Chapter 218: Final Boss is BB???
["What a pity for Gawain, died too early."]
["Anyway, there's Meltryllis and Lip, two Advanced AI, Gawain losing is understandable…"]
["One's an M, one's an S, tsk tsk tsk… really makes people jealous."]
["Ah… I also want to be 'squeezed tight' by Lip."]
["Bro above, what do you want to be 'squeezed tight' with?"]
["Of course it's... hehehe..."]
["Oh oh! Finally time to face off directly with BB."]
["That type of kouhai who likes to tease her senpai, has a very special feeling... Always makes people feel like teaching her a proper lesson."]
["Host, punish BB by spanking her ass!"]
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Upon hearing BB say that there was actually no such thing as a "Holy Grail" or any "knowledge" here at all.
Tohsaka Rin angrily shouted at BB in front of her.
"Hey! You went through all the trouble of tricking us here, just for some bullshit jokes like that?"
She raised her hand in front of BB, making a demanding gesture.
"I don't want to hear your nonsense. Consider it the price of coming all the way here—just hand over the authority to use MoonCell."
"To dare demand a fee from me—an Advanced AI, what kind of barbaric behavior from what era is this~~"
Suddenly, BB switched to a teary-eyed expression, turned to Ethan and shouted:
"Senpai, help me! This is blatant school violence, school violence~~~!"
"Huh!? Don't talk like you're the heroine of some tragic movie!!!"
Tohsaka Rin was clearly enraged by BB's performance.
"Lancer! Show her what real school violence is!"
"Roger!!!"
Elizabeth didn't say much, immediately began attacking.
"That thing called bullying, is just a form of torture. Let me destroy even your spirit."
Her spear stabbed into the ground, Elizabeth braced herself and launched the attack in an instant.
"Drop the curtains. I'll give you my most valued number!"
"Kilenc Sárkány!!"
"LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA——————————!!!"
Along with Elizabeth's scream, Ethan clearly felt something unusual.
Wind.
In this closed Digital Ocean, a violent windstorm appeared?
Unlike previous times she had sung, this time the sound waves Elizabeth screamed out even carried the power of lightning!
"Senpai!!!"
Mash immediately used her shield to protect Ethan and Tohsaka Rin.
Ethan struggled to endure the storm, watching the powerful sound wave that had turned into a tornado charging straight at BB!!!
"Seriously… I finally thought up an opening line, and you all interrupted before I even finished it!"
BB placed her hands on her hips, showing clear irritation.
"Are you guys the type that just skips the dialogue when you meet the final boss? That Skip function is for New Game Plus, you know!"
Out of nowhere, she pulled out a black whip.
"Listen to the boss's words with full anticipation! You really are a bunch of terrible Gamers!!"
At the same time BB swung the whip, a pink streak of light slashed through the air.
The pink light, like mist, spread continuously in the sky.
Then it gradually expanded around BB.
As the violent sound wave carrying the power of lightning approached the space in front of BB, it was as if it hit some invisible wall—
Blocked directly by the faint pink mist?!
"Lancer! Increase output even more! We have to show this bitch our power!!!"
Tohsaka Rin covered her ears, shouting loudly toward Elizabeth.
Following Tohsaka Rin's command, Elizabeth increased the amount of magical energy she poured in!
The lightning tornado instantly expanded several times over, carrying a destructive momentum, preparing to swallow BB whole.
"Honestly... Even if 1 becomes 2, what can't win still can't win. Against absolute value, all of the player's tricks are meaningless."
BB didn't seem afraid at all of the giant lightning storm in front of her.
She swung the whip forward once more, and the pink mist suddenly transformed into long ribbons, as if trying to bind something tangible.
Those pink ribbons actually automatically wrapped around the lightning tornado, then tied it tightly?!
In everyone's astonished eyes, the bound lightning tornado gradually shrank, and finally—disappeared completely right before their eyes?!
"Fuwaaaaa————————!!"
At the same time, Elizabeth – who had been executing the attack – was blown backward by some kind of recoil, crashing down to the ground.
The pink ribbons that had calmed the storm also slowly unraveled, then flew back into BB's hands.
"Now can you people seriously listen to what I have to say..."
BB was speaking smugly when—
A beam of blood-red magical energy suddenly shot straight toward her from the front!!!
The black cloak behind BB, as if alive, automatically blocked the stream of magical energy rushing in.
"That was dangerous!"
BB furrowed her brows in displeasure.
"I already said, let me finish talking first!"
Her gaze quickly locked onto Draco, who was extending her hand in this direction.
"Ah, you are… who again???"
She looked a bit surprised to see Draco, but from her tone, it seemed she couldn't remember who she was.
"Return my Holy Grail! You demonic fiend!!!"
Draco continued attacking without the slightest courtesy.
"Whoosh——————————!!!"
Another stream of red magical energy shot out from her dragonized hand!!!
"Ah, now I remember!"
BB, while digging through her memory, nimbly dodged the attack. As the light passed by her, she casually used her black cloak to wrap around that beam of red magic.
"You're the 'Beast' that used the Saint Graph Alterego, right. Seriously, Alterego was originally the Saint Graph I was most proud of, and you went and used it in such a chaotic way!!"
Then, her gaze shifted toward Meltryllis and Lip standing ahead.
"Now that I think of it, you two have joined that side as well?"
"BB, you exiled me to the Labyrinth, stripped me of the right to manage the Labyrinth, was it all just for your amusement?"
Meltryllis stared straight at BB, who stood before her as if nothing had happened.
"What if I said yes?"
BB showed an extremely pleased expression.
"Then I'll slice you up with my heels, that's all."
A single short sentence, yet the fury radiating from Meltryllis was overwhelming.
"How scary, so what about you, Lip?"
"Meltryllis…"
Lip stood behind Meltryllis, timidly looking toward BB.
"Uhm… I… want to ask… do we really have to fight?"
"Of course. Didn't you all come here for that very reason?"
BB smiled as she looked toward Ethan and Mash.
"Senpai from Chaldea, humanity's final Master—you came here to correct the history of this place, didn't you?"
"You already know you're in a distorted timeline, so then why…"
Ethan looked toward BB in the distance, voicing his doubt.
"Because that is the 'rule.' Being AI, we must follow the 'rule.' It's really just that simple."
BB's words were spoken with absolute certainty.
"Now that you're facing the final boss—me—you people from Chaldea only have one option left, right?"
Her eyes lit up with excitement.
"Only by defeating the final boss can you move toward the future—a passionate main storyline like that is super popular! But too bad…"
BB struck a cute pose.
"You're facing BB-chan—the little demon who hates humanity the most, the Queen of the Far Side of the Moon! The highest level illegal AI! So senpai, don't even dream about winning."
"To give senpai a small chance of winning, BB-chan will kindly point out a path."
As if she had it prepared in advance, she used the black whip in her hand to point behind her.
A giant pillar made from countless stacked cubes suddenly rose up from the ground, shaped like a large tree.
At the top of that pillar was a woman being imprisoned, her arms and legs deeply embedded inside.
Looking closely… that person was—Sesshouin Kiara?!
"That's… Sesshouin-sensei?!"
Mash also quickly recognized the woman being held captive.
Sesshouin Kiara furrowed her brows tightly, her limbs unable to move.
She seemed to be trapped in a nightmare, letting out groans full of pain.
"You… what kind of devilish trick are you pulling again?!"
Tohsaka Rin questioned with a stern voice.
"Huh? I already said, it's fan service. Fan service."
BB-chan tilted her head, speaking in a cute tone.
"Because the final boss is too overpowered, players often can't target her directly. So to beat the stage, you have to use a different approach. Like, rescue some mysterious character to get some secret finishing move or whatever."
BB also looked toward Sesshouin Kiara who was being imprisoned.
"As long as senpai can rescue this nothing-special English teacher and prove senpai's strength, maybe BB-chan will change her mind, who knows~~~"
She swung the black whip in her hand and lashed it straight toward Ethan's group!
"Boom, boom!!!"
A huge sound rang out from behind?!
Mash and Ethan immediately turned around alertly.
At some point, from behind—in the Digital Ocean—countless giants had appeared from the lower floor?!
They held massive weapons in their hands, relentlessly advancing this way!
Not only that, the land where they passed turned pitch black, and from within, terrifying black worm viruses (black worm) were continuously surging out!
In just a few short dozen seconds, the ground had been completely covered, and they were still relentlessly pressing forward!!!
"Umu, now this is what I call Hard Mode!"
Seeing the enemy forces begin to close in, BB finally nodded in satisfaction.
"Ah, so it ends up like this after all!"
Tohsaka Rin raised her hand to her forehead.
"Why did a teacher suddenly show up too? And that BB's power is basically cheat, plus there's a whole army of giants chasing us—everything's a mess!"
"Senpai! What should we do now?!"
Seeing the situation change, Mash immediately asked Ethan for instructions.
"First, deal with the giants, then find a way to rescue her."
It looked like that Sesshouin Kiara was currently being controlled by BB, which meant she was the Sesshouin of this world.
Even though Ethan still wasn't sure what BB was scheming, he could only feel his way forward step by step.
"I'll take care of this side, you all focus on dealing with BB."
Meltryllis stepped forward, directly facing the horde of giants.
"Meltryllis?!"
"BB was right. With your current strength, you can't defeat her while she's using cheat."
"Then what should we do?!"
Ethan immediately asked back.
"We have to weaken her authority."
Meltryllis quickly gave the answer.
"Although she currently holds administrative control over MoonCell, MoonCell won't grant her access rights unconditionally. The more rules she breaks, the more likely BB is to be detected by MoonCell."
She bent down, putting her body in a stance ready for high-speed movement.
"I'll keep destroying malicious programs until BB slips up. Until then, just try to stall her."
"Stall her?! How are we supposed to do that!!!"
Tohsaka Rin immediately objected to Meltryllis's plan.
"That girl isn't the type to be held back so easily! We have to wait for Sakura to come up with a strategy before we act!"
"No. If we do that, there won't be another chance to get here."
Meltryllis replied flatly.
"Whether we succeed or fail… depends on your next moves."
Saying so, Meltryllis shifted to a very serious expression, looking straight at Ethan.
"Remember this: BB's actions are restricted by rules. As long as we force her to keep violating them, she will definitely expose a weakness."
"Even if you say that..."
Ethan certainly understood that BB would have flaws, but he also knew this would not be an easy battle.
"Um… Senpai… I'll help fight them too…"
Lip spoke softly.
"Even though I really want… to fight alongside Senpai… but…"
She lowered her head, trying to hide her massive hands behind her back.
In truth, Lip had always known—these arms weren't something a normal girl should have.
"Lip, it's okay."
Afraid of triggering Lip's inferiority complex, Ethan tried to speak as gently as he could.
"You're a good child. You don't need to suppress yourself like that."
"I… I'm a good child?!"
Hearing that simple sentence from Ethan, Lip's face turned completely red.
"S-sorry… I-I'll go help right away!!!"
She flusteredly ran toward the giants and the black worm viruses, and the moment she entered the battlefield, she crushed one of the giants into a cube with her claws instantly.
"What did you do to make her act like that..."
Tohsaka Rin looked at Ethan with a deeply suspicious expression.
"Mah, how should I put it, honestly I didn't really do much…"
Ethan then turned his head to look at BB, who was floating in the air in the distance.
It was about time to teach this naughty kouhai a little lesson.