Chapter 171 - The Mind Of Scourge 1_2

The Mind of Scourge… It was a doom carrier and that was clear. 

Now, in the great hall beneath the ruins of the White Tower, the heroes — or those who dared to fight the Scourge — challenged the monster with everything they have and an intention of killing it.

They couldn't let that doom carrier be here to constantly summon the Scourge from the Void and then ask them to swallow the life force of people or monsters in this world.

The Mind of Scourge has an unpredictable form. Sometimes it's a huge blue glass cube, a lump of flesh like a human brain, a mysterious marble statue, a human, a whale, etc. However, even though they were different, they had something in common that is they had a terrifying aura and purple smoke that always surrounded them.

Now, the form of the Mind of Scourge, fought by Vier and everyone is a large eyeball whose back is covered in scales while at the bottom part of it were dozens of tentacles. 

The eyeball which had a diameter of more than six meters looked soft and easy to dismember but the eyeball was extremely tough. 

The sound of a blow between metals followed by sparks was heard and appeared every time Vier cut the eyeball using his sword.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The sharp sword that was swung so many times so quickly and powerfully could only give shallow wounds and little damage to the Mind of Scourge. Vier's attacks could split a normal Scourge easily but now, those attacks were completely meaningless.

"Vriii!" The Mind of Scourge, Eyentacl, makes a sound that can describe that it is angry.

Then, its three tentacles — which were as big as a human body and over ten meters long — swung around wildly to hit Vier. They were like whips and snakes, they always followed the young man's movements.

Unfortunately, those tentacles were too slow to catch up with Vier.

The Eyentacl's tentacles made sounds of air being torn every time they swung. And not only fast, but those tentacles were also boosted by powerful forces. Large cracks appeared on the floor and walls that were being hit by those tentacles. 

Needless to say, ordinary people would be crushed, like a falling egg if they receive an attack from one of those tentacles, directly.

Astounding or terrific is a word that can describe what the golden-haired young man is doing right now.

There, on the front line, he moved so fast until he left behind after images. he fought back and caught Eyentacl's attention without fear. A small smile adorned his face when he fought against that doom carrier.

For quite a long time, Vier didn't fight seriously like this.

He admitted the monsters within the Foltian Great Dungeon were indeed strong. However, the monsters were less ferocious and had little desire to kill. They lack challenges.

For Vier, fighting against monsters is like doing menial work such as lifting wood, stone, and so on. As for fighting the Mind of Scourge, Vier felt like lifting wood, stone, or other heavy objects as he walked on a rope stretching at a height of places, away from ground level.

This fight made his heart pound, made him have to concentrate so as not to make mistakes, and most importantly, this fight made him have to try hard with all his abilities.

He like likes this kind of thing.

Push yourself to the limit you have.

Swinging his sword, Vier cut through the tentacles slowly that came at him as well as the tentacles that suddenly stopped moving.

Different from hard eyeballs, scourge's tentacles can be cut with little effort. However, because those tentacles can regenerate quickly, cutting them looks like a wasted job.

And what's worse, they don't know, does cutting those tentacles hurt Eyentacl?

Vier and the others had fought the Mind of Scourge several times before they came here. So, they knew, not all parts of its body were its true body. Sometimes, they can smash the head of the Mind of Scourge all day long and the Scourge who has the head remains healthy.

There is a special way to defeat the Mind of Scourge. And at this moment, Gaia was desperately trying to remember how to defeat this Scourge.

Again and again, Vier moved his body to avoid the tentacles that had come to kill him. 

"[Illusion Steps]"

Vier's body became blurry as if it would disappear after using the Arte. Three tentacles coming from three different directions - right, back, and top - managed to hit the blurry figure. 

Unfortunately, they didn't hit the real Vier. They hit the illusion and the original Vier had already left the place where he stand just a moment ago.

As the illusion disappeared, the three tentacles that hit it turned into small pieces. Nobody don't know when, Vier had already cut the tentacles. Now, suddenly, he appeared in front of the Eyentacl, just below the Scourge's jaw, even if the Scourge had it.

Vier blew up the energy of his body and said, "[Shinning; Sword to the stars]"

In an instant, a huge sword of light emerged from the surface of the ground to glide so quickly upwards, towards the Eyentacl eyeballs.

His sword of light was sharp and so hot. It could cut iron like butter, but the sword of light could not penetrate the translucent membrane that protected the Eyentacl eyeball.

In the end, the attack looked like it was made using a blunt object. The big eyeball bounced backwards for a few yards.

Seeing the attacks that have been made since then did not work, Vier decided to save his energy. He would focus on defense and would only attack the Scourge if the monster's attention wasn't on him anymore.

Could he do such a thing in an important fight like this?

If Eyentacl can be harmed, then Vier shouldn't do that. After all, if he held back while fighting monsters, he could be wretched or die. If he continued to defend and rarely launch counterattacks, his fight would be dragged by time and he would be exhausted before then dying.

So why?

Vier did this because he had to wait. Yes, he had to wait for Gaia who was currently to recall her memories about; how to defeat Eyentacl, the Mind of Scourge.

Vier decided to wait. Then, what about the others? Cabal, Hatori, Lubov, and everyone else.

Those people were around the Mind of Scourge. 

Vier's Party handled and destroyed the tentacles that came at them. They also launched attacks on The Eyentacl but just like Vier, their attacks could not injure the Scourge.

The Gravius Party secured the surroundings and right now, they were clearing the Pure Scourge who were attacking Kaze and his Party members. And of course, they helped Vier's Party when they had some free time.

Now, what is Kaze's Party doing?

They surrounded a purple round portal with a diameter of six meters. Currently using several Runes created by Gaia and drawing a large Magic Circle, they were preparing a ritual or Spell that would be used to close the portal.

Of course, they had to close the portal as soon as possible. They didn't want the Mind of Scourge to summon another Pure Scourge and make this fight even more crowded.

They fight and that's the reality.

However, in this fight, they simply couldn't hurt the Mind of Scourge. This makes them or Anna uneasy.

Vier, everyone, tried hard but not much changed. If this situation continues, won't danger come to them?

"Goddess Gaia, do you already remember how to defeat that monster?" Anna asked worried about coloring her voice.

Gaia shook her head. A moment later she made a swing using his Wand. "[Sun Armor]," he said.

A moment later, a golden light appeared and enveloped everyone's bodies. They get the protection that will save them from Scourge infection.

"I tried but... My memory is pretty blurry. I remembered how important the other eyeballs belonged to the cursed creature and we didn't see any other eyeballs at all. Isn't that right?" Gaia looked around after she finished with her sentence.

The goddess searched for other eyeballs related to Eyentacl but did not find them.

Anna who heard the explanation and saw Gaia's behavior became confused. He tried to understand the goddess' words but he didn't understand what he meant.

Eye? There are no other eyes in this place! Anna thought. Then, a drop of water hit his head. It made the Half-Elf girl look up spontaneously.

Anna's face turned pale as she looked at the other Horrors.

Clinging to the ceiling of this hall were dozens of eyes that saw them. The eyeballs were as small as a basketball. Like Eyentacl, those little eyeballs have tentacles.

And honestly speaking, for Anna, that collection of all eyes created an extremely terrifying scene. Her back turned cold.. A moment later, her nightmare became even more terrifying as the eyeballs up there began to fall one by one.