As I approached and ca into the four-man partys line of sight, they froze in place as if forgetting their battle against the wild boar demon.
They imdiately changed their focus to , huh.
It made who never t a human for who knows how long it was, a little nervous.
On the other hand, the wild boar who was fiercely fighting them a mont ago.
BUFUUUU!?
It was running away at full speed while making a rough huffing noise from its nose.
Thus, only and the party was left in this place.
Was I really that scary?
As we stood across each other in silence, I observed the composition of the adventurer party.
In front, there were two people acting as a vanguard. A burly middle-aged man who held a giant battleaxe on his hand, pretty clear that he was a warrior. And a hunky bald middle-aged man with a cane in his hand. I couldnt really identify his class and role in the party though, his equipnt as priest didnt match his physique at all.
Behind them was a young swordswoman who seed to be the youngest in their party..
And lastly, a man in light armor whose position was not in formation, a thief I suppose. His age was hard to determine though.
The silence continued for so ti as we keep staring at each other.
Co to think of it. W-What should I do next?
Though I felt relieved now that I finally t humans, I had no idea about what to say in this situation.
I ant, I was a poor talker even when I was still alive.
Furthermore, as I had been loitering around the dungeon as an undead and killed demons right and left, It seed that my communicative ability deteriorated even further.
I didnt think I could break the ice.
As I was still being bewildered, fussing on how to break this awkward silence, I noticed that the four-man partys face was getting paler and paler as if plunged into the abyss of despair.
Could it be that they recognized as so kind of dangerous demons?
No way, my figure and appearance were clearly humans. Although the hair and eye color were uncommon, it was still far away from the characteristic of an undead.
As long as they know that I could understand their words, the other party's vigilance should be lowered a little bit.
Okay.
Let's start with a greeting.
A bright and lively Good day should do the job!
. G.. ay.(ED: Gay s appear in my head as I read this)
Despite my effort, only a small, disintegrated voice ca out of my lips.
I an, I had yet to get used to the act of speaking.
Nevertheless, it was still counted as a greeting.
I felt like I finally take a great step forward.
By now, they shouldve realized that I was not a dangerous existence, right? Optimistically, I peered to the partys reaction. What greeted was expressions of people that ready to fight to the death.
Wait a minute, what's with their reaction!?
I sent my greeting properly, right?
Why did they beco more vigilant than before?
Looking at their stance and expression, they were basically about to pounce toward at any mont.
Kuh, j-just where did it goes wro!?
Ah, I knew it.
The greeting was missinga smile!
It might be due to my expressionless face combined with the nervous, almost inaudible voice that my greeting didnt reach them.
No wonder my greeting backfired instead.
Thus, I desperately tried to move the muscle around my face to form a smile.
Smile~
After a bit of twitching, I made a brilliant smile.
Or so I thought.
The result of that smile was pretty devastating.
The warrior suddenly raised a bestial roar.
UOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
And then, he leaped at with resolute expression to bet his life.
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEH!?
WHY DID MY SMILING FACE BACKFIRED INSTEAD!?
The burly warrior swung his giant battleaxe onto my head.
As the battleaxe coming closer, a thought ca at .
Could it be that this axe was strong enough to kill ?
It would be nice if it could.
As such, I didn't even try to dodge the incoming giant battleaxe.
A mont later, the heavy battleaxe struck right in the middle of my forehead.
BAKIN!
And then, shattered into pieces as it made contact to my head.
!?
The male warrior's eyes opened wide.
I expected that one blow was enough to crush my head and send to oblivion.
But sadly, the reality was harsh, the battleaxe got its blade smashed instead.
And I was completely unscathed.
M-Monster
The male warrior muttered so with a stiff look on his face as he held his broken axe.
Alec, step back!
The swordswoman shouted as she readied his stance and started chanting.
Upon a closer look, instead of a sword, she was equipped with a wand, with a giant blazing fireball forming on top of it.
It seed like she was a magic swordsman.
teor Fire!
The giant fireball accelerated like a bullet and fell right on top of .
ZUBOOOOOOOOOOOOON!
It was a direct hit.
My entire body was enveloped by scorching fla.
Undead monsters in general should be weak against fire magic.
Though the previous occurrences proved again and again that physical attack couldn't even leave a scratch on , magic at this scale might be enough to k
My thought was interrupted by a realization.
Hmm It's not hot at all.
Despite I was being roasted from head to toe with scorching[?] fla, I couldn't even feel the heat through my skin.
It's definitely not sothing as simple as I lost my sense of pain.
He is unscathed!
Murmured the magic swordswoman in disbelief with a small voice.
As I was calmly enveloped by the blazing hellfire, I felt a presence suddenly appeared behind .
I turned around in a hurry and saw that the scout was standing there gripping a knife.
No, its blade was too thin and long to be called a knife. It might be closer to a Stinger.
It seed he had been standing there for so ti, suppressed his presence and killing intent to the utmost limit, waiting for a chance to land a critical hit.
And the ti I turned around to face him was the mont he had been waiting for.
Without hesitation, he thrusted the stinger straight to my eyeball.
BAKIN!
And yet, the Stinger broke as soon as it struck my eyeball.
That oversized needle couldn't even damage sothing as weak as an eyeball.
Well, my eyeball might be an exception though.
H-HOLY SH*T..
Knowing that his attack failed, that expressionless man finally showed a surprised look on his face while promptly retreated back to the partys formation.
anwhile, I who was on the receiving end of the attack was standing still, stupified by the sudden action.
Despite failing, I was impressed by his ability to conduct such a covert surprise attack. I was utterly surprised and couldnt react in ti.
Without a doubt, such precise attack could only be perford by a highly skilled assassin.
My early assumption about him only being a scout was proven wrong.
. After that, the baldy who was on the rear sprung forward while chanting so sort of aria.
As the chanting finished, he swung down his cane which now was wrapped with beautiful light patterns with a roar.
DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEE!
My body was instantly enveloped by a brilliant flash of light.
PRICK
. I quivered slightly as a sudden prickly pain runs through my entire body.
But soon, the flash of light settled down as if it told that was all it could do.
It also has no effect
The baldy muttered slowly, shock and disbelief written on his face.
Oh my not even Guys highest level undead purification arts work on that thing.
W-What the hell is this monster?
No way, were done for.
The other three adventurers also followed up by muttering those words as if they couldnt believe what they saw.
Erm.w-what should I do now?
I never expected that the first people I t for a long ti would suddenly attack as I greet them.
But fortunately, I ca out unscathed.
It's true that they attacked first but, I didnt mind it though since all of their attacks didnt have any effect on .
Thus, I had to show them that I was not angry with their sudden attack just now.
We might start a friendly conversation after that.
Though it failed before, I would make sure that the power of smile will work this ti.
Then, I gave the best smile I could ever do.
Smile~
HIIIIIIIIIIIII.
The adventurer partys expression dropped a notch.
They. beca even more frightened than before.
Then, around that ti.
With his hand slightly trembling in fear, the warrior took out a crystal that emitted an eerie aura from his pouch.
It's sink or swim situation so Let's use this!
After screaming that line to pluck up his courage, he threw the crystal to .
PARINN!
The crystal broke right in front of .
The next mont, the scenery in front of suddenly distorted as if the space itself was ripped apart.
?
Was this, so kind of attack.
Nothing was happening though, not to my body, nor my surrounding.
It was just the scenery in front of seems distorted, thats all.
But then, a huge shadow ca out from the ripped space. It kept getting larger and larger until it blocked the sun from my view.
A huge goat-like monster with lower half of a horse appeared on the place where the scenery was distorted a mont ago.
Strangely, there was a pair of jet-black wings on its back and a pair of curved-winding horns on both sides of its head. Furthermore, the goats whole body was covered with bright red furs.
It seed that the crystal was a dium of forced summoning magic, or sothing like that.
That's. a Devil?
. The creature known as a Devil was said created by the evil God and also the inhabitant of the spirit world.
Though every individual had different traits, the most common traits between them were their jet-black wings, the pair of horns on their head, and their high combat prowess.
Even skilled adventurers could barely win against the lowest rank Devil.
UOOOOOOOOOOO!
After standing still for a bit, the Devil raised a terrifying roar. It seed to be pissed of after forcibly summoned to this place.
They actually got high intelligence and it was possible to talk to so high-rank devil. But, the one in front of didnt seem to be that type.
While I was pondering about that matter, I realized that only the devil and I was left in this place.
EH, THOSE GUYS HAD ESCAPEEEED!
The mont I got distracted by the devil, the four adventurers turned around and escaped as fast as they can.
What the. co back here you guys.
Why the hell did you summon this goat and then ran away imdiately?
Did you think I could be a friend with this abomination of a devil?
I only wanted to et and talk to so people.
Was that too hard for you to accompany for a bit?
While I was still retorting in my head, the Devil aid its wrath toward , the first one it saw.
The winged half-goat, half-centaur creature charged toward with its massive body fra.
Usually, I would let the attack hit and tried to die. But, I didnt want to die from this Devil attack.
There was a rumor that people who killed by Devil would beco the subordinate of them.
I would be glad if I die, but I didnt want to be this things subordinate.
With that being the reason plus annoyed to the four adventurers that tried to eave here, I unintentionally punched the Devil.
BAAAM!
What followed the collision between my punch and the Devil's charge was a terrifying explosive sound.
Yes, explosion, as for what exploded, it was the lower-half of the Devils horse-like lower half.
Blood and entrails scattered around.
The Devil who got half of its body blown off fell to the ground and stopped breathing.
Before it drew its last breath, The Devil looked at with a shocked, incredulous expression.
Please don't look at like that, I was really shocked too you know.
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