"Why aren't you afraid?! Why aren't you in pain?! I'm so powerful now! Do you think you can defeat me with that stick?! "
Cecil bellowed like an enraged behemoth. Having lost all reason, the last of his human form was slowly devoured by the flesh and tentacles, turning him into an evil and ominous monster.
His body that had expanded several times in violation of the Law of Conservation of Energy and Mass almost filled half the room. The marble pillars engraved with honeysuckle were now full of cracks as the flesh wrapped around them, just as the floorboards were crushed by its weight. Green pus splattered over the broken floorboards as it moved, squeaking and kicking up waves of white smoke.
"Cecil, you're so foolish to have fallen to such a state for your own desires. But you're right about one thing." Angora showed no fear even in the face of such a monster. His rage made his words more forceful and resounding. "I do have the treasure gifted by the gods!"
"That's mine! Mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine —! Hand it over! "
Many eyeballs grew out of the flesh and tentacles wrapped around the marble pillars, staring unblinkingly at Angora who stood across from it. Like a blooming chrysanthemum, the flesh that was part of Cecil's body split into countless petals, each blood-red 'petal' filled with tiny, sharp teeth.
The indescribable monster opened its bloody maw and bit down at Angora!
Almost at the same time, Angora clenched his Mana Barrier and shouted the activation 'password'. "Divine Guard!"
A pale silver light gushed out from the tip of the wand and formed a majestic silver lion. It didn't even attack. It just roared at the monster, and an invisible force pushed the monster away. The monster slammed into the wall, causing cracks to appear on the wall.
"That's the treasure … It was mine … everything is mine …" Cecil's voice wafted from the monster's body.
"No, you've got it wrong again. The gift I'm talking about isn't this wand. "Angora swallowed the second half of the 'it's just a quest reward' back into his stomach." What the god I believe in gave me is the courage to stand before an evil monster like you, and the power I need to purge you. "
Even as he watched the monster lose its savagery in an instant, Angora did not let his guard down. "Guardian spirit —"
"Wait …" Cecil's face suddenly appeared over the monster's flesh, a pleading expression on his face as he spoke with immeasurable sincerity. "I was tricked by the demons of the Secret Eye! They tricked me with the mirror, bewitched my mind, and tricked me into drinking the suspicious potion. It's all their fault … You and I are brothers with the same blood flowing in our veins. Don't kill me, I can still be saved! I know I was wrong, I apologize, for my father's sake … "
"Kill him," Angora ordered without hesitation.
The lion guardian spirit, manifested from the divine powers of Justice and Games, had merely swiped its claws to pulverize the monster that was about to turn into a demon. Even the disgusting green pus that spewed out was wiped out by the divine light over the lion's body, while the remnant divine power of the claw swiftly purified the flesh, turning it into white dust that slowly vanished along with the night breeze that blew in from outside the window.
"It's precisely because we share the same blood that I can't forgive you for what you did, brother."
It was only then that Angora muttered softly to himself.
Moreover, he knew very well that Cecil was only buying time for the demonic egg to hatch. When he truly became a demon, the guardian spirit would not be able to kill him even if it could defeat him.
He looked at the lion that was circling around him and realized that compared to Will Smith … I mean the genie, this lion did look more majestic, but it didn't have the same sense of agility.
It was only then that Angora realized that his quest was complete.
And because of what Cecil said when he begged for mercy, the two additional quests were judged to be completed perfectly.
The source of the corruption was the 'suspicious potion' that Cecil mentioned.
And the culprit behind it was unquestionably the demons of the Society of the Secret Eye.
Just as Angora was checking the system page, the ground began to shake.
After consecutive battles, the tower had finally reached its limit and was about to collapse.
Angora stopped looking at the system when he saw that, and ran to the last bunker Vela had left behind to find Horan, who had opened his eyes.
"When did you wake up? Did you hear what I said just now? "Angora did a double take.
Still, he did not say anything else as the ground shook even more violently. He simply slung the old man over his back and jumped down the empty space in the middle of the spiral staircase instead of using the stairs!
"Guardian spirit!"
The lion guardian spirit easily caught him at his call, its thick and soft mane acting as a perfect cushion that prevented Angora from feeling any pain.
"I never fainted in the first place … I was trying my best not to fall asleep because I was afraid that I would never wake up, but I regained consciousness when that female attendant of yours fed me that weird potion." The old man said slowly, having been taken aback by Angora's actions.
After a moment of silence, he consoled Angora softly. "I'm sorry about that child."
Angora thought that his father was talking about Cecil at first, but soon realized that he was talking about Vela.
Angora was certainly annoyed that Vela had died right in front of him, but Players could be revived in three days … and Vela had even posted on the forums asking others what was going on …
"Hmm …" Angora could only mutter a perfunctory reply. "Dad, about Pompey …"
"He started a rebellion and has been executed. From now on, you're the only child I have left … If you want, I could hold a dukedom inheritance ceremony for you tomorrow. "The old man said softly." You're already a qualified liege. Just be careful and don't let anyone know about your mother's bloodline. "
Even so, Angora did not covet the dukedom that was within reach. After all, while Tunaya was good, there were too many restrictions in public, and he could not do as he pleased like he did in a small town.
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