Chapter 1120: Beast Calamity
Bagster was entangled with the curse left by the King of Mors.
Its name was "Black Hound," which would cause the afflicted to develop an insatiable hunger akin to that of a black hound. Driven by intense hunger, the afflicted would experience a drastic increase in appetite.
No, at that level, it could no longer be called appetite—it was a devouring desire.
When it affected Bagster, it made her particularly unable to resist the urge to devour those she loved.
Every time she fell in love, after a period of time, she would be controlled by her own hunger, unknowingly biting through the other's throat and consuming their corpse!
So far, dozens of romances had all ended with her tearfully devouring her partner's remains.
Each time she gained a new love, each time it ended in endless regret.
Countless times she wavered between hope and despair—only she could understand that feeling.
To suppress the curse on her, Morgan bestowed her with a given name.
A given name was a restraint, one that suppressed Bagster's true form. Once the given name vanished, Bagster would quickly be ensnared by the Black Hound curse.
Just like Melusine, under the endless erosion of the curse, her body would undergo drastic changes, completely losing her sense of self!
Becoming a calamity!
On the ground.
With every breath the giant beast took, it exhaled crimson flames.
With every step it took, the flames falling from its feet quickly scorched the earth.
It moved on all fours, its body as robust as a lion's, over fifty meters in length, with eyes redder than human heads.
Thick black smoke continuously emanated from the giant beast, shrouding the sky above it. Crimson lightning brewed within the smoke clouds, and every time a bolt of crimson lightning descended, the beast would open its massive maw and swallow it.
It was a true monster.
A monster that devoured lightning!
"Can you still recognize me, Bagster?"
A black shadow descended from the sky, crashing onto the ground not far in front of it.
After the dust settled, standing on the spiderweb-cracked ground was Eiji.
He looked up, staring directly at the colossal beast.
Not a trace of fear could be seen in his eyes; instead, his expression was one of anticipation.
"Roarrrrrrrrrrrr—!!"
But the giant beast remained unmoved.
It let out a furious roar that could shatter one's heart and soul, raised its front hoof, and a terrifying vortex of flames descended upon Eiji!
As if frozen in fear, Eiji made no move and was instantly engulfed by the flames.
"Mr. Eiji!"
Mash, who had just landed, couldn't help but cry out in alarm.
It wasn't without reason—the temperature of those flames was terrifyingly high!
"Don't worry, Lady Mash. Sir Eiji is not one to die from such an attack!"
Tristan landed behind her, wincing at the scorching heat in the air while comforting Mash.
On the battlefield.
The flames dissipated.
What appeared before the two was a thick layer of ice.
Even after being directly hit by such a vortex of flames, it remained unmelted, stubborn as eternal, unyielding ice.
The sweltering air suddenly turned cool.
In fact, it had cooled down a bit too much.
The atmospheric temperature plummeted from several hundred degrees to over a hundred degrees below zero!
Enduring this torment of alternating ice and fire, even Mash, with her astonishing immunity, couldn't help but sneeze several times in a row.
Yet beneath that icy chill,
Eiji lowered his eyes in disappointment.
"Have you become like this too?"
Melusine had become the Calamity of Fire.
Barghest had become the Calamity of Beasts.
Who would be next?
The missing Baobhan Sith?
"Is that really Miss Barghest?"
Mash raised her shield, using magical defense to resist the sudden temperature shift, her gaze filled with sorrow as she looked at the enormous demonic hound.
From the raging flames, she could detect a familiar scent.
It was the very same fire Barghest unleashed when revealing her true form!
What kind of despair must she have experienced to be consumed by such a curse?
By now, no one knew the answer.
The only thing certain was that Barghest herself had destroyed Manchester, slaughtering every last fairy in her territory with her own hands!
"We have to save Miss Barghest...!"
"Impossible. Once transformed into a Calamity, one's sanity cannot be recovered."
Eiji cut off Mash's naive remark.
With a single sentence, he dashed her hopes to the ground.
Just like with Melusine,
the curse could only be lifted through death.
"How could this be...?"
Mash gritted her teeth, her face a mix of frustration and helplessness.
"Rooooooaaaarrrrrrrr—!!"
The demonic hound let out a furious roar.
It raised its hooves and slammed them down with tremendous force!
The earth shook violently!
Simultaneously, ferocious flames and crimson lightning surged forth like an endless tidal wave, crashing toward the trio!
Mash immediately stepped forward, bracing her shield with all her might.
Flames and lightning, reaching temperatures of tens of thousands of degrees, swarmed toward her. The overwhelming force caused her knees to buckle, nearly forcing her to the ground.
"Grrraaaahhh!!"
With a fierce battle cry, Mash unleashed the full power of the Fairy Knight.
Though her feet were relentlessly pushed back, she strained with all her might to hold her ground, refusing to let her knees touch the earth!
"Such immense power—it's no less formidable than the Great Calamity of Norwich!"
Mash inwardly marveled in shock.
The black hound formed by Barghest's demonization was, without a doubt, a genuine Great Calamity!
"Come forth, Ninth Vassal, Alnasl Minium (Twin-Horned Deep Crimson)!"
While Mash blocked the attack,
a twin-horned horse, shimmering with crimson heat haze, materialized in mid-air and unleashed a powerful crimson vibration wave!
"Roar!"
Despite its massive size, the demonic hound was sent flying by the hyper-frequency vibration wave.
But immediately after, the twin-horned horse's form flickered for an instant.
The power of the crimson vibration wave weakened, as if severely diminished!
It wasn't just the twin-horned horse.
Mash and Tristan also changed expressions.
"Mana absorption! It's Miss Barghest's mana absorption!"
This was the devouring power of the demonic hound!
Not only flesh, blood, and lightning—even the opponent's mana could be effortlessly inhaled like air into its lungs!
Weakening the enemy's strength while simultaneously enhancing its own endurance!
Such an ability was astonishingly effective against vassals, which were pure constructs of mana!
"How intriguing!"
Witnessing this, Eiji revealed a perfectly straight, indifferent smile.
"Then let's see how far you can absorb!"
"Come forth swiftly, Cor Tauri Succinum! Regulus Aurum!The immensely powerful Bull God and the irritable golden lion shot out from within Eiji simultaneously!
A lava-wreathed axe, shrieking golden thunderbolts, and crimson hyper-frequency vibration waves converged into a single point, resembling an unending divine punishment, crashing mercilessly toward the demonic hound!