"Ah!"
Shade and Iluna had only just steadied themselves when a scream sharp enough to pierce their eardrums came from ahead.
Daknis staggered back against a stone pillar. His right hand, which had swollen into a demonic half-body, deflated as though leaking air and shrank back into a normal arm. Though it was still absorbing darkness through the large mouth in its palm, the rate had clearly slowed.
The Weak Angel Potion was effective.
"Sunlight Gun!"
Iluna took a deep breath, shook the Holy Bell in her left hand, and ran across the black crystal floor as she hurled another Sunlight Gun. This time, it struck Daknis squarely in the chest. He let out a muffled groan as his chest exploded, and he nearly slid down the stone pillar behind him.
Clink~
The crisp ringing of the Holy Bell spread outward.
"Sunlight Gun!"
Iluna clenched her right hand in the air.
"Don't give him another chance, Shade. Move!"
Golden lightning shot toward Daknis's throat. The Long-haired Girl's body was dyed gold by the golden scales behind her.
"Moonbeam Greatsword!"
Shade appeared from high above, raising his sword in both hands and cleaving toward Daknis's head. Surging spirit flowed into the greatsword in his right hand, and his entire body was wrapped in the light of the Silver Moon.
Time seemed to freeze at that moment. The man shrouded in darkness looked helplessly at the gold and silver colored figures before him.
Then his eyes suddenly widened.
"You fell for it!"
His withered right hand instantly swelled, consuming the right half of his body. In only half a second, it transformed into the Pus of Man form once more. The enormous black hand swept forward. Shade and Iluna, already too close, could not evade it. The golden lightning and Moonbeam Greatsword