WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH SHAK SHAK SHAK

  The winds shed and the cold breeze blew. Shards of id fkes of snow were aflutter in the winds, a blizzard brewing in turbulence, flora of blue and white reag towards the ceiling. It was a heavy storm of frost, painting the se gcial blue.

  BOOOOMMM CRACKLE CRACKLE CRACKLE

  Amidst the horrifying storm of blue and white, the sound of thunder echoe nearby. Bolts of lightning danced along the ice, booms and crackles eg in the air as the two opposing forces cshed and collided with one another.

  The storm of snow rushed forth like a flood and the tornado of lightning rampaged as if there was no tomorrow. It was a se of the apocalypse, the end of the world, only a couple figures to be seen, blurs and fshes cshes time and time again.

  A silver haired elf brandished her daggers, silver streaks gleaming iorm of white. A fsh of gold and white followed, a booming dash of electricity crag with every jab. They cshed, the shockwaves ringing as they did.

  ??Pinpoint Tempest: Deathpierce!?? ［Grey］

  A cold voice echoed and the winds howled soon after. The winds started to bellow and sh out, gathering and coiling on the young man's arm. He shot his fist to the air, a deafening screech eg soon after.

  The punch ected without a hitch, a few more following as it echoed. Cracks then followed and a pained screech danced along with it. The Sn Arflus was hurled dozens of meters away, staggering before firmly pnting its foot to the ground.

  Yet everything was far from finished. As its core cracked once more, the young man once again pouowards it. He didn't give the former any ce to rest, throwing his punches without a single gap, striking from sharp and difficult angles.

  CRACKLE CRACKLE CRACKLE BOOOOOOMMMMMM

  The core burst forth and lightning shed out like rampaging whips. The ground eppered from the violent slew of bolts, craters f oer another. It has bee a maze of its own, the bolts of lightning serving as pilrs and walls.

  Yet despite all that, the young man tinued his stride, bolting stubbornly the enemy before him. He was wind, fire, lightning, and light, his whole body augmeo the highest degree, built for speed and power.

  However, the enemy was not stupid either. As soon as Grey came in ra quickly let out a storm of lightning bolts, running rampant all over the pce. His target wasn't the young man, but rather, the lightning veins below him.

  CRACK CRACK SHATTER CRACKLE BOOOOOMMMMM

  The lightning vein broke, and a rge explosion followed soon after. The whole room ainted white and gold, bolts of lightning running wild as they engulfed the whole pce without leaving a single spot behind.

  "Haah... You're needlessly smart for a monster." ［Grey］

  Unfortunately for it, it wasn't the first time Grey had to deal with suonsense. He and Yuna had already disarmed tless traps and such a trap was no different. Moreover, he had already seen it happen with his eyes. All he had to do was dodge.

  Now, he appeared in front of the enemy, distance closing to less than a foot and fists now ched ever so tightly. Mana coursed through his veins and augmented his fists, his gaus shining a dim ptinum color.

  ??Megaton Gatling!?? ［Grey］

  One punch was thrown and soon came the . From dozens to hundreds, and then to thousands, a flurry of fists peppered the enemy without a shred of mercy. It may be made of electricity, but magical attacks could still damage it.

  All the Sn Arflus could do was defend. While the attacks themselves don't really do mudividually, the same couldn't be said when it was fag hundreds of them in just a single sed. Its core tio crack with time.

  WHOONG WHOONG WHOONG WHOOOOONNNNGGGGGG BOOOOOOMMMMM

  The core exploded again and a lightning-filled pandemonium rang out in the Boss Room, swallowing every little thing nearby and disiing eveough and resilient floor of the pce, leaving not even ashes behind.

  Grey was able to get away just in time, but the same could also be said for the enemy as it increased the distaween them. It knew full well it was at a disadvantage when engaging in close bat, so it was best to run away.

  "Esg, huh... How typical, but... Have you fotten already...? I'm not your only oppo here, bastard." ［Grey］

  Su escape was futile. As soon as it backed away, rather than safety, the only thing that greeted it ain. Yuna's Winter Forest had once again encroached its viity and bound its path, frozen trees growing in the way,

  The trees became walls, the wines shed out like whips, the leaves fluttered like tiny bdes, the grass sharpened like spikes, and the flytraps became massive jaws. It was a forest of death and suffering, one one must avoid.

  ??Northern Wind: Boreas!?? ［Grey］

  Grey also didn't let up his attacks, attag from a range and hurling spells towards the enemy. With just a slick of his fingers, tless spears appeared in thin air and soon darted towards the enemy, numbering in the hundreds.

  Rather tharoying the Winter Forest, all it did was dodge Grey's attack. As soon as it tried to move and swing its six arms, the spears then peppered it. It ran and it ran, sending a parade of lightning bolts every on a while.

  "You fell for it, fool." ［Grey］

  But that was its biggest mistake....

  The trees weren't just sprouting at random, but rather, created a singur path which fuhe eo a pce they wao gh. It noticed the ploy quite a bit te, a ptinum glimmer gleaming in the air as cold daggers appeared out of the blue.

  ??Thousand Bleeding Streams!?? ［Yuna］

  The daggers danced and a thousand sshes were drawn in the air. It wasn't just the first attacks, but the ones Yuna had prepared with "Phantom Streams". She activated them simultaneously, letting the enemy have a taste or a bded hell.

  One... Two... Three.. Four... Five... Strikes ected again and again, soon reag the thousands and soon enough numbering iens of thousands. Eae was just a ticklish strike, but when shing out simultaneously, it packed quite a punch.

  Moreover, that wasn't the only thing to worry about. As Yuna fpped her wings, a thundering explosi out in the air ahers burst forth like a devastating flood. The pce ainted scarlet, fshes of light following soon after.

  BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM

  It couldn't move away, but the Sn Arflus could still defend itself. It let bolts of lightning cause a ruckus throughout the Boss Room, tering the feathers and the bdes, shockwaves eg like some sort of grand orchestra.

  Grey also tinued his torrent of spears, sooing bdes join in the fray. Yet the enemy remaianding, its six arms striking in all dires, and shattering all the nuisances ing its way. Its eyes burned with fmes e and wrath.

  At the same time, it also threw out lightning bolts and arcs, creating a field of its own. It destroyed Yuna's Winfer Forest ahe snow be blown away. The whole floor urified in a single go, a fierce flint shimmering soon after.

  "Yuna, brace yourself!" ［Grey］

  As soon as it was safe, the ehen turs body towards the young dy and struck her as much as it could. Thankfully, Grey's words rang in her ears before she could evehe punch, activating Phaseless as soon as she could.

  The punch simply passed through and the young dy remained unharmed. She then appeared out of thin air again, nding a heavy strike on the core before being taken away from a tight spot with Grey!s "Gate".

  "That was a close one. Are you alright, Midy?" ［Grey］

  "Un! I'm more than fihank you for saving me." ［Yuna］

  "No problem. Just make sure to be careful ime. That guy's needlessly sharp and fast. You'll be done if you're not careful." ［Grey］

  "I know! I'm always careful, you know?!" ［Yuna］

  Or so she says, but she has brushed past death too many times frey to remain calm. She may be revived using the "Divine Neckce", but he would still hate seeing his fiancée dying before his eyes. That would be terrible.

  It would have been easier had Poris and Sirius been with them, but with the way things have pyed out, the two of them now know just where they stand against Labyrinth Bosses. It was still difficult, but not as much as before.

  Actually, even if Grey were to solo the Sn Arflus, he would still have an even ce of winning if he uses every trick up his sleeve. The only problem was that he wouldn't improve in such a way. Restris were necessary.

  "Haah... Fet it. Just make sure to keep yourself safe. I'm going to have a heart attack if you keep doing it that way. It's too dangerous." ［Grey］

  "Mou... Like you have the right to say that. I'm also worried for you, you know? We're just even." ［Yuna］

  "Well, I guess you're right, and... You're really persistent, aren't you?!" ［Grey］

  Their versation only sted for a little over a dozen seds, the st walls of id winds soon broken apart by the enemy. It reached out its cws once more, all of them rushing trey and Yuna at breakneck speeds.

  BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM

  A series of thundering explosi out once mrey's fist and the Sn Arflus' cws exging fierce blows. Each csh owerful enough to wipe out entire vilges, shockwaves ying waste all over the pce.

  At the same time, Yuna took her leave, Grey creating a gate for her to escape. She once again vanished using her "Nihility", not even a trace of her to be seen. There were no footsteps, no breaths, no subtle movements. Nothing at all.

  All that there was idly growing frost and snow, once again encroag all throughout the pce. She made sure to fill every er with traps, deadly horrors hiding behind the paradise of blue and white, seemingly fragile as gss.

  'Right. Time is almost up,' ［Yuna］

  Several minutes have passed sihe battle started, and it was yet aime to drink another "Fairy's Blessing". A single brewing cam makes about a dozen battles, so she still has a couple hundred more to spare.

  And well, si was a new day, Yuna had also brewed a ype of explosive co she formuted using all the results from yesterday. The result was a Legendary-Grade potion, niamed "Devil's Whim".

  It was ahe plete opposite of the "Fairy's Blessing", bringing forth her strength nor ce, but ruin ah. She was only able to make about three of them, but it was more than enough to experiment on.

  'And... Now!' ［Yuna］

  The young dy didn't waste any time and quickly filled the co with as much mana as it could ha was thrown soon enough, darting at tremendous speeds as it crashed towards the enemy, reag with the air as soon as the bottle was broken.

  SPARK CRACKLE CRACKLE CRACKLE BOOOOOMMMMMMMM

  The spark started out small at first, but it grew to a tremendous and dangerous sea of fmes soon after. It was imbued with both fire-attribute and lightning-attribute mana at the same time, amplifying its destructiveo the make.

  The clouds of smoke and dust soon cleared out, and the scattered debris slowly settled down on the ground. A single figure remaianding in the middle of the explosion. It was riddled with scratches, a couple cracks here and there.

  It may not be able to kill a Disaster-Css monster, but it owerful enough to deal some damage. Camity-Css monsters would have already been heavily injured and S-rank ones would have instantly died. It was really powerful.

  "Hey! I almost got caught up in that! You should warn me first!" ［Grey］

  "Owwie!!" ［Yuna］

  Though, it wasn't just the enemy. Grey was quite taken by surprise as well. He was able to dodge, but had he been caught up by such a sudden attack, he would have sustained some heavy damage as well. He almost had a heart attack.

  Even now, his heart was beating rapidly in nervousness. Had he not possessed the "Eyes of Destiny", he would have really been in big trouble. All he could do was bonk his beloved fiancée in the head, the young dy fling soon after.

  "Uuu... I want just testing it out... I didn't mean to startle you." ［Yuna］

  "Startle.... I'm more than startled, you know? Had I been a step too te, it would have gotten dangerous. Are you really trying to kill your fiancé?" ［Grey］

  "Uuu... I'm sorry..." ［Yuna］

  It was like a father scolding his daughter, the tter apologizing soon after. However, with the young dy still holding two other potions in her hands, she doesn't look very ving. God knows when she'll use them again.

  And like st time, their versation was quickly cut short by the impatient enemy before them. It didn't rush at them, but it still sent down a rain of crag lightning bolts, painting the whole pace gold and white as if it was nobody's business.

  Yuba used her "Phaseless" to let the bolts phase through her, and Grey used his "Gate" as a means of escape. her of them was hurt by the deadly torrent of bolts, only the sound of thundering reverberating all throughout as they crashed.

  Soon after, Grey's gate was once againー or rather, multiple gates were opehe Sn Arflus was encaged with gates, not a single gap to escape to and not even a single sed to think, the volley of attacks arriving soon after,

  The Sn Arflus tried to send attacks throughout all dires, but the bolts of lightning simply came back right at it. It didn't hurt, but it was more than enough to ascertain that it was really trapped inside.

  BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM

  What followed soon after the firmation was a torrent of bdes and spreads ing from Grey, the winds also vibrating at supersonic speeds, loud explosions happening every so often as winds and lightning cshed.

  Yuna didn't miss out oher. She soon threw another potion at the enemy, now filling it with ice-attribute mana. It was so pure and powerful, the enemy was trapped in a frozen block of eyes for a few seds, receiving the full brunt of Grey's barrage.

  However, such a se didn't st for more than a couple minutes. Despite the fact it was fused, the Sn Arflus tio rush into the gates, teleported every siime until it finally came out after a couple trial and errors.

  CRACKLE CRACKLE CRACKLE BOOOOOOOMMMM

  And as one would expect, the first thing it did was sh around, bolts of lightning and fshes of light rampaging all throughout the pce. Rage which was only fueled as Yuna threw her st explosive potion towards it.

  "Haha... Yuna... Now you've do..." ［Yuna］

  It was filled with rage and irritation, wanting to tear the tart but not possessing the ability to do so. It shot out bolts of lightning once again and resumed its inal form, its whip-like tentacles shing out all throughout the pce.

  It soon opes massive maws and fired off a beam of light and lightning, razing everything to the ground it came into tact with, and disiing Yuna's Winter Forest, the whole pce filled with ruin aation.

  "Hahaha. It's really getting pissed now, huh... You shouldn't have thrown that potion, Yuna. Now, look at what you've done." ［Grey］

  "It's all for the sake of alchemy!" ［Yuna］

  "Alchemy... Haah... Just how did I fall for you?" ［Grey］

  There was idle chatter in the air, and the moment, there was destru. The Sn Arflus tio sh out and our twonists carried on with their ters and ambushes as well, fighting toe to toe against one another.

  It shes out, Grey and Yuna attacks, the two youths escape, the Sn Arflus gets trapped, then soon esg, and finally shing out again. Such a great pattern tio unfold, thunders and shockwaves eg time and time again.

  Before long, several hours have passed and several thousand blows have been traded. The once magnifit Boss Room has now turned into a devastated and disastrous sight with little to no resembnce of what it was in the past.

  HUFF HUFF HUFF HUFF HUFF HUFF

  At the same time, the figures fighting have also started to tire out after a long and arduous battle. Being the weakest of the three, Yuna was the first oo take the heavy toll, her body screaming in pain and fatigue as she fought.

  She had used elixirs and potions time and time again, fighting with all her might. She also used recovery spells using Holy Magic as well. However, her mind was an utterly different matter. It was now riddled with fatigue, her fortitude slowly crumbling.

  CRACKLE CRACKLE CRACKLE WHOOOOONNNGGGGGGG

  It was the perfect opportunity for the eo strike, and so it did, ferocious ay bolts of lightning once again shing out in the open and a beam of gold and white bolting towards the young dy.

  "Hey now, don't you know it's rude to attack a young dy?" ［Grey］

  Thankfully, Grey arrived just in time, extending his hands out to create not a barrier, but a gate before him. The enemy's attack went straight in and was directed back at it as it poured out of anate, hitting it directly with a boom.

  At the same time, while she wasn't hit by the attack, Yuna soon staggered and her legs soon gave down. Fortunately enough, Grey was there to catch her before she fell to the ground, carrying her in his arms like a sweet bride.

  "Fufufu! Is this what it feels like to be a bride?" ［Yuna］

  "So you still have the strength to joke around, huh..." ［Grey］

  "That's because I know Grey will protect me no matter what. I'm safest when in your arms, after all." ［Yuna］

  "Safest, huh.... You sure say some silly things." ［Grey］

  Grey replied, and a pair of beams rushed towards them soon after. However, much like the ones before them, they were simply ed with a wave of Grey's hands, a couple gates appearing around them and firing them right back where they came from.

  The young man also created anate before him and linking it outside the Boss Room. The first round of their "training" was now over, and it was time to rest and recuperate their body and minds. It was time for a break.

  "Looks like you're still lively, huh... How nice... Enjoy it while you still ... Your days are already numbered." ［Grey］

  His cold voice drifted in the air, and sooepped foot ihe gate. Before long, the whole room was enshrouded in silence, but a single figure remaining all throughout. It soon sat back down, quiet as be.

  Oher side of the drey and Yuna had already arrived back at their camp. As soon as they did, Grey then casted a couple recovery magi the young dy and also offered her something sweet and chilled to drink.

  Yuna was a little weak at first, but the moment she tasted something sweet, her mind was immediately received and she chugged down her gss e juice. It wasn't very cold to match her liking, and refreshing as be.

  "Puwaah～! That was amazing! I feel alive again!" ［Yuna］

  "That's a quick recovery. Are you sure it's okay to stand up and stretch so quickly? You might strain yourself, Yuna." ［Grey］

  "What are you saying～? I'm not that frail, you know!" ［Yuna］

  She really was a bundle of joy and a ball of energy. It was just a fine gss e juice, but it worked more miraculously than a Superirade potion costing millions. She is now lively as be, stretg her body all the whileー

  "... No, actually, I think I'm still tired... I'll be in your care～!" ［Yuna］

  ... Or at least she was doing so at first, but as soon as she saw the opportunity, she immediately started ag tired, soon ying down on the ground and id her head on Grey's p. A sweet smile soon bloomed on her lovely face.

  "You silly girl... You really love being spoiled, huh..." ［Grey］

  "Fufufu! And I wonder who made me out to be like that?" ［Yuna］

  "Yeah, yeah, I know. Not that I regret it or anything." ［Grey］

  Well, Grey wasn't piniher. Yuna might act fine already, but he knows she is still exhausted from the battle, just not wanting trey any further than he already is. Spoiling her a little more was nothing much.

  Just like that, Grey and Yued for a while and chatted about a couple topics they found iing. It was mostly all about some random things, the two flirting ever so openly in the Labyrinth, until...

  "Grey, I'm hungry... I want to eat fried rice..." ［Yuna］

  ... Yuna suddenly came with a random request. They have been so caught with their training, they've pletely fotten they haven't had lunch yet. Thankfully, Yuna is not the type tet such things, so they were quickly reminded.

  "Hahaha. The's cook ourselves some fried rice, shall we?" ［Grey］

  A light chuckle adrift in the air, Grey and Yuna soon stood up and whipped out the portable kit like they usually do, cooking all sorts of tasty and wonderful dishes. Before long, an orchestra of aromatias filled the air.

  The familiars and spirits were soon called and they all had a lovely lunch together. They chatted and ughed, giggles and chuckles adrift over the dining table as they had a hearty meal. What followed after was rexation.

  A couple hours quickly passed by and the two raided some treasure rooms for a ge of pace. It was very much rexing aing, healing their exhausted minds and preparing them for what's about to e.

  Soon enough, the two have fully recovered and the time has e yet again. Both Grey and Yuna headed towards the Boss Room, their daggers and gaus once gleaming bright as they equipped them. Excitement was adrift in the air.

  "Alright! Time for another round!" ［Grey］

  "Un!" ［Yuna］

  CHAPTER 440 END