For Sale. Fallen Lady. Never Used.-Chapter 360: Grotesque Proliferation

“I have descended.”

This is definitely going to be cool.

While I was feeling proud of the words I had uttered and nodding my head, I felt definite movement in the battlefield where no one could move recklessly.

When I turned my head slightly, I saw familiar faces.

Carla and Elisha jumped down from the ramparts behind them and flew over, and Iris, Iona, and Helena were also rushing in from the direction where the Grotesque Proliferation was.

For reference, Faye couldn’t bring herself to jump down from the ramparts and was just hopping and waving her hand. Her chest, which was shaking along with it, came into view even though she was far away.

The sense of incongruity that I felt as the memories I spent in the time warp disappeared, and the dazed feeling as if I had just woken up from a deep dream, disappeared in an instant.

Hmm. The effect is certain.

After roughly waving my hand to respond to Faye, the other members of the group arrived where I was not long after.

“Master!”

“You!”

Carla and Elisha, who arrived first, quickly hugged me on both sides.

“Student Yandel! I missed you!”

“You were amazing, Brother!”

Iona and Helena stuck to the remaining front and back, and Iris, who arrived last because her legs were short, hesitated for a moment and then.

“Me too… I’ll join in! Eek!”

She crawled on the backs of the other people and hugged my face.

Is this a face hug?

It felt really good to be embraced by her soft and warm body and face;I wanted to stay like this for a long time because of the faint, lingering longing.

But there were still things to do, so the joy of reunion must be postponed for a while.

Wiggling my fingers, I poked their sides as much as I could grab.

“Heeek!”

“Pyaak!”

Helena and Elisha, whose sides I had poked, flinched. Only then did they begin to fall off one by one.

I smiled at their regretful faces and said.

“Don’t worry. We’ll have plenty of time now. Before that, we have to finish what we were doing. They’re still not dead, even though they’re in a near-death state, right?”

Gods do not leave corpses behind. If they do, it would be only a part of their authority.

For someone who should have vanished without a trace upon death to still exist meant they had suffered a fatal wound but had not yet perished.

Helena nodded at my explanation and added.

“The Righteous Radiance also says that what Brother Yandel says is correct. And if you lack the strength to deliver the final blow, she says she will lend it to you.”

“Seeing that she doesn’t speak directly and conveys it through Helena’s mouth, it seems that she has overdone it a lot. I still have strength, so please take a good rest.”

All the mana I consumed a little while ago was mana obtained by converting life force. I hardly used the mana contained in the mana core.

This meant that if I pushed myself a little, I could use Punishment about two times in a row. That should be enough for the barely surviving Grotesque Proliferation somehow.

“Anyway, let’s go quickly now. I’m afraid they’ll recover again if we waste time.”

She said that and tilted her head towards the front.

Most of the remaining cultists and monsters were caught up in the explosion and died, but not all of them died.

Unless I had aimed at those guys directly, most of them were caught up in the aftermath, so they were able to deal with it somehow.

The guys who were crawling on the floor and rolling on the ground were approaching the drooping Grotesque Proliferation.

They were still far away, but if they reached them, they would gladly sacrifice their bodies to restore the Grotesque Proliferation.

The expressions of the women, who had become stiff again, cleared the way. I walked through them, took the lead, and just before running.

I turned around slightly and raised the corners of my mouth.

“Ah, and Elisha, Iris? I kept my promise with this, right?”

“……”

“……”

The two, who were staring at me blankly like pigeons hit by a slingshot, didn’t take long to smile happily.

It wasn’t difficult to get to where the Grotesque Proliferation was, but I couldn’t deny that it was more annoying than I thought.

Knowing that we were going to finish off the Grotesque Proliferation completely, the surviving believers rushed at us desperately.

Of course, most of them were in a near-death state, and even if there were some who were fine, there were three high-ranking magicians here.

They died without being able to do anything.

That was why Elisha, who was only doing simple assistance, brought up the topic.

“Um…”

“Yes? What is it?”

“Could I possibly deal with them?”

“You’re doing it now.”

“No. Not like now, from behind, but from the front.”

“Uh…”

Elisha was strong. I could confidently say that among intermediate magicians, there was no one who could match her except for Carla.

But the ones who were rushing in now, even though they were injured, were at least big shots who were at the level of a grand bishop.

Moreover, elves were vulnerable to the authority of the Grotesque Proliferation, weren’t they?

So while I was hesitating for a moment, Elisha stretched her shoulders with a confident smile.

“Don’t worry. I’m not going to do anything dangerous. I just have something I want to test.”

“If that’s the case.”

I nodded, thinking that I would intervene immediately if it seemed dangerous, and Elisha, who was standing right next to me, began to gather mana.

Behind her head, semi-transparent shadows embodying fire, water, wind, and earth floated up.

The shadow of the element had been added with earth? The battle she experienced while I was away must have been quite fierce. I didn’t expect her to grow this fast.

And I also knew why she was so confident. This growth was not simply adding one element to the mental image.

The important thing was that she had engraved all four elements, which were the foundation of elemental magic, into her mental image.

Elisha, who raised her staff, seemed to concentrate for a moment.

“Heeup!”

She cast Sharpness Hurricane, an intermediate magic, as it was.

It wasn’t just shortening the incantation. She cast an intermediate magic without any incantation at all! And by an intermediate magician!

But it was too early to be surprised. Elisha’s magic didn’t end there.

The sharp, cold wind could push the enemies away or inflict moderate scratches, but it couldn’t lead to death.

This was because of the limitations of wind-type magic, which was relatively weak in power.

So, Elisha gathered the enemies in one place with Sharpness Hurricane, and then transformed the storm into a white-hot flame.

Prominence Flare. A fire magic with power that rivaled the top of intermediate magic, thoroughly roasted the gathered enemies.

Whooooosh.

“What…?”

Did the magic just change into another magic? I thought that Elisha would be able to do it someday, but I didn’t know it would happen so soon.

As I was blankly looking at her profile, Elisha, who felt my gaze, replied with a proud smile.

“I felt like I knew something after seeing the magic you showed me. It wasn’t like using several of the same magic at the same time, but the countless magic circles that covered the sky were one magic itself, right?”

“That’s right…?”

In fact, there was no other way, so it was a matter of course, but it was also something that would have been impossible without the language of the spirits.

To gain enlightenment from that forcibly connected magic?

Elisha, who was staring at me, seemed a little embarrassed, and mumbled, avoiding my gaze slightly.

“Well. Any magician would have learned something from seeing your magic. I just gained more because it overlapped with my research field.”

“Amazing! Elisha, you had it all figured out!”

“Hmph! Of course.”

As I applauded her wildly, Elisha, who had become arrogant, began to fire magic wildly.

There was a slight time difference, but simultaneous use of two magics, multiple casting, and even changing the magic that was cast without incantation in the middle.

Elisha, who had taken another step closer to the final awakening form I knew, began to sweep away literally every enemy in sight.

Her extraordinary appearance surprised not only Iris, Elisha’s teacher, but even Iona, who was strict in magic combat.

Thanks to this, we were able to clean up the remaining survivors much more easily and quickly and reach the place where the Grotesque Proliferation was.

The Grotesque Proliferation, leaning against the half-broken birthing chamber, was drooping.

They didn’t even have the strength to open their eyes, and their half-closed, listless gaze was directed towards us.

[…You’ve come, child.]

“We have to finish it.”

[Finish it, you say. I see. You’ve come this far.]

“Yeah. So I’d appreciate it if you died quietly. Don’t say anything like a past story.”

[I haven’t said anything yet?]

“There are always those who try to appeal to emotions right before they die, so I just said it once.”

The Grotesque Proliferation, shrugging their shoulders, let out a sound that was neither laughter nor a groan.

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I knew they were charismatic from what I saw in H&A, but seeing them in person was beyond imagination. It was believable even if you say they were the god of enchantment.

If I hadn’t been able to interfere in time and they had come out of the birthing chamber, the battle might have been a bit difficult.

If their face was this enchanting, and their naked body, which stimulated lust, were revealed, they would have recovered that much more strength.

After all, the Grotesque Proliferation was the god in charge of lust.

I pulled up my magic without letting down my guard.

I’m going to cut off their barely attached lifeline in an instant. Thinking so, I raised my staff.

Woong.

Did they sense their death? Or was it because all the believers who were sending their misguided faith were dead?

The Grotesque Proliferation opened their mouth with a gentle smile that I had never seen before.

[Child. I don’t know exactly, but the magic from earlier seemed to have clearly surpassed your level. There must have been a proper price. What made you like that?]

“It’s a bit difficult to say. I’m at an age where I’m very shy.”

[Kekek. I didn’t think of that. You’re still at the age where love is precious, where even saying the word feels too valuable to waste.]

“Haa… I told you not to talk about pointless things. If I get distracted and miss my mark, you might end up suffering through two attacks instead of dying cleanly in one.”

[I appreciate the thought, but I can’t let that happen. There’s still something more I want to say to you.]

“I have nothing to say.”

As soon as the magic was completed, I fired it, aiming precisely at the back of the Grotesque Proliferation’s neck.

Whoosh!

[Keuk!]

The burning giant sword was embedded in the Grotesque Proliferation’s cervical spine, and a gruesome sound was heard. Their neck was half torn off in the subsequent explosion.

Their divine body, which was not protected by divine power, was more fragile than I thought.

[Keuk…]

I couldn’t finish it cleanly, but there was no need to use Punishment one more time—the Grotesque Proliferation was already dying quickly.

Their body, which was crumbling from their fingertips and turning into dust, said their last words firmly even in the face of death.

[Remember. Lust is an instinct, so people should properly acknowledge their ugliness…]

“If you live according to your instincts, is that a human? That’s an animal.”

Of course, there was no way I’d be swayed by that now. In the first place, isn’t it almost a rule that Evil Gods or their subordinates leave curses before they die?

As I listened with one ear and let it flow out with the other, I retorted bluntly, and the Grotesque Proliferation’s eyes widened.

And then, not long after, they left their last words with a smile that seemed to be holding back tears, or perhaps a sneer.

[Child. I’ll be watching to see how long your love and faith will last.]

With those words, the Grotesque Proliferation completely turned into dust and disappeared without leaving a trace.

Looking at the pink particles melting and disappearing in the air, I answered their words for the first time.

“Well. It’ll last at least a thousand years.”

Because it was that kind of promise.