Chapter 184: VS Evil God ③
The Evil God’s body and the head that had been pierced by the left twin Holy Sword spread across the ground like thick, melted black wax.
From that viscous black liquid, something like giant crustacean legs suddenly sprouted. Eight of them. Legs with claws, like those of a black crab.
When the eight legs struck the floor, it lifted its body as if emerging from the black liquid.
What appeared was something like a spider with eight eyes. On its back grew wings like those of a fly. From its mouth, something like a Giant Centipede dangled, and it even had a thick stinger on its rear. There were too many extra parts to definitively call it a spider.
This spider (temp) is the Evil God’s final form. It’s far more disgusting than when I saw it in the game’s pixel art. So much so that I’m starting to doubt my own sanity.
“Th-this is…”
Eleonore’s trembling voice reached my ears. Even I, who had seen it in the game, was surprised. For Eleonore and the others, it must be a nightmarish sight.
“Anti-Poison!”
“Anti-Paralysis!”
I raise the party members’ resistance to poison and paralysis. The Evil God’s surface is slimy, coated in poisonous bodily fluids. In the game, if you don’t take countermeasures, you get afflicted with poison or paralysis every time you attack. It’s a really annoying status effect.
“PGYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!”
『To force me to take this form. You shall boast of it in hell!!!』
An insect-like screech and a voice like a withered old man’s were heard simultaneously.
It seems incredibly angry, but I’m angry too.
“All units! Prepare for battle! This is the last one!”
“Yaaaaaaah!”
As if spurred by my voice, Eleonore charged at the Evil God. Charging at an Evil God that evokes revulsion just by looking at it must require considerable courage.
As expected, Eleonore is amazing. Her courage is worthy of being etched into the kingdom’s history.
The Evil God’s spider legs swung down from above, trying to skewer Eleonore.
Clack!!! Clank!!! Clank!!!
However, Eleonore dodged with feint-filled steps and closed in on the Evil God.
“Hmph!”
“Haaah!”
And then, Cornelia and Claudia, following Eleonore while slicing off the Evil God’s descending legs.
Eleonore baits the enemy’s attacks, and Cornelia and Claudia hammer in their attacks during the openings Eleonore creates. Good teamwork.
『Insolent whelps!!!』
The Giant Centipede-like organs dangling from the Evil God’s mouth slithered about wildly, trying to catch Eleonore. It’s a truly disgusting sight.
“Go.”
I heard a murmuring voice from Lily, whom I was shielding behind me.
At the same time, a large mass of rock, at a speed too fast for the eye to follow, crushed and destroyed the Evil God’s mouth with a squelch.
The two Giant Centipede-like organs were sent flying, and there was nothing left to hinder Eleonore.
“Hmph!”
Eleonore made a huge jump. Then, landing on the Evil God’s spider-like face, she flashed her sword.
“Seyaaaaaaah!”
Instantly, purple blood, laced with the Evil God’s poison, gushed out and scattered.
Eleonore had slashed all four of the Evil God’s right eyes.
“PGYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!”
『You fiend!?』
“You’ll be in trouble if you forget about me!”
“Me too!”
Claudia and Cornelia launched further attacks on the writhing Evil God.
“Chijishigure!”
“Ann-Teaker!”
Claudia’s barrage of spear thrusts, like a torrential downpour, completely obliterated the Evil God’s head, and Cornelia’s 【Ann-Teaker】 bisected the Evil God’s body vertically.
“…”
『…』
The Evil God’s bisected body twitched for a while like a dying insect, but it too eventually fell silent.
“It’s not over yet!”
“Hyan!”
I rushed over to Cornelia, touched the nape of her neck, and poured all my Holy Power into her.
I pointed Cornelia in a certain direction.
Hidden by the spider’s remains, a large, human-sized black pearl-like object lay there.
“Ria, use Ann-Teaker on that Core!”
“Okay!”
『You bastard!? How do you know about that!?』
“How many times do you think I’ve defeated the Evil God…!”
The Evil God’s Core, which only becomes a targetable option when the HP of the Evil God, boasting powerful HP recovery abilities, drops below ten percent. If this isn’t destroyed, the Evil God cannot be defeated.
If you unknowingly deplete all of the Evil God’s HP, it will revive with full HP.
To escape this loop, destroying the Evil God’s Core is the only way.
“Ria, I’m counting on you!”
“Okay! Ann-Teaker!”
From the tip of Cornelia’s raised sword, a pure white, extremely thick laser beam shot out and swung down towards the Evil God’s Core.
『I won’t let youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!』
No longer intending to hide it, perhaps, a pitch-black, extremely thick beam emerged from the Evil God’s Core and met Cornelia’s 【Ann-Teaker】 head-on.
My vision was dominated by the clash of white and black.