Chapter 652: The Salmon That Suddenly Got Hyped, Recklessly Hunted and Detonated Eels, Swung Around a Giant Tombstone, Left Afterimages Making Weird Poses, Fired a Gun Wildly, Stunned Barehanded, Threw an Eel, and Laughed Uproariously
Author's Preface
What a terrible subtitle...
The Centipede Type's Exceed Charge, Liberato, is extremely simple: it consumes an idiotic amount of MP to provide an idiotic amount of buffs. It has such astonishingly terrible fuel efficiency that even with a pure-magic class's stats, it wouldn't last five minutes. However, the corrections gained from that blessing are practically equivalent to those of Super Reject or Convert, despite being an Exceed Charge that only requires activation.
During the fight against Siegwurm, I managed to sustain the battle for a long time using a bug-like exploit synergy with armor that allowed for near-limitless MP recovery as long as there was moonlight. But with my current state, no matter how much I struggle, I am restricted by the demerits of my Scars.
However, none of that mattered right now. It was enough if I could buy about three to five seconds by completely draining my current MP, and it takes just over a second for the poison to leave my system once Liberato shuts down.
In other words, I could fight for at least five seconds. I couldn't help but wonder if it was really okay for me to get a full five seconds with my uncorrected stats.
"Alright! Chain together like a puzzle game, you damn fish!!"
"Hey, Tsuchinoko-san, your head is a fish right now too."
"So that's the rumored super weapon..."
"Is that the thing that made the production-class players go crazy?"
Apparently, the performance is so insane even Bilac would be surprised, so since we're pressed for time, I'm going to clean this up quickly!!
"Let's go, Explosive Fishing! I'll turn you all into sashimi from one end to the other!!"
I don't understand the emotions of fish, so I don't know what kind of psychology was driving them to charge at us. But regardless of their joy or sorrow, what I have to do doesn't change, and their only destiny is to become sashimi.
"Hmph!!"
I hooked the "claw" of the deployed Halberd onto a Swimine, swung it around as if to tear it apart, and smashed it into the pack following right behind it.
Skill activated. To catch as many as possible in the blast, I skewered the ones further away with the "spear," bashed them with the "axe," and dragged them right into attack range... and done.
"Two seconds left!!"
I'm going to mow you down from start to finish!!
Time over. As the gimmick of the Centipede Type Tausend closed, its function as a halberd vanished as well. While quickly regaining my balance as the poison left my body... I racked up over 20 kills. Not bad.
"Weight is power."
It was exactly because the Chalice's power pushed my STR to an absurd value that I could swing this thing around even with this many kills attached to it!
Shouldering Memento Mori, I dashed forward. The vanguard players flinched at the sight of me sprinting while carrying a sword that looked like a ridiculously huge tombstone, and I blew right through the space they opened up...
"Take this, Shattering Fracture Slash!!"
"That looks painful."
Megoh!!! The sensation of biting deep into flesh traveled from the sword up to my arms, and a scream echoing through Behemoth—one born neither of anger nor sorrow, but of the excruciating pain of Bamboo Bear's ass being split into three—rang out.
But it was still a predator, a mighty beast. It immediately turned its body toward its back, using that momentum to launch the bamboo spears protruding from its shoulders.
"This works incredibly well against mobs."
Vorpal Secret Art 【Fading Mirror】. A decoy with built-in aggro guaranteed to draw the opponent's attention turns every enemy action into an opening for an opportunity.
Since this skill leaves behind an afterimage of the exact pose the player was making at the moment of activation as a decoy, watching Bamboo Bear completely lose its shit over a faintly glowing illusion posed like an emergency exit pictogram or an Egyptian mural was somewhat comical. After all, I was standing just a little bit away from the illusion, readying a full swing.
Normally, I'd use this in conjunction with R.I.P. to heavily boost my physical strength, but swinging around Memento Mori in this hastily thrown-together state meant the weapon's heavy, imposing weight pressed down on my entire body like a burden... Well, it's not like I'm completely incapable of using greatswords. Alright, brace the legs and hips, and swing straight down from the top.
Struck by a clean hit piercing its flank, Bamboo Bear writhed in agony once more. It would be ideal if I could hammer in an additional attack right here, but unfortunately, Memento Mori isn't currently light enough to chain attacks consecutively. So what should I do? Simple: let go and free up my equipment slots.
The large-caliber revolver I pulled out took aim straight at Bamboo Bear's head.
"Eat lead, right in the eyes."
I still wanted to believe in Aguacate-kun's performance, so I fired a few rounds into Bamboo Bear's face hoping it would at least blind it, but... well, yeah. I decided to ignore the rational thought telling me throwing gravel would have been more effective.
"Then I'll use this."
Seiten Style "Kanrai". A martial arts skill with the fairly crazy condition that allows it to be used even while equipped with a weapon, provided one hand is "barehanded" and free.
Considering its final tier is basically a magic-like skill, maybe this much is to be expected, but the Seiten Style is definitely weird somehow... Or rather, it feels like it operates under entirely different rules.
According to the flavor text, it deals piercing damage by channeling amplified bio-electricity into the opponent via a spear-hand strike—so yeah, basically magic. But a spear-hand strike is exactly the fundamental motion of the Iai Fist Style. In a way, this might be the Seiten Style technique most suited to me... Alright, here we go, the anti-bugged giant enemy Iai Fist Style Secret Art "Cartilage Break," with a side of Seiten Style!!
I've fought way too many bear-type monsters—from biological ones to zombies and robots—so I know roughly where all their joints are. Digging my spear-hand strike deep into its shoulder joint, the lightning unleashed from my hand at the moment of impact pierced straight through Bamboo Bear's body and shot out the other side.
Unfortunately, a player standing on the opposite side got hit by the lightning that pierced through Bamboo Bear, but... oh, good, it looks like there was no damage calculation. Alright, pulling myself together.
"Here's another one. Taste this not with your tongue, but with your skin!!"
Seiten Style "Nejirigumo". A throwing skill that calculates based on STR to grab an opponent and slam them into the ground with a spiraling motion... but the thing I grabbed wasn't Bamboo Bear. It was a Swimine that had just lunged at me.
Its main body is probably slimy, but since these things primarily operate underground or on the surface, they cover their bodies in dirt and dead leaves... which means there's no problem grabbing and throwing them!!
Squish. Squeezing it with a bizarre, indescribable elasticity, almost like trying to tear it off, I chucked it one-handed straight at Bamboo Bear. No matter if it's an eel or a lizard... No, precisely because it's an eel and a lizard, damage to the skull and brain is definitely an effective strike!!
Moving like a screw attached to an electric screwdriver, the Swimine smashed into Bamboo Bear's back and was instantly skewered by the bamboo spears that automatically sprouted in reaction to the contact. But there is only one motion a Swimine performs when it's on the verge of death.
"Kagiyaaa!! Hahahaha, nice, things are really heating up now!!!"
"Sunraku-kun, Sunraku-kun."
"Hm?"
What is it, Bansai-shi.
"All the other attackers are completely creeped out."
"Eh?"
Author's Afterword
Unknown information, disgusting movements, and way too much hype.
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