Ben is laying on the ground, unmoving at all. His body is full of bruises, bumps, and wounds because of Mreye's tendrils attacks. His right eye is almost shut too because it swells.
But Ben is still conscious, this level of pain is something that he can bear. He has felt something more painful than this in his days as a soldier.
'Dammit, it seems like my left hand's bone and some ribs are broken. I also don't have any MP left, and I can't eat sunlight to replenish it.'-Ben
Ben tries to move his body, but he can't. It feels really hurt to move his body, and the injuries have damaged his muscles too, making him unable to move.
'If only I can replenish my MP, then I can fight again. But there's only moonlight, it's not useful at all. It's just a reflec- !? It's just a reflection of sunlight.'-Ben suddenly widen his eyes
Ben widen his eyes in realization. The moon doesn't create light, it just reflects the sun's light. In another word, it is still sunlight, even if it is a reflection.
'I don't know if this will work, but this is my last resort. I don't have another idea. Let's do it, YOLO!'-Ben grit his teeth
Ben doesn't sure if this will work, but he can only do this. Ben opens his mouth and takes a bite of the moonlight. He feels something in his mouth like when he eat sunlight, so he knows it is possible.
'It works!'-Ben smile excitedly
Ben starts to eat the moonlight, but unlike sunlight that gives a warm sensation, this moonlight feels cold like an iced drink. Ben munch the moonlight and gulp it down, then he feels a little energized.
Ben peek at Mreye who left him and goes toward the black book where it came from. Ben knows this is his chance, so he starts to eat as much moonlight as he can. He knows Mreye will return after taking the black book to kill him, so he needs to be fast.
Ben's MP restored slowly as he eat the moonlight. He finally can't eat more after his MP is restored to 3/4 of his full capacity. He knows that it's because his body condition is bad, so he can't restore it fully.
'It's not the best, but it's enough. I'll destroy that eye bastard in one attack, and pulverize its body & eye. I'll make sure it doesn't regenerate again.'-Ben
Ben will use a big attack that can kill Mreye in one attack. Luckily Mreye's defense is quite low, proved by the previous events when its body & tendrils get destroyed easily by Ben's attacks.
The only problem is its regeneration and its curse. The eye that holds the curse power probably has a stronger defense than other body parts. Ben needs to focus on attacking its eye now.
Ben gets up slowly with his injured body. It feels hurt, but he grits his teeth and forces himself to stand up. He ignores the pain and is finally able to stand up. Ben tries to move his limbs, but he can't move his left hand because of the broken bone.
'At least I can walk and use my right hand.'-Ben
Ben walks toward Mreye slowly while preparing his magic. Mreye is flipping through the black book and reading the pages. But suddenly it stops and laughs maniacally, then it turns around to face Ben.
"HAHAHAHA. I know you will not surrender that easily, I like it this way. Seeing you struggle without any chance to win is more exciting than simply killing you. I will make you suffer and feel despair, I will break that spirit of yours, HAHAHAHA."-Mreye
Ben just stays silent and keeps walking closer to Mreye.
"You know, I like to turn people into stone because of my curse. That was what I did when I get summoned in the past. But now when I see you with such an unyielding & undying spirit, I feel like I need to destroy that spirit first before turning you into stone. That will be a lot more exciting than simply defeating you. Don't you agree?"-Mreye grin
"I don't care about your preference or what you like. But I need to tell you that giving me time to recover is your biggest mistake. Now, you will pay for that mistake."-Ben
Ben raises his right hand in front of him and opens his palm. A bright orange magic circle appears above him, and a bright white magic circle appears below his feet.
"Night Sun Mode: Eclipse!"-Ben
Both magic circles move to Ben's body and meet in the middle. They disappear, and then his body starts to glow bright orange with white fire outside. The white fire is caused by the cold moonlight that he ate.
"Hmm? What's this? It feels hot, but also cold at the same time. Wait! This cold is not temperature, it's eerie cold."-Mreye
Mreye looks at its tendrils that shivering hard now. Even its heart is beating hard and it feels fear.
'Fear?! No way, I will never feel fear.'-Mreye's eye shaking
"What's up? Losing your shit?"-Ben grin
Mreye widens its eye and its pupil shrink. It gets angered by how Ben makes it thought of fear.
"HOW DARE YOU MAKE ME THOUGHT THAT I'M AFRAID OF YOU, HUMAN."-Mreye said angrily
"You're the one who thought of that yourself."-Ben
Ben keeps talking to stall time while he charges his magic spell. Ben is currently pumping all his magic power to strengthen this spell. He raises the temperature to the max that his body can take, 2364 celsius, 64 degrees higher than before because he forces himself.
Ben uses all his magic power and compresses it in his body. He will use his current best spell to end this in one shot. If he can't kill it in one shot, Mreye will just regenerate again.
"Human, you've really made me angry. I'll show you what you'll get after making me this angry."-Mreye
Mreye suddenly has a purple aura oozing out from its skin & covering its whole body. Its tendrils start to shrink and turn into sharp spikes. Its skin turns from brown to dark purple and looks thicker. Then its eye gets 2 times bigger now.
"I, MREYE, WILL NEVER FEEL FEAR TO A HUMAN LIKE YOU. YOU ARE THE ONE WHO SHOULD FEEL FEAR TOWARD ME. HUMAN, I WILL SHOW YOU, HELL!"-Mreye
Mreye's eyes suddenly glow purple, ready to shoot its petrification beam. Ben also hasten his spell charging to counter the beam anytime.
"Take this, my ultimate curse! STONE AGE!"-Mreye
*PSHEWW*
Mreye shoots a very dark purple beam from its eye toward Ben. Ben places his right leg behind and lowers his body. Then from his raised right palm, a very bright yellow dot appear.
"Secret Dragon Slayer Art! Energy Release: Solar Flare!"-Ben
*BOOM*
A very big & bright yellow whitish energy explodes from Ben's right palm. It is the release of all energy that he has amassed before in his Night Sun Mode: Eclipse. The concept is the same as the Sun's Solar Flare, where he released a lot of energy out.
The Solar Flare clash with the purple petrification beam and get into a stalemate. Ben's spell's explosion is so strong that it pushes himself 5 meters back, but the purple beam can match it.
"HAHAHAHA, IT'S USELESS, HUMAN!"-Mreye
Mreye uses more power on the beam and it starts to push Ben's spell back.
"AARRGH, YOLO!"-Ben scream to raise his own adrenaline
Ben starts to eat moonlight again and pour the MP that he gets into his spell. He keeps eating even when his body starts to get more hurt. But even with that, Ben can't push the purple beam back and still get pushed slowly.
'It can't go on like this, that guy has more MP than me.'-Ben
Ben looks at his left hand that has broken bones. Then he turn the left palm slowly to Mreye.
'Let's do this!'-Ben
A small yellow magic circle appears on Ben's left palm. Then a very small yellow light orb appears there.
"Light Orb!"-Ben
Ben shoots the small light orb to Mreye's right eyelid.
"Huh?"-Mreye
The light orb hits the eyelid and it's rather hot, so it makes Mreye's eye flinch for a moment. But that moment is very crucial, and it makes the purple beam weaken. Ben's Solar Flare finally pushes the purple beam all the way back. It hit & engulf Mreye.
"AAAARRRGGGHH! CHEAATEERRR!"-Mreye
"IT IS STRATEGY!"-Ben
Ben keeps using his spell until he runs out of MP. When Ben finished his attack, Mreye is nowhere to be found. The Etherious have been burnt to ashes, and nothing left.
"*pant pant* Fi....nally."-Ben
Ben fall to the ground, he run out of energy and adrenaline now. But that's not a problem, he has won.
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