Trapped in a Game That Flopped

Chapter 120

Episode 120

[Lv.999 Stun skill has been activated.]

Without hesitation, I shouted Stun at the Holy Knights.

Because I didn't have a single second to waste dealing with these small fries.

Pzzzzzzzt!

"Urk!"

"Uuugh!"

"Uwaaargh!"

As I mercilessly chanted Stun, the five or six guys standing around me all trembled before collapsing.

Unless they were monsters, ordinary humans were no match for me at all.

"Wh-what..."

"Good heavens, all the Holy Knights collapsed! What is this...!"

"Who on earth is that woman?"

At that, people gasped again.

The Pope was no different.

No matter how cunning the bastard was, he clearly hadn't anticipated my sudden appearance. His deathly pale face was amusing.

The Pope urgently called for the Knight Commander.

"Summon more Holy Knights from outside, Sir Pelten!"

"B-but the number allowed entry by the Imperial Palace is fixed..."

"Is that the problem right now? That black mage! Those heretics are trying to overthrow our Temple...!"

It seemed only a small number of Temple affiliates were allowed into the coliseum due to checks from the Imperial Palace.

I heard the flustered Pope nonsensically ordering the Knight Commander.

But I didn't care how many more Holy Knight bastards came.

I could just zap them with Stun.

In this situation, the only real threat to me was the Eyeball Monster, which had started moving again.

"That's ours... That's ours..."

Ggadeudeuk, ggadeuk, ggadeuk, ggadeuk, ggadeuk, ggadeuk.

As if searching for Liv's puppet, the bastards' bloodshot eyeballs started rolling around noisily again.

With hundreds of eyes, it naturally found me in an instant.

"Don't interfere...!"

The bastard, seeming slightly larger than when it first popped out of the subspace pouch, shouted that and leaped toward me again.

"Ugh!"

Just before it could pounce on me, I barely managed to jump aside and dodge it.

Kuuuuung!

Crashing straight into the empty dirt floor, the bastard immediately squirmed and got up.

And it searched for me, rolling its bloodshot eyeballs.

Seeing that, I finally knew for sure.

[Lv.??? Unidentifiable Wicked Dregs]

[The One Forsaken by God]

Although the text identifying the monster floated above it, that wasn't Nise, nor was it the Eyeball Monster I knew.

If it were them, they wouldn't fail to recognize Liv and try to devour her like this, like demons.

'Then what the hell is that?'

It was hard to grasp why the Eyeball Monster was suddenly rampaging like this.

"Give it back...!"

Watching the bastard prepare to leap again, I stopped thinking and readjusted my grip on the dagger.

I couldn't fight it while holding Liv's puppet like this.

'What do I do now? Should I use a teleport scroll and escape for a bit?'

But I couldn't just run away either.

Not only was Liv not a black mage capable of siphoning others' life force and mana, but I also didn't know what side effects might occur if the puppet got too far from the main body.

I decided to check Liv's condition first.

It seemed best to sever the connection between the cursed doll and Liv first, and then think about fighting or whatever.

Kuuuuung!

Dodging the bastard one more time as it leaped like a frog and fell, I spoke to the mass of silver thread I was practically dragging around.

"Ugh, Liv! Are you okay? Where are you right now?"

"Co-coliseum... closed section..."

Her voice was barely audible, perhaps due to losing so much life force.

"Where is that?"

"..."

"Liv, where is that!"

I asked again urgently, but no more answers came.

It seemed her main body had fainted.

'Where is this closed section?'

This was getting complicated. Now I couldn't even find her immediately to cut the Soul-Connecting Strings.

Of course, I had told her to hide well so the Temple bastards wouldn't find her during the operation...

To think this would become another obstacle.

"Give it back... Give it back...!"

Kuuuuung!

Maybe it changed its attack pattern, as the Eyeball Monster, having crashed near me, immediately opened its maw wide and charged at me.

"Agh, Nise! Get a grip, you bastard! Stun!"

[Lv.999 Stun skill has been activated.]

Chanting the meaningless skill, I immediately swung the arm holding the dagger.

Pzzt!

While the bastard flinched from the electricity, I stabbed the dagger under its open maw.

Chiiiiik...!

I'd felt it when I slashed it once before, but the dagger was definitely more effective than my skills.

Along with the sound of something burning, hazy smoke billowed from where the dagger was embedded.

It seemed attacks were landing because it was a 'Holy' attribute weapon against a 'Curse' attribute monster.

'Alright. I'll keep attacking with this.'

Having found a way to somewhat resist the monster, I muttered lowly.

"Sure Strike."

[Lv.999 Sure Strike skill has been activated.]

And I forcefully slashed upwards with the embedded dagger.

Sgeogeok!

The blade sliced straight through the bastard's maw, which had been open to swallow me, and burst out.

Jjeok.

Because of that, the bastard's maw split open further downwards, hideously.

In human terms, its jaw had been split.

Chiiiiik...!

Black smoke poured out madly from the split gap.

"Ah, ah, ah. No..."

The bastard muttered with its tattered maw.

While doing so, it slowly extended a part of its black body toward me.

It was shaped like an arm.

It was trying to grab me, just like it had grabbed Liv earlier.

But perhaps because it had taken significant damage from the holy dagger attack, its speed was much slower compared to when it was leaping around.

"No what, you bastard."

Saak, Sgeok!

I coolly retorted and sliced them off.

And gripping the dagger again, this time I plunged it near the side of the bastard's maw.

Puuuk!

There was a limit to inflicting fatal damage with just a dagger.

I couldn't kill it right away anyway.

I had to pull that damn Nise kid out before it died.

'Since it's come to this. I'll just dig around the maw and pull him out directly.'

The only way I knew to get inside the Eyeball Monster was to be swallowed by it.

So, if I dug around the maw, maybe I could find Nise and pull him out?

"Ugh... Do I have to do something so cruel again?"

Even if it was a type of monster, hacking something up with a knife really didn't suit my disposition.

It's been quite a while since I got trapped in the game, but I still had zero tolerance for grotesque or violent things.

'That's why I played as a peaceful, potion-selling NPC, so why...!'

Just as I shuddered at my fate of suddenly having to butcher monsters, and put strength into the hand holding the dagger to slash.

Sseuseuseuk.

Suddenly, I felt a cold, squishy sensation on my fingertips.

"What...!"

I reflexively checked my hand, my eyes widening.

From where the dagger was embedded, the bastard's body was growing, wrapping around my hand holding the blade.

My hair stood on end from the unpleasant, chilling sensation, and I immediately tried to let go of the dagger.

"Ugh!"

But my hand wouldn't budge, as if it were wrapped in glue.

While I froze in momentary panic, the Eyeball Monster spoke with its completely torn maw flapping.

"Thank you... Thanks to you... I can swallow you whole now..."

Ggadeuk, ggadeuk, ggadeuk, ggadeudeuk.

The numerous crimson eyeballs right in front of me moved busily in unison.

As if the bastard were smiling.

Goosebumps prickled all the way up my scalp, and I hurriedly opened my mouth.

"Stun!"

[Lv.999 Stun skill has been activated.]

Pzzt!

I immediately used the skill, but it was useless.

Blue sparks flew, but my hand, wrapped in a part of the bastard, wouldn't budge.

Seureureuk.

In that time, the bastard's form had already extended and crawled up to my elbow.

This was dangerous.

Jjeop!

The bastard willingly opened the maw I had torn open.

Just like it said moments ago, it seemed intent on swallowing both me and Liv's puppet whole.

"Sorry, Liv. Wait a bit."

Naturally, I couldn't just stand by idly.

I threw Liv's puppet, which I'd been holding with one arm, as far away as possible, then immediately clenched my fist.

If I don't have a sword, I'll have to use my fists.

"Onsla...!"

Just as I was about to chant the skill with that thought.

"Must be swallowed... must be swallowed... to meet..."

The Eyeball Monster, which had been slowly trying to swallow me, muttered.

"The child you're looking for..."

"What..."

It was the moment I was about to ask what it meant, without thinking.

"Get down."

Someone murmured lowly from behind me.

Ssaak!

At the sharp presence cutting through the wind, I reflexively ducked my head sharply.

Puuk!

And with a rather familiar sound, like something being stabbed and sliced, the hand that wouldn't budge was suddenly released.

"Ut..."

Just as I was staggering from the recoil.

Someone snatched my waist and pulled me back sharply.

I reflexively raised my head to see eyes distinctly different from the monster's bloodshot ones, much darker, deeper crimson.

They flashed as they stared at me.

[Crown Prince Kassel Ludwig.]

It was the Male Lead.