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Translator: Nemui
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◈ Reincarnated as the Villain's Heir
Chapter 38: Let Us Devour Each Other, Underground King. This Is My Full Strength.
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This thing sensed opponents with its feelers, so it could move in darkness without any problem.
It had speed, strength, and mass, so if I fought it head-on, I would slowly be worn down.
On top of that, after it had smashed through the ground several times, the foundation of the entire cave was becoming dangerously unstable.
Even while taking the Emperor Worm's charges, I counterattacked by cutting it at the same time.
Green body fluid sprayed from the Emperor Worm, but it was far from a fatal wound.
"Shadow Servant plus Black Hole plus Dark Needle plus Dark Flame."
While increasing my number of attacks with Shadow Servant, I fired Dark Needle alongside it.
And what shot out from the Black Holes was Dark Needle, plus Dark Flame.
That Dark Flame was something I had swallowed with Black Hole from Lilisha's magic before.
Anything swallowed by a dark hole could be converted with the dark attribute and fired back.
While opening Black Holes everywhere, my Shadow Servant and I focused fire thoroughly.
If I mixed in Shadow Entry, I could move freely through the darkness.
"Hyururu...!"
"Are you irritated? The darkness inside this cave is not only your field. I lose in simple specs, but I have more moves."
The king that once devoured an upper species was now struggling against Alphys of House Balfont.
It felt wonderful.
However, even while damage accumulated, the Emperor Worm seemed to feel no fear and had no option called retreat.
It simply followed its instincts and consumed prey.
"Hyururururuaaaa!"
"One-track idiot..."
When the Emperor Worm smashed through the wall above, the entire cave shook violently.
"Hey, this is getting a little bad..."
"Hyururuaaa!"
The Emperor Worm drew a curve and this time thrust up at me from below.
My body was sent flying, and at the same time, the cave began collapsing.
A huge amount of rock rained down, and while knocking it away with the magic sword, I clung to the Emperor Worm.
"Hey, hey! Are you planning to burst all the way to the surface?!"
Just as I expected, the Emperor Worm smashed through the ground and emerged aboveground.
Thrown into the air by that momentum, I saw several human figures in the distance.
Were those the student council members and teachers? Lilisha and Gareo must have brought them.
"Alphys! He is up there!"
"I-is that an Emperor Worm?! Something like that was in the exercise field?!"
I faintly heard Lilisha and the president from far away.
As I started falling from the air, I cut deeply into the Emperor Worm falling with me.
Using the recoil, I flew backward, and just before hitting the ground, I slipped into a tree's shadow with Shadow Entry.
When I appeared again, the Emperor Worm attacked as if it had been waiting.
"Right. There is no need to keep fighting bit by bit in that cramped cave anymore."
I swung the magic sword vertically from the front.
Of course, it could not overpower the Emperor Worm's charge, and even while being cut, it did not stop its fierce rush.
Just as its wide mouth closed in and I was about to be eaten, I rolled left and dodged.
When I recovered my stance, the Emperor Worm turned its eyeless head toward me.
Somehow, I understood what it wanted to say.
"How is it? No matter how many times you slam into me, I still do not fall, right?"
"Hyururururu!"
Even after taking the Emperor Worm's charges almost directly, I had not taken much damage.
That was because I had used a certain spell in advance.
"Dark attribute enchantment... Blood Sword."
This was one of the vicious spells that made Alphys a strong enemy.
When this enchantment was applied, it absorbed the target's life force whenever the blade cut them.
Combined with the magic sword's effect, its power had increased.
At the same time, the Emperor Worm's movements were slowing.
That was natural. If its life force kept being stolen, it could not move properly.
Every time the Emperor Worm was cut by me, it steadily weakened.
"Hyurururu...!"
"Still, killing a monster with a body this huge is quite a bit of work. I cannot spend too long..."
I filled my whole body with pulse.
Using it for a long time was difficult, but at my current level, as long as I did not overdo it, there was no problem.
"What is that? I feel an incredible presence from Alphys..."
"Pulse..."
"Lilisha, what did you say?"
"President, apparently that is something called pulse."
Come to think of it, I had told Lilisha.
Well, it was not a problem if they knew.
Only the very top strong people in the world could use it properly.
"Even if I attack normally, you have regeneration. But my pulse is destruction. Its essence allows no regeneration at all. Absolute destruction that ignores defense."
Facing a monster like this one-on-one was insane, but my goal was not something this small.
Whether it was a monster that could destroy a city or something the kingdom could not handle, forcing it down was House Balfont's role.
"I will show you the terror of House Balfont, the family that deserves to rule!"
I kicked off the ground and caught the attacking Emperor Worm head-on.
It was a simple slash with no trick to it. But that was enough.
With all my strength, I swept the magic sword across-
"Hyururu...!"
The Emperor Worm was split sideways and smashed through trees.
It twitched again and tried to resume moving, but soon stopped.
The destruction pulse had denied its regeneration.
"In this state, it should work."
I swung the magic sword repeatedly once more.
The Emperor Worm's body, cut into small pieces, was each wrapped in darkness.
It did not take even a few seconds for the giant worm's body to disappear completely.
The moment I confirmed its body had vanished entirely, strength left my whole body.
My legs and hips could no longer support me, and I collapsed where I stood.
Pathetic as it was, this was the backlash from using pulse power.
Leorg and the others probably would not have ended up like this.
For the current me, pulse was still a risky method.
"L-Looooord Alphys!"
"Luchel, you came?"
Before I knew it, Luchel had arrived and was clinging tearfully to me as I lay collapsed.
"You are this beaten up, so why didn't you call me?!"
"There were circumstances this time."
"You say that, but what if something happened to you, Lord Alphys... waaah! Aaaaah!"
"Good grief, you are noisy..."
Unable to move, I was at Luchel's mercy.
She hugged my head to her chest, and tears and snot fell onto me.
Normally, I would get angry, but for now, I would let her do as she liked.
After all, it did not feel bad.
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