“I thought I could awaken you, but that illusion was shattered, so we’ll enter the second phase of this love-hate battle.”
“Realizing the other side was still ‘alive,’ I held back my attacks, believing I could still awaken her.”
“No matter what, I didn’t want to hurt the person on the other side.”
Will’s backup shields for the Ice Array flashed across the battlefield.
Daisianwei noticed that Will’s combat style hadn’t changed much since his long duels with Carver.
With some skills lent to him by the other ladies, Will became more like an “all-around player” who could do a bit of everything.
He possessed the attack power of a mage, the shield of a Shield Saint, his own recovery abilities, and could even use some Black Magic that was previously exclusive to demons.
But…
This fighting style already felt awkward against a melee fighter like Carver, and now, facing a more agile opponent like Shuna, it highlighted the struggle even more.
“It’s just these. Even if you come before me, you alone will have a hard time killing me.”
On the screen, he unleashed almost all the skills in his hands, one after another.
On the other side, Shuna’s attacks, guided by his various assaults, also spun faster and faster.
Their shadows streaked through the coffins and candles, magic lights trailing closely behind. Before their movements could even be clearly seen, the floor of the level they passed through was ripped away, leaving behind deep craters.
Within three minutes, their mutual clashes had already reached dozens of times.
However, compared to their first encounter, Daisianwei, as an observer, also noticed something.
Will had been at a disadvantage for a rather long time.
It could even be said that he had been constantly “beaten.”
But…
The more one noticed this, the more it became apparent that Shuna was clearly holding back.
Shuna’s attacks were like taking a test worth a perfect hundred points, but she always left one simple multiple-choice question unanswered, scoring 99 points before stopping.
It was so close to being a fatal blow, yet she reined it in at the last moment.
*Bang—*
Shuna slammed her massive scythe onto the ground, and a colossal hole, mirroring the size of her scythe, exploded from the point of impact.
“Strange… If her attack just now had moved forward a little more…”
Will’s toes teetered on the edge of a bottomless abyss. He himself seemed somewhat puzzled.
For the two of them, if such a possibility existed, during the preparation phase of the battle, they would have investigated whether the ground would break, to what extent it would break, and what kind of force would cause it to break…
As the “master” of this place, Shuna certainly knew.
She definitely knew what kind of force would make Will fall directly into a space that didn’t exist in the Dungeon’s layers.
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But she didn’t.
She had precisely allowed Will to steady his footing.
If Will had been uncertain before, this scene must have made him realize something.
“Shuna?”
He raised his head and asked across the several-meter-wide pit.
“…Tsk.”
Daisianwei let out a disdainful sound from outside the screen.
Although this was a scene Daisianwei was happy to see, it wasn’t quite as she had imagined.
She had originally thought that Will would be the one to “pull back” in such a battle.
If Shuna stood on the side of the “Dungeon,” especially knowing that after the hundredth floor of the Death Hall, one wouldn’t truly die, she would undoubtedly spare no effort to stop the adventurer from clearing the dungeon.
Based on Daisianwei’s deep understanding of her.
Shuna had never been lenient when it came to dungeons.
It was her adherence to all the “rules” here that allowed her to investigate the entire Dungeon.
Even when she grudgingly admitted to working for Daisianwei, she hadn’t let any adventurer slip through.
Therefore, Daisianwei believed that Shuna would be the one to spare no effort, and Will would be the one to hold back.
In her eyes…
At least when she first met Will, he was the one who spoke of “reason,” but all his exceptionally strong drive came from his own abundant emotions, desires, and ideals.
In other words, Will’s logic of action had always been “rational thinking” but “emotional action.”
He always presented a path in the most rational way.
But when it came to execution, he always displayed a more casual and emotional side.
“Uh… If you are indeed Shuna—any Shuna from a parallel world, IF line, or whatever can count. Since you’ve held back, you definitely don’t want to… kill me?”
Will confidently made this deduction.
“…”
Shuna tightened the weapon in her hand, which had transformed into a short knife. Her eyes were also filled with confusion.
Shuna, who leaned more towards the “Dungeon Monster” side, didn’t seem to see things as clearly as when she had a more “human-like” disposition, especially regarding her emotions towards others.
She didn’t understand her current state of mind as well as before.
“Then we don’t need to fight at all. Put down your knife, and we can go kill Daisianwei directly.”
“That’s… not quite right.”
Shuna shook her head.
She seemed to be wavering and conflicted as well.
“Sigh, a love-hate battle, and we’re having a chat here. It’s too boring. I also don’t want to think about why you’re struggling here—let’s just speed things up and enter the third phase.”
Daisianwei smiled.
Shuna was the one who couldn’t bring herself to strike, but she could add a little “motivation.”
She still had some ability to guide the “Dungeon Monsters'” priorities.
For example…
“Priority one: kill him.”
This command, implanting the priority of the most important action, was transmitted through the screen.
Shuna’s calm, lightless black eyes seemed to light up at this sentence.
“Huh!?”
Will didn’t get to hear Shuna’s reply because the short blade in her hand instantly pierced towards his chest.
” ‘Pourxin,’ Shuna Polol. I command you, with the coercive power of the Empress of the Death Hall, kill him.”
Daisianwei added with a smile.
Will indeed didn’t manage to dodge this attack.
It also utilized an attack that was most excessive for shield-type skills, concentrating all its force on a single point.
This caused the shield to be pierced from the center the moment it touched the spikes, which was also a very common method of breaking shields.
“Hiss…”
Will dodged slightly.
He wasn’t “Pourxin.”
But he was pierced in the shoulder by the sharp spikes that Shuna’s blade had transformed into.
He knew that such wounds would heal quickly.
However…
If Shuna truly wanted to kill him, her next move would surely be…
More fatal.
*Whoosh—*
“Next, the final phase.”
Daisianwei watched with satisfaction as the shadow in the screen flashed past.
“Whether you want to or not, to move forward, you must strike at the body you know, are familiar with, and cherish the most, and personally end its life—”
“Watch him bleed, watch him be torn apart by you, watch him slowly lose his breath, watch his eyes become as hollow and lifeless as yours.”
“Feel his body cool in your hands.”
*Bang—*
Will picked up his staff again, but Shuna also reacted. The shadow of the dagger that had pierced Will’s shoulder pinned him fiercely to the ground.
The short blade in Shuna’s hand was like a spider.
The countless “spikes” of its shadow pierced various parts of Will’s body.
Simultaneously, in Shuna’s hand, the final, decisive dagger remained.
Shuna aimed that dagger at Will’s neck.
But…
Will’s glowing staff also pressed directly against Shuna’s abdomen, aiming straight for her lower belly.
He had given up dodging when he was pierced because he also understood that weapon. It could only complete its transformation in the user’s hand.
This meant that the moment Shuna decided to close the distance and pin him here, she would also be unable to escape.
“Come on, the best scene for a mutual destruction—”
Daisianwei clapped her hands in anticipation of the next second’s conflict.
