Help! I changed the gender of the male protagonist in the yandere game.

Chapter 206 The Great Demon

Black Shark Island.

Deep underground. In the limestone caves, the environment becomes increasingly bizarre and fantastical. The underground caves here have many branching paths, and the ground and ceiling are covered with various stalactites and stalagmites, forming a complex underground environment.

The group walked through the dark passage, encountering various dangers and enemies.

For example, there are insects that can spew poisonous fire, constantly moving stone caves, ground that resembles quicksand traps, and underground plants that can spray highly poisonous spores.

The entire underground cavern was like a viciously trap-filled maze. As the group trekked through, several people were injured, but they finally reached a certain depth.

Here, a fierce battle broke out.

……

"Die!"

The old man Matsudaira swung his naginata, sweeping it horizontally. His target was a strange fish covered in scales with a face that resembled a human's.

This strange fish with a human head is about the size of a large animal like a brown bear, and has more than a dozen human hands and feet growing out of its lower body, allowing it to move flexibly.

With a deep clang, the naginata's slash failed to break the hard scales, and crimson sparks flew from the steel blade.

Nevertheless, the strange fish cried out in pain, its human face contorted in a grotesque grimace, its venomous eyes fixed on old man Matsudaira.

Then, the monstrous fish with the enormous human head opened its mouth, roaring as it sprayed out a venomous liquid composed of spores and pitch-black liquid.

The clay figure blocked the venom's attack in an instant; its body, constructed of mud and soil, was not afraid of such an attack.

Matsudaira was also given cover and hid in the back. At the same time, Saihō's hands shot out spinning flames.

"'Flaming Fang Four-Helix Horn'!"

His spiritual power concentrated, becoming more and more concentrated and solid—and then flames burst forth.

Cai Zang used a high-level Fire Luo Technique, and in an instant, several flames spun and shot outwards.

Whoops!

With a flash of orange-red light, the "Flaming Fang Six-Helix Horn" transformed into several long ribbons woven from flames, like six active fire snakes, winding and floating in the air. Finally, each of them pierced through six parts of the strange fish, including its head, chest, and abdomen.

The scales could block the blade, but they couldn't withstand the attack of the Fire Magic. The flames penetrated deep inside, causing the internal organs and muscles to begin burning.

At that moment, the strange fish was in extreme pain, and black liquid spurted from its mouth.

With a "sizzle," a large amount of venom spilled onto the ground, instantly forming a black sea and emitting the distinctive stench of alkaloid poisons.

"--disease!"

Renjiro and the ninja group collectively threw several spirit talismans forward. On the black talisman paper, the words "Hurry, hurry, as the law commands" were written in vermilion ink extracted from mercury and cinnabar.

The talisman activated the water-based magic, spewing out a large amount of water—this was a terrain rich in moisture, far from the ocean.

Therefore, even the water element talisman, which is the most difficult to cast among the five elements magic, can be used. In the blink of an eye, a large amount of water vapor forms a wave that rushes over like a raging torrent, engulfing the poison and gas.

The strange fish lost its footing and fell over, its highly polluting and toxic bodily fluids being washed away by the water.

Just as Renjo, Matsudaira, Saizo, and the others were defeating the strange fish, Hyakusuke was also dealing with another "enemy."

This "enemy" is also a kind of demon, and it looks like a large feline.

However, this creature's size is even more exaggerated than that of a lion or tiger, with incredibly thick limbs that are reminiscent of an elephant's limbs.

"This demonic aura... is already comparable to that of a high-level ferocious demon?!"

The tanuki monster, Bean, had all its fur standing on end.

"Watch out, it's coming."

Hyakusuke was responsible for flank protection, and at that moment, he also felt a strong killing intent.

I don't remember what this monster was called in the game... I just remember it was pretty hard to fight...

He carefully examined the creature opposite him. It was a ferocious demon reminiscent of an ancient creature like a saber-toothed tiger, with a slender body that was both elegant and muscular.

'What's the weakness? It seems to have a reduction in physical attack damage, so it's probably vulnerable to elemental magical attacks...'

While trying to think, Hyakusuke's actions were a beat slower.

It was this small oversight that made this rather perceptive demon realize his laxity, and it stared at Hyakusuke with its two emerald-green will-o'-the-wisps.

There is still some distance between them.

Nevertheless, a fierce, murderous aura, so intense it could be mistaken for the smell of blood, wafted over, searing Hyakusuke's skin.

'Oh no, it's aiming at me!'

In an instant, a fierce wind swept over us.

The beast-like black shadow leaped forward like lightning.

The heavy impact lifted Hyakusuke's feet off the ground, nearly sending him flying into the air. Fortunately, his toes gripped the ground, and his heels were shaved into the earth.

The staff blocked the attack, but he was almost bitten.

"Mr. Hyakusuke!"

Hiiragi Hiruko called out from another battlefield as she was setting up a barrier, forming a solid wall of defense that was relentless against the numerous enemies trying to break through from another entrance—the entrance they had come from, now blocked by humanoid monsters covered in spores, along with other bizarre creatures.

They should all be things born from experiments. Bai Jie vaguely remembered some of the monsters, and he still remembered the settings. There were also some that he didn't have much of an impression of.

"I'm fine... Miss Hiruko, please do what you should do."

Bai Jie let out a breath; he had withstood the first wave of attacks and held the line.

"I have no problem on my end—"

That's what they said, but right before him—the large cat's mouth was wide open, its canines extending from a short sword into a long sword, protruding outwards from its lips. A thunderous roar squeezed out from deep within its throat, the waves of sound causing Hyakusuke an excruciating ringing in his ears.

The sound waves were so loud that my ears felt like they were on fire.

Fortunately, Hyakusuke's control over spiritual power is much stronger than before. He blocked his hearing and pain senses and tried his best to hold up the staff to block the cat-like behemoth that was trying to bite and crush him with its sharp teeth.

call out!
Jujou Maika, wielding a sword-like weapon, attacked from the side, the white blade scorching the air before his eyes.

The large cat retracted its head, dodging the attack. However, the blazing white blade of light swiftly severed the monster's foreleg.

"What!?"

Hyakusuke could see it clearly. The severed foreleg slowly crumbled on the spot, without a drop of blood on the cut surface. It fell to the ground like melted rubber, but it did not disappear. Instead, it trembled on the ground like a semi-transparent creature.

"This is--"

On the other hand, at the same moment the forefoot landed, it turned into flowing liquid with a whoosh, wrapped around the cut surface, and instantly transformed back into the original severed forefoot.

The action was completed in an instant. The big cat restored its broken front paws, leaped backward with force, and as it landed, the four-legged cat-like monster released its tail.

It was a jet-black tail, and in an instant, the tail transformed into dozens of black tubes that extended outwards.

Without making a loud sound, the clarinet moved forward at an astonishing speed, as if it were crawling.

The ground was pierced, creating dozens of holes. At the same time, Hyakusuke retreated using "Shrinking the Ground," and Jujo also dodged by taking consecutive backward steps. The black tube pierced the ground, but it did not harm the two of them in the slightest.

However, the black tube burrowed into the ground and broke through the soil again, launching a second attack on the two like tree roots.

"—Hurry, hurry, as the law commands!" Tanuki Bean threw out dozens of talismans.

The talismans scattered in the air, transforming into paper-shaped spell walls that served as a substitute for the two retreating individuals in their escape from the attack.

"This guy... is a bit difficult to deal with."

"Ten-jou-chi-ka whispered in an unhappy voice."

The blonde girl held a vajra in both hands, but white light blades shot out from the tips of both vajras.

This is a unique combat skill of the Jujo clan, known as the "Five-Cobalt Spirit Blade," which works by condensing spiritual energy into a spiritual energy blade.

However, in Bai Jie's opinion, this fighting style is somewhat like cosplaying a Jedi Knight.

“It’s no ordinary monster,” Hyakusuke quickly said.

"Although its total spiritual power should not reach the level of a high-ranking ferocious demon, unlike its appearance, this thing is similar to a slime."

"History, history what?"

The blonde girl couldn't understand what he was saying at all. Bai Jie then realized that he had misspoke and quickly explained, "It looks like a big cat, but its body is not that kind of structure. It probably doesn't have internal organs or anything like that. It's just a thing with a shape."

"What do you mean?"

The ten dancing flowers tilted their heads.

"To put it bluntly, it's mimicry."

Hyakusuke uses spoken words to explain the ten steps of the dance.

“Even if its limbs are severed and its internal organs are penetrated, it will not be injured, because it is only mimicking that form. Its true form is an amorphous mass of slime mold, and the severed parts will automatically heal... Therefore, simple physical attacks such as slashing, hacking, and stabbing should be useless against it.”

This thing isn't afraid of fire either.

The game features extremely high fire resistance.

He coughed lightly.

"I suspect there is some kind of mobile demon core inside, which is the core part that controls itself, but it should be very difficult to destroy."

A colossal beast resembling a feline, possessing a mobile demonic core within its body, making it impossible to pinpoint its location and thus very difficult to defeat.

Mai Hana Tojo seemed to understand, but not quite. She lowered her voice and asked in a telepathic voice, "The problem now is, how do we defeat this thing? Doesn't it have any weaknesses?"

"Of course there is, and in my opinion, there is a way to deal with it. As long as we have a powerful lightning spell, we can defeat this monster."

Actually, this thing is probably also vulnerable to ice-attribute attacks.

However, among the group of people present, the blonde girl, Jujou Maika, did not know ice magic, but she was skilled in lightning magic, and her methods were truly exceptional.

"understood."

Ten-fold Earth Dance Flower nodded.

“Then, Mame no Susumu, and Mr. Hyakusuke, please give me some time so I can cast a lightning spell.”

"Ok."

Bai Jie raised his staff, gripped it tightly with both hands, and pointed the tip straight at the sky. A dazzling light then enveloped his figure.

In an instant, he used the Qi Luo technique to shoot out thousands of light arrows.

Phew! Phew! Phew!

A barrage of light arrows rained down, causing even the saber-toothed tiger or the ferocious cat-like beast to retreat.

An explosion rang out, the boom and flash almost engulfing the ferocious beast.

However, it still managed to nimbly retreat and dodge most of the arrows. At the same time, thousands of slender light arrows ravaged the ground beyond recognition.

In the very center of the stage, riddled with holes, a colossal beast, its body pierced by hundreds of light arrows, slowly straightened up, swaying as the light arrows shattered.

Bai Jie saw it clearly and realized that the attack had not hurt the creature. There were only two ways to defeat it: either to severely injure it with powerful lightning or ice magic, or to try to destroy its demon core.

"bring it on!"

With her hands forming a mudra, the two vajras she carried flew into the air and split apart, one into two, two into three... gradually becoming eight vajras.

Pale blue light spots appeared on the vajra, surrounding her. Countless tiny, snake-like electric sparks crawled around, gradually expanding from the light spots to form a ball of lightning.

The surrounding atmosphere began to ionize, and dazzling light erupted from the vajras. The eight vajras began to move forward, forming eight extremely bright and dazzling lightning balls.

Eight lightning orbs shot towards the giant beast, releasing hundreds of moving electric snakes that coiled around the beast at its center.

The strange, cat-like beast tried to escape, and dazzling lightning transformed into hunting dogs that raced swiftly, chasing the ferocious monster as it moved, constantly shattering the ground along the way, even breaking the cave floor, stalactites, and stalagmites overhead.

This attack is utterly outrageous, practically a self-moving natural disaster. Wherever the plasma sphere and lightning strikes touch, they trigger a small-scale explosion.

As the ferocious demon slowed its movements, steam began to rise from the earth, and a strange smell filled the air.

The continuous explosions of lightning and thunder paralyzed the large cat-shaped monster, melting, evaporating, and destroying every inch of it.

Finally, the mid-level ferocious demon also stopped moving, disintegrating under the high temperature, melting like maltose, and turning into a pool of charred liquid.

……

Through the monitoring crystal ball, Hank was able to see the fighting power displayed by the group that entered the cave.

"It's really awesome!"

He was deeply impressed.

The numerous experimental subjects sent out were all defeated by this group.

This group is larger than the first wave, and it also includes some highly skilled individuals.

However, Hank still did not believe that they could defeat "the Lord".

"Unfortunately... your chances of winning are still too low. Compared to the person trapped in the Heart-Breaking Barrier, you are still not strong enough."

This is not something difficult to understand. In fact, after reading the documents in the underground cavern facilities and learning about the identity and origin of "the Lord," Hank knew clearly that conventional methods would not be able to defeat him.

"Master" is no ordinary monster; according to the island nation's terminology, it should be called a great demon like a "tengu".

However, in far-western Europe, in areas under church rule, people used a common term to refer to beings who were very close to "the Lord": "the devil."

Summoning demons is extremely difficult, especially high-ranking demons located deep within hell.

Only places near the "Gateway to Hell" can communicate with the powerful beings deep within Hell.

Hank couldn't understand how the people of this Far Eastern island nation had managed to do it, but the facts were undeniable, and he couldn't refuse to believe it.

The facility in the underground cavern did indeed successfully summon a great demon from hell, a noble being who could be called a "hellish aristocrat".

"Destroyer," "Fraudster," "Hateer of Light"... From the names recorded in the files, it's not hard to pinpoint this guy's real name.

'Mephisto.'

Hank uttered the name in his heart.

(End of this chapter)