Genius Warlock-Episode 422
422. an unexpected counterattack (1)
“Are you okay??!”
the human meat chef asked, waving his arms with scales and claws..
Oliver made full use of his dagger, emotional robe, and black suit-clad body to block, parry, and dodge his attacks..
Although it wasn't easy.
“Got it.”
The attacking human meat chef grabbed Oliver's emotional robe with his out-of-human arm and tried to strike Oliver with his opposite hand..
Although it was a simple attack, Oliver felt threatened due to the human meat cook's transcendent body and immediately activated blood magic..
[Impalement)]
Just before the meat cook raised his arms, Oliver chanted..
The sea of putrid blood pooled on the floor moved at Oliver's will and converged into a single point, and a huge stake shot up from below and pierced the arm of the human flesh cook..
Even though, due to his body being out of common sense, he couldn't even pierce it or even hurt it..
At most, it was a matter of briefly impeding movement by hitting the arm..
It could be said that it was a truly terrifying body..
Impalment is known for its physical power among blood magic, but it can withstand it with only its bare body..
It really felt like I was dealing with a different creature..
‘Still, the essence is human······.’
Oliver swung his dagger and cut off part of the captured robe..
Oliver, who escaped from the human meat cook's grasp, widened the distance behind him and activated Ptas Assistant. He created a mechanical arm made of magic, wrapped a robe over it, and extended his black hand towards the meat cook..
Even the ogre had a black hand that plunged it into the building in one fell swoop..
“joy!”
Just as the black hand created by Oliver was about to attack the human meat chef, the human meat chef snorted and applied black magic to his fist. He just threw his fist out.
Boom━━!!
The human meat cook's fist, which had been threatening enough until now, had the power of a cannon, and instantly pierced and destroyed Oliver's black hand along with the air..
overwhelming power.
Thanks to this, Oliver suffered indirect but considerable damage and at the same time lost his body balance..
Taking advantage of that opportunity, the human meat cook rushed over at once, approached Oliver, and attempted to swing his fist..
Oliver took a step faster, impeding the movements of the human flesh cook with his robe, and counterattacked with a surge of blood..
“Perseverance is.”
Even after being stabbed with dozens of bloody blades, the human meat cook smiled leisurely and said.
Because none of the bloody blades could pierce the flesh cook's body..
At best, all it did was stop the action for 1 or 2 seconds..
Oliver took advantage of the opportunity to focus as much as he could on the dagger, compressed it, and swung it towards the human meat cook..
Well done━━!!
It worked this time.
I made a small scratch on the meat cook's chest..
But the price was high.
[Muddy Blood)]
[Red Mold)]
[Rotten Mist)]
[Parasitic Mushroom)]
[Corruption Fly)]
The human meat chef took advantage of Oliver's concentration on attack and neglect of defense to chant as many as five disease-weakening black magic spells..
The blood, which had already rotted and become a breeding ground for disease, became even more turbid, and red mold bloomed on it, and using the contaminated blood as nourishment, fog, mushrooms, and flies contaminated with black magic were created and spread throughout the city..
“······!!”
Oliver, who launched an aggressive attack to escape the pain of starvation, was hit directly by the black magic of the human meat cook..
Because of the focus on attack, defense became weak..
The flesh chef's fog penetrated Oliver's robes and caused excruciating pain in his respiratory tract and eyes, parasitic mushrooms stuck to Oliver's black suit and tried to erode his skin, and putrid flies bit Oliver's robes..
Oliver felt intense pain, as if his body was not his own, and urgently used fire. He set fire to all the fog, mushrooms, and flies..
I had to expend quite a bit of emotion, but this was the only way..
Oliver thought it was better and expanded his quest using poison and blood as fuel. Attempted to attack the human meat cook.
At that very moment, the meat cook made a French knife out of blood and swung it with all his might towards Oliver..
Tamhwa cut in half).
Oliver, suffering from extreme fatigue and hunger, hurriedly swung his dagger in a clumsy attempt to defend himself..
“you are so persistent.”
The human meat chef spoke to Oliver, who was unable to completely block the attack and was sent flying far away..
Oliver staggered up from the sea of putrid blood and opened his mouth..
“sorry······. I promised not to get hurt..”
“Don't make promises you can't keep.”
The meat cook said as he looked at Oliver's condition..
That's because Oliver's condition wasn't right..
Due to being immersed in a sea of putrid blood again, Oliver was being consumed by various disease-related black magic, and mushrooms were attached to his body..
However, ironically, the most serious of them all was starvation..
The most basic disease-weakening black magic.
Because this basic black magic was based on the emotions of the human meat cook, it could not be neutralized or removed, so it was constantly eating away at Oliver..
At first, it only gave him light hunger, but now it has caused a hunger that cannot be ignored, and not only that, but it has also consumed Oliver's nutrients, eating away at his flesh and muscles..
I've already come too far, both externally and internally, to say I'm not hurt..
Oliver, the person involved, knew that best. Nevertheless, Oliver gathered his wits and opened his mouth..
To carry out missions, keep promises, and answer questions..
“Take it as a lesson... I'll try to be more careful next time... It's a promise.”
Oliver's words were slurred due to hunger. The human meat chef asked back..
“I think there's a next time for you?”
“well······. I think there are many possibilities in the world... Are you okay, Chef Chef? Is it okay to use disease-type black magic like that when your body is injured??”
Oliver pointed to a faint knife mark on the meat cook's chest..
With barely a scratch from Oliver's desperate attack, the human meat chef roughly understood what the question was..
Disease-weakening black magic is more susceptible and fatal to people who are injured or have low physical strength..
the meat cook answered.
“oh······. You must be busy with your life, but you are worried about me.?”
“Rather than worry...it's admiration and curiosity. Disease-weakening series······. Isn't it dangerous to use it so carelessly? Especially when you have injuries on your body..”
Oliver asked a question, trying to keep his mind increasingly distracted by hunger..
In fact, disease-weakening black magic was difficult and dangerous to use..
Because even if it was made with black magic, it was a disease, and identification of enemies was not considered..
In other words, it meant that the magician himself could be infected by his disease-type black magic..
the meat cook answered.
“I'm truly curious! amazing. You must be pretty hungry by now. In the meantime, you're asking something like that... I'm okay. Because I am resistant to the disease-weakening black magic I created. Especially when it comes to blood..”
blood. Oliver instinctively focused on that keyword..
I was hungry and couldn't think of a specific reason. It was just an instinctive feeling..
Meanwhile, the human meat chef decided to end the game and approached Oliver..
It was a pretty good fight, but it was at that level so there was no need to look any further. Above all, I was in no condition to move anymore..
Oliver, suffering from parasitic mushrooms, rotting flies, various diseases, and hunger, opened his mouth..
“······Mr. Human Meat Chef.”
“I don't have the energy to talk anymore, stop talking.”
The meat cook lightly ignored Oliver's words. Because I've decided to end it now.
But what came next couldn't be ignored even by the human meat chef..
No, it was even more impossible to ignore him because he was a human meat cook..
“The reason I approached Bathory... That's why.”
Stand tall.
The human meat cook stopped without realizing it..
At that moment, Oliver saw. The human meat chef's feelings about Bathory.
Among his emotions that fluctuated with anger, hatred, and greed, one emotion with a different texture shone thinly..
Although its proportion was low compared to other emotions, it definitely existed and was quite pretty..
Oliver immersed himself more in that emotion to forget his natural curiosity and hunger..
“ah······. I guess that's right... To compensate for the shortcomings of disease-weakening black magic using blood magic... You approached Bathory..”
I didn't understand why a human meat cook who didn't use blood magic well approached Bathory, but now I understand..
But that wasn't the only thing that mattered.
“That's interesting by the way... Bathory also had similar feelings towards the Human Meat Chef, and the Human Meat Chef also had similar feelings toward Bathory... Longing, attachment, memories... Of course, Bathory also harbored hatred and anger..”
“hey······.”
“I didn't understand, but now I understand.”
“······.”
“Bathory thought of his daughters and students as objects, but not as much as he did to the human meat chef. He certainly harbored hatred and anger, but... I didn't understand at first. I'm sure they must be enemies, but I wonder how that could be possible. But looking at the human meat chef’s feelings, I think I have a general idea. The human meat chef also likes Bathory.━”
━Wow!!!
Before Oliver could finish speaking, the meat cook swung a French knife made of blood and tried to cut Oliver..
Oliver used a quarter staff and a dagger to stop it, but he was unable to stop it properly due to his reduced emotions and magical power due to exhaustion, and his body weakened by starvation and disease..
Falling down in a sea of blood proves this..
The human meat cook approached with cold anger..
“Originally, I planned to preserve it by pickling it to prevent disease, but I changed my mind. You cut off the limbs and hang them on a string to store them. Pull out that tongue too.”
Oliver answered as he got up from the rotting sea of blood. Disease continued to invade Oliver's body, sickening his body and aggravating his hunger..
“Is it for your sister??”
“······.”
“That's right... It was because of her sister that she betrayed Bathory, the woman she loved, and it was for her sister that she committed such a terrorist attack on the city..”
Oliver said, checking on Gretel at the top of the machine tower..
Although both his body and mind were in incredibly poor condition, it paradoxically increased Oliver's concentration and obsession with emotions to the limit, allowing him to demonstrate amazing insight..
The human meat chef, who had been unilaterally pushing Oliver just now, was furious and rushed at Oliver, as if his private secrets that he had not shown to anyone were revealed..
To stop him from using his tongue anymore.
At that time, Oliver, who was gradually drying up due to starvation and illness, activated the blood magic blood pool..
Blood magic that moves through blood.
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!”
When Oliver activated the blood pool, the pool of blood on the floor bubbled and nine corpse dolls popped out..
A corpse doll wearing a cotton vest - Bathory and her disciples - a corpse doll - eight female warlocks.
They leapt out from under the excited human meat cook, grabbed him with their claws, and dragged him skyward with the bloody wings on their backs..
Even the human meat chef with a body beyond imagination was taken aback by the completely unexpected surprise attack. Couldn't respond at all.
‘I don't think it's necessarily because of that, but······.’
In his fading consciousness, Oliver looked at the corpse doll-Bathory and captured the human meat chef's emotions..
He looked a little sad.
“······Where to do modifications!”
cried the meat cook, covering his sorrow with anger..
Then, he shook off the hands of the eight corpse doll-female warlocks who grabbed him and dragged him up to the sky..
The corpse doll-female warlocks were not weak in strength, but they were nothing compared to human meat cooks..
The First who entered the Burial Doll-Bathory also knows this and controls the female warlocks..
Instead of engaging in a power struggle with the human meat cook, I widened my distance and attacked him as he became defenseless in the air..
Che━━━━Ag!
As he was about to attack the human meat cook using blood magic, wings reminiscent of a dragon sprouted from the human meat cook's back and split the air..
It wasn't surprising that whatever was within the range had such tremendous momentum that it was cut off..
‘I'm glad······. Strengthen it in advance with Theodore's flesh..’
Oliver thought as he looked at the corpse doll-female warlocks who avoided the flesh cook's blow..
Although it was not completely avoided and some arms and legs were lost, but even though it was an unexpected blow, all of them only suffered damage to a level where they could move..
This makes it clear.
By injecting powerful corpse flesh into the corpse doll, the performance of the corpse doll improved accordingly..
‘The effectiveness and efficiency may vary depending on the entity. If you experiment, you will find out specifically..’
Oliver observed the above situation, writing this fact down in his head..
The human meat cook was a little surprised to see the corpse doll-female warlocks and Bathory avoiding his attack, but he soon spread his wings wide and tried to escape..
It was a great choice.
No matter how overwhelming your physique was, being surrounded by a blood mage with the right combination was not a very pleasant experience..
Especially in the air, where the attack range widens..
Of course, First also knew this, so he manipulated the corpse doll-female warlocks to create a cage of thorns made of blood to block the human meat cook's actions..
“Doing stupid things······!”
The human meat chef swung a French knife made from his own wings and blood and easily broke the bloody cage..
And without stopping there, it flew towards the corpse doll - Bathory..
Oliver became curious. Was the approach to Bathory strategic, or was there another reason?.
“Anyway, I'm glad you did what you thought..”
As Oliver muttered, a bright blue flash appeared from one side of the building in the distance, and a large chunk of magic flew out and hit the human meat cook..
It was none other than bombardment from a long-distance support doll that had been moved to the top of the building in advance using portal magic..
A corpse doll with six legs, six arms, three torsos, and a large gun barrel..
I've only used it once in the past, when I was working with Jonathan Pinkman to retrieve stolen items from the Crime Firm, and I'm using it again just now..
Although it was not used often due to the difficult conditions for using it, its power was so real that the magic bombardment that destroyed even the subordinates of the human meat cook with amazing regenerative abilities in one go struck the human meat chef with even stronger power than before through modification..
I support you━━━!!!
A unique sound that makes your ears tingle.
The magic bombardment burned the human meat cook and gradually condensed the energy, eventually causing a huge explosion..
━━Kuhuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!
There was a huge explosion followed by a storm, blowing the blood mist around in all directions..
Without missing the timing, Oliver pulled out three pieces of paper from his arms and flew them at the human meat cook..
The human meat cook, who survived the powerful magical bombardment, tried to tear the paper, but failed due to Bathory's interference. He allowed the paper to get on top of him..
At that moment the meat cook could see.
Three portals open and the corpse dolls - Duncan, Sheamus, and Oliver - emerge from them..
Burial Doll - Bathory and the female warlocks also used their wings to join Oliver and descend down..
“?!! ······Do you think you can hurt me that much??!”
The human meat cook, falling from the impact of the magic bombardment, shouted. It wasn't a bluff, it was true.
Even after receiving numerous attacks, his body only had scratches and soot..
The attacks of Oliver, as well as the corpse doll-Duncan, Sheamus, and Bathory, were probably not much different..
But it didn't matter.
“I... can go down with the human meat chef....”
Oliver was low on stamina and answered softly..
It was a riddle, but the meat cook soon understood what it meant..
The emotions of the city gather through the basement and into the machine tower.
“you━!”
The bewildered meat cook shouted, but Oliver did his job regardless..
“please. child.”
“Wow!!!”
“Kyahahahahahaha!!”
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!”
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