NOVEL NEXT chapter 28
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“Ungh❤~ I like it, eat me!”
The princess, who had lost her personality and was being controlled by her instincts, made this happen and tightly hugged Noah’s hair, refusing to let go. Not only did her face turn bright red, but her entire body also began to flush with excitement.
The princess, who had become a snake-like princess, spat out a thread and repeatedly licked Noah’s earlobe, gazing at him with snake-like eyes, her body unconsciously contracting to crush Noah’s bones and prevent him from escaping.
As a human, her consciousness had disappeared, but her instincts told her to eat the existence in her arms no matter what.
Lick! Swallow! Chew! Eat! Digest!
Her stomach began to contract, and she even started to secrete bodily fluids due to excitement, her breathing became rapid, and her hunger grew stronger.
Almost her entire brain was occupied by the thought of “eating this male”, and at this moment, her face could be said to be ravishingly and evilly extreme.
This was not something a child could see.
However, as the hidden BOSS, Noah, how could he possibly be eaten by a mere LV96 princess?
Should I say it’s thanks to the forest located on the outskirts, where there are no traces of humanity at all?
But then again, who in their right mind would wander into an outer forest? At most, you might encounter some adventurers.
Yet those adventurers from the royal capital have also been made timid by the mutated monsters, and after suffering numerous losses and even losing lives, they no longer dare to act like heroes.
Monsters are dangerous; the chances of surviving after a defeat are extremely low. Even the heroine of a game can be humiliated and killed.
So if Noah were just an ordinary man, he would likely be devoured by this beautiful monster before him after being violated.
“Devoured? By you? Ha! Your Highness, you have an unexpected talent for comedy! Why not just change your job to a jester instead!”
Noah, tightly bound by the serpent’s body and Valentina’s arms, suddenly erupted with a strong repulsive force, as if he were a magnet repelling another, sending Valentina—who could easily crush human bones—flying away, while loudly mocking her naivety.
“!?”
Clearly not expecting her prey to fight back, the princess displayed the same look of shock she had when she was still human, staring blankly at the black-haired youth floating in the air, who was looking down at her with a mocking smile.
From this expression, it was evident that she was Valentina, once a princess filled with passion and justice, now fallen into a beast devoid of intellect.
Transformed into a monster that could only attack based on instinct.
What a disappointment for Noah.
“——!”
Finally understanding what was happening, the princess’s expression twisted into a snarl, her form growing massive again as she swung her thick, powerful tail toward the sky.
This was a ferocious attack capable of cracking solid castle walls, but if it missed, it would be meaningless. As a hidden BOSS, Noah’s outrageous ‘stats’ allowed him to easily evade.
However, evasion itself represented a temporary retreat, and Noah was unwilling to concede even that.
He didn’t even bother to look at the giant tail attacking him; instead, he simply sidestepped, effortlessly absorbing a blow that could shake the walls of a castle.
Yet his eyes remained fixed on the expressive princess, observing her anger, confidence, renewed shock, and… fear.
But evasion alone could not achieve such an effect.
With the princess’s current intelligence, she would only perceive Noah as a nimble little bug, thinking that if she could just catch him, it would be over.
Only by taking her blow head-on would she understand the gap between them.
The eyes that had previously been filled with desire and confidence now reflected fear, and she began to panic.
And at that moment, Noah’s lips involuntarily curled into a disconcerting smile.
“Hey, what’s wrong, Your Highness? Where did that momentum of yours go? Didn’t you love to charge in recklessly? I’m right here waiting for you to attack me; why don’t you come at me?”
“?!”
With a malicious grin, Noah provoked her, but the response to this provocation was not the princess’s eye-roll or anger, but sheer panic.
Valentina’s intelligence was low at the moment, but she could still realize that she had no advantage in strength, and the chances of a successful hunt were extremely slim. Thus, her choice was to show a panicked expression and immediately retract her tail, clumsily fleeing deeper into the forest.
“Running away, huh? Come on, Your Highness, your only virtue is your recklessness. You dare to face any enemy head-on and then fail. Are you really going to throw away even that virtue? Then you’d truly become an idiot with nothing but a lustful body.”
“!?”
Noah didn’t let her escape, but his method wasn’t to grab her tail to stop her movement; instead, he faced her directly, retreating backward in the sky at the same speed, maintaining a relative stillness.
At this moment, Noah was like an inescapable curse, no matter how Valentina tried to flee in that direction, he would immediately appear about ten meters in front of her, either staring at her with a look of bewilderment or mocking her weakness.
Valentina had almost turned into a machine of shock, each time revealing a comically surprised expression because she couldn’t shake off Noah.
Clearly, her body had grown larger, but her brain had likely shrunk instead.
Though being half-human, half-snake and not wearing clothes, with her grayish-white hair cascading freely from her shoulders to her chest, there was an unusual beauty to it, but the lack of intellect was a fatal flaw.
Even if she had a brain the size of just one-tenth of her current chest, she wouldn’t be so embarrassingly inept.
Indeed, now she was practically the queen of snake demons in front of humans, able to dispose of them at will with her terrifying strength, relishing the expressions of their fear.
But in the presence of higher beings, she was just a long worm.
This was not the fallen state Noah had hoped for; a fall from grace with only power and no intellect did not align with his goals.
Thus, it was about time Noah helped her regain her senses.
After toying with the fleeing princess several times, Noah finally extended a hand to her, who was now a spectacle of disgrace.
“If possible, I really want to record this embarrassing moment of yours and show it to you later; your reaction would surely be hilarious! But alas, I’ll be merciful and come to your rescue, of course, in your favorite way!”
Noah deliberately circled in the air, then, like a hawk swooping down to catch a long worm, he launched a diving attack toward the princess on the ground.
It was a kick, as Noah accelerated into the air and quickly descended, targeting the center of the princess’s enormous chest.
If he had used all his strength, he could have easily pierced through her massive form.
However, killing her was not Noah’s intention; his true goal was to activate a restoration magic through physical contact.
It was a product that could revert the attacked subject to their original state.
If all went as expected, the result would be the separation of the princess and the snake demon.
“Now you understand, don’t you, Princess? You’re still three hundred years too early to think about violating me; first, become a true demon king… Huh? Wait a minute, why are you disappearing?”
Just as Noah, having kicked her body and rebounded, was closing his eyes in the air to declare his victory, an unexpected turn of events occurred.
Although the princess, having been kicked unconscious, fell directly to the ground, she began to gradually become translucent, with visible particles of magical energy drifting toward the sky.
No matter how one looked at it, it didn’t seem like separation; it looked more like disappearance.
Now Noah was a bit confused; had he misremembered the decomposition magic as restoration magic?
Had he just sent the heroine away?
Ah, this.
How was he supposed to train the heroine now? Wouldn’t it be better to just restart?
“…What are you doing there, causing trouble for others? Are you thinking of some bad ideas again?”
But just as Noah was contemplating whether to return to the temple to study time magic and go back a few hours, a familiar voice of reproach came from behind him.
When Noah turned around, he found the silver-haired girl, the second princess of the kingdom, Valentina, whose clothes were tattered, her face etched with exhaustion, barely flying in the air with dragon wings.
In her hand, she was holding a massive snake head that was already dead, and her pure, sweet face was filled with resentment as she glared fiercely at Noah.
She looked just like the Valentina that Noah knew for sure.
Then… who is this gradually disappearing figure on the ground, turning into light?