Day 561-570/Day 568

Day 568 / 98th day
　He had fallen asleep after several hours of fierce fighting yesterday.
　His whole body was a wreck. His torso was badly burned, his right eye was popping from the heat, and it was hard to breathe. My bronchial tubes and other parts of my body were burning and sore.
　Well, I'm still in a better condition than I was right after the battle, when I fell asleep and was reduced to charcoal.
　Anyway, I had won.
　Therefore, it would be my right to eat the miko.
　I approached the miko lying on the ground on her back, pierced through the heart by the red spear.
　She was dead, but her body still seemed to have a presence of life in it.
　First, I touched her white fish-like hands. The slippery skin was pleasant to the touch, soft enough to make it hard to believe that he had exerted his strength to crush the mechanical arm.
　There was no doubt that it was high-quality bone meat, and when I took a bite with my appetite, there was heaven.
　A taste that physically hit me. The violence of magical power that shook my brain stem. The perfect balance of fresh fat and lean meat.
　It is definitely one of the best ingredients that can be eaten as it is and does not require any unnecessary cooking.
　It was also a mass of life force that filled every drop of blood with rich magical power and healed all the injuries in my body in the blink of an eye.
　After that, I put everything from head to toe in my stomach and rolled to the side, immersed in a sense of satisfaction.
　【Ability【Priestess of Flame Disaster】learned】
　【Ability【Gears of Time】learned】
　【Ability【Animal Disaster's Requiem Fire】learned】
　【Ability【Proof Cannon Purification】learned】
　【Ability【Stagnant Arson】learned】
　And I was able to learn a lot of abilities.
　In terms of the composition of the abilities and tactics, it is clear that the miko was excellent as a fixed gun platform.
　The miko was definitely the second best after the ancient explosive control emperor "Astralium".
　This is proven by the number of abilities it has, but in terms of personal satisfaction, the Miko is probably better.
　After all, the change in body is probably the biggest factor. Compared to now, the former is much stronger. This difference may have a large impact on the satisfaction level.
　At any rate, having eaten the miko, my limbs are filled with more power than ever before, and my magic is in full swing.
　My senses, including sight and hearing, have been sharpened, and my physical manipulation has become more precise.
　I wielded the Vermillion Spear to get my body used to it, but it was clearly very sharp.
　To be honest, there was a part of me that was worried about challenging the 【Area Raid Boss】 here, but I think I can handle this.
　Recovering from the serious injury I had sustained, I looked for the entrance and exit indicated by the short hand and stepped into the axis tower.
　The first thing that welcomed us was a pendulum clock-shaped stone statue that sat right next to the entrance.
　At the third hour, conquer the Shadow Tower of Time. Learn from the visions of the heroes of the past and reach the top.
　and the sentence.
　It was a white figure with a huge bull's head, almost over ten meters tall, that had fallen from a ceilingless atrium in the center of the shaft tower.
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　“九十八日目　／　五■六■八目”
　昨日の数時間に及ぶ激闘の後、そのまま眠ってしまったらしい。
　全身はボロボロだ。胴体の火傷は酷いし、右目は熱で弾け、呼吸もし難い。気管支とかが焼け爛れている痛みがする。
　まあ、一眠りした事で消し炭みたいになった戦闘直後から比べればまだマシな状態にはなっているのだが。
　とにかく、勝ったのは俺である。
　となれば、巫女を食すのは正当な権利だろう。
　朱槍によって心臓を貫かれ、仰向けで地面に横たわる巫女に近づく。
　死んでいるが、それでも肉体にはまだ生気が宿っているような存在感があった。
　まず、白魚のような手に触れた。スベスベの肌は触り心地が良く、機械腕を握り潰さんばかりに剛力を発揮したとは思えない柔らかさだ。
　上質な骨肉である事は間違いなく、食欲のまま一口噛むとそこには天国があった。
　物理的に殴ってくる美味。脳幹を震わせる魔力の暴力。口どけの爽やかな脂と赤身の絶妙なバランス。
　そのまま喰うだけで無駄な調理を必要としない至高の食材の一つに間違いない。
　それに血の一滴に至るまで濃厚な魔力に満ち、全身の怪我が瞬く間に癒えていく生命力の塊でもあった。
　その後は頭から足先まで全て腹に収め、満足感に浸りながら横に転がった。
　【能力名【炎禍の巫女】のラーニング完了】
　【能力名【時巡る歯車】のラーニング完了】
　【能力名【獣災の鎮魂火】のラーニング完了】
　【能力名【護告砲浄】のラーニング完了】
　【能力名【滞空放火】のラーニング完了】
　 　そして大量にアビリティをラーニング出来た。
　アビリティの構成的にも、戦術的にも、巫女は固定砲台として優れていた事がよく分かる。
　巫女は、古代爆雷制調天帝“アストラキウム”に次ぐ旨さだったのは間違いない。
　それはアビリティの数でも間違いない事が証明されているが、しかし個人的な満足度で言えば巫女の方が上かもしれない。
　やはり肉体の変化が大きいのだろう。今と比べれば以前の方が遥かに強い。その差が満足度に大きく影響しているのではなかろうか。
　ともあれ、巫女を喰った事で四肢にはこれまでに無い程の力が漲り、魔力は充実している。
　視覚聴覚など様々な感覚も研ぎ澄まされ、肉体の操作もさらに精密になった。
　身体を慣らすために朱槍を振るうが、明らかにキレがいい。
　正直ここの【エリアレイドボス】に挑戦するのは不安な部分もあったが、これならどうにかなるだろう。
　重傷を負った絶不調から回復して絶好調な俺は、早速軸塔に足を踏み入れるべく短針が示す出入口を探し、足を踏み入れる。
　そんな俺達を最初に歓迎したのは、出入口のすぐ傍で鎮座する振り子時計型石像に刻まれた――
　［三の刻、【時刻の影塔】を攻略せよ。過去の英傑の幻影に学び、頂に至れ］
　という文章と。
　軸塔中央に存在する天井の見えない吹き抜けから落下してきた、身の丈十メートルを超えそうなほど巨大な牛頭の白い人影だった。
 
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