The World Is Overflowing with Monster, I’m Taking a Liking to This Life

Countless' something 'scatters from Peonie.

It was accompanied by a bullet-like velocity and released in all directions.

(Bullet...... no, no. This is -)

Enhanced vision, and sharpened focus, told me what 'sole' was.

- Seeds. It's a myriad of species the size of a tunnel.

That looked too small compared to Peonie's scale so far.

However, the perniciousness of a species (which) has a diameter of only a few centimeters is not the ratio of roots or pigeons.

That one sucks.

Absolutely not to eat, skills and instincts sound alarming.

"- Huh!"

I immediately deploy a 'wall' by item box forward.

Intensify the bees so as not to create even a slight gap so that the seeds cannot pass through.

After a few seconds of comma - zgagagagagagagagagagagagagagagagagagagagaga! and the walls created forward and the seeds of peonies clashed.

For a moment, anxiety surrounds the back of my brain as to whether this can prevent it.

……

The sound stops.

There was no penetration.

The sigh of relief leaks.

The power itself did not seem so great.

All the seeds were prevented by the 'wall' in the item box.

"Hey, what was that, what's that...?

I will give instructions to Sora immediately.

"Sola! Get the hell out of here!

"Nu -?"

Sora also raises her surprise voice for a moment, but I guess she soon realized something.

He flipped himself in an instant and tried to get away from Peonie.

That was right.

The walls of the item boxes created forward.

The moment it tried to follow gravity and fall, it fell apart and bounced off.

"Nah!?"

What... what's that?

How do I describe 'it'?

What was floating there was a green sphere about a meter in diameter.

Huge marimo - but should I describe it?

Something like countless tentacles stir from the surface, and it also appears that countless tentacles are intertwined rather than spheres to barely form the shape of spheres.

I feel like there was this monster in Kutruf mythology. Jub. Something like that.

That's not the only thing.

Dozens of giant marimos are drifting in the air just to see them.

(... you didn't come from an earlier seed?

That's what's grown so fast to this size in the moment? Is that possible?

No, I guess it's wrong to apply common sense to monsters and skills in the first place.

Calm down, calm down and analyze the situation.

That species was fired in all directions from Peonie.

I mean...

"Kudo... look down, look down"

"... down?

Nishino told me, I look down.

Out of the question.

The streets spreading beneath his eyes were filled with greenery.

An unusual sight of a giant marimo filling the town.

Combined with the devastated township, it reminded me even more of the term End of the World.

The ravages of modern society by plants. An anomaly as if the ecosystem pyramid had been reversed like an hourglass.

―――

In front of us, the surface of a giant marimo peeled off like a skin.

It was the mouth that emerged from it.

Human-like, poorly toothed, distorted mouths emerge from several parts of the giant Marimo.

"- Sanai......"

The voice,

"- Xu Sanai"

"Xu Sanai," "Xu," "Sanai," "Xu Lulu," "Cyril."

"Xu Sanai," "Belly Gattta," "Food Wassero," "Pain I," "- Cite"

"- Takunai," "Bitter Sii," "Food Wassero," "Eat Wassero."

"Food Wassero," "Eat Wassero," "Eat Wassero," "Eat Wassero," "Eat Wassero," "Eat Wassero," "Eat Wassero," "Eat Wassero,"

The sound of bees and teeth hitting each other mixes countless voices and voices.

That was such a creepy sight that my spine was frizzy.

In the showdown with Peonie, there were a number of concerns.

One of them is Peony's "Unknown Skills".

Attacks by roots or pigeons, regenerative abilities, automatic defenses, hallucinations by pollen.

I've already seen many powerful skills, but other than that, Peony still has a wife I haven't seen.

That possibility has been out of my mind for a long time.

(I have a really bad feeling about it...)

Eyes on Peonie.

I felt a dense 'sign' unlike before.

It's - 'hostility'.

He's only seen us as' bait 'so far.

That's why the behavior was easy to read, and the damage could be done.

But now,

(You mean you recognized him as an 'enemy', not a 'bait'...)

Honestly, I'm not happy at all.

I wanted you to stay alert anyway.

But now I feel the intense hostility and killing that I'm going to kill you guys at all costs.

... I can't help it more than this happened.

"Nishino-san, it's a change of operation!

"Yeah, let's go with Plan B!

Plan A is no good. Let's go with Plan B.

In advance, it's really good to think about some operations with you Nishino.

But in order to do so, we must return to the Safe Zone.

"Come, Luzo!

Sora barks.

At the same time countless giant marimos floating in the universe made their move.

Stretch the green tongue out of countless open mouths as you drift through the air fluffy.

It was unleashed on us all at once.

"- Item Box Open!

"Guiaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

"Kew!

"- 'Don't move,' huh!

Everyone activates each skill simultaneously.

Burned by Sora's braces, stopped by your order Nishino, bounced by Kiki's reflection, crushed by the anti-wave block and falling to the ground.

But...

(- Too many)

Hundreds - no, more than a thousand if I suck?

A group of giant marimos, counting them too, countless tongues stretching from them.

A few of them tangled up in Sola's body, sewing the gap between our attacks.

"Grr......!

Sora raises her agonizing voice.

Seeing it, Sora's legs and tail, entangled in her tongue, were starting to rot.

(Acid...? No, poison!

The tangled area is not only rotten, but discolored to purple.

It's not good!

"Aka!"

"~ ~! (sighs)"

Immediately change some of the acorns that were simulated in the suit to 'Oak's Knife'.

The part of the blade was further stretched out like a whip and the tongue tangled in the sola was torn open.

"~ ~ ~!? (Bulb)"

Then Aka turned around painfully.

The moment I slashed him, he was hit by a venom on the blade.

Sorry, Aka. Patience me now.

But thanks to you, Sola's restraint was lifted.

"Sola, within the present"

"Ahhh!"

Fly at full speed and return to the Safe Zone at once.

The moment we walked inside, the countless' tongues' that were following us were bounced off by invisible walls.

... have you managed to escape?

But the problem has not been solved.

As soon as we got down to the ground, Fujita and the others rushed in.

"- What's the situation?

"It sucks."

I'll answer Fujita briefly.

"I was expecting it, but Peony still seemed to have the skills he hadn't shown us yet"

"Is that the sight in front of you..."

Looking back, there are countless giant marimos outside the 'Safe Zone'.

The sight of licking an invisible wall with stretched tongues seems to grind and sharpen your spirit just to see.

"That giant marimo attacks by stretching his tongue out of countless open mouths. The power itself is no big deal, but it seems poisonous to that tongue because of the high number of spikes."

"Poison...?

Fujita's gaze turns to Sola.

There are painful scars clearly on its tail and right leg.

"Sola, are you okay?

"... Problem Nye"

It is clearly a strength.

Hopefully I can detoxify it with the recovering pills (potions) I have prepared......

Is the poison painful? Sora is even rubbing her own belly as she glances at her feet and tail.

(Is Peony...?

From what I can see, Peony is still in formation in the suburbs.

The wound hasn't 'regenerated' yet.

Part of my body still burns, too, but it will be extinguished sooner or later as it is.

(Signs changed......)

I feel tingly 'hostile'.

Again, Peony clearly recognized us as' enemies'.

"Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow."

"Giiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii"

Countless giant marimos were pounding the invisible walls of the 'Safe Zone' with their tongues.

What the hell is the point of the act when you say you can't go inside?

The moment I thought so, the whole thing within the giant marimo 'blew it up'.

"Gah......!

"Gah..."

"Gah......!

Pan, pan.

One after the other, the giant marimos burst like water balloons as they scattered green fluids around them.

"What...?

I'm surprised not only by the sight, but also by Nishino and Fujita.

No one could understand what that meant.

But...

"Hey... wait a minute..."

Eventually someone speaks up.

I noticed. to further 'anomalies' among the anomalies.

That's crazy, that's impossible.

"Why is that fluid... splashing all the way to 'Inside the Wall'...?

Yes, the invisible wall of the 'Safe Zone'.

The fluids of the ruptured giant marimos were scattered inside.

The splashed fluid vaporizes after making a roasty noise.

"Awkward, everybody get away from here! Don't smoke that gas by mistake!

Fujita, who gave instructions, should be called a boulder.

Everyone covers their mouths and noses with their hands, ahead of the word, and distance themselves from the spot.

Without a doubt, I am poisonous. Probably the same thing that is eroding Sola's body.

"But why...?

If I'm Peony's skill, why would I go inside the Safe Zone?

Monsters cannot enter the 'Safe Zone' and are also hit by skill attacks. The law that saved our predicament more than once is absolute.

No matter, there are exceptions.

If someone joins a human party member like Aka, Kiki, or Sola, they can temporarily enter the 'Safe Zone' as' buddies'.

Being a 'buddy' allows you to get in and out freely, and you can use your skills internally.

(Did someone betray you...?

Someone from the refugees here betrayed us and made Peony one of us?

For a moment, such a worst comes through the back of your brain, but you immediately deny the idea.

No, it's not. If that's the case, those giant marimos won't make sense unless they get inside too.

Because why...?

Nishino, who was thinking next door in the same way, looked up like you were hacked.

"No way... Mr. Kudo! Please store that 'venom' in the item box now!

"Huh...? Oh, I get it!

Reflectively, I hold my hand against that venom.

Then, the venom disappeared clean and refreshing.

"Huh! No way..."

Soon I'll check the storage section of the item box.

Then the indication "Venom of the Divine Tree 1 × 1" appeared.

"Venom of the Divine Tree......?

Nishino speaks to me. [M]

"After all, yes. Mr. Kudo, that's probably a drop item."

"Drop item......?

"Please remember. We need to get some of the monster's weapons and bodies into this safe zone, like the Oak Knife, the giant ant crust, and the Trent branch."

That word makes me happy.

Yes, you're absolutely right.

Even if we don't become one of us, like Aka and Kiki, if it's just the 'part' of the monster, we've been carrying it into this' safety zone 'ever since.

The monster dies and its flesh is extinguished.

But the part separated from the flesh remains intact before death.

That's like the goblin blood paste on the washing machine or the peony branches burned down with Sola's braces. The same goes for the other 'weapons' used by the monsters.

We collected those drop items and we were holding them in this' safe zone '.

"Those giant marimos are probably the same. Fluid splashed at the moment of rupture is not recognized as a 'monster' and remains just a drop item. That's why the 'Safe Zone' laws don't apply either..."

"Cheng Cheng..."

Sure, that would convince me.

But if...

"That's awkward..."

"Yeah, this is awkward..."

A herd of giant marimos enough to fill the perimeter.

It drifts countless times, not only on the ground, but also above.

"Gaga......"

"Gaga."

"Gah...!

Countless giant marimos drifting over the sky burst and their fluids became rain and poured into the 'safe zone'.

"Huh."

I try to store it in the item box right away, but it's hard to target due to the high number of spines.

Item boxes can be stored as is, for example, if rainwater is stored in a bucket.

However, it is not possible to store the 'rain itself'.

Because there is no clear line about where to store it.

(- I can't collect it. Can't get around to it.)

Not very much, but it's impossible for me alone to recover all this widely scattered poison.

Get in touch with the other item boxes. - No, you can't. Oh, my God, their item box level is far lower than mine. Not very much, but I don't think I can cover this situation.

At that moment, Fujita screamed.

"Calm down! All non-combatants are inside the building! Even this poisonous rain shouldn't do it right away! I'll leave the guidance to Shimizu and the others, and we'll continue with the attack!

Everyone's gaze concentrates on Fujita.

"But Fujita... whatever it takes to deal with this number..."

"Calm down, Shiwada, think carefully! Why didn't Peony ever use such a handy skill? If you'd used this from the beginning, you could have killed us all!

That word makes us happy.

Yes. Why did Peony use this skill now?

If you have such handy skills, you should have used them sooner.

That would have never hurt me so much, nor would I have been chased down that far.

(- Because you recognized him as an 'enemy'? Or because I meant it...?

No, you're not. I'm not.

"I didn't use it... no, you couldn't use it?

"Or using it becomes a 'risk' for Peony...?

Me and Nishino, your words overlap.

Gaze at each other and nod at each other.

"Sola!"

"Fujita!

"" Attack Peonie now!

In the meantime, Fujita and Sola laugh.

Not asking me to leave it to you, Sora gives the braces out of her mouth, Fujita gives instructions to the militia and resumes shelling.

"Guiaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

"Shoot. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

The braces, the shelling.

Break through the green army and be unleashed on Peonie.

"~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~!"

Peony guarded the attack.

Countless roots and twists can be stretched forward to prevent Sora's braces and militia shelling.

When I saw the sight, I was sure.

"- Definitely"

Now I felt a clear 'willingness' to defend Peonie's going.

That has never been possible in 'automatic defense' before.

I mean...

"Now Peony can't use 'automatic defense'"

Perhaps that's the risk to him.

While he leads these countless armies, he can't use his' Automatic Defense 'skills.

"Mr. Kudo..."

"Yep..."

This is a chance. Now that the automatic defense is not activated, we can fully feed him the 'trump card' we have prepared.

It's just that the problem is with the planting and Peonie's guidance.

"Mr. Kudo!

Turning to those who spoke, I saw a worn out Mr. Ichinose headed this way, supported by Roppo.

But...

"Yes, Ichinose-san!? What is it, what does it look like?

That looked too painful.

The clothes are torn to pieces, bleeding from all over the arms, and all the way to the nails of both hands are peeled off and the blood is stained.

But Mr. Ichinose raises the corner of his mouth and is forced to make a laugh.

"This one... I managed to shoot him..."

"Huh...?

"It's for fifty-four shots...... Is this enough for you to shoot?

It took a few seconds to understand the meaning of the word.

"No way...... did you continue to use that monster rifle even after Kiki's 'Supporting Magic (Buff)' ran out?

"Mr. Kudo... everyone's working hard... well, I have to do what I can... ehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe"

"Huh...!

I turn my hand around her back and gently stroke her head.

"Yep, enough...... Thank you."

"It's about five minutes since I shot the last bullet. So maybe it's time to build up."

The job I asked Mr. Ichinose to do was to hit Peonie with more than twenty bullets before Kiki's Supporting Magic (Buff) ran out.

She succeeded in doing more than double that number.

I guess our offense and Peonie's increased in intensity, which is why we have to find out.... totally unscrupulous.

"... leave the rest to us"

"Yes......"

Ichinose-san thumbs up all the time, supported by Rokka.

But thank you. Thanks to you, I'm ready.

Nishino-kun.

"Yes."

Me and Nishino look around at everyone who's here.

"I will tell you the final operation. Listen up, everyone."

Everyone decides to be ready for that word.

Survive or lose everything.

That's the kind of operation this is.

Come on, let's settle this, Peony.

And...

"- Heh, this is an unexpected development"

The sight also stared at 'him' from a remote place.

"Golvo......?

"Oh, great. That's more than I expected. I can't believe that Peony is getting his' self 'back. Besides, I even activate the trump card" Toyota Egg Rye ". Honestly, I underestimated their power."

Lift the corner of your mouth and laugh happily even.

"If I had been drunk by my skills, I wouldn't have applied my hand, except for this one. Hehe, you were right not to leave this town completely."

"Golu......?

"Right, let's move. If we carry it well, we can get" bulimia "," jealousy ", and" that skill "- all of which we can get. There's no way to miss this opportunity."

And they (...) go to battlefield too...