Chapter 280 My Ultimate Technique
Seeing their comrades engulfed in flames from Glen's fire arrow, the remaining fake goddesses changed their strategy.
This was a different Selection from the cornered fake goddesses who were hunted down by the ≪White Lily Maiden≫ who were in [Beast Mode: God].
They were not trying to buy time with a [Space Barrier] or exhaust the enemy.
Instead, they no longer cared about their own exhaustion and focused on attacking.
"""――――!!"""
Around the fake goddesses, a black whirlwind seemed to burst forth.
But it was not a whirlwind. It only looked that way because countless tentacles suddenly attacked Glen and the others.
The overwhelming force of the tentacles rushed in like an explosion, and Glen and his team barely managed to defend themselves with their aura, but they were still blown away.
The number of tentacles was far more than 16 per creature. The fake goddesses had barely held onto their "human" forms and had transformed into monstrous beings with many tentacles.
The transformation happened in an instant.
Their bodies changed shape, leaving behind a spherical mass where their heads used to be. However, there were no strands of hair, no nose, no mouth, and no ears──just a pitch-black sphere.
On the sphere, a single massive eyeball opened wide, its golden pupil coldly observing Glen and the others.
From the surface of the sphere, more tentacles sprouted, moving in a writhing manner, more than 3 times the number from before.
At this point, no one could recognize it as a human form.
The creepy tentacle monsters quickly slammed their tentacles down on the members of the Glen Squad, who were surrounding the unconscious Glen to protect him.
"Ugh!? That hurts so much!!"
"Ugh!!"
Facing countless tentacles that overwhelmed their attacks, the girls wrapped themselves in thick aura armor and used aura-infused weapons to deflect the attacking tentacles.
However, the whip-like tentacles swung with incredible speed, trying to knock the Glen Squad members away with tremendous force. Even when they braced themselves against the impact, their insides took damage with each heavy blow, and the shockwave caused their blood vessels to burst from within.
"Cough!!"
"Ughhh!!"
They were not just coughing up blood.
Some of the tentacles that attacked with a number and force that darkened their vision had blades growing on their surfaces.
Even though they desperately wrapped themselves in thick aura, the already hard and sharp blades, covered in aura, launched attacks at incredible speed, piercing through their aura armor and slicing their skin along with their clothes.
With the torn pieces of clothing, a large amount of fresh blood splattered everywhere.
Glen, who had just woken up from a few seconds of unconsciousness, witnessed this scene.
Ignoring the pain running through his body, she jumped up with a burst of energy.
"Everyone...!!"
She hurriedly ran towards her teammates to help.
But it was her teammates' angry voices that stopped her.
"Glen!! Get back!!"
"Don't be ridiculous!! What are you doing coming forward!!"
"Fighting in front isn't like you, Glen!!"
"────!!"
Now, while defending against the attacks of the fake goddesses, or taking them on with her own body, Glen's friends shout without turning around.
The intensity of their anger made Glen freeze, as if she were stuck in ice.
They were not only her party members but also her lovers.
It had been a long time since they directed such genuine anger at her.
Lost for words, Glen looked down at the "Divine Spirit Bow," which she had not let go of even when she was blown away. She wanted advice from her deceased friend. But──
"────!?"
She gasped again at what came into view.
The "Divine Spirit Bow" was brutally broken. The string was snapped, and the bow itself was shattered. It was useless now.
On top of that──
"Albis...Albis...!! Why...won't you answer me...!!"
Her deceased friend no longer had any words for Glen.
All that returned to her call was an empty silence.
"Haha...of course, right? Albis is already dead...!!"
Glen admitted it. Albis's voice had been an illusion from the start. It was just a convenient hallucination created by her own desires.
However, Glen was suddenly overwhelmed by a feeling of helplessness.
"Uryaaaaaaah!!"
At that moment, a small girl swung a huge halberd down, creating an explosion of aura against the approaching tentacles, and then she shouted at Glen while continuing to swing the halberd.
"Glen!! What's your role!?"
"My...role..."
"What is your role!?"
"That is...!!"
"Glen!! Don’t underestimate us!! Trust us more!!"
"────!!"
Those scolding words finally made Glen remember.
The role of herself and her comrades in the adventurer party, ≪Glen Squad≫.
(I'm an archer. The job of an archer is to shoot arrows from the rear. It's definitely not to go to the front like a vanguard and try to fight alone.)
"Haha, what was I thinking...!!"
Laughing bitterly at herself, Glen tossed aside the remnants of the "Divine Spirit Bow."
"What was all that about Albis...!! I wasn't fighting her, nor am I her friend...!!"
It wasn't wrong to have grown as a "Spirit Archer." However, thinking she could fight alone like Albis was nothing but arrogance.
In fact, it was Albis who was wrong. An archer shouldn't fight alone.
"To think I became a little stronger and forgot to rely on my comrades... How pathetic."
Glen felt deeply ashamed. So ashamed that if there had been a hole, she would have wanted to crawl into it.
Therefore, to renew her resolve, she cloaked herself in an aura, exploding it outwards, and with a loud *rip!!*, she discarded her already tattered clothes.
Completely naked, Glen exposed her entire body to the wind that swept across the battlefield.
Her modest chest, toned waist, supple legs, and white, smooth skin──slender, yet undeniably feminine curves on her trained body──were all laid bare and defenseless.
"It's strange... even though this isn't the time for it, my heart feels calm. I understand a little bit how Mr. Gale feels when he's always n*ked."
The moment he became n*ked, strangely, all unnecessary tension disappeared.
Wrapped in a sense of security like being at home, Glen relaxed.
It was a bit strange, but it was nothing unusual. Glen had always lived a wild life, n*ked with many lovers in her room.
In other words, being n*ked was like casual wear for Glen.
Glen took out the "Black Moon Bow" from her storage ring and an arrow carved from the Elder Treant's core wood──"Black Radiance Arrow."
Then, she called out to her friends.
"Sorry, princesses!! I'm okay now!!"
Noticing that Glen had returned to her usual self, her friends cheered with joy.
"Glen!!" "Glen...!!" "Glen!!" "Glen~!!"
"I'm going to focus on shooting the bow! So... I leave the front to you!!"
"Of course!!" "Leave it to me!!" "I got it!!" "Hehe, who are you talking to~!?"
The excitement among her friends rose. An aura seemed to burst from their entire bodies.
"Haahhhhh!!"
"Don't think we're just going to keep getting hit!!"
"Do you really think the same attack will work forever!!"
"Seriously, this is getting annoying!! Take that!!"
They charged in all at once.
As if to say that attacking is the best defense, or perhaps to prove it, the fierce assault of the ≪Glen Squad≫ weakened the force of the tentacle attacks.
On the other hand, Glen didn't think about defense at all. She completely trusted her friends and planned to leave it to them──she just focused her mind and pulled back the bowstring.
And then──"Black Moon Bow"
After receiving this bow, she suddenly remembered something Aaron had told her.
Aaron, looking very unhappy, said to Glen:
"This is really unfortunate, but... the 'Black Moon Bow' I gave you is definitely the best one I made in the 'Black Moon' series. I mean, the 'Gravity Elemental Treant's core wood' is just perfect for a bow. ...You get why, right?"
There was no way she wouldn't understand.
As she nocked an arrow and pulled the string, she channeled magical energy into the bow she held with his left hand.
Then, the "Gravity Elemental Treant" wood sandwiched between the Elder Treant wood turned completely white. This didn't just mean the bow became lighter. Unlike the hard black state, the white version had a softness to it.
In other words, she could pull the bow with less effort.
Of course, since this was the "Black Moon" series, even if everything was dyed black from the start, it wouldn't be a weapon that an Expert explorer couldn't handle in terms of weight or draw strength. In fact, "Guardian of the Children" and Zara had used the bow dyed black from the beginning.
However, to fully unleash this bow's performance, that way of using it wouldn't work.
Because──
"If you channel aura into the bow in this state, the bow's power will multiply many times... that's how it works!"
The bow of the "Gravity Elemental Treant," dyed black with aura, pulls back the string greatly when softened by magical energy, and just before releasing the arrow, it hardens with aura, allowing it to shoot an arrow with incredible power using only a light force.
Of course, pulling the string back more increases the power of the released arrow compared to pulling it lightly.
In other words, it becomes a powerful bow beyond human capability.
However, the moment the aura flows into the bow, its weight increases, so care must be taken to ensure the aim does not shift when releasing the arrow. Therefore, mastering this technique requires a lot of training.
──But, thanks to her training, Glen had mastered it.
She pulled back the bowstring and paused for a moment in that state.
She flowed aura into the "Black Radiance Arrow," concentrating it. However, the flow of aura was different from usual.
The aura was released from her hand pulling the string, traveling along the string to the bow itself. She wrapped the aura around only the top and bottom ends of the "Gravity Elemental Treant" material, dyeing it with heavy attributes, then traced it back along the string to pour it into the arrow.
Because of this process, he couldn't shoot the arrow quickly with "this technique."
On top of that, this time Glen took even more time to refine the aura.
This was not just an arrow of formless aura; it was also the reason she specifically used the "Black Radiance Arrow."
"────."
She didn't even feel joy or sorrow for her friends' struggles.
Glen waited for that moment with a transparent expression, like a Priestess praying to the gods, showing no emotions. Eventually──,
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnng...!!
As the aura poured into the arrow, it reached a critical point, making a sound like ringing bells.
Right after that, Glen channeled the aura from her left hand to the bow, quietly──she released her grip from the string.
Shoot.
My ultimate technique──[Extreme Arrow: Moonquake Break]
The released arrow instantly surpassed the speed of sound.
It broke through the wall of air, creating a loud explosion, and charged toward the creepy fake goddess.
On its path, the fake goddesses, realizing a big attack was coming, had already deployed several tentacles for defense. Moreover, a [Space Barrier] was newly activated as well.
However, the tentacle defense was meaningless.
The [Space Barrier] was no shield at all.
The arrow easily pierced through, as if feeling no resistance, and in an instant, it broke through the barrier and the wall of tentacles──flying past the main spherical part far behind.
Wasn't the damage too little just from piercing?
Normally, yes, it would be. The fake goddesses have an incredibly high regeneration ability.
However, the high-density aura contained in the "Black Radiance Arrow" rapidly led the arrow itself to collapse, releasing the aura it held as it flew.
The released black aura transformed into shockwaves, spreading to whatever the arrow had pierced.
And all of these phenomena happened in the blink of an eye. In other words,
──BOOM!!!
At the moment the arrow pierced, the fake goddess's body exploded into pieces up to the tips of the tentacles.
The splattered fresh blood and chunks of flesh transformed into particles of light before even reaching the ground, indicating that regeneration was no longer possible.
Glen, having released her remaining tension, took out the "Black Radiance Arrow" from the ring again, a transparent smile on her face as she murmured.
"Maybe tentacle play could be interesting...!!"
On this day, Glen reached a new realm──.
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