The dungeon has been parasitized

Chapter 46 The Cunning Black Wolf

The moment Yanami sensed the attack coming from behind, she lunged to the side, but it was too late to dodge—

Snap.

A sound like shattering glass rang out, and the attack aimed at a vital point went astray, but the right arm holding the wand was still clawed and injured, and the wand was knocked away, falling next to the rock frog's body.

"hiss……"

Yanami gasped in pain, the ring on her hand slightly warming. It was a ring given to her by the Slime Slayer adventurers, which had saved her from a fatal blow.

After the black wolf attacked her from behind, it disappeared into the shadows of the trees.

"Awooo..."

But then, a black wolf howled from the nearby forest, and flames burst forth from its body, allowing Yanami to spot it.

This is... my fire shield automatically burned it? Luckily, it didn't dissipate.

When did it magically blend into the shadows? I didn't notice at all...

No... it used a spell before I got close. I thought it failed, but actually the black wolf under the rock frog had already been replaced!

Was it lying in ambush on me...? When did it discover me?

Yanami stared intently at the black wolf in the forest, her other hand clutching her bleeding wound, her arm trembling uncontrollably, yet her mind was calmer than ever before.

I never expected this black wolf to be so cunning. It deliberately played dead to lure me closer before launching a sneak attack from the shadows.

I can't cause Klein any more trouble.

Yanami glanced at her wound and immediately decided on a course of action.

The injury is deep... I have no strength left in my arm, and I need to stop the bleeding.

"Charge forward."

hiss-

Yanami tore a strip of cloth from her robe and ordered the Thunderhorn Deer to rush towards the black wolf under the tree that was trying to extinguish the flames on its body.

Yanami didn't expect to be able to defeat the Thunderhorn Deer, but at least it would buy her some time.

He forcefully tied the cloth strip to the top of the wound to stop the gushing blood, then gritted his teeth and bound the wound shut.

"Haa..."

Yanami took a deep breath, quietly trying to ease the pain in her arm.

After a quick bandage was applied, Yanami looked back at the black wolf's location, but it had vanished. The black wolf was also seriously injured, but it was in the shadows, while Yanami was in the open.

It can hide in the shadows... Without a target, the mental attack won't hit; it must be lured out.

Yanami commanded the Thunderhorn Deer to run wildly through the forest, luring the Black Wolf to attack, while she accumulated magic power.

"Awoo!"

Suddenly, a dark shadow pounced from the shadows toward the Thunderhorn Deer, opening its mouth to bite its neck.

Yanami stretched out her left hand and shook it.

A psychological shock... No goal?

Is it... a clone?!

Could it be that it replaced the one that was suppressed earlier with the same clone?

The mental attack failed to activate due to the lack of a target, and the shadow successfully bit the Thunderhorn Deer's neck before merging into the shadows on the ground, dragging the deer down to the ground.

At the same time, Yanami's hostility reading triggered—

Behind you!

Yanami dove to the side and hid behind the rock frog's corpse, while a dark shadow rushed at the same time, but was blocked by something as it approached Yanami's back.

As Yanami dodged, she turned around and extended her palm—

A mental shock...wait?

Before Yanami could fully process what had happened, she discovered that flames had already ignited on the black wolf's body, and were growing ever stronger.

It struggled frantically, then finally vanished into a puddle of shadow...

Taking advantage of the moment, Yanami quickly crouched down, picked up the wand from the ground, and leaned against the rock frog corpse.

She dodged this way, actually to retrieve her wand.

The black wolf's first attack was its main body, but it was burned by my fire shield.

It is now afraid of the flames of my shield, so it is attacking with weaker clones, but the shadow clones are made of magic and shadow, which will be blocked by the fire shield, and the flames of the shield can ignite magic.

What a clever and cautious monster...

Again!

boom.

A dark figure burst out from the nearest shadow, and Yanami dodged to the side, but still had to rely on her shield to block it.

Another clone...

The clone was very fast... or rather, I was too slow to dodge its sneak attack.

Perhaps it was testing her, or perhaps it wanted to wear down Yanami, but Yanami couldn't distinguish between the physical body and the clone, so she could only dodge in a sorry state.

We have to find a way to force it out...

I still have almost half my magic power left... enough to generate about sixty fire arrows.

No, although the fire arrow will definitely be effective against it, the casting time is too long. The black wolf will definitely not let the gap in my casting go by.

What do I have left now?

The wand is back, the Thunderhorn Deer is dead, and the Demon Sword devours blood...

Yanami turned her head and saw the Demon Sword Blood Eater stuck in the corpse.

Magic sword, magic power, magic wand, corpse.

These four things swirled in Yanami's mind and eventually formed a plan.

coming!

Another dark shadow attacked, and Yanami raised her palm.

A profound shock!

"Awoo!"

It's the real thing!

It seems that after several attempts to test Yanami with clones, it realized that Yanami couldn't dodge the attacks at all, but since the clones couldn't break through her defenses, it decided to take matters into its own hands.

Yanami didn't recognize it as the real body; she was gambling—if it was a clone, the shield would still be there if the mental shock failed.

However, if it's the main body, then it will take a hit.

The black wolf's head felt like it had been hit by a heavy hammer, and it collapsed to the ground, but perhaps because of its strong willpower, it was able to get up again very quickly.

However, there's enough time.

Yanami quickly stood up and used her injured right hand to pull the Demon Sword Blood Eater from the rock frog's body.

It has now absorbed a lot of flesh and blood, and Yanami has used it to restore all her magic power, directing the magic power to her wand.

She cast a crimson spell at the rock frog's corpse, which wriggled and spat out six small bloody slimes, each consuming one hundred mana from Yanami.

Unique magic...no chanting required!

The black wolf had once again disappeared into the shadows of the forest. With a wave of her wand, Yanami sent all the little bloody slimes rushing into the forest.

But you don't need to find the Black Wolf, you just need to...

coming!

Yanami's hostility readings reacted.

One of the small bloody slimes locked onto its target and launched itself towards a patch of shadow.

boom!

"Awoo!"

It seems it used magic.

Although the Bloody Slime is invisible, it is extremely sensitive to magical fluctuations. Since the Black Wolf is hiding, we should start with its magic.

The result was very effective; after losing a slime, Yanami brought the black wolf out of the shadows.

Then, when it tried to hide in the shadows, it was locked by the slime due to a magical fluctuation, and the magic was interrupted.

Confused about the situation, it could only try to dodge while figuring out how to deal with the slime, which gave Yanami some time.

"Magic, please armor my skin, strengthen my flesh, and make my body agile!"

First, she was agile. Yanami was very focused and made no mistakes. As she successfully launched the attack, Yanami felt her whole body filled with power.

"Flames, ignite my magic! Transform into arrows that can melt steel, shower the earth with fire, and make them my own, under my control!"

Then came fifty flaming arrows, floating around Yanami.

The plan remains unchanged: continue to capture it alive.

All the slimes were used up in order to hold off the black wolf, because slimes can only attack in a straight line and have no advantage in the forest.

However, we won't need them anymore.

"Waaah..."

Having finally escaped the slime, the black wolf emerged from the shadows, its nose wrinkled, and growled at Yanami with extreme anger.

"Are you angry, little puppy?"

"Woof woof woof!"

Yanami spoke to it in her mind, and it seemed to understand Yanami's sarcasm with its intelligence, and roared wildly.

Yanami fired a flaming arrow at it, and it once again tried to jump into the shadows to avoid the attack.

You won't succeed!

Yanami waved her wand, and a rain of rockets poured down, shooting towards the direction it had disappeared, but this was not for attack.

Before hitting the shadows, all the rockets scattered throughout the woods, the firelight illuminating every patch of shadow.

The black wolf's form was illuminated by the firelight.

Without a shadow, you can't use your abilities, right?