Novel Full Chapter 1716: Last Line Of Defense
Chapter 1716: Last Line Of Defense
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“Seeing how our phones and cars evolve to work just as they did before but based on magic… it’s completely possible,” Elayne nodded. “And it’s worth giving it a shot. We just need to return to Earth, buy VR headsets, bring them here, and then share them with Khione and her father… so they can visit Arcadia and meet Titania. She’s a very lonely woman as well, and she, like your dad, has fallen in love before with a human man who passed away heroically while fighting a terrifying demon king. Since then, like your father, she has been forever heartbroken.”
“So that’s how it is… my father would be so happy,” Khione smiled. “Alright, let’s save him! I will summon the spiritual power of my Beasties here. I don’t plan to slack off!”
“That’s neat, but where are your siblings at?” asked Jenny. “Didn’t you say they were super strong too. Why is none of them here helping?”
“They don’t live in this realm all the time. They tend to travel the mortal plane,” explained Khione. “Unlike me, my siblings have few responsibilities because they never decided to take care of a territory… their absence is what also makes my father feel so lonely! If only they would visit at least once every ten years. They are away for hundreds of years sometimes.”
“Hm, that’s not good,” Mark nodded. “It’s… it’s nice that at least you try to be there for your father, Khione. You’re a good daughter.”
“I try…” Khione sighed. “Alright.”
FLASH! FLASH! FLASH!
Khione concentrated, her eyes glowing with bright blue light as she summoned her three Spiritual Heart Beasts, or rather, their spiritual forms.
A giant polar bear with icy crystal horns, a giant moth of snow and ice, and an elemental of frost quickly manifested. They were more ethereal and not as solid as before, but combined, they were quite a great addition to the party.
“I’ll try to hold back my father using my ice magic!” Khione said. “I will also try to make a formation or something that can help in the long run to restrain him.”
“Sounds good,” Elayne nodded. “We’ve prepared a lot and done everything we can… the only thing left is to step forward. Let’s go.”
As they moved forward, the hall leading to the gate to the throne seemed empty at first.
But!
“SHYEEEEHHH!”
The scream of a monstrous creature echoed amidst the fog, as giant fleshy tendrils sprouted from the abyss, dozens of them appearing everywhere.
“W-What is this?!” Khione asked.
“Another Demonic Beast!” Katherine said.
“Probably the last guardian before we get to the end of this place,” Elayne said. “It’s hiding under the fog. Avoid contact with it!”
Everyone started avoiding the creature’s tentacles as much as they could, while targeting them and striking them with their weapons.
The tentacles, however, were as tough as the Cyclops’ skin, taking considerable effort to damage through the combined attacks of everyone.
“Reveal your form!”
Elayne roared, as she combined her Spirit Power with Khione’s, unleashing a shockwave of freezing winds everywhere by swinging her hammer down.
FLUOSH!
The demonic fog dissipated, revealing the figure of a monstrous creature attached to the ceiling, resembling a horrific octopus-like fleshy creature constantly moving its tentacles into the floor.
Letting out another otherworldly roar, the monster opened its mouth and released demonic toxic fog everywhere, alarming everyone.
“Jenny! Rita!”
“On it!”
Jenny and Rita had absorbed material from the Venomous Viper Drake into their bodies when they forged their Physiques, allowing them to create and manipulate poisons.
As they grew stronger with their real-life bodies, these powers intensified, and Elayne had managed to combine her power with theirs, creating a spell capable of absorbing demonic poison and then purifying it.
“{Abyssal Poison Devour}!”
Jenny and Rita worked together, merging their Auras and Magic Powers with Elayne’s Spiritual Aura, creating the shape of a giant Viper Drake’s head opening its jaws and absorbing all the poison.
Then, as they absorbed the poison, Elayne swung her hammer towards the dragon’s head, purifying all the poison inside in a single strike, and redirecting the purified energy directly into the ceiling as a beam of bright light.
BOOOM!
The potent beam of light produced by Elayne’s thrusting attack blew up the ceiling, as the creature fell to the ground with a large hole in its head.
“GRYYAAARRR!”
With a monstrous, agonizing cry, it released its aura, shaped like dozens of demonic souls tied together, attacking everyone at the same time.
“Don’t falter! Stay together!”
Elayne cheered for everyone, using her Domain and Terrain to boost their strength. Attacking with their help, she caused the tentacles to begin to be chopped off rapidly by the boosted auras they received, while Khione used her spirits to freeze the demonic souls with her Spirit Magic.
“A monster as wretched as you doesn’t have the right to live in my father’s castle! Begone from here!”
Khione roared angrily, combining her Spirit Energy with Elayne’s and letting her channel it all into her hammer, which had absorbed plenty of cursed energy and demonic miasma.
“{Divine Freezing Hammer}!”
The hammer temporarily became four times as big, turning into a gigantic hammer of blue frost emanating bright golden light.
Elayne swung the hammer down with all her strength, crushing the monster’s head and freezing it while also purifying it at the same time.
CRAAASH!
The ground beneath shattered as the monster screamed in agony, freezing and then exploding into countless shards scattered everywhere. The demonic souls were set free, but were quickly taken care of by Gabriel, who destroyed them with beams from his little hands.
“It’s done…” Elayne sighed in relief, resting for a second. “Ahh… Ugh, I feel dizzy now of all times.”
She felt slightly dizzy, because of a combination of factors, such as stress, adrenaline, and being a pregnant woman.
“I’m never doing something like this again until the baby is born…” she complained.
“Yeah, let’s just focus on BNLO for the time being,” Mark nodded.
“So what now?” Rita asked.
“Let’s absorb some Spirit Cores, drink elixirs, and so on,” Elayne quickly shared some with everyone. “Let’s… rest, for a minute or two.”
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