The dungeon has been parasitized

Chapter 30 A Twist of Fate

Klein stared at the trembling greatsword, its trembling growing more and more intense, as if something was about to break free.

The giant sword, resembling a demon, always felt somewhat ominous.

"I'm just fulfilling a promise I made to your parents... Don't be sad for me."

On the other side, Rolna flicked Yanami's fingers and opened them, trembling as she touched her blue hair.

"As beautiful as your mother. Yanami... your parents told me... cough cough."

The blood she coughed up was particularly striking on her thin face, each drop flowing away with her gasps, just like her life.

"Mom and Dad?"

"If I can't give you a normal life... you must... you absolutely must..."

The greatsword trembled more and more violently, while Lorna grew weaker and weaker. Her hands fell limply, and her eyes became listless.

"Use your abilities...to do the right thing...and your future will have more challenges, but you must...stay true to yourself."

"What does that mean...? What does blue hair represent?!"

Confusion and sadness streamed down her face with tears. Yanami held Rorna's hand, only to find that the warmth was slipping away.

Lorna struggled to lift her head and look at Yanami—Klein on her shoulder.

"Klein...right?"

She can see me?!

Coincidence? Or is it because Yanami mentioned it before?

Klein couldn't believe it, but her next words convinced him completely.

"Although I don't know why you are like this... I'm leaving Yanami in your care."

When did she discover this ability? Did she gain it when she became a demon?

After saying that, she lowered her head and slowly closed her eyes.

The moment her breath ceased, her body suddenly emitted light, then gradually became transparent until it had no weight left.

"To offer up the last of my soul and my life..." Klein recalled the words Rolna had spoken when she stabbed him with her sword.

"Aunt Lorna..."

Yanami stared blankly at the spot where Rorna had disappeared, her lips trembling slightly and devoid of color.

Klein sighed inwardly and did not disturb Yanami, who was immersed in grief.

Although they said they weren't close, this was the only person Yanami could rely on in Quilton, and now she was dying in her arms.

How could it possibly be so easily dismissed?

"Damn woman, if it weren't for that blue-haired man's seal, I would have taken your soul long ago! Bah!"

Suddenly, an untimely, sharp voice rang out beside them.

Looking back, there were sharp claws, horns, membranous wings, and eerie horizontal pupils... It was a real demon, and it was stretching now.

The demonic giant sword that was originally on the ground has now disappeared.

"Who are you?!"

Klein mobilized the little bit of magic he had just recovered, ready to defend himself at any moment.

"Of course I'm the devil. Oh, don't worry, according to the contract I won't hurt you. The one I'm supposed to kill is... no, I should scare you a little, hahahaha."

devil?!

"This seal has been holding me captive for so many years... I'm finally free, damn humans."

The devil shrugged his cracking shoulders and looked at Yanami with disdain, but then his expression suddenly changed drastically.

"Blue...blue hair?! Huh!"

When its gaze locked onto Yanami's head, it froze, screamed, and took a few steps back.

"What? What do you mean?"

Without answering Yanami's lingering words, the demon, looking flustered, tore open a crack and slipped inside.

Lorna's greatsword escaped.

Klein and Yanami were both confused and stood there in silence for a few seconds.

Klein tried to think about it.

It seems to be terrified of Yanami's blue hair... Judging from what it says, it seems to be because Yanami's parents sealed it away.

"Klein... what should we do next?"

Klein only snapped out of his daze when Yanami's voice rang out.

"Next..."

He looked at Yanami, whose eyebrows were drooping, and then at the collapsed rock wall on one side.

The passage... seems to be buried?

However, there is often more than one route to an area, but the danger has now passed...

"Let's go back to the plantation first; the Bloody Slime is already dead."

"Okay, I'll go find the Demon Sword Blood Eater."

Klein only now noticed that the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword was no longer on her, but since the Bloodthirsty Demon Sword always carried Klein's offspring, she could find it with a little sensing.

Rumble...

It was a voice coming from afar, a familiar voice, and Klein instinctively tensed up.

What was that sound? It gives me the creeps, like I've forgotten something…

Klein looked around, his gaze finally settling on the large pool of flesh and blood left by the bloody slime.

With so much flesh and blood, if there were any Bloody Slimes, they would have rushed over immediately, right?

and many more……

Flesh and blood, bloody slime, splitting—these words flashed through Klein's mind, eventually forming a sentence.

I forgot something.

There's one more... one more Bloody Slime!

The original Bloody Slime split into two, and Rorna only killed one of them... The other is now being drawn to the flesh.

"Yanami! Run! There's another Bloody Slime!"

"Huh? What?"

At that moment, Yanami was still searching for the Demon Sword Blood Eater when she heard Klein's words and suddenly paused, looking in the direction from which the voice came.

"There's...one more?"

boom!

Their response was a ground-shaking leap, followed by a bloody slime the same size as the previous one appearing in the air and jumping toward the flesh and blood not far away.

It wants to devour the flesh and blood left behind by that bloody slime!

If it devours all the flesh and blood, Klein and Yanami will definitely not be able to escape.

We must stop it! Destroy its core while it's still small!

"Yana Mi! Throw the seed at it!"

"Ah... okay!"

Yanami snapped out of her daze and tossed Klein out of her pocket.

Activate magic: Accelerate growth

Puff puff puff puff puff...!

History repeats itself... All the seeds are pierced by tentacles in mid-air.

In his haste, Klein forgot that casting a spell would result in him being attacked by its tentacles.

The magic I just saved up has run out...

No... I have no means of attack that can hurt it.

escape!

After it finishes eating the flesh and blood, the flesh and blood will grow larger, making it impossible to enter the passage. If it tries to escape now...

"Yana, run to Tong quickly—"

Klein was taken aback, because the rock wall was covered with rubble that had fallen during the battle, and there were no passages leading to other caves nearby.

No...no, no, no, no...!

Can't escape!

The fierce battle just now had scared away the other animals... which means that once it finishes devouring all the flesh and blood, its next target will be Yanami.

We... have nowhere to escape.

At that moment, Klein felt true despair.