Marco and Alice reached the Gold Volcano, and thanks to the affinity with the fire from Salamander, he didn't feel hot.
Marco: We are only some steps away from starting a global counterattack…
Alice: Hmm…? There's something strange approaching…
Marco: *Sigh* If it's an angel, I can finish the job faster… And no, it's a fucking hairy monster…
Marco looked in front of him and saw a woman made of brown hair. She was a Yomotsu-Shikone, Yomotsu for Author's commodity…
Yomotsu: ...You shall not pass…
Marco: Shut up, Gandalf.
Marco unleashed a powerful gust of wind that pushed the monster in the lava, finishing her immediately…
Marco: Alright, let's proceed… There is an angel to take down…
?: Oh? You think you alone can do it?
Suddenly, a strange sensation filled the air, it was the same aura of the other angels, but this was on a level where things weren't a joke anymore…
Marco: A cherub…
A strange angel took form in front of Marco and Alice, there were countless tentacles that expanded from a wall of lava, taking over the entire wall like a giant plant. It was Wormiel, a Cherub…
There was a naked woman with blonde hair and 6 angel wings coming out from her waist, which was half inside a wall of worms that was creepily similar to the "Wall of Flesh" from Terraria.
Alice: She eroded away space itself!? Is something like that even possible?
Wormiel: I am Cherub Wormiel… I am a being who can eat up space itself, and assimilate it as part of me. It is not normally my duty to dispose of sinners… But Eden gave me a special mission, and so I descended to this dirty world.
Marco: Tch… I need to go all out with the Kurama Gate…
He instantly used the Kurama Gate and prepared himself for any attack.
Wormiel: ...Now, how should I dispose of you? Since I was made to come here, it won't be a peaceful death. Then I shall encase you in an eternity of hellish pleasure. In that hell of pleasure, you can lament your choice to rebel against Illias for an eternity…
Marco: Go on!
Wormiel did as he said, and many tentacles shot out to Marco, who unsheathed his sword and used Chain-Claw with Sylph, increasing the number of cuts done, some tentacles still scratched his skin, leaving a small trail of blood, but it could be ignored.
After that, he came out of a tornado he made and pushed it at Wormiel, before deactivating Sylph, and using Salamander…
*Ding*
*Semi-Berserk activated.*
Marco jumped to Wormiel while she was busy blocking the tornado, then he raised his sword and used Heavenly Demon Revival, creating a large injury on her, but it was not enough, she erased the tornado before a big tentacle slammed on his side, making him fly to a wall.
Marco's impact made a crater on the wall, but he didn't let this stop and jumped at Wormiel again, she attacked again with countless tentacles, and Marco countered it with Ninefold Rakshasa, his sword caught fire and slashed at the incoming tentacles, before he was hit in the chest.
Surprisingly, his Enrikan Shirt managed to take a hit, but it was broken now… Leaving him without defenses.
Marco jumped for a third time at her and raised his free arm, creating a giant fist, which slammed on Wormiel who used her tentacles to defend herself, her defense was strong enough to block the hit, and since the tentacles were boneless, they didn't got damaged.
But Marco grabbed those tentacles and used them to push himself forward, he raised his sword and met himself with Wormiel's main body, her eyes were wide open from the fate she would soon receive, and Marco used Heavenly Demon Revival again, slamming the katana on her neck, and cutting all the way to her side.
Wormiel: Such a dangerous human… Not since… Heinrich…
Then Cherub Wormiel faded away into particles, and then vanished.
*Ding*
*33/???*
*35000 pt.*
*122000 pt.*
Marco dropped on the ground on his feet, and when he deactivated the Semi-Berserk state…
Marco: AARRRGGGHHHHHH!!!!
He felt an incredible pain on his entire body, Alice quickly came to his side and used Word of Dispel and Eyes of Recovery to help him, but it didn't recover him from the tiredness even if his body turned back on his perfect conditions.
Alice: Common sense doesn't apply any longer when it comes to top ranking angels. To think they could erode matter itself like that… Why you didn't use the Bijuu Gate?
Marco: I can't… It must stay a secret until the right moment… Now let's go and get Undine…
Alice had a worried look on her face, she already knew about his stamina, if he keeps to go like this then he would just fall unconscious in the way, or worse yet in a fight…
They managed to reach where Salamander once stood, and found Undine that was slowly melting away.
Undine: Will you cool me down with your spirit? You know the method, right…?
Alice: ...Alright then, I'll pour my magic into the lava to kill some time. Make sure you finish before the volcano erupts…
With that, Alice left, and then Undine slowly crawled to Marco.
Undine: First, I'll gently embrace you… I'll make it feel good, so please give me a lot.
Marco: Hey, do you mind if you do it yourself? I'm a bit too tired…
Undine: Don't worry, I understand…
Marco removed his clothes and got hugged from Undine, who took his dick inside her slimy body while her slime tail coiled around Marco.
The unique sensation made Marco moan immediately. The thick liquid started to massage around the tip of his dick. Clinging to the neck and tip of the penis, it pulled at Marco as it swirled around.
Undine: Does it feel like you're having sex with me? I don't mind if you think of it as sex… Think of it as thanks for giving me your semen, and for busying yourself that much. I'll show you some love inside me…
Marco slipped further inside when the thick liquid squeezed him from every side, some minutes passed with Undine massaging the tip of his dick when he said...
Marco: God… It's so pleasurable I'm already almost coming…
Undine: ...You're a man, please endure it.
Marco: Woman, give me a break, I almost broke every bone I had in my body and fought angels from the 9th circle to the 2nd, you can count the 1st too if you include the moment I got berserk at Ilias Continent, I literally traveled in every town from the south to here and solved every problem.
I am two steps away from falling unconscious, just leave me be…
Undine giggled a bit and said.
Undine: Alright, I'll make sure to squeeze everything in this round…
Marco finally came inside her, and Undine kept taking every last drop he had.
Marco: Jesus Christ…
*Ding*
*27498/??? saved.*
Undine slowly left him in the ground, and giggled a bit again before disappearing in his mindscape. Alice came back and said.
Alice: You finally finished this one too…
Marco: Yeah…
Suddenly, all five the spirits materialized in Marco's mind.
Lily: Hey Undine!
Sylph: Yaaay! We're all back together again!
Undine: Marco… Though you were able to use the serene state under your own power… From now on, please activate it through me. I'll resonate with the power in your own heart, and further increase its effectiveness.
Sylph: Yeyeyeyeyeaaaah! With the four of us, there's no need to be scared of anything anymore!
Salamander: But we still can't draw out our true power yet. I'm irritated at my own powerlessness…
Sylph: But my spirit is at FULL POWER! Yeaaaah! Yeaaah!
Undine: That seal is indeed a troubling hindrance… If we don't break it somehow, we'll never be able to draw out our power.
Lily: Yeah, I want to shoot lightning like before… Now I can't do 3 strong bolts without getting tired.
Sylph: Hey, let's all go play somewhere! Yaaay! Yeaaaah!
Gnome: …
Sylph: Hey, hey… Where are we going to play? I think somewhere calm and quiet is good!
Gnome got tired and picked Sylph, before stuffing her in the floor of his imaginary bedroom.
Sylph: H...Hey, stop it! Under the ground is too calm and quiet!!!
Gnome: …
Marco: 'Thanks god…'
Alice: Now then, we should return to my Castle. We must see if Tamamo has managed to finish decoding those discs… CDs… Whatever… We must break the seal on both me and the spirits… If we can't break through either of those, we'll never be able to take Illias down.
[Later]
They were on Diane's back, and started talking.
Alice: Marco… Illias is incredibly strong.
Marco: We are able to win anyway… But it depends on everyone else…
Alice: ...Until now, I never thought I'd oppose her head on. No… I did attack her once, but my power wasn't nearly enough.
Marco: ...Let me guess, you crashed near Illias Village.
Alice: Where do you keep getting the information from!?
Alice was surprised from his guess, which hit bullseye.
Marco: Illias wasn't at the temple, there are only a small group of people capable of reducing you in that state, and from how you talk of her, you obviously met her once…
Alice: ...You are completely right, but now, even just confronting her is difficult enough. She resides in the Heavens, and only comes down to baptize people or for special reasons. But for someone from the surface to go to the Heavens…? That's why I had to wait for a day she was coming down for a baptism to attack her.
Marco: It's possible… Heinrich did it, we can do it, we just need to right opportunity and method…
Alice: You are right, maybe Tamamo knows something, she lived for some time ago and had some experience…
Marco: 'Oh, you have no idea…'
Alice: We know the location of the Gate of Heaven at least. And it is coincidentally the only place you didn't check, the Navel of the World.
Marco: *Sigh* We will continue to talk about it when I am not mentally half-dead…
[Heaven]
Promestein, Eden and Black Alice were together, more like insulting Eden...
Promestein: Useless…
Black Alice: Incompetent…
Promestein: Fool…
Black Alice: Obtuse…
Eden: Urhg… Gaah!
Promestein: ...Third.
Eden: D...Damn you! Was that "Third" directed at me!?
Black Alice: The first two angels became Fallen, but the Third was useless from the beginning.
Eden: I won't forgive you for that! I will punish you, right here!
Promestein: You should be the one worried… Do you think Illias will excuse your failures five times in a row?
Black Alice: Illias is going to be super angry. Hehehe.
Eden: What about Grangold and Sabasa, you fool? And let's not talk about the Kitsune village, where the Shark Queen failed even before the invasion.
Black Alice: I admit that the Kitsune Village was a disaster, but I'm still having fun with the other two…
Promestein: Big words coming from the same one who failed in San Ilia and Grand Noah.
Eden: Your chimeras were pathetic, too. They just keep on being defeated, your Next Dolls too! Aren't you worthless yourself!?
Promestein: The Sinner fucked up your Cherub, it's obvious that the Next Dolls are unable to go against him. And you can't even command the chimeras… Even the most powerful of tools is dead weight if the user doesn't know how to use it.
Black Alice: It's all your fault, after all. You only have your current position as a hand-me-down, too.
Eden: Grr!
Promestein: Now then, I think I should take my leave. I wouldn't want to trouble the Great Seraph so much that she holds a grudge against me.
With that, Promestein left.
Black Alice: Oh my, she's so unsociable. We should get along better. That's right… Perhaps I should invite Illias along this time, and have a tea party with the four of us?
Cupid appeared and commented.
Cupid: Uwa… I bet that would be a horrible tea party. I doubt your tea tastes good…
Eden: Cupid, if you have something to report, do it later!
Black Alice: ...Oh no, no, I don't want to disturb you. Perhaps I'll take my leave now as well. have a nice day, Master Angel…
Then she left, leaving Eden and Cupid alone.
Eden: …
Cupid: Well then… My report… Master Eden? Master Eeeeden?
Eden: Those two definitely hold a grudge against Illias… For Illias' sake, I must… I must… I'm the only one who truly understands her, after all…
[SPECIAL QUESTS]
1st. Achieve coexistence between Monsters and Humans
2nd. Kill Illias
3rd. Return to Lucifina's grave
4th. Visit every places in Illias Continent, Sentora and Hellgondo
5th. Make Alice happy
[EVENT QUEST]
1st. Kill Illias
2nd. Save as many people as possible: [27498/???]
3rd. Defeat or Kill Promestein
4th. Defeat or Kill Black Alice
5th. [Optional] Kill as many angels as possible: [33/???]