NOVEL NEXT Chapter 63: Obvious Diversion
"Isn't there another way for us to win against Dullahan, SilverPup?"
"Fine!... If you want another risky fight like with Garmr, then so be it, Lucent!"
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"One minute... We will decide to either continue to fight or run away in that one minute."
SilverPup takes her stance, preparing herself to come out from the large fissure on the ground at the signal of the start of the fight.
"Charge x Howl - ..."
"Radiance x Aurora's Light - ..."
Luel and BlueHeroine, on the other hand, have already come out from where they were hiding and are now standing above the ground, further away from the 40-meter class humanoid flesh Ragnarok Beast, at a distance that Dullahan won't be able to reach them right away as they prepare and activate their skills.
...Moonlight x Halo - Moon Halo!...
A halo of light with the moon at its center illuminates the night sky with the activation of Luel and BlueHeroine's Moon Halo Skill.
...BAMMM!...BAMMM!...
Loud explosive sounds echo as the ground trembles with each step of the 40-meter class humanoid flesh Ragnarok Beast as it runs towards Luel and BlueHeroine's direction. It raises its right arm, aiming to crush Luel and BlueHeroine. But before it can bring down its arm, SilverPup activates the Devour Moonlight Beast's ultimate skill and protects her teammates.
"Devour Moonlight Beast - ORION!"
A pillar of silver light ray rise from the ground towards the night sky and expands further and wider.
When the pillar of silver light ray reaches the 40-meter class humanoid flesh Ragnarok Beast that is about to smash Luel and BlueHeroine with its right hand, a 30-meter class silver light wolf appears behind it and bites off its right arm.
...ROOAAARRRRR!!!...
"Tear it apart, SilverPup-senpai!"
...WARGHHHH!!!...
Following Shiba's cheer for SilverPup, the other Orion Guild players heave their war cry to show their support to the most skillful RAIDS ONLINE players of the Orion Guild.
SilverPup, in her 30-meter class Devour Moonlight Beast form, brings down the 40-meter class humanoid flesh Ragnarok into the ground and continues to tear it apart using her claws and fangs, severing its arms, legs, and torso into smaller pieces.
The Unique Rank C Ragnarok Beast Dullahan continues to fix its humanoid flesh body by reconnecting the shredded parts using its black mist, making what SilverPup is doing look kind of useless. However, that's not exactly the case.
The Guardian Beast's plan against Dullahan is for SilverPup to continuously tear apart its humanoid flesh body while Luel, BlueHeroine, Shiba, and everyone else observe the movement of Dullahan's black mist, trying to find where is its real body.
...ROOAAARRRRR!!!...
The battle between SilverPup and Dullahan continues at the expanse for half a minute.
At first, SilverPup is the one dominating the fight as she pins down the 40-meter class humanoid flesh Ragnarok Beast to the ground and tears its body apart.
However, after just half a minute, Dullahan once again turned the tide of battle in its favor.
Dullahan changed its strategy in fighting the 30-meter class silver light wolf that is way stronger than it. Instead of reconnecting its shredded flesh body, Dullahan began covering SilverPup's Devour Moonlight Beast form using the shredded body pieces that SilverPup tore apart.
...ROOAAARRRRR!!!...
SilverPup releases a loud roar. Not only because she's suffering in pain as Dullahan slowly absorbs her silver light aura using all of its flesh body parts that are covering her body but also to tell Luel, BlueHeroine, Shiba, and everyone that her Devour Moonlight Beast form won't last for another 30 seconds.
"Where exactly is Dullahan real body?"
"We're running out of time. I'm gonna replace SilverPup as bait. So keep looking for Dullahan's real body, everyone."
"Wait, BlueHeroine. That's not what we agreed on."
Luel and BlueHeroine agree with SilverPup's plan that if they can't find Dullahan's real body within a minute in which SilverPup can fight using her Devour Moonlight Beast form, then the Guardian Beast team and everyone else will give up on the fight and run away to escape.
However, BlueHeroine didn't want everyone's efforts to get wasted, which is why she is going to fight the 40-meter class humanoid flesh Ragnarok Beast after SilverPup's Devour Moonlight Beast form ended.
BlueHeroine's injuries have been healed, along with her clipped left wing, after using her Radiance Skill self-healing ability. She can't fight like how SilverPup in her Devour Moonlight Beast form is fighting. But even though she can't continuously tear apart the 40-meter class humanoid flesh Ragnarok Beast, BlueHeroine can disintegrate all the severe parts that SilverPup has torn apart.
"Aurora's Wings!"
BlueHeroine activates her Aurora's Wings Skill, making her elegant blue wings release a blue radiant light that enhances her flying speed.
Luel understands BlueHeroine's reason for not wanting to give up the fight and run away. After all, even for Luel, RAIDS ONLINE is not just a game anymore. He and BlueHeroine are fighting to save those important to them that they see in their nightmare.
That's why Luel didn't stop BlueHeroine. But before BlueHeroine can fly towards the night sky and help SilverPup fight against Dullahan, Shiba grabs her hand to stop her and says something that neither everyone is expecting.
"The severe heads..."
...HUH?...
...EHH?...
...Wait, are you saying that...
"Dullahan is hiding in one of the severe heads scattered around the battlefield!"
Her ability as one of the best trackers in RAIDS ONLINE didn't fail Shiba. While everyone is looking at the 40-meter class humanoid flesh Ragnarok Beast trying to find which part of its body might be hiding Dullahan, Shiba is observing the movement of its black mist all over the battlefield.
The black mist continues to expand into the ground with the 40-meter class humanoid flesh Ragnarok Beast as its source.
But what if it's the other way around? What if instead of releasing the black mist, the 40-meter class humanoid flesh Ragnarok Beast is being supplied by a different source?
If the Unique Rank C Ragnarok Beast Dullahan is not hiding inside the humanoid flesh of Ragnarok Beast it had taken control of, then which place is the best place to hide that won't be suspicious?
"...So how about inside one of the severed heads that the dead headless Ragnarok Beasts tossed around like it wasn't important at all."
...That should have been obvious!!!...
As everyone in their group screams in frustration into falling to the diversion that Dullahan has set right at the beginning of the fight, the one minute that SilverPup can give to the Guardian Beast ends.
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...ROOAAARRRRR...
With a loud roar that slowly fades to silence, like how the 30-meter class silver light wolf disintegrates into nothing, SilverPup returns to her usual Half-Beast form.
SilverPup came out standing on the ground in front of the 40-meter class humanoid flesh Ragnarok Beast, surrounded by Dullahan's black mist and all the pieces of flesh she had torn apart.
She's about to get killed and be absorbed. But as SilverPup continued to resist her doom, fighting with her silver light aura claws, a blue radiant light suddenly came to her, lifted her from the ground, and flew her to escape from the 40-meter class humanoid flesh Ragnarok Beast.
"Did you find where Dullahan is hiding, BlueB*?"
"Yeah, something like that, PoodlePup."
"Something like that?... Explain it properly! At least tell me that I didn't fight that disgusting shit of flesh for nothing!"
"If you don't shut up, then I'm gonna drop you on the ground!"