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It Doesn’t Seem Suitable for Eating

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“More! Feed me moreee!” (Bazar)

The giant Bazar, who blocked Leon’s continuous slashes with thick flesh, shouted that while swinging his thick arm down. Leon quickly jumped back and tried to slash the arm as he dodged, but still, he could not make a single scratch.

“Even his sword doesn’t work…!” (Jigil)

Jigil grimaced.

However, upon hearing those words, Meltera, who had somehow come close, laughed.

“Kukuku, such worries are unnecessary.” (Meltera)

“What?” (Jigil)

“If I go all out, I should be able to easily cut through that meatball. After all, that one is the only human I have ever acknowledged!” (Meltera)

“…” (Jigil)

Jigil thought that the elf, who had run away, sounded quite arrogant.

“It can’t be helped. The sword might break again though…” (Leon)

Last time when it broke, Zeta scolded him harshly. Not much time had passed since then, so if it broke again, he wondered how badly he would be reprimanded.

“Well, this time I have added stronger indestructible properties, so it might hold.” (Leon)

Thinking that, Leon fused his fighting spirit and mana, gathering it into his sword. Last time, the blade cracked at this stage, but perhaps because he was a bit more careful, it seemed fine now.

“How about this?” (Leon)

He delivered a powerful strike to Bazar’s swollen belly.

*Zubaaaaaan!*

A chunk of flesh burst off. No matter how elastic it was, it seemed there was a limit.

“…Alright, this might work.” (Leon)

Leon was satisfied to finally break through Bazar’s wall of flesh. However, even though part of his body was sliced off, Bazar showed no sign of pain. Perhaps he had lost the sense of pain.

“My belly is hungreeee!” (Bazar)

“Huh?” (Leon)

Instead of pain, Bazar began complaining about hunger, then charged into a nearby building. Crushing the building with his huge body, he started munching on the broken walls and roof.

“The flesh…” (Leon)

Even Leon was stunned. Each time Bazar put a building into his mouth, the wounds he had were gradually covered by surrounding flesh, returning to the original (clean?) lump of meat. Probably he instantly absorbed what he ate and converted it into flesh. So, Leon struck again to shatter the flesh. But as soon as Bazar ate the building, new flesh appeared, restoring his body.

“No matter how much I attack the body, it’s useless.” (Leon)

Deciding this, Leon used the flesh as footing to rush up to Bazar’s head.

“If I destroy the head, he should die.” (Leon)

Given the situation, unfortunately, Bazar had to die. Leon swung his sword down onto the wobbly back of the head.

*Zubaaaaaan!*

Bazar’s head burst apart. The giant body lost power and fell to the ground with a rumble.

“…Bazar-sama.” (Jigil)

Jigil murmured as if mourning. For him, who served as the leader of the private soldiers, Bazar was probably not a bad employer. Suddenly, Jigil’s eyes widened.

“W-wait!? He’s still moving!?” (Jigil)

Looking closely, a large chunk of Bazar’s severed head writhed and tried to swallow nearby building debris.

“Even after losing his head, what kind of appetite is this! Someone’s clearly abnormal!” (Jigil)

“Huh?” (Arc/Iris)

“That’s disgusting…!” (Silvia)

Everyone’s eyes went wide. Eventually, the head was buried by the surrounding flesh. It looked less like a head and more like just a lump of meat resting on the neck. One hole, serving as a mouth, was visible.

“More… give me more…” (Bazar)

Bazar slowly stood up and resumed eating while barely making a voice from that hole.

“…So even destroying the head won’t kill him.” (Leon)

Leon wanted to hold his head. He couldn’t use the method of opening a gate to another world and tossing him through, like he did with the Demon’s right arm. That was possible because that arm was only about several dozen centimeters long. Opening a gate large enough for this giant body was difficult even for Leon. Dimension Gate was a very high-level space-time magic. Maybe with enough time, he could do it, but there was no guarantee this huge creature would stay here that long.

“Blast him all at once to wipe him out? That would surely prevent regeneration…” (Leon)

But doing such a powerful attack in the middle of town would cause massive collateral damage.

“Well, leaving him as is wouldn’t be better either.” (Leon)

Bazar’s height now exceeded ten meters, and his width was close to twice that. He also seemed to eat faster as he grew. If left alone, he would probably devour the entire town. And that would create an extremely dangerous monster.

Before resorting to ways that ignore town damage, Leon decided to observe giant Bazar again.

“He doesn’t seem edible…” (Leon)

Not only the excess fat but also the internal organs didn’t look edible. Eating him would not just cause a stomach ache, but possibly a terrifying curse.

“Wait, that’s not right. What would I do, looking from a chef’s perspective?” (Leon)

Leon reconsidered.

“…Hmm? Wait a moment.” (Leon)

He noticed something.

 

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