The Girls Are All Coveting Me

The sound of explosions filled the entire floor.

The breath of the Saint Bone Dragon was like flames destroying everything, leaving nothing but devastation in its wake.

This is a Saint.

In the era before the Dawn Era, when angels had yet to descend upon the continent, the Saints were the pinnacle of the entire land.

Even in today's age, only angels sanctioned by the Stars can wield power surpassing that of a Saint on the continent.

Under the gods, the disciples of the Supreme.

This is the meaning of a Saint.

However, at this moment, the cataclysmic ruins were forcibly deflected.

Chloe's cold eyes stared at the Saint before him.

He sensed a familiar aura emanating from the body of the White Bone Giant Dragon.

It was the power of a Bone Demon.

Not just any Bone Demon, but the power of the Lord of Hell who dominates the entire floor.

Bator Hell, also known as the Nine Hells.

It is the homeland of the Bone Demons.

As the arch-rival of the Bottomless Abyss, Bator Hell also possesses top-tier combat power beyond ordinary understanding.

Of course, as the mainstay of the Lawful Evil Faction, those Lords of Hell are more like ancient legends, rarely appearing before the masses.

Rather, various middle and high-level devils frequently harvest lives on the continent at the cost of contracts.

Even Chloe has seldom faced off with the devils of Bator Hell before.

These cautious devils always hide in the depths, rarely showing themselves.

And once they reveal their devilish nature, it usually signals the time to harvest their opponent's soul.

Perhaps only when facing their arch-nemesis, the demons, will they lower their guard and reveal the evil visage hidden beneath their lawful façade.

But why did Bator Hell intervene?

No... not right.

Chloe closely observed the White Bone Giant Dragon in front of him, eyes widening slightly.

"Heisha, get out of the way!"

Chloe yelled.

Heisha, who intended to rush forward, hesitated not at all and dodged the White Bone Giant Dragon's attack.

With a roar, the surrounding ground shattered.

Heisha glanced at the power seeping from the Bone Dragon's sharp claws, her gaze turning somewhat subtle.

"Ten Thousand Beasts Garden?"

This familiar power made Heisha reveal a cold smile: "Are you trying to wage war with the Stars, Ten Thousand Beasts Garden?"

The White Bone Giant Dragon was silent, continuing its assault.

"Enough, they won't listen, and that guy is indeed dead."

Chloe's worst fear was realized.

"Rise, soldiers."

Fufu slammed her palm to the ground.

The writhing Shadow Power devoured everything beneath.

The corpses that once perished in the Abyss of Woe rose again as Shadow Warriors, unhesitatingly aligning with the Saint Bone Dragon.

Nini's little magic staff swayed as she pulled Laura and Teresa towards her side.

"Th-thank you..."

Teresa said, lips tight.

She had just thought she was going to die.

Damn it, this was a Saint, one of the rarest entities on the entire continent.

In the Night Thorn Association she belongs to, a Saint is the strongest force.

As for Angel Class... the Night Thorn Association only possesses the foundation to summon Angel Class combat power.

In other words, in the absence of life-or-death tactics, a Saint is the strongest force her future organization would command.

And now, such a big shot was standing in front of her.

Laura wasn't too scared, just lit a lady's cigarette and said:

"What's going on? We don't even get any time to relax."

"Laura, is this really the time to say that? That thing's after us!"

"What can we do? Do you think not loosening up will grant us mercy?"

Laura casually gave the Bone Dragon the finger.

Chloe said quietly: "Get ready to evacuate, Lilith, Fufu, give us a hand."

With their current strength, they were simply unable to contain this Saint.

Everyone gathered around Chloe without hesitation.

Only Chloe had a faint cold sweat on his forehead.

[Seriously, why does it have to be the most troublesome situation]

Lilith said solemnly: "Let Master Heisha support us, their methods restrain her too much."

"Do you really need to say that..." Heisha appeared in front of them, frowning at Chloe, "Though I felt you were hiding things before, you seem to be hiding quite a bit, huh?"

"Mercy, Mentor, we can discuss anything later, you wouldn't want anything to happen to your little niece, would you?"

"???" Teresa pointed at herself, suddenly getting annoyed.

What do you mean?

Do you see her as a burden?

But then she looked up at the giant dragon above.

Alright.

A burden is a burden, and she's proud of it.

They definitely couldn't win the fight.

Even with Heisha, they couldn't win.

But running away should be no problem.

"Master Heisha, do you have any secret skills left? Use them, use your super brain to figure something out."

Heisha said nothing, just feeling an urge to hit someone.

She clapped her hands together and slammed them to the ground, and a terrifying life energy instantly spread throughout the floor.

Small roots grew into large roots, large roots formed into towering trees, and the towering trees transformed into giant treants, roaring as they charged toward the White Bone Giant Dragon.

"Cool~"

Chloe felt that Master Heisha should really have faith in Abigail or Annie.

This surging life energy was simply like the descent of the Desire Mother Tree's Saint upon the human world.

"Laughing for nothing, it's only a cover; purely numerically sufficient, still far from being a Saint!"

Heisha only felt cold sweat pouring from her forehead.

A pure Bone Dragon was not that terrifying.

Even a Saint Bone Dragon wielded by a Hell Duke could, in strict terms, have appropriate countermeasures.

But the problem was this Bone Dragon itself...

"Hold it down directly, don't stick around, that Bone Dragon very much restrains us."

"Creating an opportunity for Rephya isn't possible either?"

"No, don't you know the true form of that Bone Dragon? It can't be restrained!"

"Tsk."

"Tsk-ing is useless, I'll create an opportunity for you to delve deeper into the floors."

Chloe really wanted to let out a groundhog-like scream.

Because that Bone Dragon... is the Dragon Lord of the Ten Thousand Beasts Garden.

Every World Group has its own inherent characteristic system.

Demon Monarchs and Demon Princes of the Bottomless Abyss.

Lords of Hell from Bator Hell.

Slime Lords of the Sea of Chaos.

All these are demigod-level powerhouses renowned in the Multiverse.

And the Ten Thousand Beasts Garden, also part of a World Group, is known as the sanctuary of wildness.

The animal lords of the Ten Thousand Beasts Garden possess means to exploit the power of wildness to the fullest.

For instance, Cat Lords, Dog Lords, and the like.

Many Druids on the Stars Continent also have channels to communicate with these animal lords.

Yes, officially sanctioned communication channels allowed by The Stars.

Among all the animal lords, the most troublesome ones are called "Dragon Lords."

Even among the animal lords, Dragon Lords are the strongest type.

The reason Druids can officially channel the power of the animal lords is because...

The Ten Thousand Beasts Garden belongs to the Good Faction.

Being Chaotic Good, leaning slightly Neutral Good, the Ten Thousand Beasts Garden maintains a decent relationship with The Stars.

Of course, that's on the surface.

After all, The Stars' operations clearly appear very independent.

They seem like allies, but there's no genuinely close alliance in practical terms.

Rather than saying the two sides are closely related, it's better to say that at the current stage, The Stars need the power of the Ten Thousand Beasts Garden, while they, in turn, need to watch over each other with The Stars.

As a demigod life, a Dragon Lord, under usual circumstances, is difficult to have its body taken, even if slain.

Yet, the Dragon Lord of the Ten Thousand Beasts Garden appeared in the Abyss of Woe.

—It seems to have entered the Maze leveraging the relationship of "friendly exchanges between The Stars and Ten Thousand Beasts Garden."

Considering the nature of the Maze itself, The Stars likely did not intend to interfere.

Yet, who could have predicted, such a Dragon Lord was so easily refined into a White Bone Puppet by a Hell Duke.

"No, it's not just any puppet, it's a Living Puppet..."

Heisha gritted her teeth.

No wonder Chloe said it was useless to create an opportunity for Rephya to attack the Bone Dragon.

Because a Living Puppet is a special existence at the boundary of life and death.

If it were purely a dead thing that fell into Bator Hell, Rephya's use of Holy Bone would naturally inflict true damage with critical hits.

But the problem is it resides at the border between life and death, meaning it retains some characteristics of its original Dragon Lord form.

And these characteristics change what Rephya could have been straightforward major critical hits into a state of pure critical hits.

If Rephya's Life Sequence had been elevated to Sequence Four, of course she could have beaten the opponent to death alive.

But Rephya is currently in Sequence Seven... this slight critical hit damage can't make up for the gap in power between the two sides.

Even more problematic is that the Ten Thousand Beasts Garden, belonging to the Good Faction before, had an understanding and comprehension of life energy renowned across countless World Groups.

Thus, even though Heisha possesses life energy beyond Chloe's recognition, an ocean vastness amount, she still can't stop the opponent.

—Held down by the same method the Dragon Lord uses.

This is Chloe's description of the worst-case scenario.

The pure Good Faction is not so daunting.

The pure Evil Faction is manageable.

But the concern is when both sides ally and compensate for their shortcomings.

Such a super hybrid! How about violating principles and having more of them?!

What? It was us who started it first?

Chloe never expected a boomerang from years ago to smack them right in the face.

Indeed.

The previous one Chloe knew to use mutually fused power was himself.

The Pride Uniqueness of the Abyss fused with the Earth Uniqueness of The Stars.

The one before that was Kai, blending the Fury Uniqueness with the Dragon's Uniqueness.

Unresistable numerical beasts and irrestrainable mechanism beasts blended together, each being a hexagonal warrior...

At least.

This White Bone Giant Dragon appears in somewhat poor condition; Chloe observed it seemed to have been injured before.

Damn.

Finding something able to injure a Saint on this floor isn't easy.

Estimated to happening only by reaching the 50th floor of the Abyss of Woe.

[Sir, I can assist you]