Chapter 68 The Final Battle
Chapter 68 The Final Battle
As Caitlyn spiraled toward the Earth, the haremites in the Sanctuary gasped in shock. The same was true of Kern, Kazz, and everyone left on the battlefield.
A brief moment of relief washed over everyone when Leon materialized out of the thin area above Tricksie's chest, grabbed Caitlyn by the harness, and flipped her above him.
BOOM!
The group fell to the ground with Caitlyn in Leon's hands, leaving a small dust cloud.
Unfortunately, their relief was short-lived.
"KYYYYYAAAAHHHHHHHH!"
"CAAAAAWWWW!"
"GYARRRRRRRRRAAAAH!"
"KEEYYAAAAAHHHHHKKK!"
"GOOOOOOOOOOORRRRN!"
"MAH ZATATATA! MAH!"
"SSiSSSSSSS!"
"SQUUUUEEEEE! SQUEEEEEEEE!"
Kern falling from the sky had a serious consequence that she didn't consider.
After picking the south side clean of candidates and survivors, she moved towards the barrier, picking off injured survivors and candidates too injured or buried to throw on her wolves.
As a result, the beasts pushed closer and closer to the barrier, the only location with adequate prey.
Leon, who caught Caitlyn and the others on the way down, learned that immediately.
"You've got to be kidding me." Leon laughed while staring down twelve packs of land beasts.
Dinosaur-like creatures, birds on four legs, mutant coyotes that looked radioactive, and a tortoise that didn't look slow or passive stared at him.
Leon blinked twice before handing Caitlyn over to Tricksie, who had jumped off the blonde's back.
Caitlyn was fine; she could stand and wasn't at risk of dying, but she was panting heavily, just like Lindy and Tricksie. They were all worn out.
"I'll say sorry to you all later," Leon vowed while summoning [Sir Lance a LOT] from his item storage.
Tricksie wanted to argue and have him hold back, but when she saw the massive purple dildo emerge from her storage, she was far too shocked.
"Red and black sword, really sharp, light, and has an area of effect attack spell with a large radius." Leon instructed, "And make it look like a real sword without a tip. Like... someone has a kinky real sword fetish or something."
The man smiled as [Sir Lance a Lot] turned into a real, demonic-looking sword. There wasn't a single indication that it was a dildo, and Leon was pleased by that.
He couldn't enjoy it, however.
"SQUUUUEEEEE! SQUEEEEEEEE!"
A flat-headed boar charged at him with lightning speed. It had green tusks and onyx skin.
BOOM!
Leon's Sword of Justice sliced through it, sending a fire blast in a five-foot radius.
"Not fire!" Leon cried, "If this place gets set on fire then—"
"SSiSSSSSSS!"
BOOM!
The monsters didn't let Leon switch his design. So the latent consequences of the fire got replaced with the immediate consequences of not using the weapon.
"GYARRRRRRRRRAAAAH!"
A velociraptor-looking creature jumped at him. Leon adeptly moved out of the way and sliced down, decapitating the creature.
BOOOOM!
An explosion followed, setting fire to another monster with feathers.
"MAH ZATATATA! MAH!"
BOOM!
"Grrrrr GHAT!"
BOOM!
Leon weaved in and out of the wreckage like a battle god, skillfully evading attacks and killing enemies. The creatures exploded upon impact every time he hit them, and the fire spread rapidly.
It looked like a biblical firework show in hell.
Caitlyn's eyes were sparkling. Leon's fighting prowess first captured her attention as an assassin six years ago. He was so graceful, making everything look effortless.
While Leon had never used a sword, now he was level 73 from the countless milestones he achieved from Caitlyn, Lindy, and even Reina, who he wished was present.
The world moved in slow motion, allowing him to anticipate attacks and counter them upon impact with his epic-grade sword, a cheat weapon at that point in the Trial.
The scene hypnotized Lindy and Tricksie. They were so engrossed that it prevented them from acting.
Leon looked like a god of slaughter, taking on two dozen enemies, so they forgot they could be useful.
So naturally, Lindy, the god of poor situational awareness, didn't notice the fire spreading rapidly!
And every time Leon tried to yell out to her, he'd hear—
"CAAAAAWWWW!"
Then a new explosion occurred, and fire rained down from the sky or spread from the ground.
"LINDY! FIRE! WATER!" He finally yelled when the wall of flames cut off most of the monsters.
Lindy snapped out of her daze and assessed the situation. There was a horrifying wall of flames around Leon, sweating from the heat and constantly maneuvering to avoid them.
"C-Cyclone!" Lindy yelled.
SIIIISSSSSSHHHH!
Hot steam and smoke exploded from an area, but the water quickly evaporated.
"Cyclone!" Lindy yelled.
SIIIISSSSSSHHHH!
"Cyclone!"
SIIIISSSSSSHHHH!
"Cyclone! Cyclone! Cy—"
Lindy hit the ground, panting. Her only water spell was primarily designed to wash her body! Charon made a deal with Posidieon to add it because it met her other condition!
She now had Cocytus but didn't have enough mana to use it. Worse, she didn't know what it would do, and it could kill everyone to the south or even them!
Everyone took Caitlyn's flying for granted at that point.
Worst of all, she didn't have enough mana to use it. She fell to the ground with a sweating face, aggravated by the heat.
"I'll clear a path!" Tricksie yelled.
Boom! BOOM! Boom, boom, boom!
Tricksie acted, shrinking items behind them and throwing them to clear a path. Unfortunately, the wall of wreckage was too thick to escape toward the barrier, and she was running dry on mana.
Those with water magic were forbidden to use it, died, were already at the camp, or were too timid to run into a monster death trap.
They were alone, and the situation was getting direr.
"This is getting ridiculous!" Leon complained while jumping out of the way.
He was playing [don't touch the lava] while fighting a giant in the fire.
BOOOOM!
"GOOOOOOOOOOORRRRN!"
CRRAAAASH! Boom! BOOM! RUBBLE, Rubble, rubble, rubble...
The giant's leg exploded and fell into an old storefront, crashing the windows and causing the wall to collapse in the area.
Leon jumped out of the way, hopscotching through the flames to stay alive.
The haremites weren't standing around waiting for their leaders to die.
"KEEYYAAHHHKKK!" A voice screamed in the distance.
"KEeEeYyYyAaAaAaAaAaHhHhHhHhHhKkKkK!"
Three massive birds circling the area changed course, fighting the other sky creatures in the area.
BOOOOOOM! Boom! BOOM! Boom, boom, BOOM!
A massive, muscular snake woman ripped through the west side, fighting flying creatures with thousands of wounds and a determined expression.
"RrHhHhHhAaAaAaAaAaAaAaAhHRrRrR!"
Multiple dragons swooped from the sky, incinerating flying creatures with various colored flames.
"Squad one! Get someone with powerful ice magic from the park, fast! They need to be powerful!" Cynthia yelled, "Squads two and three, hold back! You must exclusively protect the ice mage!"
She and Foxy had easily made it to the barrier, passing through walls and debris. Now she was attempting to get someone in the area with powerful ice magic.
Powerful was a key term. Flood magic could wash the group away, and ice magic that instantly melted would kill the group from steam.
However, all of the haremites had something in common. They couldn't do anything directly to help Leon and his women.
Manka needed to circle to avoid the flames. The dragons couldn't reach the small enclave the group had built in the wreckage.
Kazz and Mirth were down for the count. Foxy was out of mana because her support class made running easy and killing difficult.
The haremites needed someone to help them, and Fritz couldn't reach the group because of the wall of flying monsters swooping, roaring, whooping, screeching, and howling.
Everyone else was blocked out from the fire, along with the beasts.
"Legendary ice dick! Or something." Leon ordered.
SIIIISSSSSSHHHH!
SIIIISSSSSSHHHH!
SIIIISSSSSSHHHH!
Leon swung his sword around, freezing flames in every direction.
"Gahhhhh! Cough, cough!"
The steam instantly assaulted him, causing him to fall back.
SIIIISSSSSSHHHH!
SIISSSSSHHH!
SIIISSHH!
SIISH!
Leon chuckled bitterly, looking at the depleting effect of his sword.
It didn't work for free, and while he received generous INT from his leveling and 5% gains from members, his rampage and overpowered sword depleted it.
He looked at the fire with a bitter expression. It temporarily held back all land monsters, so he retreated with a wry smile.
Caitlyn, Lindy, and Tricksie were standing, waiting to greet him. All of them had sweating bodies and downcast expressions.
"I'm sorry—" Caitlyn said before being cut off.
"Why are you apologizing?" Leon asked, putting his back against a wall, "After saving me countless times, I haven't saved you. I'm not blaming myself, so neither should any of you."
All three tried to interject, but his determined smile calmed everyone.
"Besides, it's not like we're out of options." Leon chuckled, "If we can get Tricksie to shrink us, I'll just climb us out of here. So give me a moment so I can find something—"
He froze mid-sentence.
—
Due to a side bet, Aphrodite's corner has temporarily shut down during the special event.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
—The God's Association.
—
"A side bet!?" Leon roared, "You can't bet on me in the future if I'm dead!"
Crackle, crackle, rubble, rubble, boom!
The fire spread, causing charred buildings to fall.
Leon looked up and saw the dragons waging war with a bitter smile.
"Well, this might be the end." He laughed in amazement.
"In the last four days, I've been surrounded by consenting women and seen countless bottomless bodies and breasts in transparent white t-shirts. I've even seen an uncovered nipple and sat on it.
Yet I've denied two women for practical reasons over and over.
Now, I'm going to die a virgin without even getting a blowjob.
Even a sociopath like me finds that disgraceful; men are such simple creatures."
The women giggled, causing him to look at their sexy, glistening bodies. Firelight bounced off their sweat, soaking their shirts and sticking them to their bodies.
It accentuated their curves perfectly.
"Love, I'm out of mana, but I'm not completely useless to you." Caitlyn said bitterly.
"If that's what you want, just ask." Tricksie giggled.
"Yeah. In fact, please do." Lindy requested while rubbing her legs together, "Like seriously, I'm begging you."