The Regressed Demon Lord is Kind

ks were not able to make sufficient damage against him.
Since Zich was right next to them, it seemed like they couldn’t use large-scale magic attacks. 

If the meat clump used large-scale magic attacks, it might accidentally injure itself in the process.
Thus, the meat clump used narrow-ranged attacks, but Zich quickly evaded all of them with his keen senses.
Even though the meat clump tried to form barriers, Zich was so close and fast that it was difficult to form barriers at a suitable range; Zich moved while meticulously calculating this factor.

—Ahahahahuuahahhhhh!

The meat clump screamed.
It was not a scream full of pain; rather, it sounded as if it were screaming out of intense fury. 

‘That’s better for me.’ As his enemy became more and more agitated, it was easier for Zich to control them according to his will.
Zich continued to evade the hands that haphazardly swung at Zich.
Each of the hands was surrounded by an enormous amount of mana, so if he was directly hit by any one of them, it would not end with just a few broken bones or ripped flesh.
At that moment, the meat clump quickly swung a few of its arms, and a barrier appeared.

Crassssssssh! Fireballs the size of a person’s head continuously hit against the barrier.
The barrier seemed to be withstanding the force, at first, but cracks soon began to appear.
Anyone could see that the barrier would not last long.
The meat clump began to use more arms to maintain the barrier, so its movements became more clumsy and more gaps appeared.
Zich furtively glanced towards the direction where the fireballs came from—Lyla was leaning her staff towards his direction.
This was an opportunity.
Zich firmly pierced Windur into the meat clump.

—Ecccccccck!

The meat clump’s lower body—since the upper body had expanded to such a large size that it was mostly indistinguishable from its lower body—nevertheless, what resembled a lower body was largely ripped away.
From the monster’s disgusting injury, something that looked like blood streamed out of its body. 

‘Huh?’ Zich discovered something hidden inside the clumps of flesh.
However, there was little time for him to stare longer at it. 

‘I should look at that later.’ Zich needed to focus on defeating the meat clump for now.
It would be extremely troublesome if the meat clump gained back its mental capacity.
‘I’m going to chop it up like this!’

However, the situation didn’t go according to Zich’s plan.

Swooosh! The water from the lake soared.
Were whirlwinds going to appear again? However, what appeared from the lake was not a whirlwind.
It was a long and widely stretched-out tentacle.

Buuuuuuuuuu! A chilling cry split the air.

‘Kraken!’ Zich furrowed his brows.
He saw a large scar on the Kraken’s tentacle.

‘It must be the same Kraken that ambushed Shootuol last time.’ Zich was sure that the Kraken was the same monster that received his attack last time and had run away.
Zich stared at the meat clump.
‘Did it call forth the Kraken?’

As expected, this creature must have been responsible for the recent ambush in Shootuol.
Zich moved towards the meat clump.
He had no time to pay attention to the Kraken.

‘I need to kill it right now!’ Zich swung Windur.
He was planning to cut the meat clump in half, but Zich’s sword was unable to reach it. 

Twist! Zich’s body collapsed momentarily.
He had tried to push down the pain with his mental fortitude and patched up his ruined body with mana, but in the end, he had reached his limit.
It was not possible for other people—no, even trained knights to fight or properly move in Zich’s current condition.
The fact that Zich could still skillfully fight was evidence of how much of a monster he was.
However, even though it couldn’t be helped, the gap in Zich’s defense as a result of his injury was extremely critical. 

Crasssh! The Kraken’s large tentacle stuck where Zich was.
Zich had no choice but to move back to evade its attack.
As Zich moved further away, the meat clump began to make an enormous number of barriers between its body and Zich.
It was not an amount that Zich could easily break in a short time.

‘Damn it!’ Zich quickly took out a potion and poured it down his throat.
Then, he broke the potion on his body.
As soon as the potion touched his body, his injuries healed at an extremely fast rate.
However, even while the pain disappeared from his body, Zich was unable to erase the frustration on his face.

Buuuuuuuu! All eight of the Kraken’s tentacles emerged from the lake.
They swept the island, and the teeth inside the tentacles’ suckers threateningly rattled against each other. 

Thud! Thud! Thud! Zich skillfully avoided the falling tentacles and approached the meat clump again.
He crushed the barriers that blocked him.
However, the meat clump no longer allowed Zich to come closer. 

–What a tiresome human being! As expected of a guy possessing the Clowon Emperor’s sword, you’re amazingly persistent!

“Instead of complimenting me, why don’t you remove the barriers instead!”

–What nonsense!

However, the meat clump was extremely bothered by Zich since it almost died from Zich’s attack. 

–Kraken!

Buaaaaaaaaaa! The Kraken raised its tentacles high up in the air.
At the same time, the meat clump raised its hand.

Burrrst! The lake covered the island with strong waves.
Whirlwinds soared above the air and water droplets poured down like arrows.
Zich quickly swung Windur and went on the defensive.
He blocked all kinds of attacks coming towards him.
At the same time, the meat clump continued to shoot magic attacks at him. 

“Ugh!” Even for Zich, this was too difficult for him to endure.
The Kraken also stretched its tentacles towards Zich.

Crasssssh! At that moment, two of the Kraken’s tentacles exploded and dropped off.
The Kraken struggled in pain.
Lyla’s attack had directly hit the Kraken. 

Buoaaaaaa! The Kraken cried out and changed its target to Lyla.
However, the meat clump stopped the Kraken.

—Don’t pay attention to that side! Kill the man in front of you!

The Kraken hesitated for a bit and charged at Zich.

‘I don’t want this type of popularity.’ Zich evaded the Kraken’s tentacles as it tried to strike him again.