The roar of the Great Dragon mixed with the screeching of the twisted female vine monster.
The opposing sides!
[Remnant Miracle · Infant Dragon Kjatuan].
And...
"?"
It hasn't been that long since we last met; how did it fall so quickly?!
Isn't this too fast? As the Queen of the Orcs, shouldn't she have resisted for at least a little while...?
Isagi was just wondering about this.
Suddenly, he saw crimson dragon flames descend from the sky, turning the long streets and houses surrounding the giant steel beast into a sea of fire.
At the same time.
It also ignited the [Iron Queen], who was wrapped in deep green and tender pink vines.
That nauseatingly sweet fragrance, accompanied by the stench of burnt flesh, was even more sickening. Most importantly, whether it was the surface vines or the female monster growing out from behind her like a sarcoma, although they were being burned, they were regenerating frantically at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Those tender pink fleshy tentacles intertwined like countless surging maggots, twisting and tangling. While filling in the burnt flesh and blood, they were also emitting creepy laughter.
That female monster was still chanting magic.
Accompanied by what seemed to be a language from some ancient era, completely unintelligible.
Rhythmic and melodic vocabulary was whispered softly from the female monster's mouth like a ballad.
Then.
A gust of wind blew out the dragon flames covering her body, while holy light descended, accelerating the healing of her just-burned wounds.
Simultaneously.
Several deep green vines shot out violently, instantly tangling around the massive body of the Infant Dragon flying in the sky. Immediately after, deafening cannon fire rang out.
Those [Imps], which were already incomplete and now burned to charcoal, were still supporting their bodies and moving under the weaving of the vines.
Commanding, loading, firing.
The several pitch-black cannon muzzles on the [Iron Queen]'s body rose with gunpowder smoke, causing the Infant Dragon originally flying in the air to let out a miserable scream and crash directly.
Huh?
Didn't they say before that the Infant Dragon, as one of the "Three Great Miracles," was considered the strongest one? In fact, it should indeed be so. In the original Dungeon, the Infant Dragon was the guy called the [Monster Rex of the Upper Floors]!
Could it be that because it was killed by the [Pale King] once before, it is not in its optimal state now?
That's right!
Isagi remembered.
Akshi had said before that the Infant Dragon was killed by the joint efforts of the [Pale King] and his "strongest knight." So, has it been resurrected by some method now?
That's why its power is incomplete...
Wait!
As the Great Dragon howled and fell from the sky, crashing into the center of the large sea of fire, it smashed a huge pit directly into the ground.
Only then did Isagi notice why he felt something was "weird" when looking at this guy from a distance earlier.
Now that he was closer, he realized—this Infant Dragon only had a head!
Its massive body below the neck, its long tail, and its wings were all tattered, hanging with chunks of rotten meat, and dense white bones could still be seen.
The scales on the surface were also like dead fish, with no luster or color to speak of. Good lord, so this is a "Zombie Dragon," is it?!
Only the head was still in a "living state," which made it look extremely uncoordinated at first glance.
It seems.
It indeed isn't in its peak state either.
Compared to it, the [Iron Queen] obviously became much stronger after falling—just that heaven-defying regeneration alone, who knows how much [Endurance] ability score was added.
Creak.
Moreover...
"How is that possible?!"
Alicia looked at the extremely brightly colored female monster amidst the gunpowder smoke and firelight, revealing an incredulous murmur.
Because.
That was a special monster the Loki Familia had encountered during a deep floor expedition not long ago!
As an executive of the second team, Alicia was naturally present at the time.
She didn't expect to suddenly see this guy here again, and from the looks of it, it was parasitizing a considerably powerful monster!
She knew nothing about what exactly it was.
But what Alicia could determine was that the "female monster" at that time was parasitizing a giant worm monster.
Although that was also a special monster they hadn't seen before.
Aside from spewing venom and having blood with extremely strong corrosiveness—capable of damaging even a "Tier 1 Armament"—it wasn't considered a very strong guy itself.
The ranged Mages could kill it effortlessly using magic.
Lady Riveria had deduced at the time that this kind of worm monster was probably only around Lv.4.
However.
The worm monster parasitized by this female monster saw its ability scores increase greatly across the board, suddenly reaching Lv.5 or above.
At that time, it was only by relying on Miss Ais and Lady Riveria's magic that they successfully killed it.
So, has the parasitized [Iron Queen] now also been raised by at least one Level?!
As the Infant Dragon landed, the two massive monsters quickly wrestled together.
Of course.
The [Iron Queen], with a height of about four or five meters, counted as a "giant beast" even among tall Orcs. Combined with her heavy armor and the small fortress she carried on her back, she looked like a walking heavy tank or something similar.
But in front of the Infant Dragon, whose body length exceeded tens of meters and whose head alone was about as big as her, she was still considered "petite."
But even so.
At this moment, it was the [Iron Queen] who was suppressing and thrashing the Infant Dragon!
It wasn't just the powerful vitality brought by regeneration.
Also, because her body was completely dominated by vines and tentacles, she felt no pain at all.
This allowed her to completely ignore the Infant Dragon's attacks. She just constantly swung the pitch-black cannon barrels between her hands, sometimes using them as fists to hammer the dragon head fiercely, and sometimes firing directly at close range.
The Infant Dragon, whose body was full of rotting flesh, roared repeatedly, while rotten meat and bone began to fall down with swishing sounds.
Most importantly.
That female monster would extend vines to firmly bind the Infant Dragon before her, restricting both the opponent's attacks and its movements.
She even forcibly shut its mouth when it wanted to spew dragon flames again, causing thick sparks to spray continuously from within its maw.
Then, chanting magic.
Wind blades, lightning spears—it seemed she knew simply every kind of magic.
The boys and girls watching from a distance were stunned, thinking, isn't this guy a bit too all-rounded?
"Isagi, are we just going to watch?"
Watching big monsters fight is interesting; after all, this is one of the instincts of humanity!
Not to mention young girls like Tiona and Lefiya.
Even Alicia looked at the distant battlefield with some surprise, falling into a sort of "daze"—in the Dungeon, monsters rarely attacked each other. Even in the deeper floors, monsters would cooperate and coordinate more often.
Only in extremely rare situations, for example, inside the [White Palace] on the 37th Floor, there is a special area.
That is a "Colosseum" that constantly spawns monsters and makes them fight each other.
Why it exists, and what its significance is.
Is completely unknown.
So, the scene before their eyes was rarely seen; it was even much better looking than the Monsterphilia held in the city before!
After all, watching monsters perform juggling tricks isn't nearly as interesting as watching them beat each other up.
Especially since this was a live broadcast; it was much more exciting than TV anime games or whatever!!
However.
Of course, they couldn't just watch like this.
Lefiya and the others had simple thoughts: although they didn't know why the two BOSSes started fighting, they could just clean up the mess after they finished.
But Isagi didn't think so!
Since the [Iron Queen] currently had the advantage, naturally, they had to go help the Infant Dragon.
He, himself, was the best at "balancing the scales"...
...
"[Glacial Arrow]!"
Under Isagi's plan, Alicia took the lead in releasing her magic toward the [Iron Queen].
Sneak attack!
The giant ice crystal arrow arrived abruptly, exploding behind the back of the steel beast.
It didn't cause much damage, and Isagi didn't view it as a "DPS skill." On the contrary, what the boy needed was the "Freeze" and "Slow" abnormal statuses attached to it being an "Ice Attribute" magic.
Accompanying the explosion of the ice arrow.
The [Iron Queen]'s body, covered by vines and tentacles, was coated with a layer of thin frost.
This included the female monster growing out of her back. However, this naturally couldn't affect them much, nor could it instantly freeze them into an ice sculpture on the spot. At most, it could only delay their movements for a short while.
But Isagi didn't expect Alicia to crowd-control the [Iron Queen] to begin with. The boy's target was those "[Imps]" coexisting with the steel Orc.
These guys were very weak themselves. In just the blink of an eye, they were frozen into small ice sculptures, unable to move.
Subsequently.
Isagi and Alicia both began to draw their bows and nock their arrows.
The greatbow in the boy's hand shot out streaks of golden light as brilliant as meteors. His goal at this moment was simple, and that was...
Pa!
The arrows turned into golden streamers directly pierced through the frozen Imps' chests, instantly shattering the Magic Stones inside them as well.
Even dragon flames couldn't completely kill them—because they were constantly regenerating while burning. In reality, the original bodies of these [Imps] were already tattered and torn; what existed now were merely "new bodies" woven from vines and tentacles.
But even so, once the Magic Stone inside the body is completely shattered, the monster's existence itself will turn into flying ash and disappear. This is the "underlying logic" of the Dungeon!
In an instant.
The vines and tentacles that originally supported the [Imps]' bodies fell off rapidly as if losing vitality, unable to maintain their physical existence any longer.
Isagi and Alicia took down one with each arrow.
You don't say, the Elf big sister's archery was truly good, even much more accurate than his own shooting.
In no time, the [Imps] on the [Iron Queen]'s body were all eliminated by the two of them.
And this.
Naturally greatly weakened the power of the steel giant beast. Without the [Imps] helping to load shells, all those cannons on her body instantly went silent, directly losing an originally quite efficient means of attack—
This was probably the original technique for raiding the [Iron Queen].
Thinking of a way to kill the symbiotic [Imps] first would make the battle simple.
And at the same time, when the balance of battle weakens on one side, the other side will naturally become stronger.
The Infant Dragon began to show its might!
It fiercely broke free from the vines binding its huge mouth, then bit onto the [Iron Queen] in front of it in one go. While tearing and violently shaking its head to smash left and right, it also continuously spewed crimson dragon flames from its mouth.
Simultaneously.
It spread its wings and took off directly from the spot, looking as if it wanted to carry the [Iron Queen] into the sky, entering the terrain it excelled in!
How could that be allowed?!
Isagi quickly signaled Tiona beside him and released his own spell toward the opponent just as the Infant Dragon flew into mid-air.
"Immobilize!"
Dealing with the Infant Dragon, which was obviously a BOSS.
The brilliant golden light of the Immobilization Spell only lasted for a short one or two seconds, but that was enough.
Isagi and Tiona leaped high simultaneously. Then, one holding a broadsword and one holding a greatsword, they began to output damage toward the tattered dragon wings the Infant Dragon had just spread open!
Spamming!
[Glimmer Slash]!
Charged Heavy Attack!
And.
"Ooooooooh!!!"
The red-eyed Amazon girl burst forth with intense blood qi between her slender hands, once again dyeing the broadsword in her hands a sticky blood-red.
Accompanied by this.
Were the attacks from the two Elves in the distance who had finished chanting their magic.
"[Fusillade Firebolt]!"
"[Hail Dust]!"
Countless tiny ice crystals and blazing firebolts intertwined, booming toward one side of the Infant Dragon's body in unison.
Thus.
The already tattered dragon wing, under such sudden and fierce focused fire, directly exploded into countless fragments of rotten meat.
"?!"
The Infant Dragon that had just taken off instantly lost one of its wings, causing it to crash again, smashing another big pit into the ground.
Seizing this opportunity!
The [Iron Queen], having broken free from the dragon mouth's restraint, looked at the Infant Dragon that seemed to have fallen into a "Knockdown" state. Raising the thick cannon barrels on her arms, she used them as fists and began to smash wildly.
Accompanied by the wailing of the Infant Dragon, for a moment.
The huge dragon head of the Infant Dragon, the only intact part of its entire body, also became a bloody mess.
This naturally wouldn't do either!
Isagi charged up again, and then—
Spirit Transformation!
The incomparably perfect body of the [Meat Cup Princess] appeared from within the clouds and mist again. Subsequently locking onto the giant beast-like [Iron Queen], he began a rabid combo output against her.
Facing the sudden arrival of the attack, she was obviously stunned.
Amidst the muffled sounds of the flesh long-blade colliding with steel, although it didn't cause her much damage, it successfully allowed the Infant Dragon to recover from the Knockdown state.
Thus.
When the clouds dispersed and the transformation ended.
What greeted the [Iron Queen] was the scorching dragon flames sprayed directly in her face by the Infant Dragon opening its large mouth again.
Of course.
Isagi was also included in range.
"..."
Careless.
He never expected that the BOSS would actually catch the recovery frames of his transformation ending.
The fierce flames swept past like a storm, followed by the massive body of the Infant Dragon pouncing directly over, pinning the [Iron Queen] to the ground once again.
The two large monsters rolled into a ball again, you give me a punch, I give you a bite, roaring repeatedly while tearing at each other.
Seizing this opportunity.
A small golden monkey hair drifted in the wind.
A moment later, as a bright light flashed, Isagi's figure appeared from within it again.
Feels like I got input-read again, fam.
But it doesn't matter; anyway, there are still two resurrection chances.
Isagi continued to signal Tiona and Alicia to carry out the "balancing act" together, until the two large monsters fought until their "Dao had been obliterated."
The originally tattered Infant Dragon was left with only a skeleton like a candle in the wind, with some flesh and skin wrapped around it like rags.
The huge dragon head was also twisted and deformed; even its mouth was beaten askew, and one of its eyes was blinded. While constantly emitting quite strange sounds, thick dragon blood seeped continuously from its large mouth.
On the other side.
The [Iron Queen] wasn't much better off.
The female monster parasitic on her body had been torn apart and killed. Those nauseating tentacles and vines now covered her surface like rotting weeds.
That heavy pitch-black armor was also shattered and twisted, revealing the pale, withered body of the Orc underneath, looking as if it had lost all vitality.
Mn...
Both only have a sliver of health left; just right.
So at this very final moment, what greeted the two guys was naturally the "Volley of Ten Thousand Arrows" that Lefiya had been charging up for a long, long time!
The Elf girl standing in a pitch-black "No Light" zone.
Dozens of crimson arrows surrounding her body passed directly through the layers of ruined buildings, heading toward the two giant "Matchstick Men" in the distance.
At the same time.
Lefiya, whose vision was filled with darkness, noticed that besides herself, Isagi, Tiona, and the other companions...
At the corner deep in the distant alley, it seemed, another guy was hiding...
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