Chapter 400: The Will of Death, Nyx
Hearing the middle aged man's words, Asagiri only smiled and spoke in a relaxed tone.
"What, are you a fan of mine? I didn't expect to meet a fan in a Dungeon. Do you want an autograph?"
The middle aged man did not reply.
He simply stood up slowly from the pure white throne and walked toward Asagiri. His voice was strange, completely devoid of emotional fluctuation, like a ruthless machine.
"Why?"
"Why do you humans clearly crave death, yet when death truly arrives, you resist with all your might?"
"The members of Blackwatch and those believers are the same. You Players are the same as well."
"Don't you understand? Death is the eternal end. It is the final destination where all mankind can reach eternal tranquility."
"What on earth are you talking about?"
Asagiri waved his hand with a look of complete disinterest, sounding slightly impatient.
"I don't understand what gibberish you're spouting, and I'm not interested in those weird things you're saying. Since you crave death so much, I'll send you to reach eternal tranquility first."
"Crave death? No, you are wrong."
The middle aged man's pupils turned pitch black.
His arms began to squirm rapidly, transforming into two pitch black blades.
"I am the will that represents death. I am..."
At this point, the middle aged man's figure flashed.
In an instant, he reached Asagiri's front, and the black blades his hands had become slashed toward him without hesitation.
"Nyx."
"Clang!"
Asagiri's Rope Dart of Deathly Grievance collided with the pitch black blade formed by the Blacklight Virus, emitting the sound of metal clashing.
In the next second, a sharp ice pillar suddenly appeared where he stood.
"Roar!"
Alatreon, Black Dragon, and Fatalis, the three forbidden monsters, simultaneously let out deafening roars.
Alatreon, capable of freely manipulating five elements, created sharp ice pillars that constantly chased after Asagiri as he dodged, attempting to completely lock down his movement path.
The Blackwatch Commander possessed by Nyx quickly switched forms.
His arms transformed into pitch black long whips. Locking his gaze onto Asagiri's movement trajectory, he finally found an opportunity after a few seconds.
The two black long whips extended rapidly, directly binding Asagiri's body.
"Black Dragon, Fatalis."
Hearing Nyx's soft words, the Black Dragon and Fatalis seemed to obey the order, simultaneously launching their finishing moves.
The Black Dragon opened its mouth wide and sprayed scorching flames with a temperature so terrifying that space itself seemed almost torn apart.
Fatalis sprayed flowing, searing red high temperature lava from the gaps in its wings.
Calamity fire and lava mixed together, covering the bound Asagiri directly.
"Persona, Human Asura."
Facing the combined attack of the three forbidden monsters and the Blacklight Virus Infected, Asagiri did not try to enter Human Asura Mode and break free by force.
Instead, he summoned his Persona, Human Asura, more than ten meters away and immediately activated Castling.
And the moment the position swap was completed, Human Asura was swallowed by the sky filling lava and calamity fire.
[Your Persona "Human Asura" has been destroyed. Trait "Final Rebirth" activated. Fire resistance has increased.]
No room for error...
Feeling the terrifying, searing heat in the air, Asagiri knew that if this was judged by pure combat power alone, even he could not deal with a high order Blacklight Virus Infected capable of changing forms at will, coupled with three powerful forbidden level monsters.
"Since that's the case..."
Golden light shone from Asagiri's eyes.
Strange dark red patterns appeared in the surrounding area, and a terrifying wave of power spread across the field.
The three monsters, Alatreon, Black Dragon, and Fatalis, all sensed the arrival of that extremely terrifying and dangerous aura, letting out manic roars.
"It's over."
Asagiri looked directly at the middle aged man possessed by Nyx and spoke softly.
"Supreme Magic Bullet."
Seeing the pitch black light of the Supreme Magic Bullet attack him and the three monsters behind him, the middle aged man possessed by Nyx made an unexpected move.
A viscous, scarlet light appeared around his body.
Just like when Asagiri used the Supreme Magic Bullet, Nyx manipulated that scarlet light and collided with the pitch black power of the Supreme Magic Bullet.
"Power of Death."
There was no sound.
Nor was there any sign of the ground trembling.
There was only the collision of two forces representing the essence of death, merging, annihilating, until they vanished without a trace.
For the first time, the Supreme Magic Bullet had been defended against.
"I didn't expect it to actually be true."
Nyx gazed at Asagiri's face through the eyes of the Blackwatch Commander's body and spoke slowly.
"As a human, you are actually able to grasp the power that symbolizes the origin of death."
"As expected... you are an existence that must be eliminated."
At this moment, Asagiri fell into deep thought.
The current situation seemed to have fallen into a disadvantage.
He could not deal with the enemy based on stats alone, and the conceptual Supreme Magic Bullet had suddenly lost its effect.
It seemed as if all hope was lost, and he had fallen into irreversible despair.
But was that really the case?
Since this guy who called himself Nyx, the Will of Death, also grasped the ability to materialize the power of death, why did he not use this ability to take the initiative to attack?
Why had he only used it to defend when Asagiri used the Supreme Magic Bullet?
Was it because there was a limit to the number of times it could be used, so it had to be saved for critical moments?
Or was it that...
"That power of yours..."
The golden hue in Asagiri's eyes gradually faded, returning to their usual black.
He looked straight into the eyes of the middle aged man opposite him and spoke slowly.
"It's not that you don't want to use it to attack, but that you cannot use it to attack."
"So I've been seen through..."
Although Nyx's tone was devoid of emotion, a look of slight surprise appeared on the face of the Blackwatch Commander he possessed.
It seemed he had not expected his ability to be seen through by Asagiri after just one exchange.
"My power truly cannot take effect on you. Precisely because of that..."
Nyx raised his arms.
His form shifted from long whips into hammer fists, and the three massive monsters also began to approach rapidly.
"I specifically prepared this body and the power of those three. To deal with you, it is already more than enough."
"Is that so?"
Asagiri smiled noncommittally and spoke softly.
"But I didn't come alone either."
Just as Asagiri finished speaking, a sharp whistling sound rang out.
"Shoot him, Shinso!"
Hearing the whistling sound from beside him, Nyx instinctively turned his head.
He saw a sharp blade rapidly enlarging in his field of vision.
His physical attributes, strengthened by the Blacklight Virus, were extremely strong. Even when faced with such a sudden attack, he was still able to barely dodge it.
However, when Kaguya Shinomiya, holding Shinso, saw that the opponent had taken a step to the side and lost his balance in order to dodge her extending blade, a slight curve appeared at the corner of her lips.
"Got you."
"Flash Thrust!"
Before Nyx could recover his balance, Yuuki Asuna, holding Shimmering Light, had already crossed dozens of meters in an instant.
The blade in her hand pierced directly through the opponent's forehead.
But it did not end there.
Yuuki Asuna knew that the Blacklight Virus would elevate vitality and healing power to an astonishing level, so even destroying the brain could not be called completely safe.
She immediately prepared to cast her Sword Skill, Space Killing Art, cut the opponent's body directly into fine fragments, and then have Iwanaga Kotoko summon the Pale Ghost Hand to completely crush him into powder.
"Roar!"
Just at that moment, a black shadow lunged over at an astonishing speed.
Yuuki Asuna, who was preparing her attack, had no time to dodge.
Sakurakawa Rikka, in the distance, saw this and immediately used her ability to attach the black shadow to Yuuki Asuna.
"Bang!"
Yuuki Asuna was swatted dozens of meters away by the surprise attacking Black Dragon.
After barely stabilizing herself, she immediately returned to Asagiri's side.
She vigilantly eyed Nyx, whose head was rapidly recovering, as well as the three forbidden monsters baring their fangs and claws, and asked in a low voice,
"Are you hurt?"
"I'm fine."
Through the Persona that Asagiri had left behind in advance, Yuuki Asuna and the others already knew what had just happened and realized just how perverted the difficulty of this hidden mission truly was.
"Nine people..."
The hole in Nyx's head where it had been pierced disappeared, and his body's injuries restored themselves to their original state.
Protected beneath the wings of the Black Dragon, Nyx scanned Asagiri and the others in the distance and spoke slowly.
"Are you all Players from another world..."
Nyx raised his hand and waved it.
Alatreon and Fatalis immediately began moving forward. Their eyes scanned the two Player squads in front of them, clearly having entered a combat ready offensive posture.
Meanwhile, the Black Dragon remained in place, vigilantly eyeing its surroundings, as if protecting the Blackwatch Commander that Nyx was possessing.
"Right here, let this be your end."
"What are you acting tough for, you freeloader hiding in the back? I don't get it."
Asagiri shook his head, gripped the Rope Dart of Deathly Grievance in his hand, and looked at Fatalis, whose body seemed to have magma flowing within it.
He immediately said,
"I'll deal with this guy. You all go deal with that Alatreon. Be careful of the elemental attacks and wide range moves it uses, and try to kill it quickly."
"Understood."
Fatalis's body was constantly emitting temperatures unbearable for ordinary people, and it also possessed the ability to spew magma.
Among those present, apart from Asagiri, who possessed fire resistance, no one could fight a war of attrition with this guy.
Alatreon was no less impressive.
Its body was entirely composed of inverted scales, possessing extremely high physical defense. If the attack force was insufficient, a blade bounce situation would even occur.
Amid the roars of the two forbidden monsters, Asagiri charged toward Fatalis without the slightest hesitation.
His lone figure looked incomparably small by comparison.
And with that, the final hunt of this Dungeon officially began.
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