The Ultimate End Here

"Pfft!"

With another slash from the platinum longsword, Filvis was slashed in the front, a large wound appearing on her body. She flew backward, her body spurting blood, and crashed heavily to the ground several seconds later, rolling for nearly ten meters before coming to a stop.

"Ugh--ah--!"

She was covered in blood, staining the ground with bright red blood, especially where she had just rolled, leaving a scarlet trail of blood that was a shocking sight.

Of course, what was even more shocking were the countless sword wounds on Filvis's body.

The wounds, large and small, smooth and rugged, covered Filvis's entire body, causing blood to gush out as if it were free.

"Aaaaaah--!"

Suffering such a severe injury, Filvis couldn't help but let out cries of pain.

However, supported by the Demonic Power continuously output from the Magic Stone in her chest, Filvis's wounds were emitting white smoke and healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"That's truly amazing."

Leo, whose body was shimmering with Starlight, did not press his advantage. Instead, he looked at Filvis, who was struggling to get up from the pool of blood, and praised her sincerely.

"Even though he couldn't keep up with my speed at all and I slashed him so many times, he still managed to protect the Magic Stone in his chest with his beast-like instincts, dodging my swords that were aimed directly at the Magic Stone time and time again. He truly deserves to be called the strongest monster."

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Upon hearing this, Filvis was not pleased with the praise; instead, she glared at Leo with a distorted expression.

"Why?" Filvis shocked, angry, and very confused. She questioned, "You shouldn't be able to use sword techniques while using flight magic to accelerate your movements!"

This was already confirmed information, and Filvis did not believe it to be false.

In fact, this intelligence was indeed true.

Previously, Leo's nerve reflexes were so strong due to the acceleration effect of [Comet Pursuit] that he couldn't keep up at all and was unable to use his superb sword skills while using the magic, so he could only charge around recklessly.

Logically speaking, this situation should be irreversible.

Because the acceleration effect of [Comet Pursuit] has no upper limit, it will continue to accelerate once activated, until Leo himself cancels the magic or his mental energy is completely exhausted, at which point it may stop.

However, once you reach Lv.6 and learn "Star Refinement," a support ability specifically for Star-Attribute Magic, the situation changes.

"After reaching Lv.6 and learning the auxiliary development ability specifically for Star-Attribute Magic, I am finally able to control the acceleration effect of [Comet Pursuit]."

Leo revealed the truth.

"Right now, I can stop accelerating once I reach the limit that my current neural response can handle."

This is why Leo is able to use sword techniques while [Comet Pursuit] is active.

As mentioned before, through his life-or-death training with Ais in the Dungeon, Leo developed two major skills: one was the application technique of a certain magic, and the other was a killing move used to decide the outcome of a battle.

After accelerating to the limit that current neural responses can accept using [Comet Pursuit], the acceleration is stopped; this is the former of the two techniques.

At first, he wasn't very skilled at using it, but thanks to his repeated battles with Ais, under the astonishing output pressure of [Avenger], Leo really worked hard for a while and finally mastered this application technique.

In this way, Leo can finally use the [Comet Pursuit] flight magic as an enhancement spell.

With the boost from [Comet Pursuit], Leo's current limit is to increase his speed sixfold. Any higher and he will fall into the same situation as before, where his nerve reflexes cannot keep up with the soaring speed, causing him to run around recklessly.

However, a six-fold increase is already quite alarming.

It's important to know that Leo's "Agility" stat is already the highest, second only to "Demonic Power".

The effect of [Crossed Star Swords] is clearly described. When Leo is equipped with swords, his "Strength" parameter will be slightly increased, then his "Dexterity" parameter will be moderately increased, and his "Agility" parameter will be greatly increased. Even if the skill effect becomes stronger when the quality of the swords is higher, it will be increased in tandem, and the "Agility" parameter will still be the one with the largest increase.

Therefore, at Lv.5, Leo's speed was no less than Ais's, who was as fast as Bladestorm; now that he's reached Lv.6...

He even surpassed her.

If that speed were increased sixfold, even Filvis, the strongest monster, wouldn't be able to keep up.

The consequence of not being able to keep up with herself is that Filvis is now in a state of being riddled with holes.

Although she managed to protect the vital Magic Stone with her animalistic instincts, how long could she keep it up?

Filvis realized that her defeat was inevitable.

But she couldn't accept this outcome.

"How could I—defeat here—!"

The elf's voice became filled with resentment and darkness.

"No! I can't lose!" Filvis roared. "For Dionysus's long-cherished wish! I absolutely cannot lose!"

Upon hearing this, the expression on Leo's face completely vanished.

"You actually call that despicable, selfish desire of a mad god a long-cherished wish?" Leo said coldly, "It's simply unpleasant."

As he spoke, Leo dispersed the Starlight that covered him.

He removed the use of [Comet Pursuit].

At the same time, however, a dazzling starlight emanated from one of his hands.

"Neither you nor that despicable mad god should remain in this world."

Leo's voice slowly drifted over.

"Let your insane desires come to an end here."

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The hand radiating brilliant starlight pressed against the Starlight Sword held tightly in the other hand, slowly activating the two magic gems and golden patterns on the sword.

A dazzling starlight instantly flowed into the sword, causing the entire Platinum Sword to radiate a brilliant Starlight.

-!"

At that moment, Filvis sensed a crisis.

That was a crisis that could lead to one's own death.

Instinct told her that the attack Leo was about to launch would be terrifying.

"I'll finish you off with this one strike."

Leo also made this declaration.

"How arrogant!"

Filvis suppressed the trembling and sense of crisis in her heart, shouting as she chanted the spell with all her might.

Leo stopped looking at her and slowly closed his eyes.

In the original work, the protagonist Bell Cranel created an extremely powerful combination move.

That was a finishing move he created by combining the characteristics of the quick-attack magic [Flame Lightning] which requires no incantation, the skill [Argonaut] which can charge up any action and enhance its power, and the weapon [Hestia Knife] which was forged by the blacksmith goddess Hephaestus using divine craftsmanship.

By infusing the Demonic Power of [Flame and Lightning] into the Hestia Blade, forged from Mithril and possessing an extremely high Demonic Power conductivity, and then charging it with [Argonaut], the slash and magic are enhanced together. The resulting double convergence makes the strike extremely powerful, allowing Bell Cranel to eliminate an Enhanced Species monster with potential abilities comparable to a first-level adventurer in a single blow at Lv.4.

After witnessing Ais's finishing move, [Little Tempest], Leo had the idea of creating a finishing move himself, and the first move that came to mind was Bell Cranel's.

With this ultimate move, Bell Cranel was able to fight Ottar, who was Infinity at Lv.8, even at Lv.5. Although he was ultimately defeated by Ottar had used magic to enhance his power. Considering the difference in their levels, the fact that Bell Cranel was only defeated rather than killed on the spot in a head-on fight is enough to demonstrate how amazing the power of this ultimate move is.

Thus, during his life-or-death sparring sessions with Ais, Leo devised this decisive move to decide the outcome.

He doesn't have a charging skill like [Argonaut], but his magic [Meteor Dance] can also be cast without incantation and can be enhanced by consuming additional mental energy. The Starlight in his hand is also a legendary weapon, forged from Mithril with extremely high Demonic Power conductivity, and even aided by the miraculous power of the Great Fairy's near-divine craftsmanship. It is a sword and staff in one piece, which can further enhance the power of magic.

Under such circumstances, this killer move, developed based on the same principle, is by no means inferior to Bell Cranel's combo attack [Grand Firebolt].

"Take this."

As the Starlight shone at its fullest, Leo raised the Sword of Stars high.

"[The Holy Staff of Destruction, sweeping away my enemies.]"

"[The Staff of the Supreme God - Dionysus]!"

Filvis made a final struggle, unleashing a raging Lightning shot towards Leo.

Faced with this brutal attack, Leo did not retreat but advanced, charging forward without hesitation to meet his opponent head-on.

His figure was like a shooting star, dazzling and brilliant.

His figure resembled the radiance that paved the way for heaven and earth, majestic and powerful.

"[Starlight Brilliance Starlight Brilliance]!"

The dazzling Sword of Stars slashed violently, like the morning star illuminating the night sky and announcing the arrival of dawn, dispelling the endless darkness.

Before this dazzling brilliance, even the darkest and most powerful raging thunder would only meet one end.

That is—being severed.

"Pfft!"

The raging lightning was easily cut in two by the Sword of Stars, shattering it on the spot.

The Sword of Stars sped forward, cutting through the dissipating black lightning, and before Filvis could react, it sliced through her body.

Leo, wielding the dazzling sword, reappeared behind Filvis and landed silently.

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Filvis's figure froze there, still in the posture of casting magic, and did not react for a long time.

Until—the colorful Magic Stone on her chest cracked neatly in two.

"--ah"

Only then did Filvis belatedly begin to move.

"Dionysus —My Lord—"

She made a faint call.

Immediately afterwards, the fallen elven girl's eyes lost their luster, and her body vanished as if into thin air, turning into ashes from her feet upwards, finally dissipating in the wind without leaving a trace.

Leo didn't turn around to look; he simply put away the dimmed Starlight and gazed at the dark underground space.

After a long while, he calmly said something.

"And that will end everything."

This statement received no response from anyone.

But this outcome is already set in stone.

At the same time--

In a secluded, dark alley, a handsome man is fleeing in panic.

"Damn it—damn it—damn it—!"

The mad god Dionysus ran and cursed, his handsome face filled with nauseating disgust.

"The plan was executed perfectly, so why did it turn out like this?!"

Dionysus could not believe that his painstakingly planned Power of Destruction of the city had been so swiftly and decisively thwarted.

He was originally very confident that, even with insufficient information, if the Loki Familia managed to infiltrate this Artificial Labyrinth, the [Six Fairy Rings] would successfully activate and Power of Destruction the entire Orario.

Unexpectedly, the Loki Familia not only gathered information about the [Six Fairy Rings] and organized a strategy before it was activated, but the two trump cards he held, Filvis and Revis, also seemed to be in trouble. This made him, who was originally full of confidence, feel as if he had been soaked in cold water, and his whole body began to feel cold.

He could sense that Filvis of his kin, had vanished, completely and utterly no longer in this world.

He didn't know how Revis was doing, but if even the stronger Filvis was like this, then that brainless redhead probably wouldn't fare much better.

As for the six spirits— Dionysus had already given up hope on them.

Because the once ubiquitous singing has gradually disappeared, the "altar" active on the 10th Floor is also gradually losing its Demonic Power and is about to fall into deathly silence.

This only proves one thing.

His [Six Fairy Rings] are being destroyed one by one.

Damn it!

Dionysus continued his tirade.

"I never expected such a boring outcome. Damn Loki Familia, I should have wiped you all out first!"

Dionysus followed the secret passage and began to walk up to the upper floors.

"The plan has failed, and the desire to plunge the Lower World into utter chaos can only come to an end."

Dionysus, though thinking this, was filled with resentment and madness.

Let's leave it at that this time, but next time--

Next time, I will definitely succeed.

Having made this decision in his heart, Dionysus soon stopped in his tracks.

He froze, staring at the presence that had appeared before him without him noticing, feeling a chill run through his body.

"How about next time? You tell me!"

The goddess, with her squinting, divine eyes, asked with a smile.

His face was expressionless with indifference.