Predator
If it were the usual me, I’d be freaking out about how difficult it would be to win again the Demon Lord Orc Disaster Gelmudo.
But receiving the butcher knife “Meat Crusher” would probably send me flying.
Even Shion, who’s stronger than me, lost in a contest of strength against him.
So I again try to land an attack while darting around at high speeds.
I know it’s pointless, but I see no reason to stop.
Confirming my own weakness.
They have all received one of my powers and exceeded my own abilities in them.
Ranga’s [Black Lightning]
Shuna’s [Analyst]
Shion’s [Herculean Strength] and Body Strengthening
Kurobee’s [Researcher]
In every skill they exceed me.
If we fought one on one and I went all out, I think I could win. However, if all five gather, I would probably lose.
Never being able to land the finishing blow, they were bound to run out of magic energy and perish.
Right.
Why are the oni‘s skills stronger than mine?
That much is perfectly understandable. But what about the rest?
The answer to that…
In the first place,
Since they are not skills I was born with, I need to take time to properly understand them.
However.
It is a skill I have had from birth.
That skill even I have nearly complete mastery of.
Thus, I order.
I permit you to control my body. Move it as you please, [Great Sage]!
≪Received. Switching to Battle Mode.≫
And thus the response to the previous question,
Demon Lord Orc Disaster was bewildered.
A boring monster, he had thought.
However, the monster had continued meaningless attacks, each one just as weak.
No matter how often the monster would have attacked, no damage would accumulate. Thus, the orc did not feel threatened.
Thus, just when he had designated the monster as a good meal…
The constant onslaught of attacks suddenly stopped.
And the orc saw a beautiful young face of a silver haired girl.
The moment he thought that,
*Zasu!*
His arm, elbow down, was cut away from his body. And where it used to be attached, a dark flame burned him.
Enemy? Yes, that was an enemy.
It didn’t matter that his foe’s weapon had burned away. Her abilities were so high that she didn’t need it!
And another strange feeling.
Confused, he looked at where his arm had been only to find the dark flame still burning and sealing his regeneration.
Cutting his arm off at the shoulder, he had it regenerate. And, he started swinging the Butcher Knife “Meat Crusher” with all his might.
However. The seemingly unarmed child casually lifted her arms, produced a sword out of thin air, and received the attack.
And when the butcher knife came in contact with the sword both were engulfed by the black flame and disappeared.
Filling up his fists with his aura, he attacked. His enemy, too, armored her fists and repelled his attacks.
Colliding with the seven bullets in the air, his magic bullets continued on.
While she would probably not die from this, she’d take some damage.
And a new armor was now covering her. His attack was probably deflected by that armor.
I hunger. I want to eat her!!!
He grabbed onto his enemy.
A roundhouse kick landed into him causing his body to fall, but still he wouldn’t let go.
One of the effects of [Starving Ones] was to corrode and devour his enemies directly.
I want to eat her! His head filled with that one though, he directed his entire being into corroding her!
And, his enemy having given up struggling, gradually succumbed to…
Things proceeded just as I had planned.
A never before seen optimized form of combat. I can even use [Black Flame Manipulation] now.
Skills I had previously hard time mastering I now easily control with the help from [Great Sage].
Even if I know how to use my skills, it’s not like my overall proficiency with them has increased.
Which is why I must end this quickly.
And everything went according to plan.
However, I also intend to devour you!
My regeneration ability is similar to his. However, the slime body is naturally resistant to corrosion.
Thus, I had planned from the beginning to eat you in this manner!
I made him believe that my body had melted, and used that to envelop him.
And by the time he had noticed, it was already too late.
No matter how much he rages now, he’s already been covered by me; his attacked nullified.
The battle has become a stalemate.
Each one attempts to devour the other like the Ouroboros.
Simple, isn’t it?
Rather than depending on skills I have yet to truly master, I decided to depend on my most fundamental ones.
My slime abilities [Dissolve, Absorb] mix incredibly well with [Predator].
I am a predator.
However, you are a scavenger.
And while we have both been eating each other, I will devour your ability first.
My skill can analyze the abilities of living enemies, whereas yours only of the dead.
This moment has decided the battle.
…………….
……..
…
How much time had passed?
But believing in my victory, I focus on predating him and,
I cannot lose.
I cannot lose.
I have eaten Gelmudo-sama.
My brethren are starving.
Eating until we have our fill!
Thoughts poured into me.
I don’t know what you’re on, but you’ve already lost to me.
But, I cannot lose…
I… am sinful…
So I will not lose.
It’s pointless.
It’s survival of the fittest in this world. You’ve lost.
So you die.
But, I cannot lose…
I became sinful, so that they won’t starve, for that I would do anything!
So that no one starves, I will devour the hunger itself!
I am Demon Lord Orc Disaster. The devourer of worlds.
And yet, you’re still going to die.
I will devour your sins.
What…?
You will devour… my sins?
Yeah.
And not just yours, but also those of your kind.
Mine… ours… all our sins…
Aren’t you greedy.
That’s right.
Can you relax now?
Once you have, just go to sleep.
Ah…
But…
Greedy one.
But, you who have accepted my sins…
Now my hunger has finally been fulfilled!
Demon Lord Orc Disaster. Named Gelmudo.
Just now, his consciousness has finally disappeared.
≪Confirmed. Demon Lord Orc Disaster has disappeared.
Unique Skill [Starving Ones] has been absorbed by unique skill [Predator].≫
I have won.
And, I open my eyes.
Burdened with the sins of his entire race.
「I have won. Sleep well, Demon Lord Orc Disaster Gelmudo!」
My declaration resounded across the land otherwise silent.
And thus, the Orc invasion has been stopped.
Furthermore, he was in fact supported by an unknown number of demon lords.
But I know enough to stay vigilant.
The main problem has yet to be resolved.
The following day.
History will forever remember the birth of the Great Jura Forest Alliance, and the conference where it began.