Chapter 886: Team Battle! Team Battle!
"Isn't that Excalibur?!"
Aqua widened her eyes and exclaimed in surprise.
"How many divine artifacts do you even have?"
"Excalibur? Doesn't really look like it!"
Kazuma stared at the knightly sword in Eiji's hand, examining it from all angles but finding it inconsistent with his impression.
Does the saber look like this? Even the old saber's sword doesn't look like this, right?
"Idiot, this isn't the fake stuff from those animations you watch. Those things don't exist in reality, but Excalibur is a real divine artifact. I never expected it to end up in his hands... If we could trick him into giving it to us, imagine how much money we could sell it for?"
Aqua muttered under her breath.
Doesn't exist in reality?
Kazuma's expression turned strange.
It seems even gods aren't that impressive after all—they don't even know the world of anime is real?
Have you seen the boss's black holy sword?
If it were drawn, wouldn't it scare the gods shitless?
"Anyway, everyone, charge! With this kind of evil heretic, there's no need to talk about martial ethics!"
"Ooh!"
"Executive killer, I'm going to become an executive killer!"
"S-s-slime... hehe!"
With Aqua rallying them, Megumin and Darkness all cheered enthusiastically.
"I'm joining too!"
Kazuma excitedly pulled out the magic sword he'd acquired from the Demon King Castle's Treasure Vault, ready to charge forward in one swift step.
Kill the executives! Kill the executives!
Monsters disloyal to the boss are free to slaughter, and with so many powerful companions around, when would he ever get such a glorious opportunity again!
"Be careful not to get touched by his slime—you'll be poisoned to death instantly!"
"And absolutely don't let him grab you—the slime is highly corrosive. You'll be dissolved into a skeleton in the blink of an eye!"
"I'll support you from a distance!"
Kazuma put away his magic sword, fled behind a distant rock, then took out his magic bow and aimed, shouting righteously.
Aqua and Megumin both shot him contemptuous looks.
"Poison? Corrosion?"
Darkness's eyes suddenly lit up.
"I'll take the front line! You all attack while you have the chance!"
Darkness shouted with a flushed face, charging fearlessly to the forefront.
"Lady Darkness truly is a real knight, isn't she!"
Yunyun was deeply moved. Facing such a dangerous enemy, she dared to tank head-on—such noble sentiment was truly admirable!
"Light of Saber!"
"Haha..."
Megumin laughed awkwardly.
Better not reveal the truth here—otherwise, she'd be the one embarrassed.
"Sacred Lightning—Holy shit!"
Eiji was just about to unleash his holy sword skill when he abruptly saw Darkness charging forward and hastily stopped the skill.
"Darkness, are you insane? Get out of the way so I can use my skill!"
"Don't mind me! Defeat the monster, even if it means taking me down with it!"
Darkness roared as she swung her sword at Hans.
Hans, already struggling under the pressure of Yunyun's Light of Saber, was startled by Darkness's sudden ferocity and instinctively dodged to the side.
But Darkness's sword didn't fall toward him at all—instead, it struck the space beside him. In a moment of carelessness, Hans seemed to throw himself onto the blade, and his arm was severed with a single slash!
Hans was utterly stunned.
What just happened? Was I predicted?
"What? I—I actually hit! I hit my opponent!"
Darkness was moved to tears, cheering loudly.
"So it was just a blind cat stumbling upon a dead mouse!"
Hans's face darkened, feeling utterly humiliated. He couldn't suppress the fury rising in his heart.
His arm suddenly swelled, transforming into a massive slime limb, and with one punch, he sent Darkness flying!
"Miss Darkness!"
Yunyun watched anxiously as Darkness crashed to the ground, her body now covered in a deep bluish-purple hue.
That was clearly a sign of poisoning!
"Wh-what do we do?"
Yunyun was on the verge of tears.
"Hahaha, it's useless! My poison has no antidote. In just a few seconds, that woman will be done for!"
Hans let out a triumphant, arrogant laugh.
"I—I'm fine... I maxed out my poison resistance too."
However, the next moment, he stared dumbfounded as Darkness stood up from the ground.
"In fact, I'd say this feels pretty great, mmm~!"
Though her body was covered in bluish-purple, her face was flushed with an alluring redness. She even gave a thumbs-up, personally certifying that the torment of the poison was top-tier!
"Pretty great...?"
Yunyun's brain short-circuited for a moment.
What's pretty great?
It can't be that the poison is great, right? She must mean it's great to take the hit for her comrades! Miss Darkness is truly an admirable person!
Yunyun chose to ignore Darkness's flushed face.
"Why is she unharmed?"
Hans was also baffled.
She took his punch head-on and was poisoned—so why was she acting as if nothing happened?
"Take this—Divine Light Fist—"
"Sacred Lightning Blare!"
Eiji seized the opportunity while Darkness was sent flying and unleashed a holy skill.
A golden lightning bolt descended from the sky, transforming into dozens of sharp lightning spears that rained down one after another, completely enveloping the ground around Hans!
"Waaahhh—!!"
"Eeeek—!!"
As Hans screamed in agony, Aqua was also running around in a panic.
"What are you doing?! What are you doing?! Are you trying to kill me? You must be trying to kill me to avoid paying for breaking my dragon egg!"
"You lunatic! Why did you run right where I was casting my skill?!"
A vein bulged on Eiji's forehead.
"And that was clearly a chicken egg, and you broke it yourself! Don't pin it on me!"
Whether it's Darkness or Aqua, do any of you have even a shred of teamwork awareness?!
None of you are helping, and on top of that, you're actively hindering my attacks!
What the hell is wrong with you?!
"Damn you—!!"
A furious roar echoed from nearby.
Hans emerged from the dust, his body in tatters, with large portions blown to bits. Yet, his blood-red eyes glared with a predatory intensity.
"I'll take all of you down with me!"
Surrounded by so many obstacles—a Divine Artifact wielder, a goddess, a Great Mage of the Crimson Demon Clan, and a Crusader who was inexplicably tough as nails—escape was impossible. In that case, he might as well go all out!
Boom-thud!
At that thought, Hans' entire body exploded.
Instead of blood or internal organs splattering out, a massive amount of thick, emerald-green liquid gushed forth, gathering together to form a giant sphere!
Rocks, vegetation... everything beneath it vanished into the slime's body as the colossal slime rolled over the ground.
It seemed to accept everything without discrimination, devouring all in its path.
Simultaneously, its body rapidly expanded, soon growing as large as a villa.
"Foolish!"
Eiji materialized a second spiritual weapon, transforming it into a demonic sword.
With a single swing, an endless frigid current surged from the blade, turning into layers of white frost that covered the giant slime. In the blink of an eye, it was completely frozen!