The nightmare suddenly lunged forward, dragging the grotesque whip behind it Its endless body scraped across the ground as countless arms pulled it forward Then the whip swung The three immediately scattered to avoid the attack The mass of pale arms slammed into the earth where they had stood moments ago The nightmare didn’t stop; twisted its body and swung again, trying to hit Rikka this time “Tch…” Rikka leapt backward But suddenly One of the hands at the very end of the whip moved on its own and grabbed Rikka’s leg “What!?”
The nightmare pulled Rikka with the whip and smashed him on the ground BAM!
Rikka’s body slammed violently into the ground “Rikka” Erin shouted The nightmare immediately redirected its attack toward her “Earth wall”
The ground trembled, a stone wall burst upward just before the whip crashed into it At the same moment Auel vanished and appeared directly in front of the nightmare face Thrust!
His blade shot toward its head
But once more, the nightmare reacted instantly, several hands rose to shield its face Then the arm-whip twisted toward Auel, fingers stretching to grab him Auel pulled his blade and jumped to the side That thing always protected its face… It must be the weak point The nightmare swung its whip toward Auel Auel took a deep breath, slowly sheathed his blade The moment the attack reached him, he disappeared Then reappeared right in front of the nightmare again He pulled his blade Slash!
An upward slash right on the face
At the same time, the delayed strike erupted behind him, severing the whip into countless pieces The nightmare screeched, and pulled its body away from him “Bind”
Multiple golden light appeared around the nightmare body and then bind it down, locked its movement On the other hand, Rikka was already moving His blazing sword carved through the air Slash!
Slash!
Slash!
A storm of attacks tore through the nightmare’s body, severing arm after arm The creature writhed violently and broke the bind spell That was not enough, Auel dashed forward, a finishing blow on the neck The nightmare quickly regenerated two of its hands The nightmare grabbed one of them and ripped it off But not from the shoulder, from the elbow Bone stretched from the torn limb, a long, jagged blade formed from its own arm It created a sword from its own hand and deflected Auel’s attack “What!?” Auel shocked Then the nightmare thrust forward with an insane speed Auel couldn’t dodge right in time, the bone blade pierced across his chest Blood splashed Luckly it was not deep Auel immediately retreated while clutching his chest The three regroup and Erin hurriedly healed Auel’s wound “What the hell was that, that creature can make a sword from its own limbs?” Rikka said “I don’t know” Auel muttered “but let’s focus on to cut that creature’s head”
The three kept staring at the nightmare, while it slowly walked back Its body trembled as severed limbs regenerated one after another But the wound on its face kept remain, it could regenerate it Then the nightmare pulled another hand creating sword from it Again… and again Six hands now held a sword from its own limbs “Hey, got any idea?” Rikka asked quietly “Yeah…” Auel answered as he stood back up “Follow my lead”
The nightmare pulled its body forward towards them Auel and Rikka ran into opposites way, flanking the creature “Incinerate”
Flame burst from Erin’s staff
The nightmare didn’t disperse it, instead it dodged the flame Yeah, I’m right… It can only disperse magic using its main hands The nightmare changed the direction to Auel Two bone blades thrusted toward him Auel dodge them, and drew his blade You are reading on g.com, the official source.
Slash!
The nightmare blocked it with its blade and thrust another blade toward his throat Auel immediately sheathed his sword and vanished He reappeared on the side and the delayed attack came, cut two of its arms cleanly The nightmare immediately retaliated with another series of thrusts But Rikka intercepted them His burning blade tore through the attacking arms while driving the creature backward A flash of lightning erupted from Erin’s staff The nightmare couldn’t dodge it, instead it dropped one of its blades and dispersed the lightning using its hand Rikka didn’t stop; he kept moving forward A thrust right on the face The nightmare twisted its body, the attack missed the face But tore straight through its torso He didn’t want to waste opportunity and widened the wound with a brutal slash from front to back The nightmare screeched, its body split apart “Incinerate”
Flame burning once more
The nightmare tried to dispersed it
But then, Auel already vanished
He dashed forward and cut the dispersing arm away The flames engulfed the creature once more The nightmare screamed in agony But this time Auel didn’t stop there He aimed the neck and strike forward The nightmare raised his last main hand Its lips moved “Light… Bullet”
Flash!
In a split second Auel got shot on his stomach Auel’s body jerked violently His movement stopped “Auel” Erin immediately ran toward him A small hole appeared in his stomach Blood spilled through his fingers as he instinctively covered the wound Erin gave him a healing potion and healed his wound How… How come that creature could use magic?
The nightmare still burned from the flame, looking at what just happen, Rikka dashed forward and tried to cut its head “Ea… Earth wall”
The ground raised creating a wall between them Rikka stopped his attack and jumped back Behind that wall the fire finally came off from the nightmare But this time its body didn’t burn away, its pale flesh looked denser, stronger The nightmare created multiple blades again and then rushed forward Auel and Erin Auel’s hadn’t fully recovered yet Rikka dashed forward tried to lure the nightmare He swung first, but immediately got block Then the nightmare countered instantly Again… again… and again A relentless barrage of bone blades forced Rikka backward Rikka couldn’t dodge all that attacks He got hit multiple time Then the nightmare threw one of its blades toward him Rikka dodged it easily, but then the hand grabbed him Then the nightmare smashed him on the ground BAM!…
BAM!…
BAM!
Then a blade descended for the killing strike Luckily Rikka could cut the hand holding him and rolled away just in time His body was destroyed, wounds covered his body The nightmare regenerated instantly and rushed forward But Rikka didn’t scare, instead he tightened his grip, the flame on the blade became bigger He launched multiple flame arcs toward the nightmare The creature twisted through them while blocking the others with its blades Then it lunged forward Rikka took a deep breath and hold it A thrust came toward him He dodged the it and then strike forward The nightmare deflected it and launched a counter attack Rikka dodged it again and strike back They kept attacking, dodging, and blocking each other attack Then the nightmare pulled its arms and thrusted in the same time He released his breath and took another big one He sheathed his blade and slashed the air multiple times It cut all those hands and then Rikka thrust the face Hit Right on the nightmare face The creature shrieked violently, tried to pulled the blade from its face Rikka kept holding his blade tight, tried to finished it off with a final blow But suddenly one of the nightmare severe hand trembled, it regenerated But this time it was not a hand, it was a sharp bone spike Before Rikka could do the final attack, the nightmare stabbed him right on the stomach “Rikka!” Erin shouted The spike pierced through his stomach Rikka couldn’t hold it and released his blade, his body dropped on the ground, while his hand covered the wound The nightmare regenerated its severe hands and pulled out Rikka’s blade from its face Slowly its gaze moved toward Erin A massive grin spread across its face It opened its mouth, the lips moved “E…”
But something was wrong, another voice
“Rin”
A female voice, but it was different from before this time its sound like an older woman Erin froze “Ma… Mama” She whispered Auel’s eyes widened What?
Did Erin just say Mama… impossible, that voice is clearly her voice The nightmare formed more blades and rushed toward them Auel stood up with his wounds still hadn’t recovered Erin couldn’t move at all, his eyes shook with fear Auel put his stance and dashed forward The nightmare attacked immediately Auel vanished and reappeared in front of the nightmare He about to drew, but the nightmare thrust him using one of its blades Auel didn’t have a choice he jumped back, making the delayed attack wasted While in the air, the nightmare threw one of its blades Hit The blade stabbed Auel on the left hand Blood splashed Erin couldn’t move at all; he looked at Rikka on the ground while Auel almost got beaten right now She tightened her grip on the staff, and then she whispered The nightmare about to strike Auel again But A massive gust of wind suddenly exploded across the battlefield The nightmare stopped and slowly turned its head toward Erin That wind was coming from Erin, she was chanting “Erin… what are you doing?” Auel warned, but pain interrupted him “Aghh… you’re too exposed…”
But weirdly enough the nightmare didn’t move at all It was looking at Erin with a flat face Erin kept whispering the incantation Suddenly a weird mark slowly covered her body “Here I am…”
The wind intensified, trees bent violently, the entire forest trembled “Please accept this body as an offering…”
Suddenly a brilliant white light erupted in the center of the battlefield “Please, heed my call…”
The light became unbearable, even the moonlight vanished before it “…Gabriel”
At that moment
White feathers began falling from the sky, countless feathers, silent, pure Then something emerged from the light A massive sphere, beautiful The wings wrapped around each other like a cocoon, slowly moving with divine elegance Then The wings slowly opened, layer after layer unfolded outward Radiant light poured from within Auel and Rikka could only stare in silence Inside the sphere stood an angel Long white hair flowed down its body like silver light A magnificent white dress descended to the feet, while platinum armor protected parts of its form The angel hands were raised up as if it was praying to the god But its face, it was not a face, it was a mask, a mask from platinum No expression, no humanity, only divinity Its eyes remained closed Yet the angel’s mere presence overwhelmed the battlefield The forest glowed beneath its light, the air itself felt holy The angel slowly lowered its hand and turned toward the nightmare Suddenly tear flowed from the angle’s closed eyes, quietly falling through the light