ShangriLa Frontier ~ Shitty Games Hunter Challenges Godly Game ~

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The Glittering Gauntlet transforms, revealing the golden core that was shining brightly, ready to unleash waves of destructive energy.
Seeing that, Kutanid threw another punch my way, apparently turning into a complete muscle brain when faced with danger.

「I will be taking that side of yours! “REJECT”!!!」

I was the one to move first, but it was Kutanid that would have me within its reach first.
However, just before a punch with its left arm manages to reach me, I twist my body around my left foot, using the momentum of the turn to position myself right where I wanted to be, before I slam my right foot to the ground and come to a halt.

Avoid another straight punch that Kutanid was trying to throw my way, and side step so that its left flank would be perfectly within my reach, with no interruptions between us.

Power output: one hundred twenty percent.
With so much power about to release all at once, I must brace myself for my inevitable self-destruction.  But even if that would not be enough, I am sure that Rei would be able to finish this thing off with her own attack.

Compared to the rest of its body, Kutanid’s flanks are fairly lightly protected.
So the moment I strike Kutanid’s side after evading yet another attack I could feel the tip of the crystal pillar going into its body, accompanied by the feeling of eroding flesh and a stench that almost threw me into convulsions.

「If you have more tricks hidden up your sleeve…… Then hurry it up and spit it out!」

Rupture.

A crystal pillar emerges from the gauntlet and scoops out a huge chunk of flesh from Kutanid’s side.
This results in a shockwave, one strong enough to bounce my body backwards like a rubber ball.
Additionally, I could see cracks forming on the gauntlets’ surface, as well as mass of black smoke oozing out of them.
If this was not a sign of clear malfunction, then I don’t want to know how such a sign is supposed to look like.

「It would be super convenient if that attack blew it up completely…… Alva! I need a little help here!」

「I am truly amazed that you can scream such pathetic lines with such confidence……!」

Because of that last attack, my current HP sits at the magnificent number of one.
So that means that if I hit the ground now, it will be all over for me.
My only salvation is that Alva manages to catch me in mid-air and prevent me from receiving fall damage.

Fortunately enough, Alva was able to swim in mid-air just as good as he was able to swim underwater here, so he managed to catch me before I hit the ground and died as a result.
However, my current HP is one, so I cannot stay here and do nothing.

「What about Kutanid!?」

I do not care about my own HP right now.
What of Rei’s attack!? I attacked Kutanid, but what about his reaction? This is what I saw when my vision finally stopped being so blurry and I could see normally.

VVVVVVVVVOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

「–––– This is the beginning of the End, as well as the end of the Beginning…… “ARMAGEDDON”!!!」

Huge jet-black tentacles emerging from Kutanid’s back and sides…… It was the same kind of jet-black destruction that destroyed our ship seven days ago and dragged us all under the sea.
And right about now, that mass of black tentacles was colliding with Rei’s pure white attack in the ultimate clash.