owlsbooks Chapter 992 The Last Routine 171
Chapter 992 The Last Routine 171
Chapter 992 The Last Routine 171
Suddenly, a light enveloped him.
"Chief, are you alright... mmm!"
"Hmm, what is this... The feeling of thinking it's cool and the feeling of not being able to think that way are actually conflicting... Ugh!!"
Not only him, but also Ruanhu and Dongdonggu were enveloped in a strange light.
Then, all the true Crimson Demons were enveloped by this light.
"The bodies of the Crimson Demons are glowing. What is Jizo up to now?"
The sudden turn of events made Xiaolin and the others nervous and worried. They kept a close eye on the Crimson Demon Clan members, fearing that something strange might happen to them again.
“Yes, but that’s not all.” Aqua pointed to the other Crimson Demons and said, “Look, everyone is shrouded in black mist.”
"Really? What is that?!"
Xiaolin was startled.
The dense black gas, just like the gas that had previously infected Youyou and Ruanhu, is now being continuously drawn out and gathered together.
Aqua wanted to completely purify it, but was stopped by the others. After all, they didn't know what it was or whether purifying it would affect the Crimson Demon Clan. Normally, however, this should just be a way to eliminate toxins.
The black fog gathered together, becoming increasingly dense and dark.
Aqua pinched her nose and said with great disgust, "What is this? It smells awful! It smells like a rotten sewer! It's so disgusting!"
"...Does it smell that bad?"
"Sorry, I didn't smell anything."
"Me too."
Neither Kobayashi, Darkness, nor Megumin smelled the stench Aqua described. But since Aqua said so, there must be something wrong. You can question Aqua's expertise, but you can't question her ability, because she truly is an authority!
"Not bad, this is really good chaotic energy...!"
Just as Kobayashi and the others were wondering what other unexpected events might occur, a strange entity suddenly appeared from mid-air. It was only the size of two palms, and appeared to be made of stone, with a prominent jade ornament on its forehead. Although it had no distinct facial features, it could speak—the words they had just heard came from it.
"That's... Ksitigarbha?!"
Kobayashi felt tense and alert upon seeing it, not expecting this creature to appear here, especially at such an inopportune time. No, it was precisely because of Megumin's explosive magic that the Crimson Demon Clan had triggered a strange reaction, which was why this creature was here.
"We've already arrived here?!"
"Hehehe, chaotic, isn't it? But there's more to come! Even more chaos! Behold! My true form, with the seal completely broken... Oh oh oh oh————"
Ksitigarbha absorbed all the black energy into his body, and at the same time, his entire body emitted an eerie light and gradually grew larger. Then, after everything was finished, a strange figure appeared before everyone.
It looked like a bronze doll, its appearance somewhat grotesque and terrifying, with its limbs scattered yet floating around it. Facial features reappeared on its face, making it appear even more bizarre.
Kobayashi nervously swallowed and said, "Is this Jizo's true form...?"
"Hahaha—" Ksitigarbha opened his mouth wide, like an evil monster seeing the light of day again, and shouted loudly, "It's been hundreds of years since I've turned into this! How about it, isn't it beautiful!"
"Wow, it's huge!" Huihui couldn't help but scream, but at the same time she complained in a strange way, "But if they say this is Jizo, isn't it just a clay idol?!"
"Clay doll...?" Jizo was slightly annoyed by such a belittling remark, but it didn't dwell on it. It seemed that the long-standing seal had improved its temper considerably. Then it shouted again, "Never mind, chaotic magic is so delicious... Thanks to it, I was able to recover to my original form so quickly. I can't not return the favor!"
After saying that, it opened its arms and released a thick black mist again. Although they didn't know what Ksitigarbha wanted to do, the Crimson Demon Clan members, who had already been poisoned once, knew at a glance that it was not a good thing.
Dongdonggu shouted to the crowd, "Everyone, run away quickly!"
"Where can we escape to?" Green Coconut cried out in despair, "There are still tourists in the village!"
These words immediately threw the Crimson Demons into a panic once again. After all, the Crimson Demon Village had been transformed into a tourist attraction, and if tourists were to have an accident there, the reputation of the Crimson Demons would be completely ruined! ...Although they didn't have a good reputation to begin with.
"This chaos...it's awesome, hahaha...!"
When Jizo saw the Crimson Demons, who were like headless flies and didn't know what to do, laughing wildly and triumphantly, the black mist filling the sky made them look even more like evil monsters.
Upon seeing Jizo, Aqua strangely fell into deep thought, muttering to herself, "Causing chaos, absorbing the magic power generated from it...?" Having figured this out, she shouted to the others, "Wait, everyone! Calm down! Jizo will become stronger and stronger!"
But it was no use. After all, the Crimson Demon Clan was already exhausted from the repeated reversals and the harassment from the Demon King's army. They became restless and anxious after being slightly provoked by Jizo. Everyone was in a panic.
At this moment, Jizo turned to look at Kobayashi and said, "That man over there, the protagonist of this chaos. I'm very grateful to you, I must return the favor."
"Anyway, it's not a good thing, I don't want it!" Kobayashi said decisively. After all, in the story, the guy who releases the big bad guy usually doesn't have a good ending, so Kobayashi subconsciously thought so too. But he didn't expect that Jizo would feel a little embarrassed.
"Didn't you still have a wish to be popular that hasn't been fulfilled yet? Well... uh... I'll grant you half of it!!"
Why do wishes only come true halfway?
Speaking of which, what did that strange tone mean? I have a feeling something bad is about to happen.
"Drink————"
With a loud shout from Ksitigarbha, the ground began to shake violently.
Aqua's legs buckled and she fell to the ground, shouting in panic, "What's going on? What's going on? Why is the ground shaking like this?!"
"Something's coming!" Darkness looked nervously into the distance.
then.
From the other side of the horizon, a group of grotesque monsters appeared, all of them female, rushing towards Kobayashi, shouting incoherent nonsense. One thing was certain: they all possessed an absolutely high level of fanatical worship for Kobayashi. But there was one thing—
"Isn't that an orc?! Hey!!" Kobayashi froze, clutching his head and roaring, "Here we go again! Hey! Assistant! I don't want this! I want a clean body!"
Like an evil Holy Grail, although Jizo granted Kobayashi's wish to be popular, the way it was done and the object of that wish were anything but joyful. It's more accurate to say that their very existence is absolute evil! Kobayashi would rather not be liked by the beastmen!
"Hehehe...!"
Seeing Kobayashi's confused and frightened state, Jizo smiled smugly and sinisterly, then uttered a statement that left everyone dumbfounded: "Then, let's turn half the women in Axel into orcs. Look forward to it...!"
"Ah, wait!" Kobayashi panicked for a moment when he saw Jizo making a move to leave. He slapped his forehead and quickly tried to think of a solution. "Damn it, what am I thinking of!"
The more anxious he became, the less he could think of a good solution, and he could only watch helplessly as Jizo flew towards Axel. Kobayashi had no doubt that this guy would turn half the women in Axel into orcs, which would definitely cause even greater chaos, and that was exactly what Jizo wanted to see.
"Axel Town is in danger!" Darkness said, equally tense. "If we don't catch that guy quickly, maybe...!"
"But, there are orcs here too!"
Aqua pointed to the large number of orcs that had appeared on the other side, her face also showing a look of panic. The Crimson Demons were unable to participate in the battle, Kobayashi and the others couldn't possibly deal with so many orcs, and even Megumin in the team was unable to do anything because she had just used Explosion Magic. They were truly helpless!
But Megumin looked at Kobayashi and said, "The orcs' target is Kobayashi, so let him become the bait!"
"What are you talking about?!" Kobayashi stared at her dumbfounded.
To actually think of abandoning your teammates here, you really misjudged Huihui!
Although to a large extent it was Kobayashi's fault that things turned out this way, we can't just abandon him here. If that's the case, Kobayashi would rather face Jizo than be surrounded by orcs, and even think that he only had half of the wish to be welcomed!
Dongdonggu struggled to her feet and, looking at the ever-emerging orcs, said with difficulty, "Although we don't know the details, we can't turn a blind eye to the benefactors who saved our village."
"Ah, all we need to do is defeat the orcs!" Green Flower Ye Zai also stood up, looking at the orcs that kept appearing, and made a move to attack.
"Thank you all... Waaaaah..."
Xiaolin was so moved that she cried.
In order to return to Axel Town as soon as possible, Kobayashi and his group, who were cooperating with the Crimson Demons, defeated the orcs. However, they didn't expect there to be so many monsters; they didn't know where Jizo had found so many orcs—far more than the Demon King's army!
Considering that Axel was also in danger at this time, Kobayashi and the others had no choice but to hand over these orcs to the Red Demons, and then they embarked on the road to pursue Jizo.
"Chekra and Green Coconut, are you alright...?"
Huihui was a little worried.
Most of the Crimson Demons are now practically defenseless, with only a few managing to hold their own against the Orcs. It's hard to say whether they can withstand the Orcs' charge... especially the male Crimson Demons, who may be physiologically ill-equipped to handle it.
Speaking of which, if the orcs obtained the seeds of the Crimson Demon Clan, would they produce orcs capable of casting spells?
Kobayashi couldn't help but let his imagination run wild.
"Leave everything to Youyou, there won't be any problems!" Darkness reassured the worried Megumin. "She's also an excellent Crimson Demon, and a member of the team, so trust her."
“That’s right, that’s right. As long as we defeat Jizo, everything will be resolved.” Aqua seemed quite pleased with herself, perhaps it was just her nature. Then she looked at Kobayashi and said, “Kobayashi, you saw it too, right? The black mist generated by the Crimson Demon Clan.”
"Ah, it seems like it has appeared."
Kobayashi said this somewhat perfunctorily. Although he didn't know what the black mist was for, it was clearly influencing the minds of the Crimson Demon Clan.
To his surprise, Aqua said, "That black mist was absorbed by Jizo. That mist must have contained more than just magic; it must have contained something like personality. Since it was absorbed by Jizo, my Destruction Spell won't work anymore."
In other words, does this mean that because Jizo has incorporated other attributes, Aqua is no longer its natural enemy?
“Indeed, that matches what Chris said.” Megumin nodded and said, “To cause chaos and feed on it… that’s its purpose, isn’t it? Although everyone is acting strangely, they’re probably confused about how they’re not themselves as usual. That’s what it’s targeting.”
“I see… huh?”
Darkness nodded in deep agreement; she had also noticed this fact through the changes in the other Crimson Demons. But soon, she looked at her Crimson Demon teammates with some curiosity and said, "Then why didn't Youyou lose herself? She should have been influenced by Jizo too..."
“Because Youyou is inherently strange.” Huihui shrugged matter-of-factly and said, “Because of her eccentric personality, she readily accepted the matter of the True Crimson Demon Clan.”
Is it really okay to say this? For a normal person like Youyou, the Crimson Demon Clan is the weirdo, isn't it?
"Anyway, as long as we defeat that guy, everyone will be back to normal, right?" Kobayashi said eagerly, trying to encourage everyone. "If we don't think of something before the damage gets worse...!"
Kobayashi also became nervous and scared; he was very worried that the thing would happen.
Darkness, somewhat surprised to hear him say that, exclaimed, "Oh, it's rare to see Kobayashi so fired up!"
“He’s the mastermind behind this incident.” Aqua was equally puzzled. She said, “Does he feel he should take responsibility?”
"Don't say that..."
What Kobayashi cares about most isn't this kind of thing; he cares about everyone in the town of Axel! ...Well, not all of them. Besides fearing that Axel would be affected and that the Kingdom Prosecutor Serena would make things difficult for him, he was also afraid that Jizo would turn half the town's population into orcs, and then he would be the one to suffer!
"Everyone, cheer up!"
"Oh oh————" xN
(End of this chapter)