44th
Pluto’s black star
044 ? Pluto’s Black Star #3
“Here, there are footprints. They couldn’t have gone far. Come quickly!”
“Heh, huh, huh… I’m, I’m going, but… .”
Phew-. My breath was so heavy that it was almost out of my mouth. In fact, I don’t know much about martial arts or swordsmanship, but I’m confident in just running and jumping.
That confidence is slightly diminished.
Hippolyta practically flew over the ground. She looked like a cheetah, kicking the ground with her two slender legs. Damn, I don’t think I could lose to a real cheetah in a fight.
Even though I gained strength somehow, my level was still no higher than that of a fairly healthy adult male, so I could only barely keep up with Hippolyte.
Hippolyte, who sometimes turns around and waits as if trying to keep up with my pace.
“Come on, run!”
“Ugh… .”
Shit, I might die of a burst heart chasing Hippolyta, let alone losing to the necromancer.
“Fuck… I’m out of breath… Huh, fuck…”
“Oh, shit-.”
suddenly-.
Suddenly my body was lifted into the air. The reason was that Hippolyta had lifted me onto her shoulders as if I were a load.
It was amazing how he carried me around like a light lunchbox. It was even more amazing how quickly my surroundings changed as I kicked off the ground with my legs and jumped.
Swish, swish, swish-.
Shit, it felt like I was riding a two-wheeled car, and I had flashbacks of modern civilization for the first time in a long time.
“Wow, seriously, you’re really fast. At this rate, there’s no need to take a carriage-.”
“Bite your tongue! Don’t open your mouth!”
“town…”
I kept my mouth shut at the thought that I might bite my tongue.
I didn’t say a word and just looked at the surrounding scenery and the messy brown hair fluttering like a horse’s tail until Hippolyta stopped walking after running through the wilderness for a while.
Actually, this untidy hair tickled my face and it was really painful, but I just held it in because I thought I’d get thrown out if I said something like that.
Kwajijijijik-.
At that moment, Hippolyte suddenly stopped. Because of this, her body, which had been running at a fast speed, slid along the dry floor due to inertia.
I felt extremely horny because I could see the smooth thighs exposed on the woman’s shoulders expanding tightly as she stepped on the brakes.
Of course, that feeling was quickly dispelled by the growling voice of Hippolyte that was heard immediately afterwards.
“I’ve caught up with them all. It’s time to get off now.”
As I stood on the guy’s shoulders and looked around at the ground at the same time, I couldn’t help but feel puzzled at how this place was no different from the wide plain I had been running through.
“There’s nothing.”
“Feel the mana. There is a wizard who knows how to use concealment magic. And how to use concealment on such a large scale. Is there a wizard from the Ivory Tower of Carinthos-.”
Feel the mana. All I could feel right now was the warm air and beads of sweat running down my back in the hot weather.
Whenever we talk about mana, karma, and such, I feel a little uncomfortable because I feel once again that the humans here and the humans on Earth where I used to live are somehow different.
“Is that it-.”
At that moment, Hippolyte swung her blade into the air. At the same time, the same wind of swords that we had seen when we cut down the skeleton dragon flew and slashed the air.
Choaak-.
I was really surprised when I saw a red liquid spraying into the air like a fountain, clearly cutting through the air. What the hell?
Swish-.
At the same time, the surrounding background began to change, as if old paint was peeling off.
Then the wilderness disappeared, and dark, gloomy passages and cold, mossy stone walls appeared before us?
Shit, how on earth is this possible? Even Sima Yi, who was caught in the trap of resonance, would have been less surprised than this.
At that moment, Hippolyte opened her mouth quite calmly.
“This feeling. It’s inside Pluto’s ruins. We were already running inside the ruins. Did the entrance to the ruins appear in the swamps of Kallan as well?”
Her eyes are fixed on the black-robed corpse lying cold and dead in the distance down the passage.
“You saw through Golos’s concealment magic… You have a good instinct… But, it’s already too late… This is our territory… A place filled with the magic of death…”
Soon after, a group of black-robed people appeared from the darkness and blocked our path.
In that situation, all I could do was tremble. Shit, did I come along for nothing! When I was feeling a little regretful.
A necromancer, probably a psychopath named Koma, wearing a pointed necklace like a hammer head around his neck, spoke in a sinister voice.
“Warrior… indeed, your skills and strength have reached the level of a hero… However, you are stopped just one step ahead… You cannot defeat us with that…”
Dismissal, dismissal-.
At the same time, the necklace of the necromancer Koma sparks with something like black lightning.
“Already… . The spell casting has finished… . If you are a seasoned warrior, you will know what it is like to deal with a wizard who has finished casting a spell… .”
A wizard who finished the spell?
I could instinctively sense that something very bad was going to happen. I’ve never had a good time dealing with magic in my life!
“Get behind me, Samaritan! Something big is coming!”
Shit, you’re so damn sturdy.
I hid behind Hippolyte without saying a word. The fluttering red cloak was so trustworthy that my heart was swelled with emotion.
“Ideos… Cooper…!”
Soon, a loud scream and a powerful spark burst from Coma’s necklace. It was literally black lightning.
Fire, fire! Fire!
Black lightning shot out like an arrow, bouncing off the stone wall here and there, and then it flew straight into the torso of Hippolyte, who was standing firm in front of me.
“Just cut it off and that’s it-!”
Hippolyta was also quite impressive, swinging her sword accurately at something flying at that speed.
Phew-.
Hippolyte’s sword simply cannot cut through lightning, but rather passes through the air. As a result, Hippolyte is hit directly by the black lightning and falls down with a grotesque scream of “Ghaaaak!”
“Ugh, ugh… .”
Shit, the wall that protected me is gone, so now it’s up to me to deal with those black-clad cultists.
“Mental schizophrenia… The great primordial firmament, the power of Chaos… Even if I am the blood of Jupiter… I won’t be able to endure it… There’s one more… Barbarian, you too will die…”
And so, the shaman once again began to gather his magic power by making the necklace crackle. If I keep going like this, damn it, I might get hit by a black lightning bolt and get fried to a crisp.
“What the hell!”
So I chose to draw my sword and charge forward.
“What, what!?”
I could sense that the black robes were greatly embarrassed, as if they had not expected me to act so rashly.
In fact, it is a national rule to attack while wizards are casting.
“Hey, stop it!”
Coma shouted at the black robes that seemed to be his comrades. Soon, the robes hesitated and blocked my path. My sword was slightly faster at cutting through their bodies.
Choaaaak-!
My longsword, which had cut through goblin and crocodile skins, cut through people’s arms and shoulders, spraying blood. At the same time, I felt the movements of the black robes falter greatly.
At that moment, I could tell.
These guys, their physical strength isn’t that strong, right? They’re strong enough to deal with without fear.
Phew, hun!
Every time my sword swung through the air, loud screams of “Ah!” or “Kwak!” would echo through the narrow stone walls. Some of them even drew their daggers and rushed at me.
The difference in reach between a dagger shorter than my palm and a longsword that was almost half my body length was so great that I cut off the wrist holding the dagger before it even touched my body.
Choaaaah-.
The smell of spurting blood was extremely nauseating, but now was not the time to worry about that.
“What are you guys doing…! Suppress them with a spell…!”
“Ha, I’m trying but it’s not working…! The mental spell isn’t working…!”
“They say that some Samaritans have strong mental defenses. Isn’t this guy one of those guys!?
“What the hell are you talking about…! You little shits…!”
I don’t know what they’re talking about. The black robes were raising their voices among themselves and causing a rift.
You’re saying that you’re going to cause division through politics in the face of the enemy? That’s nothing but a symbol of defeat.
I cut off the arms and shoulders of the pups that were blocking my way and knocked them to the ground.
In this world where the welfare of the disabled is very poor, living with one arm is no different from being dead.
“Okay, okay! Ideos… . Cooper… !”
The shaman then shouted loudly, as if he had completed the spell. Soon, something like black lightning shot out from the necklace he was wearing.
That lightning was an attack that had already defeated a powerful and strong Silver Tier female warrior. So I couldn’t help but be very nervous.
Shit, it seems impossible to avoid lightning with the human body, so I was hit directly by the black lightning and had no choice but to scream.
“Fuck! Gah!”
“Alright, alright…! You little punk…! Jo, alright-. I got some good corpses… . From the warrior woman of Mars to the Samaritan…! You, you’re going to be my henchmen now-. Jo, alright…! I, I think I’m gonna keeeeeep ke …
Hehe, hehehe! The only thing that filled the surroundings was the terrible laughter of the necromancer that echoed through the stone walls. However, something was a bit strange.
I screamed reflexively when I was struck by lightning, but my body didn’t feel any tingling or headache at all.
My muscles were a little tingly overall, but it was bearable enough. What the heck? Did I miss something?
Anyway, the fact that an attack requiring a long casting time was useless to me was like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. So I held my sword in my hand tightly and raised it high with all my might.
Even the shaman who had been laughing as the stone walls crumbled away at that momentum flinched in surprise.
“What, what! This black star’s mental schizophrenia doesn’t work? That, that can’t be!”
The guy seemed to be trying to do something with his necklace, so I just hit him on the shoulder with all my might. His arm fell to the floor, tumbling.
“My, my arm! My arm-!”
“It’s not your arm anymore.”
“Ugh, what, what! I don’t understand! P, Pluto! Give me, give me power…!”
The shaman hesitated and retreated, holding onto his severed shoulder. It was still incomprehensible, but one thing was certain: I was the top predator in this place.
“Praying is useless. I am God here.”
“Shit, shit…!”
“You should have done well in your previous job!”
“Th, what the…!”
Sggung, choaaaak-!
My sword cut off the remaining guy’s arm. The guy who lost both arms fell to the ground and struggled violently. Eventually, he either died from blood loss or lost consciousness, and then he became completely quiet.
“after….”
As the situation settled down, a little bit of cool reason settled into my head, which had been excited by the excessive adrenaline.
My legs feel weak as if they’re about to collapse, and my sword-holding hand trembles like an old man with tremors. Damn, I can’t believe I beat those wizards!
“Ugh, ugh… .”
A deep sigh came to me, as I was filled with the excitement of victory and battle. Only then did I realize the situation of Hippolyte, who had fallen to the ground while protecting me.
“Ugh… .”
Hippolyte, who was lying face down on the floor, continued to groan as if she had gall. Her life did not seem to be in danger, but if she continued like this, there was no telling what would happen.
Shiva, what emergency measures should you take for someone who has been bewitched?
Should I do CPR? I was in a panic, thinking about that, until I finally ended up putting my finger on the guy’s wrist and feeling his pulse.
Deering-.
『Name: Hippolyte Heavensinger Lv. ??
Status: Blood Curse》 Moonlight Allergy》 Severe Menstrual Pain》 Difficulty Breathing》 ????》』
Sure enough, I see a slightly different word floating around than the one I saw last time. Difficulty breathing. Difficulty breathing?
So, I first laid Hippolyte flat and lifted his chin slightly to secure his airway.
“Ugh… .”
But the guy’s breathing showed no signs of improving. Where is a good acupuncture point for shortness of breath?
Shit, but I can’t really see anything. But I thought I should do something anyway, so I looked at the guy’s chest.
So I thought I should apply pressure to the chest, so I carefully removed the iron plate armor covering that chest area.
Clank, clank, thud.
The knots on the back and sides were strong, but somehow with amazing dexterity, I managed to untie them, and a very thin, black piece of fabric that looked like a sports bra or tank top appeared.
Ta-da.
And then, for a moment, my sense of reason flickered at the sight of her breasts, which were larger than I had expected.
Ow, sh-.
I didn’t notice it because it was covered by the armor. It would be strange if I had difficulty breathing if I were to forcefully press down on something like this with my breastplate.
“Excuse me, Lady Hippolyte. This is, what is it? It is an act of rescue. There is nothing strange about it.”
After giving that kind of report, I put my palm on my chest.
Malkang.
The soft sensation of the chest starts from the palm, goes through the spinal cord, and reaches the brain in an instant. No, did something this soft exist in the world?
Shit, let me touch it just one more time.
Soft, soft-.
It was when I was feeling that soft and smooth texture.
“… Ugh, ugh, huff… . Are you a coward, using trickery… . Cough, huff…”
Hippolyte suddenly came to her senses with a loud cough. I was so happy that I shouted because the person who seemed to be dying had come back to life!
“Hey, Lady Hippolyte! Are you awake?”
“Huh… , T, T, what’s going on? Why, why are you touching my chest?”
“Ugh.”
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