I Am the Weakest Cat, but If I Keep Evolving, Can I Become the Strongest? - Episode 33: VS Undead Dragon・Concluded

Episode 33: VS Undead Dragon・Concluded 

▽ Episode 33: VS Undead Dragon・Concluded

Second round. 

I cut off the enemy’s tail. What the Undead Dragon has now is: a huge body, sharp claws, sharp fangs, and tattered wings. 

That’s about it. 

Being careful of the claws and bites is the basic assumption. 

The rest is what it will try to do. 

I entrust myself to my [Instinct Detection], only focusing on reacting to unknown attacks from the enemy. Even during that, high-speed battle continues. 

The Undead Dragon runs wildly across the land. 

I run along with its charge. I was staying beneath its belly. 

Pitch-black stakes come flying from the side. It’s probably an attack using either [Dark Magic] or [Black Magic], whichever the Undead Dragon specializes in. 

I slash them apart with claws imbued with holy attribute. 

Unfortunately, my lightning attribute claw has turned into an active skill now. So my claws aren’t imbued with lightning. But even so, they have enough firepower. And it’s possible to intercept magic. 

I still have MP left to spare. 

This time, foolishly, I have no intention of using [Home Gate]. I’ll use that energy for attacks. If I need to escape, I’ll just have to rely on [Quick Escape]. 

“Nyao ([Thunder Claw Slash]).” 

The Undead Dragon’s left hind leg. I keep targeting the same point there with [Thunder Claw Slash]. I scrape off the flesh. 

The tenth strike. 

I finally succeed in cutting off the Undead Dragon’s ankle. Its huge body loses balance and falls. And with that momentum, an incredible cloud of dust rises in the Spirit Forest. 

I see it with [Search]. 

The Undead Dragon probably isn’t using eyesight anymore either. We both continue fighting, ignoring the dust. 

Because it fell, the Undead Dragon no longer exposes its weakness, the “underside of the belly.” 

Its mobility is dead now, but it didn’t have much of that to begin with. 

『Gaaaaaaaaaaah!』 

As the Undead Dragon roars, Skeleton soldiers crawl out from underground. Their Rank is around III or II. Just small fry. 

Without hesitation, I activate [Thunder Burst]. 

I wipe out the Skeletons. 

The Undead Dragon doesn’t move. 

No, it thinks it moved. The root of its severed tail twitches a little. It hasn’t realized its tail is gone. 

Certainly, if it had used its tail to attack now, it might’ve been annoying. 

But, the tail is already gone. 

I tear apart the Undead Dragon’s flesh with [Thunder Claw Slash]. 

The Undead Dragon shakes its body to resist. Its huge frame has destructive power, but I’m not foolish enough to take that directly. 

I land on its back. 

Using the skill [Scratching], I slash into the spot I scraped before with [Thunder Claw Slash]. 

『Gaaah!』

The Undead Dragon sprays its breath attack randomly. But there’s no way it can hit me, I’m on its back. 

It won’t hit me… but I’ll make use of it. 

I activate [Counter Gate]. I transfer the breath it unleashed and hit its wings directly with it. 

The wings melt. 

I can clearly feel I’ve cornered it. 

The enemy has lost a hind leg and one wing. On top of that, its body is torn all over. And rotting organs keep spilling from its abdomen. 

Suddenly, I feel pain. 

Looks like I’ve been afflicted with a light poison state. If this keeps going into a long battle, I’ll end up self-destructing on my own. 

“Nyao” 

I have to finish this quickly. 

Then, I sense a presence above my head. The whole sky is filled with pitch-black stakes lined up in rows. The difference between me and the boss. The magic power difference shown clearly. 

The stakes pour down like heavy rain. 

“Nyaa ([Dimension Wall]).” 

I put up a space-attribute barrier. 

It was destroyed in an instant by brute force. But, I managed to slightly disrupt the rhythm of the stake rain. 

I close my eyes. 

I activate [Search] and [Instinct Detection] at full power. I don’t need eyesight anymore. I dodge the rain while dancing through it. 

A ten-second dance. 

I couldn’t avoid everything perfectly. My whole body is stained with bl00d spots. Without caring about that, I once again launch an offensive against the Undead Dragon. 

Apparently, those stakes serve as healing for the Undead Dragon. 

The ones I avoided and which hit the Undead Dragon—its wounds visibly healed. I can’t let it use that move again and again. 

Forcing it to repeatedly use it to drain its MP would’ve been a valid strategy too… if I wasn’t poisoned. 

The Undead Dragon tries to attack using the wing it can still move. 

I slash it head-on with [Thunder Claw Slash]. My claws are imbued with [Enchant Holy]. So I overwhelmingly have the advantage in compatibility. 

I overpower it with the difference in Rank and attribute. 

I swing my claws down—including [Flash Claws]—a downward slash. 

The wing is torn off. 

I too am blown away by the impact. My small body works against me. I roll across the ground many times. If I were a normal creature, I wouldn’t get away with just complex fractures.

I have [Battle Fur], so I am uninjured. 

I immediately get back up. 

Even faster than that, the Undead Dragon was gathering darkness in its mouth. It wasn’t a breath attack. But it was something on that level. 

『Gaaaaaaaaaaah!』

A black laser was fired. 

Its trajectory was aimed to slice my body clean in half from the side. I used [Dig] at the very last moment, lowered my position, and avoided it. 

The top of my head was sliced by the darkness. 

My hair fluttered and tore off, riding the wind as it floated up. 

I dodged it. Just barely. 

The next moment, I was already leaping. My claws covered in lightning, the Undead Dragon’s claws wrapped in darkness. We clashed head-on. 

In physical strength, I was utterly overwhelmed. 

But, with the speed difference and technique, I managed to resist. In the air, we crossed claws about three times. I lost and got blown away. 

Then the Undead Dragon used its only three legs. It forcefully came closer. A stomp. I dodged it with [Short Warp]. 

At this point, both I and the Undead Dragon were nearly out of stamina. 

One of us wouldn’t be alive one minute from now. Well, whether the Undead Dragon is actually “alive” is debatable, but… 

Anyway. 

The final clash. 

I finally activated [Wonder Time], which had come off cooldown. Considering that I was using other magic alongside it, its duration wouldn’t even last a full minute. 

But the conclusion would definitely be reached within one minute. 

In that case, I’ll get through this completely invincible. This is the go-to method for monsters who have passed through Freestyle Cat. 

Even the time spent dodging is a waste. 

Devote everything to offense. 

The Undead Dragon fires a breath attack. 

Naturally, it’s nullified. 

I am chanting [Thunder Cannon]. From my whole body, crackling purple electricity bursts out. While chanting, I repeatedly used [Scratching], which I can activate without moving. 

Ignoring all physical burden, I unleashed it seven times in a row. 

Nonsensical wounds were carved into the Undead Dragon again and again. 

*Squelch, squelch* — the Undead Dragon’s rotting body scatters all over. My sense of smell is gone due to the stench of decay. 

Tremendous fatigue. 

One more time, I forcefully use [Scratching]. 

Bl00d vomit doesn’t stop. Bl00d pours like a waterfall from my nose, eyes, and mouth — while I collapse on the ground from exhaustion, I look up at the Undead Dragon by sheer willpower alone. 

One more time………… [Scratching] 

With this — please die. 

Just before I lost consciousness, I somehow whispered, 

“Nyao, n ([Thunder Cannon]).” 

A bursting sound was heard. 

Right after, I heard the sound of something massive collapsing. The ground shook so hard from it that, with that as the final push… I lost consciousness. 

[You have acquired a skill.] 

[Acquired Skill: Endure.]