Episode 80 – Pika!

The ancient Greek hero Theseus is said to have entered the labyrinth with a skein of thread to find his way. And Hansel and Gretel walked into the woods, spilling bread crumbs. Then what should I rely on to walk through the sewer?

The answer is blood. Of course, I, who worship Confucianism, would not use the body inherited from my parents in vain, so I did not use my own blood.

“Kuk… grow up…”

Because there are overflowing trash transfusion packs to shed blood. If they were destroyed with magic, they would die instantly, and even the corpses would be smashed, so most of them were defeated with bare hands or with knives. Of course, after subduing it, he cut off his Achilles tendon and carried a large vertical sheath around his body. To mark the way I came back with blood.

“Sa… save me…”

“Oh! Don’t be ashamed. What are you guys saying about kidnapping children and beating them to death?”

Apparently, there were not many of them with the black round table tattoo on them. Most of them seemed to be collecting bullies or vagrants and using them as minions. Of course, I don’t mean to sympathize with the guys involved in it, though.

“Please save my life…”

“Oh, that’s really noisy.”

Just like that, I hit the guy’s temple with his middle finger, causing him to die abruptly. There is no need for such a noisy spool of thread. I am Theseus, the one who will slay the Minotaur of this sewer labyrinth and claim the glory. He wiped the blood that flowed down the back of his hand.

Anyway, you really did a good job of attracting the gossipers. Apparently, there were quite a few adventurers mixed in. From mercenaries, adventurers, assassins, vagabonds, and hoodlums… there was no distinction of gender or age. There was a mix of women, some quite old, and some young men who had just taken off their boyhood.

Well, I didn’t have a problem with killing him anyway.

Well, thanks to the circle of over 50 people gathered in such a narrow sewer, the clothes they were wearing were covered in blood. These are expensive clothes in their own way, but they are not willing to pay for them, and there is no such thing as a nuisance. On top of that, this annoying sewer smell will suffocate your clothes, so you should just throw it away. Even if Mr. Febreze comes, I can’t get rid of the smell of blood and filth.

“Ah, that’s annoying.”

It was sure to be my worst day ever. I had nightmares that I didn’t want to have, got pickpocketed on the street, saw children die, and on top of that, my expensive clothes were covered in blood and smelled like filth. This price must be paid dearly.

Just as I was waiting to get the price, I started hearing footsteps in the distance. Although I am not like the legendary blind mercenary, I can understand the terrain and movement by sound, or the number of enemies and their equipment by smell… Could know.

The number must be… five, and in addition, the weapon is of course a type of sword made of steel… Although it is impossible to analyze in detail because of the smell of iron in the blood. It’s about 40m away from this side… Judging by the steps and smell, it must be on a different level from the worms I’ve met so far. In addition, unlike the narrow aisle that was fighting just a moment ago, the width of the aisle is now quite wide, so it is at a disadvantage to fight with a knife.

It’s a little annoying to fight five people at once, but a promise is a promise.

Those who showed up were dressed in smart clothes, and had the black round table pattern tattooed on the nape of their necks. In addition, unlike the members of the gang, it was quite threatening. Did you just pick out the pretty dangerous ones from among the combatants and send them to deal with me?

Then my answer is simple.

“Lightning, crawl like a snake.”

The thunderbolt in the shape of a snake split into five branches and traveled at the speed of sound. However, the cubs easily escaped the lightning snake.

“Ah, now you’ve come to the center, it’s not the fuck-up monsters, but rather the guys who hit it.”

Distance is still my side advantage. Because if I backtrack like this and shoot magic, my side will win. This is why it is said that the distance dealer is more advantageous than the melee dealer in pvp.

Well, but the magic I can use in many ways is limited… I can’t use magic that can damage the sewer, such as fire, earth, steel, or wood.

Even with other magics, it is necessary to adjust the power and range… but still, it was able to produce enough power to pick up five people.

“O wind, become a blade.”

I threw dozens of wind blades, but they bounced off even those and ran to me. I was surprised at the moment, and my posture was disturbed, and I allowed him to approach.

What magic can I use in this situation? Even if you make a shield out of light, it’s just an improvisation, and even if you use ‘Lightning, crawl like a snake’ at close range, you only get one life.

How can I take those five lives? It was a short moment when they ran towards me with swords, but it felt like a very long time. If this were the situation, Mr. Kuroki the Demonic Chang, Mr. Jiwoo the Pokemon Master, Mr. Taeo the Black Wing General, Mr. Lee So-Ryong, the God Slayer, Jeon Gwang the God Slayer… No, not that bastard, the God Slayer Mr. Kratos… What should I do?

Then one of the teachers gave me some advice. Isn’t there a need to use it in the form of shooting thunderbolts?

It’s a magic that one of the NPCs in this game used before, and Werner has never used that magic, but there’s no way that Werner can’t use magic that can be used by such an NPC.

“Thunderbolt, become your armor.”

Lightning wrapped around my body. Of course, before that, he had protected his body to some extent with magic, but the electricity that seeped into his body little by little was stinging. Of course, considering that I was trained for electric torture when I was young, I was able to endure this much.

Then, I put a lightning bolt on my hand and slashed the neck of the guy who approached me. However, a problem arose, and its power exceeded my expectations. He was obviously trying to break his neck with a sharp knife, but the lightning in his hand sliced the bastard’s neck like soft tofu.

Lightning hand blade cutter… The power was so great. Of course, I couldn’t remain in awe of its power for long. Besides this kid, there were four more. As one of my comrades’ head was blown off, they kept their distance, rearranged, and watched my movements.

“Hey, my friend was in such a bad situation, but he ran away? If he was going to run away like this, he should say ‘I’m sorry…’.

Of course, the bastard with the crest of friendship is the Golden Sun NTR bastard who steals his friend’s girl. When I thought of that bastard, I turned around and kicked the head that had fallen to the floor at them. A great shot that even Pele would praise, no one caught even with four goalkeepers.

“Hey, do you reject your friend? Your friend’s head rushes to kiss you? Did you guys bully him? Do you guys live alone? I decided to go on a trip planned by this bastard, but I did a hidden camera that no one went to. Fuck you bastards.”

Bullying, a fucking culture that is said to have come from Japan. I can’t forgive you for bullying your friends like that. How to teach that friends are important no matter what culture. One of my teachers also told me to value friends.

“Even though we look different… We are all friends… Even though it was difficult to meet each other, we are all friends…”

I wrapped my lightning around them and ran at them. And with my index finger, I pierced one guy’s neck.

“Pika!!!”

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Now, there are three left… Unfortunately, I can’t keep them alive.

They brandished their longswords at me, but at such close range, their effectiveness was diminished.

After grabbing the iron sword, an electric current passed through and turned Hana into an electric grilled whole chicken. Then, in surprise, I didn’t miss the chance to drop my weapon in a hurry, and kissed the head of one of the guys directly against the wall.

All that was left now was the last one, who spread his distance and raised his longsword. It was close to use magic, but it was such a distance to approach. And then the lightning around her body disappeared. Oh, the duration is pretty short.

“Now that the proud magic is gone, I’ll bear and kill you.”

If you use magic, you will be defeated on the spot… If you fight with bare hands, the Lich is at an absolute disadvantage.

So I just threw the knife. Throwing weapons are meant to be used at times like this.

“…Fair tricks!”

He deflected the knife I threw, but he allowed me to approach. I didn’t even think that I could kill with a knife in the first place.

“Let’s die.”

I just twisted the bastard’s neck. The feeling of twisting this person’s neck is unexpectedly good. It was on a different level from beating chicken necks.

I was walking in that pleasure and was about to turn right… but there was one more person. I thought he was the one who came to deal with me like they did, but that wasn’t the case again.

Looking at the back of his head so carefully… It was Werner’s colleague, Ricardo Carben.