After that, the battle went completely under our control.
As both Agartha and the silver flying dragon were recoiling from our
previous attacks, we used that opening to first closed in on the latter
—while at the same time summoning back the lances, before
launching triple barrage of"Grand Diamond Break"and blowing the
silver flying dragon toward the ground.
Now, all that remained was Agartha.
Flying in the sky like lightning again, we generously bombarded him
with a series of high level Combat Arts, including the"Grand Éclair
Ballista"he had avoided previously.
"A-rgh…!?"
No longer able to even move anymore, Agartha reverted from the
Fantasy Form to his original dragonfolk form, crawling on the ground
with a look of disbelief on his face.
Therefore, we quickly performed the purification.
"—Graaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!?"
Fssshh~, the black aura completely disappeared from Agartha's
body, and the color of his skin returned back to normal.
But the left arm that he had cut off by himself remained missing.
Well, couldn't help it.
Even if I offered to restore it, he'd most likely refuse.
Dragonfolks seemed to be warriors with high pride after all, and he'd
probably treated it like a war medal or something.
"Fumu, so this is the Hallowed Sacred Treasure of the 'Spear'. I
must say, it's pretty impressive."
Anyway, with " Superior Arms " having come undone, and she
regained her freedom, Arca swung around the Hallowed Sacred
Treasure.
Well, getting a new weapon would make anyone excited, after all.
I was glad she liked it.
At that time.
"—I am… alive…?"
Looked like Agartha had regained his consciousness.
As he was groveling on the ground, trying to climb to his feet, Arca
walked in front of him, got down on her knee, and nodded, "That's
right. You really should thank your luck, 'Spear' Saint."
"You are… I see… It seems that I've caused you great trouble…"
"No need to worry about it. We just incidentally saved you while we
were trying to get this guy. But if you insist, you should apologize to
your brethren."
"Yeah, you're right…"
Agartha himself likely never had any intention to hurt the people of
his village.
Although he was being controlled, he seemed to regret the things he
had done.
Well, I was thinking of explaining the situation to the dragonfolks
after this, but I would leave it to them to decide how to handle him,
just like I did with the elves.
"Alright, I'm gonna treat everyone with area heal for no—hm?"
Mid-sentence, I suddenly noticed a person coming our way.
"Haah, haah…"
It was a silver-haired, aggressive-looking woman whose body was
tattered all over and was bleeding from the left shoulder.
Seeing the tail she was dragging behind her, she must be one of the
dragonfolks we had fought earlier. In terms of atmosphere, she was
somewhat similar to Arca.
"U-uh…?"
She paid no attention to us and went straight to Agartha, then—
"—This stupid husband!"
――Pah!
"Gefu!?"
""!?""
Without any mercy, she gave him a tight slap in the face.
◇ ◇
Meanwhile.
In the sanctuary of the goddess of thunder Fluga, two figures were
visible in a quiet hall.
That being said, one of them was powerlessly crucified in the air,
bleeding. The blood dripping from her body dyed the floor red.
Yes, it was the owner of this sanctuary—Fluga.
"It was a shame, wasn't it, Fluga… If you hadn't divided into five, you
might have won…"
And looking up at her was a young woman who seemed to be in
perfect shape.
She was a goddess, just like Fluga—Phinis.
"If you want to kill me, then do it already, you bitch…"
"I haven't the slightest intention to kill you… I just want to borrow
your power, that's all…"
"*Spit*, enough with your tasteless joke… You already have the
powers of all of us…" Fluga-said, spitting out blood.
"Yes, indeed. You're right, Fluga…" Phinis nodded, "but you guys
have been harassing my children while I was sealed away, have you
not…? That's why I'm thinking of taking away every single drop of
your powers and make them mine…"
"Ha, 's that so… I knew you were fucked up, but I never imagined it'd
be to this degree…"
Even as Fluga glared as hard as she could, Phinis just received with
a child-like innocent smile and said, "Ufufu… following you will be
Terra… Turbo… Sinus… and finally, Igniver… All of us will be
together again… isn't that just great…?"
"Stop laughing, you shitty goddess… The time when all five of us
come together is the time when you'll meet your end… I'll make sure
to rip your stomach open then…"
"Ufu, ufufufufu… ♪"
"Guh…!?"
As Phinis's laughter echoed in the hall, black aura stretched out from
her, which then engulfed Fluga's body.