Chapter 954: Chapter 732: Fierce as a Storm
"————"
In the darkness, a giant creature seemed to sense something and slightly raised its head.
Just moments ago, a presence that had been listening to its voice vanished.
It pondered seriously, how would this affect it?
...It seemed to have no impact.
It was just a severed tentacle, even if it was a particularly useful one, so what?
Thinking this, it smiled and gradually awakened from the darkness.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, one of the many thick chains bound to it broke.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"...
As one chain snapped, the rest followed suit, gradually making what bound it non-existent.
"Ah ah——"
In an instant, it let out a sound as if moved.
Although the surrounding darkness did not dissipate, this unbound body could now move freely.
If so, then let’s go.
Let’s head to the source of the familiar Magic Power that could be felt from just now.
The "wind" blew in its face, making it show a intoxicated and fascinated expression.
Thus, it sang while laughing.
"Alya——Alya——Alya——"
"I’m coming over now, Alya."
"Hurry and merge with me."
Singing like this, the giant creature stepped with heavy footsteps echoing in the darkness, moving toward the direction where the familiar Magic Power came from.
The most terrifying monster in this artificial labyrinth had finally mobilized.
...
Inside a cavernous square spacious space, the intense battle was nearing its end.
With Reiger successfully defeating Reveis, the female monster, the outcomes of the other battlefields were also revealed.
"Bang!"
A silver military knife traced a large arc, releasing a powerful Slash Flash, striking heavily on the scarlet full armor riddled with holes, finally shattering this first-grade armor, sending pieces flying everywhere.
"Gaaahhhhhhhh...!"
Frulini, who was being unilaterally ravaged by the golden-haired, golden-eyed Swordsman, let out a shrill scream as if a frog was being flattened, her huge body was knocked away, crashing into a ultra-hard metal wall, causing it to tremble.
"You’ve lost."
Ais then sheathed her sword and stood, looking at Fulini with blood flowing down her forehead, her body covered in bruises, making this declaration without any expression.
"I haven’t lost!"
Fulini shouted as if she had just received the gravest insult of her life, her face twisting grotesquely like a toad.
Her eyes were full of overwhelming hatred, as if she wanted to tear Ais apart, spewing words filled with resentment.
"I don’t believe it! I absolutely don’t believe it!"
"Even using ’Level Ascension,’ I still can’t defeat a freak like you who can’t even use ’Wind’?"
"I absolutely refuse to admit it!"
Fulini wanted to stand up and continue charging at Ais.
Unfortunately, she no longer had the opportunity to compete with Ais again.
"Buzz..."
The light particles lingering on her body started to disappear as if they had lost all their power.
Thanks to this force, Frulini who had climbed to the height of Lv.6 was now finally panicking.
"T-Time’s up!?"
The [Wondrous Treasure] had a time limit.
Once the time limit was exceeded, the magic’s effects would fade, reverting the person back to their original form.
If it were Reiger, he could at least let this magic last for more than an hour, a long enough time for one or even several large-scale battles to end.
But the original owner of [Wondrous Treasure] couldn’t release such a long-lasting Level Ascension.
Because she was only Lv.1, whether the "Magic Power" parameter or her own level, she was far too different from Reiger.
Therefore, the maximum effective time for her released Level Ascension was only fifteen minutes.
This time had long since passed, and Fulini losing the boon of Level Ascension was only natural.
"Haruhime!"
Panicking, Fulini quickly shouted towards the direction of the passage.
"What are you doing standing there? Start Chanting already!"
Evidently, Fulini intended for Haruhime to cast magic on her again.
She knew that with Haruhime’s [Wondrous Treasure], it could be reactivated with just a ten-minute interval.
Now, with fifteen minutes of magic duration already elapsed, the ten-minute interval (cooldown) had naturally long passed.
In order to defeat Ais, Fulini unceremoniously ordered the familia tool to apply Level Ascension for her once more.
"...Yes."
In the passage, inside a iron cage, the fox girl trembled slightly in her delicate frame at the frog woman’s roar, responding in a barely audible voice before preparing to cast magic again.
However, she did not know that someone had been watching her for a long time.
"Swish!"
A figure appeared out of thin air at the passage entrance, appearing in front of the cage, like teleporting, startling the fox girl.
"You, you are...?"
The fox girl was startled, but when she lifted her head and saw the appearance of the person in front of the cage, she paused for a moment.
"[Limit Breaker]...!"
At this time, Shari, who was staying beside the cage holding a Magic Wand, having just sealed Ais with a curse, realized and exclaimed the name of the newcomer.
Unexpectedly, it was Reiger.
Shari couldn’t help but take a step back, attempting to distance herself from Reiger, then gritted her teeth and prepared to chant magic.
"Boom!"
However, before Shari could even utter a single syllable of the magic, Reiger kicked her flying.