The tentacles of every shape went berserk. They seemed to have minds of their own: some merely writhed madly, some lashed aimlessly in every direction, some sprouted mouths that screamed, while the rest locked onto the culprit and unleashed a furious barrage of attacks on Klein.
Klein hurriedly used the agility granted by Clown, rolling before using Flaming Jump to dodge. He put on the Sun Brooch, infused it with spirituality, and summoned beam after beam of Holy Light to strike the monster.
The intense burning caused it intense pain. Tentacle after tentacle rose high, then shot forward like arrows, covering the entire church.
Snap.
Klein snapped his fingers, turned into flames, and appeared outside the church.
Unwilling to give up their target, the tentacles swarmed toward the church entrance like a terrifying tide of flesh.
But the instant the tentacles reached beyond the doorway, they seemed to suffer tremendous pain. Amid a chorus of strange cries, they hastily withdrew into the church, even fighting among themselves.
"You can't leave the church grounds?"
Klein took out a thin gold sheet covered in mysterious patterns. This was his last Flaring Sun Charm. "Even if I can't blow you to death, I'll tear down this church! Then let's see where you hide!"
-Of course, there was another possibility: the monster would be freed.
He poured most of his spirituality into it, threw the thin golden sheet into the church, and chanted softly in Ancient Hermes:
"Light!"
Golden flames swelled inside the church, erupting into a ball of light like a little sun, wreathed in countless flames.
Boom!!!
The ball of light expanded to its limit and exploded.
The earth shook violently. Fissures split the ground around the church as though a devastating earthquake had struck. Klein repeatedly leaped to dodge them, like