Chapter 1156: Finishing Round, The Fight Against the [Flesh Creatures] and the Horror Engulfing the Night Goddess

Day 368 - 6:27 PM - Mountain Back, Balong, Pucakwangi, Pati Regency, Central Java, Indonesia

"Burst. Enchant: Fire. [Flame Impact]!"

Ellie shouted as she slammed her large hammer onto a wriggling mass of flesh with six arms and seven eyes in front of her sideways. As the hammer hit the enemy, it exploded into a large mass of high-temperature flames. Instead of the enemy turning into a splatter of flesh and blood, flames engulfed its entirety. It continued to wriggle as its body slowly burned to ashes.

Unfortunately for the enemy, Ellie could not care less about how it died as she moved towards another enemy.

"Pierce. Enchant: Fire. [Penetrating Blaze]."

With her sniper rifle, Nelia was providing cover fire to her allies. Her magical bullets pierced through several enemies, engulfing them in flames using the enchantments of her weapon.

"Extension: Wind. Enchant: Fire. [Firescatter Slash]."

Not far from Ellie, Bajing's figure flickered as she ran at her fastest speed. She then appeared behind a [Flesh Creature] that resembled a four-legged animal with body parts of different creatures stuck around its body. The daggers she held flickered with fire surrounding an invisible blade of wind.

As Bajing left the vicinity of that creature towards another, it burst into flames from what seemed to be slash wounds that appeared all over its body.

"Spread. Enchant: Fire. [Flare Scatter]."

Limabela shot her pair of magical pistols. The magical bullets of fire divided mid-air, scattering before flying in different directions like homing missiles. With only a few shots, more than a dozen of these disgusting [Flesh Creatures] began to burn.

The leaders of the Moon Chasers fought bravely against the siege of the [Flesh Creatures]. And given the physical traits of the enemies, they opted for a simple but rather dangerous solution. It was to use the fire enchantments of their weapons primarily.

These [Flesh Creatures] were no ordinary enemies for quite obvious reasons. However, one of the most annoying traits these creatures had was the fact that they were hard to kill. While they seemed to have bodies retaining the shapes of different species, they were also shapeless creatures. Slashing one into two would not result in death, but both parts would turn into another smaller creature.

If a large amount of blood from these [Flesh Creatures] gathered in one place, it would also form into another creature.

To kill these [Flesh Creatures], their bodies needed to be smashed into the smallest pieces while scattering them in different places. Another was to do what the leaders of Moon Chasers were doing. It was to burn them to ashes. Fortunately, the [Flesh Creatures] seemed very vulnerable to fire, supporting the truth that they were parts of the powerful being of the night susceptible to light.

How did they realize these [Flesh Creatures] were weak to fire? It was because of Iola's barrier. Those [Flesh Creatures] that touched the barrier were not only burned by the barrier, but the flames slowly spread to the parts of their bodies not touching the barrier.

THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!

On the other side, the thumping sounds of Abbygale's steps sounded as she kicked around small barriers she conjured mid-air. Using her golem, Inaba, in [Valkyrie Mode], her steps became faster, and her kicks were stronger, although it sacrificed stealth since her steps had become heavier. Even so, it also added other functions, such as elemental enchantments around her foot.

BOOOM!

Abbygale's kick landed in the middle of a group of [Flesh Creatures]. The kick itself did not hit anything but the ground. However, the leg part of Inaba's [Valkyrie Mode] shifted with a burst of flames in the surroundings.

"YAH!"

Miracle's lively voice sounded as she punched a [Flesh Creature]. There were no flames. There was just the force of her punch. However, with Cavaal in [Valkyrie Mode], just the bare impact of her punch nearly disintegrates the already squishy bodies of the [Flesh Creatures]. While there might still be left of the flesh and blood, it was too minuscule to remain functional.

BANG! BANG!

Along with Abbygale and Miracle, Mei also fought. Even though the weapons she was currently using were just a pair of Mark's prototype pistols, they had enough function to not let her get behind this final stretch of the fight.

As for the others who were still conscious, they could only stay protected inside Iola's barrier. There was nothing they could do since they were either a bad match-up against the current enemies or just not in the state to continue fighting.

Still, Louis did his best to assist everyone fighting outside the barrier. With his [Geokinesis], he could still help by manipulating the soil to block attacks from blind spots or to stall the enemies.

And while all these happened, Elise was sulking beside Magwayen.

Edge howled. His silver-colored fur and mane glowed brightly. He then punched the ground, causing a large crater to emerge. At the same time, the light covering his body was released, engulfing several dozen meters around him with bright light.

After the light vanished, only Edge was left within the crater.

In that instant, Edge killed more than a thousand enemies around him without leaving any remains to revive. Unfortunately, it was just a small portion of the enemies as more began to swarm the space he had just freed.

"Hmmph."

Edge harrumphed. He was still lively and energetic. He could still pull off many attacks similar to what he did just now.

***

Lastly, Mark. He was now soaring through the trees of the forest on the mountain on Mountain Back's shell.

The forest was also filled with [Flesh Creatures]. They all attacked Mark without fear, only to turn into nothingness as [Miasma] swallowed their entirety. Unfortunately for these [Flesh Creatures], Mark had no time to hold back. He had already used a large amount of [Miasma] earlier anyway.

There was no point in worrying if the [Infected] that would likely be roaming this area after this battle would take on the [Miasma's] properties.

Besides, they would leave this place after this battle. While [Miasma-infused Infected] might appear in the future, they could go and deal with them when the time came.

At this moment, the most important thing to do was to deal with the main enemy.

It was the shadow that Mark was currently pursuing. Quickly and nimbly, the shadow jumped into a [Flesh Creature] before jumping into another. The shadow could not exist without any medium, as it seemed. That was why it was using the [Flesh Creatures] as a means to flee. It also used the [Flesh Creatures] it possessed to hinder Mark before jumping into another body.

Without a doubt, the shadow, no, the [Soul] of the Night Goddess, thought she could throw off Mark's pursuit this way. In the first place, she was utterly confused as to how her pursuer had the same appearance she had, which caused momentarily confusion in her mind. But when the confusion vanished after she was attacked, only one emotion was left within her.

It was fear.

The Night Goddess could not understand. When she fought these supposed prey, when her body was damaged, and she went berserk after her body showed its true form, she never felt any fear.

When the Night Goddess fought Luna and Edge, she was more delighted than scared. She began learning, copying attacks of the two, which had similar properties to her own.

But when the woman with the same appearance as her appeared, the Night Goddess' soul shook. Her entire existence trembled. She could not understand why. The only thing she knew was that she needed to escape no matter what.

However, to the dismay of the scared Night Goddess, the pursuit continued no matter what she did.

In the end, the Night Goddess reached the top of the giant turtle's head. But here, she had no other bodies to use and transfer to.

The Night Goddess was trapped. The only thing she could do was to jump off the head and join the horde of [Flesh Creatures] below, which she could use as a diversion to escape.

Unfortunately, the mind and soul of the Night Goddess were now filled with nothing but fear. It was too much that she stopped thinking after she saw the dead end with nothing to run to.

TAP. TAP.

The sound of feet landing on the hard scales sounded. Hearing the sound, the [Flesh Creature] the Night Goddess was now inhabiting flinched. The [Flesh Creature] turned its eight heads around and shivered.

There. The woman bearing the Night Goddess' appearance stood, staring at her silently with a mysterious smile.

"Finally tired of trying to escape?"

The sweet voice filled with pressure entered the ears of the Night Goddess. That voice made her shiver in fear even more.

Without a doubt, the Night Goddess was cornered, deprived of the ability to contemplate whether she could continue escaping, or fight with everything she had left.