Ainz - Return of the Baby Goats

“Oi oi,” Suzuki Satoru smiled as Cure Elim closed in. “I’m not done attacking yet.”

A black orb floated in the air.

It fell to the ground, as though waiting for Suzuki Satoru to speak.

This sudden development led Cure Elim to spring far, far away, keeping its distance from Suzuki Satoru. How had it managed to cancel its previous velocity and suddenly retreat, as if in defiance of inertia?

The fallen black orb ruptured like a bag of water hitting the ground, or like a ripe fruit splitting open. Its contents spilled out, a black, tarry substance that did not reflect the light at all, a sticky black fluid that looked like it would dye anything it touched jet black.

It swallowed all the Zombies.

The black mud-like substance soaked his feet, but Suzuki Satoru was not afraid.

He kept an eye on Cure Elim, who was busy destroying demons. Suzuki Satoru made no attempt to attack and seemed utterly at ease.

A tree grew between the two of them.

There was one at first, and then their number went up. Two, three, five, ten… they were tentacles, waving despite the lack of wind.

“MEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHH!!”

Suddenly, he heard the adorable bleating of a goat. And it was not just one of them — it made one think that there would be a whole horde of them.

As though pulled by that sound, the tarry liquid emitted a hollow moan, and then something seemed to emerge from it.

Those beings were abnormal, far too abnormal.

They were roughly 10 meters tall, but there was no telling how much that number would be if he included their tentacles.

They looked like turnips, but with countless black tentacles in place of their leaves. Their thick roots resembled lumps of flesh, and below them were five legs, like those of black goats.

The root portion — that is, the lumpy section — was fissured and split open, in more than one place.

Even Cure Elim simply watched the proceedings warily. It did not seem to have any intention of attacking.

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The five fearsome monsters which had appeared were called the “Dark Young.”

They were monsters that appeared in numbers proportionate to the victims of the spell [Tribute to the Black Bounty – Iä Shub-Niggurath].

While they did not have any potent special abilities, they had exceptional defensive power, and they were over level 90.

“Hoho, this is a high score… Cure Elim, it seems the people you sacrificed for your stupid plan all long for your death!”

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Bonus Volume, Chapter 4.3