SWNOVELXO Chapter 136: Water Sphere
"That mass of black water, the space it contains is much larger than it looks." Alain and Crazy Mita had already retreated to the rear, listening to Little Mita's account. "It's like a small world. Every time I'm swallowed by the monster, I always see a flash of yellow light. That should be… the yellow spot you guys mentioned."
"I see." Alain nodded. When he first entered 1.3B, he had also seen Little Mita enveloped by that mass of black water. Thinking carefully, they had only been destroying its limbs earlier; they hadn't really examined the "black water mass" beneath it. The answer, presumably, lay there.
That monster probably never expected that the despair it had once made Little Mita endure would instead become the key for Alain to solve the problem now.
"But... a small world, huh?" Alain prepared for the worst in his heart. Before that, he still needed to make routine attempts. He stepped forward first, quickly approaching the monster. The monster, in its berserk state, had been tormented by the two of them and was now attacking without any pattern.
"..."
Under Millie's control, Alain barely managed to reach the water mass. His greatsword plunged into it. As if enveloped in a mass of murky mud, the blade couldn't penetrate deeper before Alain was repelled by an attack.
"No good, my strength isn't enough. And, the monster's attacks are very annoying." Alain looked at Crazy Mita, who instantly understood.
"At the critical moment, Darling still has to rely on me, doesn't he?" The 'bad woman' seemed very happy to be able to help Alain. She took several quick steps, rushing in front of the monster. Compared to Alain's dodging movements when facing attacks, Crazy Mita preferred to literally shatter the incoming attacks. Three attacking spider legs, under the force of the baseball bat, were crushed into dregs. And she successfully reached the front of the black water.
"Alain, watch me carefully!"
"I've been watching all along." Crazy Mita swung her baseball bat with a hint of seriousness, stirring up afterimages and even causing the entire version to vibrate—
"This display of power is quite something." Alain, instead of being happy, was worried. What if the girl used this power in that aspect in the future? Then he would probably be crushed to death by her...
"Splash." The baseball bat was like a large stone falling into a pool of water, ripples and torn black water oscillating. Yet, they still couldn't see the scene inside the black water.
"Aiya..." Crazy Mita was a little surprised. She casually blocked a few counterattacks, then returned to Alain's side.
"Honey, your weapon isn't good enough." Her strength was sufficient, but she was let down by her weapon. The surface tension of the black liquid greatly dispersed and weakened the force of the baseball bat. Alain found this a bit strange; why wasn't Crazy Mita using her most proficient chainsaw?
The monster, seeing their attacks fail, seemed to become somewhat arrogant again, but was kicked away by Crazy Mita to a slightly further position, giving everyone time to talk.
"Where's your chainsaw? Why haven't I seen you carry it twice now?" Alain asked. If it were a chainsaw, the cutting force combined with Crazy Mita's own strength would presumably make it easy to cut open the black water and thus inspect its interior.
And as soon as he asked his question, the girl, on the contrary, fell into a state of adolescent shyness. "Darling, you're so annoying... Asking me such a question." She swung her baseball bat in frustration, once again smashing one of the monster's attacks and knocking it back several meters.
"Didn't you say last time that a weapon like a chainsaw isn't suitable for me? So I threw the chainsaw away."
"Huh?!..." Fragments of memory flashed through Alain's mind: When he entered the game world with Misha for the second time and reached the basement. At that time, when he was confronting the 'bad woman,' he had said something like, "A chainsaw isn't suitable for you, your hand should be holding mine." He had only wanted to disarm Crazy Mita at the time; he didn't expect her to remember it until now. Since then, Crazy Mita really hadn't used a chainsaw...
"If you want to find the chainsaw, you might have to unpack other games," Crazy Mita said helplessly.
"Right..." Hearing this, Alain, towards this girl who remembered his casual words so well, felt a ripple in his heart.
"Dar..." Crazy Mita also looked at him affectionately, not minding having another passionate kiss on the battlefield. Millie, watching from behind, covered Little Mita's eyes and immediately called a halt.
"I say, you two!"
"Er, sorry," Alain said in a deep voice. And Crazy Mita beside him let out a "hmph," glaring at the hatted girl.
"So. How are we going to defeat this scum that bullied you?" She indifferently looked at the monster beside her. After a few beatings, the big guy once again fell into a recovery state. She spread her hands, "Although I really want to date Alain a little longer, I'll get tired of fighting the same enemy all the time."
Alain nodded in agreement, pondering, "The key is still the yellow spot inside the black water." Every time the two of them got close to the black water, the monster's attacks would come down like a rain curtain. But even if they successfully attacked the black water, according to Little Mita... the inside of the black water was like a small world. Their attacks might not even reach.
Perhaps, they could only use the second, somewhat risky method. He explained the plan to Crazy Mita.
"Hmm? Hit its whole body until it can't sustain an attack? Is that... an instant kill?" Crazy Mita clasped her hands, then looked at the baseball bat in her hand. "With my current weapon and state, I can't do it. But if Darling trusts me, I can show a little bit of my true ability~"
"I trust you."
"Mm!" After getting the 'bad woman's' reply. Alain turned back, looking at Little Mita's face. The girl's dim pupils flashed with worry, then upon seeing him, they radiated a starlike trust. Millie was also the same. "You... are you going to do something risky?"
"Yes. Worried about me?"
"Worried." The hatted girl was frank, lowering her head and pursing her lips. Then she looked at him, "You absolutely have to come back to reality with me. Don't forget, this time we're going to scout locations."
"Don't worry, I'll be back." His eyes twinkled with a smile, "Before I help my good bro wash her hands, I won't get into trouble."
"You can't get into trouble even after washing hands." She blurted out. Hurriedly correcting herself, "No. You can never get into trouble."
"Alright, alright." Alain smiled wryly, his gaze falling on Crazy Mita, who looked a bit jealous, then shifted to the almost fully healed monster. "Well then, let me see your true ability."
"Okay~" Crazy Mita tossed aside the baseball bat in her hand, jumped out of a nearby window, and disappeared.
Just as Alain was wondering what his Honey was planning to do, the already dim light outside the window instantly darkened. As if blocked by something.
"...?" Alain couldn't figure out the situation. Looking out the window, he saw... A giant Crazy Mita.
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