Chapter 67

The cartoons she had seen as a toddler out of the blue flashed by her thoughts, and she or he shouted no matter got here out of her mouth whereas throwing the hammer.

Swoosh!

Bang, bang!

After hitting the partitions and ceiling of the constructing as soon as, the boomerang hammer flew to the again of the Excessive Priest Fox’s head.

“How dare you!”

“Ugh!”

Then, one thing sudden occurred. For the primary time amongst all of the monsters they fought, the Excessive Priest Fox grabbed her hammer together with his hand.

“Miss Sylvia!”

The group referred to as out to Sylvia, shocked.

“Ah…”

Catching the hammer? It was a brand new weapon, so it was stronger than the earlier one. However seeing him seize it as if it was nothing, Sylvia flopped down in despair.

‘As anticipated, the extent distinction was too nice… Isn’t this recreation over?’

Sylvia closed her eyes tightly and lowered her head. In her thoughts, the phrase, “Thanks for loving Leveling Up By Devouring Good-looking Virgins up to now…”, was passing with the Caffe B*ne track within the background, asserting the ending.

The Excessive Priest Fox tilted his head, grabbed the boomerang hammer, turned it round, noticed it, and set free an admiration.

“It is a fairly good weapon. However you’ll be able to’t defeat me with such a uninteresting physique.”

“Ah…”

Sylvia set free a deep sigh along with her head down. The Excessive Priest Fox checked out her with curiosity and opened his mouth.

“Ahem, as I see… Are you guys right here to cleanse this dungeon?”

“That’s proper…”

As Sylvia barely raised her head, he threw the hammer evenly and returned it to her. Then, he smiled leisurely and regarded down at Sylvia together with his palms on his knees.

“You possibly can’t defeat me with this. However I’ll provide you with an opportunity. Tomorrow, there might be a conversion ceremony to transform the villagers. If we’ve got a battle then and also you defeat me, I’ll allow you to purify us with none objection.”

“Reverend?”

The desert foxes stared at him, bowled over. Sylvia and the remainder of the group have been additionally bowled over by his phrases. Even seeing everybody’s bewildered expressions, the Excessive Priest Fox was simply silently trying down at Sylvia together with his arms crossed.

“What does that…”

“I’ve been a little bit bored currently. Should you make issues thrilling, I might be quietly purified.”

A minimum of it was a aid. She questioned if the sport could be over like this, however since he requested a confrontation first, she needed to settle for it unconditionally. Sylvia swiftly accepted, simply in case he went again on his phrase.

“Okay, I’ll settle for something.”

“Hahaha, what have you learnt?”

The Excessive Priest Fox laughed at her whereas sweeping over his red-colored bangs. Then, he lifted his chin and opened his mouth with an boastful expression, crossing his arms.

“The battle… is a dance battle.”

‘What’s he saying?!’

Sylvia regarded on the Excessive Priest Fox with a bewildered expression, however his expression was calm. Noel, Sevis, and Limbo have been equally bewildered. However, not like the alarmed group, the opposite foxes all nodded and made an understanding expression.

“If it’s dancing, nobody can defeat the Reverend.”

“Reverend, isn’t that too harsh for that human? Who can beat the Reverend’s dancing expertise? Haha!”

“What do you imply, a dance contest?”

As Sylvia checked out him with a bewildered expression, the Excessive Priest Fox flicked his fingers collectively and gave orders to the remainder of the foxes.

“Let me provide you with a style of it first. Open the stage, music cue!”

The foxes pulled a suspicious stage from the nook whereas Sylvia’s group was dumbfounded, not understanding what was taking place.

Rattle.

‘What sort of state of affairs is that this?’

The stage was arrange, and the orchestra within the nook started to play. Sylvia opened her eyes broad on the music she had heard lots someplace.

‘Isn’t this Beethoven Virus?’

Sylvia adopted the Excessive Priest Fox to the stage instantly, the place she discovered arrow buttons on the ground.

‘The place did I see this many arrows?’

A message appeared earlier than her eyes.

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[Enter the mini game.]

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‘Mini recreation?’

Wanting forward, a well-recognized display screen that she usually noticed within the native arcade got here out of the tent.

‘Isn’t {that a} beam projector?’

And every of the arrows on the ground she was stepping on turned on brightly. Fascinated by it, this was similar to the arcade recreation ‘Pump’ she performed diligently when she was a toddler.

‘This rattling recreation is all over. Are we enjoying Pump?’

Pump, full identify Pump it Up, was a recreation she loved enjoying within the arcade throughout her faculty days.

Wanting on the recreation display screen within the tent, fortuitously, it regarded like Straightforward Mode.

‘I haven’t performed it in a very long time, so I don’t know if I’ll do effectively… A minimum of I’m glad it’s a well-recognized recreation!’

She stepped one after the other on the arrows within the tent, in line with the music performed by the orchestra.

“Huh, huh?”

However there was one factor she neglected. The truth that her agility was too low. Opposite to Sylvia’s ideas, she couldn’t step on them very brilliantly, and she or he missed a couple of steps. She was sweating profusely whereas lacking the steps, and a message got here earlier than her eyes.

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[Your agility is so low that your body doesn’t move like you thought it would…]

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With the determined message, Sylvia’s physique moved like a rotten piece of wooden.

Brrring. Within the system window the place the rating was calculated, the D ranking ultimately appeared.

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[Oh, god! Can’t you do better than this? Your agility is too low…]

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‘What the hell… In contrast to in my actual life, my physique is just too sluggish. I ought to have raised my agility.’

However, not like her, the Excessive Priest Fox acquired an A ranking.

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[Yeah! I know you can. Pretty good, huh?]

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In reality, even with out seeing the rating, the battle was already clear simply by trying on the actions of the fox, who moved evenly like fluff, in comparison with these of Sylvia, who was like a bit of wooden. As she stood sweating after the sport, the fox spectators booed. The Excessive Priest Fox glanced at Sylvia and gave her a sneering look.

“You’re similar to a bit of wooden. How about operating away whereas I’m providing you with an opportunity?”

‘What sort of excessive priest is he… Is he an expert dancer… Ugh.’

As she hesitated with a troubled expression, she heard the laughter of the foxes round her.

“Boo! You possibly can’t dance to avoid wasting your life!”

“Run away now, human!”

‘I’m pissed…’

Listening to these sneers made Sylvia fall right into a rage. It was a recreation that she used to play within the arcade throughout her prime, so she couldn’t again off like this.

‘Gained’t it’s attainable if I elevate my agility? I can’t run away from right here.’

The Excessive Priest Fox, who had been glancing at Sylvia’s face, flipped his fur with pink highlights apart and raised one nook of his mouth meanly.

“Are you able to defeat me with that ability? Should you defeat me, you’ll do as you please, however when you lose, additionally, you will take part within the conversion ceremony tomorrow. What do you assume?”

“Conversion ceremony?”

“We handed round notes with black magic and referred to as the villagers to the temple, however after we steered it with good phrases, they refused to turn into believers. What can I do? In the event that they don’t need to, I’ve to transform them by pressure!”

“What? So, the notes we noticed within the village have been additionally distributed by you.”

“That’s proper, we connected some sweet to the notes. All of the individuals who ate the sweet walked into the temple by themselves underneath the spell of black magic! Hahaha!”

What he mentioned was actually scary. All of the villagers who ate the sweet connected to the observe with out considering walked into the temple on their very own toes as if possessed, so the observe that Sylvia’s group and the butler noticed was one that somebody had already eaten the sweet. Free sweet was the important thing, the contents of the observe didn’t matter. Anyway, the notes will need to have mentioned one thing like, “Come to our faith.”

‘There’s nothing free on the earth, in spite of everything.’

Was it an issue to need free stuff? If there was a observe with free sweet within the mailbox, anybody would have gladly eaten it. Aside from a couple of extremely suspicious folks.

‘Catching the villagers with sweet… What a coward.’

Sylvia bit her lips and stared on the Excessive Priest Fox. He continued to speak, touching up his nails.

“Tomorrow, within the sq., we’ll sprinkle upon them the holy water acquired from our helpers, put the turbans on them, and have a compelled conversion ceremony. After they’re baptized, they’ll turn into inexperienced orcs and assist us. We’ll lastly have monsters born out of people in our dungeon tomorrow! You possibly can run away now when you’re scared, I’m beneficiant! Hahaha!”

The fox stretched out his palms broad, raised his head, and laughed out loud. Because the subordinate foxes subsequent to them flinched their whiskers and laughed in the identical pose, Sylvia checked out them with a stiff face.

‘Turning people into monsters actually is the worst. The individuals who disappeared from the village that the president of the Fight Priesthood Affiliation talked about have been most likely become monsters. If I don’t need to be transformed too, I’ll need to win tomorrow.’

If she misplaced the battle and have become a monster, although she wouldn’t be lifeless, she could be brainwashed and find yourself in a endless state. If she misplaced, he would both need to flee, or finish her life on her personal for a dead-ending.

‘Will I be capable to do it effectively? I’m anxious…’

She had no probability proper now, however Sylvia couldn’t step down from right here. The subsequent week was the Coming-of-Age Pageant, so she thought that the story’s development would get twisted if she ran away now.

‘I’ve an extended option to go. I would like to focus on Luca, and make Sevis shortly flip into an grownup… Pump is a well-recognized recreation to me, so I simply want to extend my agility.’

“No! I’ll settle for the battle. In return, if I win, you’ll be quietly purified. And also you instructed me to hitch the conversion ceremony if I lose, proper? Then I’ll provide you with one other situation. If I win, let the villagers go. What do you assume?”

After flinching in shock for a second, the Excessive Priest Fox made a glance of thought for about three seconds, then raised the corners of his mouth once more.

“… Yeah, alright. You gained’t win anyway! Hahaha! Then, relaxation effectively, since you’ll lose anyway. You’ll quickly turn into my followers; I can’t allow you to waste your stamina! Wash yourselves and wait till tomorrow evening!”

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