"Link, get back!" The moment Link broke through the center of the Mycelial Giant and revealed a Spatial Rift, the Demon King realized it had all been Linden's scheme.
No wonder the Mycelial Giant had not thrown its entire body into the battle, even at its fiercest.
The Demon King had thought the Mushroom was being cautious because it valued its life. Now, it seemed that was merely to conceal the Rift it had opened temporarily!
His arm turned into slime and stretched endlessly as he tried to grab Link, but he knew full well that after enduring for so long, Linden would not let him resolve this so easily.
Sure enough, almost the instant Link passed through the Rift, an enormous energy fluctuation erupted in the neighboring cave—it was Cave Seven's Self-Destruct!
The Demon King hurriedly raised a hand and spoke again. "Chaos—bad—"
Yet this time, [Honesty] failed to activate.
From the belly of a Guard Puji that had fallen to the ground came an innocent, curious voice. "What kind of wontons?"
Another Puji let out a gloomy male voice. "Isn't the fuel for your [Honesty] running low?"
Boom—!
The terrifying aftermath of the Self-Destruct rapidly swept through the passage, reducing everything it touched to ashes.
The starlike gleam of magic within the Demon King's transparent body flickered and dimmed at an astonishing rate. He squeezed out every last bit of magic, turning it into rock, walls of light, and shields before him—only to be swallowed by the shockwave moments later.
It was not just the cave where Linden had come to defeat the Demon King. Several connected caves also suffered devastating destruction from Leviathan's Self-Destruct.
Even the allied forces of the three races, far above and busy cleaning up the aftermath, felt the violent tremor like a massive