Ghoul toad has a predatory smile on her face as her tail tenses behind.
Ugh! It's not pleasant, but I can see the pulsing veins through that disgusting thing even from here.
Then it lunges at me at a speed that would probably scare any human.
—Whoooosh!
It cuts through the air where my head was a second ago, but I'm no longer there as I moved to the left. In Ghoul Mode, my reflexes are on a whole other level. The attack she just launched looks like slow motion from my perspective, and although it's weird, I find it quite useful.
"Is that all you've got?"
The words come out of my mouth, and it seems to anger her.
She growls in frustration and her ugly toad face contorts. I honestly don't know how that guy could have fallen in love with her. Maybe he used fake photos on the internet or something.
—Swish! Swish! Swish!
Her tail swings in multiple directions, leaving blurs in its wake as she desperately tries to hit me from the left, right, above, or below. The sound it makes as it cuts through the air is quite intimidating, but that's all it is since it's not effective.
I watch each of the attacks as they come at me and dodge them without even having to move much. It feels like I'm dodging a kid throwing rocks. Well, a kid with a pulsating meat tail, but you get the point.
"Tsk. You're slow."
Her ugly face contorts with rage when she hears my comment. Veins in her forehead bulge and her red eyes glow more intensely.
"Shut up! Shut up! I'll kill you!"
She screams hysterically as she intensifies her attacks. The tail moves even faster, but no matter how fast it moves, to me it still looks like slow motion.
I see the disbelief growing on her face little by little as her eyes open wider and wider as she realizes that her attacks are completely useless.
The difference in power is too great, and she seems to realize that now.
"You're a child! H-how can you possibly move faster than me?!"
I guess even though this toad ghoul is at least as strong as the one I faced when I was six, it seems much weaker to me now.
That means my strength has increased too much since then.
—Grunnnn! Grunnnn!
My stomach growls again, reminding me the reason I'm here in the first place. Hunger grows and spreads throughout my body. It's time to end this once and for all, as I'm tired of playing cat and mouse.
My fingers transform. Flesh twists and gives way as bones crack inside my hand.
—Crack! Crack!
Ten blades emerge from my fingers, and the light in the room reflects off them, making them shine.
"It's my turn now."
I feel my cheeks stretch into a big smile. I probably look like a monster right now. Well, I am, so it doesn't matter.
—Fuwooossh!
I use all the strength in my legs to propel myself forward at a speed that even she can't keep up with. I reappear instantly on her left side.
"Huh?"
That's all she manages to say, and her toad-like face shows confusion as she tries to understand what just happened.
I swing my arm horizontally with all my strength.
—Slash!
My blades cut cleanly through her left arm. The flesh is torn apart, the bones are broken, and blood splatters.
—Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!
Her arm falls to the ground with a wet sound, separated into four clean parts.
"Ahhhh! It hurts! It hurts so much!"
Finally, her brain registers the pain and she screams at the top of her lungs. Blood gushes from the stump where her arm used to be.
But I don't stop at her scream, as I feel no pity or remorse. She killed that poor bastard just for fun and because he's easy to fool, so I guess she deserves it.
I move behind her before she turns around to see me.
"Fufufu..."
I laugh darkly as I lower my gaze to the back of her knees. I can see the tendons clearly through her skin.
—Slash! Slash!
"Gyaaah!"
Her knees immediately buckle and she collapses to the ground. She can no longer support herself since with her tendons cut, her legs are now useless.
But seeing me slowly approaching, she uses her tail to propel herself backward at high speed, scraping the floor with her only arm.
I watch her as she tries to crawl away pathetically across the floor.
"Hahaha! What is this?"
I laugh out loud as I find the sight funny. Is this what a cockroach looks like when it tries to escape after having its legs torn off?
I flex my body, preparing for the final push, and lunge forward.
—Crack!
The floor breaks beneath my feet, creating spiderweb-like cracks as pieces of wood and cement fly off. The next moment, I'm in front of her again, blocking her escape.
"I-Impossible!"
Her red eyes widen as she stares at me and screams in a voice trembling with terror.
She uses her tail to attack me from her unsteady position.
I grab her tail with my left hand as she lunges at me. My five fingers close around it and I squeeze.
—Cruuuuch!
The hard texture of the outside breaks under my grip, and I feel the pulsating flesh beneath it writhing in my palm.
"Let me... let me go..."
It seems that her tail is her weak point as her voice is weak now. As soon as my fingers got in there, she lost all her strength. How pathetic.
I pull hard without mercy.
—Risssp!
I rip the tail from its base on her back. The flesh tears, the nerves snap, and the organ separates from her body with a wet, disgusting sound.
"GYYYYAAAAAAAAAAH!"
I hear her cry of agony echo throughout the room. The neighbors will probably hear it and come to inspect the place since it's an area with many houses.
I laugh as I hold her torn-off tail in my hand.
"Fufufu..."
I throw the tail aside since I no longer have any use for that part.
Although I feel a little hungry when I look at the tail, I realize something more important. What I really need is inside her body.
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