(EP-295.2) #4

295 – Fall #4

The ogre wasn’t satisfied with just taking down Balan, as its charge hadn’t ceased. Even a child could tell its next targets were Stella and me.

─Mana Shield.

I calmly chanted a defensive spell while formulating my next move.

“Stella-nim, can you buy me some time? Ten seconds will do!”

“Fine, I’ll try!”

Stella quickly pulled a rope from her waist. Spinning the rope using centrifugal force, she threw it towards the ogre’s body like a cowboy.

Whirl, click.

The hook at the end of the rope snagged onto the mass of bones adorning the ogre’s body.

Using the tension from the rope, Stella launched herself into the air, landing squarely on the ogre’s shoulder. Drawing a dagger in reverse grip, she aimed it like a wolf’s fang at the ogre’s neck.

━Rat!!!

The enraged ogre twisted its body, reaching out as if it was trying to swat a mosquito. This caused Stella to lose her balance and fall to the ground.

“Ugh!”

Stella landed on her bottom with a thud.

“Theo-kun! I bought you 10 seconds! Now, do something!”

━Rat!!! I’ll crush you!!!

Just before the ogre’s massive foot could stomp down on Stella, I unleashed the spell I had quickly prepared.

─Swamp of Despair, False Hell!

It was the same magic I had used against Reinhardt. A trap magic that turned the ground into a sandy swamp, sucking in the opponent.

Of course, it was a level more powerful than before, so whatever got trapped in it would be buried alive and experience a painful death.

Sssssrrr—

━Ughhhh!!!

The ogre stumbled and fell as the ground beneath it suddenly collapsed. Taking advantage of the moment, Stella quickly pulled out another rope, wrapped it around a nearby tree, and escaped the sinking ground.

“Done!”

━Rat!!!

Frustrated at losing its prey, the ogre bristled and thrashed around violently.

However, the more it struggled, the deeper and more viscous the quicksand-like swamp pulled it under.

Sssshhhh.

Suddenly, the ogre’s arm shot up from the sinking sand.

━You think this sand can stop me, Dordor!!!

Slowly, its massive body began to rise.

From what I knew, escaping the False Hell spell with sheer strength was akin to swimming up a waterfall.

As expected of an ogre…

To be honest, I already knew that the ogre wouldn’t go down that easily.

Even an intelligent ogre like Gorgor could escape this. And this guy was physically stronger than Gorgor.

But False Hell was just to buy time.

The main event was here.

Rank 6.

Killer spell.

─Death Star.

Kwaaaaak.

I finished chanting and clenched my fist in the air. At the same time, the nearby rocks and sand began to clump around the ogre’s body.

Like an insect wrapped up in a spider’s web, the ogre in the center was bound by all sorts of debris and formed a huge sphere.

━Uooooooaaaahhh!!!

Crunch, crackle.

The ogre’s body was completely enveloped, and all that remained in the world was a giant sphere about 5 meters in diameter.

Complete silence. Quiet.

The stillness was finally broken by Stella.

Shff.

She ran her hand along the solid surface of the sphere, visibly impressed.

“… This is incredible magic. I’ve never seen anything like it before. How does it work? Actually, never mind. It’s not like I can understand it if you explain it.”

The principle was magic that artificially amplifies gravity and pulls things together towards the center. However, it seemed too complex to explain, so I kept quiet.

It was a pretty powerful spell, so I was quite exhausted.

The problem was the amount of magic it took to trap the ogre. Naturally, the monsters that sensed it began to swarm towards us.

━Grrrrr-

━Grrrrr…

Red eyes gleamed all over the bushes.

“Twelve, thirteen… No, it’s pointless to keep counting. Theo-kun, do you have any magic left? It’s quite difficult to escape from here.”

Stella loaded her bow.

However, she soon released the tightly drawn string and frowned.

“No, they don’t seem to want to attack. Well, it makes sense. We’ve just defeated the master of the nearby forest. They’re probably just here to see who did it.”

“Is that so?”

I looked at the glowing red eyes.

These monsters were probably followers of the Demon King or their descendants. If that was the case, there was no reason I wouldn’t be able to control them.

“Get lost.”

I activated 《Charisma》. The clearer the hierarchy, the better the effects.

Me, who defeated the forest master.

Low-level monsters.

The difference in power between us was crystal clear that they immediately screamed and ran away in all directions.

At the same time, my experience points increased.

「Overwhelming power difference!

Gained job experience for ‘Little Demon King’. +50」

Nice!

* * *

“Release.”

Maintaining the Rank 6 spell Death Star continuously consumed a lot of mana. So, about 30 minutes after I assumed the ogre had died, I lightly dispelled the magic.

Pasususuk-.

The artificial star collapsed.

Through the falling debris, a massive figure crumbled to the ground.

Kuuuung—.

The earth shook violently with the impact.

━You, strong. Dordor, lost.

“You’re still alive, huh…”

What a tough guy. However, it didn’t seem to have any intention of attacking me. I guessed it was too exhausted to even think about that.

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