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"That's not magic," Shakti said, the sheer absurdity of the sight causing her to lose her composure. "That's bullshit! So what's this mean, you can turn a Monster-Rex-caliber Boar into a pet? I'm the Captain of the Ganesha Familia. We're the only ones that actually tame monsters, and that's just unthinkable!" It was ridiculous. Monsters were pre-programmed to hate humans on sight. Her Familia's taming process was basically just beating and exhausting the monster into submission. The mere notion that that could be done to a monster as big as that Boar was beyond comprehension.
"I'm merely stating my observations," Riveria said, nonplussed. "I find it just as unbelievable as you."
Aiz nodded solemnly. "Bullshit."
She frowned as she tried to come up with some other kind of reason that could explain the phenomenon, but her attention was suddenly drawn to Finn, who was staring at his twitching finger as though it had done some great wrong against him. "It's not over yet."
She tensed, swiveling her head back to look at the lake. "It's severely weakened. Even a Level Two or Three should be able to kill it now."
Finn's only response was to continue looking at his thumb.
Shakti found herself intrigued. There were rumors that the Captain of the Loki Familia had some kind of sixth sense, and she wondered if she was seeing it in action now.
"It's coming." Finn's words were soft, an ominous undercurrent flowing beneath his voice. On cue, the sound of a crashing wave broke the tense silence that had descended upon Rivira, followed by a roar of pure hatred as the Black Goliath burst into view again, its body seemingly intact and its face contorted in twisted fury.
"It's regenerated," Shakti said in disbelief. She'd never heard of a monster that could regenerate so much in such a short amount of time. Was it simply because it was an irregular?
Its arm was raised, its fingers curled, and the impending meteor that was the monster's fist crashed into the ground.
The sound was deafening, and even though they were hundreds of meters away, Shakti felt the shockwave from the impact tickle her hair and her skin. The ground vibrated beneath her and worry built up in her chest as she instinctively wondered just who was at the receiving end of the attack.
She saw Finn's lips dip into a grimace. Instantly she knew not even the Level Six could have taken the blow and emerge unscathed.
Godou didn't stand a chance.
She was running before she knew it. Bushes, branches, even whole trees were reduced to mere splinters before her blade as she sprinted towards the direction of the Goliath.
A small part of her mind told her it was pointless. If Godou had been hit, he was already dead.
She shoved that annoying segment of her brain away. Now was not the time. There was still a small sliver of hope that the boy was alive.
Something was wrong, she realized, when the howling noise finally registered in her mind. Briefly, she slowed down, finally experiencing the sound of rustling leaves and the strong winds lapping across her face. This...this was impossible. They were indoors, and the Dungeon didn't have an internal weather system, at least not on this floor, so how could there be a storm?
Her fingers squeezed the hilt of her sword even tighter. Another new ability of the Black Goliath?
Pumping more energy into her legs, she raced towards the monster with renewed vitality.
She could hear its roars, muffled by the wind, getting louder with every second. It sounded...pained?
She had no clue what was going on today. First, there was Hashana's death. Then there was the invasion of the new species, which according to hearsay, was done by a tamer. And finally, the spawning of the Black Goliath. Something was wrong with the Dungeon, and Shakti had to wonder if there was a specific reason Godou had decided to enter today.
Maybe...maybe everything was his fault.
She quickly banished the thought. Godou hadn't done anything. The things the Loki Familia told her were certainly worth investigating, but until she heard it from his own mouth, she couldn't just take their word for it.
As she continued charging through, she had to raise her hands to protect her face from the whipping winds. What was this? It reminded her of high-tier magic, as if somebody had been conjured a miniature tornado. Was it the same person who had summoned the Boar?
"Godou!" she screamed, realizing that she'd just passed by the area where she'd last seen him. "Godou! Where are you?"
She was calling out to him at the top of her voice, but she knew that the raging gales meant that it didn't reach very far. When she heard nothing in return, she pressed on, bracing herself as the winds threatened to blow her off her feet.
She could feel the wind dying down. She pushed forward. Even if Godou wasn't there, more than a few of the answers to her questions lay at the eye of the storm.
Light began to filter through the gaps in the canopy as she approached a clearing, and she could see movement beyond the thick foliage of leaves. With another surge of energy, she dashed towards it.
The light blinded her for a moment when she broke through the dense flora.
She blinked rapidly, trying to get rid of the strange shimmering she was seeing in the air.
Then she blinked again when she saw Godou standing right in front of her, his face caught in between surprise and nervousness. His clothes were still flapping a bit in the weak breeze, his normally-spiky hair damp and flattened. Relief threatened to burst out of her body.
She looked down at the black sword in his hand. She knew a magic weapon when she saw one, and this one radiated power, almost seeming to glow and hum with energy. Then she realized that the Black Goliath was no where in sight.
The giant magic crystal embedded into the ground caused her jaw to drop. She brought a hand up, trying to gather shiny powder-like material that was raining down.
Monster remains, she was certain of it.
She refused to believe it. All the pieces of the puzzle were right in front of her, but she refused to put them together. There was no way Godou had gone and killed the Black Goliath. The idea was ludicrous. Godou was a chef at the Hostess of Fertility, a boy who'd managed t
o tame a Battle Boar through his talent and no small amount of luck.
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