Chapter 88: 88
The Mysterious Head and the Protection of the Dark God
To be careful, I peeked into the room without entering it .
It was mostly frozen over inside . I could even see some of the frozen vampires .
However, there was one thing that wasn’t frozen .
It was a single giant head . And clearly not that of a human .
It was only a head, but it was taller than the average person .
There were three green eyes and instead of hair, it had dozens of thick tentacles growing on top .
Nothing could look more sinister .
“I see . So this is what the idol’s head would have looked like . ”
I muttered to myself .
Then I searched for the core of the protection of the dark god .
It should be a crystal sphere, just like the one that the High Lord had .
(There it is . )
It was a good thing that I had checked the room before entering it .
If I had entered first, and the barrier had activated once the fight began, who knows what would have happened .
I launched a magic bullet .
But one of the tentacles on the Evil God head shot out and caught the bullet as if to protect the sphere .
“Those tentacles have surprising reach . ”
The Evil God head was in the back of the large room .
While the core was in the center . I had not expected the tentacles to reach out so far .
The distance was about that of five adult men .
It was no ordinary monster, that was for sure .
Well, I would have to learn more about it later, but for now, I was confident in calling it the head of the Evil God .
From my fight with the High Lord, I knew that the area of effect for the barrier should be rather small .
Still, if it was activated, the place where I was standing would probably be affected .
And once it was activated, the effect would grow stronger the closer I got to the core .
In that case, I should not approach the Evil God head until I have destroyed the core .
And so I fired off multiple bullets in succession .
But the tentacles stopped every one of them . They not only extended far but they were fast .
“Ooooooooooo . ”
The Evil God head began to moan in a deep voice .
It chilled the pit of my stomach and made me want to vomit .
I continued to attack the core while also sending some of the bullets towards the head itself .
And then I wondered .
Why hadn’t it activated the barrier yet?
Maybe it had not gathered enough curses to do it?
No, maybe it was only its followers, the vampires, who could activate it .
Perhaps the god itself was not able to do it .
“Still, making that assumption is a little conceited!”
I continued to attack both the head and core without giving it any time to rest .
And little by little, I increased the number of attacks towards the head .
“OOOOOOooo!!”
The head blocked every attack with its tentacles .
Still, I continued to fire, often changing the course or speed of the bullets .
I was trying to make the tentacles get tangled with each other, but it did not happen .
And so I increased the number of bullets and speed even more .
But the tentacles only became faster as well .
But eventually, it was not able to keep up with me .
One single bullet grazed the head of the Evil God .
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“OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO…!”
“Take this!”
Just as the Evil God let out a terrifying wail, I sent a giant bullet towards it .
All of the tentacles moved together in order to protect it . But the tentacles that were hit by the bullet were torn up and destroyed .
It was no longer able to block everything . Small bullets began to hit the head .
When the bullets disappeared, the tentacles spread out again .
The tentacles that had been blown off were now repairing themselves rapidly .
“All that, and it’s practically untouched again . ”
Well, this was the kind of strength that I should have expected from an Evil God .
If this wasn’t the actual Evil God, how strong would the real one be?
“Oooooo…”
“Still, victory will be mine . ”
I unleashed another giant magic bullet . At the same time, I launched the Devil King Sword at the core .
I wanted to attack with such a force that it would have no choice but to protect itself, then attack the core .
The Devil King Sword pierced into the core and shattered it .
That was a relief . Now I could get close to the Evil God and fight .
“Now, you bastard head . Let’s fight . ”
“OOooOOOooOooOoooOOoo…”
“I have no idea what you’re saying . ”
I sent magic through my body to strengthen it . Then I charged toward the Evil God head .
Its tentacles were now stretching out and about to grab the Devil King Sword .
While running, I fired off magic bullets to knock the tentacles out of the way . Without slowing down, I dashed forward and grabbed the sword .
And without a seconds delay, slashed at the head .
“DIE!”
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It was just as the blade was about to touch the Evil God head . The eyes began to glow .
I had a bad feeling about it, and I jumped back immediately .
In the next instant, a black light shot out and hit the floor where I had been . The stone floor was now melting .
It was incredibly hot . I would not have survived if it had hit me .
The beams of light continued to shoot from the three eyes . But now even the tentacles were firing off magic bullets .
It was incredible firepower . I could not get close to it .
And I could barely block them all . And so I created a magic barrier and somehow managed to survive .
The magic bullets were one thing, but the beams of light were able to destroy the magic barriers in one hit .
“It’s only a head, but it’s stronger than the Devil King…”
I muttered to myself .
I continued to block its attacks while waiting for a chance to move in .
The attacks of the Evil God head became more and more ferocious . It crushed my magic barriers and the light beams cut my arms .
In a flash, my muscles turned into ash . I didn’t even feel pain . And they were only shallow cuts .
I would die if it hit the middle of my body . My arms and legs would burn off if they were hit .
But I couldn’t just focus on defense forever . Things would gradually get worse for me if I didn’t do something .
I had to go on the attack .
“I don’t really want to use it because of how much magic it takes…”
I prepared to use my most powerful spell .
There were too many uncertainties to allow this fight to drag on .
I would slam it with my hardest attack and try to finish this all at once .
My ten years fight with the devils had made me used to long fights . It had been a while since I last ended a battle so quickly .
I created a magic barrier with my left hand while raising my right hand and squeezing it .
My right hand was crushing not only the Evil God head, but the space-time that surrounded it .
Raum Implosion .
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It didn’t matter how strong its physical defense was .
I was twisting the laws of physics and crushing the space it occupied .
It wouldn’t matter if it was made of diamonds or orichalcum .
–Ggiiinnnngaagiiiin…
There was a low echo and in a flash, the Evil God’s head was crushed .
The giant head had been compressed to the size of my fist .
“oooooooooooOOOO…?”
The head seemed to not understand what was happening .
It moaned in a way that was different than before .
Then I deactivated the space-time compression magic . It depleted too much energy .
It would affect me in the long term if I used it for too long .
And I wasn’t sure that this was the last enemy I would be fighting .
When I deactivated it, the head returned to its normal size .
It tore apart as if in an explosion . Bones were crushed as they flew in the air . Fluids sprayed .
The tentacles were minced as they splattered .
The head was in a shapeless pulp now .
But it was moving . Slowly, it was recovering .
“You still won’t die…”
I had to deal a finishing blow .
And so I tried using the black beams of light I had just learned from it .
The parts that were hit began to burn and fall off .
“It must hurt to get hit by your own attacks . ”
It tried to resist by putting up magic barriers .
But the black beams destroyed them easily . And the head started to crumble .
It burned for a while before turning into ash .