Chapter 839: Numerical Supremacy

Swish-swish — the sound of two sword blades tearing through the air rang out; the corrupted Fairy Spirit clone birthed by the Giant Tree, a human-faced giant tree with three faces, upon seeing Broly, was cut into three pieces by the Saiyan who had lunged before it with two slashes.

Strength far surpassing Level 7, before Broly's 140s stats, was just like a little baby — it actually had zero resistance capability.

Revis led the way up front, Broly followed behind slashing all the way; six corrupted Fairy Spirit clones were very quickly cut down to the last one.

From Dionysus's smiling expression at the start to his expressionless face now — truly, he had already estimated Broly's strength as highly as possible, but reality was, that overestimated portion of strength couldn't even touch the sole of the opponent's true strength.

"Strange, I've already killed six corrupted Fairy Spirit clones, why hasn't the Six-Ring Spell Formula stopped?"

The last corrupted Fairy Spirit clone was likewise killed by Broly as casually as a stray dog by the roadside, but after dealing with the last corrupted Fairy Spirit clone, the faint, barely-there chanting of the spell song still hadn't stopped.

Broly's and the others' gazes subconsciously looked toward the female monster who had defected to the light.

Revis, worried she might be conveniently slashed to death by her new boss, immediately dropped to one knee and began explaining.

"Broly-sama, there might still be a hidden Mana Node in the dark ————"

"You mean to say the Four Heavenly Kings actually have five, and the six corrupted Fairy Spirit clones actually have seven, right?"

Broly couldn't help but retort.

Riveria stepped forward to observe the magic circle patterns of the altar left on the ground after the corrupted Fairy Spirit clones were eliminated.

"Broly, you were right; there really is a seventh corrupted Fairy Spirit clone, and the remaining corrupted Fairy Spirit clone is probably the strongest."

After examining the altar's array patterns on the ground, Riveria said to the Saiyan youth.

"What do you mean?"

"The power of the corrupted Fairy Spirit clones you eliminated gets absorbed by the magic circle patterns on the ground; these patterns seem to transmit the absorbed power to the clones at the other Mana Nodes. If all corrupted Fairy Spirit clones cannot be eliminated simultaneously within a short time, you will face clone individuals with ever-increasing strength ————"

In other words, these corrupted Fairy Spirit clones come with a dying-wish effect; upon death they transfer their own power to the other still-living clones.

"Uh, stronger and stronger, does it really have that effect?"

Just Riveria's words, however, made the group of people following behind discuss among themselves, only because Broly dealt with the corrupted Fairy Spirit clones by killing them instantly in a few slashes.

"No wonder those later clones felt somewhat dull to cut."

Broly had a sudden realization; the others looked at each other in blank dismay.

Turns out, it's because this guy's stats are too high.

He forcibly treated the stacked-up strength of the corrupted Fairy Spirit clones as a speed bump and crushed right past it.

"Alright, now the question: where is the remaining corrupted Fairy Spirit clone?"

"We can follow the direction of the Magic Power flow absorbed and transferred by the altar to find it."

Many hands make light work; under the joint search of a group of people, a hidden secret room was discovered.

"There should be an extra space behind this, but the mural engraved on this wall gives me a bad feeling."

"Evil Dragon, Nidhogg."

"What?"

Everyone looked toward Bell who had spoken; the white-haired youth was startled by everyone's gazes and hurriedly began explaining.

"I said the mural on this wall depicts the ancient Evil Dragon Nidhogg.

In the fairy tale my grandfather told me when I was little, the terrifying monster the Six Great Immortals joined forces to deal with was him.

The Immortals paid the price of their lives, using a Forbidden Art that surpassed human power, to eliminate the Evil Dragon that brought calamity to the world."

"So, the last remaining corrupted Fairy Spirit clone behind this wall will be an Evil Dragon monster?"

"Who cares, let's go in and see first."

"Bang—"

The King's Metal wall was shattered by a single punch from Broly, but just as he prepared to walk inside, Ais grabbed him.

Broly turned his head in puzzlement to look at her, only to hear the Sword Princess girl say: "Broly, if the last corrupted Fairy Spirit clone is an Evil Dragon, can you let me handle it?

"?"

"Before going to deal with the Black Dragon, I want to verify the strength I currently possess."

"Fine, I'll cover you from behind."

Ais wanted a mock exam before the formal exam; Broly naturally wouldn't refuse.

However, when the group walked inside, what they saw was not an Evil Dragon, but a dragon egg still in a hatching state.

Dionysus rubbed his temples; in the script he designed, this dragon egg was the final object of despair for the heroes who had solved the other corrupted Fairy Spirit clones.

Think about it: after painstakingly whittling the Boss down to its last drop of HP, the BGM doesn't stop but instead speeds up and intensifies, then tells you an even stronger, even more terrifying Boss is about to appear — the despair you feel facing this scene with low HP and no MP.

But now, the other corrupted Fairy Spirit clones died too fast; his prepared final trump card hadn't even been birthed before it was sought out, and the person who solved the other corrupted Fairy Spirit clones — let alone low HP and no MP — looked completely like he hadn't consumed anything at all.

This made his meticulously designed, Orario-destroying Final Boss seem like a clown, now subjected to a group's overbearing observation, even touched by hand.

【Damn fucking clown!】

If Dionysus weren't currently without a clown costume's red nose, he would've put one on his own nose right now, then pinched it and shown a bittersweet self-mocking expression.

"Broly-sama, this corrupted Fairy Spirit clone hasn't been birthed yet; right now, as long as we destroy the Fetus Jewel inside this egg, we can let its life end prematurely."

Revis examined it a bit, then reported to the Saiyan behind her.

Tiona hoisted her Uruga, just about to strike the dragon egg, when she was stopped by Broly.

"Broly, why are you stopping me?"

"Ais wants practice; I'm planning to let it hatch."

Everyone: "————"

The suspected ancient Evil Dragon that the Six Great Immortals sacrificed their lives to solve — which could now be easily strangled in the cradle — is instead being deliberately waited on to hatch for the Sword Princess's practice; this operation looks somewhat irrational no matter who sees it.

"Alright, as long as you can handle the bottom line."

However, Broly's strength is enough.

With those words, the others had no objections either.

Of course, if this thing drags until the phase where the Six-Ring Spell Formula is about to activate and still hasn't hatched, then it can only be left to die in the womb.

Fortunately, that situation did not occur; after waiting five minutes, cracks appeared on the dragon egg, and as a terrifying flow of magic power surged out from the egg, a grey-brown dragon-type monster the size of a small airliner appeared.

"My name is Alf!"

Just as it hatched, Broly also used the 【Dimension Severance】 barrier defensive magic that Riveria had shared with him, sealing Ais and the hatched evil dragon inside the hidden chamber space.

As long as his magic power is not exhausted, this space severed by Dimension Severance is a duel arena from which no one can come out.

"Tempest!"

Ais drew her sword, wind spirit magic swirling around her body.

"Roar~"

With the evil dragon's roar, it condensed a flaming breath in its mouth and spat it forth; Ais's figure also vanished from the spot.

"Clang~"

The sound of gold and iron clashing rang out; the evil dragon let out a miserable howl, yet its neck was slashed by the highly leaping Ais.

Gathering the power of the Six Great Immortals' clones, this pseudo evil dragon was not taken down in one blow, but quite a few of the dragon scales on its neck were shattered.

The dual cultivation with Broly, plus Ais's own anti-monster special attack skill 【Avenging Princess】, meant that facing an evil dragon whose level should be Lv. 9, she did not fall into a disadvantage.

A group of people watched the battle through the Dimension Severance magic barrier; compared to the Sword Princess wildly slashing the evil dragon inside, everyone had an even deeper understanding of the strength of Broly, who intercepted all the attack aftereffects inside — this numerical value is too high.

The evil dragon was hacked until covered in wounds; upon discovering it could not beat the Sword Princess, it tried to flee, but when it rammed the Dimension Severance barrier magic barrier, it could not break out no matter what.

Just when the outcome of this battle was in sight, the silent Revis suddenly moved against Filvis.

With a clang, Revis's sudden sneak attack was parried by Filvis; the White Shrine Maiden even managed to counterattack her.

"Revis, you'd better give me an explanation."

Everyone looked over in puzzlement; Broly frowned at the female monster.

"Broly-sama, I only had some doubts in my heart before, but now I have confirmed those suspicions————"

As Revis spoke, she raised her hand and pointed at Filvis.

"This White Shrine Maiden lady is most likely the mastermind behind this Six Rings Formula."

"Huh?!"

Under the gazes of everyone, whether puzzled or questioning, Revis directly explained the matter of Enyo.

"The Corrupted Immortal has a collaborator on the surface world; the other party is a god, self-proclaimed 【Enyo】, and is plotting a plan to destroy Orario together with the Corrupted Immortal.

Under the god Enyo there is an existence who, like me, is also a high-level monster person, code name 【Ye En】; although she always wears a mask and does not show her true face————

Appearance can be concealed, voice can be disguised, but skill is hard to hide; just now I deliberately probed her, and her subconscious counterattack let me confirm her identity — the White Shrine Maiden is Ye En.

And besides me, only she could activate the Six Rings Formula; am I right, Ye En."

Although it was a question, the tone used was affirmative.

Filvis:

She was silent for a while before answering.

"The Six Rings Formula was not activated by me."

"Miss Filvis?"

Lefiya stared wide-eyed at her, simply because the other party did not deny the identity of 【Ye En】.

"The Six Rings Formula was not activated by me, nor by you — could it be that a ghost activated it?"

Facing Revis's questioning, Filvis did not answer, but looked at the puzzled Saiyan youth: "Broly, I can swear to you that the Six Rings Formula was absolutely not activated by me; this guy Revis might have a problem."

"After I discovered the Six Rings Formula had activated, I went straight to Hearth Manor to report it.

You say I have a problem?

Demon King-sama, please discern the truth."

Revis dropped to one knee toward Broly.

Broly scratched his head; the amount of information in the situation before him was somewhat large.

"Filvis, I am willing to believe you————"

He first expressed his attitude of trust toward the White Shrine Maiden.

"Broly-sama————"

Revis's heart sank; she was just about to speak when she was interrupted.

"Of course, I also won't lightly doubt you, the one who came to inform.

Hmm, you all think about it — besides you two, who else could activate the Six Rings Formula?"

"I have no one on my side; the Corrupted Immortal's forces are all in the Dungeon, and I count as the highest-level monster person on her side."

Revis said this very decisively, in a definite tone; as for Filvis, she subconsciously looked toward her own Main God who had followed along, a hesitant and uncertain expression appearing on her face.

"Alright, you don't need to guess; the person who activated the Six Rings Formula is me."

Facing the gazes of everyone present, Dionysus directly stepped forward and admitted it.

"Why?"

Hestia and the other gods who had come to the Artificial Labyrinth all looked at him with some puzzlement.

They did not understand why Dionysus would secretly plot the destruction of Orario.

"Dionysus-sama, I'm afraid it's because of me————"

Filvis did not shrink back at this moment, pushing all the responsibility onto her own Main God.

Instead, she told everyone the truth of the Nightmare incident.

"After becoming a monster person I was in great pain; Dionysus-sama accepted me, and for my sake cooperated with the Corrupted Immortal, preparing to destroy Orario so that the Corrupted Immortal's main body could come out from the depths of the Dungeon and turn the other people of this world into monster persons as well.

Originally, I also accepted it, but after meeting Broly and you all, Lefiya, I had already dispelled that idea.

""

"Since you dispelled the idea of destroying Orario, why would the Six Rings Formula still activate?"

"This should be something Lord Dionysus did for me because he was worried about me."

Filvis said, although Dionysus had deceived her, she was still willing to believe that the Main God who had once accepted her in her pain did so for her own good.

"Ha, hahahaha————"

But just then, Dionysus laughed out loud.

"What are you laughing at?"

Broly frowned at him, while inside the Barrier Magic, Ais had already successfully slain the Evil Dragon.

"My apologies, I simply couldn't help it. This child Filvis, even now, still shows such a foolish performance."

"Lord Dionysus?"

Filvis widened her eyes and looked at her own Main God.

"Filvis, you foolish child, do you truly think I did all these things for you?

No no no, please don't make this god laugh. The reason I plotted the plan to destroy Orario was not for you.

On the contrary, it was because your accidental encounter of turning into a monster showed me the possibility of destroying Orario; therefore, I secretly plotted the destruction of Orario."

Dionysus began to narrate his own story, speaking of his displeasure when he was in Heaven at the Lower World becoming peaceful.

"Before Orario appeared, when monsters still rampaged in the world, the painful wails of the Lower World children, their desperate struggles at death's door — to me, those were the most beautiful.

But Uranus, who arbitrarily descended to the Lower World and bestowed blessings upon mortals, ruined all this. He created Orario, ended the era of monsters rampaging, and made pain and wails, the world's despair, disappear from then on————"

Dionysus gestured animatedly, accusing with great emotion.

"I originally thought my plan could trap and kill you all here, but the result was encountering you, this monster————"

Dionysus looked at Broly.

"At this point, I can no longer see the hope of destroying Orario, and have thoroughly become the complete clown of this drama.

Hmph, you win. I admit defeat. I surrender. I will confess everything."

"How could this be————"

Filvis collapsed to the ground. Dionysus's narration dealt her no small blow.

She was not a child cherished by the Main God, but merely a fool used by the Main God.

"Ugh————"

Dionysus's body arched, his feet leaving the ground, hanging on Broly's fist.

The sudden heavy blow to his abdomen made him unable to help but vomit.

"Cough cough————"

After sliding off the fist and falling to the ground, he couldn't help but cough.

"Ha, are you angry? Is it because of Filvis's current sad state?

Ah, that's quite a nice expression, you guy who destroyed my meticulously designed plan.

Being able to make you show an angry appearance — it seems that is the only revenge I can achieve."

Being coldly watched by the Saiyan boy, Dionysus showed no fear.

Gods can revive even if they die. Even now, as long as he is willing, he can actively use Divine Power to trigger the condition of being repatriated to Heaven.

Broly knows this too, so he strives to suppress the urge to kill this guy right now.

Likewise, he also didn't dare use the Extreme Pain Finger directly, fearing the other party would actively use Divine Power and escape back to Heaven.