33-Episode 30: Going through the underground labyrinth, the strongest onmyoji





 Go through the dungeon with Amu, the swordsman, in the lead.

 Every time I advance to a certain extent, I attach the Hitogata to the ceiling of the passage and put a spell on it.

''........Um, Seika-sama. What are you doing just now?
Sort of. I was wondering if you could give me a location on the ground.

 I answer so that Amu can't hear me.

 All of the shikigami left behind in the academy were turned into bees, except for a few crows, which were flying across the forest's surface.
 But I haven't been able to detect the effects of the jutsu yet.
 Let's continue for a bit longer.

 But still, it's hard to see the bees' vision.
 Because of the compound eyes, they can see colors that people can't see, so even familiar objects look different.
 It's a job only this formula can do, though, so it can't be helped.


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 I encountered monsters every so often.

 Lizardmen, orcs, skeletons, slimes, goblins, and other monsters that are not uncommon in dungeons.
 But every time I encounter them, I realize that this is an alien world.

 Normally, there are few creatures in caves.
 At best, there are poisonous insects and rats that feed on bat droppings.
 It's strange that such a large number of life forms can be found in a place like this.

 It's probably the core of this dungeon that's giving birth to the monsters.
 I thought they were close to animals, but it seems that monsters are also a form of incarnation.

 In a previous life, there were dungeon-like things. Other worlds that existed with supernatural power, such as a lost house or hidden village.
 The only difference is that this place is physically present.

 Then we can escape physically.

''It's not very responsive. It's like a low-level dungeon.

 Amu says, kicking the skeleton's skull away.

 She keeps coming forward, swinging her sword and killing monsters. I hardly had a chance to do anything.

"Don't push yourself too hard," Amu says. Do you need me to step forward?
Are you kidding me? Leave the vanguard to the swordsmen.

 Amu smiles with a terrific smile.

'A competent vanguard position, you know, is able to turn magic power into physical ability. It's nothing more than this.''

 In fact, Amu doesn't even seem to be out of breath.
 It's a good thing to say that the sword muscle is unnoticeable and the foolishness with which it played the demon's club.
 It's a good thing that you have a good idea of what you're doing.

 I'm not sure if I should call him a brave man or not.

 I'm not sure how much strength he'll gain when he's grown up, though he's still a child.

"Seika-sama........

 Yuki announces the enemy in her ear.
 The figure that eventually came into view, Amu shouted out in an amused voice.

''Heh. You're here for a bit of strength.''

 Eventually, the light of the human gadget illuminated the goblin that I had seen several times.
 However, it was huge.
 It stood at least seven feet tall (*approximately 2.1 meters). It had the same green skin and hooked nose, but it was a far cry from the other goblins in terms of size.

 It was probably a higher-ranked species of goblin called a hobgoblin.
 Moreover, they were accompanied by several ordinary small goblins as well.

''Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!

 As soon as the hobgoblins see us, they raise their barbaric swords and charge at us.
 Amu intercepted it.
 The barbaric sword is swung down from the upper level, and a flash of the staff sword. It flicks back loudly.
 The hobgoblins swing the barbaric sword again with their stance collapsed, but Amu, who stepped in big, cut off the entire arm holding it.

 A deafening scream echoes through the passage.

 Amu tried to swing his sword to cut off the head as a precaution.
 At that time.

 Amu's body leaned heavily.

''.........''

 Amu holds her temples and wobbles her body in pain.

''Bgooaaaah!''

 Its head.
 The hobgoblin's, one thick, remaining arm punched away.

 With a dull sound, it slams into the wall and Amu falls to the ground slyly.
 The hobgoblins and their cronies rushed the motionless girl swordsman.

''Amu!''

 A white wooden stake pierced the hobgoblin's skull.
 The surrounding goblins also rushed to Amu while cleaning up with the 《Pile Driving》.

 He is breathing.
 But they seem to be fainting.

''Seika-sama, we're still here.
I know.

 Wiping the blood from my cheeks, I release the stake at the approaching goblins.
 I'd like to heal them, but I have to take care of these guys first.

 Let go of the stake.
 Unleash the stake.
 Release the stake..........

''........how many are there?

 I was shocked to see that the lights were flying.

 The front of the corridor was filled with a tremendous number of goblins, and there were even a few hobgoblins mixed in.
 And there were even a few hobgoblins mixed in.

 I couldn't help but feel my face twitch.

 Heck, it's so annoying!

 I can't deal with this kind of thing with the 《Pile Driving》.
 Amu is just about to be stunned too, so it's fine.

The call.

 From the distortion of space, a huge, black glowing centipede emerged from the distortion of space.

 The large centipede pounces on the goblin without turning aside and bites it with its vicious jaws.
 The goblins around him wielded their knives, but they didn't seem to care.
 On the contrary, even when the hobgoblins swung their barbarian swords down, they didn't leave a single scratch on the black shiny shell.
 The Great Hundred Foot then turned its attention to the barbarian sword's owner and bit into its slightly larger prey, swallowing it without even letting it raise a decapitation.
 The goblins fell into a total collapse in the area.
 The big hundred-legged goblins chased and devoured their prey as they fled with an avalanche of swiftly moving legs.

 I just watched them.

 The giant centipedes are strong in a place like this.
 Not only were they able to use the walls and ceilings as footholds for their footholds, but they couldn't shoot arrows at me from afar.

 I think I can handle this kind of monster-cleaning job.