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SLAAAASH!
BOOOOOOMMMM!!!
The blazing slash was good enough to open some space between us and the dozens of monsters, maybe around fifty by now? They kept coming so it was hard to keep the count.
"W-Woah, that was amazing! Sylphy you're insanely strong!" Luck was shocked. "Huh?! T-They're not dead yet?!"
As the smoke dissipated, most of the monsters were still alive. Their fast regeneration and being inside a Miasmic Swamp gave them the ability to easily regenerate their wounds, even lethal ones.
"Yeah, you'll need to go a bit harder than that for it to work. Because I want you to get some kills if possible. The plan is to weaken them first." I nodded. "Celica, Celeste, let's curse them!"
"Alright!" Celeste smiled. "Time to test this Ancient Abyss Magic!"
"Phantasmal Magic can use Curses too? Oh wow, it can!" Celica said, as if she just realized that fact and immediately formulated some curse spells.
"Curse! Let's blast them with some painful curses." I smiled, summoning my Familiar, which was the literal embodiment of a Curse I took out of Furoh's soul.
"Sure thing~" Curse smiled, showing his sharp teeth within his sphere of darkness of a body, his big, red eye glared at the monsters, as it shone bright red.
Channeling his powers into my own Sword, Scarlet, I combined them with Heavenly Sun's flames, all together into some new, powerful spells.
"[Blazing Curse Fire Chains]! [Prolonged Suffering]! [Abyssal Cursed Flames Tentacles of Restraint]!"
SLAAASH! SLAAASH! SLAAASH!
I swung my sword several times, as black and purple flames surged constantly, wrapping around dozens of monsters at a time. Their movements were slowed down, and they started taking constant damage as well. They were quite sluggish already, but this made them complete sitting ducks!
FLUOOOOSH!
The flames spread further, catching more and more monsters. At the same time, Celeste and Celica conjured their curses, strengthening our advantage against these beasts.
"[Abyssal Cursed Chains of Agony]!" Laughed Celeste, raising her hands as chains surged from her shadows, wrapping around over thirty monsters at once!
CRAAAAASH!
The chains began draining away their life and mana slowly, while weakening all of their stats at the same time! Wow, that's powerful. However, it came with the disadvantage that Celeste couldn't move while conjuring them.
"Ugh, I'm stuck in this pose…" She groaned.
"[Phantasmal Curse of Soul Fear]!" Celica giggled, phantasmal powers surged from the tips of her fingers.
The phantasmal powers resembled dozens of screaming souls at once, moving around the monsters' bodies and trespassing them while screaming in agony. Our foe's souls were swiftly weakened.
"GRYYAARRRGGH…!"
"GRUOOOHH…!"
"GAAAOOOOHH…!"
"Now they're ready and weakened!" I smiled. "Luck, go on! [Body Enhancement]! [Strength Boost]! [Vitality Boost]!" I quickly conjured a myriad of buffing spells on him, his strength surging rapidly. "Also, take as much Mana as you want!"
FLUOOOOSH!
"W-Woah…!" Luck felt his power surging through the roof. "Thank you!" He quickly jumped into action, pointing his spear into the monster's heads. "[Beast Magic]: [Furious Bear Charge]!"
"GROOOAARRR!"
Suddenly, the illusion of a roaring, giant bear surged from his body, as his speed was enhanced even more, he charged at full speed and strength, his spear piercing through the heads of several monsters at once.
"RAAAHHHHH!!!"
CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLAAASH!
Over five monsters, already weakened enough, died on the spot against his furious piercing blows. Their heads exploding into pieces alongside most of their bodies! The moment they died, a large quantity of EXP surged into Luck's body, his level swiftly beginning to increase.
A golden aura surged from his body, each time it glowed, he gained a level, and it glowed at least six times. He quickly realized the effects as well, as he looked at his own body in shock.
"W-What the…? This is… Amazing." He muttered to himself.
"Hey, don't get too distracted!" Aquarina said, swinging her daggers and cutting into pieces a beast that had freed itself from the chains of curses, about to attack Luck from behind.
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLAAASH!
"GRYYAARRGH…!"
The monster's pieces fell into the miasmic swamp in front of Luck.
"Ah! Right. Sorry!" Luck nodded. "It'll take me a while to fight alongside so many allies, but I'll do my best!"
"That's the spirit, Luck!" Zack smiled. "Now let the Elite step in too! I don't want you to steal us all the fun! [Divine Battle Axe Arts]: [Mountain Splitting Ax]!"
FLAAAASH!
Zack rushed forward, raising his favorite Battle Axe into the skies, and then moving it down vertically, a gigantic swing of energy was unleashed, splitting in two halves a dozen monsters that were coming from behind the cursed and restrained ones!
SLAAAAAAAASSSHHH…! TRUUUUUMMM…!
His tremendous blow even cut down the trees behind the beasts, completely decimating most of the area before him. The power of the Divine Battle Axe Arts was utterly insane!
"Hahaha… S-So this was my power all along… Woah." Not even Zack could believe his strength. "Now… [Tempest Magic]: [Thunderstorm]!"
FLAAAASH!
He pointed into the skies with his bare hand, as the clouds began to slowly turn dark, a gigantic tornado surged, filled with black clouds, slicing winds, and deadly lightning, falling over all the monsters in the swamp and lifting most of them off the ground!
FLUOOOOOOOSSSHHH!!!
"H-Holy shit…!" Zack swallowed saliva in awe, seeing his own destructive power.
"S-So strong…" Luck was amazed. "I've got a lot to catch up to!" He nodded, charging forwards, and attacking more and more monsters with his strongest blows.
"Let's keep charging!" Aquarina nodded, summoning torrents of freezing water as she manipulated her powerful Divine Aura.
SPLAAASH! SPLAAASH! SPLAAASH!
The monsters were being thrown around like ragdolls, all while Luck constantly killed more and more, earning one level at a time.
I continued fighting too, although I dedicated myself to do a bunch of stuff, from weakening foes to buff Luck to give Mana to everyone, so I ended staying mostly in the back, while occasionally blasting monsters by unleashing giant spheres of flaring sunshine flames.
Eventually, as I set everything ablaze through my overuse of Heavenly Sun thanks to my infinite mana, we reached the end of the road, and the Ruler of the Miasmic Swamp showed up to confront us.
SPLAAAAASH!
"GROOOOAARRRR…!"
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