Day 368 - 6:06 PM - Mountain Back, Balong, Pucakwangi, Pati Regency, Central Java, Indonesia
At the time it began to rain, Kana immediately joined the fray.
It was now the Night Goddess against the combined strength of Mei, Amihan, and Kana.
The clouds in the sky thickened. It was clear that the weak rain was slowly transitioning into a violent storm. Even the wind began to pick up, and natural lightning drew a brilliant flash across the darkness brought by the night sky.
However, even if sweat trickled on Mei's skin as she fought, not a single drop of rain touched her body, not on her, not on Amihan, and not on everyone else they were protecting.
It was because all the raindrops gathered around Kana, forming a giant body of water, moving at her behest. The more it rained, the larger it became. And all of the danger it posed was pointed at the single enemy before them.
"Jump!"
Kana yelled as she rode a wave she created, letting her go down the cliff without obstacles. As she landed in front of the barrier created by Iola, she raised her hand.
"Everyone get inside!"
Kana yelled to the ones still fighting the tentacles outside Iola's barrier. Although confused, they complied, and Iola let them in quickly.
"Protection!"
Kana commanded, and the water she gathered split into two, with one part creating a thin but deadly film of water between Iola's barrier and the attacking dark tentacles.
Not having any sense of preservation, the tentacles still tried to swarm the survivors. However, the film of water surrounding them tore them all apart like soap foam doused in water.
The other part of the water danced around Kana. She then pointed at the Night Goddess, and the water shot needle-like droplets. Like a heavy rotating machine gun, dozens of those droplets shot per second.
Seeing Kana's attack, the Night Goddess waved her hand. The darkness slithered and was given form. A black wall stood between her and the incoming attack.
The first few dozen droplets were stopped by the black wall.
However, as Kana continued to shoot those deadly droplets, the black wall deformed, losing its existence as it could not endure the consistent damage it received.
It only took seconds, and the black wall crumbled, forcing the Night Goddess to jump out of the way.
But as the Night Goddess evaded, she was suddenly hit with a strong force on her back, sending her flying.
Amihan, taking advantage of the situation, shot a wind vortex from a different direction. It worked as the Night Goddess did not expect the intensity of Kana's attack.
But the combo did not end there.
As the Night Goddess was sent flying up the sky, she was now heading towards Mei's direction.
Not holding anything back, Mei aimed at an angle where her attack would not hit Mountain Back. Then, she fired.
It was a beam of raw energy, the very same beam that killed Gar'Vlam.
Although the Night Goddess was seemingly surprised by the unexpected situation she was in, she still noticed Mei and her incoming attack. She waved both her hands. The darkness of the night suddenly enveloped her, and she vanished from everyone's sight. It was not a stealth ability. It was not her intention to hide.
It was just the side-effect of the darkness forming a barrier around her with the dark sky in the background.
What the Night Goddess did not expect even more was that Mei's attack tore through her barrier, piercing her body, before shooting straight to the northwestern horizon.
"KRYAAAAA!!!"
The Night Goddess' cry echoed, making everyone kneel while covering their ears. But that cry was less of pain and more of anger.
Mei flapped her rainbow-scaled wings as she prepared for her next attack. Her ears were ringing and felt like bleeding, but she endured. She would not let the enemy leave her sight alive.
As for the Night Goddess, she managed to evade Mei's shot, which was supposed to pierce through her torso. But it was not like she did not receive any damage. The lower part of her left upper wing and the entire right middle wing were gone, destroyed to nothing by Mei's attack.
The Night Goddess' cry carried both pain and anger from her wings being damaged by a creature she saw as prey.
Mei readied her weapon, putting in new crystals. She replaced the previous ones that had already vanished after their energy was consumed fully.
In her mind, words Magwayen gave when this fight started echoed.
As the Night Goddess evaded in a hurry, she not only retreated a short distance but actually ended up shooting backward. As jumped off the mountain on the turtle's back, she flapped her six wings and flew up to the sky.
"Now!"
Magwayen's signal echoed inside the minds of Amihan, Kana, and Mei.
Since they were fighting on the back of the [Giant Infected Turtle], any powerful moves would not only affect the enemy but everyone on its back. That was why Mei only fired the beam upwards. It was also the reason why Amihan could not use more powerful moves.
It was the first thing they needed to do. It was to change the location of the fight. It did not have to be too far. Just not above the shell of Mountain Back.
This was the moment they were waiting for.
Amihan moved both her arms as if they were pulling something above.
At the same time, Kana commanded the waters and pointed at the sky.
It was when a gigantic vortex formed in the storm clouds and a tornado quickly shot down to the ground.
And the instant the tornado appeared, a water spout formed from below. The spiraling water torrent shot to the sky.
In between the two forces of nature was the Night Goddess, who did not expect to receive such powerful attacks before she could stabilize herself in midair.
The Night Goddess tried to evade at the last moment. But the moment she did, Mei appeared in front of her with a flash of bright light, shooting her sniper rifle and forcing her to retreat.
But as the Night Goddess retreated from the bullets, it forced her into the trajectory of the tornado and the water spout.
And finally, the wind and water collided with the Night Goddess at the center of it all.
"KRYAAAAAAAAAA!!!"
An earth-shaking screech echoed throughout the land as the body of the Night Goddess started to get torn inside the violent spiraling vortex.
First were her wings. Then her hair, and clothing. And after all that, it was her skin. Her face lost form, and her body was filled with terrifying gashes.
It could be the end of the Night Goddess.
The Night Goddess still tried to fight back. She gathered all her strength and called upon the darkness of the night.
Darkness was just the lack of light. It was everywhere during the night.
But at this moment, it was as if darkness was alive, as it slithered and crawled on the ground, flew in the air, and splattered like mud toward the Night Goddess.
Unfortunately, the Night Goddess was already surrounded by violent sword-like winds and terrifying spear-like water. The darkness she controlled could not penetrate the combined might of the Priestess of the Sea and the Fragment of the Goddess of the Wind.
This was the end. This was supposed to be the end.
However, the darkness had gone out of control.
It was as if the night itself began to fight back. The pressure emitted by the heavens made everyone feel like vomiting.
Everyone lost sight of the Night Goddess. It was not because she disappeared. It was because her body began to dissolve like mud. It expanded within Amihan and Kana's attacks. It mixed with the wind and water.
The darkness then expanded, destroying the attacks from the inside.
Everyone gritted their teeth. They tried to look for the figure of the enemy.
They found it easily.
But it was not the figure of the beautiful six-winged goddess. It was a gigantic shadow looming over everyone.
It was covered in darkness. They could not see any distinguishing feature.
But seeing that dark shadow larger than Mountain Back, everyone felt their emotions in chaos.
"KRYAAAAAAA!!!"
The giant figure cried. Everyone felt heavy. Most of the survivors fell unconscious. It was the pressure emitted by a Godly being in its raw form.