The Black Sword's Single Strike

"Leo!"

As Leo was blasted like a cannonball by the sudden falling pile, smashing directly into the dome, the women watching the battle cried out.

Ais, in particular, tightened her grip on her sword, and an invisible current of energy emanated from her body, wrapping around her.

"Cough----!"

Leo, who crashed into the dome, coughed up blood, feeling as if a mountain had crushed his entire body, and he was in excruciating pain everywhere.

That last shot, which broke through the Protective Starlight of [Comet Pursuit] and penetrated his battle suit to cause him this level of damage, demonstrates just how powerful it was.

That is—

Leo gritted his teeth, swallowing the metallic taste rising in his throat, while his pupils contracted as he stared at the fallen stake.

The fallen stake was large and long, and its entire body was a shade darker than the other fallen stakes. Its total length was more than six meters, making it longer than the other fallen stakes.

With his sternum shattered piece by piece Udaeus flickered with strange fire in his eye sockets, as if enraged by the life-or-death crisis he had just faced. He slowly reached out and grabbed the fallen stake.

Then, it pulled out the pile, shook off the debris, and exposed the contents of the pile to the air.

It was a sword that was extremely similar to the one reversed, but much thinner and sharper.

Like the Earthborn equipped with bone swords, Udaeus gripped his black greatsword and let out a fierce roar.

That scene had an unexpected and significant impact on Ais and the others.

"W-What's going on?!"

"Udaeus has actually used a sword?!"

Tiona and Tione exclaimed in utter astonishment.

Not only them, but even Ais and Lefiya Viridis couldn't help but widen their eyes.

Simply because this was a sight no one had ever seen before.

Neither the Loki Familia, who had dealt with this floor's main character multiple times, nor the information currently released by the guild, has any record of Udaeus ever using a sword.

The floor master's weapons were his enormous body and the fallen pillars that filled the entire cave; he had nothing else. Never before had he drawn his sword as he had today.

This is an unusual situation!

No, it should be said that this is a brand new battle mode for the floor master that no one has ever activated before, a situation that can only be encountered when challenging Udaeus alone!

, roar oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh !!!"

The colossal skeletal king let out a deafening roar, and every joint in its body glowed.

Shoulders, elbows, wrists—every joint on Udaeus's body shone with a dazzling light, like a burning meteor.

In particular, the purple glow emanating from Udaeus's sword-wielding hand gave off an ominous feeling, sending a chill down the spines of everyone present.

Although they didn't know what would happen next, Ais and the others understood that it would definitely not be anything good.

Finally, Ais could no longer contain herself. Her body surged with power, and like a storm, she rushed straight into the arena.

"Lefiya Viridis! Don't come in!"

"You're in charge of covering us!"

Tiona and Tione shouted in unison, then rushed inside.

However, apart from Ais was enveloped in wind and rushed into the arena at an astonishing speed, neither Tiona nor Tione managed to enter the arena successfully.

"Slap!"

Suddenly, a familiar cracking sound rang out from the ground, followed by small bulges that caused a group of skeletal monsters to emerge from the earth and stand in front of Tiona and Tione.

"Earthborn?!"

"At this very moment—!"

Tiona and Tione were forced to halt their charge and confront a large group of Earthborn.

The skeletal warriors, wielding bone weapons, roared and surrounded the Amazon twins, engaging them in battle.

"Miss Tiona! Miss Tione!"

Lefiya Viridis, who hadn't joined the battle, could only scream in panic.

At that moment, Ais had already rushed up to Udaeus.

, woohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoohoo!

Seeing the uninvited guest before him, Udaeus's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he swung his sword without hesitation.

The purple light transformed into surging Demonic Power, flowing into the sword in its hand, allowing it to sweep horizontally at an imperceptible speed.

Intense light burst forth from the joints of the shoulder, elbow, and wrist, and the black greatsword flashed and swept heavily toward Ais.

"BOOM!!!!"

The next second, a deafening roar that shook the entire Dungeon occurred.

This was a devastating blow.

This was a Power of Destruction blow.

When this strike swept across the land, both the fallen piles scattered across the ground and the newly born Earthborn were instantly engulfed in the massive explosion and vanished as if crushed.

Even Tiona and Tione, who were fiercely fighting the Earthborn, were blown away by the oncoming shockwave and slammed into the wall at the entrance of the cave at different times, causing Lefiya Viridis to scream.

As for the floor of the cave, it seemed to have been shattered by this attack, sinking down and exploding with a bang, kicking up thick smoke and flying rocks, while also emitting smoke as if it were charred.

Without a doubt, this was a fatal blow comparable to wide-area annihilation magic, and like Udaeus's sword, it possessed a power that had never been displayed before.

This attack, seemingly unleashed by channeling a massive amount of Demonic Power, combined with Udaeus's extraordinary arm strength, could shatter everything within its range, even Ais was enveloped in a strong wind, was not spared.

Having taken the hit head-on, Ais fell to the ground as if her body was shattered, rolling around several times in a disheveled state. Not only was the wind that had been wrapped around her body gone, but most of her light armor was also torn, revealing her skin covered in mud.

"Ais!"

"Ais!"

Many people were calling Ais's name, but Ais lay there lifeless, not moving an inch.

"Ais ----!"

Leo, his body embedded in the shattered dome, stared at the blonde girl lying on the ground, feeling as if something in his mind had snapped.

That is the string called reason.

"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

Leo, completely disregarding his injuries, burst forth with dazzling Starlight, roaring as he descended from the sky, transforming into a comet and hurtling towards Udaeus.

After unleashing his fatal blow, Udaeus's joints had stopped glowing and were now dim, clearly indicating that he had consumed a large amount of Demonic Power and could no longer perform such attacks. He needed time to recover his Demonic Power and rebuild Demonic Power.

Therefore, when faced with Leo descending from the sky, Udaeus did not use the black greatsword again, but instead shot out the fallen stakes, forming a mountain of swords that blasted towards the comet.

Leo had already pulled out three high-grade magic potions from his lower back, gulping them down in one go. He squeezed out most of his depleted mental energy to support the activation of [Comet Pursuit], and suddenly accelerated.

The dazzling comet, trailing a long, luminous tail, dodged the oncoming mountains of swords at incredible angles, tracing a famous and beautiful trajectory as it hurtled toward Udaeus.

"Boom!"

Udaeus's eyes burned with rage as he tried to raise his black greatsword to strike, but a stray meteor struck him first, causing him to explode in a burst of sparks and fall backward.

As Leo fired his meteor, it hurtled straight for the Magic Stone on Udaeus's chest, the Dragon Fang Sword slashing out, drawing a cold arc of light.

"Clang!"

With a crisp sound, sparks burst forth on Udaeus's chest.

Leo swung his sword with all his might, but it ended up striking a sternum, which deflected it.

Udaeus had somehow repaired the broken bones in his chest and once again used his sternum to protect the Magic Stone.

The slash was deflected, but Leo did not stop. He drew the Emerald Staff from his left waist, lit the jewel on it, and pointed it at the sternum in front of him.

"[Meteor Dance]!"

A dazzling star magic circle unfolded, and a thick meteor shot out, slamming into the sternum and blasting several sternum bones away.

Leo tried to continue his attack, but Udaeus's unsworded hand slammed down, sending Leo flying with a loud bang.

Despite being sent flying, Leo was unharmed thanks to the Protective Starlight and the Giant Battle Suit. He quickly regained his footing in mid-air and continued charging recklessly towards Udaeus.

Udaeus angrily swung his black greatsword, cleaving it with astonishing force towards the incoming comet.

Just as the two sides were about to clash, a whirlwind rushed into this part of the battlefield.

"Bang!!!"

A figure shrouded in strong winds slashed at Udaeus with its sword, sending Udaeus sprawling to the side. The seemingly certain strike missed, allowing the comet-like figure, about to collide with him, to close in.

"Bang!!!"

With another deafening roar, Leo's sword, propelled by immense momentum, struck Udaeus's sternum, shattering the remaining ribs.

"Ais!"

Having landed a successful blow, Leo's attention was no longer on Udaeus, but rather on the figure swirling with strong winds.

Ais was covered in wounds and tatters, blood was streaming from her forehead, and she looked like she was about to collapse, but she still made it through.

"Let's do it together!"

The girl called out, her gaze resolute.

"Good!"

Leo stared at her for a moment, then nodded vigorously.

Roar!

Udaeus was utterly enraged. He swung his black greatsword and summoned Earthborn to attack the man and woman before him.

Leo and Ais transformed into a comet and a hurricane, respectively, flying away to the left and right, avoiding the direct attack of the black greatsword and the Earthborn rushing towards them from the ground.

"Let's go! Let's help!"

"At least we must stop those Earthborn!"

Tiona and Tione had escaped from the wall and charged towards the Earthborn, engaging them in fierce combat once again.

"[Proud warriors, forest archers! The advancing raiders are ahead, take up your bows! Answer the call of your brethren, nock your arrows!]"

Lefiya Viridis finally raised her wand and began to chant a spell aloud.

At this point, the battle came to an end.