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Chapter 195: "Perforation"
Paradigm Parasite

Hie's wings seemed to shake and at the same time something like a shockwave was generated.

The deep-sea fish in front of her were instantly blown away.

The less strong ones were killed instantly, while the sturdier ones were only blown away, but it seems they were not unscathed.

Naturally, the enemy also came adding one after another from the back.

Hieda smiled wryly and said, 'Ha! and released a shockwave again, and at the same time its figure was scratched away.

In the next instant, the enemy is turned into minced meat at a tremendous rate.

Hey, hey. What are you doing?

You're going too fast, I can't see you.

I guess they are flying around at high speed and crushing them with their horns and the shockwaves of their movement.

"Look, I know it's awesome. I'll go on ahead."

Aspizal lightly taps me on the shoulder and points to the back.

On the way, the ones Hieda failed to defeat attacked, but they were not a large number, so they were cleared away in good time.

"Yeah. I think it's somewhere around here."

It was only a few dozen metres away, but it took a long time to traverse.

Aspizal looks up and down.

"Down there, yes."

Of course it is. It's easier down there.

"...And? How do we make a hole?"

"It's going to be a brute force technique, but I'll use magic to push it in."

As Aspizal holds out his hand, the earth-like substance hardens and takes the shape of a giant drill.

When the drill was completed, he swung his hand down and the drill roared and rotated.

It starts drilling to make a hole.

Blood and flesh-like material splatters from the points of contact.

"How long will it take?"

"This might be ...... tough..."

Aspizal did not answer my question, but his expression clouded.

I looked at the tip of the drill to see what it meant and saw that the amount of splattered flesh and blood was decreasing.

"Is it hard?"

"Well... the flesh comes off easily, but the bone's a bit tough. It's going to take a while."

"Hurry up, it seems Hieda is almost at his limit."

Hie was grinding down the oncoming enemy from one end to the other, but his movements were gradually losing their sharpness.

His movements, which were invisible at first, have gradually dropped to a level where they can be tracked with the eye.

Apparently, that form cannot be maintained for a long time.

The surviving beastmen are also fighting hard, but their numbers are considerably reduced.

Less than half of them are still alive. I wondered if there was that much of a difference in quantity, but something is wrong.

The beastmen are not moving well. It's not fatigue by any stretch of the imagination.

"Have you noticed it too?"

It was Yonomori, who was smashing the jellyfish, who called out to me.

"Yeah, probably due to the space. I'm fine for the moment, but there's some kind of restriction on my movement - maybe it's slowly being digested."

"...If that's the case, we'll have to hurry.

"Hieda seems to be at his limit, too, and it's getting real tough."

Hieda, who had continued to fly around and mass produce ground fish, landed on his knees.

At the same time, his entire body cracked again, and his armoured outer shell fell off in pieces.

The original Hie came out from inside.

"...Damn, it's tough when you keep it on the edge."

He is on his knees, breathing on his shoulders.

The other beasts are trying to fill the hole that has opened up, but they are starting to be pushed all at once.

This is tough. The enemies are still coming in one after another without interruption.

There are too many of them, no matter what.

Perhaps these ghettos are made in the back, and the materials are -.

Glancing around.

There are no corpses of the fish and the beasts that we have just smashed to death.

This is because the corpses are melting away from the edge of death and being absorbed into the walls.

Even the dead fish are recycled and reused. There's no waste, damn it.

As long as the beastmen's corpses are also digested, the balance is completely positive.

In contrast, we're getting worn out by the passage of time.

We're completely out of the game.

"Still? We can't keep this up any longer."

"Sorry. It's going to take a bit longer, the bone is shaved, but it's been repaired from the edges and I can't get a hole in it."

Aspizal, looking unusually impatient, has sweat on his forehead and is concentrating on his magic.

Looking at the area being drilled, I could see that it was indeed trying to regenerate from the edges that had been scraped away.

I could help him with magic, but from the looks of it, I'm not sure I'd be much more than a hindrance.

It may not be able to regenerate indefinitely, but as long as you don't know the limits, there's no point in thinking about it.

But it's not good to be in this situation where you're completely dependent on Aspizal to make a hole.

If they fall over, it means we're completely stuffed.

I'm trying to get in front of them and reap the fish, but I'm getting close to my limit.

It's not a physical difference, but simply a difference in the number of moves.

My left arm, the Human Centipede, is already at full capacity, and I'm firing magic in spades, but I can't support it.

Worst case scenario, the only way is to mutate your body and push...

"Azusa."

"What? I'm busy right now, I can't afford it!"

Suddenly, Aspizal calls out to Yonomori.

The answer is a bit of a mess, as if Yonomori also has her hands full.

"I'll use it, so please take care of the rest."

"No, you can't. I'd rather use it myself than let Asu-kun use it!"

"...but..."

I don't know what you're getting worked up about, but if you can do something about it, can't you just get on with it?

We'll turn the invisible centipedes against the additional fish that are swarming around and finish them off.

In the meantime, I'm recovering, feeding the fish to the hundred legs, but it's still tough when what's missing in the first place is a head count.

I'd better belly up to this one - I'm not going to be able to do it.

----.

Suddenly, as if to cut me off from my thoughts, the will slips in.

It appeals to me to use myself.

I'm a little surprised inwardly, I should have ordered it not to move, but it seems to have come close to me because it was getting harder to hide.

I consider the risks of using it, but decide it's better than exposing my own hand.

I give the order. I told them to go wild as they wanted.

At the same time, there was a shock behind me.

"What!?"

"A pincer attack? Is this bad?"

The one who appears from behind is the household member in question.

The household pushes the fighting beastmen out of the way, and then moves forward to reap the enemy with its tentacles.

The beastmen who were about to attack stop moving, as if bewildered.

The household widened the hole in its torso and something huge popped out from inside.

It is a ground dragon - a savage - with a dinosaur-like appearance.

It seems to have moved inside the household.

That marine fish would have been able to move underwater.

Savage lets out an air-shaking roar and gleefully bites the fishes.

He grabs the nearest fish and bites off its head, and cleaves jellyfish with his telescoping tail.

The sharks, perhaps perceiving them as a threat, charge at them, mouths wide open, ready to bite.

Savage stretches his chest as if to welcome it.

At the moment of contact with the shark, his chest opens wide and he bites the shark's head off in reverse.

The chest rises and falls as if chewing.

The functions and other things I came up with were first tested on Savage, so the appearance is as it is, but the inside is a variant with a lot of the functions of the new species I've made so far.

Incidentally, that was the mouth of a Tatzelblum.

I've also put a lot of other things into it, and it seems to be putting them to good use.

Savage fired a [fireball] from his mouth, but changed his means of attack when he realised that the power was diminishing.

He spits out a flammable liquid from his mouth and ignites it with magic.

Flamethrower. This is a non-magical attack, so it is not affected by this space.

The fish that were hit were instantly turned into fire, and the jellyfish shriveled up as the water evaporated.

The others looked on in amazement at the tremendous battle.

I inwardly clicked my tongue, don't look, move.

"Those two are our allies! Cover them!"

I shouted, and they came to their senses and started to cover the fighting household and Savage.

No one questioned or objected. No one questioned or objected, because there was no time for that.

"That's the one you killed before, isn't it?"

"Can you control monsters?"

Well, that's what I'm getting at.

Sorry, I'm not going to answer that.

"We'll talk later. We have to get through this now, don't we?"

"I guess so."

When he replied, Aspizal nodded honestly, but Yonomori was somewhat dissatisfied and went to sweep up the enemy.

Let's see if I'll step forward too.

With the participation of the Ye-no-Mori and Savage, the battle situation seems to have picked up considerably.

Thanks to the big, big-spirited household members acting as a wall to support the front line, the others are able to move quite freely, which is a big factor.

In addition to this, Savage has been spectacularly clawing at the enemy, and the burden on him has probably been reduced dramatically.

Hieda's movements were also tremendous, but his attacks were only a line.

Compared to Savage's annihilation power, it is a step behind.

There are limits, but at this rate they should be able to support us for a while.

"Okay, it's open! It's open! Everybody, that's enough!"

It seems that the excavation work on the Aspizal has been completed.

When I looked back, I saw a huge hole opening up.

"Hurry up! They're hardening it, but it won't hold for long!"

True to his word, the hole is slowly but surely closing up.

"Go on! Jump into that hole!"

Hieda, who seems to have recovered somewhat, shouts and jumps into the hole.

Hearing this, the beasts follow one after another.