Chapter 41: Chapter forty one

“So this is the power of friendship, what a cliche.” 

 

Sigh

 

"Nom... nom... but I have to say, it does make them more effective."

While munching on the sandwich he had packed earlier, Akira thought to himself. He had arrived on the scene earlier, when the three groups were fighting the elemental, mistaking it for a golem.

 

When Drake saw him, he asked, "Oh you're still here?"

 

But he didn't respond and kept staring at the monster in front of him. His lack of reaction led others to believe that he was too shocked to react after seeing such a monster and couldn't say anything.

 

"Haha, it's okay; this must be your first time inside a dungeon, so being scared is normal," Drake said, patting his shoulders.

 

"Now watch me as I slay this monstrosity," Drake said as he advanced with his sword brandished.

 

Akira muttered to himself, "This is different."

 

According to the current scene in the game, instead of the earth elemental, there should have been two dark vine guards, and the SIT members would have easily defeated them.

 

But an elemental changes everything; they'll have to do a lot more than they did back in the game.

 

"So these things can change as well," he was surprised to learn.

 

Previously, when he tried everything to avoid being beaten by the protagonist, he discovered that this world was indeed that of the game, but it was not bound by it. 

 

Things were independent here; they could or could not follow the incidents as they did in the game. The characters could also take a different path than they did in the game, which he did not want to happen.

 

What good will his previous knowledge be if the plot unravels and everyone starts doing things differently than they should? But, of course, none of this matters anymore because all he wants is to live a carefree life.

 

"This golem is strange," Shin observed as he approached Akira.

 

'Because it's not a golem,' Akira reasoned and sighed.

 

"Everyone, let's attack it together," Drake yelled, blocking the elemental's arm.

 

"Let's go, guys," he said as his group charged ahead and engaged the monster.

 

Richard and his group had also arrived at this time, and when they saw the final combatants, they weren't surprised; the SIT members were expected to make it to the end.

But it was the group led by Chris von Deroy and, of course, Akira that surprised them. They could accept the latter because it had become a habit to see him in places like this, but the former? 

 

How could he, the trash son of a noble, live to the end? Even with the assistance of others in his group, they should have been eliminated after a few hours at most, so how are they still alive?

Richard gave a slight nod to Chris, who happily nodded back before approaching Aurora's group.

 

"Nice to see you're here as well," he said to her.

 

"Oh? Were you hoping for something else?" Samantha asked, smiling.

 

"What? No, why would I think that?" he argued, waving his hands.

 

"Relax Richie, she's joking," Aurora said.

 

"Oh, that's fine." 

 

"By the way, it follows the expected pattern." 

 

"Hmm, exactly as officer Laura predicted, but she made one error."

"Yeah, I was a little skeptical when she said Akira would be able to make it here, but no one expected Deroy to be here," she admitted.

 

"Well, you can't really predict anything, so are you prepared?" he asked, drawing his spear from his back.

 

"You'll see." They were waiting for Drake's group result, and they didn't have to wait long because the monster defeated their group.

 

"I'll go first," Richard said, motioning for his group to follow.

 

But Lily didn't follow him and kept her gaze fixed on the spot where Akira was standing.

 

"Let's go, Lily."

 

"Huh? Oh yeah, sorry," she said as she began to run.

 

Aurora's eyes were drawn to it, and curiosity began to bubble inside her. She was curious about what had happened to them, but this was not the appropriate time.

 

Akira jumped onto a tree and began to observe the trio and their battle against the elemental.

 

"If I'm not mistaken, Simon must be hiding somewhere nearby, thinking of a way to assist Chris in killing this monster."

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"He can't come out, and Chris can't use his 'new' powers to attack it unless he doesn't mind exposing himself." Let us just wait and see." He had a very content smile on his face.

 

After a few minutes, Alexandria arrived at the location and discovered everyone lying on the ground; Chris and his group had been eliminated in the interim. 

She was planning a strategy when Richard, who had been kicked out earlier, approached Lily and said something about working together to defeat the elemental.

 

Finally, when everyone agreed, they began arguing about what everyone should do. 

 

"All right, Aurora, use your ice magic to keep him in one place, then Alexandria and Drake will use their special attacks to hit him at the same time, and finally me and Lily will finish him while he heals."

 

 "Why are you going in the end? What are you a protagonist?" Drake responded. "I am going in the end with Aurora."

 

"We can't do that, Drake; Aurora must stay back to restrain him."

 

"Yeah? Then why doesn't Alexandria use her shield attacks to keep him at bay?" he questioned.

 

Aurora yelled from ahead, "Guys, can you think quickly? The elemental is attacking the ice wall."

 

It was at this point that Akira decided enough was enough; the elemental had been slightly weakened by his fight, and if he waited any longer, Richard and others would undoubtedly kill it before him.

 

He couldn't let that happen because this elemental was his ticket to the next tier. He also didn't have to fight the elemental to kill him; all he had to do was destroy the green gem that was hidden somewhere inside its body.

 

He returned to the ground and approached the earth elemental, who looked at him and charged the next moment.

 

“Blitz bolt.” Akira's legs were engulfed by lightning as his body moved at breakneck speeds, rendering the elemental's attack useless.

 

When the elemental was perplexed by what had occurred, Akira appeared behind him and used,

 

"Twin fireballs," he said, shooting two massive fireballs from his hands towards the elemental's back.

 

When the fireballs made contact, they didn't explode, but instead swirled up the elemental's entire body into a vortex of fire, slowly revealing the effects of being subjected to high temperatures.

 

But, as an earth elemental with lava power inside, it quickly shrugged off the external fire attempting to enter him.

 

"Hmm, so you're concealing it on your right shoulder." That explains why their attacks were ineffective." When Akira's vortex of fire was applied to the green gem's body, it shone brightly.

 

"Let's see if you make it through this."

 

"Fire cannons." Massive amounts of mana began to pour from his cores, bringing his vision of a round cannon with nine mouths above his head to life.

Two magical circles were constantly swirling in his hands, guiding the mana into the structure above his head. When the elemental with the lower intelligence realized what was going on, it rushed to attack him.

 

The cannons began to heat up as the target was locked on.

 

"Fire," he said, and shot after shot was fired with pinpoint accuracy towards the right shoulder of the advancing golem.

 

The first hundred shots did nothing but heat up the elemental's outer layer, causing Akira to frown, so he increased the frequency and accuracy of shots to hit only one area on its body.

 

That seemed to work, as the monster slowed down and used both of his hands to protect its core, which was hidden inside the right shoulder.

 

"Oh, you don't do that," he said as he hurled his Agni shots at the target, employing the principle of target-guided missiles.

 

"Hey, do you feel that?" Aurora inquired as she noticed large amounts of mana accumulating there.

 

"Damn, now that elemental can use mana attacks as well?" Drake exclaimed.

 

"No, it's not the same," Richard replied.

 

"Aurora, could you please lower the ice wall?" Lily inquired, her tone slightly nervous.

 

"All right," she said as she lowered the massive ice wall she had built.

 

They were all ready to defend against the incoming attack, but it never came, and the only thing that reigned was silence. They moved forward, trying to follow their mana senses in the silence that resembled the aftermath of a war.

 

But when they arrived, the elemental looked nothing like his former self; he was lying on the ground with a hole in his right shoulder. 

 

Above the elemental, Akira stood with a green gem in his hands and immediately recognized what it was.

 

It was the elemental's core, which they had been trying to locate since the beginning of the fight but couldn't find. And now the core was right in front of them, in the hands of Akira.

 

He smiled at them as he crushed the green core with his right hand.

 

The core shattered into smaller pieces, and the entire space around them began gyrating, and all of them were standing outside of the mock dungeon room in front of the crowd in an instant.

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