Volume 4 Chapter 79: A Pure White Human【Final Volume: Balor and Nanashi Arc】

“Gaaah!!”

With a roar of anger, the Gorgon pulled out the spear embedded in her forehead.

So irritating, so irritating.

Her head, encased in a hard skull, had not sustained brain injury.

Therefore, although the Gorgon was still alive, she was not entirely without damage.

Her skin was sliced and blood flowed, and the full force of the impact still left her reeling.

For that reason, even in her anger, she could not charge toward the direction from which the spear had flown.

“Guuuu…!”

As she struggled to recover, she wondered who in the world could have done something so infuriating.

The Gorgon was a monster of exceptionally high intelligence.

It was leagues above ordinary monsters.

Therefore, she quickly deduced the answer.

It was most likely the human extermination squad.

That had been the case in the past too. When she rampaged and devoured humans as she pleased, the majority of them would appear and launch an attack.

Among them were warriors strong enough to be called heroes of those days.

For that reason, the Gorgon was sealed—and only now was she finally able to return to the outside world.

However, on the flip side, all that could be done was to seal her.

No matter how many heroes gathered, the Gorgon never suffered defeat.

She prided herself on never being outclassed by mere humans.

She would recover soon and rip those foolish humans to shreds.

It was at that moment that she began to hear the conversation of humans.

“Haa… Why do I have to join forces with that tanned boobs or something, nya… I wanna go home, nya…”

“Then, just go home. I shall be sure to report it properly to Balor-sama.”

“But if it’s Master, then even Myah won’t be forsaken, nya.”

“That’d be nice, wouldn’t it?”

“…………”

“…………”

The two humans, walking briskly with a neat posture, approached.

They must be well-trained—their bodies remaining steady as they walked.

What the Gorgon did not know was that both were wearing maid outfits—an utterly odd choice for members of the legendary Gorgon extermination squad.

Moreover, the two were, if anything, exchanging hostility and murderous intent with each other rather than focusing on the Gorgon.

They glared at each other before the Gorgon, as if to say, “I’ll kill you first.”

“GAAAAAAAAAA!!”

But as far as the Gorgon was concerned, the others’ business was none of her concern.

Looking at one of their weapons, it was the same spear that had been stabbed into her own forehead.

In short, those two foolish humans had dared to oppose her.

That was absolutely unforgivable—she would mercilessly torment and kill them.

However, the impact of the spear piercing her head still hindered the Gorgon’s movements.

Then, would she be defeated without any chance to retaliate?

If she were that pathetic, she would never have earned her place in history as a legendary monster.

“Unya!?”

Artemis gasped in surprise as countless snakes, responding to the Gorgon’s roar, sprang forth.

The snakes, summoned from nowhere, were all large and long.

And what was alarming was their number.

Artemis’s face contorted unmistakably at the sight of the countless snakes pouring out, covering the ground.

“Unyaa… It’s not that I’m afraid of snakes or anything, but this many is impossible, nya… It’s so gross it makes me wanna puke…”

The snakes, writhing and twisting, were hideously repulsive just to watch.

More importantly, these were the snakes summoned by the Gorgon; they were naturally not the ordinary kind.

“I recognize a few types from my homeland.”

“Hmm. Calm snakes?”

“Yes. They are snakes specialized in pacifying their prey.”

“Ah, hmm…”

Artemis glared at Ashvin, who had proclaimed it so nonchalantly.

Snakes that subdue their prey.

That is, venomous snakes.

Some possessed venom potent enough to cause death with a single bite, even in a giant monster.

Many different types of snakes were summoned, but they were likely all venomous.

A mere bite would be fatal.

Such repulsive creatures were coming in droves.

“When you’re dead, I’ll be sure to report it to Master, nya—adding that you died a useless death.”

“And when you’re dead, I’ll at least cut off your tail and deliver it to Balor-sama, with a note that you were utterly useless.”

“…………”

They glared at each other fiercely.

Already, snakes were approaching them.

They attacked, baring their venom-dripping, fearsome fangs…

“Get out of the way!”

With a swift slash, their body was sliced to pieces.

Its long body was divided into multiple segments.

It collapsed onto the ground with a heavy, thudding sound.

With one of their kin falling so easily, even the relatively mindless snakes halted abruptly.

A hideous, snake-tsunami-like wave came to a halt.

In that moment, Ashvin and Artemis dashed across the battlefield.

Given their fighting style, standing still to battle this multitude of snakes was clearly disadvantageous for them.

Therefore, they kept moving swiftly.

If the snakes pursued them, they would shift to another spot.

Meanwhile, they would slice any snakes that broke through into pieces.

This was an action possible only due to their advanced mobility and superb weapon handling.

“…………”

The two humans dodging the mass of summoned venomous snakes were an astonishing sight, even to the Gorgon.

However, to her, this situation was not entirely bad.

The reason the Gorgon hadn’t moved on her own was that she was still suffering from the impact damage to her head.

Were it not for that, she would have torn them to pieces by herself.

And that damage was rapidly healing thanks to her resilient body.

Because she was immobile, her recovery came quickly.

Now recovered enough to withstand intense movement, the Gorgon took her next action.

“Ugh… the way that magic is rapidly converging… Isn’t this bad, nya?”

Artemis grimaced in clear disgust. Even then, she didn’t forget to cut the venomous snakes in two.

In the direction she looked, the Gorgon had begun rapidly gathering magical power around her mouth.

At the corners of her mouth, bright red flames were leaking out.

And then, she immediately spat them toward the two of them.

“――――――Izun!!”

“Haai!”

Suddenly, a pure white human appeared before the two.