First Outer World Story Series: The Black Mist that Devours - Chapter 142
Translator: MadHatter Editor: MadHatter
(Kurokiri POV)
While Ryo and her team were attacking the “Palace of Abyss,” what was happening in the “White Mist and Black Swamp Forest”…
“Well, I suppose I’ve finished issuing all the orders.”
After sending Ichiko and the others to the front of the “Palace of Abyss,” I was assigning instructions to the Kirijin who had been deployed in various places, and now I had completed giving them all of the instructions.
I glanced at my left hand.
Although I was supposed to be in my human form, from time to time my left hand and other parts of my body would disintegrate and shift into black mist before returning to their original state.
A dull agony descended on the disintegrated portion of my body whenever I lose my shape in this way, making it excruciating.
“After all, I was rash.”
The reason for this was, needless to say, due to the activation of the “Ultra-long-distance Transportation Formation”.
The initial day of activation of the “Ultra-long-distance Transportation Formation,” was not today, but tomorrow. And the various structures in the “Teleportation Room” had been created and arranged accordingly.
Since I utilized it today, the strain on me naturally rose to a greater extent, and this was the consequence.
Things could not, nevertheless, persisted in this manner indefinitely. I had informed Ichiko and Ryo to call me if they encounter any unmanageable foes on their side, and it wouldn’t be appropriate if I was to be called in yet I was unable to fight at that moment.
That was why I needed to replenish my lost strength at the earliest opportunity.
Buuuuuuuuuuuu!
For that reason, a moderate amount of intruders coming in now was favorable.
I moved to the third level after learning that there were intruders.
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Now, it may be a little too late to mention this, but there existed a vast amount of water flowing in the “White Mist and Black Swamp Forest”.
The flow naturally led outside, to the river that originally existed outside the “White Mist and Black Swamp Forest”.
Therefore, the adversaries this time were all aquatic, and they will be able to infiltrate my dungeon covertly through the river. And if I were to define who I was to them, I would be one of their top priorities for annihilation.
Then, what they would be aiming for was the same as what we were seeking, namely, an assassination.
“I knew it.”
But, there was no monster in the dungeon, nor did they expect to meet me, the assassination target within a few minutes, hence it was not surprising that the 20 or so Hanryojin who had invaded my dungeon wore dumbfounded expressions on their faces.
Among the group, however, stood a Hanryojin with ornately decorated gills and acute claws. He was probably the leader of the group, the equivalent of Noble Mist. He watched me composedly.
“Hmm. What a convenient thing for you to come all the way out here. Let us end your life here.”
While stating this, the Hanryojin’s leader retreated to the back of the group. He didn’t seem to be the type to fight from the front, but rather lead from the rear.
“Let’s see how you deal with these numbers! Try if you can!”
The Hanryojin, under the leader’s command, charged at their prey, brandishing their weapons in unison.
“Hah! I am being underestimated!!”
But this degree of crisis was nothing to be concerned about now.
“‘The black mist that devours everything. Gather, unite, divide, and form into multitudinous spheres; circle around the world, gouge out the flesh and soul of this world, tear it to pieces, and present it back to me’.”
The claws of countless Hanryojin were closing in on me, yet as the chanting progressed, my overall body was transformed into a plethora of black spheres. The Hanryojin continued to wield their claws, oblivious to this, but the leader eventually noticed the black spheres and ordered them to flee.
But it was already too late.
“‘Outer Skill? Munosenkoku’.”
With the activation of the Outer Skill, the innumerable black spheres floating around slowly began to move, surrounding the Hanryojin.
“Damn it! Form a circular formation and be on the alert! Who knows what’s about to hit us!”
The Hanryojin formed a circular formation around the leader of the Hanryojin.
However, I paid no heed to this and gradually increased the speed of Munosenkoku, and the circle around the Hanryojin got smaller and smaller.
One of the Hanryojin’s toes then brushed against the Munosenkoku.
“Gaaaah!?”
At that instant, the part of the body that Munosenkoku had touched was scraped off, and my HP, etc., was recovered in proportion to the quantity of scraping.
Now, shall I explain about Outer Skill?Munosenkoku? Three skills are involved in constructing this skill. They are ?Devouring Black Mist?, ?Circulation?, and ?Gas Segregation?.
To be specific, by using ?Gas Segregation?, the black mist of ?Devouring Black Mist? was agglomerated into a sphere, and then by ?Circulation?, two types of rotation were applied to the sphere, that was, each sphere was rotated like a drill, followed by a tornado-like rotation that wrapped around the entire sphere, surrounding the target.
“Damn it! Let me out! Get me out!” “Please help me! I beg you!” “I don’t want to die like thisssssss!”
Then the ensuing devastation unfolded before their eyes.
Munosenkoku gradually congregated at a single point, the obstacle in its path. In other words, it was relentlessly chipping away at the bodies of the Hanryojin.
For those who were trapped inside, the immediate danger was that if they touch them, it was equivalent to a meat mincer coming at them from all directions. For them, this must be the utmost horrifying and gruesome experience they have ever had.
Since there was neither the obligation nor the mercy to stop them, all of them will be gratefully fed as my sustenance and that will be the end of it.
Besides, now that I had recovered somewhat, I should be able to fight when I will be called upon.
Well, thank goodness. I really appreciate the meal.