I Became the Patron of Villains

Chapter 140

140. Rikrakhamur (3)

As the ground collapsed, Rikrakhamur also fell.

Desperately struggling not to fall into the abyss, Rikrakhamur.

However, unable to move in a situation where there was no swamp left, the struggle only resulted in a worse outcome for itself.

─■■■■■!!

In the end, Rikrakhamur let out a terrible scream and fell into the abyss.

Alon immediately followed it, falling into the abyss, thinking.

‘With this, all the conditions are met.’

In fact, all of this could not be accomplished in one go.

Originally, it had to be carried out through a total of three phases.

The battle with Rikrakhamur in Psychedelia.

At first, Eliban fights alone in the swamp.

Then, the companions who followed Eliban turn the four pulleys in the north, south, east, and west to drain the swamp water, and the second phase begins.

When that stage is also over.

After the floor collapses, the third battle begins in the underground, which is like an abyss.

In other words, it should have been a very long fight, but Alon effectively skipped two of the three phases.

He deliberately brought the allied forces and turned the pulleys in the east, west, south, and north to solve the first phase and the occasional monster waves.

By inflicting effective damage on Rikrak Kamur, he made it spew black ichor, nullifying the floor collapse prevention magic that covered the entire swamp with water.

Thus, he broke the floor and passed the second phase.

So now, what remains for Alon is the third phase.

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As he fell into the abyss, he gulped down a magic potion and formed a seal for his final plan.

‘It might be a bit of a strain, but there’s no choice if I want to kill it.’

Quick judgment.

BoooM-!!!

And at the sound of a huge explosion coming from below the abyss – the sound that signaled Rikrak Kamur had reached the bottom of the abyss – Alon.

“Connection-“

He completed the seal and uttered the phrase.

Finally, when he descended into the underground faintly illuminated by the blue moonlight.

Alon stopped and was bewildered.

Because Rikrak Kamur, who should have been convulsing and destroying everything around it as soon as it crashed into the underground, was no longer moving.

“…?”

The moment a small hook appeared in his mind.

“…!”

He belatedly confirmed one fact.

‘…A hole?’

In the center of the monstrosity lying dead with its belly up, there was a hole larger than the one Alon had made.

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In fact, from the moment he first encountered Rikrak Kamur, Alon sensed something was off.

It was because of Rikrak Kamur’s eyes.

This monstrosity had to be dealt with in a total of three phases.

When it reached the third phase and its health dropped below 30%, its eyes would turn red, and it would go berserk in a final frenzy.

But from the very first attack, its eyes were already red.

In other words, Rikrak Kamur had already gone berserk before Alon attacked.

No matter how effective Alon’s attack was, it wasn’t enough to deal a fatal blow to the creature’s life.

Because Rikrakamuur is a fiend.

Even Eliban, who grows at an incredible speed and possesses several cheat-like abilities due to protagonist correction.

Unless you take the wizard route, it was difficult to deliver a valid blow to Rikrakamuur with a single attack.

“……”

Alon stared intently at the fallen fiend.

A hole, so enormous it was incomparable to anything he had created, was in the middle of the fiend’s belly.

‘……What is this?’

His head tilted to one side naturally.

Of course, this situation itself was extremely favorable for Alon.

Because he could comfortably deal with Rikrakamuur, whom he had to capture even if it meant overexerting himself.

But he couldn’t just pass over the question.

‘Why did Rikrakamuur have such a wound? Or was it originally set to be injured around this time after fighting someone?’

He shook his head slightly as he pondered.

No matter how much he thought about it, it seemed unlikely.

That enormous hole would take Rikrakamuur, who didn’t have high regenerative power, decades to heal.

Even if it did heal, a large scar would remain.

Then there was only one possible scenario.

Someone had fought the fiend before Alon came to deal with Rikrakamuur.

Who could have dueled with Rikrakamuur?

It wasn’t difficult to narrow down the candidates.

Someone who could not only fight the fiends guarding the relics of the five great sins but also inflict such a wound.

As far as he knew, there weren’t many.

‘……At most, a few hidden strong individuals and the four great forces.’

Of course, this world held far more vast secrets than the settings Alon originally knew, so it was rash to make assumptions.

However, as far as Alon knew, those who could inflict such a wound on a fiend were only that many.

‘Was it the work of the Curse (呪咀)?’

He speculated with a strange feeling but soon shook his head.

The Curse wouldn’t easily take action until its ‘purpose’ became clear.

After pondering for a while, he decided to move.

He attempted to deal with the abomination for nothing other than to obtain the artifact of the Five Great Sins.

Alon walked into the gaping hole of the deceased Rikrakmur.

According to the original plan, he would have had to enter Rikrakmur’s mouth and endure the ordeal of dealing with the thorny tentacles inside its body once more.

However, now that the belly was pierced, there was no need for that.

Before long, Alon discovered a massive cavity that could not be considered the inside of a creature’s stomach.

In the vast space, only one thing caught his eye.

He could instantly spot the red spear, one of the artifacts of the Sin of Wrath, embedded in the center.

Without hesitation, he approached and pulled it out from the ground.

The red spear came out so easily that there was no need to exert any special force.

Its appearance was extremely simple to be called an artifact of the Five Great Sins.

Except for the round groove at the end of the spear shaft, there were no patterns or decorations.

There was no particularly evil or sinful aura emanating from it, but Alon was certain that this was an artifact of the Five Great Sins.

He had already seen this item in the game.

Alon, who had boldly taken the spear.

Thud-! Rumble-!!!

“?”

He soon realized that the entire cavity was collapsing.

The reason Rikrakmur could become an abomination in the first place was because of the artifact of the Five Great Sins.

In other words, it started to collapse because the artifact inside its body was taken away.

However, the part that puzzled Alon was none other than the speed.

‘It wasn’t this fast before.’

He briefly expressed his doubt and then moved his body to escape from this place.

“Ah.”

He sighed and looked around the cavity where the spear had been embedded.

The moment a red pearl caught his eye.

Snap-!

He snatched it and immediately escaped through the pupil.

What greeted Alon, who had safely escaped, was.

“???”

The sight of Kamangi absorbing the collapsing body of Rikrakmur.

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The next day.

The expedition that had dealt with Rikrakka Mur began to move towards the border once again.

The only slightly regrettable point was that they couldn’t find the clue as to why Rikrakka Mur had sent a monster wave to the fortress wall.

However, since they had ultimately dealt with the culprit, the expedition did not delay any longer and left the swamp, or rather, what should now be called just a forest.

They returned to the border without any significant changes from when they had departed.

If there was any difference at all.

“…….”

It was that the knights and soldiers who had accompanied the expedition were staring at Alon with faces that seemed to bore holes into him.

All with eyes filled with respect.

Alon glanced around at those who were staring at him.

‘It’s too intense.’

Of course, Alon knew that those gazes were born out of admiration and reverence, so he had no intention of saying anything, but he couldn’t help feeling burdened.

Especially in the case of Rikrakka Mur, Alon hadn’t dealt with it alone.

……Of course, he had delivered the final blow, but strictly speaking, it felt like he had just cut off the last breath of something someone else had already subdued, which left him feeling a bit uneasy.

However, apart from that, he was currently concerned with something else.

“…….”

The little black creature clinging to his chest.

The creature that, upon realizing Alon’s gaze, turned its head and let out a small cry, “Kyu?”

‘……Is it okay?’

Alon had witnessed the little black creature absorbing Rikrakka Mur’s entire body as it completely collapsed yesterday.

Of course, about half of that massive body had crumbled and disappeared, but the rest had been absorbed by the little black creature that had emerged from his chest.

“……Hmm.”

Alon turned the little black creature’s body from side to side.

‘There doesn’t seem to be any change.’

Its appearance hadn’t changed at all.

It hadn’t grown larger, nor did it seem particularly stronger.

He had even tried using magic just in case, but the magic itself remained the same.

Considering it had absorbed such a formidable monstrosity, the lack of any change was quite peculiar.

It was the first time he had learned that a shadow dragon could absorb something, but for nothing to have changed at all was quite strange.

‘……Though Lainisus knew about the union of shadows, he had no knowledge of the shadow dragon. Should I go ask Rine for more details?’

At Alon’s observation, Kamang only tilted his head quietly.

Despite it being spring, the sunlight was quite intense that day.

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