BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM

  Bolts of lightning fshed and cps of thunder echoed all throughout the Boss Room, fshes of bd ran rushed out like a flood, bringing aloru with them as they raised their swords, dozens of crests created as they swung it.

  There weren't just owo, or three, but dozens of soldiers marg and rushing as they exploded oer another, creating a pandemonium, shockwaves and eching all over the pce, loud aructive as be.

  A streak of silver cruised in the vas of destru, glimmers of ptinum shining all across the room as she kicked up the dust, dartong here and there, cutting everything that stood in her way, a cold gleam shimmering in her eyes.

  Such a figure was her than Yuna, and now, she is dang in the dancefloor of death aru, dodging every sirike the enemies hurled towards her, then brandishing her daggers in fluid movements, cutting them down magnifitly.

  "Are you having any problems there, Yuna?" ［Grey］

  "Not really. They're just annoying, but nothing much. How about you?" ［Yuna］

  "Hmm... I'm a little busy, you could say..." ［Grey］

  Grey wasn't any less busy either. He punched and punched some more, b rge, gaping holes in the body of the enemy soldiers and making them disperse as if they were but clouds of smoke and mist, passing by softly.

  Several of them rushed towards him, the sound of lightning eg with their steps, booming thunders following after. However, Grey's bellows were much louder, easily splitting them apart as if he was simply pung through air.

  "!!ー Whoa there!" ［Grey］

  Well, they weren't the only ones he was fag. He also faced the Boss, the Sn Arflus, now all buffed up and looking ready to crush a pair human and elf. It swung its massive arms around, bdes sweeping the whole floor .

  The minions were all S-rank, however, for Transdents such as Grey and Yuna, they weren't a match at all. Rather, they only served as distra, taking away their focus and attention, aing the Boss attack with more freedom.

  "Whew～... That was a close oneー !!!" ［Grey］

  Grey didn't even have time to rest. As soon as it was done swinging its swords, it thes whip-like tail, crushing the ground he was standing on as the spiked mace was hurled towards the ground, a loud crashing eg all the while.

  And as soon as he leaps away, the minions once again rush towards him, not only distrag him but also narrowing his path of escape. He couldn't even pick a nding spot, each of them lying in ambushー Well, not that he o.

  The young man simply activated his wind magid hovered in the air, then waving his hand aing down a torrent of wind bdes towards the enemy, cutting them all down without merd erasing them from existence.

  "You really are busy～! Mind if I lend you a hand?" ［Yuna］

  "And take care of all your troubles by myself? That's sly, My Dear." ［Grey］

  "Fufufu! My～! I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about～?" ［Yuna］

  Giggles in the air, the young dy leaped towards the young man, and the tter lifted her some more with wind magic. Her hair fluttered like butterflies dang in the forest as she stooped down the enemy, her daggers poiowards her target.

  The enemies chased after her, but it was all in vain. With a wave of Grey's hand, all of them were bsted away, some cut up by the deathly bdes and some peppered with holes all throughout their bodies. Meanwhile, Yuna...

  ??Thousand Bleeding Streams!?? ［Yuna］

  ... She tinued her graceful dest, as soon as she was in range, like an expert orchestrator managing the songs, she brandished her daggers and nding blow after blow, after blow, sharp and shrieking sounds eg in the air.

  G G G G G

  Her bdes poured down like a heavy rain, targeting the enemy's head without letting up for even a single sed. Each strike acked with enough power to cut down buildings in a sirike, p down the enemy faster than a mae gun.

  Yet despite all that, the attacks had little to no effect against the Sn Arflus. As soon as Yuna , it raised its tentacles, creating a tough barrier with the myriad of shields it previously created, blog Yuna's sharp and heavy attacks.

  Yuna broke down the shields again and agai despite her best efforts, the very moment one is broken, another oakes its pce, creating an endless loop where she sshed and the enemy defended, a storm of sparks brewing in turbulence.

  The Sn Arflus didn't just stay still either. As soon as it saening in the young dy's defe immediately shed out with its six swords, creating a tornado of bdes, lightning running rampant and painting it gold.

  CRACKLE CRACKLE CRACKLE CRACKLE

  The bolts and arcs of lightning were ruthless and merciless, shredding every sihing it es in tact with. Eveough and highly resistant dungeon floor owerless against their onsught, scars, holes, and craters bored through them.

  In the ter, there was the enemy, and around her was an unfiving wall of wind and lightning, more than ready to rip her apart. The poor young elf was cagedー or so it would seem, however, it couldn't be any further from the truth.

  "Yuna! Step aside!" ［Grey］

  A clear and resonant voice rang out from the other side of the wall of lightning bolts and arcs, and a sharp and ear-pierg bellow followed soon after. The winds howled like wolves in the middle of the night, wild and feral as be.

  ??Howling Thunder!?? ［Grey］

  Soon after the howling was a loud explosion, Grey thrusting his fist towards the bright and radiant wall of lightning. It pierced through without a single problem, b quite a massive hole and dispersing the bright fshes soon after.

  The arted, and soon cleared out with the dust. Grey was unveiled once more, and only him. All the lightning soldiers have been wiped out and not a single one remained. All of that and Grey still remained unscathed.

  That very same young man then quickly rushed towards the Sn Arflus and ed his fist rightly. It didn't even take him a single sed te the gap between them, his fist ready to beat the hell out of the monster before them.

  ??Megaton Shotgun!?? ［Grey］

  A it up he did. Before the enemy could eve, Grey has already shot his puhen eg to all the enemy's shields, breaking them all simultaneously and shattering the enemy's hopes along with it.

  Yuna didn't let the opportunity slip by her either. As soon Grey broke the bothersome shields, it cut off all of the enemy's tentacles sending mind-boggling pain running all throughout its lightning-cd body. It would have been shrieking if it could.

  WHOONG WHOONG WHOONG BOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMM

  Well, it wasn't the first time it happehe enemy already had gathered mana and lightning before its chest and bsted it out as soon as Grey and Yuna were finished with their attacks, hoping to catch them both off-guard.

  A beam of gold fshed all over the pce, leaving a deep, semicircur scar on the already jaded floor and carvi another massive crater on the broken walls. All sorts of bolts and lightning followed soon after, all in a rampage.

  The Sn Arflus didn't just stop there. As soon as the beam was over, it the all its swords flying and then hundreds, if not thousands, of bolts following after it, a storm of gold and amber peppering the ground, cruel as be.

  The greatswords nded, and with it were massive pilrs of lightning called from God-knows-where, dev hundreds of meters whole and disiing everything it came in tact with, turning even boulders into mere dust.

  CRACKLE CRACKLE CRAckle Crackle crackle... crackle...

  The storm was soon over. All that's left were small and insignifit sparks. There were also clouds of dust and pilrs of smoke, looming all over everything and making everything quite hard to see, only subtle sounds eg softly...

  COUGH COUGH COUGH COUGH

  Or well, it all sounded soft until a series of coughs rang in the air, and two extremely familiar silhouettes sloeared. Soon enough, all the dust and smoke thinned out and all two figures were unveiled unharmed by all means.

  Well, almost unharmed... However, Grey actually received a couple scratches and some light injuries as well. He mao activate the barrier, but he was just a tad bit too te, receiving a couple minor injuries.

  Minor injuries which were quickly healed with a little bit of holy magic. Grey simply casted a spell and golden light melded towards him, healing such things ihan a split sed, his body back to its peak dition as if nothing happened.

  "Cough... Cough... Cough.. So dusty... That was uncalled for, you know?" ［Yuna］

  "It's a battle, My Dear. Anything's fair in such a pying field. Yeah... Especially surprise attacks, right?!!" ［Grey］

  BOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMM

  The Sn Arflus was far from letting up its rampage. As soon as it saw Grey and Yuna's figures, it quickly pouowards them and raised its cws. Yet another deafening boom echoed as it cshed with Grey's fist.

  BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM

  After the first, came the sed, then third, and many more after that. Grey and the enemy tio exge blows, Grey's "Spectral Echoes" greatly tering the disadvantage of numbers based on the amount of limbs aacles.

  Before long, lightning-cd equipment was added oentacles once again, but rather than shields like before, it now created dozens of swords. Swords which then immediately shed out and rushed trey, not wasting a single breath.

  Above, sideways, below, behind, and all sorts of difficult angles and positions. The Sn Arflus poured down a torrent of bdes trey, not letting up any moment soon and making sure the young man wouldn't be able to escape.

  With its hands now free, it theed spheres in each hand, lightning coiling and cruising all throughout its surface. It didn't take long before the spheres were thrown. all scattered all around the pce they cshed.

  "Yuna, watch out! Those are traps!" ［Grey］

  "Eh...?!" ［Yuna］

  BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM

  They weren't just normal balls, but rather, they were specially made spheres which could detey enemy nearby and explode ohey got close enough. It was a termeasure especially desigo search for Yuna.

  WHOOSH FUUUUU～～

  A familiar figure was carved on the smoke and dust, and Yuna's silhouette was soon revealed, a dark border all over her. An outline which served to spot the young dy, its long and deadly tail soon shing towards the silhouette for a little whipping.

  The heavy mace was swung once again, clearing out the smoke and making tremors run through the ground. As usual, yet another deep crater was formed and cracks spread all over the ground, deep fissures adding to the scars of the Boss Room.

  It was only the moment that it lifted its tail that it realized Yuna was not crushed, not a sirace ans nor blood squished throughout the pce. Actually, she was here to begin it. It was all but a dummy made with earth magic.

  "Fufufu! I'm pretty good at carving, aren't I?" ［Yuna］

  As for the real Yuna, she already appeared behind it, her daggers now crossed, and more than ready to carve some wounds. She poured mana into her bdes, gleaming the color of ptinum once again, refleg in her cold, blue eyes.

  ??Death's Grasp!?? ［Yuna］

  The hands of death exteowards the core once more, and heavy bdes rushed out. With an already tattered core, it was in no pce to take a si. It sacrifiot just its tentacles, but its tail as well, defended against su attack..

  All the tentacles were cut and the tail was as well. They all dissipated soon enough, vanishing into thin air as soon as they dropped. Even more unfortu wasn't just the only mistake it made, an even bigger one drawing closer towards him.

  With its tentacles now cut off and even its tail now ent, Grey could finally close the distaweewo of them ahe winds howl and coil all over his arms, spinning faster and faster until it ractically a drill.

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

  The Sn Arflus created a shield in a hurry and Grey's punch howled as loud as be. Ford pressure greater in magnitude than any other ected with the enemy, bsting it several hundred meters away, crashing towards the wall.

  Thunder echoed as soon as it crashed and it was down on the ground. Its body quivered as it tried to stand up, using a sword as a support whilst panting quite heavily. For a monster, it was quite the persistent and adamant one... Much like a warrior...

  Grey and Yuna really don't like monsters much, but the one before them was kind of different. Not only is it able to perform tactics others are incapable of, it also has an indomitable will of a true knight... They respect it at the very least...

  "Now then... This isn't all, is it?" ［Grey］

  The young man mumbled, yet his voice reached the enemy quite clearly, ringing into its ears as if it was the final orders it would be receiving. As if it uood their nguage, it quickly stood, standing proud and mighty with swords raised high.

  "Show us what you got." ［Grey］

  WHOONG WHOONG WHOOOONNNGGGGG WHIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRRR

  Grey's clear voice rang once more, and the Sn Arflus replied in kind. It had already given its all before, and now, it's risking everything again. It started abs every bit of corruption and raw mana, feeding its core as much as it could.

  Its core pulsed like a heart and its resonant "heartbeats" rang out in the air time and time again. It was more mana than it could handle, and its core started to crace more, yet it didn't stop, pushing everything to the limit until it peaked.

  BOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMM

  A massive shockwave rang out in the air once more, ripped apart everything there was to be seen. Lightning shed out in a turbulent storm, sweeping away all the debris and smoke until there was nothi obstrug the eyes.

  The Sn Arflus didn't look much different than before, but it felt quite different. It was definitely stronger, now itom of Catastrophe-Css, sitting at a bat power of around 55,000 and its strength amplified by about 40%.

  It is now over twice as powerful as Grey and almost 10 times more powerful than Yuna. However, its time was also now limited, its core crag with every passing sed, its body uo tain its newfound powers... A minute is all there is...

  "Hahaha! Now that's more like it!" ［Grey］

  "... Grey, you really sound like a battle maniac right now." ［Yuna］

  "You're the st person I want to hear that from, My Dearー Ining!!" ［Grey］

  The clock tio tid there was not a single sed to waste. As soon as the enemy was done p up, it immediately rushed trey and Yuna, faster than ever and more powerful than it has ever been.

  It may not be able tee anymore, but It still swing its massive arms with vigor, pag as much ford power as it could aing a tempest sh out with every strike it shot, shockwaves shing out at the level of deadly hurries.

  The speed was unlike befrey's eyes uo follow them as accurately as before. Not only that, fighting an enemy with six arms was also quite difficult, the young man finding the right timing to nd a terstrike.

  ??Howling Thunder!?? ［Grey］

  It wasn't long befrey found an opening, aruck a terattack as soon as he could. However, the enemy didn't even bother dodging even though its left fnk had been blown away and one of its arms was badly damaged.

  "Oi... You crazy bastard...!" ［Grey］

  The Sn Arflus simply tio rush and just a split sed after the young man's strike ected to its body, it nded a ter attack using three of its arms, eg quite perfectly to the young man and bsting him towards the other walls.

  "Greyー !!!" ［Yuna］

  Yuna was about to react, however, she didn't even have time to. As soon as her eyes tried to liowards her beloved, the other three hands of the enemy rushed at her, cws extended outwards, ready to rip her apart.

  There was no other choice but to turn "Phaseless", the enemy's cws soon passing through her as if she was mist. Had she been a sed too te, she would have been in big trouble, a rge wound on her body. Grey would have scolded her too.

  CRACKLE CRACKLE CRACKLE BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM

  Yet it still wasn't enough. As soon as Yuna he Sn Arflus waved its hands, creating spheres all over the pd soon turning them into bolts. Bolt which shot out trey's dire, b the area with heavy force.

  The young man received the full brunt of its attack, and the walls slowly crumbled down until it colpsed. Yet as if that was still far from enough, it started gathering mana from its cain, preparing to fire another beam.

  WHOONG WHOONG WHOOー

  "That's more than enough!" ［Yuna］

  Unfortunately, it couldn't even finish charging its move. Yuna's voice suddenly rang out in the air, not a trace of her figure nor preseo be seen. All there was a slight crystal glimmer before, a series of ks eg soon after.

  The "Fairy's Blessing" and her authority "Triple". Yuna used both at the same time, boosting her power almost 5 folds, her speed and power unlike anything before, and her eyes shimmering a cold and deadly glint. It was finally time to get serious.

  The Sn Arflus didn't even notice her approach, her voice ringing in its ears as close as be. Before it could turn its head around, Yuna had already gripped her daggers and p mana into it, ptinum glimmers shining afterwards.

  ??Death's Grasp!?? ??Thousand Bleeding Streams!?? ［Yuna］

  The first strike broke through the defense, and the following thousand slowly whittled away at its life. A few huhousand strikes nded before it could raise its arms, an exge of bloeniween cws and daggers.

  G G G G G G

  It was rapid ay, the exge of sharpness aermination rushing forth like a turbulent sea. Each time the winds blew, the waves rose and spshes followed soon after. They tio csh, speed against power.

  The enemy was able to keep up... For the first few seds, at least. However, with its crumbling body, there wasn't really much it could do but defend itself against the young dy's devastating fury, two of its limbs cut off oer the other.

  "Hey, don't hog all the fun yourself, Yuna." ［Grey］

  "Hmph! Was it my fault you were careless? Dummy!" ［Yuna］

  "Hahaha. You really are a feisty one, My Dear." ［Grey］

  To make matters even worse, Grey suddenly decided to join in on the fun and also rush towards the enemy. He had fully recovered from the strike and his fist was ched tightly, aed simile blooming on his face.

  ??Gigaton Gatling!?? ［Grey］  ??Thousand Bleeding Streams!?? ［Yuna］

  A volley of thundering fists rushing up front and a downpour of sharp bdes blitzing from behind. It was already hard defending against one anyway, and now, there was two of them. All it could do was stay still in pce, cws and fists rushing heavily.

  Grey puhe enemy tered. Yuna sshed and the enemy brandished its cws. Such a sequensued as shockwaves blew everything away and ripped everything to shreds, cold aless as be.

  There was no trace of fear nor hesitation in its eyes, simply tinuing to sh out its final bolts and arcs, bursting forth with every little bit of strength it had left. It held on for a long time, giving it its best... However...

  CRACK CRACK SHATTER

  ... Its body could no longer hold itself. The final cracks appeared on the Sn Arflus and its movements slowly slowed down until it pletely halted, body frozen in time as silend eeriness engulfed the air.

  Grey and Yuna also stopped their attacks and nded on the ground, steps light as feathers. They looked at the Sn Arflus a final time, hearts painted with etion as they fought a satisfying battle... It was exhirating...

  "Then, I'll send you off with a bang." ［Grey］

  His words were soft ale, apanied by the subtle whispers of the wind. The winds soon howled and roared, the ground trembling in fear and the air dang in joy as Grey activated his Authority, showing his most powerful self.

  The young man ched his fist and the howling winds coiled all throughout his arm. He pnted his feet firmly on the ground, a small crater f soon after, p every little bit of strength into his arms, his eyes gleaming sharp.

  ??Raging Heavens: Heartless Judge?? ［Grey］

  Howls and echoes reverberate on the winds and Grey's punch ected beautifully with the Sn Arflus' core in a fsh. The sound of shattering gss echoed in the air as the core finally shattered to smithereens, fragments soon turning to dust.

  The punch bore a hole through spad a violent vacuum was created. It sucked everything in sight towards a single point, densing the winds into a small sphere the size of a pebble, soon exploding like a deafening supernova.

  BOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

  An explosion unlike any other, sweeping everything there is and leaving its mark on the walls, the floor, and the ceiling, tattered turned ruined, scars now numbering ihousands. Soon, there was only silen the barren room.

  "That was a good fight." ［Grey］

  Labyrinth of Thunder: Clear!

  CHAPTER 444 END