ALL NOVEL Chapter 30
The execution sword swung by the clown severed my left arm.
Splurt!
Blood geysered from the severed area.
The cut-off arm dropped thud to the floor.
I clenched my teeth.
Not a single groan escaped, but it hurt like hell.
Truly a weak body it was.
Beeep!!
The medical mushroom that was on standby rushed over.
With an urgent expression, the mushroom sprayed a pink liquid.
As the viscous liquid covered the cut…
Wiggle!
The blood and flesh at the severed area thrashed about.
A new arm began to squirm forth from the cut.
It regenerated a bit slower than if it were a finger.
The pain subsided.
My left arm was restored in the blink of an eye.
“Hmm.”
Swish!
I swung my newly grown left arm.
“It’s not bad.”
There’s no awkward feeling.
I felt no discomfort from the previously severed area.
By the way, there was no need to worry about my clothes.
I wasn’t wearing a shirt anyway.
“Come to think of it, I think Yumi just came by.”
After calming the flailing arm,
I stared intently into the air and said.
Shortly after Pururu and Missy’s chat came up…
【Yumi】─ Geon-i…
Yumi posted a late message.
Her chat oozed excessive concern.
She must have been shocked after witnessing a brutal scene as soon as she came in.
“Pururu, you explain to Yumi.”
“Pretty much. You’re the highest-ranked among the assistants.”
“So please do me a favor.”
I left the explanation to Pururu.
They were pretty easy to handle.
*
The psycho clown bestowed psychic powers on my severed left arm.
It was a psychic ability meant to prevent decay of body parts separated from me.
To be more precise, it was a power that kept the vitality connected to the original owner body from a distance.
Thanks to this ability,
the preserved specimen is treated as a part of the original owner’s body.
Thus, as long as the body’s owner doesn’t die, it won’t decay.
Moreover,
the preserved specimen is connected to the original owner, allowing the owner to move it freely as desired. It’s perfectly normal to handle one’s own body.
However,
there were restrictions imposed on all preserved specimens.
The limitation that prevents the original owner from moving it.
You could think of it as a kind of paralysis.
“Clown, release the restriction now.”
［Kirik. Understood. I will fully open the connection.］
The clown lifted the restrictions of the psychic ability.
Immediately, a strange sensation washed over me.
It felt like having two arms on the left.
I could feel the nerves of another left arm, separate from the one attached to my body.
“…Oh. It feels like I have three arms now.”
Ha Yumi asked.
I heard a detailed explanation from Pururu beforehand.
“Exactly. Using an arm detached from my body allows me to reduce unnecessary combat.”
By enduring a brief moment of pain, I secured immense safety.
No matter how you think about it, Geon-i seems to need consultation.
It sounded like a roundabout way of saying I was insane.
I knew this wasn’t a normal thought either.
But sometimes, crazy ideas can be clever strategies.
“I don’t know.”
I focused my nerve and tried to move the third arm.
It moved perfectly well.
I could even scrape the ground with my fingers.
“We’ll find out if it works from now on. If not, then it can’t be helped.”
【Mysticism】─
“…Okay, I won’t do this again.”
But I certainly will again, just made an apology for now.
After all, I made the assistants worry.
Anyway.
There were now two things I needed to figure out.
First,
whether I can tame a monster with the hand detached from my body.
Second,
if I can still do it with some limitations in the connection.
If the second method is also possible,
I’d consider growing arms willy-nilly.
I could send monsters out for exploration, each entrusted with an arm, enabling automatic taming.
Of course, I don’t expect much.
I think the first method might work,
but I have a feeling it wouldn’t work with the paralyzed arm.
If that worked, it would be cheating.
The second method, by the way, is impossible with arms connected by nerves.
If there’s too many such arms, it would just become too hard to control.
Unless it’s a body with released seals.
“Well, since I’m at it, better go big, right?”
“That won’t work. Those fingers are precious to the clown; I can’t use them for experiments.”
［Kirik. How touching.］
What? Was Pururu a girl and not a guy?
At first, I guessed it was a girl, but eventually changed it to a guy seeing more masculine traits.
Or is it just a guy who thinks he’s a girl saying something like that?
It’s always confusing.
…Whatever. Who cares about gender?
Let’s not think about it.
I was going to do that anyway.
I filled the severed arm’s cut with the medical mushroom’s liquid.
Then, I carefully put the arm inside the magma slime’s body for storage.
“Rize, let’s get going. We’ve finished our tasks, and it’s time to rest no more.”
“Understood.”
We ended our break and resumed exploration.
*
“If they’re A-Class or above, it’s true many can speak, but systematic language usage isn’t related to danger levels. Even low danger level monsters can be quite intelligent.”
“I didn’t say that.”
After communicating with my assistants for an hour,
We reached a dead end after a total of five hours.
No, to be precise, we stood before a massive door blocking the path.
“Looks like there’s a door here too. There was one at passage 4 as well.”
Though it was different in size and shape than the door at passage 4.
Additionally,
while the passage 4 door gave off an unsettling vibe, this one didn’t give off any such strange feeling. It just felt like an ordinary, colossal door.
［Kirik. We need to open this door. The Drifters are beyond this point.］
The clown knocked on the door with the back of his hand.
Then, Rize stepped over to the clown and placed his hand on the door.
“Stand back. I shall open it.”
With Rize’s strength, it should be enough to open.
Even if the danger level was nerfed, he was still C-Class.
I could also do it if I received various buffs from the jellyfish, but I didn’t want to bother.
“Haaaaah!!!”
Rize gathered all of his strength and pushed against the door.
After taking a breath,
Rize pooled his strength again.
He increased his battle cry even more.
“Hoaaah! Haaaah!!!”
Boom─
The door, which initially wouldn’t budge, started to slowly move.
As its speed increased, the gap widened.
Then, it seemed the door gained strength as it swung open swiftly.
Roooaaan─
With a deep rumble, the massive door fully opened.
“Y-You opened it!”
Rize exclaimed between gasps and looked up.
Then, his gaze fixed on the scene beyond the door.
Beneath the dazzling sunlight,
an endless green field welcomed us.