Chapter 40: The Panty Flash Monster (2)

There is damage but no hindrance to movement.

But what do I do?

No matter how much I attack the Monster Villain it will just intercept like now and cut off the tentacles. Even if I use mucus it will just be blown away by the wind.

Even if I whip with tentacles coated in adhesive mucus, it’s not an idiot either; it will take some kind of countermeasure.

—No.

There is one possibility.

While opening the zipper of the parka, I look at Saber out of the corner of my eye.

"I’ll stop its movements. I’ll leave the final blow to you."

"—Can you do it?"

"I’ll just do what I can; even if it doesn’t work you’ll expose your panties and defeat it, so I’ll do it lightly."

I cracked a joke and dashed out.

In parallel I extended tentacles that expel lotion forward and back and pressed them against the ground as if rubbing.

"Shi—!"

I strongly kicked the ground and floated my body.

Supporting my own body with two tentacles, the tentacles slid nurunuru across the ground. The appearance is bad but it’s like a skateboard. While adjusting my center of gravity I raced toward the Monster Villain.

But no matter how much I raised mobility, there was a fundamental difference in physical ability between me and that Monster Villain.

The Monster Villain racing across the schoolyard on all fours and me sliding with tentacles. The speed itself is about the same, but the opponent has overwhelmingly better small turns. When I turned while sliding sideways, the opponent closed the distance in one go.

Through the kendo mask I could see the red eyes shining. Now, finish it here— together with an unspoken shout, the Monster Villain leaped at me.

"Atel Octo!"

"Atel-san!"

The two voices.

The voices of the Sacred.

At the resonance that worried about my body, I fearlessly smiled so as not to let them realize the heart beating like an alarm clock.

"Don’t make that kind of voice, it’s according to plan—!"

I threw off the parka and tossed it at the Monster Villain.

For an instant, the emotion of confusion was transmitted from the Monster Villain.

What is this guy, does he intend to stop me with mere cloth?

It thought it was a trap, I think.

But as if saying it would tear through that trap as well it swung the sword it held in its mouth at the parka. The black parka was cut down without any resistance, slurp.

"Now! Tentacle release— wrap around, tentacle clothing!"

In that instant— from the lining of the cut-down parka an enormous number of thin tentacles overflowed.

The Monster Villain that leaked a voice of astonishment— tentacles stuck to its face as if wrapping around. The Monster Villain raised a muffled scream and tried to peel them off, but they slipped with guchu, nuchu and it didn’t go well.

Of course. Originally tentacle clothing is something that humiliates women from the inside. The restraint can’t be broken just by pulling with force—!

"...Eh? The pants I’m wearing now are the same thing as that...?"

Warily, Knuckle pulled the front elastic of the pants she is currently wearing with a guuiii and peeked inside.

She tilted her head because there was no tentacle-ness, but there is something more important. Because she greatly stretched the front part of the pants to carefully peek inside, the upper elastic and ribbon of the panties were completely exposed.

Knuckle who had been putting on a somewhat puzzled expression at the gathering gazes realized what she was doing and hurriedly put the pants back on properly.

After directing a gaze half exasperation and half gratitude at that figure, I showed Saber a thumbs-up.

"—Well then, I’ll leave the rest to you, Sacred."

"Yes, leave it to me."

While the Monster Villain raised muffled screams, it fired wind at random.

But with something that wasn’t aiming at all it couldn’t catch Saber’s skirt. The hem fluttered a bit, but that was all. Not only panties, even the thighs couldn’t be seen.

＜Gu, ku, shit—!＞

But from the sounds of cutting wind and footsteps it can roughly estimate the location.

While having its vision stolen the Monster Villain accurately aimed at Saber.

"—Naive."

And yet that was a bluff.

She deliberately made large foot sounds and only induced the attack.

"Fu—"

She exhaled and raced at high speed.

While avoiding the strong wind Saber closed the distance by the shortest path and against the Monster Villain crawling on the ground released a scooping slash as she passed by.

From the head to the crotch, the Monster Villain that was bisected without any resistance twisted its face regretfully— and was purified by the magical power of light and vanished.

Clonk, a black crystal fell to the ground. ℯℯ𝑙.

That is the Seed of Desire. A plant weapon of Lemora that sucks up the desire of the implanted human, grows, and blooms the flower called Monster Villain.

While picking it up Saber smiled at me.

"Thank you, Atel Octo. I’m always being saved by you."

"It’s mutual aid. I couldn’t have won against that Monster Villain on my own."

—Yes, I am weak.

That Monster Villain— the Panty-Flash Monster Villain is by no means a powerful existence; rather it’s a weak unit that joins one’s own army in the tutorial.

And yet I completely lost in specs. Even though it should have been weakened by peeling away Harukaze who was the root of the desire.

—Can I keep going like this from now on?

My specs as a Monster Villain are the lowest class, and the base human is an indoor type in both previous and current lives.

Both hardware and software can only be called frail; when a stronger enemy appears, can I properly do well?

While pushing that anxiety into my chest, I put a smile on my mouth.

"And I don’t need thanks. If you destroy me when I become completely beyond help as a Monster Villain, that’s enough for me to be satisfied."

"—...Ah, yes. That was the promise."

After putting on a pained expression, she forced her expression to tighten.

Really, this champion of justice has too much compassion. That’s why she can’t allow the surrounding people to get involved, and trusts a monster like me— on top of that, because her self-evaluation is low she has no hesitation in sacrificing herself despite having weak mental strength.