Chapter 636 (2/2)

It was clear that the great magic beast had recognized us as an enemy to be defeated, but it had not yet taken any direct action.

「Obeey Meee!」

『Kuh…!』

「!!」

The magic power of the great magic beast, which had been slowly increasing, increased several times in an instant. I even involuntarily teleported us backward and distanced ourselves from the great magic beast.

It was just such an explosive release of magic power and hostility. I could feel it was releasing its strong malice and hostility towards us.

It scared me. It wasn’t just fear of losing Fran. I was afraid of being that close to the great magic beast myself.

『Urushi, come over here too!』

「Woof!」

「…It has lots of mouths」

『Yeah…』

It was just as Fran said.

The great magic beast’s appearance had changed drastically and mouths had sprouted all over its body. The bumps of mass had now been transformed into the shape of a mouth. It was almost similar in shape to that of a human mouth.

It was only about a tenth the size of the first huge mouth that grew on the top of its body, but it looked exactly the same.

It was probably more than a hundred by now.

It was just like the image of Tata〇, the goddess that has numerous small mouths all over her body…

(TLN: I don’t get what author-san is referencing with タタ〇神)

「「「「「――Fire Arrow」」」」」

「Master!」

『Yeah!』

Just as the multiple overlapping chants echoed in our surroundings, a large number of fire arrows filled the space around the Great Magic Beast.

Over a thousand fire arrows are directly pointed at us, Sierra and Zelos Reed.

Immediately after, our field of vision turned crimson. The continuous sound of explosions then continued to echo without a pause.

If it hadn’t been for my multiple activations of Flame Barrier, both Fran and I would have been burned to a crisp.

The Fire Arrows, which had been activated by the great magic beast, were all fired at Fran and the others at once.

No, it wasn’t just any multiple activations. It used an overwhelming amount of magic as if hundreds of magic users had unleashed their magic at the same time. It seemed that each mouth on the body of the great magic beast was capable of chanting magic.

『The control over its magic is… seems to be fine…』

We are dealing with a great, extraordinary magic beast after all. It probably has magic control power that was far beyond our imagination. As for its magic power, it seemed to be almost inexhaustible. At the very least, as long as there was water in the lake around it, it doesn’t have to worry about its magic power even if it repeats that kind of attack 1000 more times.

「Muh!」

『Dammit! It even used a magic bullet and its tentacles…!』

「More incoming!」

『I know!』

It launched another barrage of Fire Arrows. And just like before, it also aimed magic bullets and its tentacles at us.

Up until a moment ago, the Great Magic Beast seemed to have given top priority to its resurrection and hadn’t been paying much attention to us. The tentacles and magic bullets were probably not a clear attack on us, but an unconscious defensive action. Just like a cow swatting a fly with its tail.

In other words, it could also send out its tentacles alongside its magic attack at us.

『If we don’t attack it now, we’ll only be crushed by the sheer volume of its attacks!』