The dungeon has been parasitized

Chapter 29 The Devil

"What should I do?"

"Then, you hide behind me and use your ability to control it. I'll block the attack for you."

Yanami did as she was told. She stood behind Rorna, then stretched out her palm towards the charging bloody slime and clenched it!

"Psychic shock! I've got it under control for now!"

puff!

The bloody slime stopped, but a tentacle pierced towards Yanami, which was then blocked by Rorna's body.

Lorna gripped the greatsword firmly, which was embedded in the ground, and remained unshaken.

"Aunt Lorna?!"

"Keep going, don't stop, trust me."

As Lorna spoke, she began to move her hands.

"A shock to the soul!"

When the flesh monster moved again, Yanami followed up with another mental shock.

And Rolna blocked another attack.

Now, she can only do as Lorna says.

clang.

The armor on her upper body was removed from Rorna, revealing the skin and flesh clinging to her bones.

"Aunt Lorna, how are you feeling...?"

Yanami watched this scene in astonishment; it was the first time she had seen Rorna under her armor.

Now Yanami might understand why she had never seen this scene before.

"I don't have much strength left, and I don't have much time left, so I have to go all out."

"What does that mean?!"

Yanami had a bad feeling...

"I'm sorry, Anami, you'll have to rely on yourself from now on... I was originally planning to take you to the Slime Slayer Adventure Team, but it seems that's not possible now..."

Lorna raised the demon greatsword, gripping the blade carved into the shape of a demon with both hands, the horns forming the tip pointing inwards.

"Sagrizar, according to the contract, I offer up my remaining life and soul in exchange for your power."

puff.

"Um!"

The demonic greatsword pierced her abdomen, and blood escaped from every crevice of her body, only to be captured by the demonic greatsword.

"Aunt Lorna?! What are you doing?!"

"It's alright...it's just part of the contract."

When the Demon Greatsword was pulled out, not a single drop of blood stained its blade, and the eyes of the demon that made up the blade shone brightly.

"Yanami, step back."

"……good."

The wound no longer bled; instead, it was filled with crimson skin, and from there, crimson flesh gradually oozed out, covering her entire body.

Her withered flesh became firm, sharp claws appeared on her limbs, horns grew on her forehead, and membranous wings sprouted from her back. A powerful magical force exploded from her body.

*Pfft!* *Thud.*

A tentacle lunged at her, but was easily caught by Rolna's clawed hand.

She was like a terrible demon, no, she had become a demon.

"Aunt Lorna?! What have you done?! Why sacrifice your life and soul?!"

Yanami tried to take a step forward, but the overwhelming evil aura made it impossible for her to even open her eyes.

"Cough, cough... This is really uncomfortable, Yanami. Leave the rest to me."

Lorna turned back and gave Yanami a deep look, then raised her greatsword and slashed it into the air.

hum...

A red, diamond-shaped crack opened in the air, through which the bloody slime could be seen, still not far away.

Rolna took off and stepped inside, arriving directly above the Bloody Slime.

The Bloody Slime has recovered and was originally charging towards Anami, but now it has its sights set on Rorna.

Is it because there's more flesh and blood? What a lowly creature.

However, the battle should be kept away from Yanami.

Seemingly sensing Rorna's location, the Bloody Slime compressed its body.

boom!

It hurtled toward Rorna in the air at incredible speed, but Rorna easily dodged its charge by flapping her membranous wings.

The slime, on the other hand, was sent flying and crashed into a rock wall a hundred meters away.

Rumble...

A large section of rock collapsed down, burying the Bloody Slime completely.

Lorna created another crack and arrived above it.

Bloody slimes spewed out of the pile of rocks.

Swish swish swish swish...!

Countless tentacles simultaneously lashed out at Rorna, leaving her nowhere to hide in the air.

She simply raised her greatsword and swung it at the tentacles.

"Explosive Slash".

boom!

An invisible magical sword aura was unleashed, exploding upon contact with each tentacle.

The sword energy pierced through the tentacles and struck the Bloody Slime directly, blasting half of its body into pieces.

A glow appeared on the surface of the bloody slime, and then its body opened up, seemingly unleashing some other attack.

"Forbidden Chains"

But Lorna wouldn't let it run rampant. She spread her membranous wings, and six red chains pierced out from them, binding the Blood Slime. Its body immediately stiffened and became unable to move.

Lorna descended rapidly and swung her sword again.

boom!

Half of its other side exploded off, revealing a rhomboid crystal.

This must be the core, right?

Lorna reached out and grasped the core.

pat.

The crystal turned into powder, and at the same time, the bloody slime, now only a mangled body, seemed to have lost its support, and all its flesh collapsed and rotted like mud, turning into a puddle of flesh.

………………

We finally killed it; it was on a completely different level...

Klein grew a branch that wrapped around Yanami's shoulder and watched the whole spectacle.

"Yana, who exactly is this aunt of yours?"

"I'm not too sure... I only know that she's a friend of my parents, and we've only met a few times."

Have you only seen him a few times?

Klein looked at the devilish figure in the sky. It was the first time he had ever seen such a powerful being, and he felt that the battle just now was far from her true strength.

This world... is truly terrifying.

"Aunt Lorna?!"

Yanami's horrified voice pulled Klein back to reality. The Rohrna who had just been capable of destroying the world was now suddenly falling from the sky!

But Yanami and Klein were powerless to help; they were a hundred meters away from the rock face and couldn't catch up.

When Yanami brought Klein to Rorna, she had already returned to her emaciated state.

Strangely, the giant sword beside her was trembling uncontrollably.

"Ahem... Yanami."

"Aunt Lorna..."

Yanami's voice was filled with worry as she helped Rorna up and placed her on her lap.

"I'm sorry... I can't get you to a safe place."

"It's all because of me..."

"No."

Her withered face held a calm, even somewhat relieved expression as she shook her head.

"I didn't have much time left to begin with."

"...What do you mean?"

"I made a pact with the devil and should have died long ago. It was your parents who saved me and that's why I'm alive today. I'm just... paying back what I owe."

"My... mom and dad?"

Lorna seemed puzzled by her parents' actions, her blue eyes filled with tears and a hint of confusion.

"Your parents originally wanted me to protect you... but I don't have much time left, and Quilton City is unwilling to accept you, so I abandoned you... to complete Vorian's mission. I'm sorry to have left you alone in the city to suffer."

"The task you mentioned back then... so this is what it was all because of me... Waaah—oh dear."

Seeing Yanami on the verge of tears, Rorna flicked her forehead hard with her withered fingers.

"You brat...we're not that close, are we? Why are you crying?"

But the tears still broke free.

"Waaah..."

"Hehehe...really."

Lorna sighed helplessly.