Hurry, must hurry.
Kira was searching through the labyrinthine room for anything that might be useful.
There must be something in this Clock Tower that can shut down 'Fog City'. As long as she could find it, everything would be over.
"You three, go search over there! You must find it!" Kira shouted to the three bewildered heroes.
"What are we looking for?" The blond guy, who had just been rescued by his teammates, ruffled his hair into a mess. Although he didn't understand the situation, he felt that this cute little girl was likely on his side.
He only remembered being ambushed by a monster. When he woke up again, he found himself in this room with his two partners crouching beside him.
Therefore, his first thought was, "Is this heaven?"
Fortunately, Momo's iron fist brought him back to his senses; there wouldn't be such a violent person in heaven.
"I don't know either, but it should be something very unique. You'll know it when you see it; that item is not simple." Kira tossed a pure gold sword aside. This place seemed to be the god's warehouse, and there were just too many things inside.
Although the Clock Tower didn't look very big from the outside, it became incredibly spacious once inside. This must be the god's special ability; the interior and exterior spaces were different.
That's too vague! The blond guy suppressed the urge to complain, because he noticed his two partners had already started following Kira's instructions to look for that item.
He still didn't understand the situation, but at least he knew he had to be obedient.
It's just... "With so many things, it's going to be difficult to find one specific item."
It was difficult, of course, but compared to the two downstairs, the difficulty here was practically child's play.
What it felt like to fight a god, Leticia now had the answer.
It was hard, very hard.
Gasping for air in short breaths, Leticia felt her hands shaking. The last time her hands shook like this was when she was nearly killed by a sneak attack from Melanie.
Releasing such a large amount of high-level spells in a short time, even as a Demon King, she was reaching her limit.
"Can you still fight?" Melanie's expression was quite serious. The sword in her hand had completely solidified, which was a sign that she was getting serious.
Mist swirled around them. This was the thick fog actively released by the Mist God, which was even more effective at interfering with perception than the fog outside.
Moreover, unlike mortals like Elder Ying, the Mist God could perceive targets through the fog and attack, which put Leticia and Melanie at a significant disadvantage.
The Mist God's attacks were not as weak as the group of mist beasts controlled by Elder Ying's subordinates. Leticia's intuition told her that if she were hit even once, she would lose the ability to fight immediately.
"If you can still keep fighting, then of course I can." Coughing twice more, Leticia replied.
"You're not in good shape." Melanie spoke the truth. Before she arrived, Leticia had been dealing with this Mist God alone for a long time.
And after she arrived, the intensity of the battle increased, and Leticia had no time to rest at all.
The long, high-intensity battle was not only severely draining the girl's magic but also exhausting her stamina.
If they kept fighting like this, Melanie was afraid that Leticia would fall first.
"I managed to escape even after being beaten like that by you; this situation is much better than that time."
Seemingly annoyed that the two girls still had the mood to talk, the Mist God's attack struck again from the fog.
Melanie immediately swung her sword, dispersing the incoming attack.
In terms of attack power alone, the Mist God was slightly weaker than Melanie.
The sword light shattered the sneak attack and rushed into the dense fog, causing the god hiding within to click its tongue.
If it could help it, it wouldn't want to win in such a shameful way. It, a dignified god, actually needed to rely on sneak attacks to defeat these two mortals. If others found out, it would definitely be laughed to death.
However, Melanie's attacks made it genuinely feel threatened. Unlike Leticia's magical attacks, Melanie could break through its defenses.
In contrast, Melanie's own defense was quite weak, so weak that it was worse than an ordinary person's.
Glass cannon, the Mist God evaluated Melanie.
One-on-one, it had countless ways to take down this reckless fighter who was useless at everything except attacking, but now it was two-on-one.
Leticia would protect Melanie's body from being attacked.
Although Leticia was of no use on the offensive side, she made up for Melanie's weak defense perfectly on the defensive side.
The Mist God's attacks couldn't break through Leticia's defense before Melanie reacted, and once Melanie reacted, she could rely on her own attacks to forcibly break the Mist God's attack.
Why was this person's attack so strong? None of its previous opponents had such terrifying attack power.
Furthermore, unlike Leticia, who was already showing signs of fatigue, Melanie was maintaining her state very well; her hands were still steady, and her sword light was still dazzling.
Among mortals, why would such a high-level powerhouse appear?
Although it was puzzled by these things, the Mist God did not believe it would lose.
It was in the shadows, and that perfect vessel was almost unable to hold on. As long as it kept draining them for a while longer, once Leticia fell, a lone Melanie would pose no threat.
The only variable was the girls who had already gone to the second floor.
If they found that item before it defeated the two here, all its efforts would be in vain.
Not only that, but this place would be forcibly shut down for a century, during which time it would be completely cut off from the outside world.
Leave these two here and go deal with the people upstairs first?
It was a good plan, but the Mist God couldn't do it.
Kira was actually right; the Mist God was indeed a prisoner. As long as there was life on the first floor of the Clock Tower, it couldn't go to other floors.
Only by defeating—no, killing—these two girls could it go and deal with the others.
"Hey, York, can you be a bit more effective and just drag that bastard out of the fog and kill it?" Leticia said, pressing her temples, half-jokingly.
"I can't find its location. Area-of-effect attacks consume too much energy and will leave me open to counterattacks." Melanie shook her head. If she could do that, it would be simple.
She was better at single, high-power attacks; area-of-effect (AOE) attacks were really not her strong suit.
It was fine for bullying weaklings, but when fighting an existence like the Mist God, obviously she couldn't do that.
"Can you do it?" After answering Leticia's question, Melanie asked back.
"No, my magic can't break through its defenses at all." Leticia shook her head.
Dealing with a god was indeed quite tricky.