Chapter 435: The Cmity Awakens<ol><li><strong> The Cmity Awakens</strong></li></ol>
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<em>Zuz… zuzu… zuzuzuzu…!</em>
The body of Cmity Humidafai gradually rose from the ground, violently shaking the bottom of the Eserem Sea of Fog.
<strong><<<…!>>></strong>
Kobdalian gasped at the true form of Humidafai, finally revealed in its entirety after slowly rising.
It was… as he thought… a turban shell.
But… it was evenrger than he imagined.
The shell that had been exposed on the ground was just the tip of this Cmity, and its whole body was asrge as a rocky mountain.
“““BUSHUWAWAWAWA~!!! “““
Humidafai,pletely emerging from the ground, simultaneously and forcefully released fog from the tips of the many spines protruding from its shell, and then…
…It started extending its main body from beneath its shell… towards the corpses of the Kobudai warriors!
Its speed is slow.
But… for a snail, it’s fast!
Slowly, like an approaching wave, Humidafai’s body extended and spread, covering the corpses of the Kobudai warriors.
And apparently, Humidafai can digest and absorb prey on the spot, after enveloping them with its body, and a sizzling sound, like the corpses of the Kobudai warriors being digested, could be heard from all around.
It’s like a carpet of hell!
Kobdalian’s face turned pale at the horrifying sight.
<strong><<<Guhoho</strong><strong>ーーー</strong><strong>! This is amaaaazing!>>></strong>
On the other hand, the surviving ck Kobu warriors are overjoyed.
n Chief Kobdarok’s n was aplete sess, and the ck Kobu Tribe has gained an overwhelmingly powerful force in Humidafai.
Now everything will go their way.
Kobudai, octopuses, sharks!
All will bow down to the ck Kobu Tribe!
The ck Kobu warriors, mimicking Kobdarok,ughed vulgarly, danced the Kobudai victory dance, with the sound of the warriors’ corpses dissolving as background music!
But the next moment!
<em>Byunn!!</em>
With the sound of something cutting through the air, a harpoon-like part shot out from Humidafai’s body, covering the ground, and pierced through a ck Kobu warrior!
<strong><<<Eh…?>>></strong>
The ck Kobu warrior, pierced by Humidafai’s harpoon, just muttered that, dumbfounded…
…And then, pulled towards Humidafai’s main body with tremendous force…
…Was thrown into a hole that opened up, like a mouth… devoured, and died.
The name of this harpoon is ‘Rad’.
Humidafai can control countless of these weapons that cone snails possess.
<strong><<<Hiih!?>>></strong>
<strong><<<No way!? >>></strong>
<strong><<<I don’t want to…! >>></strong>
The ck Kobu warriors, witnessing this horrifying tragedy, finally realized what was happening when they heard the sizzling sounding from the spot where the ck Kobu warrior was devoured.
And they panicked, trembling in fear.
But it’s toote.
Toote.
Even living ck Kobu warriors are nothing more than sacrifices to Humidafai.
They should have realized that sooner.
Humidafai was watching.
With countless eerie eyes, floating and rolling on its body, it was watching the fresh fish swimming in the air.
They’ve already been… locked on…
<em>Byu-byu-byunn!!</em>
<em>Dos-dos-dosuu!!</em>
The next moment, most of the ck Kobu warriors, and the Blue Kobu warriors, were pierced by the simultaneouslyunched rade, pulled towards Humidafai’s body, devoured, and died.
<strong><<<S-Something’s wrong!? This, this isn’t right!? >>></strong>
Humidafai’s appetite is bottomless.
Any creature reflected in its countless eyes is a target for this Cmity.
Naturally, Kobdarok, the n Chief of the ck Kobu Tribe, who was still dodging and fleeing from Humidafai’s rade, was no exception.
<strong><<<I-I have the starfish! This Cmity obeys the one who holds the starfish! That was the deal, wasn’t iiiit!?>>></strong>
<em>ng!</em>
<em>ng, ng!</em>
Kobdarok’s scales, as thick as rock, are tough, and were able to repel even the Cmity’s rade.
But that’s only at first.
After being repeatedly pierced by the rade, his scales finally shattered.
And the Cmity’s harpoon pierced his body.
<em>Dosu!!</em>
<em>Dos-dos-dosuu!!</em>
<strong><<<GUHO</strong><strong>ーーー</strong><strong>…!?>>></strong>
Kobdarok screamed, his mouth wide open in pain as the rade repeatedly gouged his body.
The Sealing Starfish he was holding… dropped to the ground.
<strong><<<Wha!? AAAAAAAH</strong><strong>ーーー</strong><strong>!!>>></strong>
And just like that, he, like the other ck Kobu warriors, was dragged to the ground with tremendous force…
<strong><<<Sea… I wanted to go… to the Sea…>>></strong>
Leaving thosest words… he was devoured by Humidafai.
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Meanwhile, Kobdalian is still alive.
Apparently, Humidafai prioritized hunting down the ck Kobu warriors who were swimming in the air, and put off devouring Kobdalian and the others who were lying on the ground.
But that grace period seems to be over now, with Kobdarok, who was thest one to flee, being devoured.
Humidafai’s body was extending towards Kobdalian again, slowly.
<strong><<<Guh, gi… I’m, I’m running out of time!>>></strong>
Kobdalian gritted his teeth in frustration.
He hasn’t just been lying around doing nothing this whole time.
He was desperately absorbing the mana in the air, using it to heal his wounds.
But this self-healing isn’t easy.
Combined with hisck of mana, he still needs a few more minutes to be able to move.
And yet, Humidafai’s body is approaching him…
<strong><<<…This is it!!>>></strong>
Kobdalian, enduring the terrifying fear of death that made him want to scream, tightly closed his eyes.
The next thing he’ll feel is probably a burning pain, as he’s dissolved by Humidafai.
That’s what he thought.
But…
…His expectation was overturned…
<em>Thump.</em>
Kobdalian’s body was sent flying several meters with a strong impact…
Only a few meters, but…
…He was distanced from Humidafai’s body.
<strong><<<Eh!?>>></strong>
Kobdalian opened his eyes in surprise.
And what he saw was…
Despite being charred ck and staggering…
…Standing in front of Humidafai, as if to protect Kobdalian…
…Was Kobdacleva.
It seems that Kobdalian’s body was… knocked away by him, with a body m…
<strong><<<Why…? >>></strong>
<strong><<<…>>></strong>
Kobdacleva, looking back at Kobdalian, who asked with a dumbfounded expression, stared at him.
Kobdacleva is even more battered than Kobdalian.
It’s a miracle that he’s even able to stay afloat.
He’s in such a state.
Even speaking is a chore.
Therefore, he couldn’t answer Kobdalian’s question logically, as he usually does.
He didn’t have the time, the stamina… anything.
So…
After staring at Kobdalian with eyes filled withplex emotions… hatred, affection, contempt, and respect…
He said a single word…
<strong><<<…You… live.>>></strong>
And just like that, he copsed to the ground…
…And was swallowed by Humidafai…
<strong><<<…You make it sound so easy…>>></strong>
Kobdalian, now thest Kobudai warrior, muttered to himself, desperately trying to heal his body.
And then, he got up unsteadily, and floated into the air.
He recovered enough to be able to do that.
But that’s all.
He still can’t move quickly.
If he’s hit by a rad, he’ll die instantly.
He doesn’t have the stamina to run away either.
But even so, Kobdalian hasn’t given up.
The fighting spirit in his eyes still burned brightly.
Because he’s a warrior.
He now has one more thing he has to carry on his back… live, and carry…
He can’t die here… meaninglessly!
But sadly, even though he holds that determination in his heart…
…There’s nothing Kobdalian can do right now.
He’s trying to recover his stamina, retreating as fast as he can, but he soon runs out of breath and can’t move.
<strong><<<Damn it… damn it!!>>></strong>
The distance between him and Humidafai is closing…
Kobdalian cursed, sweating, and then…
<strong><<<DAAAAAAAAAAMN IIIIIT!!>>></strong>
He screamed!
At the same time, a rad shot out from Humidafai!
It’s extending towards Kobdalian’s head… only a few moments before it takes his life…!
But…!
…It was at that moment!
<em>Zudonn!</em>
With that sound…
…Stepping on the rad, stopping it, standing as if to protect Kobdalian…
…A ck creature… fell before Kobdalian’s eyes!
A creature with two legs and two arms!
With ck hair growing from its head and ck eyes!
<strong><<<Th-The monster…? >>></strong>
Yes!
It’s that eerie, humanoid monster… that Kobdaroze risked his life to hold back!
<strong><<<Why are you here…? >>></strong>
“…………”
The monster remained silent in response to Kobdalian’s involuntary question.
It just stared at Kobdalian, emitting a jet-ck haze, like steam, from the gaps in its jet-ck scales (that’s how the Kobudai perceive it).
And then, casually…
<strong><<<Wha!?>>></strong>n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om
…It lifted Kobdalian’s giant body…
…And threw it… with all its might… towards the outside of the giant hole!
<strong><<<AAA</strong><strong>AAAaaah</strong><strong>…?>>></strong>
After confirming that Kobdalian, flying with a pathetic cry, was out of sight…
“…………”
This monster…
…No…
…Emi Rune, the traveler!
…Faced Cmity Humidafai, the super giant turban shell that continues to extend and spread its body… and clenched both her fists!!
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But why did Emi, who should have been buried under the cliff, appear in this forbidden grounds and save Kobdalian?
To tell that story, let’s go back in time a little bit next time…
The protagonist… has appeared!!