A bit of ti before the third phase began, Yujin's allies had co close to dying.
They were crushed by the overwhelming divine power of the outsider.
The difference between a constellation and a re human was vast.
So, they could only watch helplessly…
Whispering together.
[KKong, how about an ambush? Use your abilities to gather so intel.]
Of course, they couldn’t just stand and watch.
Ever since Yujin had turned his back on them, the oppressive divine pressure from the outsider had vanished.
It wasn’t like anyone was unaware that Yujin had protected them.
They all knew.
Yujin had wrapped their souls with care.
Just like how Yujin had once felt the motherly warmth from the Saintess, they too could feel his love.
No one would just watch him from the sidelines.
[You said it wouldn’t work. You said your instincts were off, so why are you only targeting ?]
[Tch. Shut it.]
[...Anyway, we’ll have to wait for an opening and try an ambush if we want to help Yujin.]
Thus, the raid team was waiting for an opportunity.
An opportunity to assist Yujin.
Even just a little damage to that powerful final boss.
'Whether we succeed or fail, we’ll die anyway.'
In this plan, their lives were expendable.
If they charged ahead, they would be dead within seconds.
Regardless of the success of the ambush, they would be crushed under the outsider’s pressure and die.
[Alright, when I give the signal, we all charge together. Got it?]
[No choice. I’ll give the signal.]
[I’ll be the first. I’ll protect my disciple.]
[Right, then.]
As expected, the raid team prepared for sacrifice.
Logically, if Yujin failed, it would be total annihilation.
Emotionally, they didn’t want to leave him to fight alone.
This combination of reasoning and emotion led to the decision.
…Except for one person.
'Everyone’s ready to die for Dad, but... Haru won’t understand.'
Whispering.
[Haru, stay hidden behind Dad.]
[Sis? Why ?]
[Don’t trust your sister? I’m the ultimate villain, Winterer.]
[But... I’m the one who bothers Dad…]
[Your sister will make the opening, so when she signals, you co out. Got it?]
[...Got it.]
Winterer secretly pulled Haru to the back.
As her sister, she couldn’t let her sacrifice herself.
"...."
‘Asking Haru to fight... would be cruel.’
‘Yeah. Even you should survive. Yujin cares about you.’
The rest of the raid team silently approved of this decision.
They were aware that Haru’s ntal age was much younger, as had been discussed before the raid started.
There was no one among the team who would force her to sacrifice herself.
[Everyone, get ready. Once that monster gets as close as possible to Yujin…]
Boom!!!
"……!!!!?"
Fortunately, their determination didn’t matter.
Yujin’s final rule, proclaid inside the sanctuary,
His last divine move that twisted providence, had erased the influence of divinity within the sanctuary.
'Hmm. The mood’s changed.'
'The future path has returned. Suddenly, why…'
'It seems the disciple did sothing!!'
No one was unaware that it was Yujin’s doing.
The conversation he had shared with the outsider.
What had been completely incomprehensible monts ago now beca crystal clear.
"Yeah. I’d definitely lose alone."
"To think you still did it knowing that…"
"But I’m not alone."
[Ready, everyone?]
[......!!!]
Furthermore, because Yujin had given the signal himself,
Unlike the previous tis when he hadn’t said a word to reassure them,
This ti, his signal was full of trust for them.
Everyone adjusted their stances...
"Our daughter? Did you know spiders are weak to the cold?"
"...I knew it was probably sothing like that!!"
Boom!!!
With Winterer’s charge, the final boss battle, the third phase, began.
***
The final boss, the being she called, could not understand the current situation.
"I don't understand."
She was supposed to be so powerful.
For such a being to descend herself.
Directly into a dinsion where she had just beco a constellation.
That alone made her victory inevitable.
It was in line with "providence."
So why…
Why was she losing?
Boom!!!!
"……!!!!?"
It's cold!!!
Her carapace froze.
The blue-haired mortal, who had leapt onto her,
The ice flowers she created caused the excruciating pain to rush through her body, slowing her movents for the first ti in eons.
"...Hey, Haru rice cake!! Break this!!"
"Got it!!"
Smash! Crack!!
In her daze, she allowed another attack.
A pure physical force with no tricks.
The punch from the black-haired girl.
It cracked the frozen carapace.
"I don't get it. How are mortals—prey—doing this?"
Smash.
"Well done, Haru!!"
"As an S Rank, I can’t lose!!"
Winterer and Sibylla charged forward, following her.
Experienced Winterer positioned herself in front of the enemy.
The less experienced Sibylla took a position behind.
Both of them, by now, were surrounded by radiant mana.
"I never let my guard down."
"Shut up and die, monster!!!"
"Hope you've got insurance!"
Boom!!!!
"……Kiiieeeeek!!"
Winterer's fist slamd into the face.
Sibylla's chainsaw ripped into the soft flesh behind the carapace.
Pain like she had never felt even in her days as a transcendent,
Even greater than any agony she experienced as a mortal.
"Aahh, it hurts!!!"
"I'll kill you all!! I'll chew you up and drink every last drop of your blood!!!"
At that mont, she ca back to her senses.
For hundreds of thousands of years, she'd forgotten that pain was the signal of danger to her life.
It was the sharp warning of survival instinct.
The outsider, who had tried to attack again, was finally forced into action.
"Die…."
[Winterer, three-step retreat. Haru and Winterer, Sibylla, move back two seconds to the building behind.]
"Understood!"
"Got it!!"
Swish… Boom!!!
The outsider’s spider legs dug uselessly into the ground.
Kkong, watching from behind, was the best commander in small skirmishes, reading three seconds into the future and giving the orders.
"Don’t run away!! You’re just prey!!!"
Screech!!!
The outsider’s rage was palpable.
The spider silk erupted from her spinnerets.
She intended to trap those little flies, wrapping them up before devouring them.
...The shadow in the sky went unnoticed.
[Flare, ready?]
"Of course!"
"Yeah. Trust , hit it with full power."
Bang.
The carapace fragnts scattered into the air.
The darkness ford where they reflected the sunlight.
Through that small gap, Shia slipped through.
Using her ability to move through the shadows, she rushed toward Alice, hugging her tightly.
"……!!!!?"
'How did a mortal suddenly appear from mid-air?'
Crunch.
'Like pine needles, like pine needles…!!!'
Shia’s deep blue mana traced a vertical line.
The wand in Alice’s hand dug into the wound.
Filled with mana to the limit, the wand, swirling with red energy,
Exploded into a firework.
Boom!!!!!!
"……Kkhhheeek!!!!!"
At that mont, the carapace swelled.
The explosion from the inside lted the flesh like mush.
Thanks to a specialized awakening user pouring all their energy into the attack, it exploded.
Smash.
[Are you okay, Flare?]
"Yeah. Thanks to Shia… S-Shia!!! Your clothes!!"
"As long as I'm alive, that's what matters."
Even though Shia and Alice’s clothes were destroyed in the process,
Their half-naked bodies hugging each other and running away seed oddly like the sound of a polar bear’s cry.
But the final boss didn’t care about any of that.
"Kkkh… Kkhhh…."
'The core, the core has been exposed…!!!'
Her survival instinct scread at her.
She had lost half of her lower body from the explosion earlier.
That had exposed the monster’s heart, the core.
Fortunately, with such overwhelming energy, it would be nearly impossible for any awakening user to break through...
'That transcendent woman is dangerous!!'
Bang.
She raised her guard to its maximum.
At the sa ti, mana spread all around her.
Like a spider web, the mana spread out, and everything within her sensory range was detected.
The precision was so high that even the movents of muscle cells could be detected.
This technique had once made her an absolute predator.
Once this skill was activated, she would never be caught off guard.
Bang.
'She’s coming from behind!!!'
At the sa ti, she realized.
Soone was running toward her at an intense speed from behind.
Though she was covered in fabric...
'No need to bother detecting who it is.'
It was clearly the transcendent woman. Aika.
The one who had defeated her avatar.
She could shatter the exposed core and kill her.
A smile spread across her face.
'Fortunately, I’m faster.'
Fwoosh.
'I'll just bite her neck and kill her.'
Her head turned quickly.
Just in ti to et the one with the cloak, to bite and kill.
Her physical superiority made this possible.
And then...
Screech... Stop.
'Wait. Sothing’s off.'
She turned and opened her mouth in realization.
The presence that had been charging toward her core suddenly sank downward.
It was heading toward her abdon.
Her field of vision shifted downward…
——She locked eyes with Yujin, sliding toward her.
Ding.
[Skill "Complete Hypnosis" activated....]
"Sorry, but I'm a hypnotist. I’ll pass on a fair fight."
In an instant, his tongue barely slipped out, his hypnosis which had been active since earlier working perfectly.
The one who would target her at the last mont was, without a doubt, Aika.
The small assurance planted by Yujin earlier, working at this decisive mont.
She had fallen for it, turning her back as the deception worked.
'The rest is…'
Bang.
"Our disciple, don't lay a hand on him——!!!!!"
A strategic nuke rushed toward the outsider's back.
From the front, Aika, who had been hiding her presence,
The final boss had prematurely exposed her back.
Winterer froze it, Haru cracked it, and Sibylla drew attention while Shia and Alice cooperated to cause an explosion, exposing...
The core was exposed.
"……!!!!?"
'Wait, the one who tried to seduce was her…'
There was no ti to avoid.
Bang.
"Die!!!!"
Screech.
Aika’s katana carved through the air with a purple trail.
With just the pressure of her blade, the trees and buildings within a 100-ter radius swayed.
The sound of the core cracking was drowned out by the deafening noise.
'She’s the one with the obsession, not . I don't get horny for human n…'
Crack.
"I did it!!"
"Yayyyyyy!!!!"
The bitterness of the Arachnid was drowned out.
The dungeon boss of the EX-class gate.
The outsider. The greed constellation.
With the final boss's defeat, the cheers followed.
And the once powerful outsider’s invasion ended, ultimately in vain.
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