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Chapter 256: Night Dance (3)
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I jumped out of the elevator and ran up the stairs to the ground floor.
[That was close!]
『It’s chasing us while eating the laboratory.』
Jasmine climbed up the elevator corridor on its own. Then, she pushed the elevator I was riding in forward, revealing its lump of flesh.
What kind of obsession is that? Does it really want to eat me that badly? Do I look that tasty?
『We don’t have time to just casually look back!』
[I know that already!]
I opened the heavy exit door and somehow managed to escape outside.
[That was close. This thick door should hold it down.]
『For now, at least.』
As Greed said, the banging on the thick door gradually grew louder.
In sync with this, a dent appeared. The tentacles’ attack power was increasing.
[No way… don’t tell me it’s because Jasmine ate everything it touched…]
『She’s growing alright』
A tentacle crawled out from a tiny gap in the door. It covered the door with astonishing speed.
[Why are you so hungry!]
『Fate should learn from that. It seems to be even more gluttonous than you.』
[That’s the last thing I need to hear!]
The situation before my eyes was enough to stop me from being complacent.
Jasmine didn’t need an exit. After absorbing the entire underground laboratory, she broke through the ground and emerged.
Dirt and rocks flew in all directions, and the birds sleeping in the surrounding trees took flight in a panic.
Jasmine quickly grabbed everything it could with its tentacles and absorbed it.
The mass of flesh swelled even more. When I first saw it, it was shorter than me. But now it was bigger than the surrounding trees.
『It has certainly grow a lot from just a sphere.』
[It eats everything it touches. This is getting out of hand!]
『Thanks to that, the laboratory has been wiped out, along with every trace of our presence.』
That’s great, but… it looks like I’m going to be wiped out as well.
Jasmine moved its mass of flesh and approached me. It appears it has eaten all the birds.
[So I’m the main dish.]
『No choice but to fight.』
If we rampage too much, the high elves will be discovered. Even if we don’t, the sound of our destruction of the laboratory will surely echo throughout the area. 𝘳а₦ổꞖЕs̈
It would be bad to be seen confronting Jasmine.
『Fate!』
Countless tentacles reach out toward me.
[There is no other way.]
Just as Greed said, I decided to fight. Then, as I drew my black sword from its sheath and tried to cut off Jasmine’s tentacle,
[Huh!?]
The tentacle stopped dead in front of my nose. Hey, hey, if it wanted to eat me so badly, why?
Jasmine smoothly retracted its tentacle and, as if realizing something, began to move deeper into the forest.
[What in the world is going on here?]
『That’s where Roy and the other high elves are.』
[Is it going for the high elves?]
『I don’t know why, but it seems to prefer high elves to Fate, huh? Is it the difference in leg length?』
[Good thing my legs are short… No way!]
I was saved, but the situation was getting worse.
Jasmine was taking in trees and birds, heading towards the high elves who were hunting beasts. By the time it got there, it’d probably be even bigger.
I couldn’t just hide like this.
If we didn’t meet up with Roy and the others, they’d suspect us.
[I guess we have no choice but to pursue… although I’m not really keen on it.]
『The target has changed. The situation is better than before.』
[With that in mind, let’s join up with Roy and the others.]
Things were getting worse, but for me, it was turning out for the better.
If Roy died here, I’d be the one in trouble. He was a total nutcase, but I still needed his powers to function in the High Elves world.
『Run through!』
Jasmine moved in a straight line, cutting down trees as it went. I moved in a zigzag pattern, dodging them as I went.
It was the first to reach Roy and the others.
She then dove into the midst of the High Elves soldiers, who were still struggling with the rampaging zombies.
The soldiers noticed Jasmine’s attack in an instant and managed to dodge. Still, more than ten zombies that were crushed underneath them were sucked into it.
Suddenly, something changed about Jasmine.
The tentacles extending from the mass of flesh began to take on the shape of human hands.
Furthermore, the faces of countless beastkins began to appear on the mass of flesh.
If my younger self had seen this, I would never have been able to go to the bathroom at night. It was as if a mass of resentment had gathered and formed into a shape that made me think that way.
A wordless moan was coming from the face of the mass of flesh. It was absolutely deafening.
The High Elves soldiers, who seemed to have better hearing than me, were pressing their hands to their ears, expressions of agony on their faces.
Jasmine reached out for one of the soldiers.
I instantly jumped out from between the trees and cut the tentacle in half with my black sword.
[Stay back!]
[Y, yes!]
Surprisingly, he retreated obediently.
The surrounding soldiers also gradually recovered from their confusion and began to grasp the situation.
[Greed, that jamming isn’t necessary anymore.]
『The effect has long since worn off. It’s probably just a matter of the soldiers’ level of proficiency.』
The soldiers’ zombies still seemed useless.
What about Roy?
Thinking about this, I went to look for him, and found him with Cerberus at his side, staring at Jasmine.
[Hey, Fate-san. Where have you been?]
[The zombies were rampaging, so we took refuge in the forest! Then this big lump of flesh appeared!]
[I see… my apology.]
I couldn’t tell from Roy’s expression whether he’d noticed my lie or not.
But, I did know this much:
His interest was focused on Jasmine, right in front of him.
[Hello, Jasmine! How have you been? I took the trouble to freeze and hide her, but it seems some idiot accidentally freed her by mistake.]
[What do you mean?]
[That Jasmine was… originally a beautiful female beastkin. I tried to bring out her full beauty, but I failed and she ended up like that. There were some issues, so the higher-ups ordered her to be disposed of, but she’s an important specimen to me.]
Roy continued his story, reminiscing about Jasmine.
[However, if stored normally, she would easily become violent. That’s why I froze her. Yesterday, one of my subordinates must’ve accidentally freed her when transporting the zombies from my lab. Because she was frozen, she didn’t move right away, and only now, after thawing, did she come to see me?]
[How do you know she came to see you, Roy?]
[Because when she died, she declared that she would definitely kill me if she were reborn. Even while I was modifying her corpse, she tried to kill me countless times. So, as a sign of her honour, I named this lump of flesh after her. Yes, Jasmine!]
To put it bluntly, it was disgusting.
It seemed to be a touching reunion for Roy. He truly respected Jasmine’s tenacity. He gave orders to Cerberus with a joyous expression on his face.
[Now, it looks like we’ll be able to get some very good data. This will be an operational experiment that will be incomparable to any animal hunt.]
Cerberus leaped at Jasmine, biting off her tentacles.
Then, it bit into the mass of flesh in her center. Jasmine cried out in exasperation.
[That’s incredible.]
[…This is too cruel.]
[But, we can’t just stay put. Cerberus is stronger, so he won’t go down easily. But, Jasmine isn’t something it can kill.]
[So you mean you can’t defeat it?]
[Yes. That’s why I’d like to ask for your help, Fate-san.]
[What do you want me to do?]
[I want to borrow the power of the spirit Belial that you possess.]
[How did you know my spirit…?]
I’ve never shown or spoken to Roy about the spirit I possess.
The only time I’ve shown it to him was when I was in sync with it. Is that enough to figure out the spirit’s name?!
Roy said it as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
[I specialized in spirit research, remember?]
Behind him, Cerberus was taking huge bites of Jasmine’s flesh, tearing them apart.
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