I Became a Beautiful Girl, but I’m still an MMO Junkie - Chapter 79.2
Continuation…
A quick shout brought our thoughts back to reality.
“Alice’s Black Bow unique ability; Black Rose Thorn Two-Shot!”
It was Lily’s powerful voice.
She quickly aimed her bow and arrow to the sky, and after saying the name of her ability, she pulled the bowstring.
“Entangling Two-Pronged Thorns”
And then, she shot two arrows at the same time.
The targets, of course, were the Luna Homunculi. Her arrows hit the two Homunculi without fail. Even she couldn’t hide her surprise as she hit two targets, at the same time.
However, one seemed to have survived being hit in its weak spot and it continued to drift weakly, flickering.
“Watch out! Here comes another Homunculus!”
Yuuki, who had already taken a defensive stance against the Giant Zombies, desperately warned.
Lily aimed at the Luna Homunculus that was trying to enter through the door, and smiled confidently.
“Angel, if you please.”
It was strange, because just a moment ago, we were struggling with each other in a kill or be killed situation. But seeing her attitude towards the danger, fighting with us, with our backs towards each other, made me happy, and I smiled back.
“Leave this one to me..Fu!”
I kicked off the ground and soared into the sky, with the help of Fuu, trying to quickly close in on the weakened Luna Homunculus.
The weakened Luna Homunculus couldn’t react to my speed, and I successfully batted it in a slash with my small sword.
“Alright! Good job Fu!”
“Nnfufufu♪”
As we defeated the Homunculus, Lily and I met eyes as she shot through the Luna Homunculus that was trying to enter.
She smiled confidently as always, this time, directed towards me.
“Do you understand, at least a little, of my good intentions and my value? You foolish people.”
As the blue-white light disappeared and the Giant Zombie collapsed, the blonde twin-tailed girl, who stood tall, spoke to us with disdain in her voice.
Behind us, illuminated by the light from multiple Luna Homunculi that came through the opened door, the Giant Zombie stood up again.
“They are persistent, aren’t they?”
Lily, who was desperately repelling the Luna Homunculi that were trying to invade from outside with her bow and arrows, said bitterly.
Thanks to her, we were able to prevent a large number of Homunculi from entering the building at once, but there were already two to four of them circling above our heads.
“We have to get out of here!”
“I know, but there’s no sign that the Giant Zombie in front of the door will move.”
Yuuki and the others were once again fighting with all their strength against the Giant Zombie that had started moving again, bathed in pale light.
With Yuuki as the tank, Yurachi, Kouya and Anon-san launched attacks and skillfully switched the order of being targeted, while maintaining a precarious situation.
“If we try to get out of the building, it’ll be in the way.”
“Are you scared of being attacked by the Homunculi outside, too?”
As for me, I was flying around in the air with Fu, desperately trying to exterminate the Luna Homunculi that had entered the building.
At the same time, I didn’t neglect to give everyone potions for recovery.
“It looks like the Homunculi will keep coming in as long as that guy over there keeps the entrance open.”
“And they’re just going to wait until we’re worn down and crushed by this one inside the building.”
As Kouya and Yuuki said, we realized that they’ve come up with a strategy to keep their activities going. Even though their brains seemed to be rotting, their combat algorithm was quite high. Since the one inside had even spoken when it was hit with sunlight from the Flashing Stones. They may have some intelligence.
“It’s a cowardly move.”
While Mina was frustrated with the enemy’s tactics, she launched multiple attacks on the Luna Homunculi that were flying around the room with her attack magic.
I, who had managed to avoid her attacks, aimed at the Homunculus, who had been greatly affected by the attacks, and swung my small sword.
“Somehow, I hope they don’t go on a rampage!”
Yuuki received a blow from the Giant Zombie and was blown away while making a desperate wish.
“I just tried the Hunting Knife Stab on it a little while ago, but its paralysis resistance is too high. Even if I hit it a hundred times, it wouldn’t be paralyzed!”
Kouya despondently denied Yuuki’s wish.
“Come on, anything will do, we have to do something! It’s hopeless.”
‘… Abnormal state?’
‘… berserk.’
‘Anything is fine?’
‘If that’s really true, then there’s no choice but to try.’
One idea came to mind.
“Yuu! I can’t guarantee what will happen, but I have an idea!”
“It doesn’t matter anyway, we’re all doomed! Taru, it doesn’t matter what we do!”
“Leave it to the alchemist!”
“Why are you guys calm during a time like this!”
While shouting to my friends who were holding on, I landed next to Lily.
“Angel!”
“What are you doing!? You should be doing something about the Homunculi inside!”
“I don’t have time to explain!”
I quickly equipped the Ink Brush with my left hand and set the color.
The color I chose was the Gluttonous Yellow Bell, collected from a subspecies of slime that suddenly occurred in Komugi village, the Tough Slime.
This color, which increases the numerical value of the abnormal state of Hunger, grants Hunger and may possibly cause monsters to run wild and become violent.
“You’re looking down on me again, aren’t you?”
She was probably referring to the battle with the Big Slime on the plain and me not explaining the effect of Melting Water Waterlord and the fact that Lily lost her footing because of that.
But I had no choice but to push forward.
“I don’t know, but we just have to try this.”
Saying that, I applied the Gluttonous Yellow Bell to her arrow.
“What is this?”
“Please shoot at the Giant Zombie at the door.”
I didn’t answer her question, but made a request. Now was not the time.
Lily looked at me for a moment and then shot the arrow at the Giant Zombie blocking the exit.
“Gu, gu-mo?”
A sharp arrow had perfectly pierced the head of the Giant Zombie and It showed only a slight reaction.
I still didn’t know if the accumulation of Hunger values was enough with just one arrow, or if it had a high resistance. But I had no choice but to do it again.
Once again, I coated the Lily’s arrow with the Gluttonous Yellow Bell
“…I will forgive you because you believed in my bow skills. I will trust you this time.”
With that, Lily aimed and hit the zombie face with the second arrow.
“Gu, go, go…”
Immediately after, the Giant Zombie tilted its head and began to look around restlessly. And as soon as it looked at us, its huge body took a step back as if it were afraid.
“Hmm?”
“Gu-go-o-o-o-o”
And then, it left the exit as if searching for something and suddenly went away.
“Eh…?”
“What happened?”
“Don’t ask me.”
I had remembered what the ghost I met in Shallow Dream Grave, who once served as a slave In the East Kingdom of the Giants, Giga Makina, had told me.
“Do giants eat humans?” I asked him.
He replied, “They do eat humans, but they get seizures and brain damage after a while. It depends on the amount they eat, and in some cases it can lead to death.”
In other words, seeing humans when they are hungry causes a natural fear, and at the same time, they are driven by the desire to search for food due to hunger. So, the Giant Zombie of the Giant’s Lineage that we just defeated, retreated from the battlefield because of this.
“What did you do?”
Lily looked at me intently and I grinned, “Trust me, just like I trust in your bow skills.”
It was because of our combination, my skills and hers, that we were able to easily defeat the giant.
Thus, it didn’t take long for us to defeat the Giant Zombie of the Giant’s Lineage that Yuuki and the others were fighting. And when the Giant Zombies were gone, we were able to quickly take care of the remaining Luna Homunculi with just me, Mina and Lily.
Of course, we didn’t forget to take a good 【Photo】, and give it the color of Monologue Solo White.
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“This is wonderful!”
“Great job, Lily!”
Without thinking, I high-fived her in excitement.
I smiled at Lily, and she smiled back. Then she quickly pulled away as if she noticed something.
“T-this is not appropriate! I don’t intend to get too friendly with you, like an angel does.”
She changed to an unhappy expression and scolded me in a sulky voice for some reason.
Oh, well… She didn’t have the best reputation, but as a man, I wanted to be friends with this beautiful girl… It was a bit disappointing.
I slightly dropped my shoulders.
Then Lily started to stammer, “N-no, that just now was… a mistake…”
I couldn’t read her emotions, which changed rapidly, and Yuu, who saw that, teased Lily;
“You’re not straightforward, are you?” Her voice was lively.
From the reactions of Yuuki, who saw that, and Kouya who had a vague laugh.
“Well, in this case, is it okay for her to join the party?”
“In short, if we eat the poison, even the plate will be gone.”
Kouya suddenly whispers a saying that means “since I have already stained my hands with bad things, I might as well do even more bad things since I can’t go back”.
“No, we haven’t done anything bad, right?”
Yuuki taunted him.
Kouya then smiled bitterly.
“No, this time it’s a literal meaning.”
Somehow the glasses-wearing handsome man looked at me, then shifted his gaze to Lily and finally turned to Yuuki.
“Haven’t we been manipulated by this ‘poison’ that calls herself a beautiful girl lately?”
“Ah…that’s true.”
Yuuki nodded with understanding to Kouya’s statement.
“That’s it. Since we have already been poisoned, let’s eat it to the end and see it through.”
“That’s right. Taru will probably make Lily his companion again at his own pace.”
“And she’s
also a dangerous beauty.”
The two continued their conversation happily with a gesture of surrender.
“Beauty has its own poison…”
“That’s right.”
While the two of them entered their own world, Yurachi walked up to them with
a displeased look and muttered;
“Hey, I’ve been wondering since before…what about us!?”
Yurachi pointed at herself and Mina and raised a voice of protest.
The face of the serious friends who were taken aback was a sight to see.
