The culprit who planned mass murder in the Labyrinth and their familiar were subjugated, turning the Labyrinth Management Bureau and the entrance space of the Labyrinth of Medicinal Herbs (the Great Street) into a makeshift banquet hall.
*Bwooom!*
*Gooogar-z.*
*Zz-, sussss….*
Finally, they’ve fallen asleep.
To fall for my perfect substitute technique, these guys are nothing special. ♪
*Bwooom!*
I need to inform the Queen Ant, who is inside the entrance of the first floor of the Labyrinth, that these idiots have fallen asleep.
“Finally, we can move.”
“Ah, I’m so glad you’re safe. ♪”
Hey, hey, your embrace is appreciated, but… ♪
We need to hurry, or someone might wake up to use the restroom.
“I’m so sorry…”
“It’s fine. ♪ If we get caught, I’ll just trick them skillfully again. ♪”
Hehehe, all the effort I’ve put into charming women.
The agility from spy movies! The recognition-misdirection techniques of a magician!
The finesse of my fingertips from… inappropriate situations! The survival skills and acting ability for when a beautiful woman washes ashore on a deserted island!
“I’ve got a lot of experience in various things! ♪”
“So amazing…♥”
Well, whether I can reproduce it with this vessel body…
It’s a bit questionable.
But those outside fell for that questionable technique.
My techniques are problem-free, no matter how the body changes! ♪
After exiting the Labyrinth, I’ll inform the Queen Ant that I’ve marked a spot for her to teleport to, being careful not to wake the drunken revelers outside.
I’ll get her assent not to resist the teleportation.
Holding her hand, I’ll fly to Viscount Dan’s territory.
Viscount Dan’s territory… a peaceful landscape… no, I’ve arrived on a higher ground overlooking Viscount Dan’s estate, which looks quite desolate due to my failure to reclaim my own barony.
“This is awful.”
“There are few people, aren’t there?”
Viscount Dan’s estate is dilapidated, barely holding on from being demolished.
On the walls, residents’ words are scrawled in paint or ink.
Comparing the landscape before my barony reclamation war to the current one…
The number of houses around has decreased.
Furthermore, the presence of neatly built, brand-new structures only emphasizes the derelict state of Viscount Dan’s estate—the residence where the current head, Gins Dan, must be living.
“The new ones there… they must be the Baronial Union’s watchers.”
It’s only natural, considering they won the war.
Gins was a man of value.
He went out of his way to enable me to create beauty products, providing financial backing.
That was all snatched away by the Baronial Union.
“This is incredibly frustrating.”
“Those beautiful buildings? …Shall I destroy them? ♪”
“No, rather, I need to gather various combat powers to enter the Dungeon where I’m making my lair. ♪”
“…Do you have any ideas for combat power? ♪”
When she asked if I would use her “Spawn” skill if I didn’t, I replied, “It’s fine. I’ll use the vessel body’s zombie attack! ♪”
Combat power = materials.
We gathered nearby trees and rocks and soil.
Knead, knead, knead! ♪
“A Clay Golem is complete! ♪”
Well, it’s just the shape.
No processing Magic Stones.
I’m the one moving it.
I’ll “possess” it and drive away the villagers at the Dungeon entrance! ♪
“Now, shall we go? ♪”
“…Are you sure it’s okay? ♪”
“It’s fine, it’s fine. You are the Goddess of Victory. I won’t die! ♪”
“Oh… you say such embarrassing things… If you say them, I can’t stop myself///”
Sorry.
I teleported with the Queen Ant to a spot a few hundred meters from the entrance of the Dungeon I’m using as my lair.
Just like last time.
To the spot where investigators rushed in from the village built at the Dungeon entrance and the nearby town.
I summoned a large rock with Earth Magic.
I had the Queen Ant dig a hole in the ground to hide while I charged into the village at the Dungeon entrance.
“Bubu… Bub! ♪”
Go, Clay Golem! ♪
At the village entrance.
“!!! “Eat this!
“Bubu… Buo… ♪”
The villagers who were heading to see the rock I summoned, and the guards watching the village entrance, attacked me with Wind Magic.
Useless, useless! ♪
That won’t even scratch my inner Golem body.
“Bubuuu! ♪ Buu-buuuu ♪”
“!! It, it’s not working…”
As I approached, they gave up on magic attacks and switched to close combat. Too bad for you, I’m just passing through!
“!!!! I-it jumped over… Ah! Wait!!!!”
Good work staying up this late.
You seem to have acquired the Skill
*Dogooon!*
“What the helll!!!!”
The residents sleeping in their houses and shops are coming out one after another in their nightgowns into the pitch-black night sky due to my building demolition work! ♪
Women in their nightgowns… *gulp*. No, prioritize the objective for now.
“To the town? Contact the town!”
“Oh? Yeah, let’s do that.”
“Ah, hey?”
Those panicked idiots lit the lumber from the buildings I’d destroyed and started asking for help from the town.
Some of them…
Ignited fires while people were still inside the collapsed buildings.
“Ugyaaaaaaa!”
“G-grandpaaaaaaaa!”
Fortunately, they seemed to be a grandfather and grandson.
Instead of punishing the arsonists, I’ll just wreak havoc on the village.
Hey, hey, if you don’t evacuate to town, you’ll die! ♪
“Buu-buu-buu! ♪ Buu-buu ♪”
“Damn it. He’s laughing.”
“Were Golems… this expressive? ♪”
“More importantly, we need to guide the evacuation? This village is already finished!”
Fuhahaha! ♪ Your Level (combat skill/tactics) is no match for this! ♪
Golem Punch! ♪
“Dodge—! Gyah!”
“Hey!?”
“Are you… not okay!?”
One of the trio was hit by my magically modified Clay Golem’s fist! ♪
Fuhaha, you’ve never fought against a Golem before, have you? ♪
My arms can extend, you know! ♪
And I don’t have joints! ♪
Ah, in Golem language? You wouldn’t understand what I’m saying! ♪
“Bubububu! ♪! ♪”
“!!!! -You-!”
Enraged, you rush into close quarters? Are you volunteers for suicide? ♪
I’ll greet you with my arms spread wide.
No hugs for you. Only for women.
So, I’ll shoot out fine fragments from the Golem body inside my own body~ ♪
*Tsubababa!*
“!!!! Ah?! Gya–”
At this close distance, the only way to evade would be to have erected a barrier on your body beforehand or to teleport using Space Magic.
“I was killed again!? What are the adventurers doing, Nn, ah, ah… Help—”
A merchant? ♪
Suddenly, you’re being noisy from the side again.
I unleashed a Golem Kick with full force, leaving an ugly floral pattern on the building’s wall.
I didn’t want to look at it. That building.
With a Golem Punch, I punched right through it! ♪
“Waaaaaaahhhhhh!”
“My arm flew offfffffff?!”
The surroundings are engulfed in flames.
Because of this…
The residents who witnessed my cool attack are starting to make a commotion.
Will you all just hurry up and escape to town already? ♪
I don’t have time to kill everyone.
Because with this disturbance, more adventurers will come from town.
It’s troublesome, you know? Come on! ♪
*Zudoon!*
“Gyaaaaaaaaaaa!”
Hurry and escape, or you’ll be crushed by these big, big, heavy legs! I threatened them.
Finally, they fled to town, abandoning their property and belongings.
Why didn’t you do that from the start…
Well then, is this about it? While engaging in destructive acts.
I kicked away the adventurers who rushed in from town and…
Finally, I can call the Queen Ant.
“Hey! Hey! ♪”
I dug a hole deep enough for a child to hide in (with Earth Magic).
I called out to the Queen Ant, who was hiding underground, holding her breath.
A tremor of about magnitude 3 or 2 occurred, and the shaking intensified. I moved away from the spot for a bit.
With a *bokon*, the Queen Ant’s face shot out of the ground with force.
If she hadn’t, she would have likely kissed the sole of the Clay Golem’s foot.
Thinking that her jaw might have broken, I shuddered.
“Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?”
“Ah, as you can see, hey hey! ♪”
Don’t touch my body so much! ♪ It tickles! ♪
But it’s fine since it’s you, a woman, doing it! ♪
“W-well… if adventurers come from town again, it’ll be troublesome, right? ♪”
“Y-yes…”
Don’t look so down.
Once we enter the Dungeon, I’ll let you touch my back. ♪
“I love you♥”
“Oh, oh~ ♪”
Now, let’s go to the first floor of the Dungeon! ♪
I feel like a superstar entertaining a beautiful woman! ♪
