Chapter 131: The Whale and the Shrimp
Wow~!!
Orthos’ one remaining head opened his mouth towards Frondier. Frondier jumped lightly to avoid the teeth,
Sigh!
Orthos bit down on his own dead head.
“Her?”
While Frontier was surprised by the sight,
Buuuck!!
Orthos bit off his entire head, up to his neck, and threw it away nearby.
The head is already dead anyway, it just takes up unnecessary weight.
It was also an attack on Front Deer until the middle, so he was not interrupted in the process.
Crump, crunch!
Then, he twisted his neck once, and his neck, which was located somewhat to the side, slowly moved toward the center while making a strange sound. Soon Orthos had a large scar on the nape of his neck, but he looked as if he had originally had one head.
“Oh, you have spirit!”
Shuuk—!
Quang!
Frondier lightly threw away Mjolnir. Orthos dodged his hammer with incredible quickness for someone of his size. Instead, he destroyed Mjolnir in the ground, enough to cause a mild earthquake.
‘Orthros, another name for Orthos. It means ‘fast’. ‘What an amazing move.’
For most animals, the larger their body size, the more sluggish they become. This is because the bigger you get, the less power you can exert with your muscles to keep up with the overall volume of your body.
However, Orthos is not an ordinary beast or monster. The monsters of the abyss simply ignore such logic. In this world where ‘chi’ exists, such extraordinary sense is not surprising.
However, Orthos only shows surprising speed even after taking into account the fact that it is unusual.
Quang!
Orthos only jumped, but a sound like an explosion was heard from the ground.
With that one lunge, the teeth came within a stone’s throw of Frondier.
“Sigh!”
Crack!
At the spot where Frontier retreated, Orthos bit into the ground and seemed to have eaten it.
‘If I had one more head, it would have been dangerous.’
It was a good thing I killed one of his heads with my first shot. Having two heads means that the two can attack in tandem, and while one attacks, the other can prepare.
“Where.”
Hiss!
Fron Deer stretched out her arms.
Orthos paused for a moment at that sight, his five sensitive senses reacting first and he jumped to the side.
Cheok!
That judgment was correct. Mjolnir, which was thrown earlier, returned to Frondier’s hand.
If I had stayed still, my body would have been pierced once again by the returning hammer.
However, the next attack.
“I will tell you that the first death was due to negligence.”
Pajijik, pajijijik!!
Mjolnir is surrounded by lightning and shakes.
“How about this time?”
At Frondier’s first shot, Orthos had one of his heads blown off.
Orthos was fully aware of that, so he casted that high-speed movement in advance.
Quagwagwagwang!!
Loud noises erupt from all directions, and the huge body moves in such a way that the human eye cannot follow it.
Front Deer also only senses his location with his sixth sense, but cannot follow him with his eyes. As the huge body moves at such a speed, it is like watching a piece of cloth expand.
At the same time, Orthos has a powerful aura built into his body.
Orthos looks similar to a dog. Now that it only has one head, it is no different from a large dog.
The only attack methods that come to mind are teeth and claws, but Orthos is actually capable of emitting auras.
A powerful wave of aura spewing out from the mouth. In fact, it is a specialty that most quadrupedal monsters like Orthos can perform, but Orthos’ power is even more powerful.
An aura that builds up within the body while moving at high speeds. Aura’s ejection suddenly flies at a speed that cannot be followed by the eyes, and dodging is not allowed after seeing it.
Meanwhile, Frondier was thinking.
‘I guess he’s just waiting for me to throw it.’
Orthos could have attacked first, but he realized that his attack could miss because Frondier dodged twice.
In that case, it is safer to avoid the hammer and then attack.
‘Well, there are ways to keep it in check with other weapons.’
There are many ways for Frontier to attack. Especially since I haven’t shown it to Orthos yet.
But there was something he wanted to try.
To be precise, he has something he wants to make clear.
Expanding the magic technique
Use Mana Crystal, Black Heaven
Fixed lightning magic stacks
Frontier Original
black lightning
Mjolnir is a hammer that originally summons and emits lightning.
It didn’t have that kind of nature at first, but its abilities were unlocked through Hestia’s furnace.
However, Mjolnir itself is not lightning. It only deals with lightning.
‘Orthos thinks the reason one of his heads died was because of ‘carelessness.’
That might be right.
And Orthos was sure he had dodged the second blast of Mjolnir.
Mjolnir can be dodged. The first is that you were careless and could not avoid it.
Because I think the two attacks are ‘the same thing.’
‘So I need to check.’
This is the attack that Frontier is about to launch,
This is the blow that first killed Orthos’ head.
Combination of techniques
Black Lightning, Mjolnir
Frontier Original
denomination,
… ?
“Ah.”
I didn’t give it a name.
Hiss!
Frondier first threw Mjolnir.
Hissing,
Like when Mjolnir shot the ‘spear of black lightning’.
Flash—blink!
Wow!!!
Orthos, who was running here and there at high speed, was pierced through the air in an instant.
“Break, crack, crack…” … !”
Pow!
And the aura built into Orthos’ body explodes, turning Orthos’ body into a mess.
“Hmm… ?”
Frondier felt something exploded inside Orthos’ body.
I tilt my head because it’s not what I expected.
“I told you so.”
Orthos lies completely dead. Just to check, Frondier tapped his head with his foot.
“Don’t do anything and die.”
* * *
Frontier killed Orthos. Almost unscathed.
However, the biggest benefit for the party now is not the fact that Orthos is dead.
The fact that Pielot almost eliminated the demons who carried out the plan to kill Frontier,
[… This is roughly what happened.]
Gregory joins.
“… Hmm.”
Many of Frontier’s victories so far have been achieved by exploiting information asymmetry.
Frontier hid his military power and his knowledge.
However, at this point, we have already gone far beyond what we know from games, and Frontiere no longer knows how the future will unfold, and many of his abilities have been revealed to others.
Therefore, Frontiere knows the importance of information. Because with it, he survived what almost killed him several times.
And his greatest source of information was, of course, Gregory.
“Dier stole information from Marco.”
[But Marco is a devil who is good at lying. Demons are like that, but Marco is above them all. There is a possibility that what Dier took out was also false.]
“No way.”
Frontier denied it outright.
“Dier is confident that the information he received is correct. “Then it’s real information without a doubt.”
[… Well, if you think so, I won’t say more.]
Frondier nodded and took a moment to gather his thoughts.
‘The reason why Marco became Satan’s subordinate. Does that mean you have already read the omens of this war?’
Bael and other demons led by him. Of course, the first time Frondeer saw them was during a raid from Agoris to Palind.
That was because Belphegor withdrew from this land, and Bael saw this as the devil’s greatest opportunity.
However, there is no way he expected Belphegor to step down. Frontier is clearly an irregularity to all of them, regardless of whether they are humans, demons, or gods.
‘So Dier thought there was an original plan. Indeed.’
The original strategy of the devils.
In other words, an operation to return to the Demon World without touching the Palind Continent.
It was a reckless operation that was so dangerous and had a low success rate that the moment Belphegor withdrew, it was all withdrawn and flew to the Palind Continent…
“… Tsk.”
Fron Deer clicked his tongue.
He came to much the same conclusion as Dier.
‘God makes no distinction between devils. ‘Whether it’s the 72 Devil, the Seven Deadly Sins, or anything else, all devils are just devils.’
The reason God does not distinguish between the two is simple.
Because neither side has a clear king.
The king of demons that Arald so desperately wanted. I now feel clearly what that absence means.
Whether the demons fight against each other or unite, there is no reason for God to divide them.
“… “Bael is walking a tightrope.”
[Funambulism?]
“Okay. I get it now. “What is happening in the capital of Palma?”
Elodie, who was watching Frondier’s words, asked.
“Are you saying there is a way for demons to pretend to be gods and avoid war with God?”
“No, it’s the opposite.”
“The opposite?”
“No, to be precise, what should I say…”
Frondier sighed.
He scratched his head and said:
“Bael is attracting Satan through war.”
“… Huh?”
“To be precise, it means attracting all the demons in the demon world. Of course, it was Satan who imprisoned them in Agoris, so it was no different from attracting Satan.”
Elodie still doesn’t understand.
However, Lili, who was originally a demon, and Arald, who knew the situation in the demon world roughly, understood it first.
Arald said.
“The devil pretends to be God. This is no different from a clear declaration of war against God. This is something that both devils and gods understand. So the devil does not pretend to be God.”
Lily said there.
“But what he doesn’t realize from the devil’s perspective is that God doesn’t discriminate between devils.”
Frontier answers.
“So, when a devil quarrels with God, it is considered as a hostile act by ‘all devils’ from God’s point of view that ‘some devil’ is quarreling.”
Whether it’s a demon in the demon world or a demon in Agoris.
Whether it’s the 72 devils or the seven deadly sins.
God does not discriminate between devils.
“In other words, Bael committed blasphemy against God and put his life on the scales. “With all the seven deadly sins.”
“… If it were done by a low-level demon, it might be a minor incident, but Bael is said to be the best of the 72 demons. Of course, even the gods can’t just ignore it.”
“So it’s not God who wants to stop this situation in Palma. Not even human. The same demons, those in the demon world. “Especially Satan.”
Bael places all of the lives of demons on the scales and threatens Satan.
If you want to avoid war with God, open the gate to the Demon World before that happens.
Open the entrance to the demon world.
“Is it the first thing God notices about Palma’s situation? “Is Satan going to deal with them first?”
Frontier recalled.
The three demons I met before coming here.
They were Astaroth’s servants. One of the seven deadly sins.
‘Was the original purpose not to meet me, but to meet Bael?’
In addition to this fight, there is an attack from enemies who seem to know the strength of Frontier and his party.
Somewhere in the demons’ exchange, Frontier’s information was leaking.
The act of using Frontier and his entire party for their own exchange.
“…hehehe.”
At that obvious provocation, Frondier laughed.
“Shrimps explode in whale fights… “That’s exactly what it is.”
“Huh? Whale? Shrimp?”
Proverb from the old world. This may raise questions to those who don’t know.
But they soon find out.
What does this proverb mean?
“It’s refreshing because you’re arguing so clearly.”
And, who is the shrimp?