Chapter 180: The Demon of the Orb.

Chapter 180: The Demon of the Orb.

W-What is that?! Keith shouted at the thing that came out from my storage, but I ignored him as I wanted to know the answer to the question myself.

Mana Eyes!

Information not available

W-What?!

Listen to me, Hestia! That creature broke out from her prison! The seal broke! It now counts as living, so [Storage Magic] automatically rejected it. You need to-

But before I could finish hearing what Aurena wanted to say, my attention had to handle a different matter entirely first: the orb broke. Specifically, the slender arm coming from the black orb smashed the red orb onto the ground, cracking not only the ground but shattering the orb into a million glass pieces, releasing all the stored energy in a surprisingly powerful red explosion.

Uwwargh! Keith shouted as he was blown away while I somehow managed to erect a defensive line through a combination of [Panzer] to protect me from the explosion, [Air Shield] to weaken the wind pressure, and [Molten Guard]s to absorb and divert the majority of the attack. The multiple layered lava shields broke down first, crumbling into pieces before the explosion completely disintegrated the air shield around me.

Pinning my wings into the ground in front of me, the purple armor covering them managed to prevent major damage, but I could feel the pressure placed on them. The explosion eventually subsided but I wasnt left unscathed.

[Broken Right Wing (Minor)] [Broken Left Wing (Minor)] inflicted on [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]

Scheie!

The purple obsidian armor on it was completely gone in addition to multiple scales. Groaning at the damage Id sustained, I looked over at the source of the attack while patching my wings up with healing magic, but that only lasted for a few seconds before my sensory skills immediately warned me of something coming from my back. The slazzigula!

Grigriiiiiaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh! With a flaming javelin in one of its hands, the giant monster roared out and leaped over to me, initiating its attack as I was still recovering from the orbs explosion.

Fuck, you annoying ass!

Using my parallel minds, I prepared multiple [Wind Blast]s, knowing instinctively I couldnt contest this attack head-on in my current form. Without the proper stats or enough setup time, my best option was to avoid it entirely.

Before I activated those spells, I looked over to the others at my party. My [Sanctuary] was still standing, thanks to Nishio and Ellaine layering multiple [Sapphire Membrane] and [Terra Wall] over everybody to protect themselves. Deactivating my barrier of light, I dashed towards them, embraced Kazumi, Kohaku, and Misaki while shouting to Nishio, Tamae, Ellaine, and Talon to Grab on!

Without thinking about it too hard, those four grabbed onto us while Quatre hid inside our shadow. As the slazzigula was descending dangerously close, I cast [Tailwind] on us and then the ten [Wind Blast] on my wings, blasting us away like an overcharged rocket.

Tailwind

A spell that always provides favorable winds for the caster. Wind will blow in the direction the caster is facing, speeding up all outgoing projectiles and attacks while reducing the damage of incoming attacks

It was a simple spell for [Storm Magic Lv. 3] but it massively improved the effectiveness of [Wind Blast]. In fact, it improved the [Wind Blast]s a bit too much.

Argh, scheie, urg! In my rush, Id activated too many spells, and lost control and balance mid-flight. As I was about to crash land, I swerved my body around to protect everybody else, colliding against the ground and letting go of the others. Everybody besides Misaki, the archer, was able to react and soften their landing, but thankfully Quatre was able to catch Misaki. Breaking my crash was easy enough with how nimble Ive become.

What in the?! I exclaimed as I saw what happened next. Instead of the slazzigula slamming his giant flaming javelin into the ground, the arm coming out from the black orb suddenly summoned six giant tentacles using the mana stored inside it, assimilating together into a massive tree trunk-size fist.

With the roars of a humanoid salamander and the weird oozing sounds of the giant fist jumping around to create swinging momentum, I couldnt help but feel overwhelmed at this movie-like scene. As if time for everything else stopped, the two clashed.

Urgh, da- Sapphire-!

Terra Wall

-Membrane!

A fiery explosion was released from the impact, scorching the arm into ashes while knocking the slazzigula backward from the recoil. The explosion also released a flaming shockwave hurtling towards us, forcing Nishio to use use his prepared Sapphire Membrane] to protect us. However, as Ellaine and I couldnt read his mind, our reflexes already made us construct small, easily-breakable [Terra Wall]s. It dulled the shockwave, making sure Nishios defenses held strong.

Like what happened with my [Molten Guard]s when the orb exploded, the rock walls we constructed crumbled easily; however, once the barrier of water appeared before us, the flames simply turned into steam upon contact. The amount of stuff this party had to do in the last few seconds was just nerve-wracking.

Fire consumes fire! When the flames and steam settled, all of us could audibly hear the enthusiastic cries of Shiternos followers shouting in the distance, possibly coming closer to our location.

Those damn fire-humpers are coming closer! Well be in trouble once they group up, Talon stated, to which I had to agree. Not cause of the dangers these cultists could do to me, but what they could do to the group while I was distracted by two troublemakers.

Grirooooooooooooouuuuuuuu! Looking over at the small crater the two explosions created, I could see the slazzigula standing up, clutching its head with both arms and crying out in pain. It was wailing around, stumbling without any rest outside of the times it punched the ground. It almost reminded me of the times Saori or I were assaulted by a mental attack.

I was wary of what the slazzigula would do next, but Aurenas voice suddenly entered my mind again.

Dont let that thing touch you Hestia!

Huh? Schei-

[Foresight] and [Danger Perception] jolted me backward, narrowly dodging a spear-like tentacle from piercing me. Turning around while shooting a [Lightning Bolt], I saw the arm flip itself and the attached demon-orb over my spell before cleaving the [Sapphire Membrane] with a karate chop. With Aurenas words stamped into my mind, I used [Terra Wall] to try and launch the arm away from me; still, it was stubborn, grabbing hold of a piece of rock with a hard grip as it was flying away.

Tentacles formed from the black orb using mana and, like an octopus, it began crawling towards me at an agile rabbits pace, creeping me the fuck out. As it closed in on me, I returned to the tried and tested, detonating all my released scale-dust to explode around me, aiming to destroy it outright.

The arm tried to block my attack by combining its arm into a shield, but my continuous explosion proved too much. As it laid on the ground, the arm jerking around uncontrollably from the fire damage. The burn wounds ruined the image of the appearance of the tanned arm and, from the looks of it, it seemed it was trying to regenerate the damage I had done, but couldnt.

That reminded me after blocking the attack from the slazzigula, the arm reappeared in front of me as beautiful as the first time I saw it, showing literally no signs of having fought anything. If the arm possessed a healing factor faster than [Health Regeneration] or that of a troll, then it would explain what happened. Too bad for the arm, while my Main Job was [Crimson-Scaled Dreadgiver], nothing damaged by my scale-dust flame can heal!

Sever the arm with your flames! Dont touch it! Put the orb back into your storage the moment you do, Ill reseal it there!

Understood! Ignite!

Using one of the most basic fire spells, I poured my mana into it, increasing the volume and size of the small flame before using [Pyrokinesis] to turn it into a blade. I was used to using my claws and tail with [Hellblade Edge] for slashing damage, but I still remembered how to turn my flames into different weapons from back when I still had the proper fire spells. Using this impromptu fire blade, I hacked off the arm from the orb, quickly picked the latter up, and threw it into my storage, which once again accepted it.

Ill be accessing your storage now to reseal that creature back into her prison. Give me your consent, please, Hestia!

Consent given!

Silence. Nothing happened, but my focus was razor-sharp at this point, ignoring anything not concerning that orb and Aurena. When Aurenas voice finally reappeared, I let out a sigh in relief.

Its sealed doubly so, to prevent something like that from happening again.

Thank goodness, that scared me Anyway, what the hell was supposed to be Aure-Goddess Aurena! [The Light] prevented Aurena from seeing what I could see if I blocked her, but it technically didnt stop her from reading my mind, she decided not to do it normally simply out of respect for my privacy. I nearly spoke to her as if I was thinking, whoops.

That red orb, that rebellion orb. Its an annoying catalyst created by the demonkins to agitate dungeons, acting similar to a piece of bait to lure in monsters. Demonkins use these orbs to fight inside dungeons more efficiently.

That doesnt answer why an arm grew out of the orb; in fact, if you could have done something like reseal the orb like just now, why couldnt you have destroyed that damn orb earlier?! This wouldnt have happened if you did!

I apologize, Hestia, but sealing an orb and destroying the thing inside the orb are two entirely different matters. As you remembered, I placed my seal on it when you visited my shrine, correct? The rebellion orb agitated and broke through both Elder Marsvens and my seals, releasing some of the demons mana sealed inside. I fixed Elder Marsvens seal and mine, in fact, I reinforced them to prevent this from happening again until I meet you. Please trust me when I say that I did not expect a human to get their hand on a rebellion orb like this. I can only assume the demonkins are making faster progress than I thought

Huh? Demonkins are here?!

This is not the time to speak about this, Hestia. You have other issues to handle first. That rebellion orb seemed to have agitated the fauna in this dungeon. Monsters of the top of the food chain in this ecosystem have become more aggressive than usual, for example, that giant monster before you and the boss monster guarding the dungeons core. Im personally not an expert in dungeons, but if my past logs are correct, that giant Rachonoid is aiming to break out of the dungeon and escape to the surface.

W-What?!

The people on the surface will not be prepared to handle this elderly B rank monster and her spawn. Casualties will happen. Hestia, I want you to handle this. Prevent that monster from destroying the nearby human settlement.

Divine Quest: Molten Core Rachonoid Extermination Prevent the destruction of Cedaraille and the majority of the population there

Quest Giver: Origin Goddess of Light, Healing, Miracles and Kinship, Aurena

Description: Subjugate the Rachonoid seeking to escape to the surface of the dungeon. You will not make it to the surface in time, so seek to return to the surface and destroy it, Hestia. The rachonoid is an elderly female spider whose lair was filled with her spawn, which are now following their mother. Make your name known as my champion using your and your allies powers!

Let the symphony begin!

A note from AbyssRaven

A lot of problems for Hestia to finish. By a lot, I meant a giant spider who can spit out magma.

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