If I can’t win with my Possession Ability.
I’ll control what I can possess.
And make the monsters clash with each other.
I’ll steal the loser’s body, and then launch a surprise attack during the victor’s momentary triumph.
“Guaaaaah?!”
A Zombie Attack.
Taking advantage of the lull after the battle, the fangs of the monster I’d possessed sank deep into my flesh.
It’s useless to struggle. I won’t let go, even if my head gets ripped off!
My head was severed with a *crunch*, and blood poured from the wound.
It had already died, so the blood had mostly coagulated.
Now, you die too. Die quickly!
“Goo——”
It was a stubborn one.
The monsters of this continent.
Other than their skulls, fangs, claws, outer skins/exoskeletons, blood, and magic stones, they were all protein.
They supported their bodies with magic and sometimes hardened their strikes and slashes.
That’s why they were stubborn. It manipulated its blood vessels to stop bleeding.
But by crushing all the respiratory passages, I made it dazed and bled it.
Seriously, what did the Demon Kings of this continent use to create such monsters?
“Thanks to that, it took me quite a few days to get a body.”
*Crack, Crack, Crack*
It’s fine to make a human shape.
But it originally had fewer bones.
I converted muscle into bone for slight adjustments. Ugh, what a pain.
“Also creating sexual organs… etc.”
Well then, shall I go search for a city with shy people?
That way, or this way? Hmm.
“Alright, I’ll go that way.”
I walked straight ahead, but no city was in sight.
I got tired of the unchanging landscape and monsters.
Was there no fighting still happening in the east?
I occasionally confirmed from above in my Astral Body.
No sounds of battle could be heard today either. What a peaceful continent.
A paradise for monsters.
Even though humans other than me exist.
This silence is unsettling.
After how long I’d advanced southwest, I finally saw smoke. Assuming the monsters hadn’t started a fire with magic.
“Human. Woman.”
I suppose I’m suffering withdrawal symptoms.
Be prepared.
◇◇◇◇◇
A collection of people. Those who were abandoned by the God of Wisdom.
The reasons for being abandoned varied.
“Oh? How unusual.”
“Hm? Are we getting a new resident?”
A watchman reacts when monsters or new people appear.
A walking figure was spotted on the horizon.
*Rustle, Rustle*
It’s been years, hasn’t it, since anyone last arrived at this village.
The residents came out in full force to greet the new arrival and see what kind of person they were.
If there were any problems with acceptance, they would all chase them away and let them be eaten by monsters.
If they were accepted.
They would live under constant surveillance.
They memorized their magic wavelength for monitoring.
“Hey, how’s it going~ ♪”
…
They didn’t seem to have the unique heartbreak of someone who had been expelled. If they were hiding it, that was an impressive talent. It was strange for them to be expelled, wasn’t it?
“Hm? Can I come in?”
…
Should we let him in?
The residents consulted amongst themselves for a while.
They had assigned a man to watch the watchman.
If he tried anything strange, there were more of us.
*Whisper, Whisper*
“… Do I need money or something to enter? Hey. When do I get to come in?”
“「Be quiet and wait.」”
“Alright, alright.”
It took them several tens of minutes to reach a conclusion.
Leaving a suspicious person unsupervised was dangerous.
They decided to accept him, under strict surveillance.
“…We welcome you.”
“Oh, I’ll be in your care from today ♪.”
Rayos safely entered the village.
That day, he focused on gathering information. What happened to his withdrawal symptoms?
The residents had high Possessed Magic Power, so he failed to possess them.
The women were already married or with family. It seemed there were ways to handle single women. That was him being sour.
“…I need to accumulate more Possessed Magic Power.”
Rayos was full of motivation.
Starting the next morning, he worked energetically.
His job was to inject magic into used magic tools under surveillance.
(Damn it! I want to increase my magic power, but this is a net zero!)
He stumbled right at the start. How uncool, Rayos.
He quickly finished injecting the magic and tried to increase his Possessed Magic Power again, but.
“Next is this junk.”
They buried it outside the village.
Monsters would eat that junk.
(Burying junk with the assumption of being attacked. Damn it! Again!)
Rayos was assigned more work due to the villagers’ abnormal magic consumption.
He experienced half the work of the village men, or so it’s said.
“Guh… muscle pain…”
The sound of his muscles tearing could be heard, but his roommates and watchers ignored it, instead engaging in pleasantries to reward him for the day’s work.
(They won’t even cast healing magic on me… etc.)
In the end, his Possessed Magic Power decreased for the day.
If it continues like this tomorrow, he won’t be able to have his way with the village women.
Well, Rayos intends to find some way to achieve that.
“Today is medicinal herb gathering.”
“Ughh~~… Guh!”
“Pull yourself together. It’s only the second day ♪?”
“I hear you ♪?” the other person said, patting my back.
“Gah.”
“What’s wrong? You won’t last long in this village like that.”
“We also struggled to get here. Your conditions are the same as ours.”
His resentful glare was misplaced.
They headed to a place where medicinal herbs grew sparsely and engaged in combat with the monsters that claimed it as their territory.
“Chuuuuuuu”
“Dyuuuuuuuu”
“Take this.”
“Are they parent and child? No, a pair.”
“You’re unlucky.”
It was unclear whose luck had run out.
They temporarily drove away the monsters.
“Now, let’s search for medicinal herbs.”
“…Yeah.”
“I’ll keep watch, so hurry.”
Monsters returned. Other monsters arrived.
Rayos wanted to switch guards, but.
Naturally, the two immediately rejected his request.
This wasn’t the usual Rayos. The two had already incurred Rayos’s anger.
The moment Rayos’s Possessed Magic Power surpassed theirs, their lives would be forfeit.
“A monster! Let’s run!”
“Oh, you hurry too. There aren’t many.”
“…Yeah. It’s my first time gathering, you know?”
Even if they say there aren’t many medicinal herbs, if they had grown in clusters it would be different.
They were scattered, but I managed to gather this much, can’t they praise me?
Well, I wouldn’t be happy even if men praised me.
Rayos and the others narrowly escaped back to the village, playing a deadly game of tag with the monsters and returning home battered in the middle of the night.
(I will absolutely not forgive this!!)
Rayos’s indignation reached its peak. He disappeared outside in his Astral Body.
“If that’s the case…”
Taking advantage of the chaos of the monsters being sent to the village.
Abducting a woman was the only way! It was the only way to have my way with a woman right now!
At dawn, Rayos used stone dolls created with his Possession Ability to lure several types of monsters.
The village was forced to set up a defensive line at daybreak.
“「Monster Horde!!!」”
*Rustle, Rustle, Rustle, Rustle*
“「What’s with that number?!｣ ｢Attack! Those who can use attack magic, attack!｣ ｢What’s that man doing?!｣ ｢He’s joining the attack too!｣”
Rayos participated in the defense.
He made his move when the village fence was about to be breached.
“Kyatt!” “Wh-what are you doing, Gya!”
“Hey!” “What are you doing there!”
Rayos succeeded in abducting a woman.
His pursuers were occupied with the monster horde, so they couldn’t follow.
“Fuhahahaha, serves you right ♪♪”
“Let go, Kyaf!”
A blow to the stomach.
Without missing a beat, he delivered a blow to the back of the neck, knocking her unconscious.
Alright. Now, find a place where monsters won’t spot me.
“Grururu”
“Tch. Don’t get in my way.”
“………”
Rayos was carrying a woman.
He could use magic, but if he failed to dodge a monster’s attack, he’d injure the woman he’d worked so hard to get. Fighting a protracted battle while healing her would be a disadvantage.
He fled, kicking up a cloud of sand.
“Guwaaaaaan!!”
His eyes red and bloodshot, he chased Rayos.
However, he was thrown off by the eye-gouging attack.
He howled in frustration at his escape and went off in search of another target.
