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Chapter 21
Chapter 21: Undead Giant Python
[Wonderful. The moment I came back to my senses, I discovered that my supporting-character Host was running a high-difficulty early-stage plot. It has the beauty of being promoted into a System for a child of destiny.]
(Speak plainly. I do not have time to chat with you right now.)
[Host, please raise your guard. With the plot distorted to this extent, my preliminary judgment is that the current world has experienced at least two timeline jumps.]
Twice...
Е̌.n um̈ å .i̇ d̊
Oswald truly wanted to kick each of those eroge heroines. Aside from the one he already knew about, who else had secretly tampered with the plot again?!
Oswald felt a wave of frustration. Why did they not all just wish to become the Flash? He was tired. Restart everything already.
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[A past that has yet to arrive is itself an unpredictable future. Time enslaves all things, yet treats all things equally. Souls wandering through the universe are always...]
(Speak plainly!)
[Host will soon lose your prophet’s advantage. With the plot distorted to its current degree, any sudden incident may occur. For example, you might wake up and find a giant dragon in front of you.]
[However, please rest assured, Host. The accidents produced by plot distortion are also equal. On this point, even the male and female leads cannot be spared.]
Wе̃ b̆ n̄оv̂ ӗl̀ En̈ũ m̊ а
(Thank you for that comfort.)
Oswald rode alone through the broken city gate. The city was not large, yet it looked as though some enormous object had pierced through it diagonally, leaving a long trench three meters wide and nearly one meter deep in the ground.
He glanced left and right at the ruined scene. There was no sign of life in the city. Countless mutilated corpses that looked as if they had been torn apart by bites were scattered all around, and every corpse had an expression of terror on its face.
Yet before he could clearly see where the trench led, the warhorse beneath him grew restless, repeatedly raising its hooves as it tried to flee this place.
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Was it coming...
The thought had just risen in his mind when a violent tremor traveled from deep underground to the surface. Oswald tightened the reins and felt as if he were standing on an ice floe adrift in the sea, while beneath his feet, some colossal creature wandered and circled.
W е̌ b ň о̄v ë l̊ Е.n ùḿ а
Drops of sweat slid down his cheeks. Dust surged and rolled, as if the earth’s crust itself were breathing in great gulps.
Oswald gripped his weapon tightly. In the next instant, the ground suddenly fell still, and a section of white bone broke through the soil with a crack.
[This is offense, this is defense, and this is the Undead Mountain-River Python.]
(Stop making references! And from now on, stop reading my memories, damn it!)
Oswald and the System had worked together in tacit coordination for many years. The rewards he had obtained from completing countless missions in the past had also been properly stored by the System in its virtual storage space.
Almost the moment the white bone appeared in his field of vision, Oswald’s mind moved, and the System responded at the same time. The one-use item, the Five-Thunder Evil-Slaying Array, immediately unfolded above the heavens.
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Pale-blue beams traced and leapt through the dark clouds. The magic array manifested, and for a moment, heaven and earth changed color. The ground beneath his feet split open with a thunderous crash, forming a deep ravine. Amid the storm, a massive serpentine skeleton tore open the earth’s surface and rose from the ground. Across those rows of orderly ribs crawled a twisted and sinister army of undead.
BOOM!!!
The Undead Giant Python had only just revealed its mountain-like body when a divine thunderbolt large enough to cover the entire city crashed down upon its head.
The dazzling light erupting from the violet lightning could be seen clearly even from several hundred kilometers away. However, in the end, it was only an item produced by a supporting-character System. No matter how impressive its name was, and no matter how great a commotion it caused, its destructive power was still somewhat lacking.
There was no way around it. The System could not possibly allow a supporting character to counter-kill a protagonist.
In midair, shattered undead bones fell like rain, but the Undead Giant Python itself was not greatly affected. It coiled its body, and before long, new undead surged into its wounds, restoring its “skin.”
We b̆nо̌ v̇ e l̂ _Е̄ nůmа
[We can only fight it in close combat, Host. This is already your strongest item.]
(I know. Stop talking nonsense and search through that junk pile. See if there is anything useful left!)
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Oswald jumped down from his horse and stood proudly in the empty street with his horse lance held horizontally. At this point, there was no need to communicate with the System anymore. Calling it useful meant it had done its best. Saying it had done its best meant it was useless...
Perhaps because Oswald was far too small, the Undead Giant Python did not immediately locate the existence that had attacked it. It raised its head, which was even larger than the city gate, and its hollow scarlet eyes locked onto the cavalry outside the city like ghostly lights.
Both sides moved almost at the same time. The Undead Giant Python smashed through building after building as it charged straight out of the city, while Oswald’s figure flashed, and he flipped onto that towering body.
Skeletal arms surged toward Oswald like a reflex. These undead, linked together and attached to the giant python’s body, went mad the instant they discovered an intruder, releasing a piercing chorus of grinding bones.
Én ŭm̆а . іd̃
Cold flashes of light streaked one after another. Oswald cleaved his way along the spine, overturning wave after wave of white bones.
After temporarily clearing an open space, Oswald seized the opportunity, stepped into the air, and swung the horse lance down toward the spine with both hands. Surging wind blades erupted and stabbed fiercely into the vertebrae.
Although it only created an almost negligible wound on that enormous body, the Undead Giant Python still noticed him.
The snake head abruptly changed direction, and its body whipped around, throwing Oswald into midair. Oswald did not panic in the face of danger. He quickly twisted his waist to adjust his posture and dodged the snake head’s bite in midair. However, after he landed on the spine, pairs of bone hands still pierced through the flesh of his calves.
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There was no time to do anything else. Oswald endured the intense pain and swung his horse lance, unleashing wind blades one after another that cut down every undead pouncing toward him.
He broke into a full sprint. The speed at which the snake head turned was even more ferocious than he had expected. One man and one python clashed wildly inside the city, fighting from the ground into the air. The commotion they caused left the cavalry outside the city deeply shaken.
È n ǔ m̄_а̊ . і̃ d̀
Lord Duke... was actually this valiant?
They knew this was not a battle that people of their level could participate in. They also knew that when the commotion inside the city settled, the outcome would inevitably be decided.
The cavalrymen’s emotions were complicated, and their gazes burned as they stared at that battlefield. This was the first time they had experienced what it felt like to be protected by their liege.
At this moment, however, Oswald had no energy to consider the matter of reputation. Relying on his own excellent speed, he could indeed hold the Undead Giant Python back for a while. Moreover, he knew very well that dragons had reverse scales and snakes had a vital point seven inches below the head. However, the closer he got to that position, the greater the number of undead became, and the more frenzied the giant python grew.
If he were facing the Mountain-River Python’s original body, he might have had an easier time. Against an undead creature, however, he was the one who had to worry about blood loss and stamina.
After once again dodging a sweep from the snake tail, Oswald, covered in blood, rolled across the ground and shattered several undead. With cold eyes, he sent a mental message to the System.
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(Have you found anything useful?)
[There is a Lifespan Lottery Card. Does the Host choose to use it? Perhaps it can draw some high-quality items.]
(That rotten thing again... Tell me. How many years of lifespan does it require?)
His battle aura erupted again. Oswald swung his horse lance and stepped forward in one fluid motion, sweeping away the surging army of undead like a gale scattering clouds.
[Fifty years.]
(...You do not have to torment me like I am Japanese.)
Е ń ùm̌а
[Host, please remain calm. Do you see that area where the undead layer is thickest? That is not the so-called seven-inch vital point, but there is likely something strange inside.]
Hearing this, Oswald glanced at the snake’s neck coiling high in the air. Indeed, the undead “skin” there was thicker than in other areas.
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However, since it was not the vital point, there was no need for him to break through it from the front.
The horse lance cleaved downward again, but this time, Oswald aimed at the ribs.
With a clang, the sharp blade tore through the air, and a long rib fell away. Oswald immediately grabbed a protrusion on the broken surface of the bone and nimbly jumped into the Undead Giant Python’s abdomen.
At this moment, the giant python’s body was slanting downward, and the inside of its abdomen was a hellish sight.
Ӗ_n̂ ú m̄ӓ
He stabilized himself and looked forward at the countless white bones rotating like a spiral. The undead all twisted their heads in unison in a bizarre manner, and pairs of hollow eye sockets turned toward Oswald.
It was like a cavern covered in heads, arms, and legs, eagerly preparing to tear every intruder to pieces.
Even so, Oswald saw it—the dim light that flashed briefly in the distance.
He threw away his horse lance. In such narrow terrain, the lance would easily become stuck. Oswald pressed himself close to the giant python’s ribs and slowly drew the longsword at his waist.
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The giant python was still rolling, attempting to throw Oswald off, but Oswald’s stance remained firmly planted and his body did not move at all. It made no difference that he was a hundred meters in the air. It made no difference that the undead surged forward until they were right in front of him.
A white-bone claw sank into Oswald’s shoulder, and blood immediately gushed out like a fountain.
Еn̂ um ǎ. īd
Hot, metallic blood stained his face red, but his gaze remained utterly still as he quietly stared ahead. The hand gripping his sword hilt trembled faintly.
Finally, in the very second the giant python straightened its body, Oswald moved.
A lump of flesh was left behind in the sharp claw. Oswald’s entire body shot forward like an arrow released from a snapping bowstring, vanishing from where he stood in an instant.
Layer upon layer of wind pressure pushed his speed higher and higher. The sword blade had already turned into a cold streak of light, flashing past in a startling arc. Countless heads fell in the blink of an eye, and what followed was the avalanche-like shedding of the giant python’s “skin.”
It began raining corpses from the sky.
This thunderous strike displayed Oswald’s S-Rank strength to the fullest. The violent wind exploded beside his ears, and section after section of white bone turned into white streaks in his dynamic vision.
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This sword strike was too fast. So fast that the blade was not even slashing anymore. It simply crashed directly into that mass of light. Even Oswald himself only barely managed to see that it was a fist-sized purple-black magic crystal suspended inside the giant python’s abdomen.
The sword stroke made no sound. Oswald adjusted his posture and, under the force of inertia, hurtled through the air for dozens of meters before slamming hard into the giant python’s ribs.
His entire body screamed in pain. Oswald spat out a mouthful of blood and instinctively grabbed one of the giant python’s ribs, barely preventing himself from falling.
With a crisp clang, the sword in his hand shattered at once. The magic crystal not far away, however, appeared completely undamaged and still emitted that strange, dim light.
Oswald stared at it blankly. Cracks began to appear across the surface of the magic crystal, but under Oswald’s trembling gaze, they stopped spreading.
[Careful.]
Wӗ b n ov е̂_l Е nüm̈ӓ
The System’s mechanical voice stabbed into his brain like an electric current. Oswald, still hanging outside, suddenly flipped upward, only then dodging the giant python’s frenzied attack as it smashed its entire body toward the ground.
(Find me a weapon.)
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The giant python’s upper body rose into the air again. Oswald wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and hurled the broken sword in his hand at the magic crystal.
The sound of metal striking rang out. The magic crystal still did not change at all.
The remaining undead crawled along the spine one after another. This time, they had become even more frenzied, pouncing one after another at Oswald, who had lost far too much blood.
Without a weapon to defend himself, Oswald could only dodge in a panic between the ribs. The giant python violently shook its upper body, and Oswald lost his footing, nearly falling from the sky to the ground.
Ẁ е̃ b̆n̆ оv̇е̇ľ Ẽn̊ ů m_а
The System was still rummaging through the junk pile. Oswald was furious, and blood once again spilled from the corner of his mouth. Clearly, his body had suffered internal injuries.
He had not expected that magic crystal to be so hard either. After all, the destructive power of his earlier strike could have cleanly cut through a one-meter-thick block of refined steel.
Another undead pounced from behind and bit the back of Oswald’s neck. Oswald hissed in pain, reached back, and crushed the undead’s skull as he urged the System on.
(After all these years, have you never rewarded me with any weapon?!)
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System: ...
[Host, there is still one card. Do you need to use it?]
Wе́b̀ n о̃ v е̌ l_ Ẽ nü m a
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