"A doll's house."
As Ivaylo activated his god's blessing, Birawa and Fleur immediately dashed toward Ivaylo. Fleur used a sword with a rose pattern, while Birawa used a great sword shaped like a standard long sword.
When they started running, Eustace also came running,
"Go," said Ivaylo
"Yes, my master,"
Eustace heaved his hammer high above his head, the adrenaline pumping through his veins as he zeroed in on his target, the formidable Fleur. The two clashed with a resounding boom as Eustace's hammer collided with Fleur's sword. Yet, despite the overwhelming force behind the hammer, Fleur stood her ground, matching Eustace blow for blow.
"Abare: Lacing," Eustace muttered.
Suddenly, a deafening blast fired like a rocket from behind Eustace's hammer, propelling it forward with even greater ferocity. Fleur barely had time to react as the hammer hurtled towards her, sending her flying back towards the door.
But Fleur was not one to stay down for long. She quickly picked herself up and retreated to a safer distance, where she could regroup and catch her breath. Meanwhile, the valiant Birawa seized the opportunity to strike, lunging at Eustace from the side with his greatsword.
As Birawa's blade clashed with Eustace's hammer, a shower of sparks erupted between them. The suspense was palpable as the two battled fiercely, their weapons ringing out with every strike.
Eustace was now on the defensive. However, he was not so easily defeated. Summoning all his strength, he brought his hammer down with a thunderous crash, shattering the ground beneath Birawa's feet. It was a close call, but Birawa dodged the impact just in time, rolling to safety before springing back to his feet.
Just as Birawa and Eustace were clashing swords, Ivaylo took out two dolls from the patchwork. One of them looked familiar, as the doll resembled Fleur wearing a ball gown. The other was just an ordinary doll without hair or clothes.
Birawa couldn't shake the strange feeling that had been creeping up on him since he laid eyes on the doll. Instant death was a powerful god's blessing. With such a powerful blessing, using that ability won't be easy. As Birawa watched Ivaylo hold the two dolls in his hands, a sense of foreboding settled deep in his gut. He was sure that the dolls were somehow connected to Ivaylo's god's blessing.
Just then, Fleur sprang into action, her lightning-fast reflexes coming to Birawa's aid in the heat of his battle with Eustace. Without a second thought, she lunged towards Eustace, her sword glinting menacingly in the dim light. With a deft strike, she managed to plunge the blade into Eustace's chest and muttered.
"Abare, Ligans Rosis,"
From Fleur's sword came numerous thorns wrapped around Eustace's entire body. Taking a deep breath, Birawa steadied his hand and gripped his sword tightly. Without hesitation, he swung the blade in a powerful arc, his aim true, and with a sickening crunch, the blade came crashing down on Eustace's neck, severing his head clean off.
"How cold, even though he was your comrade in arms, but you tragically killed him."
"He's not our friend anymore, I don't care about walking corpses," Fleur said.
"As I expected from Miss Fleur, you even killed your own brother with that sword. Even though I turned Toka into a doll to live longer. Everything was also Toka's request. 'I want to stay longer with my big sister,' he said. So I granted his request, but you killed him just because he became a little more different."
"Shut up, don't mention Toka's name with your filthy mouth again!" This time Fleur was provoked; she ran rashly towards Ivaylo.
Ivaylo smiled. It wasn't his usual smile. He was smiling because he was trying to hold back his laughter. Birawa immediately warned Fleur about that,
"Captain! Be careful!" Birawa shouted.
Fleur then fell to her knees as the corpse lying on the floor held her legs. It turned out that the headless male corpse on the floor was also a puppet.
"The corpse below is also a puppet? Didn't Ivaylo influence the brain to control the puppets?!" thought Fleur.
'It can't be wrong because he also controls Lady Earster and Sir Eustace, but we can kill him as soon as their heads are cut off,'
That's how the two of them thought. Ivaylo deliberately sent Lady Erster to fight with them to make them think so. Even though Ivaylo can also control headless corpses, corpses that have lost their heads can only move haphazardly and without direction. Then they could only last a few minutes.
Of course, the headless corpses were easily defeated by Fleur and Birawa. Birawa concluded that if their brains were missing, it meant that what controlled them was in their spine.
Unfortunately, that short time was more than enough for Ivaylo. While Fleur was still lying down, a needle pierced her face, and like an injection, it absorbed Fleur's cheek blood.
"Huh?!"
Ivaylo pulled the thread of the needle.
"This is bad! He took my blood!" Fleur shouted.
"It's over. Goodbye, Miss Fleur."
With a wider smile than usual, Ivaylo stuck the needle containing Fleur's blood into the doll he had prepared. By placing Fleur's blood in the doll resembling her, Ivaylo could kill her instantly, like he did to the Archbishop.
But...
"Abare, Serpen Draconis."
-BUZZ
"!!!"
Before Ivaylo could stick the needle into his doll, Birawa activated his sword rampage skill.
Birawa's sword, Serpen Draconis, is a long sword that mirrored the proportions of a great sword he had obtained from the fearsome dragon lurking on the 9th floor. Serpen Draconis was a peculiar sword, boasting a unique design in which flesh was covered by sword metal. Whenever Birawa invoked his rampage skill, the fleshy fibers of the blade became plainly visible, while the metal appeared to fracture into ten sections. The sword transformed into a spine, capable of extending out to strike his adversaries. Due to the remarkable attributes of this sword, Birawa was able to rescue Allen and Felicia during their perilous dungeon exploration. By wedging the tip of his sword into the wall of a chasm, Birawa could pull himself up unscathed.
Ivaylo, who didn't expect this rampage skill, was forced to lose the two puppets he had made; if it weren't for his extraordinary reaction, maybe both hands would also be injured.
"Sorry for making you help me, Birawa."
"It's okay, captain. Please don't make any rash moves in the future."
"You really thought it through, Miss Fleur. By bringing someone like him, you won't give me any extra time," Ivaylo said as he took out a new plain doll from inside his shirt.
Without answering Ivaylo's question, Birawa pulled his sword back to its original state and said,
"a blessing that can make your enemy 100% dead. Such a powerful blessing must probably have three or four conditions to be met.
And from the fight earlier, I'm sure of a few things. First, you have to make a puppet that looks like your target, second you need mana from your opponent, and blood is the most basic thing if you need someone else's mana; and third you need quite a lot of time to kill just one person, and that process should not be interrupted at all. Unfortunately, as long as you fight with me, I won't let you use that anymore," Birawa said.
'That is exactly correct… how troublesome, Other-worlder. I can't help it, I have to use another ability.' Ivaylo thought as he put the doll back into his shirt.
pαndα,noνɐ1,сoМ Birawa's reason for taking the trouble to explain his opinion was twofold. One, he wanted to give Fleur time to stand up and calm down. Two, he wanted Ivaylo to think that using instant death would be a waste to him, so he made sure Ivaylo locked down that ability.
'So far he has used two types of needles. Judging from how they are used, each needle seems to have a different function. The first is for controlling dolls, and the second is a syringe-like needle for sucking blood. 'I must be alert to the other needle that he still hides,' Birawa thought.
'A strategic approach towards augmenting your god's blessing is to opt for a fitting armacar. Ivaylo is the best example of this; he can maximize his god's blessing by having a well-suited armacar. However, despite the coherence of that statement, it still doesn't make sense what kind armacar he has. An Armacar is a monster's core, its weird if he has the entire sewing set from the monster's core. Nonetheless, speculating over such matters is trivial now; I should focus on how his ability works and use my blessing towards him,' thought Fleur.
While strengthening her resolve, Fleur said,
"Without you, Birawa, I would not be standing here alive. It's just been mere minutes since we stepped foot in this room, and I would have surely perished. I suspect that our opponent is concealing more than we can fathom. The fact that he is waiting for us, suggests that he has probably orchestrated several unforeseen surprises to counter our every move, So..."
Fleur's face looked like someone overflowing with anger. But it wasn't anger that was controlling her; it was her trying to control that anger to make it her own. With that face, she looked at Ivaylo and said
"So, while I'm holding him back. Just use me as bait and kill him along with me,"
Birawa's face turned anxious. But that face only lasted for a moment; he closed his eyes in order to dispel all his feelings.
And slowly, when he opened his eyes, he said
"Alright, captain. From now on, I will kill the Birawa Budiono character."
