CH 34.2

“Litty! Don’t be hasty!” (Branch Manager)

Litty’s eagerness to defeat the queen right away was held back by the branch manager, forcing her to stop. If her attack were too reckless, the battle would end after a careless strike.

Litty’s mind was cleared by the branch manager’s timely warning. Litty thanked the branch manager in her heart, who was already unable to stand up.

“Oh, you are still weak. I am the best.” (Scarb Queen)

“I’ll do my best to catch up!” (Litty)

Litty, who truly believed the Queen’s statement that she was the best, attacked. In the midst of this, Litty knew that she could not defeat the Queen with her usual cards in hand.

Never had Litty’s head been so full of ideas as it was now. She dug up every little detail and tried to find even the slightest clue.

When the Queen’s mouth suddenly opened wide, Litty immediately became alert to the poison mist attack. But what was unleashed was–

“Giiiggggyaaaaaahhhh!” (Scarb Queen)

The strange noise made them cover their ears with their hands involuntarily. The walls of the nest cracked, as did the members’ armaments.

Their ears and noses began to bleed, and they were dying from the double attack of poison and ultrasonic waves.

How could the queen miss Litty, who had let go of her weapon? She immediately attacked again, trying to eat her, and Litty backed away to escape.

But there was no way Litty, whose reaction was delayed by the ultrasonic waves, could dodge the attack. The vicious mouth was just about to touch Litty’s shoulder.

“Blaassst Knuuckle!”

“Ngggghh!”

Explosion occurred on the queen’s side, blowing her away. Perhaps the blow had an effect, and the Queen did not get up immediately. She was bleeding from the mouth, partly because the attack happened right before a bite.

Meanwhile, Litty picked up her weapon and checked the attacker.

“Thanks. Thanks to you, I managed to recover.” (Regal)

“Re, Regal!” (Litty)

Looking at him, he indeed had only recovered a bit. His muscular body had lost a lot of weight, and now he was wobbly again.

Litty tried to offer a shoulder to Regal, who was on his knees, but he refused.

“You’re going to beat that thing, right? Don’t let it last long, we won’t be able to make it… The others are in trouble as well, and we need to heal them right away…” (Regal)

“…yes!” (Litty)

“Okay. No more chatting!” (Regal)

To Regal’s words, Litty silently smiled and affirmed. After all, it was thanks to Regal that she had found a chance to win.

With the lower half of her face covered in blood, an enraged Queen shot a glare at Litty and Regal.

To the Queen, these two were no longer food. They were objects of hatred, objects to be killed.

“I won’t let you poison us again.” (Litty)

Having lost an arm, a wing, and now this sneak attack, the Queen was enraged and wanted nothing more but to kill them. For the first time in her life, the Queen was at the peak of her anger.

“I’ll kill…” (Scarb Queen)

The Queen did not even have time to complete her roaring sentence before Litty was on her way towards her.

Litty knew that this was the only moment to do this. The moment when the Queen was at the peak of her anger. That was why she dared to provoke the queen by emphasizing the word “Poison”.

Thanks to Regal’s attack, Litty found an unexpected weakness of the queen and came up with an idea for a completely strange attack.

To be fair, it seemed to be a dumb idea, but it was Litty’s chance to win the game.

The Queen was about to unleash her all-out attack, aiming at Litty.

“Haaaaah!” (Scarb Queen)

The moment the Queen opened her mouth, Litty kicked her directly in the jaw. That was the exact moment something was about to be unleashed.

Something oozed slowly from the queen’s eyes and other parts of her head as her mouth was closed on the verge of firing.

Her mouth was covered with blood, though not that of a human. And then–

“Bwaaaaaaaaahhhhh!” (Scarb Queen)

From all the holes the Queen had, the poisonous mist that had devastated the party erupted. The poison that was supposed to go outward stayed inside the queen’s body and exploded.

If the queen had remained calm, the result might have been different. However, an impulsive attack because of extreme anger could not be stopped at the critical moment.

Moreover, Litty’s attack was strange and completely unexpected.

“A, gah, aaaaah!” (Scarb Queen)

“I have been observing the Scarbs and noticed that you guys have no nose. I don’t even know how your bodies are structured, but it seems you guys do have holes… Anyway, I’m glad this attack really did work.” (Litty)

The Queen would not die from her own poison. But the Queen, like other shelled creatures, had soft insides.

The Queen, ravaged from the inside out, stood again, albeit sluggishly. The various fluids flowing from her body were also produced from feeding on humans.

Litty felt no pity for the weakened Scarb Queen.

“You, this is not, I have to…” (Scarb Queen)

The queen fell forward with regrets and confusion showing on her face. Blood continued to flow, transparent wings still flapping faintly.

Litty raised her sword to put an end to the Queen and this battle.