581 [Fated Encounters: Nyzzet's Labyrinth Conquest] 43/?: War Against Divine Beasts!
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The moment the last High Viper was transported to Kireina's Empire and taken care of by the people there, Kireina sensed the strong presence of two beings inside the dungeon, differently than the one Begudhur had or even its Split Souls…
"Gods? Two gods just appeared out of nowhere?!" she thought, glancing directly to the direction where these gods should be, even after using all her eye-related skills, her vision was not strong enough to see through dozens of kilometers, or across the walls of the Dungeon.
Kireina quickly began to think about what to do, deciding to confront these gods as quickly as possible, as they were most likely planning to do something in the Dungeon or with Begudhur…
Deciding to travel there at a fast speed while also being well protected, Kireina expanded her flesh over a hundred times her original size, and then covered herself in thick coverture of metallic dark scales, resembling a monstrous dragon.
She opened her Inner Realm and let her family alongside Goghesdum and Odanth enter it so she could travel with them at a greater speed.
In a flash of dark thunder, Kireina flew towards Yvnei's city, where she had sensed the two gods moving before their essences suddenly disappeared as if they did not exist anymore.
"They disappeared?! But… they left some things before leaving… and Begudhur's Split Souls… they all disappeared as well… did these Gods were after this? Are they after Begudhur for some kind of thing? Wait, those monsters…"
Kireina glanced down below to the ground, where she saw dozens of enormous and far stronger beasts than the ones Begudhur created, they were also different, as they were rotting undead covered in god-like Auras of greater quality than the simple Split Souls of Begudhur.
"Divine Beasts!" said Kireina, quickly figuring out that the gods that disappeared had left these little 'gifts' for her after having stolen Begudhur's Split Soul Clones.
And to her front, by using her augmented sight, she finally managed to see the High Siren Nation (city) alongside a large magic barrier covering it as if it were a transparent green dome, atop such barrier there was a one hundred meters tall, a feathered snake with a golden beak and a worried and concerned expression on its golden eyes.
"Could that be Yvnei? Well, time to hurry up there before she ends up dying, there is no chance for her to fight against Divine Beasts…" said Kireina, who had fought against Vampires holding Divine Beast Flesh Fragments before and had understood how strong they were even as simple mortals… not fighting the real deals might be an even more overwhelming work for an unexperienced Elder Dragon such as Yvnei.
Because Kireina had assimilated the memories and knowledge of the gods she had eaten, such as Megusan, Geggoron, and Apollo, she knew a lot of information about Divine Beasts and was able to easily discern these monsters as one of them.
Enhancing herself with the powers of her various Skills, Divine Aura and Soul, she was projected through the sky of the dungeon like a bullet.
FLASH!
A black thunder appeared before Yvnei's golden eyes as she was caught right before deciding what to do, her clumsy nature only made her freak out more before Kireina's intimidating and enormous appearance, she resembled a gigantic dark cloud made out of black steel in the shape of a dragon, blocking most of the light produced by the sun.
Kireina glanced at the Divine Beast, and could not help but find them tasty, despite being Undead that had their bodies rotten and covered in a foul-smelling poisonous gas. She had eaten a being such as Megusan, who was a Demigod of Long and Venomous Critters, so such things did not discourage her.
"Divine Beasts… Who are these Gods and why did they leave me such a wonderful gift~?" it said with the voice of a mischievous woman.
"W-What is happening now…?" muttered Yvnei in awe.
Kireina directed her gaze towards Yvnei, making the young Elder Dragon freeze completely.
"Hmm… Yvnei, is it? Right, here you have your mother and your sister, let the two explain to you what is currently happening" said Kireina, as her torso suddenly opened wide open as if it were a grotesque and aberrant flesh jaw, from within the darkness projected in the opened jaws, two humanoid figures descended towards Yvnei, both of them wearing maid outfits…
"Huh? G-Goghesdum! And Odanth! Eeeh? What with those clothes?! And it is so weird to see Goghesdum-sama in her humanoid form!" said Yvnei in surprise, while being instantly charmed by the adorable appearances of her 'mommy' and her 'big sister'.
"Ah, dear Yvnei… Well, to be honest, a lot of things happened… the big dragon over there is a Goddess, and her name is Kireina-sama. She rescued us from beasts less frightening than these, but enough for our cities to have been wiped out without her help… We are now in a race against time, so please, don't ask many questions until everything is resolved" said Goghesdum with a serious expression on her flawless and beautiful face.
"There is a Demon God sealed in the depths of the dungeon, which is most likely the cause of all of this sudden mayhem… For now, Yvnei, stay with us!" said Odanth, dropping a large, red-colored slime over the top of Yvnei's giant head.
"Hello! I am a Slime, but a good Slime! …And Kireina, by the way" said the large, red-colored slime, one of Kireina's Slime Clones.
"Ueh?! The Goddess can divide herself? Is the goddess a slime?" asked Yvnei.
"More or so… stay with Goghesdum and Odanth so you can be kept safe, and watch as I and my family clean this mess in, he sidelines, there might be little critters that escape, so take care of them," said the Red Slime.
"O-Okay…" muttered Yvnei in confusion, as Goghesdum and Odanth were engulfed both in thunder and thunder flames, changing into their Elder Dragon forms and becoming one-hundred-meter-tall behemoths, flying at Yvnei side.
Meanwhile, Kireina began to unleash her strategy to fight against the Divine Beasts, while talking with her family at the same time.
"Divine Beasts are too strong to be fought simply in person… the split souls of a god inside a mortal host might be not as hard, but fighting these Divine Beast, with each one being as strong as Living Deity on its pinnacle is too much to handle for my family... Even my children might have a very hard time… without me, of course," Kireina thought.
Kireina began to activate dozens of Skills and spells all over her body while telling her family to get ready.
"By doing similar to when I fought Megusan, it should be possible to let everyone fight separately while still wearing me as their giant armors," Kireina thought.
Her gigantic body covered in dark scales began to bulge into many tumors, which separated themselves from her enormous body as it lost its size and mass.
"GROWL!"
The Divine Beast Zombie Dragons and Lizards, which were as enormous as the Elder Dragons, glanced at Kireina's gigantic body floating in the sky, her body began to fire projectiles made out of fleshy tumors covered in the dark, metallic-like scales of her body.
Flash! Flash! Flash!
The Zombie Divine Beasts aimed at the fleshy tumors as they charged their natural Skills and powers, firing poisonous and rotting breath, venomous spikes, slashes with their claws, and Phantasmal Magic.
"Here we go!" laughed Lilith, as she infused her power inside of the flesh sphere where she was alongside Charlotte and Altani.
"If it is as Kireina-sama said, we should be able to use our powers in these as well, right?" asked Charlotte.
"As long as you touch these crystals, it should be possible," said Altani.
Flash!
One of the giants, almost two hundred meters tall spheres of flesh descending to the ground where Lilith, Charlotte, and Altani were suddenly shined brightly in a golden light, its entire mass extended and shaped itself, resembling a giant Dragonoid made out of red flesh and covered in dark armor, two weapons appeared on its hands, a giant Battle Axe, and a giant Mace… which were also made with Kireina's bones, horns, scales, skin, and flesh.
Boom!
The giant and aberrant being fell upon a Venomous Zombie Dragon Divine Beast, which had just missed its poisonous and rotting breath.
"RAAAA! Gaia's Axe Catastrophe!" roared Lilith.
"Slicing Winds of the Celestial Starlight!" said Altani.
"Photon Cannons!" said Charlotte.
The three felt as if their consciousness had merged into one while being inside of Kireina's Flesh Clones, slightly converging their souls and Auras into one and then expanding it all across the giant fleshy behemoth.
The giant then began to use the Axe and the Maces to unleash devastating attacks over the Venomous Zombie Dragon, which seemed to be capable of penetrating its hard and deadly scales covered in poison.
Clash! Clash! Clash!
"GRROOOWL!"
The Zombie Dragon roared in anger and not in pain, as it was incapable of feeling pain due to being undead with its senses dulled out. Large chunks of its flesh began to fall one after another off its entire chest, long neck, and stomach.
The Venomous Zombie Dragon glanced with anger at the giant confronting it, roaring, and beginning to bite its exoskeleton, only to be shocked by its durability!
"GGRRAA!"
The Venomous Zombie Dragon felt its teeth quickly breaking apart, its wounds did not heal properly even with its powerful self-regeneration either.
Suddenly, another of the girl's attacks was unleashed, this one was Altani's.
Flash! Flash!
Celestial golden winds began to converge around the fleshy giant arms, releasing slicing tornadoes over the Venomous Zombie Dragon's wounds and worsening them… there was a rather large amount of damage being dealt with it due to God Devour being applied to the girls' attack alongside Kireina's own power.
The Divine Beast roared, feeling cornered, and trying to escape to regroup with the rest of the Divine Beasts, only to discover that its entire body was being wrapped around by long tentacles and tongues releasing poisonous and deadly slime.
Fear approached the Divine Beast since its creation inside Zudig's Divine Realm…
And then… from the stomach of the enormous fleshy behemoth covered in dark armor, a large jaw appeared, resembling a furious dragon, it opened wide open, revealing a strange, cannon-like structure made out of white bone and covered in blood vessels and pulsating flesh.
This was Charlotte's attack, Photon Cannon! By infusing her own powers into Kireina's clone, the clone was even capable of using such abilities that could only happen if Charlotte were to wear her organic mechanical armor.
"Growl!"
The Venomous Zombie Dragon struggled on its last moments, releasing furious attacks towards the giant behemoth, only to slash off a few pieces of flesh which detonated immediately over the fiend, dealing even more damage to it.
The cannon finally charged completely, coupled with a loud explosion, a large cannon of Light and Holy Attribute clashed against the giant Venomous Zombie Dragon, a Divine Beast whose mortals should not be capable of defeating.
The cannon of pressurized magic burned alive the Undead Divine Beast, who was incredibly weak to Light and Holy Attributes, the creature shrieked in anger, despair, and pain. Even if it did not felt pain, when it was hit with such a strong attack, its soul would be affected and tremble, feeling soul pain and not physical pain.
"GRAAAA!"
The Venomous Zombie Dragon, however, showed the last movement as it filled itself with a powerful buff, its burning body expanded itself like tentacles as its jaw expanded over ten times bigger, resembling a hellish creature from hell.
"GROWL!"
Attempting to devour its attacker, the Venomous Zombie Dragon tried to gulp Kireina's Clone alongside Lilith, Charlotte, and Altani inside with it!
"How resilient! Kireina-sama was right, these beasts cannot be fought while being too carefree" said Charlotte.
"I'm gonna eat it first!" laughed Lilith.
"Let me slice it for easier consumption," said Altani.
By Altani's will, the Giant Behemoth that was Kireina's Clone created a new arm alongside a long spear made out of hard bone, horns, and metallic scales, which she used to unleash her Spear Techniques against the Venomous Zombie Dragon.
"Celestial Spear of Starring Nights! Consecutive Windstorm Spear Onslaught!"
The third arm and lance shrouded itself in green and golden winds as its speed increased, flying towards the Zombie Dragon's large head, stabbing the middle of its dozens of times within the span of a few seconds.
Clash! Clash! Clash!
"Grooooowl…!"
The Zombie Dragon's head began to split apart, as pieces of brain flew around grotesquely.
"Now! Together!" said Lilith.
"Alright," said Charlotte.
"Let's use the lance too" added Altani.
The three girl's aura converged together inside Kireina's clone, like the axe, the mace, and the spear merged into a single spear of flesh filled with spikes all over, which began to drill over the Divine Beast terrifying transformation, breaking the fiend's entire body once and for all.
"Graaaaaaawwl…!"
Boom!
The formerly Divine Beast fell into pieces, it seemed to have finally died after its entire body was torn apart, not even splitting its head and brain had worked too much… Divine Beast was not to be fought without a plan… or Kireina.
Then Kireina's Clone gathered the Divine Beast's flesh into her Item Box, like Lilith, Charlotte and Altani continue fighting against the Divine Beasts rampaging the battlefield.
Each of the spheres of flesh covered in dark scales began to transform into giant humanoid figures, each one having a part of Kireina's family commanding them from its inside.
Meanwhile, Kireina glanced from above, seeking the presence of the gods…
"They're gone… Well, let us finish this first before anything else…" she thought, as she began to shape her body into an aberrant and formless mass of fleshy tentacles covered in dark scales, a catastrophe descended upon the group of Divine Beasts.
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