I Became the Strongest With The Failure Frame【Abnormal State Skill】As I Devastated Everything-Chapter 27

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Chapter 27


Finally arriving at my destination


It seems these lizardmen came from the swamp that had a fairly weaker poison on it .


That seems so based of the fluids that were sticking in their body .


It’s like I thought, I wouldn’t be able to pass through that swamp .


That’s why I think it’s quite difficult to hunt for more of them in their own habitat .


It seems the holes where those two stinking dragons came out from previously, were also connected to that same swamp .


I threw away the bones of the disposed people that those monsters were playing with .


I threw it into that hollow where all those bones were crammed together .


The ground is too hard, so there’s no way I could give them a proper burial .


This is all I can do for them .


The clothes that the skeletons used to wear which had been slightly melted by acid, were wrapped around a weight and is now submerged in the acidic swamp .


This way, those clothes won’t be a plaything by monsters .


After I finished cleaning up the slaughter I’ve committed, I decided to keep going in my journey to the upper grounds .


I am now walking upwards along the gentle spiral slope while still maintaining alertness towards my surroundings .


I can already feel fatigue accumulating in my legs .


However, isn’t there some increase in my correction values?


I feel that my stamina and leg strength are better than before we were summoned .


In the meantime, I continued on earnestly climbing the slope .


And after some time, I’ve finally been able to reach the upper floor .


And there I came across a monster .


It’s a two-headed humanoid panther .


I’m reminded of the monster “war tiger” when I look at it .


There are two of them .


Its physique easily exceeded over two meters .


It’s base features like its skin color seems to be the same as panthers in my world .


It also have that acid that is spouting from its body .


It really looks like the panther when I compared it to the panthers I know of .


Both of the two-headed panthers looked at my direction with a familiar atmosphere around them .


“Finally, the next prey has appeared . ”


Did it descend from the upper floors after sensing my presence?


I can feel its killing intent .


It’s the same killing intent that those lizards were releasing, a playful type of killing intent that treats their prey as a game .


I raise my arms .


The pair of eyes of the panthers narrowed as they looked at me .


It’s an expression that tells me that they clearly didn’t know what the heck I’m about to do .


“What are you trying to do? You do know that no matter what you do is useless, human?”


It’s like I could hear a voice that says as such .


The two-headed panther on my right side treads the ground .


He’s going to move— though before he even gets to move…


There’s a time there where there is a momentary gap in movement .


I learned it by my experience in this ruins .


[]


[Ggoo, gggooaahhh—]


The two-headed panther on my right side stopped in the middle of its posture where its about to pounce on me .


The other panther looks like it’s mouth is stuck on a face that looks like its jaws may fall off .


It’s an expression that shows it doesn’t understand what had just happened .


“That meager human… did it do something?”


A reaction to something when they saw an unexpected phenomenon .


And at that time, the other two-headed panther noticed .


That its body can’t move .


[]


The next thing that the two-headed panther notices is its body’s change in color .


And then, anomalies also started to appear in its body .

It’s natural, since and can now multi-target .


At this moment though, a thought I haven’t settled yet began to surface again in my mind .


I wanted to verify if what I think is viable or not .


Would I still acquire the EXP even if a monster dies from a distance?


Should I try it right now…?


No— I shouldn’t do that since this is the first monster I’ve encountered in this floor .


This monster may be a rare monster which gives a lot of experience .


[Gguu, ggoo, gggoooaaahhh…]


After waiting for a while, both the two-headed panthers died almost at the same time .


It’s quite a good amount of experience .


But it’s not like they give that much experience compared to the others, right?


I pass through the two of the two-headed panthers and proceeded further .


I should just proceed like this, and I’d be able to reach the top-most area soon .


After a while, I arrived again in a cave-like area .


I walked for a while,


[Ah . ]


-and came across the same monsters I just saw before .


Six two-headed humanoid panthers .


They are sitting down and formed a circle .


All of these monsters saw me at the same time .


“Ah? Didn’t this guy meet the guys we’ve sent below?”


Or so their expressions say .


However, the monster became excited immediately .


“The next plaything for us have come . ”


Or something like that .


Meanwhile, one of them went to aside and retrieved something .


Its something looks like a cord that have human skulls attached on it on both sides .


It somehow reminds me of a nunchucks .


That panther held it its hands and began to wield it .


Bunbunbunbun! (T/N: sfx of buzzing)


[Ggooggaaaahh♪ ggaa, ggaaa♪ gggaaaahhhh♪]


The two-headed panther next to the one wielding the nunchucks pointed its finger at me .


[Ggooaaaahhh!? Ggaa, ggaaahhh!?]


That’s quite a sadistic expression you have there .


I somehow understand what it was trying to say .


“See that? Did you see that? They’re your friends, right? Are you scared now, human?”


I stick out my arms .


[]


[—uwoo…? Gguuggooohh!?]


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v


There are now 6 corpses of the two-headed panthers lying right before my eyes .


After applying on them earlier, I went back to the place where I had killed the two-headed panthers that I had first encountered .


I think the distance between them is about 500 meters .


My level did not increase .


It seems that if I were 500 meter away, I will not be able to get EXP .


Killing two of them made my level go up from Lv 665 to Lv 692 .


After that, I had defeated 6 of the same monsters .


If it were just because my level has been high, an increase would have happened even if its just 1 level .

[I don’t know the exact numbers, but at least I understood something . If I’m too far away, I wouldn’t be able to get the experience . ]


It’s a shame that I didn’t get the experience after killing them .


However, I’m happy that I have verified what had been bugging my mind earlier rather than putting it for later .


[……… . ]


I picked up the nunchucks made of human skulls .


I disassemble it and removed the skulls .


I held the skulls under my arms and went back to where I came from .


My goal is to find the place that I had found earlier where a dent on the wall can be seen .


I place the two skulls side by side in the recess at the wall .


I put my hands together and offered a silent prayer .


I’ve never thought the skulls I’ve just touched were disgusting .


Rather, I can feel some kind of familiarity with them .


They’re the same disposed people like me .


Now that I arrived here, I believe in the idea of ascending out of this place more and more .


[…………]


I continued on moving forward .


v


The cave filled with nothing but bare rocks is all I see for a long time .


A winding, rugged path .


It’s a similar scene that continued endlessly .


However, the path was definitely heading up .


I can see that I’m steadily approaching the place above ground .


The feeling that what I had been doing is nothing but fruitless effort has been considerably alleviated .


[—oh . ]


The light that the leather bag has been emitting disappeared .


I thought I had injected it with as much magic energy as possible .


It seems that the amount I had injected before killing the lizardmen had already run out .


[Hmm?]


This is?


[Eh? The jewel’s color… have reset to its original color?]


The gem that had turned gray had now returned to its yellowish green color .


Another kind of nervousness runs through my chest aside from monster encounters .


I ate one of the jerky I have on the way here .


I only have one bag of it left .


There is only about one mouthful of cola I have left .


A feeling like I’m wishing for something came into me as I infused magic power into the jewel .


A violet hue slowly colored the originally yellowish green color of the jewel from the bottom .


H- how’s that…?


Does this leather bag transfer food and water for me from somewhere every time I inject it with enough magic power?


It would be useless if something like nails shows up…


I’m relying on you…


The result is—


[Seriously?]


One egg onigiri and green tea in a 500mL PET bottle .


[It really came…]


Food and drinks .


I want suddenly want to scream .


But, I can’t still perfectly decide whether my leather bag could really transfer foods and drinks .


However, the possibility that it might be so has greatly increased .


My leather bag may really be a unique item that transfers food and drinks .


Most of all, what made me happy was—


[—That the transfer function will be restored over time . ]


I have seen egg onigiris before at convenience stores .


However, I’ve never eaten this before .


Prriii…


I remove the wrapping around the onigiri .


[Ahm… chomp, chomp… uwo!?]


D- Delicious…


Is the seasoning inside based deeply on soy sauce?


The most delicious part, the egg yolk rolls over my tongue .


The feeling when the soy sauce and mayonnaise melts together is also the best .


The taste of nori further increased the flavor of the onigiri .


Furthermore, this rice that I haven’t eaten for quite a while .


Is this rice boiled with the dashi or something?


The rice grains were coated by something that is slightly brown colored .


A surge of deep flavors commenced on attacking my tongue with its wavelike attacks .


The richness of this onigiri had successfully conquered my palate .


I open the cap of the green tea .


I pour the green tea into my mouth that is completely filled with the aftertaste of the onigiri’s deep flavors .


(T/N: Hazure Waku isn’t a cooking novel . )


[Gokun… gokyun…pffuaah!]


The refreshing green tea washes off the flavors in my mouth .


It has a refreshing taste different when I’m drinking cola…


There’s a different kind of satisfaction after eating the combination of jerky and cola .


[……fuuu~]


To put it in a few words… It’s the best .


I stopped drinking the green tea after I’ve drunk about half of the bottle .


I’ve already eaten the egg onigiri, but I will leave some of the green tea .


I stash away the PET bottle into the leather bag .


For the time being, I’ll put all my trash on the leather bag .


The leather bag was surprisingly elastic, and it seems that I can still store more things in here .


Is it because this is a magic tool?


The fabric in this leather bag seems to be surprisingly tough…


Now that my stomach is full and my throat is parched, I think I should move on .


v


I continued climbing all the way up .


Ascend, ascend, ascend .


I encountered monsters several times along the way .


This is how the standard “dungeons” I know function .


Usually, there is that standard where the lower you go, the stronger the monsters you encounter .


However, it looks like that it’s different in this ruins . Even if I go to the upper layer, the monsters doesn’t show any hint of them being weaker .


Rather, it seems that the monsters I’ve encountered lately is stronger than the minotaurs and birdheads .


Why do you think I said that?


Because my level still continues to rise .


As expected, the increase in level has been slowing down as of late .


This is probably because the necessary EXP I need to level up has increased .


However, my level still continues to rise little by little .


Perhaps even if I continued to kill the same number of minotaurs and birdheads, it would not continue to rise like this…


[Ehheheh~ Hhiiyyoo ggoooeeehh!]


A monster that have the lower body of a horse and the upper body of something that looks like some carnivorous plant, appeared in the darkness .


It’s running towards me while screaming with its strange voice .


At first glance, I thought that it kinda look stupid .


That’s why, on the contrary, it looks creepier and creepier .


[Oggoguueehh! Gguueeehhh! Goggeehhiiiiii!!! Oh—guueeehhhh!!!]


The creepy monster suddenly discharged acid from its mouth .


Firmly— I clad myself with killing intent .


I won’t be fooled by its eccentric appearance .


[]


I will still punctually kill you .


[]


You’ll just be joining the pile of monsters that I will be making from the monsters that will cross my path .


[]


To kill, killing someone, to be killed .


I never neglected to regularly check the color of the jewel attached in the leather bag .


When I saw that the jewel had returned to its original yellowish-green color, I immediately injected it with magic power .


The third gift I received is yakisoba bread and a pack of vegetable juice .


I could finally get some vitamin supplemented on my body .


Who ever should I be thankful for these blessing?


I gratefully accept it .


After I’ve finished my meal, I continued moving forward again .


To walk, walking here, I walked for a while .


I just noticed that my thoughts have been slowing down for quite a while now .


The soliloquy that I had been doing has become fewer and fewer .


I’m starting to feel some itch on my head and body .


…can I take a bath using the green tea?


However, I can’t use something like my precious green tea for something like washing my hair or body .


I often take some time for me to sleep when I find some hole on the way .


I would take out some of the bone fragments I have from my leather bag .


It’s that rotting dragon’s bone .


I place these bones around the hole I’d be sleeping in .


Its in order for me to respond immediately .


However, I think it’s only useful for one surprise attack .


At that time though, this bone alarm I’ve installed would play its role .


After killing the monster that triggers it, I would level up .


I aimed to proceed even further .


For the topmost floor I’m aiming for, I continue moving my feet .


If I find a monster that releases its killing intent, I would immediately kill it .


I also regularly check the condition of the leather bag .


I’m just repeating this same routine for some time .


My thoughts have also been steadily becoming simpler .


I’m not thinking of anything .


I have no thoughts on anything .


It’s like I’ve become numb .


No thoughts, nor emotions at all…


How long have I been walking?


[……… . . ]


I raise my face .


I had finally reached this place .


[This is—]


Obviously a different scenery from what I’ve always seen .


Disposal ruins .


I’ve thought there must have been a reason why this place is called ruins .


I could see ocher-colored buildings that were entwined with ivy .


It’s like there used to be a civilization that had lived here in the past .


[The ruins area, huh…]