32 Chapter 26: The Encounter with the Evil God Part 2 (2/2)

Purin: ”Ahhh! For the love of…!! Do not blame Purin if the worst happens!”

[Now that's my best friend.]

Purin: ”Call Purin whatever you want, just make sure Milady leaves here safe!!”

[Hoh~ Now don't forget those words.]

Mr. Evil has charged up more than enough I guess. It's coming. The ground shakes from the accumulating Crysaztel in its beak, it almost feels like the air is also vibrating.

This guy's serious…

I tripled the activated Barriers that are covering Fleur and Purin. I also make sure that Regeneration and Intangible is activated. And lastly,

Reflect. Alright, checking done.

Evil God: ”*CAAWW!!*”

The ball of flaming black light bursts, forming a straight beam that's directed towards us. The air around it made booming sound created by the sound barrier being shattered because of the speed.

Kuh!

Damn, this is heavier than I thought…!!

Because of my Reflect skill, a portion of the thick beam was reflected back to the Evil God. But due to how wide the beam is, some of it successfully penetrated my defense. The ray deflected sideways, and homed towards Fleur and Purin.

Fleur: ”Ciel!!”

Now that's how you do it, Fleur. But don't worry, I'm still good. But the Barriers are not, damn it.

The first barrier broke, and then the second, followed by the third. I replaced the broken Barriers as fast as I can while trying to withstand the force of the breath of the Evil God – my float is not that reliable when it comes to propulsions. So I'm using Gale Boost to give me a… well… a boost.

Doing all these things at the same time is draining. And my CG is also being drained because of the continuous use of skills. Good thing I received a share of Fleur's CG. But I don't have the leniency to worry about those at the moment.

I have to keep up making barriers more and more until the Evil God gives up.

Also, because of the force of its breath, even with my Reflect skill, the reflected breath is only being blown away. It's not useless, since I'm not receiving the damage, but it's sort of not doing its job well with powerful monsters.

Purin: ”Not yet?!?”

[Not yet.]

I mean, the breath is still not stopping.

The barriers shatter, I create more.

Shatter, I replace them once more.

The cycle continued for a few more minutes. Just as expected of an Evil God, I guess? Its limit knows no boundaries. Well it does, but I just thought I should insert a hyperbole there. Since it's more applicable for the current situation.

I'm getting shivers now.

Evil God: ”*snort*”

And with that final snort, its breath have stopped and released a scalding hot air from its beak. That's the signal to start the operation.

Let's do this!

[Purin! Operation Friendship starts!]

Purin: ”Oper?! Wai?! Wha?!”

Fleur: ”The plan earlier, Purin!”

Without turning back, I rushed, boosted by Psychokinesis, towards the exhausted Evil God that is cloaked with a body of a phoenix.

But as expected of a God, its recovery is superb. It already prepared a second breath. Welp, I won't let that happen though. Since I've had it drain its CG on its first breath, I don't have any reason to let it fire now. My objective earlier, as to why I let it fire its breath, was to drain its CG and make it easier for me to consume its soul.

I used Teleport to transfer below its opened beak and deactivated Intangible. Using Gale Boost, and with the enhanced Strike Mastery, followed by Trigger, and amplified by… Amplify, I bashed myself towards its beak. With a loud smashing and bone cracking sound, its mouth was forcibly closed, preventing it to fire its breath. Moreover, the unfired breath exploded inside its beak, dealing additional damage.

So that actually happens, huh? I thought that's only for visual effects in TV shows.

[Purin!]

Purin: ”Aaarhh!! If we leave this place alive, Purin will definitely cook thee for supper!!”

Followed by Purin's scary statement,

… Lightning Cage,

… Static Binding,

… Earth Prison,

…Gravity,

And lastly, Magma Eruption.

They activated all at once. Whenever a skill is broken forcibly by the Evil God, Purin will activate another.

Good job, Purin!

[As expected of my best friend!]

Purin: ”PURIN. IS. NOT. THINE. BEST. FRIEND!!!”

Not allowing that chance to be in vain, I hurriedly teleported myself into the body of the sealed Evil God and instantly activated Soul Consume.

*THUMP*

Urk…! D-Damn… I expected pain thanks to my trial earlier, but to this extent… Arghh…!!

This should be the moment… where I want to thank my Pain Resistance skill, but this damage… it's more on the mental side…!! Kuh!!

But I can't give in now. This is the only chance I've got to defeat this level 1 Evil God…

Purin relentlessly throws barrages of crowd control type active magic skills towards the Evil God to prevent it from moving. This way, even if it struggles to remove me from its body and tries to fly away to avoid my assault, it can't. It's bound by magic skills from Purin.

Slowly, but surely. The CG of the Evil God is being drained away from its soul. It struggles and loud cries from it resonate inside the crumbling cave, but because of Purin's magic skills, it can't do anything but to succumb to its situation.

But the more I consume, the more the pain eats away my mental state. Seriously, this pain is more than I can handle…

I can't count how many times has my consciousness started to fade, but Fleur's intense emotion always brings me back to reality. It's like a sweet beat of drum, enchanting my mind to a rouse.

I can't let her feelings be all for naught!

Come… on…!!

I forced my Soul Consume to its maximum potential. Looking at Purin's condition, it looks like she's entering her final spurt. That's why, this must end sooner or later.

Even the loud roar of the Evil God has been reduced to a sound the same with cicadas. I've got no time to worry about it. I just consume and consume and consume, until my soul capacity overloads.

But heck, just go with it, me!

And like a soft ding of an oven's bell, Soul Consume has stopped.

I've consumed all of the Evil God's soul.

…

Fleur: ”Ciel!!”

Purin: ”W-Wait, Milady!!”

The body of the Evil God disappeared… It fades, as crystals and sparkles replace its shadow.

And my consciousness have started to fade as well…

All my skills deactivated and I then fall down to the ground with a bounce.

*sigh* Pushed myself too much right there…

Well…

At least, both of them are now safe…

And like a television turning off, my vision blacked out.

<Maximum level for Poltergeist reached. Certain conditions for evolution have been met and evolution is now available. Would the user like to evolve?>

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Chapter End