606 I hope that you can live (1/2)

Spiritual creatures kept endlessly appearing. They were far more numerous than in the other areas!

”I'm already doing my best to control them, but this is all I can do,” Kazuko told everyone.

Right away, many spiritual creatures started rushing towards Lloyd in the corner. Then, after Lana appeared, more and more spiritual creatures appeared as well.

All the monsters were trying to charge at Lloyd and Lana! Seiji didn't know why this was, but he had a feeling that if they came into contact with the two, something terrible would likely happen to them. He wanted to protect them.

Seiji did his best to swing his spiritual sword in as large an arc as possible to kill the most monsters he could. Hisashi continuously used ”Thunderboom” as support. Their teamwork was highly efficient in clearing the monsters, but there would always be a few monsters which slipped through.

Shika acted as the final line of defense to deal with any remaining spiritual creatures that slipped through. She used ”Ice Wall” to protect Lloyd and Lana who were in the corner… although she couldn't even see where they were.

Gradually, the spiritual creatures began decreasing in number. However, their average strength started increasing.

[Evolved Body-strengthening technique, Fire element]!

Seiji activated the strongest attacking form of his [Body-strengthening technique]. In exchange for much higher Mana consumption, he greatly increased his attack strength!

The golden glow covering his body transformed into flames instead. His hair even started lighting up on fire, making him appear like a golden torch.

Seiji lifted his longsword and slashed everything before him!

All Hisashi saw was a golden flash followed by white streaks that he couldn't even see clearly. This was followed by some giant spiritual monsters instantly shattering into mist! There was nothing to say except one word: awesome.

After clearing out the tremendous number of basic monsters, the boss monsters appeared right after… There was a total of five black lion monsters with green spots on their bodies!!

”I'm really doing my best to hold them back.” Kazuko sighed.

Seiji already expected that boss monsters would be appearing soon. He instantly cast the ultimate ability that he had prepared beforehand.

He used his [Mika character reward card]'s first ability [Overload] to strengthen his ultimate skill, along with borrowing power from his bonded spirit Yomi...

Mega-evolved sealing technique, [Demon Suppression Bell]!

*Clang!!!*

An ear-piercing clang rang out as a giant golden bell suddenly appeared and covered this entire area. It instantly covered all five of the lion monsters!!

Hisashi felt like his eyes were beginning to water from constantly being wide-eyed in amazement.

Seiji grit his teeth and continued spending Mana to maintain the power of his spell. His Mana was draining at an extremely quick rate.

When his spell finally finished, three of the boss monsters were reduced to mist.

”Brother, leave the rest to me.” Shika came over from behind and took over the fight with the two remaining lion boss monsters.

”I'll leave them to you.” Seiji had spent much of his energy, so he retreated to the back and let his adopted younger sister handle things.

Hisashi was delighted that he was able to absorb so much mist. His attack power and casting speed had both greatly improved. He was now even able to paralyze a boss lion monster.

Thanks to his support, Shika found it quite easy to deal with the two remaining lions.

Seeing this, Seiji was finally able to free some time to check on Lloyd and Lana's conditions.

He saw some faint dark-green mist being emited from both their bodies as they sat against a wall next to each other.

Lloyd's mist was thicker, while Lana's was lighter… but it was evident that there were problems with both their bodies.

Seiji saw that both of them had expressions of calmly waiting for death.

Seiji thought about the earlier scene with the headless spearman and felt that he understood what was going on.

Lloyd and Lana must have been infected with the sickness from the headless spearmen!

They didn't have a way of curing themselves and could only wait for death.

Seiji couldn't bear to watch such a scene of despair.

Would it be effective if he tried to use [Cleansing] on them?

He decided to give it a try.

Just as he was about to cast his spell, Lana raised her head and looked in his direction.

She opened her mouth and said something. However, Seiji couldn't hear what she said.

”I wish that the two of you can live,” Seiji mumbled to himself.

Although he wasn't sure if they were even real or just a hallucination, and despite the fact that they might be in an entirely different world altogether, knowing that he might just be wasting his efforts in trying to protect them…

Still, hope was hope.

Seiji cast [Evolved Cleansing] upon both of them.

A golden spell formation imprinted itself upon the two's figures… and seemed to have zero effect.