[Overwhelming Victory and a Promise with a Rival–!]
“Ggiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii?!”
“““Gragagaggagaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”””
Atlach-Nacha was being lynched by a hundred monsters.
Blood spurted out from its entire body as it writhed madly, its long eight legs spasming.
But I wasn’t done yet. Mercy wasn’t in my dictionary!
“Come forth, Chuntaro.”
“Pigyaaaaaaaaa!”
As I was falling following the massive spider, I summoned my ‘Vanishing Firebird’ and landed on it.
I then pulled out a bow and arrow. I also summoned seven weapons hovering around me with the ‘Arms Barrier’ skill.
Okay, everything was ready. The moment my monsters from ‘Destructive Frenzied Summon’ got unsummoned and the massive spider breathed a sigh of relief at finally being free…
“Watch me, Master Tengu! This is my new special move based on your technique! Tenma School’s secret technique ‘Raging Dragon Shot’ 8x!!!!”
“Ggiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii?!”
I let loose the arrow and seven weapons. As they flew, they were encased in immense magical power, turning into eight demonic dragons that dug into ‘Atlach-Nacha’–!
Their destructive power was guaranteed. Each had the power to blow everything away from its path, and there were eight of them.
The dragons produced whirlwinds that kept on burrowing into the colossal spider’s body like drills, and it screamed loudly unable to endure the pain–!
“Time to finish this. Let’s go, Maa-kun. Activate monster skill, ‘Flickering’!”
“Ngg—-!”
I had Maa-kun use his acceleration ability and jumped off the Firebird!
“Activate Special Action Art, ‘Emergency Fall’!”
I loudly activated an art and made myself fall faster!
This was one of the Special Action Arts without offensive power. Its effect was simply to increase your falling speed. It was originally meant to allow you to get down to the ground quickly from the air where you couldn’t move.
–But it was a different story if the enemy was below you! Potential energy applied in BSO. Use it, and you’d be able to deal damage even if your Strength was 0.
In short…
“Using this art from heights would make it deadly! Eat this, Justice Kick, oraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
“Gishaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?!”
My kick explosively struck the dying Atlach-Nacha!
My boot possessed by Maa-kun pierced into the head of the massive spider, and…
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・World News!
The hidden boss ‘Atlach-Nacha’ has been defeated for the first time by the party of Yuri and Korin!
Yuri has acquired the special evolution item for the undead: Shinigami Soul Core! Korin has–
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“Heeell yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! I finally got iiiittt!”
I pumped my fist in front of the disappearing colossal spider…!
My guess had been correct. The special evolution was here.
“No wonder I couldn’t find it after searching for so long. It was with the hidden boss all along. But the conditions sure were strict.”
You needed to be level 75 or higher. That was like, what? Top 1% of BSO, give or take? Further, you had to have negative Karma Points and tamed the original boss monster. Talk about tough.
The devs must have designed the special evolution system for late-game players.
“Okay, let’s try this special evolution stuff right away…!”
–Just as I was about to take out the item, I heard an exhausted “Haaaaaaaaaaaaa…” from behind me.
When I looked back, I could see Korin slumped down, dead tired…
“Ha… hahaha… You killed it almost instantly… And here I thought it was the end for us…” Korin stared at me with moist eyes.
Then she clenched her little hand into a little fist and punched herself in the forehead–!
“W-what’re you doing, Korin?!”
“Guuuuuu…! I’m so frustrated, Yuri-san! I was able to hold you back for a while in the last event, and since then I’ve continued to grind and raise my level and become a fairly high-ranking player, and I even managed to repel an assassin player once, but you–!
“You’ve grown so much stronger than me that you didn’t even flinch when faced with such a nonsensical boss monster and could even defeat it instantly…!” With tear-glistened eyes, Korin revealed her feelings once again, “I’m frustrated…!”
Just as tears were about to fall from her big eyes—Pah! She slapped her cheeks hard…!
Her cheeks gradually swelled red after her forehead.
“I’m frustrated–but, I can’t stay like this forever! The wall I’m trying to overcome is simply much taller than I expected, that’s it. I just have to work so much harder!”
“Korin… you…!”
“Hehe, did you think I’d cry, Yuri-san?! I’ve grown too, you know…!”
…She said that, but her voice was still trembling.
Tears began to pool in her eyes again, and just as they were about to spill again–
“Korin.”
–I held out my fist in front of her.
“Fuee, Yuri-san…?!”
“Don’t ‘Fuee’ me. –Let’s make a promise! In the final battle in five days, let’s have the most fun battle, my ‘rival’!”
“…………?! Y-yes! It’s a promise, my rival!”
Korin rubbed her eyes and bumped her fist against mine.
Her eyes were still moist, but she had a shy smile on her lips.
“Ah, ahahaha… sorry, Yuri-san. For shouting out of nowhere, for punching myself, for almost crying…”
“Hey, it happens. By the way, I didn’t say all that to console you, okay? I really meant it. I’m really going to kill you, so don’t you go and get me wrong, alright?”
“Y-yes! Ehehe… you are so kind even though you’re a brute, Yuri-san…!”
“A brute?!”
What a terrible thing to say—I normally wouldn’t take such slander lying down, but Korin’s smile was so bright that I decided to let it slide.
But instead, I put my hand on her head and ruffled her hair.
“Waaah?! What are you doing, Yuri-san?!”
“Punishing a crybaby and impertinent kitten! …So, Korin, did you get the item you were looking for? You killed quite a few Armor Knights, too.”
“Oh, about that…”
When I asked, she took out a ring emitting an ominous aura from her item box.
She then shoved it in front of me–!
“I got it, Yuri-san…! With this, the combo that would deliver my blade into your heart is complete, so please look forward to it…!”
“Heh…!”
Korin had a fearless smile on her face, so I smiled back at her full of killing intent.
–And so, on this day, we succeeded in acquiring new powers to kill each other.
