Alexia
I let out a yawn as I watch the battle from far away. Not that the battle is really much of a battle. What with how the shark is literally tearing Ignivara to shreds. So much so that I can easily tell now that there's no chance I could possibly win against it.
Not at my level.
Which makes sense in hindsight. I may be a Quantum Reaper, but this thing is still almost three hundred levels above me.
So…
Yeah.
I can also tell from here that every last attack made by the sharkie is coated with magic. So it's not just using physical attacks, but magic ones too.
Water mana to be exact.
I patiently watch the sharkie tear poor Ignivara to shreds over and over again. But unlike with how I was targeting Ignivara's hearts, the sharkie isn't doing that. Which is making it take a bit longer.
But the sharkie does eventually end up eating all of his hearts. Once again resetting one of Ignivara's heads and decreasing his berserk status.
At which point the magma hydra begins to make an attempt at escaping.
With 'attempting' being the key word, considering how he fails miserably when the sharkie suddenly rushes in and gobbles down his regenerated hearts again without hesitation. Proving that the sharkie isn't actually as dumb as I thought it was.
And doing that knocks down another head from its berserk state while leaving Ignivara with just three more hearts remaining. Which makes his hearts a rather easy target now that there aren't many of them left.
I watch for a few more seconds as Ignivara desperately tries to escape before I quietly make my own exit, leaving far away from here. Albeit not before spotting Ignivara finally managing to leave the world by flooding the ocean with magma and jumping to the world down below.
Something that's probably only possible because so few of his heads are left in a berserk state.
On another note, I have to wonder if his hearts will recover on their own or not.
Not that it really matters, since I doubt I'll see him again. And I honestly don't care enough about him to go bothering with trying to finish him off. Especially not when it means I'd have to get closer to the sharkie again.
This book's true home is on another platform. Check it out there for the real experience.
And that is one sharkie I want to avoid for a while.
So I fly through the air with Luna while still in my True Form, just searching around for my next target. That being a place with a lot of higher level monsters to hunt. Or just any way to level up faster.
Because I'm going to need it.
Within the #1 Viewing Room
"And Ignivara has fled with his tail between his legs! Who would've ever expected this outcome after such a fierce battle between the Reaper and the Ancient Terror!!!" Joe shouts, his voice echoing out through the viewing room. "I feel confident enough to say that the final winner of this battle is the boss monster! Aquarius, the God of the Seas!!!"
Although if Joe is being honest with himself, he would've been happier if the Reaper had just finished off the Ancient Terror. In fact, he's pretty sure a lot of people would have been happier with that result.
The Ancient Terror isn't exactly loved in the Dimensional Grid after all.
In fact, he's one of the most hated beings in the Dimensional Grid by the populace. It's just that no one ever bothers dealing with him because he avoided the major nations in his rampages before the Reset. And after the Reset everyone has been too busy remaking their nations.
Joe frowns at that thought.
Not that many of the people strong enough to fight him would even bother.
He knows that most of the people powerful enough to kill him don't care about him. And the few who do care about him don't care enough to deal with his immense regeneration capabilities.
Joe lets out a sigh at the lost chance of ridding the Dimensional Grid of his scourge forever. But then his sister suddenly gasps, making him turn his attention to the screen.
Where he finds something unexpected and plain shocking happening.
A new Competitor suddenly appearing within the dungeon from out of nowhere and showing up on a screen with various quantum panels all around her fading away. Almost like she was cloaking herself.
But what shocks him even more are her features, and her name.
Crystal Nightshade. The supposed last member of the species known as devourers in existence that was rumored to exist.
And if it weren't for her features being from various different species, and her own species under the System directly declaring what she is through her identify tag, he wouldn't believe it.
A thought no doubt shared by the many people watching judging by their silence.
{Crystal Nightshade – Devourer – Level 1410}
Joe suddenly does a doubletake as he realizes the devourer is using quantum magic.
Without any spell circles or skills by the looks of it.
His mouth opens to speak, only to close again as he finds himself speechless. Then his sister takes over by saying, "A-and it looks like we have a new Competitor in the dungeon! Everyone welcome the last devourer in existence! Crystaaaaaal Nightshaaaaade!!!"
Silence fills the stadium within the viewing room despite her words. And Joe doesn't blame them. After all, the devourers were supposed to be a myth.
Crystal herself was supposed to be a myth.
Not that many regular citizens even knew Crystal's name.
But something else catches Joe's attention. Something that bothers him immensely.
Is it just me, or does Crystal Nightshade look similar to Alexia Knight?
He furrows his brows as the crowd finally begins to make noise again. Yet even then, he just focuses on Crystal.
Then another thought crosses his mind as he remembers what everyone recently learned about the Reaper being the Hound of the Apocalypse's daughter.
A thought that terrifies him.
Crystal's last name… is the same as the Hound's.