Chapter 98

"I wish for lightning."

While walking through the rain of lightning bolts, Rin-chan began another incantation.

While accurately manipulating the dozens of remaining Bolt Arrows, Rin-chan started to chant the most powerful fire magic she could cast.

"Swift lightning that tears through the merciful rain, thunder that weaves tragedy, I praise your form like a lightning bolt that brings forth abundance."

A magic circle spread out centered on Rin-chan. It expanded widely, a yellow magic circle indicating the lightning attribute.

Monsters that tried to stop it were pierced by lightning arrows. The rain of lightning seemed to have a will of its own, keeping the swarming monsters at bay.

An archer who aimed from a distance, displeased with this, was scattered by my hand.

"O spirits of lightning, deliver my prayer to your lord. The beautiful name of the Lightning Spirit King is Tistamia."

Purple lightning ran through the vast, dome-like, large room from the magic circle.

While chanting, Rin-chan raised a crystal that glowed like a yellow gem. Its name was the "Lightning Spirit Crystal."

It was a bridge to the spirits and an offering to the Spirit King. It was a ritual that allowed those with a lightning magic skill proficiency of over 500 to temporarily borrow the power of the Spirit King by paying a price.

"Confirmation of activation. Begin resonance of magic power with the Spirit King."

The air trembled. The dense magic power made Rin-chan's figure waver.

"O scales, descend! You are the sparks of judgment that burn everything!"

The incantation was only two verses.

The Bolt Arrow Death Rain that covered the sky was all absorbed into the magic circle and disappeared.

Like the calm before the storm, all the overflowing power gathered to Rin-chan.

For the first time in these eight days of grinding, Rin-chan reached for her staff.

The staff, made of named materials, was something Rin-chan had never touched.

It was a shackle to Rin-chan, who drew magic with every movement.

However, in this moment where she wanted to pour everything into one strike, there was no hesitation in wielding it.

The staff's name was "Azure Staff." It was equipped with a mechanism to amplify lightning magic, a staff fitting for Rin-chan.

With a "Clank!" the Azure Staff was thrust into the ground, and uncontrollable lightning magic overflowed.

Rin-chan took a deep breath.

One of the highest-level lightning attribute magic.

She quietly spoke its name.

"Judgment"

The heavenly flames that burned everything ravaged the entire floor.

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One of the highest-level lightning attribute magic, "Judgment."

A magic that allocated all resources to annihilation, it was undoubtedly one of the strongest current magic.

The lightning of judgment burned over 80% of the monsters on the floor and quietly ended.

The remaining 10% of monsters were those with high lightning resistance or high magic defense, or those who were lucky enough to survive.

"Phew..."

I was momentarily stunned, but I regained my composure and readied my weapon.

Rin-chan was completely drained from the backlash of "Judgment," so this was my job from here on out.

That said, with most of the monsters burned by Rin-chan's magic, I just had to crush them one by one.

In the end, with just three spells cast by Rin-chan, this large monster house, which could be called a monster floor, was almost completely destroyed.

"Last one~"

I slaughtered a mere hobgoblin that I couldn't understand why it survived, and finished clearing the monster floor.

Honestly, I thought, did I really need to defeat the role-player type buffer?

But upon closer thought, perhaps this goblin survived because of the magic defense buff. There might have been a few more buffers in the range I overlooked.

It would have been troublesome if multiple buffers cast magic defense buffs, so it was good to take them down quickly.

Moreover, after casting "Judgment," Rin-chan bears a much heavier penalty than a "Finisher."

If I weren't here, Rin-chan might have been finished off.

Still, I had heard it might become one of her trump cards, but the firepower was overwhelming.

If the update to turn off friendly fire hadn't come, I wouldn't have avoided instant death.

It was like a tsunami of lightning, burning all the monsters as it swept through the entire floor.

"Rin-chan, it's over."

"...Thanks. It was my first time using it, but it was intense..."

I handed a magic potion to Rin-chan, who was slumped over and exhausted.

It was a simple case of magic depletion. I had experienced a similar lethargy when my SP was drained fighting Amber, but if I felt that way, Rin-chan must have felt even worse.

"Moreover, one shot costs 3 million Iris. Isn't more than half of our earnings from this event gone?"

"Really... I think we could have cleared it without using it, but if not, there wouldn't have been a chance to use it..."

3 million Iris was the market price of the "Lightning Spirit Crystal."

The "Spirit Crystal" itself was a very rare item with many uses.

It could become a powerful attribute weapon when equipped, and it could also act as a magic amplifier just by holding it.

In fact, Rin-chan had it to enhance her magic.

Using it to cast a single spell would be a waste, but if it cost as much as buying a house for Griffith, you can understand its value. Or maybe not, even I don't understand this analogy.

Still, there was a reason Rin-chan wanted to cast this magic, even at such a cost.

"But... with this, the 'Lightning Spirit Magic' skill is finally unlocked."

"The unlock condition was 'contact with the Spirit King,' right?"

I don't know much about what the Spirit King is, but it's essentially a powerful magic entity.

Contact can be achieved by encountering it in the field or dungeon, or by touching the Spirit King's magic power through the activation of the highest-level magic, as we did now.

"Meeting it is just a matter of luck, and even if we wanted to use 'Judgment,' the activation conditions are troublesome..."

"We have to set over 100 monsters as simultaneous targets. It's not easy in a normal field or dungeon."

Fitting its name of "judgment," the activation conditions were more severe than its power.

Where would you find a scene where you fight 100 monsters at once? Well, we did here.

There were also the required magic power, the complete depletion of all magic power after use, and other drawbacks. It was a magic that focused entirely on annihilation, resulting in many disadvantages.

On the other hand, the incantation was not long, and it could be activated in about 30 seconds, including the ritual. In that sense, it might be a magic designed to clear a monster house.

Incidentally, there are highest-level magic spells for other attributes that can be activated through rituals.

I checked them out of curiosity, but they all had conditions that would make you flinch and monstrous power to match.

Rin-chan became able to use "Judgment" after the event started, around noon on the third day, I think.

Since then, she had been aiming to activate it to learn the "Lightning Spirit Magic" skill.

However, she hadn't encountered a monster house of this scale since the first time, which was frustrating.

So, this forced transfer to the monster floor was a stroke of luck for Rin-chan.

"By the way, Nana, you're also suffering from the side effects of the Hunger Wolf. Make sure to recover."

"Oh, right."

The解除 words to cancel the Hunger Wolf were already spoken, but they were drowned out by the thunder.

After about 2 minutes of use, my HP was reduced by about 40%.

"Phew... Let's check the treasure chest. I hope it compensates for the 3 million Iris a bit."

"Isn't it going to be 10,000 fragments?"

"Let's not make such a realistic prediction."

The rewards for clearing a monster house vary, but given the scale of this one, it's natural to have some expectations.

Considering the reward for the monster house I cleared alone, which was a rare skill and 5,000 star dust fragments, the number I mentioned might not be far off.

"But it's a luxurious treasure chest."

"Nana's was also quite luxurious when we removed the seal, but this is in a different league."

Indeed, this treasure chest was huge. It was so big that the opening was at my chest level.

I might just be able to peek in if I opened it.

"Nana, you can open it."

"Eh? Is it okay?"

"As a thank you for that time. It doesn't matter who opens it, the contents won't change."

Ah, right, I was tired and left it to Rin-chan that time.

Well, no need to be shy, I lifted the heavy lid of the treasure chest, and it opened with a "Gogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogogog