tornado was pushed back.
So what happened to Jenny? Although she couldn’t be seen because of the fog, it was thought that she had been injured and retired.
“Angela!!”
At that moment, a blue pillar rose from the fog. It tore through the fog like a giant sword being swung. The nine-tailed fox saw it in her secured field of vision.
Jenny jumped back again, her back to the sunlight. Despite the burns on her hands from the explosion, she didn’t let go of her sword.
The blade containing her ‘Winter Whirlwind’ was drawn diagonally. The nine-tailed fox’s arm covering her nose was cut off.
At the end of the swing, Jenny’s eyes were wet. And in return for the tremendous force she exerted, the girl was unable to land on the ground.
“I’ll leave the rest to you….”
Jenny lost her balance and rolled on the floor, leaving those words behind as she fell.
The damage from the flamethrower was severe, and the fact that I had just poured all my mana into that one hit was also a factor.
Not only was it painful to have my arm cut off, but the cross-section was frozen. As expected, only that part was slow to regenerate.
I had to peel off that ice, even if it meant enduring the pain. I didn’t want to be injected with the Holy Spirit again.
“As you wish.”
The steel golem, which was thought to be broken, moved again and grabbed the nine-tailed fox’s arm. It hugged the nine-tailed fox with its entire body to prevent it from removing the ice.
But the tail moved again and pierced the golem’s impregnable skin. The golem was in danger of being torn apart by the nine tails that were impaled at the same time.
The moment the remaining one was about to go to the frozen section.
“It’s that smell again…!”
Another feast of rice balls? Aren’t you tired of it now?
But this time, something was different. The bag of rice balls was floating in the air, flying towards me on its own.
“…?”
I suddenly threw away the gumiho’s only weakness, the ultimate weapon. The gumiho was secretly shocked by my actions.
-Are you crazy?
-Without that, it would be impossible to get me drunk.
-Is that really a plan to attract attention?
-Even so, if I suck out your soul, it’s over.
The nine-tailed fox opened her mouth while making various hypotheses. After all, it was advantageous to eliminate annoying elements in advance.
Of course I know.
Without that, you can’t interrupt the nine-tailed fox’s pattern. If you do, you’ll have your soul stolen as a group and die instantly.
But I threw it without hesitation. The rice ball I had lovingly made went straight into her mouth.
“Hmm! How stupid….”
“Heh heh heh heh heh…!”
When she laughed… I laughed too.
Soon, the gumiho realized belatedly why I had so carelessly thrown away the key to exploiting her weakness.
“uh?”
It wasn’t just rice balls that were flying.
Hundreds of magical missiles and elemental bullets were flying behind the rice ball.
Bayman escaped from the golem he was controlling, as if he had foreseen this.
Just as she was about to be hit, an earthquake occurred in the nine-tailed fox’s eyes. Up until just a moment ago, she had not seen such a large-scale attack.
Of course, that’s true. It was all fake.
-Fantasy Summon Lv2
It’s true that he threw the rice ball. That way, he could smell it and get people to come around.
There, Mary fired a barrage of bombing magic, and I timed it right to cast an illusion.
Kwakwakwakwang!-
Without a moment’s hesitation, the bullet hit the gumiho directly. She had no power to dodge or block with her tail.
The explosions continued nonstop, popping and popping like a scene from a movie or special effects film.
The impact shattered the ice surrounding the severed arm. As long as the volcano provides the strength, the gumiho continues to regenerate.
Even the damage from the bombing will be quickly recovered. Did you know that and still use indiscriminate firepower? Even throwing away the weak point, the rice ball?
“This time it’s over.”
Since it would be regenerated anyway, the gumiho opened her mouth generously.
“Yeah, it’ll end. You.”
“…?”
As I said that, I stepped aside as if I was getting out of the way.
What was revealed afterwards was… Ruska pulling the bowstring and Replane lying on the ground.
What can you do with just a bow now? And that bald guy retired without doing anything?
“That’s…!”
An earthquake occurred in the nine-tailed fox’s eyes at the holy shining arrow of Ruska.
It was blatantly showing off that it wasn’t just his own magic.
The reason the bald priest fainted was because he was pouring all his strength into the arrow.
The gumiho, who realized it too late, was horrified.
And with a ‘swoosh!’ sound, a flashing trajectory is drawn on the ground, and it flies in the shape of a wolf.
The wolf imbued with divine power ran with a golden glow. The lightning-like arrow outpaced the regeneration speed and struck the wound caused by the bombing.
“Kyaaaaah!”
The nine-tailed fox screamed the whole time. The pain of the arrow deeply embedded in her wound was more painful than the fighting between the demonic and divine powers inside her body.
The nine-tailed fox’s height gradually decreased. She deteriorated in every way, as if the demon was taking away her strength.
The gumiho, whose powers had all disappeared, returned to human form.
But it wasn’t the ‘Angela’ that Jenny and Mary knew. It was the appearance of a young girl who had grown up rapidly.
“Well done… Well done for disturbing me…!”
The fox’s ears twitch, its nine tails sway, and its eyes open wide, revealing its murderous intent.
The expedition team became tense again at the sight of what could be considered the hometown of the legendary singer.
There were still three final phases left, but I was relieved. We didn’t have to get involved in this.
“You guys don’t come out.”
When the group was getting nervous, Ruska stepped forward. She raised her hand as if to say, ‘From now on, it’s my problem,’ and stopped me from interfering.
Phase 3 is unique in that you play as Ruska only, as all responsibility must be borne solely by her.
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