The magical core that Magica, who had repaired the dilapidated Dragon Fang Spear, had installed as its heart was a dubious piece of equipment in terms of safety. Ur had been using it knowing this, but it had never reacted like this before. It was pulsing intensely.
At the spear’s tip was the black-purple Core Magic Stone.
“—Who cares right now!?”
Something was clearly happening, but Ur discarded his thoughts. There was only one thing to do now.
“[Howl]!!!!”
He poured all his remaining mana into the Howl. It was released with a force far beyond what Ur had anticipated, a powerful light that burned away and blew off the head of the Gigant-Treant of the Great Evil Spirit.
[ZIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!?]
The Gigant-Treant’s body, already unstable from its reckless feeding, shook from the impact and stumbled. The roots that had been stitching its body together were pulled, causing the fortress itself to shake and crumble.
“Wh-whaaa!?”
[Gahaa!!]
The regeneration from the labyrinth transformation couldn’t keep up, and the fortress’s structure began to collapse. In the midst of the destruction, Ur and his group desperately held their ground. They pushed away the monsters raining down with the rubble, slashing at them, everyone giving it their all. And then,
[Sir Ur.]
The sound of a bell from the communication device reached him. Whether it was good news or bad, Ur didn’t hesitate to respond.
“Shizuku! What’s—”
[Dropping it.]
The answer that came back was impossible to judge. He couldn’t understand what she was saying at all, and naturally, Ur turned his gaze to the top of the tower where Shizuku and the others were.
From the sky, the [Ice Spirit’s Shattering Spear] fell.
“Whaa!!!?”
Before he could react, the falling ice spear, with its sheer weight, shattered the defensive wall.
—This child is a special concoction mixed with all sorts of sins. Raise her well, and don’t ruin her, okay?
The necromancer, who had been ordered by his master to do just that, was now moving to ruin everything.
Not the detestable sun god Zeuradia and his spirit servants, but our god’s servants—the dragons.
He was a man consumed by the dark and cursed art of necromancy, exiled from his homeland, harboring selfish resentment, and in the end, he became fanatically devoted to the woman he met at the edge of his despair.
At her command, he sought to nurture the dragon she had birthed and to create a nest for it.
He turned petty bandits into his servants, raided mobile fortresses, and gathered magic stones.
All of this was part of his plan to create a new labyrinth of sin, a dragon’s nest that would devour the land of Isralia.
He was certain that everything was going according to plan—or so he believed.
But before he knew it, he had lost his hands, his feet, and his body, transformed into a black-purple stone. When he regained consciousness, he was first shocked, then overjoyed to realize that this was the power bestowed by the dragon. But finally, fury burned within him.
“How dare you… How dare you do this to me!”
“Unforgivable. No matter what, I will not allow anyone to interfere with my master’s wishes, with our god’s will!”
Driven by his rage, he unleashed his power.
Overwhelmed by a sense of omnipotence and hunger from within, he trembled with ecstasy.
And to fulfill his role, he began to expand the labyrinth outward, further and further.
“O, God! Behold! Your servant shall devour the livestock of Isralia!”
And so, he wielded his power, devoured, wielded, devoured…
…………Huh?
And now, he was cornered.
His massive body could no longer move freely. He couldn’t kill the small insects scurrying around him. Pierced and shattered by a silver spear, he desperately devoured other monsters, panicking.
“Why? Why? Why?”
The answer was obvious to anyone watching.
Now, he was no different from the bandits and undead soldiers he had used and discarded. To that evil dragon, to the master who had bestowed this power upon him, he had become nothing more than a convenient tool.
Tools are used and discarded when they are no longer needed. And so, this ending was inevitable.
“Not yet, not yet! This curse! This resentment! I haven’t settled anything!”
But he couldn’t accept it.
He flailed helplessly, devoured, and now struggled to destroy the new “silver spear” that was targeting him.
In his panic, the spear suddenly fell before him, and he felt relief.
“I can still survive, I’m saved,” he thought—————but,
“There, see? I’ve done it again.”
The silver spear that should have fallen was now gripped by a gray figure.
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The [Hawk Talon] that the Golden Hammer had prepared had indeed caught the massive magical spear created by Shizuku.
“——!”
But it couldn’t protect him from the devastating cold.
Ur trembled from the cold, so intense it was painful. Of course, this Advanced Magic: Second Stage wasn’t designed to be held directly by a human. But whether by luck or Shizuku’s adjustments, the magic didn’t immediately strike Ur and the others when he caught it.
Still, he couldn’t hold onto it forever. The cold would kill him.
“I knew it, you’re reckless, ……! ”
[Niitan… I’m… sorry…]
Her voice over the communication was weak. She must be on the verge of death from mana depletion. If she was about to collapse on the crumbling tower, there was no time to waste. He had to act.
[ZRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!]
But even the Giant Treant, the Great Evil Spirit Tree, understood that the threat in his hand could kill him.
A black-purple light glared at Ur. Guided by that malice, the Giant Treant’s body moved forcefully.
[GAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!]
The fist that came down narrowly missed where Ur and the others were standing.
The aim was off. The necromancer hadn’t fully taken control of the Giant Treant yet.
But the massive wooden arm that had been slammed down began to branch out.
“!?”
[ZIIIIIIIIIIII!!]
The branching trees extended like thorns, heading straight for them. Frozen by the cold, Ur couldn’t move to avoid them——
“Raaaaaaah!!”
[KAAAAAA!!!]
Nina and the Death Knight blocked and protected him. But Nina, less skilled, couldn’t fully defend herself, and the thorns pierced her body.
“Ugh! Hey!!”
“Hurry… up!!”
Nina screamed through the pain. Understanding her intent, Ur turned his face forward.
“Ugh, gaaaaaah…!!”
With a roar, he forced his frozen, stiff body to move. He pulled out a heat from within himself that rivaled the absolute zero of the silver spear.
But his head remained cool.
He hadn’t trained much in throwing techniques.
The reason he could communicate with the bandits was because of Shizuku’s assistance.
He was certain he didn’t have the innate talent to hit his target without practice.
He aimed for the easiest spot: the center of the Giant Treant’s torso.
“break into pieces!!!!!!”
Using himself as a cannon, Ur launched the silver spear.
[GA——]
The spear didn’t miss entirely, but it wasn’t a perfect hit either. Still, it struck. The sheer size of the Giant Treant worked in his favor.
And just like the first shot, Shizuku’s magic quickly began to erode and freeze the giant tree’s body.
Yes, just like the first shot. And so,
[——!!]
Ur understood that the necromancer, now reduced to this state, would struggle desperately.
The black-purple light began to writhe and overflow from within the Giant Treant, but Ur was already moving.
“Old man! Help!!”
[Kakaka!!]
He called out to the Death Knight and tossed a high-grade healing potion to Nina, who was lying bloodied nearby.
Jumping onto the already frozen arm of the Giant Treant, Ur ran. The [Ice Spirit Shattering Spear]’s effect caused the Giant Treant’s body to crumble, but Ur ran faster than the ground could collapse.
The black-purple core magic stone, desperate to escape the freezing Giant Treant, burst out from its body. The cracks that had been there since it appeared had grown larger, but it was still moving.
[If it falls down again, it’ll possess another monster!!]
“I know!!”
He knew. He knew, but he couldn’t catch up. Still, he desperately pushed forward——and the next moment, he stepped through the cracked body of the Giant Treant.
A fleeting sense of floating, a chilling sensation. His body stiffened with the premonition of falling.
[【Bone Core Transformation】!!]
But the next instant, a solid ground appeared beneath Ur’s feet, separate from the crumbling body of the Giant Treant.
The Death Knight, standing beside him, had plunged his greatsword into the still slightly intact body of the Giant Treant, connecting the shattered pieces and creating a path for Ur.
[Go!!]
Ur ran along the path. But in that time, the “remnant” finally fell from the Giant Treant’s body.
——Would it devour monsters in the underground labyrinth again?
But no.
Immediately after, amidst the collapse, the still intact body of the Giant Treant writhed with its last strength, slamming itself against the command tower where Diz was supposed to be fighting, creating a massive hole.
Through that hole, the black-purple core magic stone flew.
In that instant, Ur understood the meaning of that action.
It was fleeing, tail between its legs.
“——Huh?”
The moment he understood, Ur was filled with a rage that turned his vision red.
He gripped the Dragon Fang Spear even tighter, gritting his teeth.
“After all this, you think you can just run away——don’t you!?”
Ur kicked off the ground, chasing the necromancer, using the gradually crumbling body of the Giant Treant as a foothold, and dashed straight into the command tower.
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