Your Commander-in-Chief – Chapter 304

No matter how hard I slammed the ground, I couldn’t deal a direct hit to the Observer of Chaos.

In such a situation, what could we possibly do right now?

I gripped the Demon Sword tightly and pouted.

“Let’s go…”

“Ugh…”

Ellie and I began swinging our weapons, wearing pouts on our faces.

The defense of the giant egg itself wasn’t particularly high, and we could easily smash it without any special skills.

Swoosh-!

“Ugh…”

“Haah…”

Everything from head to toe was sticky.

It was even slimy.

I glanced enviously at Helena, who was unleashing flames from behind.

She was outside the blast range of the egg so she wasn’t getting splattered with the sticky liquid.

Whoosh-!

Splatter-!

After a long time of just smashing the egg, I wiped my face and looked around.

We had cleared away all the visible eggs, but the end of this map was still nowhere in sight.

“All done here…”

I flopped down onto the ground alongside Ellie when Helena approached us.

Seeing the smile on her face, it seemed our situation was quite amusing to her.

I frowned and turned my gaze away.

“Are you going to just sit there?”

“We can’t be sure what’s coming up. It doesn’t feel like we’ll clear this map just by popping eggs like this. I’d rather wait until other alliance members arrive here.”

We didn’t even know what lay ahead.

If there happened to be a boss monster, the three of us wouldn’t stand a chance.

Waiting for other members, as I suggested, was definitely a better decision.

Helena nodded in agreement and came closer to me.

Immediately, she pulled a white handkerchief from her pocket.

“I’ll wipe you down. Stay still.”

Helena started wiping my body with the handkerchief.

Starting from my face down to my neck.

It didn’t feel like she was getting much off, but the handkerchief she held quickly became all sticky.

“Well, I’m just going to get messy again soon…”

I said while looking around.

In addition to the slimy stuff that burst from the egg, sticky liquid was flowing all over the map.

No matter how cleanly I wiped myself, the chances of becoming a mess again were high.

How long had it been? Subtle footsteps began to sound from the direction we had come.

“Blood Demon King!!!”

The first voice that rang out belonged to the Snow Mage.

With her arms spread wide, she pranced over here.

Looking at her covered in sticky liquid, it seemed the alliance members who came with her had also rolled on the floor here.

“Is there a problem outside?”

“None! We’re proceeding with the raid without any issues!”

Finally, the people we had been waiting for arrived.

I got up from my seat while listening to the Snow Mage’s report.

The ground, slick as it was, nearly caused me to slip, but with my extraordinary senses, I managed to stay on my feet.

“You’re all sticky all over…”

I nodded at the Snow Mage’s comment.

Even though Helena was wiping me down, sticky liquid was still trickling down my body.

Especially my thighs.

Having just sat on the ground, they were all slick and sticky.

“Tankers, please lead the way, and ranged dealers follow behind.”

I adjusted the formation of the alliance members who had arrived with the Snow Mage.

The front was for the tankers, followed by wizards or archers for the ranged DPS.

The third line accommodated the healers, and at the very back were the melee dealers to protect the healers.

“Move!”

What a perfect formation this was.

Leading the alliance members, I started moving deeper into the dungeon.

Squish- Slurp-

Unpleasant and distinct sounds accompanied our steps.

The mood among the users grew subtly tense.

The further we went, the thicker the sticky liquid became.

After a while, I discovered another massive spawning room.

Thousands of eggs densely packed on the ground and walls.

I stopped in place and commanded the alliance members.

“Ranged dealers, handle this. No approaching.”

No one asked why I hadn’t given special orders to the melee dealers.

We had confirmed through Helena’s skills that when the eggs burst, the sticky and unpleasant liquid came pouring out.

There wouldn’t be any crazy people getting close after witnessing that.

“Hmm…”

Look at that. Even the Knight Jupiter, who couldn’t just pass by evil things, was refusing to move.

I crossed my arms and observed the scene as the leader of the alliance.

At that moment, as we smashed about half of the massive eggs, the entire map began to shake, and the eggs started wriggling faster.

A premonition of a special pattern was about to occur.

I pulled out the Demon Sword that was stuck in my back and shouted.

“Everyone, prepare for battle!”

No sooner had my voice trailed off than the eggs burst open, and countless monsters poured out from within.

They didn’t look like deep-sea fish that had jumped out from beyond the cosmos.

With arms and legs, they were definitely special monsters created to confront intruders.

Fish with arms and legs? Not quite like merfolk from the sea.

There was a sickening vibe to their grotesque semblance of human form.

“Attackkk!”

With a loud shout, they charged forward.

The sticky liquid that clung to the ground slightly hampered my movements but wasn’t an overwhelming hindrance.

“Hyahhh!”

Jupiter also rushed alongside me, lunging at the monsters.

Cutting, stabbing, slashing, and punching.

As I frantically dealt with all the monsters rushing toward me, a wave of sticky liquid approached from a distance.

An unavoidable area attack.

There was no way to dodge it.

I planted the Demon Sword into the ground to brace for the impact.

Swoosh-!

“Ugh…”

Just when Helena had cleaned me up, I ended up messy again.

I brushed the sticky liquid off my face and scanned the alliance members.

There were a few who had been knocked down by the massive wave of goo, but it didn’t seem like anyone took serious damage.

In fact, the Snow Mage was smiling, apparently enjoying the sticky, unpleasant liquid’s feel.

Crazy girl…

Enough with the distractions.

I shook my head and charged forward again.

“Hyahh!”

Due to the slimy nature of the map, the ground was slippery, preventing me from building up much speed.

But there was no problem severing the heads of elite monsters.

Swoosh!

The number of monsters drastically decreased.

The fight wasn’t over yet, but we were in a comfortable situation.

I took a breath and messaged the alliance members still fighting outside.

Alliance – [Please report the situation outside.]

Turtle – [It’s fine. The ships keep blowing up, but… at least that annoying spawn pattern for the minions isn’t showing anymore.]

Alliance – [Got it. Keep up the good work. If any other forces appear, please inform us immediately.]

With that, I ended the contact.

I closed the message board and shook off my sword.

It seemed fighting inside here would ease things for those battling outside.

Now we had to split into two teams for the raid.

Who on earth was the crazy freak who planned this raid?

I sighed and spoke up.

“Everyone, let’s keep moving!”

After all, we had to see the end of this raid, right?

Leading my even stickier alliance members, we pressed on.

How long had it been?

The alliance members and I came to a stop at the same time, no one leading the way.

Monsters resembling marine creatures appeared before us.

With the sticky goo pouring everywhere, I wondered why nothing was coming out.

What emerged this time was a gigantic octopus.

“Did they just tweak the color and shape from the Kraken…?”

“It’s just a reskin…?”

The alliance members were right.

The monster’s appearance was strikingly similar to the Kraken.

Though the name, appearance, and color were different, if you put the pictures of the two monsters side by side, everyone would nod in agreement.

[Internal Manager Athos]

Perhaps because of the distance, Athos didn’t yet recognize us.

I took a deep breath and turned to the alliance members.

“Everyone, get ready for buffs. We’ll enter while maintaining formation.”

The alliance members followed my order.

The first to charge in was Jupiter.

“Die, evil octopus monster!!!”

Dashing forward, Jupiter flared his droopy angel wings.

In that moment, Athos’ eyes widened, and he extended numerous tentacle legs toward Jupiter.

Swoosh-!

“Yikes!”

Jupiter freaked out as he twisted his body to escape the sticky, slick tentacle attacks.

Perfect! Most of the tentacles had aggro on Jupiter.

I shouted to the alliance members.

“Attack!”

And just like that, the battle began.

Jupiter dodged the tentacle attacks deftly, but soon hit his limit.

A thin tentacle stealthily approached and coiled tightly around Jupiter’s thigh.

“Whaaa!”

As Jupiter was flipped upside down, soaring into the air, I dashed in to fill the empty space, swinging my sword.

Swoosh-!

With the Demon Sword ripping through the writhing tentacle legs, I charged forward.

After confirming the long tentacle split in two, I executed my finishing blow.

Swoosh-!

The cut tentacle fell to the ground, writhing and shaking.

Given it shared patterns with the Kraken, it likely had a lot of binding attack patterns to boot.

The slick tentacle legs were quite unpleasant.

On top of that, being splattered with sticky liquid only increased my discomfort.

I cut down the tentacles coming at me, all my senses razor-sharp.

Slash! Swoosh!

“Hyahh!”

I glanced back at Helena amidst the chaos.

She seemed extremely safe, diligently unleashing flames among the alliance members.

It looked like she’d survive till the end without me needing to protect her.

Then, it’s time for a more daring approach.

Whoosh-!

Right after dodging a tentacle reaching for me, I leaped up and landed on top of it.

If this thing shared the Kraken’s patterns, attacking its body directly should deal more significant damage than just hitting its legs.

“Hyahh!”

I began my dash atop the tentacle.

The slippery sensation caused my body to sway uncontrollably, but this was nothing for me.

At least, that’s what I thought.

Crack-!

In an instant, the tentacle slipped out from underneath me.

As I began to lose my balance, a new tentacle struck in from the side, wrapping around my body.

Swoosh-!

Tentacles coiled around my arms, legs, and waist.

Getting caught by tentacle arms wasn’t new for me.

While I twisted my body in this state, I heard Jupiter’s scream as he soared alongside me.

“Heeelp!”

Just like me, he was entangled in a mass of tentacles.

Jupiter squirmed wildly, grimacing at the uncomfortable sensations covering his body.

“Wow!!! The Blood Demon King is captured!!!”

“Even the sparrow is held!!!”

“Wowwww!!!”

Don’t cheer!

I gave the users yelling from below a sharp glare.

Especially at the Snow Mage.

“Alliance!!!”

The only one worried about me in this situation was Helena.

Helena came rushing from the ranged DPS, pointing her staff at me.