Jujutsushi Wa Yuusha Ni Narenai

Chapter 234.2 - Yamata no Orochi Subjugation Battle V

The pulley was made with my own alchemy brought by Arachne. The frame of the pulley was made by combining a steel rod using Randou-san's magic.

The assembling works were done without a hitch.

Afterward, they just needed to lower the bucket I rode in toward the bottom of the well.

「Gulp…」

But just as expected, I couldn't help but break into a cold sweat as the bucket was lowered dozens of meters below the ground.

In the worst case that the bucket fell, the lifeline that tied up around my waist would prevent me from crashing straight to the bottom but… Honestly, I wouldn't do this if Mei-chan wasn't the one holding my safety lifeline.

I was completely hanging in the air, but the burden on my body wasn't that big since the rope that was tied to my body was connected to the vest-like gear that was strapped on my body.

It was a gear used in spy movies when they came down from the air duct to prevent them from touching the floor.

Naturally, the vest was personally made by me.

I made every piece of gear that was directly related to my safety with my own hands instead of relying on Takanashi Kotori.

The issue of whether she wanted to kill me or not aside, I wanted to be spared from having to wear safety gear made by that capricious bi*ch.

Around halfway to the bottom, I was enveloped by total darkness.

Even with Sakura-chan's light spirit floating above me, it barely had any effect in this situation.

That's why I made Cantera in anticipation of that.

Honestly, Sakura-chan's 『Light Alchemy Formation』 was a disappointment but, there was nothing more useful than this cantera if it's only limited to making illumination. Anyhow, all we needed to do was put 『Tiny Light Spirit』 into the cantera to make it shine bright white light.

I finally reached the bottom of the well by relying on the illumination of tiny light spirits in the cantera.

「I've arrive~d!」

I screamed as loud as I could so that the people above knew that I had already reached the bottom.

The depth of the hole was around 30 metres. When I looked up, its height was around a ten ten-story building.

Fortunately, my voice might have been able to reach the people above without having to use the tool that I brought with me.

「WE WILL SEND THE LUGGAGE DOWN KOTARO-KU~N!」

「ROGE~R!」

A treasure chest tied up with rope came down along with Mei-chan's voice.

All the tools that I needed were crammed into this treasure box.

「I'LL START THE PREPARATION TO MELT THE SHELL! TAKE CARE OF THE DEFENSE ABOVE!」

「YEAH, LEAVE IT TO ME!」

The defense would stabilize as long as Mei-chan and Randou-san returned to assist the defense. There was no need for me to worry about them.

Now it was the time for me to do my job. This part was also the biggest issue in my plan.

In the first place, I doubt that 『Rotten Bog』 alone was enough to tear through the thick shell. And I had no choice but to do the actual field test after we arrived this far.

There was a limit to how much I could confirm with a sample of the scale. That was the reason for my doubt.

Not that I was being pessimistic, but if I couldn't destroy the shell, I doubt anyone else could.

「Ruinhilde-sama… Grant me power…」

I recited a prayer before I took the challenge.

The human already did everything. All that was left was leaving it all to the mercy of god.

「First is the scroll.」

I spread open the giant scroll on the pale blue shell at the bottom of the hole which I assume was Yamata no Orochi’s shell.

It wasn't 『Hexagram Formation』's scroll.

Crammed inside a huge water droplet-shaped formation was the combination of a goma and ancient letter.

Honestly, even I had no idea what was written inside the thing I chose to function as a magic circle with its placement and word.

In that way, all that was left was trial and error before I decided on the one with the best effect.

This magic circle was exclusive for the 『Rotten Bog』, the deployment area was constant and it was solely focused on making a deeper hole.

I call it 『Bottomless Abyss』.

It would keep drilling deeper and deeper as long as I had magical power.

「Since I want to finish this in one shot, I've prepared the best offering.」

『Core of Death Stalker』: According to its name, this was the big core of a death stalker, a giant monster living in the desert area that came to attack Tendou-kun. The color of the core was purplish-red and had the effect of adding poison magic.

『Giant Poison Gland of Yellow Frog』: Poison gland of the frog that has the paralysis poison of SpiFrog. Collected from the biggest specimen we could find, extremely poisonous.

『Mandragora of Various Places 』:  Mandragora growing in various places such as the Desert, Ruined Palace, the Underworld, Resort Area. Since I had no idea whether they had different effects depending on the place they grew or not since we had limited specimens, I decided to dump everything.

『4th Stomach of Crystasaurs』: I know that cow has four stomachs, but I had not expected that the minotaurs had four too, and the same went for its sub-species, the crystasaur. I mean, this fella must have a really strong digestive ability since it ate light ore like cracker.

『Kelpie's Big Fin』: From Kelpie that appeared by chance when fishing on the lake. Though the horn had already been used for Shimokawa's cane, the big fin that grew on its horse body could be used for the offering. It wasn't for water magic, I wanted it to have an effect related to liquid.

『Freshly Severed Head of Govu』: The head of the govu who seemed like the village chief of goma village that we destroyed to gain control over sugar and honey. I ambushed that guy on their secret route to catch him. It must've cursed me even after death since I killed its wives and children before its very eyes. Moreover, since it became guinea pig for my poison and Himeno-san's healing magic every day… Its grudge literally shot through the roof, which made it an extremely suitable offering, thus I killed it with my own hand this morning. And even the ugly face of the govu became even uglier as it showed the expression of pain and hatred that I'd never seen before, even now, its tears of blood had yet to dry. Poor guy…

Thus I arranged the best possible offering on top of 『Bottomless Abyss』.

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Thus, I roared as I invoked my sorcery.

That said, I'd done everything I had to do.

「This shell, is your last line of defense… It's checkmate!」

I raised my right hand which was covered with 『Shaman Exclusive Glove,「Curse The Hex」』. As soon as I activated the 『Hexagram Formation』 embroidered on the glove, blood gushed forth from the palm of my hand.

And it wasn't just your usual blood, it was the fresh blood of a shaman.

「Inheriting The Meaningless Trial. And Unfortunate Fate. If You're Chosen By Fate, Carve It With Your Own Feet――『Black Blood』」

Man, it's been a really long time since I used this aria.

This was a sorcery that enhanced the effect when casting 『Rotten Bog』. I've used it properly without forgetting about it.

And then, when a droplet of the 『Black Blood』 dropped into the 『Bottomless Abyss』, creating a ripple.

「Rot away in the water of rotten red――『Rotten Bog』」

I'm not done yet, I invoked another sorcery to enhance it even further.

The blood-like poisonous pool then boiled up as it overflowed from the magic circle, it spread into a circle and swallowed the offering.

The diameter was around 1 meter.

It was smaller than usual. But it certainly was digging deeper and deeper into Yamata no Orochi's shell with uncanny efficiency.

And the depth it reached right after its invocation was――

「Around 1 meter eh… Dammit, this is going to take a lot of time…」

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