Endurance represents defense and vitality. Although Eiji wasn't particularly strong in this area, he had still reached over 600 points, which was about the same level as most adventurers when they levelled up.
Combined with the armour Tiona had spent hundreds of thousands of Valis to buy for him, the burden of his Absolute Godspeed ability on his body was minimized.
He probably had quite a few flesh wounds, but there were no life-threatening injuries, and he hadn't lost consciousness.
The only serious injuries were the fractures in his right foot and both wrists, which had occurred due to the force he had exerted.
However, the new sword he had bought for tens of thousands of Valis this morning had completely shattered during that last strike. Only its remains were left on the ground.
There was no time to mourn the loss of his new weapon. As Goliath let out a roar of pain, Eiji's bones were serious injuries. Even with the effects of high-grade recovery potions, it would take several doses to heal one fracture.
Eiji didn't hesitate. He poured all three high-grade recovery potions onto his right wrist.
His eyes burned with fighting spirit.
He was only one strike away from defeating Goliath. He couldn't give up now!
Just one more strike!
The mental recovery potion he had swallowed ten seconds ago was also taking effect, rapidly restoring most of the mana he had consumed.
"Roar—!!!"
Goliath sat up from the ground.
It looked at Eiji, who was trying to stand up at the entrance of the chamber, and its eyes seemed to burn with rage.
Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!
The giant raised both fists high and began punching the wall in front of it, causing tremors that shook nearly half of the 17th floor.
After a series of seemingly futile punches, countless rocks of various sizes fell from the wall.
"Could it be...?"
Eiji's expression tightened.
Boom!
Goliath picked up a rock the size of a human head and hurled it toward Eiji with tremendous force.
"Are you serious?!"
Eiji quickly hopped away on his uninjured left foot, narrowly dodging the rock.
This was bad.
With only one usable foot, it would be difficult to use Sword Step continuously. If Goliath kept throwing rocks with both hands, Eiji wouldn't be able to dodge them all.
Should he retreat from the chamber?
Use the elixir to heal his fractures first, then come back in for the final strike?
Given Goliath's massive size, it couldn't leave the chamber. It was confined to moving within the 200-meter range of the chamber.
But Goliath's body was incredibly tough. To deliver a fatal blow, Eiji would need to use Absolute Godspeed at full power. Even if he shot a blade into its eye, it wouldn't reach its brain. The elixir was what he had planned to use afterwards.
"—Arrow of liberation, bow of sacred wood, I am the master archer! Snipe! Fairy Archer!"
Orange-golden mana surged at this moment.
The rhythmic chanting came from the other side of the chamber.
Goliath's rock-throwing abruptly stopped. It instinctively sensed danger and immediately abandoned Eiji, who was as tenacious as a cockroach, and turned to face the two girls.
Lefiya stood inside the passage, surrounded by an orange-golden magic circle composed of countless geometric patterns and magical runes. Vast amounts of mana erupted from her body, transforming into fiery light.
Arcs Ray—a short-chant spell focused on speed, capable of handling fast-paced battles. And with more mana poured into it, it could still pose a threat to Goliath!
"Roar!"
Sensing the danger from the chant, Goliath immediately picked up a rock and hurled it toward Lefiya.
"—Pierce through, arrow of certainty!"
Lefiya didn't hesitate. She turned and pressed herself against the wall of the passage, using the parallel chanting technique she had practiced under Eiji's supervision for over ten days. The rock missed her completely.
At the same time, the spell's chant reached its conclusion.
With Lefiya's sharp cry.
A fiery red lotus arrow, wrapped in scorching flames, descended like a cannon blast. The thick pillar of fire struck the rock-like giant directly on the head, instantly burning away its black hair and scorching its scalp, causing it to let out a piercing scream.
Such firepower!
Seeing even Goliath completely suppressed, Eiji couldn't help but inwardly praise her.
"Now's the time!"
From the other side of the flames came Lefiya's shout.
Was she telling him to go now?
No, judging by Lefiya's tone, she was likely telling him to retreat now and find another way to break through.
That incredibly fast movement technique—though Lefiya didn't know how he did it—if he could heal his injuries first, breaking through Goliath's blockade shouldn't be too difficult.
That had been Eiji's original plan.
However, seeing Goliath expose its defenseless back to attack Lefiya, his thoughts quietly changed.
Hum—!
As specks of mana appeared in the air, a katana shimmering with rippling silver light materialized in his right hand.
Monsters had a weakness called the "magic stone."
It was something the dungeon gave them as an energy source when they were born. Typically, the magic stone was embedded near the monster's chest, close to its heart.
"Let me speak from the heart!"
Eiji pushed off the ground with his left foot.
In that instant, he poured all the mana he had recovered into the blade.
In that moment, his Device: Bling Blade achieved a speed far surpassing the speed of sound.
"—Lightning Flash!"
Like a streak of aurora piercing through space and time.
Fearless, charging forward!
The moment the flame arrow ended its barrage, a black shadow shot forward at an incomprehensible speed, breaking through multiple sound barriers. In a series of sonic booms, it instantly pierced through the obstacle.
Boom!!
Only after the strike landed did the explosive sound reverberate throughout the chamber. The violent shockwave, like a tidal wave, swept over Lefiya and Line over a hundred meters away, nearly knocking them off the slope.
In the chamber.
Goliath's body froze in place, its heart pierced through from the back.
Then, with a thunderous sound, Goliath's body shattered into thick black smoke and slowly dissipated.
Thud!
A magic stone larger than a human head appeared in mid-air, but before it could fall, it shattered into countless fragments.
At the same time, Eiji's body fell from the air and landed on the ground with a thud.
"...Eiji?!"
After a moment of stunned silence, Lefiya let out a heart-wrenching cry.
"...Why are you crying... hurry up and come heal me..."
From where he had fallen, Eiji's weak voice scolded her.
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