“Grab him!”
“He’s falling!”
As Leo plummets, Uriel spreads her wings as if she had been waiting for this moment and swiftly catches him.
The Kraken’s leg narrowly grazes Uriel’s arm.
Uriel temporarily suspends Leo in mid-air and swings her hammer, causing a loud bang!!! as the leg is forcefully pushed away.
“Eh, huh? Am I really this strong?”
“Another surge of celestial energy…”
“Me?”
“Uriel! Don’t just stand there!”
Thin legs rush toward Uriel.
Though she swings her hammer to fend them off, it proves insufficient.
Ultimately, as her heart faces the same fate as Leo’s, clouds gather.
The fluffy cloud slows the leg down, narrowly missing piercing her chest.
“…!”
“Phew, safe.”
“Oh, Sandalphon, nice job.”
“Are you smitten? Treat me to a meal later.”
“Shut it.”
Boom…! Boom…!
Rain pours over the once-calm sea.
Normally, there would have been a storm with lightning striking the ocean, but due to the seal, it remained serene.
However, that seal is gradually cracking.
“Is the seal going to break at this rate?”
“It’s not breaking; it’s just that the seal can’t handle it completely. Everyone, get a grip.”
“Gabe, don’t be mad.”
“That’s true…! Oh wow!”
“Sigh…”
Uriel and Sandalphon dodge a massive leg while quickly securing Leo.
Every attack is nearly a one-hit kill.
Their mental state is one thing, but they can’t handle the opponents.
Gabriel lets out a sigh as she bestows healing light and blessings upon the archangels.
“Gabriel, stay calm. After all, Lady Lily is here on this land.”
“I know. It’s Lady Lily giving us strength right now.”
In the distance, Lily watches the situation with her staff in hand.
She may look like she’s just observing, but as someone with the hidden class of ‘Saintess of Light,’ she knows.
Much greater power is flowing to those two fools than the strength she can grant.
Additionally, dozens of spells and contingency plans are being prepared nearby to maintain this seal and handle any unforeseen circumstances.
‘She’s strong. That’s for sure.’
Lady Lily is formidable.
That’s why it’s even more regrettable.
‘I wish she could fight with that power.’
Lily’s basic abilities, along with the current situation, prevent her from utilizing her strength.
Ultimately, all she can do is lend her power and fight in their stead.
Lily gazes softly towards the Angel Guild.
Even without speaking, it’s palpable.
“So it means to do our best in our respective roles…”
“I’ll provide the grace as much as possible. There’s only one attack to make in this situation.”
“I think so too.”
The two, known as the mom and dad of the Angel Guild, turn to look at the youngest among them.
“…So in the end, is it me who pulls the trigger?”
“Laguiel, are you ready?”
“Your attack is the best option. Laguiel.”
“Still, I’ve only tried once.”
“Firing is your specialty, right? Believe in yourself, Laguiel.”
Raphael, too, patted Laguiel’s shoulder to boost her morale.
– Hey~ Hurry up and shoot~!
– At this rate, we’ll all die~
– Ugh…
In the distance, two archangels were running for their lives and… a corpse?
Hoo…!
Laguiel steeled herself and drew her bow.
Her class is Holy Ranger.
Even without arrows, she can create them using light.
Kugugugugu…!
A gigantic arrow, unsuitable for the bow, formed and slowly compressed to a size she could grasp.
The immense grace of the fourth-ranked Michael seeped in, blessed by Gabriel.
An arrow infused with the different powers of the archangels and everything Laguiel possessed.
“Hang in there.”
“…!”
As Lily’s buff flowed in one last time, cracks formed on Laguiel’s body, creaking under the pressure.
Blood trickled from her eyes as she fixed her target with Manrian.
This was beyond her limit.
“Shoot!”
“Ugh…!”
Paaaaaaang!!!
The Arrow of Light blazed forth, creating a piercing sound as it flew toward its target.
The Kraken, having dealt with the annoying flies, turned its legs to block, but the arrow would not be stopped.
Kwagagagaga!!
The arrow ground everything it touched into dust and plunged straight into the Kraken’s eye.
Laguiel collapsed, bleeding profusely as Michael’s grace shone.
“Got it.”
Zzeoong!!
A radiant explosion erupted between the second eye, which was half-closed by the seal, and a light so bright it bathed the world in white engulfed the sea.
Even the casters of the technique couldn’t help but marvel at the might of the finishing move they had never seen before.
Messages poured in before the blinded Laguiel.
[The second eye of óctĭpes is closing.]
[Remarkable achievement! You have slain the second eye of óctĭpes!]
[The second eye of óctĭpes will not regenerate for 3 days.]
[Contributor – Laguiel]
[Level has risen.]
[LV.105]
“Wait, am I crazy?!”
How many levels did I just gain?
Laguiel, overjoyed in her battered body, looked at her older siblings nearby, but their expressions were anything but normal.
With her vision just beginning to return, she weakly followed the sight.
“Bugs…”
[The third eye of óctĭpes is awakening.]
Swoosh…
Amid the gathering storm clouds, a violet light flickered.
The sky darkened, and two giant legs rose behind the Kraken.
The sky darkens, and two massive legs rise behind the Kraken.
In that moment, even though it was sealed, everyone instinctively averted their gazes from the bizarre phenomenon.
Sandalphon and Uriel, who were dodging the legs, were swept away and slammed into the sea somewhere.
Others, who were awkwardly hiding and waiting for an opportunity, clutched their heads and gagged.
If it wasn’t for the sealing, it wouldn’t have stopped at just gagging.
‘Disaster.’
The being before them was a true disaster.
“The Celestial Race will… be torn apart.”
“…”
Is there really nothing that can be done even if everything is poured into it?
Haven’t they used everything the Angel Guild prepared?
Even received help from Lady Lily, and yet…!
“Are you going to give up?”
“…!”
Laguiel, with vision returning only partially, looked up at the sky.
Lily was still glaring at the light source of the Kraken.
She, the only one left unscathed in this situation, flicked her gaze towards him.
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‘Is there… something more to do?’
“Lily… Elbrite…”
“You’ve become much stronger. I wish you were this strong back then.”
“Come… directly.”
“Unfortunately, I have many things to take care of.”
Thud.
“It doesn’t seem possible.”
Something drops in front of Laguiel.
Seeing it, Laguiel gritted his teeth and pulled back the bowstring with trembling arms to shoot.
The Kraken, witnessing the power of the arrow, swiftly brought Laguiel down and killed him, but the arrow was already in flight.
“It’s useless…!”
Just slightly diverting its path caused the arrow to deflect.
Since it didn’t have the same power as before, it would’ve deflected without any twisting.
Thwack!
The blind arrow pierces the heart of an innocent corpse.
A very white arrow.
“Ugh.”
Pow!
The holy healing embedded in the arrow healed the corpse.
It purified the impurities in the corpse’s heart and granted immense power to the one resurrected.
The corpse, Leo, seemed to seize the moment, instantly freezing the ominous clouds that oppressed him, then charged forward with a thunderbolt.
At the same time, a pure white light manifested alongside the thunder.
‘Attribute fusion.’
Three attributes became one and were shot at the Kraken’s eye.
“It’s resurrection!!!”
However, the Kraken is no beast.
It had already felt the strength of the lower beings, and its light source saw everything within its domain.
Already foreseeing Leo’s resurrection, it quickly turned its gaze to stop Leo and moved its legs.
There wasn’t enough time for Leo to reach its sight.
It’s enough.
Kuwung!!
The speed of the leg is slowing down.
Dark inner energy rushes through the pitch-black night sky.
“I will stop it! Hurry and go!”
Kuguguguung!!!
The inner energy bursting from the tip of the Heavenly Horse, wrapped in a buff, entangles part of the Kraken.
Still insufficient.
Blood flows from the corner of the Heavenly Horse’s mouth as she screams like she’s spitting out evil.
“Those with hands, help! We must destroy the eyes!”
“Haaap!”
The dark moon rises, and Black’s greatsword slices through the Kraken’s leg.
“Tsk!”
It’s technically just a level of injury, but it has delayed it to some extent.
The only ones who can move freely within the incomplete seal created by the third eye are those as strong as the otherworldly beings and the owners of the bracelet.
Even the hiding magician flung cards haphazardly, but they failed to deal any damage and vanished beyond with a hit to the leg.
A few of those cards landed on the Kraken’s body, but it didn’t care.
“Because it was useless trash.”
“Kek!”
“Ah…”
One leg was pierced, but in the end, it couldn’t penetrate them all and falls again.
Leo, who had fallen apart, sees what is embedded in the Kraken’s body and opens his eyes in surprise.
And he smiles.
“The protagonist always appears at the end…”
♣J
The Kraken, observing everything, sees a dimension gate opening from the discarded trash it had excluded.
“…?!”
From the gap in the dimension gate, sharp ears and a frivolously swaying black tail pop out.
Trembling hands grasp a green dagger, and a face with shaking red eyes is filled with exhilaration.
Still, it moves without hesitation toward a single target.
The light source shines on her, but the dagger has long since drawn a trajectory.
The green trajectory wraps around like claws and tears apart the target.
Cat God Technique…
“…!”
Sugagagak…!
“Bido Nakhwa!”
Puhwahaaak!!!
[óctĭpes‘s third eye is closing.]
[Remarkable achievement! You have defeated óctĭpes‘s third eye!]
[óctĭpes‘s third eye will not regenerate for 5 days.]
[Level up.]
[LV.108]
[Contributor – Yena]
“Fufu, they all waited for me.”
“Tail.”
“Nyaaaaaaaak?!”
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