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章節 460: Corrupted Spirit

After the two-hour rest, the party started to move on. But before they descended to the 59th floor, Aika released her Zanpakuto again and even if they got a closer look at it, they still couldn't fathom how this works.

Tsubaki, especially, wanted to know the logic behind a transforming weapon. She was also really interested in the weird thing behind Koneko, however, she couldn't really question them about their equipment. All she wanted to do now was to go home and ask Hephaestus about it, since she saw her insignia on Koneko's jetpack. But in the meantime, she would observe them as much as she could.

The group then started to descend and once they reached the 59th floor, they saw a terrain that was largely contradictory with the records left behind the Zeus Familia. The 59th floor they came to was a jungle instead of a glacial tundra. Although the Zeus Familia could have hidden some information, there was no way for a group as prominent as the Zeus Familia to entirely lie about the terrain of certain floors. This meant that a big change happened in the Dungeon while no one was looking.

The group walked for more than a few seconds until they stopped and realized something. This may look like a jungle, but it was actually a very large nest for the new species. "A-are those the new species!?", Lefiya muttered and shivered in surprise after seeing the closely clustered monsters. On the ceiling of the 59th floor were the hanging and inactive plant monsters.

"I can hear sounds from ahead of us... Let's move forward," Finn commanded.

Half an hour later, they came into an open area without much interference from the monsters. In this area, the ground was covered in gray sand, or rather, ashes that remained from the killed monsters. Also, in the middle of it was a monster similar to the one they encountered on the 18th floor, where the first discovered jewel fetus parasitized a monster. The difference this time, however, was that the monster was connected to innumerable tentacles at its base, making it immobile.

"A jewel monster..." Gareth muttered.

"Wait... Take a look at the monsters around it!" Riveria suddenly shouted as she noticed something fear-inducing.

"The new species are allowing it to eat their magic stones!? Are the ashes around here all from dead monsters!?" Tiona shouted. All along, the smaller monsters weren't guarding the jewel monster but feeding it with their magic stone.

"This is bad...! It's a strengthened species!" The mostly quiet Ais couldn't help but shout.

[Ah... Ahhhhhh!!!!!] The jewel monster screeched as it finished eating the magic stones around it. The shout created a strong shockwave that rippled towards the outside and the party was forced to duck down a little to stabilize their position and cover their ears from the eardrum-breaking screech.

The jewel monsters then started transforming into a gigantic unbloomed flower. A few seconds later, however, it bloomed magnificently and revealed a very beautiful woman in the middle of the petals.

"What... What is that...!?" Tione asked, but no one could answer her.

Tiona, however, is more concerned at Ais' reaction, "Ais?"

'No... That can't be true... That thing... It can't be...' Ais ignored everyone as she was trapped in her own world.

The beautiful woman looked towards her and started muttering, "A...Aria..." It then changed into delight, "Aria. Aria. Aria!!!" Before changing again into a maniacal laugh, "Kyahaha!!! Aria!!!"

"A spirit...!?" Ais finally muttered for everyone to hear.

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On the surface, the mysterious man that gave Ais the quest for the 24th floor suddenly called out to his God, "Ouranos!!!"

A God sitting on a simple stone chair on top of a pedestal muttered while watching the crystal ball, "As I expected."

Before the Loki Familia went on their expedition, the mysterious man discreetly passed a bracelet, which could send a magic equivalent to a modern video feed to the crystal ball, to Ais through one of the members of the Hermes Familia.

"During ancient times, before we came down from Tenkai, a number of spirits took on our will and helped the heroes. Even though they were eaten by a monster in the Dungeon and their existences were reversed, they still kept their own identities." Ouranos continued muttering.

"A fusion between the Gods' children and a monster... So this is also a possibility of the Lower World... A corrupted Spirit."

"Indeed... If I didn't see it today, I would have never believed that something like this existed." The mysterious man which Ouranos calls Fels also muttered.

"Nonetheless..."

"Hmm?"

"What are they?" Ouranos asked and pointed towards Aika, Koneko, and Sona.

"..." Fels fell silent for a bit before shaking his head, "I don't know... All I know is that they're from the Hestia Familia and that this Familia is filled with strange individuals with strange abilities."

Fels then looked towards Ouranos, "If you don't know anything or have no idea what they're doing, then that's really strange... Where did they come from? It's as if they came from another world where common sense is different... Should I investigate them?"

"...Just monitoring their activities within the Dungeon should be enough for now."

"Understood."

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"A spirit!? That eerie-looking thing!?" Gareth and the rest couldn't believe what they heard.

"What dirty Mana..." Sona muttered as she readied her halberd.

Aika and Koneko only quietly readied their weapons.

"Those new species of monsters were mere tentacles. They exist only to refine this female monster into that form..." Finn gritted his teeth as he finally understood the purpose of the new species.

[Aria, Aria! I wanted to see you. I wanted to see you!] The corrupted Spirit faced Ais and started giggling to herself, "You should become one too." Followed by another maniacal laughter, [Aria! Aria! I wanted to see you. I wanted to see you! You should become one too!!!]

Everyone shuddered as the corrupted Spirit suddenly started to release large amounts of magic power, [Fufu... Let me eat you.] Pointing towards the group, the remaining monsters started to move towards them. Although most of them disappeared after giving up their magic stones, a few hundred of them still remained.

"Finn, I'm going to move up to the vanguard!" Gareth ran forward.

"This isn't any different from what we usually do! I'll kill them!" Bete hyped himself.

"Everyone, get ready for battle! Lefiya, hurry, and start chanting!" Finn started commanding.

"Got it!"

"Raul's group will support Ais and the others with their magic swords!"

"U-understood!"

"Everyone from the Hestia Familia, you may do as you please, but please always keep the integrity of the group in mind."

"Very well.", replied Sona while fixing her glasses.

The supporters were shocked at Finn's commands, but after recalling their strangeness, it would indeed be better for them to move on their own due to their unknown abilities.

Tiona, Tione, and Bete moved forward, bypassing the new species. They intended to face the corrupted spirit directly. But before they could approach it, they were attacked by the tentacles below the monster. These tentacles were at least a hundred meters long and a meter wide. Aside from its gigantic size, it only boasted a sharp tip and durable body that wouldn't be cut with just a few strikes from the First-Class Adventurers.

After deflecting the tentacles' attack, Tiona said, "Its attacks are heavy!"

While Tione questioned, "Just how many magic stones has it eaten!?"

On the rearguard, Finn stopped Riveria who wanted to chant, "Riveria, don't chant just yet."

"Finn?"

"My thumb won't stop tingling. There's definitely something else..." He then felt another change in density of the magic power in the surroundings, "...coming!"

[Come, Fire.] Under the corrupted Spirit, multiple large magic circles emerged.

"A chant!?" Gareth shouted, "A monster is chanting!?"

"Riveria! Put up a barrier! Bombardment squad, stop its chant!"

Lefiya hurriedly used her magic against it while the support group bombarded it with their magic stones.

However, the corrupted Spirit only used the petals under it to cover itself, blocking the incoming attacks perfectly, [Burn Burn Burn whirlpool of Fire.]

"...Haha... It didn't have any effect!?" Tsubaki muttered. It was as if those petals were First-Class shields.

In response to the impending danger, Riveria was chanting her strongest defensive spell, "Dance around the spirit of the atmosphere, lord of light..."

[Wall of Crimson. Howl of Hellfire.]

"Contract with the guardian of the forest."

But immediately after that line, the corrupted Spirit started to speak even faster and the magic power around it rose exponentially, [Borrow the power of a gust of wind and close the world, burning sky, burning earth, burning sea, burning spring, burning mountain, burning life.]

'What!? A super long chant!?' Riveria shouted internally.

Seeing the situation, Sona and Aika immediately disengaged from the new species. On one hand, Sona released her demonic power and gathered large amounts of water. She formed a high-density water javelin and launched it towards the corrupted spirit.

Aika, on the other hand, crossed her swords before releasing a black and red wave of energy towards the corrupted spirit.

Koneko protected them from the monsters using her white flames which slowly spread towards the other monsters as it consumed their mana.

The corrupted Spirit was slightly startled, especially after Sona released her demonic power and a keen interest sprouted from it. Using several overlapping petals, it was able to block Sona's javelin, and even Aika's destructive sword waves. "Tch!", they clicked their tongues simultaneously out of disappointment.

Sona and Aika tried to wound their opponent a few more times, but its petals kept regenerating. They didn't have enough firepower to deal substantial damage to it.

Although they were shocked by the duo's performance, the vanguard tried to get close to the monster. However, the tentacles kept them busy as they tried to push forward.

"And envelop us with the song of the earth. Surround us, become a great barrier of the forest light and protect us-"

[Change everything to scorched earth and give the signal of rage and despair. The cost of the life of my loving hero. I order you in the name of the agent, the name given to me is Salamander, the avatar of fire, queen of fire.]

'It's fast!!!' Riveria became scared and was pretty sure that her barrier wouldn't be able to completely block its magic.

"We can't even get close!" Tione shouted in frustration while dealing with the tentacles.

"Everyone, fall back to Riveria's barrier!" Finn instructed.

"My name is Alf! Via Shilheim!"

A golden dome covered everyone. And at the same time, the Spirit finished its chant, [Firestorm.]

A small purple flame manifested from the Spirit's hand before blowing it away. The purple flame floated down until it reached the ground and exploded into a whirlpool of purple flames, covering the whole floor.

The first one to be annihilated were the other monsters before it slammed into Riveria's barrier. At this moment, Sona already knew that the barrier wouldn't last for a long time, so she immediately gave a signal to Koneko.

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Comment section

Alexander: I am hyped now. Where is the popcorn and the next chapter?

28th00: So, what trump card that will have very interesting ramifications will appear now? Doesn't Koneko hard-counter both fire and magic? Fire magic would burn really well, ironically.


章節 461: Defend

'My barrier is...' Riveria's golden barrier started cracking from the sheer pressure of the purple flames, and those flames weren't showing any signs of receding. Riveria hurriedly turned around and shouted in despair, "Gareth!!! Protect Ais and the others!!!"

Gareth immediately snatched two tower-shields from the supporters and held them between Riveria and the group. He wanted to go in front of Riveria but the barrier was already blasted open.

"Riveria!!!" Ais cried out. However, Finn didn't allow the desperate Ais to get close to her.

The flames then reached Gareth, "GUOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

The shields on his hand immediately broke into tiny pieces and without much choice, Gareth used his own body to block the flames.

While this was happening, Koneko also took out her hexagonal tower shield and set it down behind Gareth, blocking the flames from getting through him, "Kuhh!!!!"

Koneko's shield, although it only blocked a small part of the flames, was also cracked before the enemy's magic ended with a large shockwave, sending the party flying away.

When Sona recovered from the attack, she saw a crack in her sight and realized that her glasses were cracked after being sent flying. She immediately checked on Aika and Koneko and saw that Aika was already taking care of Koneko's burnt hands.

She then looked around and saw the rest of the forest which had disappeared, along with the other monsters. The Loki Familia members and Tsubaki were all on the ground, but at least they were conscious.

However, the two people who took the brunt force of the magic were not in good shape. Gareth's body was burnt, but he was able to survive because of his endurance, while Riveria was in the same state and only survived because of her immense magical power that passively increased her magic defenses. Also, they could be thankful for their armors with magic defense properties which let them keep their breaths, however, those were already in tatters.

But before they could even recover, the corrupted Spirit resumed chanting, [Roar, Earth.]

"!!!?"

[Come come come, shell of the earth, treasure of the black iron hammer of stars, take the contract of creation and invert it, burn the sky, break the earth, build a bridge, and become heaven and earth.]

"PROTECT RAUL AND THE OTHERS!!!!!" Finn hurriedly shouted.

Bete, Tiona, Tione, Ais, Tsubaki, and Finn hurriedly moved to gather the supporters and the two unconscious people as they were the only people that wouldn't be able to survive if they were to get hit by the enemy's magic.

Tiona and Tione reached the trio's sight and was about to grab them, however, Sona suddenly shouted while looking at the corrupted Spirit, "Focus on the others! We'll be fine!"

"What are you saying!?" Tione shouted and was about to grab them, however, Tiona instead grabbed her shoulder, "Tiona!?"

Tiona first looked into their eyes before smiling, "Goodluck~!" Before turning around to save the others.

Tione was gobsmacked at her sister's response, but when she looked at the trio's eyes, she only saw confidence and seriousness, "Fine...", she sighed. "Please survive.", said Tione before following her sister.

Although it was only Sona who decided not to be saved by others, and even if Aika and Koneko didn't know the real situation, they had full confidence in her, "So? What's the plan?"

While fixing the position of her broken glasses, Sona answered, "Different from earlier, this magic should be stronger in terms of destructive power, but not as wide as the first one."

Observing the movement of Mana and seeing the clusters of them gathering in one spot, Sona continued, "Earth magic... It's probably a meteorite type so we just have to dodge and deflect the projectiles to survive." She then looked towards Koneko and Aika, "Can you do it?"

Koneko and Aika looked at each other before Koneko asked, "Can you predict where they will come from and the range of the actual target?"

"That's easy," Sona answered.

"Then this will be easy." Aika and Koneko both replied with a smile.

[Falling axes of heaven, disaster of destruction - I order you in the name of the agent, the name given to me is Gnome, avatar of earth, queen of earth.]

Numerous large magic circles then appeared on the ceiling of the 59th floor and from it, gigantic sharp rocks that were covered with ominous purple magic power emerged and started their deadly descent to the ground.

[Meteor Swarm.]

"TEMPEST!!!" Ais used her magic to summon the wind and used it to cover the group while the rest used their own bodies to cover for the weaker members of the Familia.

On the trio's side, Sona started commanding Koneko and Aika to dodge to certain spots to avoid the meteors.

However, the magic power which was covering the rocks exploded when they made contact with anything else. So even if they tried to dodge them, shockwaves and splinters of the rocks were enough to wound them.

"Kuhh!!!"

"D-dammit!!!!"

"3 o'clock! 23 meters! Then move to 4 o'clock, 9 meters!"

After a minute, the onslaught of meteors stopped and what was left of the 59th floor's former jungle was a barren place with innumerable craters created by the last magic attack.

This time, everyone was on the ground with bloody countenance and the only people who could move properly were the supporters who were protected. They did their best to immediately initiate first aid and supply potions to everyone on the ground while keeping their tears.

"Ahh..."

"Damn it..."

"Am I... Still alive...?"

"I feel like I'm dying..."

"I'm... fine so go heal Riveria and Gareth instead..."

Even then, everyone tried to get up despite the difficulty. However, despair overcame them when they saw how the corrupted Spirit absorbed the magic power it used and was about to get ready for another round of bombardment. They knew that they wouldn't be able to survive if it used another magic of a similar scale.

What was even worse, was that more monsters from the new species flooded in from both the 60th floor and 58th floor, effectively trapping them with the corrupted Spirit.

There was nothing they could do. Two of their strongest members were crushed, and everyone was covered with injuries. No one had anything to say, and no one could stand. Everyone present knew that they would lose.

Except for a few people, "We'll defeat that monster." Finn said with conviction as he walked in front of everyone.

Everyone looked at him with incredulous eyes but Finn only continued speaking, "What is 'courage' to you? What do you see with your eyes? Fear? Despair? Destruction? I only see an enemy, one that we need to defeat, and our victory."

"We don't need a path of retreat. I'll carve out a path with my spear. I promise you all victory in the name of Fianna. Come with me." He then looked back to everyone, "Or is copying Bell Cranel too much for you? Besides, look at those three. Is it fine to show such weakness?"

Everyone looked to a certain spot and saw Sona, standing straight up while casually cleaning her broken pair of glasses. Aika, who was dusting her already tattered Shihakusho, and Koneko, who was sitting crossed legged, already meditating.

Putting her glasses back on her face, Sona smiled at him, "As expected of the Loki Familia Captain. It seems that you already know what to do." She then looked towards the rest of the Loki Familia, "But if it's only you and us three weak girls, then this is really a hopeless situation."

"Don't mess with me! Who said that I'm giving up!?" Bete angrily shouted as he stood up.

"Captain! I haven't given up yet!" Tione also stood up.

"Right! We can't be losing either!" Tiona stood up with a big smile.

Ais, on the other hand, only quietly stood up, but the burning desire to win is also present within her eyes.

After those three, the supporters and Lefiya also managed to regain their bearings and also stood up, "Raul, your group will stay behind and support us! The rest of us will attack that monster!" Finn commanded.

As he passed by the heavily injured Riveria and Gareth on the ground, Finn also said, "Riveria, Gareth, is this the end for you? Then keep on sleeping, I'm going ahead."

Because of those words, both of their eyes snapped open, "Damn it... That conceited Pallum!" Gareth cursed as he tried to stand up, "Hey! Loathsome Elf! Is now the time to be sleeping!?"

Using her wand, Riveria also tried to stand up, "Shut it, you barbaric Dwarf!"

As both of them straightened their bodies, Gareth shouted to the supporters, "Give me an axe!!!" While Riveria instructed, "I'm going to begin my strongest attack! You guys, protect me!"

While passing Gareth his axe, Sona approached Riveria, "Leave it us."

Riveria looked at the trio and nodded, "Great!" She then looked towards the other supporters, "Support the rest! We'll be fine here!"

The last one to get up was Tsubaki, "I've seen something amazing. I can't make myself useless this round too. I'll help out!"

Pointing his spear toward the enemy, Finn shouted, "Starting now, our attack will pierce the enemy! Give it everything that you've got!"

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Comment Section

Alexander: Nothing from me, since I've no time. I'm on my way to the next chapter.

28th00: Sona pulling off Raid Boss AOE dodge tactics, before those were labelled by everything by default. Also, Finn and Sona provoked everyone to regain morale, since morale is vital. It's easy to find something to die for, much harder to find something to live for, eh? Even if it's just to prove someone wrong.

Goyya: They're really one underwhelming group compared to the girls 'trained' by Kisuke. Hehehe.


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