The Final Battle
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(Aidi’s Point of View)
The fight between Aidi and Core No . 564 had begun .
The would most likely be the decisive battle . She truly didn’t think that they’d actually have managed to capture the entire dungeon in a single day .
If it were just Aidi alone, it would take several days . No—she might not have been able to do it at all .
… Still though, she definitely didn’t think that the Four Kings would have been done in by that powerless swarm of squirrels . While that ghost was basically just ignored, it turned out to not be an issue since Aidi’s Doppelganger, the fire magic sword, was able to take it down easily .
She felt a bit sad she couldn’t witness Rokuko’s fightdance personally, but she decided to focus on the enemy before her for the time being .
“Diiiie!”
“Whoops—■■■■ . ■■■■■■, ■■■■—[Summon Skeleton] . ”
Performing a series of steps as if dancing, Aidi summoned a Skeleton while parrying Core No . 564’s sword .
The Skeleton was just meant to act as a hindrance . At the very least, it would serve as about as much of an annoyance to her opponent as throwing a handkerchief at his eyes would be .
“■■■■ . ■■■■■■, ■■■■—[Summon Skeleton] . ”
“No matter how many times you try that, it’s useless! Are you looking down on My Glorious Self, No . 666!?”
The Skeletons were immediately destroyed, their bones clattering to the floor in an explosive spray . Aidi grinned as if to look down on Core No . 564 even further .
Her gaze, her actions, all of them served to irritate Core No . 564 more and more, causing his attacks to be telegraphed .
“So then, this is a Boss Room . That being the case, if I defeat you, the boss, here… I suppose that’ll be it?”
“Hmph, you will not be able to kill My Glorious Self! My Glorious Self is strong!”
“Even though you were just boasting about that ‘strength’ to a couple of squirrels a bit ago?”
“You heard!? Don’t speak of it! You are the weak one here!”
“Fufufu, keep on barking . ”
Although he spoke like that, Core No . 564 was unable to land any of his attacks . They each knew the Demon King Sword Style and his two Arch Demon bodyguards had left to invade the other team .
And while he was continuing to refuse to recognize how he had been completely trounced in their war of words, that didn’t change the fact that he had lost .
A certain person watching their back and forth from the VIP Room probably had a cold expression at that .
“That should be good… Come on, Rokuko . ”
Weaving their way through the bones scattered about, squirrels dashed into the room .
They were Aidi’s reinforcements . Although the majority of the squirrels had become decoys for that ghost when they scattered, Rokuko had more reinforcements be summoned .
They numbered more than a hundred .
“D-Dammiiiiiit!”
Core No . 564 shut his mouth hard enough that his teeth ground together, forcing him to practically eat his words .
Even if they could fit into his mouth, they wouldn’t be able to get in if he kept it closed .
Although his reaction was effective, his mouth wasn’t their only aim .
“Oh hoh, how fluffy . Such adorable decorations, the look suits you . ”
They aimed at his eyes, ears, nose, exposed skin—any weak spot, really .
The squirrels swarmed over Core No . 564, relentlessly jabbing him with their teeth as if he were some chestnut . Core No . 564 rushed toward a wall as he started shaking them off of his body .
Several squirrels were smashed, caught between him and the wall . Others were blown away from the impact .
“Motherfu—, [Pulverize]—”
Although he’d swung his sword with a sword skill, his opponents were simply too small . Moreover, the bones were getting in the way . The effect was so small that it only amounted to several squirrels being blown back with some bones .
As the squirrels swarmed together once more, he gave his all to do a back step . Seeing Core No . 564 run away from squirrels, Aidi couldn’t help herself from laughing .
“I see . So this is amusement . How wonderful, Rokuko . ”
[Riiight~? Numbers are power, see!?]
“Yes, I understand now . This is what a true swarm is . So, could I finish him off now?”
[Nope! We’re going to somehow drive him out of the Boss Room and win by touching the Dungeon Core . ]
Aidi knit her brows at her rival’sfriend’s words . She started to wonder if she was hesitant to kill a core . However—
[Core No . 564’s pitiful bitterness after we utterly defeat him—don’t you want to see it?]
His entire offensive force dealt with by humans . His residence lit on fire .
Cornered by squirrels, his Dungeon Core taken control of by another, being made fun of during his big fight . Then, after all of that, only being allowed to live due to provide his enemies with more amusement . All of this happening because of 600 series cores .
“Wonderful! That sounds so wonderful, Rokuko! You are a genius!”
[Fufun . It’s the result of my Master’s training . ]
“What a great Master . It’s settled, then . Let’s get him to leave the Boss Room and let him live . Rokuko, could you get him to just in front of the entrance? I’ll be able to push him out after that . ”
[Don’t make light of our hug pillow . That much is easy! Meat, Ichika, do it!]
With that, the squirrels’ movement shifted . Although they’d simply been chasing Core No . 564 and making him run away thus far, they started to anticipate his movements . By the time he realized that the squirrels were acting differently, he’d already been guided to a spot next to the entrance of the room . He’d been tricked .
Aidi had been holding her magic sword up as if drawing it back in a bow . Core No . 564 had carelessly wound up standing directly in its path .
Now that things had progressed to this point, he would be shoved outside the room . Aidi simply shoved her sword forward .
Fwip .
“—[Crimson Road] . ”
What occurred during that fwip was too flashy .
[Crimson Road], a piercing attack of the fire attribute . Although it held disadvantage in that it could only be used once per day and in that it also damaged the user, the fire-attributed damage was ineffective against Aidi, who was originally a fire-attributed magic sword-type core . To her, this was simply a skill with a cooldown .
When Aidi and Rokuko (and the Trivial Trio) had had their Dungeon Battle against each other, it was this move that had evaporated the iron ball and seawater gimmick .
“I killed a few squirrels, but that should be fine?”
[Well, yeah… Eh, is he alive?]
“I held back a bit, so he shouldn’t be dead . ”
The Dungeon Battle still hadn’t ended, so he should still be alive . Barely . But alive .
With that, Aidi turned around and went through the open door leading beyond the Boss Room .
There in a corner of the Core Room, devoid of anyone else, was the Dungeon Core .
Although Aidi had thought there might be some Succubi hiding themselves there, there really wasn’t anyone .
That said, even if there were, she would have just cut them down .
“You know, it’d be even more amusing if we let No . 629—Orange touch it . ”
[Ah, then even if presumptuous, nkyuu, I’ll touch it~]
Saying that, one of the squirrels moved ahead of the rest of the swarm . It was most likely the one being operated by Orange .
There was nothing left to stand in the way and there were no other Dummy Cores to use Castling with, either . The squirrel managed to successfully touch the Dungeon Core .
At the end of the end, it was anticlimactic .
In this manner, the Dungeon Battle came to a close .