HPDBC Chapter 315: Lycaoron fight 2
Chapter 315: Lycaoron fight 2
merle used the vulcan cannon to strike a surprise attack on the demon general lycaoron.
"hmm, so that's the power output of a vulcan cannon with nearly 30000 attack. it feels romantic in a way."
"hey, don't just stare like that. we need to run, the temple is collapsing!"
many columns had already given out, and the gorgeous temple was starting to cave in.
allen seemed entranced by the scene, but snapped back to reality hearing cecile and they all ran outside the collapsing temple.
the party climbed on bird b and escaped the temple, just as the ceiling crumbled and the walls and columns fell like dominoes.
"wait, didn't priest nicolai say this temple had centuries of history?"
kiel was dumbfounded looking at the ruins of the temple.
"can't get anywhere without a little sacrifice. defeating the demon general is more important."
allen seemed to prefer pinning it all as the demon general's fault, not their own.
'...'
merus was silent, recalling everything he had seen allen do in the past.
"either way, it seems that lycaoron dude is still alive."
(we can't leave any witnesses alive.)
allen checked his grimoire and saw there was no entry logged for defeating a demon general.
they really needed to finish him off, and soon enough a portion of the fallen ceiling was punched away and the bloodied body of lycaoron emerged.
he had large burn wounds on the right side of his body, showing that even a demon general could not stand against that attack without taking damage.
though he also had a more agility focused build, so maybe his endurance was lower than other demon generals.
(having 30000 attack isn't really common anyway.)
it was different from merle's tam-tam punching him directly.
only the vulcan cannons, which used up 1000 mana with each shot, had that power.
'd-damn you!! the altar!! you destroyed master gushara's altar! i'll kill you! i'll tear you to pieces! i hope you're ready for the afterlife!!'
he was more angered about the altar being destroyed, than being hit by a surprise attack that left him in such a state.
the streak of blue light was also vanishing.
lycaoron's body began growing in size, his appearance turning more ferocious.
his anger on full display, lycaoron was transforming.
(i see, so that altar gathered up some sort of power and channeled it away.)
hearing the demon general lycaoron call it gushara's altar, his analysis managed to reach further.
the altar was an item used by the demon king's army which picked up some sort of energy when people turned into pagan worshippers.
before today, merus had asked lycaoron about it many times, but never gotten a reply.
that was why allen paid extreme attention to lycaoron's reaction to seeing the altar break in front of him.
though it would have been even better if merle's attack with tam-tam's vulcan cannons killed him.
that reaction was also the reason why he had merus attack the altar first.
lycaoron's face had already looked vicious before, but now it looked even more.
his face seemed to get more angled, and his claws and fangs grew longer. allen watched that transformation feeling like it was too cliche.
in the end, his body became almost twice as big.
"he looks pretty angry."
cicile said, while also thinking that every time allen fought someone the enemy got angry.
then cecile and the rest of the backline climbed on a bird b allen summoned and flew up above.
the range for healing magic and offensive magic was quite large, so it was better if they remained safe in the air while attacking and healing.
on top of that they were no longer inside the temple, so there was no need to force themselves to remain on the ground.
"got it. yahh! supreme sword!!"
'gnuh!!'
(ohh! it's just like with razel, our attacks are finally getting through.)
kurena's [limit break] extra skill was still active, and she used [supreme sword] at the same time, striking a powerful hit on lycaoron's thigh.
the greatsword cut halfway through his thigh, and it was clear lycaoron was in deep pain as his face contorted through his transformation.
"your turn, merus."
'i know.'
merus went in with a kick packing all his strength.
crack
'what about my legs? ghuh, what are you doing!'
merus also had increased stats now.
he used his newly gained strength to kick the other leg from the one kurena had cut, breaking the bone.
having both legs attacked that way, lycaoron finally realized that was part of allen's strategy.
"cecile, are you ready?"
"i'm ready."
cecile answered aboard the bird b summon, which began to rise higher into the air.
allen took a low stance, his body covered by a haze.
and he darted like that towards lycaoron.
'hahah!! you really think magic will do anything if i can't use my legs? so foolish!!'
a plan to take out his legs, limiting his incredible mobility, and hitting him with magic.
lycaoron assumed they were using a simple strategy like that.
not wanting to take any more damage than this, he clenched his fist and tried punching allen who was running towards him at full speed.
allen dodged at the last second.
the timing was so close that the blow was not fully dodged, lycaoron's fist tearing through allen's side and drawing blood, but allen did not pay attention and continued getting closer.
and placed his palm on the demon general's stomach.
'what are you doing? why are you-' lycaoron began to ask.
before he could finish, his view changed entirely.
looking around, he realized he was outside the city now.
"look up! and goodbye!!"
while lycaoron was busy trying to comprehend what happened, allen attacked his stomach again.
and then allen vanished.
'ghuh?! wh-what?!'
allen's attack barely did any damage, but it was enough for lycaoron to understand his situation better.
both his legs were broken, he was outside the city, and a flaming giant rock was falling towards him.
cecile had used her extra skill [small meteorite] at the time and place allen had told her.
the falling rock was more than a hundred meters wide, which would not be too hard for him to dodge, was it not for his broken legs.
lycaoron braced his arms, a last effort to stop it.
'ghooohhhhh! i won't let...something like this end me! alleeeen, don't think this is the enddd!!'
his hands and arms burned as he caught the meteorite, his gigantic body pushed into the ground.
but that was not enough to kill the rock's momentum.
slowly his body got crushed beneath it.
a moment before his demise, amidst his anger, there was a momentary smile, but allen was not able to see that.