290 – Showdown – 10
“Why is that? Are you going to keep running away?”
A thunderbolt flew with a very familiar voice. Kurrung, I quickly rolled to the side in line with the sound. A bright yellow lightning strike hit the spot where I had been before.
The sparking shockwave spread out in a circle around the point of impact before losing power right in front of me. The distance calculation was correct this time as well.
A large double-bladed ax snapped from the hand of the World Eater in my form, standing some distance away. Lightning was moving around the ax blade. It was the special ability of that weapon.
‘I know what kind of weapon it is, but I put aside the knowledge… ….’
He knows everything about the type of weapon, attack range, and special abilities. Except for the one from Bryn 2, all of them are weapons I’ve used at least once.
Besides, I am the player of Brunet 4 myself.
As I acquired my memory, naturally, the way he wielded his weapon had to be almost identical to the way the player character wielded his weapon in Brightest Darkness 4.
If you think about the close-to-reach distance in the game, you can change it to a barely-reaching distance. Just like the shock wave mixed with lightning.
For some reason, the fact that he mainly uses Bryn 4’s weapons also played a role. Maybe he has a plan.
It was easy to dodge thanks to the ulterior motive or not, but that was it.
‘The means of attack are insufficient.’
Even if it was an incoming attack that could be easily avoided, there was no way to damage it. It was because mana and faith were still sealed.
Even if I could only use one of the two, I think I would have found a way, but I couldn’t come up with the angle itself to cause damage because I was in the same state as my bare body.
I was dodging his attacks from a distance, and all I did was get knocked out once or twice.
Of course, everything was easily blocked.
“If you don’t want to mess with it, do it. Time is not on your side.”
The weapon in the hands of the World Eater changed its appearance again. It was a strange sword that curved like a crescent moon with the blade at the center and the tip facing the handle.
As it looks, it was called the ‘Crescent Moon Sword’ in Brunet 4.
“Are you going to cut a knife from a distance again?”
He swung his arm, very neatly ignoring my sarcasm. From the tip of the sword bent like a crescent moon, the same type of slash flew at high speed.
I evaded by rolling, and a crescent-shaped slash cut through the air. The second and third attacks followed immediately. In the back, I could see four or five more slashes.
I let out a slight sigh and rushed at the World Eater.
It’s like it’s doing what it wants, but if I keep running away like this anyway, I’ll be determined and only launch long-range attacks, so I’m the one who’s at a disadvantage.
‘Time is not on my side. Just as he said.’
After confirming my attack, the grotesque sword in his hand began to change its appearance. In this situation, the number of weapons he could choose from was not very large.
A greatsword or blunt weapon capable of elemental attacks that cannot be perfectly deflected. Among them-
‘As expected.’
As expected, the weapon that had been wriggling by itself took the form of a large red greatsword. A sword that looks like half-hardened lava, with orange lava visible from the inside of the blade.
The color of the lava seen through the blade became even darker. It meant using a special ability. I applied the brakes quickly and immediately swerved.
The enormously large sword was easily swung like a branch. Lava erupted along the path of the blade, adding color to the world that was only dark.
Although they didn’t even come into contact with the lava, the hot heat came rushing in. Scarlet lava overflowed in all directions, limiting my movement.
The scarlet light, which had faded, flared up again. The greatsword’s special ability was to lay a lava sheet for the next attack, but it seemed that he had no intention of using it just once.
Looking for a spot that wasn’t covered in lava yet, I closed the distance just before the blade of my greatsword burned vermilion.
ㅡ Bang!
As if he had anticipated my movement, a large mace struck one step ahead. Had he not slowed down, he would have been shot in the head.
A weapon whose weight is larger than most people’s heads and can be obtained by defeating the Inquisitor. To be frank, it’s the same thing as Stella’s mace.
The World Eater faced me, holding a lava greatsword in one hand and a mace of condemnation in the other. Golden and orange lights lit up at the same time.
‘I can’t use deflection. I have to roll and dodge it unconditionally.’
The lava greatsword does about half of the fire damage, just like its appearance, and the mace of condemnation takes holy damage while the weight changes to gold.
Even if you ricochet it, you would still receive elemental damage, and since both were extra-large weapons, there was a high possibility that you wouldn’t be able to block the follow-up hit while you were ricocheting and being pushed back.
‘Right hand first.’
His right shoulder moved first.
I checked the position of the mace while rolling and dodging the horizontally swinging greatsword. It was slightly oblique and diagonal from my right shoulder.
As soon as I forcibly stopped my body from moving forward due to inertia and twisted my body, a jagged weight passed my right shoulder. The distance was so close that the wind pressure alone made my body slightly stagger.
Both avoided the first blow, but it was too early to relax. The mace that hit the floor was lifted upwards. uuu, the golden color of the weight has changed even more intensely.
He threw away the lava greatsword at some point and was holding the mace with both hands. It was a special ability that implemented the 3-hit pattern of the 2nd phase of the Stella boss fight.
‘If it’s a special ability… ….’
I quickly checked where to roll. On the left is a lava field, on the right is a lava field, and in the back…….
‘It will turn.’
I couldn’t help it. I have no choice but to close the distance and go back to the other side.
I hit the floor as hard as I could with the mace that had been lifted over my head. Quaang! And the earth’s axis shook, and a jet-black pattern appeared for a moment around the weight.
I had already dug into the depths where attacks couldn’t reach. I swung it with all my might with the power to cut the essence of the wingless nightmare.
ㅡ Kkaaang!
It was not the sensation of cutting flesh, but the sensation of being blocked by metal. On his left hand, a gauntlet with a devil figure appeared before he knew it.
The gauntlet soon turned to mushy and disappeared. The empty hand gripped the handle of the mace again. The World Eater leapt into the air and swung the mace.
The weight was sunk into the jet-black floor. A much larger jet-black pattern was drawn than before.
‘Two strokes.’
How can a weapon unleash a sheep job in the middle, but the special ability continues? It was something I didn’t even know. Obviously, there was no such function in Brussels 4.
I found the spot where the lava was scattered the thinnest, which I had looked at while rolling, and jumped over it at once. The World Eater also made a leap forward.
The guy who jumped almost to my eye level prepared the last three strokes.
ㅡ Gwagwagwagwagwang!
The golden-colored weight hit the pitch-black floor as hard as it could. It was engraved with an incredibly large jet-black pattern, with a radius that could have been several times my height.
Black flame rose along the spot where the pattern was engraved, followed by shock waves. He shoved the wingless nightmare to the ground and supported it so that it wouldn’t be blown away by the shockwave.
On the floor, a pattern that symbolizes the sun of the Holy Land was drawn in slightly bright black.
‘The pope will be very angry if he sees it.’
As soon as I confirmed who was the person who carved that pattern, it was clear that the road would run rampant, calling it blasphemy. Even if Stella and Selene see it, it will be the same.
“You run away like a rat. Is that all you can do?”
The World Eater, who stood up in the center of the jet-black pattern, opened his mouth. With black hair, black eyes, and a black-dressed man doing that in a black flame, he really looked like a villain.
If I had a feeling like this, I would just lie down and spit.
“I’m sorry if I thought such a cheap provocation would work. Because I’m not the type of person who does useless things and then runs away clumsily like everyone else.”
“… ….”
As if he couldn’t get past the sarcasm this time, his eyebrows were slightly twisted, but soon returned to normal. Literally just a little bit, but it was enough to recognize that he had that expression.
“Do you still have the strength to stick your tongue out? I get it. Shall I give you more strength?”
Wriggling, the floor near the World Eater began to shake. Something pitch-black that had been piled up on the floor rose up. Not even one or two, but exactly ten.
The towering pillar gradually changed into a human appearance. I frowned when I recognized the identity.
“That… ….”
These were the bosses of Brightest Darkness 4. All of them are bosses who were modeled after the women around me. It was clear that it was intentional and aimed.
I slowly looked over the bosses that I had been terribly caught in Brussels 4, which now feel rather unfamiliar. It was as in memory.
“If you want, I will make more. Play with it until you run out of stamina.”
“I’m so used to it that it’s boring to play with. Is there anything else?”
“I will consider it next time.”
Then he backed away.
At the same time, the bosses of Brunet 4 rushed in as a group. I was very nervous, wondering if I was going to mess with them, but at least it didn’t seem like right now.
I wasn’t going to relax just in case.
‘Should I beat them all?’
Once I opened my distance, I thought about how to do it. At first, I thought about trying to beat them all, but I immediately came to the conclusion that it would be difficult.
It must have been in a state where the Dyalar mode was applied, but it was good to say that it was virtually impossible to do without mana and faith.
If you deal with them one by one, you don’t know, but if you attack them as a group, you won’t be able to defeat them. It’s lucky if I catch even one of them, and before that, I’ll get hit and die with a blind attack or something.
In the first place, traditionally, one-on-one combat is the most avoidable situation in the Brün series. Even if it was a battle with a trash mob, even a boss fight, the result was obvious.
‘…… For a moment. Maybe this method will work.’
Suddenly, a good idea came to my mind.
‘Arcana, Arcana…… Oh, there it is.’
To do that, I needed a boss to keep alive until the end. I quickly checked Arcana’s location. Among those many bosses, the one that specializes in ranged attacks the most.
I checked the location of Arcana and quickly ran to it. Arcana stood tall with the Popes while the others ran up to the close distance and brandished their weapons.
The staff in his hand glowed blue and created a torrent of mana. Arcana swung her staff. A torrent of mana was shot at me.
I rolled and dodged it at a very familiar timing.
ㅡQuaaagh!
In place of me who evaded by rolling, the bosses chasing from behind were swept away.