Chapter 1.6 (1/2)

Chapter 1.6

1.6 A Fierce Battle and Sora

Date: November 11, 2017Author: Gandire4 Comments

Sora, now able to withstand the heat of Deekos Volcano thanks to physical strengthening [Reinforcement Body], places Sura onto his shoulder and begins walking.  Yami follows at his side.  They’ll need at least 5 days to reach Di Nodel, but with how they’ve been advancing ahead of schedule, he isn’t so sure.  Then again, Deekos Volcano is home to powerful monsters such as Radon and Ifrit.  Luckily, they don’t have a very large population.  It might take some time, but we’ll be fine as long as we’re careful.

Still, five days in a volcano?  Remembering that he’ll be able to reach Maou’s Castle if he’s patient helps Sora endure his disgust.  Actually, it’s until we reach to Di Nodel.

A resounding monster’s roar makes Sora tremble, biku biku.  He turns towards it and spots a cheerful skeleton monster in its final stage of decomposition.  Other than that, four days pa.s.s without any events.  On the fifth and final day— a monster ruptures out of a cliff side.  It’s not a Radon nor an Ifrit, but a monster with three dog heads, a lion’s body, and a snake for a tail.

“—A Cerberus!?”  Cerberus don’t inhabiting Deekos Volcano according to Elias’s memories.  This is just like with the orcs.  Events inconsistent with her memories are happening.  Why?—  Now isn’t the time to think about this.  I need to figure something out instead.

Sora invokes his evil eye [Full View Eye] and checks Cerberus’s stats.

Cerberus

Male

Lv. 90

53,000/53,000

22,000/22,000

Skills

-???? (Can’t see)

???? (Can’t see)

My evil eye can’t see it?  s.h.i.+t… it’s because I haven’t dominated it yet…  Sora pa.s.ses Sura to Yami while thinking, this is gonna be tough.

Yami says, “Masta!  Come back!”

Cerberus jumps.

—Buon

“Woah.”  Sora only escapes the pounce thanks to physical strengthening [Reinforcement Body] granting him extraordinary physical capabilities.

Looks like Yami got past it too.

Cerberus makes a crater as he lands where Sora and Yami just were.

Sora mumbles, “Hey, hey… the heck is this?”  He draws his weapons and throws a nearby stone at Cerberus, “Yo, your opponent is me!”

The stone flies with the power of physical strengthening [Reinforcement Body] and pierces through the middle head.  Cerberus’s three heads each have a meaning in this world; [Intelligence], [Regeneration], and [Terror].

Sora stares in shock.  I just pierced the head of regeneration.

Cerberus’s left and right heads stare at the fallen middle head for a few second before raising a firm, “Gaaaahhh!”

“Shoot, I ticked it off!”

Cerberus’s right head breaths fire at Sora while the left head hurls enormous lumps of ice.  He dodges the torrent of incoming flames by moving to the right.  “Woah!”

A huge block of ice is before Sora’s eyes.  He crosses his arms before himself while thinking, c.r.a.p.

—Dokoon

The gigantic block of ice shatters as it crashes against Sora.

“That…”  I would have died without physical strengthening [Reinforcement Body].

“—Na!?” Sora’s relief is cut short as Cerberus appears before him and opens the mouth of its right head.  I got this! &nb

sp;“Gravity manipulation [Gravity Control]!”

Cerberus cracks the ground underneath himself as the increased gravity slams him downward.  Sora uses the opening to create some distance between themselves.  Cerberus then stands up as he breaks free of Sora’s gravity manipulation [Gravity Control].

—Guaaaaah!

Cerberus breaths fire and hurls large chunks of ice with his roar.

Sora remembers his earlier blunder.  I’m not an idiot.  He goes to dodge the attack, but finds that he can’t move.  A snake is coiling around his body.

Cerberus’s tail!

“s.h.i.+t!”  He tries to cut off the tail (snake), but finds that it’s tougher than he expected.

I was played.  Sora struggles with all of his strength to free himself as the fire and huge slabs of ice draw closer.

Gotta focus…  Sora stops struggling and waits for Cerberus to relax the grip of his tail (snake).  Once Cerberus moves his tail (snake) away to spare it from his own attack, Sora moves.  He uses the opening to run.  Once he stops, Cerberus is gone.

“Where’d he go—!?”

Sora feels a sharp pain in his left shoulder.  What the?  Cerberus got behind him and chomped down with his left head.

Sora guesses Cerberus’s next action.  “Sto—”

—Gachaa

“Uwahhhhh!”  Cerberus rips off Sora’s left arm and blood gushes out from what remains.  Just before the overwhelming pain makes him faint, he remembers his time in the void.  This hurts just like back then, but— I’m not going to die!

Sora stopped feeling fear after receiving Elias’s divine protection, but right now, he’s afraid. –Cerberus’s right head!  It’s the symbol of [fear].