“There is a possibility. Certainly,” Wiseman said.
“If I have time, I would like to examine it more carefully…”
“But unfortunately time is up. I don’t have time to discuss it.”
Helba shook her head and looked up at the sky.
“The wave is coming here. It’s approaching.”
The rumble of an earthquake sounded in Net Slum before she could finish speaking. The town shook intermittently. There was a scream here and there.
Once the shaking subsided, Wiseman spoke up.
“Everyone, listen. This is important. From now on, ‘we must not fight fairly.’”
The noise subsided and it became quiet.
“As long as we don’t have the deciding power of the bracelet, all we can do is earn time. We must trust in Aura. She should have all the groundwork to demonstrate her ultimate AI power.”
With that said, he turned to me.
“On top of that, Kite. I’d like to ask your party for another mission.”
“Mission?”
“That’s right. Based on your view, assuming that the system’s Morganna Mode Gone is Emma Wieland – reminding the system of it can be a valid blow.”
“But how? By what means?”
Wiseman shook his head.
“I don’t know. If we had the bracelet, I think it might have been a key item. It was a Data Drain that brought back the comatose when your friend Mia turned into The Temptress Macha.”
I was reflexively and unknowingly touching my right wrist with my left hand. Where the bracelet used to be.
I was tired after the battle with Cubia. I wasn’t in perfect shape. Still, if I had a bracelet on my arm, I could have braver..
I suddenly became anxious.
After all, I thought I had made a tremendous mistake in my judgment.
Letting go of my strongest weapon before the last boss battle.
BlackRose came to stand by my side.
I looked at her.
“It hurts so much.”
“It’s okay. You didn’t do anything wrong,” she said.
“I’ve been watching you for a long time and I guarantee it. So, stand tall!”
Wiseman nodded.
“That’s right. You can’t help but to lament what you’ve lost. So, awaken the system in any other way you can. I want you to fight with that in mind.”
The tremors became terrible again.
“Data readings increasing. The wave is coming!” Helba warned.
Static noise flashed across the screen, and the buzzing voice of the wave could be heard from a distance. The sound gradually became louder and the final wave appeared.
It was shaped like a giant cocoon or the seed of a plant.
“That is the last wave…” BlackRose muttered.
The location for the final battle was different from the place where they were typically transferred.
It was a wilderness with a horizon as far as the eye could see. Everyone who had been in Net Slum was transferred there.
Balmung let his sword fly.
“Get ready! Everyone get in position!”
And everyone started slashing.
This may have been an overwhelming number of people, but unexpectedly, I was able to do more and more damage.
Perhaps it was only BlackRose, Balmung, Wiseman and I who realized that something was wrong.
This is to say, those of us who had experienced battles with the previous phases.
An excessive amount of damage was going through it. Its defense power was low, and its attack power was even weaker.
Was this really the last enemy? I could have beaten it without the bracelet.
As I thought this, the enemy’s appearance changed. It became enrobed in a cocoon and a huge sprout emerged from the top of it. I thought it was flapping like a bird’s wings, and it overlapped with the cocoon, then became like a huge lithograph. A green membrane of light covered its entire body.
It just fell from overhead.
Balmung, who was at the forefront, took the lead in retreating, but several Net Slum residents fell behind and were crushed.
We were stunned.
This time our attacks didn’t work at all.
No matter how much I slashed or used a spell, the damage displayed on the screen was always zero.
Moreover, the attacks from the enemy had become many times stronger than before.
“What’s with this guy? He’s too strong!” BlackRose moaned.
When this happened, the strategy proposed by Wiseman was successful.
Thanks to that plan, it didn’t get angry and chase us relentlessly, and we didn’t suffer irreparable damage.
However, we wouldn’t be able to win like this.
Eventually, both our recovery items and SP would run out.
What could we go then?
Suddenly, I thought that something behind us was shining and Aura appeared.
“Everyone, I’m here. Let’s fight!”
There were many little pale lights floating around her.
One of them drifted beside me.
I then thought I heard a dear old voice.
“Can I count on you guys for this?”
When the little orb of light left me, it joined the flow of other lights. Countless lights flew toward the enemy like a stream of bullets, smashing the green membrane of light that covered the enemy’s entire body.
“The will of the comatose people is gathered here. I’ve empowered those who can fight,” Aura’s voice said.
“This is the end of what I can do. Somehow, after this…”
I watched her fade away.
Corbenik was clearly powered down. The green light had acted as a shield. It was crushed by Aura, and our defensive power was restored. This was our chance.
We turned to attack all at once.
Its attack power was still high, so I carefully hunted down the enemy, being careful not to inadvertently get hit a counterattack.
Corbenik’s body started changing again.
“Is he transforming again?” BlackRose asked in amazement.
“I don’t care. I’ll crush it as many times as it takes!” Balmung said.
“I have to decide the battle now, while Aura’s blessing continues.” Wiseman muttered.
Suddenly, I realized that our surroundings were dim. Like twilight.
The lithograph-like body floating in the air split into numerous pieces and recombined into a spherical shape. It looked as though the sphere was splitting, and then two huge eyes appeared from the faint darkness.
It glared at us and we were speechless.
It was not a monster in the shape of an inorganic substance like the previous eight phases. This is different from the wave we were used to.
I felt a strong will.
A strong hostility. A hatred.
It hated us, we who had been blessed by Aura.
When I was exposed to that intense gaze, I think everyone who was there instantly realized who it belonged to.
We were now standing before The World itself; Morganna Mode Gone, the system that governed The World.
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