Ed's heart almost jumped out of his throat when Iss swung his sword down - he tried to stop ...... He was supposed to stop the unpredictable consequences of that sword, but he ended up just opening his mouth and not making any sound.

He was vaguely aware of something, but he didn't have time to think about it. Ante roared and rushed over to stop the sword, furious and desperate, as if it was himself who was being attacked.

The sound of swords clashing was crisp and piercing. Acton's sword was razor-sharp, but it only cracked a gap in Ante's heavy greatsword. The opportunity was fleeting, and the faint figure of the serpent had gradually disappeared.

Iss still looked calm—the irascible blonde young man seemed to have vanished beneath his monstrous exterior. He turned on Ante, and each time the blade sliced through the air, Ed's heart shuddered to the thin crack in the dark tomb beneath the island of the Holy Sepulchre in the Temple of Collins...... As thin as the sleepy eyes of an ice dragon, they are so dark that they are bottomless.

He didn't even know what it had become now.

Ante retreated again and again under the fierce attack, but he did not appear flustered. He doesn't hurt, he doesn't get tired, he is truly "immortal...... The longer the battle drags on, the better it will be for him.

“...... Ed. Borena reminded loudly.

Ed came back from his brief trance, pulled out a few obsidian stones polished like dice, with runes engraved on each side, and told Borena, "Cover your ears." ”

He threw one at Ante's feet—the small stone that thundered the moment it hit the ground.

This sudden loud bang seemed to have had a greater impact on Iss than it did on Ante. He staggered as he landed, and glanced coldly at him.

Ed shrunk his neck, surprised to see that this time, the serpent was not visible.

Do I have to use spells?

He thought to himself, and had already begun to gesticulate, but a strange light flashed in his sight.

It wasn't the huge body of the serpent, but the faint tentacles...... Or slender snakes. They meandered and tangled, chasing Is's jumping figures, or forming nets in mid-air.

The Sword of Acton swung incessantly. The attacks that seemed useless to Ante were in fact meant to cut off the ...... Doppelganger?

Ed had a terrible headache - he hadn't heard of such a change in the Stygian Serpent!

And at this moment, some of those "doppelgangers" have already pounced on him and Borenna...... No, mainly to him.

Ed felt his cold hairs stand on end. He didn't know how to fend off such an attack - "the light disgusted it", but it didn't seem to do much harm.

Unless......

The clones had begun to disappear by the time they pounced on him, but Ed knew they hadn't spared him. He could feel it...... It's like a thin snake letter has licked the tip of his nose.

He didn't have time to hesitate.

The fine powder of the ruby's grinding resembles a mist of blood when it is sprinkled out. As a rich man, at least he won't be short of materials - Ed comforted himself bitterly, igniting the blood mist that spread through with his light.

Pure light can't hurt it...... But what if light turns into fire?

The pure white light spread like fire, so bright that it almost blinded the eyes.

The Serpent doesn't make a sound, but Ante will—he tells Ed with a roar and a swooping figure that it works!

Ed threw a second Thunderstone before being dragged away by Borena and threw it at Ante with great precision. Because the distance was so close, even his own eyes were black.

Materials are limited after all, and this snake is huge. If they don't get it out of the way soon, they'll all become part of it sooner or later.

He sincerely hopes that Isis will find a chance before he is devoured.

For a moment he was so dizzy that he couldn't even stand on his feet, and had no choice but to be dragged by Borena and dodge, as he listened to Ante's greatsword pass by them in thrilling danger, and the wind made his cheeks ache.

Iss kicked the two of them away from under the blade of his sword when they could no longer avoid them and were almost strung together, and said, "Come again." ”

Ed didn't know which one he wanted to "come again", so he simply closed his eyes and came together.

The huge roar of thunder was accompanied by a dazzling white light, as if there was really thunder penetrating the thick rock, falling from the sky and splitting the whole world.

Ed struggled to keep his eyes open - even if he was blind, he didn't want to miss the end.

When the light is too bright, the vision darkens strangely. Ed could see the serpent clearly, no longer half-sunk in the rock, but dancing angrily in mid-air, its massive body half like a snake and half more like an octopus...... Or sea anemones, wielding countless tentacles twisted in a flame-like light.

In its transparent body, there is a small, imperceptible black dot that no light can penetrate.

With a wave of his hand, Iss threw the Sword of Acton like a spear, piercing it precisely at the black spot.

The greatsword stopped in mid-air, as if it had stabbed something substantial. Ante's roar made the snake writhe wildly.

Borena pressed Edpin to the ground, hoping that they would be as thin as two pieces of paper, but he couldn't help but try to look up, looking at the legendary beast that had been trapped in this dark underground for I don't know how many years, and shivering as it was sucked into the expanding black spot.

Even Ante was involuntarily sucked in. The undead stabbed the greatsword into the rock, roaring unwillingly, trying to stabilize its body.

Another flame burned, enveloping him in it.

Ed didn't wait for him to disappear completely—a little regretful, but expected.

He cares more about Is.

Isfu lowered his body, his claws that no longer looked like a human firmly grasped the ground, and seemed to be resisting some kind of force.

He was not dragged over. The body of the serpent was already invisible before it was completely sucked into the black spot, and the black point was not changed until the moment when the sword of Acton fell to the ground...... It's still the size of an almond.

But no one can ignore it.

It hung silently in the air, like a dark, black eye...... Like an abrupt hole in a flawless fabric, a strong discomfort and a faint fear arise in people's hearts.

Iss took a few steps closer, picked up the Sword of Acton, and stared at the black hole for a long time, so long that Ed suspected that he would stretch out his finger and stab it.

But he didn't do that. His body, even in a relaxed posture, gradually returned to a more human-like form.

“...... Is?"

Ed finally couldn't help but exclaim cautiously.

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