Hope in Another World 112

Title: The Desperate Fallen Spirit

“...What is that?”

Tiona opened her lips and couldn’t help but utter those words.

The forest disappeared and turned into a vast expanse of gray land. In the middle were countless larvae and piranha monsters. A swarm of disgusting monsters surrounded the female-shaped monster with a large plant-like lower body.

“Is that the female form of the Orb?”

“Is its host… Viscum…?”

Gareth frowned, and Riveria named a specific monster.

A giant plant monster that lived in the Deep Floor, also known as Viscum. It would capture and devour everything, whether it was a fellow monster or an adventurer.

“Has it been eating monsters as strong as that all this time?”

Tsubaki’s right eye widened, seeing the large amount of dust piled up around the female figure like salt blocks. At the same time, Lefiya and the others also noticed it. The gray land they were stepping on now was actually the remains of an unusual number of monsters that had turned to dust.

“Oops…!”

While the group members trembled, Finn’s expression changed.

The next moment. As Finn and the others were about to respond, something changed before their very eyes.

“AAAHHHHHH—”

The female figure raised its upper body, and its extremely ugly head let out a muffled sound. Just when it had just eaten half of the monsters around it, the upper body of the female figure began to tremble as if wriggling. The ugly upper body trembled continuously, and its skin and flesh swelled in one breath.

While Finn and the others were shocked, the female figure exhaled, and from the upper body like a cocoon-like insect that emerged, a “female” body with graceful body lines was born.

“AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH—”

A scream erupted. The high-frequency wave that shattered eardrums caused the adventurers to cover their ears.

The female figure’s upper body emerged after tearing apart the swollen flesh shell, leaned back and looked towards the sky. The long hair that flowed down its back became beautiful and radiant. Its arms, chest, waist, and other soft lines on its upper body were covered with colorful cloaks.

Gazing at the ceiling of the earth, its side face trembled with joy, and it had beauty that was no less than a goddess. Green hair, green skin, and a green upper body. Only its eyes, which had no pupils or irises, were a dull gold.

Not only was the humanoid upper body completely reborn, but even its lower body changed its structure, growing large petals and countless tentacles. The large creature with a monster lower body and a goddess upper body cried out as it fell to the ground on the 59th Floor.

“What is that…!? ”

Tione rubbed her ears with her hands and groaned. Everyone looked at the unknown creature with trembling eyes.

“……Impossible.”

In this situation, Aiz was the only one who forgot to cover her ears and stood there in shock.

‘No way, it… could it be… how could it be… really—’

As several words appeared in her mind, the blood flowing throughout her body seemed to resonate and sway.

It shouted to the sky, turned its neck, looked at Aiz and cheered.

“Aria!!!”

Aiz looked at its golden eyes, feeling certain.

She stood frozen in fear, her trembling lips parted.

“Spirit…?”

Aiz’s mind was almost blank; fortunately, Shun, who had already noticed, held her waist and looked at her with bright eyes.

“To be precise, it should be called a Fallen Spirit. And it’s Level 7!”

Spirits, the race known as the representatives of the lower world’s existence along with the Elves.

But compared to Elves, Spirits are more legendary. Because the number of Spirits is not only far fewer compared to other races, but they have always been a very mysterious and magical race. They are called the most beloved children of God, and they are also called imitations of God.

If God is perfect life, then Spirits are under God. Therefore, Spirits are known as the race closest to the gods, and their potential abilities far exceed those of other races.

Of course, Spirits are born with the talent to use magic. Even without Falna, they can still use magic. However, what Spirits are proud of is not just their magical talent.

Spirits often can cause miracles. Simply put, almost all Spirits are a race with Mysterious Development Abilities.

In the Danmachi World, Spirits appear in many legends and stories. Sometimes, they serve as guides for heroes, allowing them to achieve extraordinary fame. Sometimes, Spirits provide assistance to heroes to help them achieve their mission. Sometimes, magic is bestowed upon humans, giving them great power. Sometimes, powerful weapons are given to humans, giving them tools to overcome difficulties and defeat evil. Some Spirits will even transform their bodies into weapons, accompanying heroes throughout their lives as they conquer, leaving behind a great reputation.

In the era when the gods hadn’t descended to the lower world and humans were just a weak race, the power of Spirits was almost inseparable from the emergence of human heroes, and they had made great contributions.

Since the gods descended to the lower world, races began to communicate with each other, and obtained the power called Falna, the miracles caused by Spirits that were once known as legends gradually replaced.

Initially, Spirits were a very mysterious race, and the demand for them from society had declined. Naturally, the number of Spirits appearing decreased, and their legendary and mysterious nature became even higher.

At least, in Orario, there were almost no Familia with Spirits as members.

Therefore, for society, Spirits are still a very legendary race.

“What’s in front of us is no longer a Spirit but a Fallen Spirit.”

Shun informed the other party’s true identity.

Listening to those words, Tiona and the others felt a little scared.

Spirits are the incarnations of the gods and have power closest to the gods.

It is said that in ancient times, in order to eliminate monsters from the lower world, some gods descended to the lower world and became the guides and weapons of humans, playing a role similar to Falna.

Bearing the will of the gods, helping heroes in the lower world, fighting side by side with humans, and driving away the rampaging monsters in the lower world.

This story is even recorded in today’s children’s picture books.

Spirits are existences like incarnations of God.

Although the gods are everywhere now, and the help brought by Spirits is no longer what it used to be, why did it turn into a monster?

Under the hesitant gaze of the adventurers, the Fallen Spirit was so unpleasant, cruel, and beautiful.

Its large monster lower body, plus the upper body of a Spirit wearing colorful clothes that seemed to have forgotten what it should look like.

Along with holiness, a disgusting mixture of beauty and ugliness.

Everyone panicked when they saw the majesty of the Fallen Spirit.

“Aria!!!”

It seemed that the Fallen Spirit also felt this resonance. It turned its head, looked at Aiz and cheered.

“I’ve been longing to meet you, I’ve been longing to meet you!”

“Will you become one with me too!?”

After hearing the series of words it said to Aiz, Tiona and the others suddenly turned to Aiz.

They seemed to gradually realize something, showing nervous expressions.

“—Let me eat you, okay?”

Then, the Fallen Spirit revealed a crescent-shaped smile.

Everyone present felt as if their hearts were being tightly squeezed by an invisible hand, and their eyes suddenly widened.

The sense of terror that filled the air suddenly rose to its peak.

“Everyone, prepare to fight!!”

The severe pain in his thumb caused Finn’s expression to change drastically. As he gave the order, the Fallen Spirit’s lower body suddenly enlarged.

Black shadows of pieces of flesh spread, and the heavy rain turned into tentacles and flew into the sky. More than a dozen tentacles merged into one and turned into a large tentacle more than a meter wide, then slammed down.

*BAM!*

The tentacle carried terrifying power, piercing through the layers of stone, and triggering a gust of strong wind, mixed with a large amount of sand, and shaking the surroundings.

The terrifying shock wave swept through, causing everyone who scattered like a conditioned reflex to be affected one after another. They were thrown one after another and hit the ground hard. After rolling around in embarrassment several times, they jumped up.

Among them, Tione was directly thrown away when she tried to resist the attack directly, which made everyone tremble in fear.

Tione’s strength attribute was enough to rank among the top three among everyone, but even so, she was still in chaos under this tentacle attack. If they were hit by a frontal attack, they might not die but would be seriously injured.

“Deal with these tentacles first! Cut them!”

Finn immediately issued an order, and as the Level 5 and Level 6 people continued to avoid the attack with weapons in hand, the tentacle attack like a torrential downpour slowed down.

And Lefiya, protected by Shun, had already skillfully performed a chant.

“Unleashed streak of light, bow limbs of the holy tree.”

“You are an expert of the bow. Shoot, sniper of the fairies.”

“Penetrate, arrow of absolute accuracy.”

“Arcs Ray!”

A magic arrow like a laser cannon, passed through the obstacle of layers of tentacles with bright light and flew towards the Fallen Spirit below everyone’s expectations.

But no one expected that as the Arcs Ray was about to hit its target, long pink petals suddenly closed and transformed into a very hard flower shield, which easily blocked the magic attack.

As the smoke and dust from the violent explosion spread, there was only a slight black mark on the flower shield, and not even much damage.

“How is this possible!”

Lefiya’s eyes were shaken, looking at this scene in disbelief, and the faces of the other adventurers from Loki Familia also darkened.

Even Shun realized something was wrong.

No wonder four Level 6 adventurers and a group of Level 5s were almost wiped out. No wonder after the battle, Tiona and the others were promoted to Level 6.

This level of attack and defense…

The enhanced power of the Fallen Spirit that had swallowed the magic stone must be at the peak of Level 7!

Almost everyone immediately increased their attack frequency. Even the supporters took out their magic swords and cleared the rain-like tentacles without hesitation.

Strong wind, sword light, giant axes, angry shouts, the members of Loki Familia cleared the tentacles as quickly as they cut weeds.

It was at this moment that the Fallen Spirit raised the corner of its mouth, mocking their efforts with its lips, and mocking them with its eyes because everything was in vain.

“Arise, flames. Rage, rage, rage. Vortex of fire. The crimson wall. Hellfire’s roar.”

“May the ardor of the gale plunge the world into grief and misery. The sky shall burn. The earth shall ignite.“

A smile spread across its face.

A large magic circle spread at the foot of its large lower body, and red magic light emerged from the disaster-like magic circle.