Otaku Translation: The villain only wants to live a Buddhist life Chapter 353

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Chapter 353: (骸骨美人蛇)

As black mist rose, a thick and long cobra ragingly rushed out. Its size was even bigger than the yellow-haired Hielo's earthy yellow serpent!

Upon careful observation, Dark actually saw that there seemed to be ghastly white bones protruding from the head of the cobra. The pattern on its hood looked like that of a glamorous woman, highly bewitching while simultaneously exuding a tremendously chilling sense of terror.

As it emerged from the black mist, that sense of terror rapidly intensified—because there was no trace of flesh on the part below its hood. Ghastly white bones jutted out from its flesh and stretched all the way to its tail.

An intermixing aura of bloodiness and decay aggressively burst out.

……

After making its appearance, this terrifying [Skeleton Naga] rushed out without a halt.

Its speed was extremely fast, its fleshless lower half violently hitting the ground upon breaking out of the black mist.

When it got close to the earthy yellow serpent, the glamorous woman on its hood suddenly broke into a sinister smile and actually leaped out of the hood!

As if it had broken out of the skeleton snake corpse, the glamorous woman silently cackled and charged at the earthy yellow serpent like a ghost. On her descent, she passed through its body and came out from the other side.

The earthy yellow serpent, who had been shooting dirt towards the sky until just a moment ago, instantly froze in place.

Immediately afterwards, it began to tremble.

The glamorous woman spirit passed through its body again. After several times, it was stuck still in place as though it had been frozen.

Seeing this, the yellow-haired Hielo's expression slightly changed. With a flick of his fingers, he summoned his second magical spirit.

According to the rules, since the 1-star magical spirit summoned at the start couldn't be used as sacrifice for , he would need another magical spirit to sacrifice for the summoning of the second tier magical spirit.

Although silent duels emphasized on a short and quick tempo, once this tempo fell apart, finding a way to summon a high-ranking magical spirit was also a viable option.

As the yellow-haired Hielo pointed his towards the field, the magical spirit on the card transformed into light and materialized into a serpent!

Hielo seemed to be very fond of snakes. The two magical spirits he successively summoned were both serpents, but the one summoned later was slightly smaller, and its level was only 2-star.

However, this serpent had a very unique appearance. Its scales were as glossy as a mirror, its build slender and enchanting. Attached to its neck was a sachet-like leather pouch, emanating a cloyingly sweet aroma.

After a short pause, the 2-star serpent opened its mouth and let out a long cry.

Although no sound came out, a hole opened up in the pouch under its neck and faint smoke diffused out of it, spreading all around the place.

If she could make a sound, would definitely warn her magical spirit not to inhale.

But clearly, she couldn't do so at this time.

After [Skeleton Naga] inhaled the smoke, it actually let go of the earthy yellow serpent and turned around to pounce on the 2-star serpent.

However, although Skeleton Naga's snake body had been lured away, the glamorous woman spirit that had leaped out of its hood still hounded the earthy yellow serpent like a vengeful ghost, making it unable to move.

Split into two states, the body of Skeleton Naga ferociously charged at the 2-star serpent.

But the smooth scales of the 2-star serpent reflected a light mirror with a width and length of two meters, blocking the strike of Skeleton Naga!

Even though the light mirror shattered from the collision, Skeleton Naga's body was stunned in place by the impact of the reflected force.

In that instant, the magical spirits on both sides stopped moving.

……

The outcome of a duel often flipped within these brief moments.

In the current situation, although Sara had one less magical spirit, she clearly had the upper hand.

On the contrary, the yellow-haired Hielo who had summoned one more magical spirit was at a disadvantage.

But once Hielo summoned the magical spirit of the second tier, he could very likely turn the situation around in an instant.

Unfortunately, his plan was way too obvious.

So much so that Sara easily noticed it and immediately started summoning []!

When the familiar black cat was summoned, Dark, as a spectator who had a full perspective of it all, could already judge the outcome of this duel.

And then, sure enough.

Sphynx Cat quickly dashed in front of the earthy yellow serpent who was being "hounded by a ghost" and stepped on its shadow.

Sphynx Cat's golden pupils immediately glowed.

Ultimate·Shadow Tag！

……

After the shadow of the 3-star serpent was nailed, its body was also thoroughly nailed in place.

Previously, its whole body had gotten rigid due to the "hounding of the ghost", and now, it was completely unable to move.

But at this time, the yellow-haired Hielo hadn't realized the crux of the problem.

Still with a relaxed expression on his face, he watched his magical spirit being restrained in place without pausing the [tribute summoning] he was casting.

Perhaps in his logic, even if the 3-star serpent was restrained by the ultimate, it wouldn't hinder him from offering it as a tribute.

Sara's Sphynx Cat was indeed excellent at catching the enemy by surprise.

When Hielo successfully activated [tribute summoning] and was offering up the 3-star serpent and 2-star serpent as tributes, he found that while the 3-star serpent was turning into light in the process of being sacrificed, it was abruptly suppressed by Sphynx Cat's power!

The tribute summoning thus failed because of this.

Firmly grabbing the momentum, Sara immediately injected magic energy into [Skeleton Naga]'s magic card.

She used this as a method to urge on Skeleton Naga, telling it that: 'It's time to move!'

The body of Skeleton Naga, who was stunned in place, vigorously shook its head a couple of times and finally remembered that it still had a mission.

Its eyes gradually turned sharp. When Hielo was dazed by the failure of the tribute summoning, it ruthlessly smacked away the 2-star serpent in front of it with its rugged bony tail before immediately speeding up to pounce at who was hiding underground.

How to deal with a magical spirit who was hiding underground?

There were numerous solutions to it.

However, Skeleton Naga opted for the crudest method. It craned its neck, retracted its hood, contracted its bones, and plunged its head into the burrow!

Despite possessing the superb skill of [Dig], Yellow Imp's magic energy wasn't abundant enough to allow it to dig too deep.

And thus, just a few seconds later, it was bitten to death inside the burrow by Skeleton Naga.

……

At this point, the outcome of the duel had been decided.

The red-haired Fernandi who had been nervously watching suddenly lost his strength.

If his defeat was considered an "expected sacrifice", then Hielo's defeat was completely out of expectations.

But a loss was a loss.

Being third years, they couldn't go back on their words.

"There's no point continuing."

Fernandi took out his [] and turned to look at his remaining companion——.

Whether or not Greene won would have no effect on the final outcome.

If there wasn't any further issue, he was planning to directly deactivate the Silence Card and quickly leave this place.

They certainly couldn't continue to brazenly stay here after losing against first years.

But just as he turned his head, he happened to see the crestfallen face of his green-haired companion.

When he looked at the field again, the aged bear who had materialized from light was actually carrying 's [Phantom Magic Beast: Polar Bear] on its shoulders!

[], who stood taller than a two-story building, was unhurriedly walking across the field.

It looked very leisurely, just like a farmer walking around to inspect his farm.

But upon a closer look, one would find that each step it took was aimed at 's head.

Having been completely played into the palm of Bear Spirit's hand, Green Imp jumped and ran for its life.

As for ...

Shockingly, it had been slapped to death by Bear Spirit!

……

"Alrighty!"

The moment Fernandi deactivated the [Silence Card], Dianna's cheer clearly reverberated.

She was greatly surprised by Bear Spirit's performance.

Without the command of its master, the aged Bear Spirit relied on its own intelligence to pick up what looked like a "little bear" in its eyes and proceeded to use it as bait to lure out Green Wind Mantis.

Making use of the instance when Green Wind Mantis was in midair and unable to dodge, it swung down its bear paw the size of a millstone and mercilessly smacked it down!

Dianna promptly boosted it with [], making its attack power skyrocket by 900 points. With just one slap, it smashed Green Wind Mantis into a mantis pancake.

Subsequently, the rest of the duel became Bear Spirit's recreation time.

……

"@＃￥￥%%…!"

The sudden restoration of sounds covered up 's swear words.

The first-year students all gathered around in excitement.

The result of three straight wins was unexpected, but that made it all the more jubilant.

Dianna bounced her way towards Dark before stopping to look up at him.

Dark couldn't help reaching out to pinch her cheek, making Dianna happily giggle.

Beckoning her hand, Sara recalled her magical spirits into their cards and quickly walked over.

She still looked to be unsatisfied, seemingly rather discontented with the third year who was her opponent.

"Is this the level of a third year? How ridiculous."

Although her voice was low, it was still clearly audible.

The yellow-haired Hielo angrily clenched his teeth, but Fernandi promptly put his hand on his shoulder, allowing him to regain his composure.

"Let's go," said Fernandi in a low voice.

The green-haired Greene also came over and helplessly said, "If you lose, you lose. They're very strong."

Hielo felt indignant: "If only it was a formal duel!"

Fernandi said, "There's always going to be a chance for that. At that time, we must not underestimate the enemy."

Hielo lowered his head: "When that time comes..."

……

On the other side, after saying a few words to the people around him, Dark walked towards the red-green-yellow trio.

Maintaining the proper courtesy, he spoke to Fernandi who gave him the best impression, "Senior, since the result of the duel has been decided, I take it that the boss of the second floor belongs to us?"

Fernandi sighed—he really couldn't get angry with this junior with impeccable noble bearing. At once, he replied, "The boss inside should be a two-headed demonic being with a bull head and a lion head. The bull head has boundless strength, and the lion head's roar can repel the enemy. You guys be careful against it."

Dark was taken aback, he didn't expect this senior to be so kind.

He couldn't help asking again, "Thank you for the information. May I know what your name is?"

Fernandi waved his hand: "Just call me Fernandi."

Afterwards, he directly took his leave and quickly departed with his two other companions.

Decisive and swift.

……

It wasn't until the trio had left did Doron walk over and say, "They don't look like bad guys."

Dark shook his head: "Not everyone you bump into is a bad guy."

Then, he turned to all the students present and expounded, "Senior Fernandi told me some things just now. The floor boss behind this iron gate is a kind of two-headed demonic being. It has two heads, one is a bull head whose speciality is strength, and it should possess an ultimate that can improve strength. But if it’s just that, then there's no need to worry about it. What we need to pay attention to is its other head—the lion head. The lion head's roar can repel the enemy, so it's most likely an AOE-type crowd control skill. After entering the area, you guys must make sure to protect yourselves. It'll be best to stay away from the boss."

He spoke in great detail.

So much so that some people even doubted the amount of words Fernandi had said to him...

"Did you guys remember everything?"

Seeing that some people were distracted, Dark immediately raised his voice.

Although he was the last to join, as of present, he had clearly become the core of the team.

The two distracted girls quickly collected themselves.

Dark lightly glanced at them before continuing, "Since we have decided to challenge the floor boss, we must have the awareness to tread with caution. Professor Nini has repeatedly said that the floor boss and the monsters on the same floor are of two entirely different levels. If you don't want to trigger the [Dungeon Escaper] and be transported to the infirmary to accompany those two, you guys better pull yourselves together."

"Those two… Who do you mean by those two?" Sara Swati suddenly asked.

Dark realized that he had made a slip of the tongue, but his expression remained unchanged: "You guys don't need to worry about that. Get ready to open the gate."

The duration of Devimon's evolution would only last for about ten more minutes. If he planned to rely on its power when raiding against the floor boss, he couldn't delay it any longer.

However, his skill in changing the subject was obviously not good enough.

When the members of Sara's team and Doron's team glanced at Emma, who showed up here alone, they had a sudden flash of realization.

But after whispering about it, they really became more cautious.

The excursion led by Professor Nini was truly way too misleading. It made them feel that the dungeon was no big deal.

In addition, none of the dangerous monsters that were presented in the classroom appeared before them.

It almost made them think that this was a real spring outing.

……

One minute later, each of the ten people from three different groups summoned at least one magical spirit and advanced towards the iron gate.

Dark asked Gatomon to put down his backpack against the wall before taking a step forward.

Then, with a wave of his hand, he signaled for both Devimon and Bear Spirit to move ahead and push the gate.

There was no key to the iron gate of this treasury. To enter, one must push open the heavy iron gate.

Devimon first went ahead for a try, but as expected, it really couldn't move it with its strength alone.

"Roar~"

Bear Spirit patted its chest and strode forward.

Boosted by [Bear's Power], Bear Spirit's base attack power of 1700 skyrocketed to 2600 points, surpassing the level of 5-star magical spirit and reaching the level of 6-star magical spirit.

With the combined strength of the two magical spirits, the heavy iron gate finally moved.

As one side of the iron gate was pushed open by a crack, light shone into the hall.

The two-headed demonic being sitting on the throne suddenly opened its eyes.

……

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