Chapter 46 - Virsia

Boom!!

The doppelganger, directly hit in the forehead by lightning, couldn't withstand the power and was slammed into the wall. Smoke spread thickly, and Quill thrust his spear through it. A sound of flesh tearing echoed.

An attack that seemed to have landed properly just from hearing. But Quill frowned and retreated greatly.

He stood next to Acel and spun his spear shaft.

"The flesh is soft, but the moment the spear enters the skin, the flesh moves as if it has a will. If I had stayed, the spear would have broken."

"Does it seem like the cells have consciousness?"

"...I'm not sure about that. Anyway, physical attacks aren't ineffective, but they're not particularly effective either. Your magic seems the same," Quill said, pointing to the doppelganger with his chin.

Acel nodded with a thoughtful sound.

The doppelganger revealed beyond the cleared smoke. Having shed the shell it was wearing, it was a monster writhing with a black, slimy, huge body.

It had no lower body, but six arms moved like insects, oddly twisted. A tongue protrudes where eyes should be, and dozens of red glowing eyes flickered inside the mouth attached to its abdomen. The teeth grew in a spiral shape, and two pairs of tongues flicked out of the mouth...