As the devastating battle continued within the interior of the Boss Room, Lucifer, Partner, and Brunhild struggled to fight the endlessly regenerating Zombie Dragon made from Crystal's powerful body. Meanwhile, Emeraldine, Takeshi, and Laura slowly conjured a powerful spell that could completely decimate her and purify her, but it would need to first turn off the Zombie Dragon's endless miasmic energy and also weaken her before it could work!
And this was Maria's job, perhaps the most important one. She grew more and more nervous, as usual, as she began searching everywhere. Her eyes glowing redder as she recalled what Lucifer had told him once he evolved.
"Leave Crystal to us, you have he most important job here, find that dungeon core and the evil god's fragment so Crystal's body can finally rest in peace!"
Maria sighed while gritting her phantasmal teeth in annoyance.
"Seriously! After I finally helped him cheer up and all I was willing to fight at his side. Did he had to just send me away so soon?! Well, I love his confidence but I could had also thrown a few fists against that Boss! Sigh…" Maria grew more desperate. "Damn it, I can't find it! Should I just blast this entire area…?"
She didn't had many options right now, perhaps an incredibly strong spam of overpowered magic spells could do the trick, but Maria was doubting if that might even work, seeing how the material of dungeons is a near indestructible brick stone that cannot be easily tempered with, even less destroyed.
Nyx, however, had other ideas as she was right behind her. The adorable half-ghost and half-dragon girl suddenly began to summon several small dragon-shaped phantom familiars, one after the other, very similar to Maria's phantom familiars, but way stronger and keener.
They had Dragon eyes, capable of seeing through things more easily, and also Dragon Senses combined with Supernatural Senses, enchanting their ability to sense places and special magical constructs!
Nyx suddenly pointed at a certain area.
Maria flew directly there, having been a minute since she started searching for it, it was all thanks to Nyx that she could find it.
She quickly concentrated her phantasmal senses into the area, finding a slight disturbance within the fabric of this barrier!
Without wasting a single second, Maria quickly decided to act, concentrating her powers, and then undergoing Spirit Fusion with Tyr!
Nyx opened her eyes wide as she saw her mama transform, her body became even darker as she looked even more sinister in appearance. Miasmic Essence overflowed through her body as Maria's body shapeshifted, generating dozens of limbs made of her phantasmal power, countless fists fell like meteors over that designated area, alongside her devastating sword, axe, and spear skills!
"[Endless Abyssal Barrage]!"
BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOOOOMMM!!!
The enormous blows shook the entire dungeon, not only this area, but all surroundings, from the walls to the ceiling, even the floors outside of this floor trembled rapidly it was total chaos, but it was also working as intended, Maria was managing to unlash an enormous attack, enough for the ground below her to shatter!
Crack… crack… crack…!
C R A A A A A S S S S S H H H!!!
Suddenly, in front of Maria and Nyx, an enormous hole emerged, leading a dark underground area! Maria didn't wanted to bring Nyx here, but she didn't had much of an option, quickly storing her inside of her shadows and diving down.
"Mama! I wan… faito too!" Said Nyx, wanting to fight at the side of her mother.
"No dear, I have to prioritize your safety, stay there and leave everything to your mama!" Maria flew down desperately, quickly reaching the very last depths of the dungeon, where an orb was floating in midair, enveloped on enormous quantities of Miasma and living tentacles everywhere!
And it obviously spoke, with a voice very similar to that of Tyr's voice, of course. Before Tyr became a spirit, he wasn't any different than this fragment parasitizing the dungeon core anyways, monstrous and furious.
"He's just like me before…" Tyr sighed, whispering through Maria's mind as the two were merged together. "It is quite embarrassing to see how my mind and soul are so corrupted in this state…!"
"How dare youuu… HOW DARE YOU ENTER MY CHAMBERS!"
The Evil God Fragment roared furiously, countless Miasmic Tentacles reached Maria in an instant, most of them shaping into amorphous beasts found inside the dungeon, opening their jaws and attacking with their claws against the ghostly maiden!
CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLAAASH!
However, she intercepted all blows easily unleashing her powerful Fist Techniques and her weapon Skills, unleashing shockwaves of energy everywhere, which destroyed the tentacles made of miasma, leaving the Evil God Fragment utterly speechless!
"I-Impossible, how come you can…?!"
The Fragment was surprised, asking in shock.
However, Maria smiled cockily, her eyes glowing bright red as demonic horns grew from her forehead and even demon-like wings sprouted from her back. The fusion with Tyr brought her a demon-like appearance.
"The first time I fought one of you, it was very hard, I almost was defeated… But now that I've absorbed your powers once, it is not so hard…" Maria said smiling defiantly against the glowing black orb, a single red eye emerged from within it, furiously squinting at her!
"So that's your power! You've absorbed one of my fragments! Once I absorb you, that fragment shall be MINE!" The Evil God Fragment grew berserk, several more tentacles emerged, each one with red eyes on their tips, shooting chaotic beams and red lasers against Maria at once!
BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM!
However, Maria easily evaded them or intercepted them with her bare phantasmal fists, reaching closer to the Dungeon's Core and then possessing it using the [Phantasmal Grasp] and [Phantasmal Puppeteer] Skills at the same time!