The Tale of the Teapot Hero’s Revenge
351 Unnecessary presence
Squeeze, squeeze.
My [boiling] is slowly spreading around the root while foaming the meat.
Still, one more push is not enough to defeat the immortal monster.
In order to do that push of the last thorn,
"Limiter, release"
Clicking.
I kick the ground and run.
The target is the part of Empyreo's petal that rises high enough to look up.
I'm sure that's the core, the place to call it his main body.
If you put a hard shot in there, you should be able to stab a shark.
"Tap, tap, tap, tap."
A huge mouth on a petal rattles its teeth.
Immediately afterwards, countless tentacles grew from the ground to surround me.
Maybe a few hundred.
A lot of my tentacle mouth opened and a bright red magical ray was fired at me.
Did you finally give up eating my meat?
Quickly erase it and at least eat your soul, you'll feel so desperate.
Looks like they're hunting you down.
But I can't even stop you at this level.
The armor of the soul flaming itself (Congo-wensin) (Renki) does not go through such an attack.
Pushing through the light and jumping out of the siege, it flips through as you step.
"Neiki (Renki), Hirenjin (Hirenjin)!!
Flies a blade of breath in a sword in succession, slashing all tentacles.
Naturally, the magic has been mixed with the reqi (wrench).
Boiling spread from the incision, and the remaining side also burst.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! Kirie-chan, stop it!! Stop it!!!
"Who will stop, fool?"
Joanna screamed so loudly that her throat was dying.
I look forward to hearing from you when you kill Empyreo.
Tae, roe, koroshi
After breaking through the tentacle siege, Empire brings tens of thousands of tentacles and simultaneously fires magical rays.
An unparalleled number of destructive rays fell like rain.
Empyreo is a monster who lives by instinct.
Looks like his appetite has finally surpassed his instinct to survive.
"Kh...!
That's right, we have to move on while avoiding this density.
The more you hit, the more Reiki you use to defend yourself.
Because the time limit will be shorter just like before.
Step, roll, jump.
Climb up with tentacles and trunks scaffolded away from the light.
"Stop it!! Come on, don't come!!
Joanna's screaming was already close to screaming.
That sounds like he can't even afford to use his wisdom.
"... ah, aha, ahahaha! If this happens, I'll shoot down that gargoyle!!
"... what?
I thought so.
What do you say with a trembling voice, this guy?
Yes, well, if you kill Beauty, Kirie will lose her war....! I still have a chance of winning..... "
No, no matter what you think, you must suffer.
In the first place, Empire, I'm the only one interested.
The huge amount of light coming from earlier, it's targeting me very precisely, so there's no chance of a stream of bullets.
Joanna said that she would attack with her will, and that she would squeeze her strength only once.
"Did you think it would be painful? Nnnnnnnnnn!!"
One of the tons of tentacles that were shooting at me stopped attacking.
The mouth at the tip of the tentacle deforms into Joanna's face.
The attack on the castle just now can be used again after a while! I'll keep the trumpeter till the end!!
Joanna, who grew up from the main unit, laughed and her tentacle opened her mouth loudly.
The target is a gargoyle flying a little further away.
The magic light is charging in the back of my throat...
"... you think I'll let you shoot me twice?
Zubaah!
I mean, I can't let you shoot me.
Jump straight to Joana's tentacles, slightly uneven, through the rays.
I slashed him with a swing.
Baaaaaaaaa!! Not yet! Over and over and over again... "
Sparrow!
"That's why you're wasting it."
The moment his face appeared on another tentacle, he slashed it with a blade (hydraulic).
It would be helpful if you would just give up.
Ubuaaa!! As many times as you can, until you're exhausted!
I thought Joanna's face had appeared on another tentacle.
The moment I started accumulating magic, it melted away with my confused voice.
What the hell happened?
Nah, why! Why is my power...? "
Tsururi.
Ah?
This time, something abnormal happens to Joanna's body, which grows far above and under the petals.
The jumping upper body was out of balance and facing down, and the buried lower body was exposed.
It's like being pushed out from inside, or is it actually being pushed out...?
"Eh, hey, I hate it, wait! Why, why do you refuse me, why!!?
At last, it's just like a leg and it's connected to a muscle of muscle.
I snapped my hands and desperately appealed to Empire, but I let Joanna go.
Butch.
The last muscle was cut and Joanna's body fell upside down.
"Why!!! Why did you abandon me!! I've been so exhausted!!!!"
Five, nine, two, three, four, four.
Empyreo, who had been crushing human words just now, made a meaningless noise.
... oh, I guess I got it.
Why did Empire take Joanna in?
Empyreo is a living being that moves by instinct alone.
I created a system of monsters and heroes because I was sure they would have threatened my life on the previous planet.
From that experience, it must be a system created by survival instincts.
The only missing element in him is intelligence.
So when Joanna was buried, I took in the one that was linked as a god.
To make up for my shortcomings, to be an external brain.
But at a time when Empire was in danger of dying, Joanna used "extra power" to do "extra things."
Empire decided that Joanna was an 'unnecessary existence', who was pulling her legs into a life-threatening situation.
That's why I threw it away.
Just like Joanna did to Nopt earlier, now Empyreo has abandoned Joanna.
"Hey, don't throw it away!! Nooooooooo!!!
Joanna fell upside down screaming.
On the other hand, I kick my tentacles up, avoiding the light.
And just around the middle of Empyreo, we passed each other for a moment.
"... that's unusual, Joanna. Let's see."
The moment of staggering, just a few seconds.
I don't know if I can hear you, but I'm going to let you know how honest I feel.
Then I saw Joanna's expression distorted in humiliation and despair.
"Nh, gu, uhhhhhhhhhh!!! Killier Minaretooooooooooo!!!!"
Well done, I think I heard you.
Joanna's voice leaves behind a cry of resentment.
I won't drop you off.
I keep climbing with only Empyreo's petals.
At best, you lick the earth and watch.
An imminent moment of Empire's doom.