"( That bloody chick...! )" Raiden says after reverting his eyes from Adrian and Flolial.
As he slashes the demons, Raiden realized that Kara had some trouble on fighting them, despite her being in her Divine Avatar state as she fights the big ones.
"( Really, how could you get in trouble... )" Raiden comes to her and helps her.
"( This woman, you're already a Divine Avatar yet you still had trouble fighting some large freaking mindless minions!!! )" Raiden comments on her while running.
"( How useless and weak are you, really!? )" Raiden says as he then decides to do things quickly as he shoots his thunder onto Kara's body.
[ Thunder Charge ]
"( This will help you for a bit! )" he says as the thunder he shoots enters Kara's body, feeling him with a great amount of power, making her thunder explode as her thunder flashes over the demons, zapping and killing those large demons one by one.
" Raiden, what the... " Kara explodes as she releases the thunder inside her across her area, destroying those monsters near her radius.
[ Sparkbolt Wave ]
*ZAP* *ZAP* *ZAP*
*BOOM* *BAM* *BOOM*
*BZZT* *BZZT* *BZZT*
As Kara does that, she briefly passes out as Raiden leaps and catches her immediately, holding her gently as he lands gracefully.
" You okay...? " Raiden asks while Kara is still dazzled and dizzy after seeing a lot of light at the moment.
" Rai...den... " Kara holds her eyes, trying her best to let them return to their normal state.
Raiden sees her, and suddenly his awakened 'Previous Timelines Memories' shows him a vision, a vision from an unknown Previous Timeline, showing Kara looked like she's in now but the difference is blood spraying her body and coming from her eyes.
Seeing that, Raiden waves his head to snap out of it, deeming the visions unnecessary to see right now.
"( Goddamn Previous Timeline visions... )"
"( Why do you have to show things in the most crucial times? )"
"( Besides... )" Raiden then grins after seeing that memory of his.
"( What actually happened to us back then? why I'm receiving so many of these memories before even coming into this Floor? )" Raiden says as he really wants to ask Ragna Twelve more about this.
During his confusion, he looks at Kara's face again, seeing her face somehow gives him some joy for eyes widened to see it, for he looks at her gracefully, seeing her beauty.
" Hahhh... "
" Dammit, I've really fallen for her, haven't I? " Raiden then holds her by putting her body on his shoulder like a carrying bag and immediately prepares himself for another battle.
"( Your avatar just passed out, goddess... )" Raiden says to Aphrodite since Raiden technically makes her his 'god' for he now has her ability.
"( What should I do? )" Raiden asks Aphrodite inside Kara's body.
"{ Hmmm... }" Aphrodite says as she then tells Raiden.
"{ May I gain access to your body just a bit? }"
"{ Don't worry, I'll finish after Kara wakes up. }"
"( OK )" Raiden just simply says that immediately letting Aphrodite's spirit gain access to his body.
[Aphrodite's Hold]
Despite being in control, Aphrodite didn't take over all of Raiden's body, she just gave him a power boost for Raiden since the guy himself is quite good in combat.
"{ I'm sorry if combat is not my forte, Raiden... }" Aphrodite says to Raiden who just simply brushed it off and kills the demons who try to attack him.
[Thunder Spark]
[Thunder's Strike]
*CLANG*
*Sword clashes.*
"( That was f#king close! )"
"( Thank goodness I never let my guard down. )"
"( Living poor, as a fugitive descendant, seems to give me many benefits now. )" Raiden says as he stopped a demon that tries to attack him from behind.
"( But wait, a minute... )"
"( Why this one didn't explode...? )" Raiden just realized, for he realized that the demon he blocked is not exploded like the ones earlier.
"( Oh don't tell me... )" Raiden realizes something, for he realizes that something is wrong with Battle Maiden.
"( Umm goddess..., it seems we might have a problem. )" Raiden says telling that their greatest battle support seems to have some trouble right now.
"{ Do you think there's something wrong with Battle Maiden...?}"
"( Absolutely, for she is our guardian in this battle... )"
"( Without her and her Libra item, we would've been swarmed by those demons who will devour our very corpses till the end. )" Raiden replied to Aphrodite, reminding her of the importance of Battle Maiden in this very battle.
"{ Thank you for reminding me, boy... }"
"{ But it seems we now had no choice but to deal things to ourselves. }"
"{ For we can't depend on Battle Maiden for the entire battle. }"
"{ We too must also do our job perfectly. }" Aphrodite tells Raiden as she now helps him by enhancing his every movement and ability.
[Divine Thunder Use]
[Divine Thunder Slicer Blade]
*SLASH*
Raiden slashes many demons, as he then looks at Adrian again who is still being tended by Flolial.
"{ You really want to kill her, huh }" Aphrodite asks Raiden as she also sees what he sees.
"( Of course... )" Raiden says while continuing to slice many more demons in his way.
"( It seems the Tower is summoning more swarms of demons, goddess...! )"
"( Dammit, they multiplied so much in this room...! )"
"{ Of course, Raiden... }" Aphrodite agrees with him.
"{ Don't forget that this very Tower is made from thousands of Demonic Flesh. }"
"{ Surely you've been taught that, right? }"
"{ Back when you're still his ally? }" Aphrodite asks Raiden while Raiden continues his slice and dice over the demons
Raiden didn't respond to it, he brushes it off he just continues to slice more monsters while waiting for Kara to wake up.
"( Yes, I was taught so much about this Tower... )"
"( By Adrian and Flolial more or less. )"
"( After all, everything's planned by them. )" Raiden says as he gets some flashbacks on what happened back then for he remembers that it was Flolial who told Adrian about the Abyss Tower.
"( Especially that chick, she must've enjoyed all of our labor, didn't she? )" Raiden says as his face stares sharply at Flolial.
"( I'm going to kill that chick... )" Raiden says as she asks Aphrodite to boost him more in order for him to attack Flolial.
"{ As you wish!!! }"
"{ Go there, tiger! }" Aphrodite cheers him.
"( I'm not a tiger, lord Aphrodite... )" Raiden replies to him as Aphrodite enhances him with her Thunder.
"( I'm a Shark*, I'm the Great Ocean Guild's Loan Shark who will drain every money from those who dare debting the guild! )"
"( And speaking of debt, that chick had so many debts to our guild but always got some amnesty since she always licked Adrian's feet! )" Raiden says in his anger which quite made Aphrodite irritated after hearing it.
"{ Wow, what a w#*re }" Aphrodite says as she felt disgusted as a woman after seeing Raiden's memories about her.
"{ Speaking of the green-haired chick, I can't believe that she's also...- }" Aphrodite says but she was interrupted by Raiden who immediately uses her powers to charge into Adrian's position again, slicing the demons who tried to prevent him.
" You demonic morons are in the f#king way!!! " Raiden shouts at those demons, slicing them, no matter how he often gets sliced in that matter.
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Extra:
Remember to read Chapters 98-100 in order to know more about what Raiden means by calling himself a Loan Shark.
note:
Raiden hates Flolial Flora, the reason will be known in future chapters.