Chapter 60: [EDen] The end of the human era has arrived [Yuki/Rin] (4)

Kwaaaaaang!!!!!!

Explosive sword strikes flowed like water.

Roughly 5 minutes had passed since Rin started her attack after I got a game over, and Asmodeus was being toyed with by Rin in real-time.

[HP ■□□□□ 21%]

In that time, her HP had been whittled down by another 30%, now at 21%.

Due to the continuous attacks, Asmodeus was constantly in a groggy state, and each time, Rin dealt massive burst damage, leading to this result.

“Rin is so cool~ It’s like that undulating dance from that whatever-blade anime!!”

“Please be quiet for a moment so this one can focus on the game.”

“Hoo-uk, hoo-uk! Boing-boing no Kokyu, Dai San no Kata!! Yurumai!!”

(TL: “Breath of Boing-Boing, Third Form!! Flowing~Dance!!”. This is a parody of Demon Slayer’s breathing techniques.)

“This one said shut up because it’s distracting!!”

-Hahaha

-Why boing-boing though

-Undulating dance lol

-Yurumai!!

-Wow! You know Demon Slayer’s Breaths!

-Kid Yuki…

-Copyright daijoubu…? (TL: “Is copyright okay…?”)

-Pettanko no Kokyu (TL: “Breath of Flatness”)

-Pettanko lololol

(TL: Pettanko (ぺたんこ): Flat, pressed flat.)

Rin shrieked in annoyance as I shouted a weird technique name.

However, seeing the viewers’ positive reaction, I felt good, thinking I had made an appropriate joke.

“By the way, how can you use skills so consecutively?”

“This one learned the combo from a guide. It’s also thanks to buying an item on the 3rd floor that reduces cooldowns.”

“Aha, I see.”

“However, that item has a penalty of halving total HP, so if this one gets hit by an attack─”

Kwaaaaaang!!!!!

[Rin ■■■□□ 51%]

“Kuk!! …This is not good…”

“But you already got hit, didn’t you?”

“Isn’t this because Yuki-gong is distracting me! Please just be quiet!!”

“Tch, alright.”

Even while getting annoyed at me, Rin dodged the incoming mace with two consecutive dashes.

[HP ■□□□□ 14%]

The combo was broken, making it difficult to reduce her HP any further.

And perhaps because her HP dropped below 15%, Asmodeus now let out a shriek and began an erratic attack pattern.

-Kieeeeeek!!!!

With a scream like a chainsaw wailing, the girl’s back began to swell.

The machine, which had barely maintained a semblance of a girl’s form, went berserk, pulling in surrounding iron scraps to increase its size.

Soon, Asmodeus lost her original girlish form and became gigantic, like a colossus.

And did entering Phase 3 involve this giant transformation?

Asmodeus, holding a handle in each hand, madly swung four maces from each hand at Rin.

Shweeeeeeek!!!

Not only that, but thorns from the maces periodically exploded like bombs.

Pink projectiles scattered in all directions, a rain of them too numerous to count with the naked eye pouring down onto the iron platform.

If I had survived a little longer, I definitely would have died.

Is this difficulty level designed for humans to beat?

However, our Rin dodged it all as if it were nothing, and even parried the incoming maces with a strong attack, nullifying the assault.

[Strong Attack ─ Excision]

Kaaang─!!

A momentary opening created thanks to the mace being deflected by the strong attack.

Rin didn’t hesitate and dashed forward, then stepped on the platform below once to recover her dash cooldown.

Then, after evading another attack with her movement, she continued dashing and began to approach the giant.

Twice, it shot straight towards the sky.

Thrice, while gripping a blade that seemed to tear the surroundings red.

Towards the back of the colossal giant.

Wielding a blade that had likewise become enormous.

[Skill ─ Overdrive]

Kwagagagagagak!!!!!

It created claw marks as if from a ferocious beast.

Next, Rin continued Asmodeus’s groggy state with normal attacks while waiting for the cooldowns of her other skills.

And, as if she had calculated the timing, the skills came off cooldown not long after.

She swung her sword, weaving skills between her normal attacks as soon as their cooldowns were up.

[Strong Attack ─ Excision]

[Ultimate Skill ─ Storm Strike]

The ultimate skill, activated following a strong attack.

It roared with a deep blue thunderclap, drawing a straight line across Asmodeus.

[HP □□□□□ 0%]

Asmodeus’s HP hit rock bottom due to the final ultimate.

Not long after her HP ran out, a few sparks flew from the giant’s body.

Then, like a collapsing building, the massive machine tilted and began to fall towards the distant floor.

“Phew… Fortunately, this one was able to clear it without much trouble.”

“……”

“Why is Yuki-gong puffing out her cheeks again?”

My avatar, with its cheeks puffed out and a sulky expression.

At Rin’s embarrassed question, I finally changed my expression to straight eyes and replied to Rin.

“Nothing~ It’s not like I was holding anything white in my mouth.”

“P-please stop making lewd jokes so nonchalantly! This one is getting embarrassed!!”

-Hahaha

-This is Yuki

-“Habit”

-She really makes s*x jokes as easily as breathing

-FR lol

-It’s a passive skill, yes yes

“Just kidding. I was just wondering if I could revive in this game.”

“Ah… So that’s what it was…”

After getting a game over, I had been spectating the whole time.

Watching Rin’s super play was good in its own way, but…

It’s a collab, so I want to play too.

It’s a bit much if only Rin plays, right?

“It doesn’t matter. Anyway, after this, only the final boss remains.”

“Final boss?”

“Even if you had survived this boss fight, you probably would have gotten a game over quickly in the final boss fight, I say.”

“Aah…”

Well, she’s not wrong.

Since I struggled even in this boss fight, there’s no way I could survive long in the final boss fight.

“If this one dies, we would revive together at the 5th-floor entrance, but… well, that won’t happen, I say.”

“……”

“Wh-what is it this time?”

-Hahaha

-You’re asking because you don’t know?

-Hahahahaha

-Show-off Rin

-Hahaha

-Ah, she’ll absolutely not die lol

-This is… a veteran player?

-How long has she been playing to become this good already lol

-Rin-sama’s form is insane!!

-FR lol

As I made an angry face at Rin, who was saying she wouldn’t die as if it were obvious, the chat window quickly filled with ‘ㅋㅋㅋㅋ’.

Later, this scene would be captured and used as a clip to tease Rin endlessly, but…

“D-did this one do something wrong? Why is everyone acting like this?”

The current Rin was oblivious to it all.

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It didn’t take long to ascend the 4th-floor core.

We had been moving upwards during the boss fight, and since Rin was moving alone, she moved quickly with dashes.

And so, the 5th floor appeared sooner than expected.

Various pipes and wires were haphazardly connected to the walls, and in the center, surrounded by walls, was a giant test tube filled with water.

A girl whose body had been replaced by machinery was inside the green liquid, with numerous tubes connected to her back.

[5th Floor. Deus ex Machina]

The floor where the mechanical god exists.

In other words, we had reached the center of this world.

“But Rin.”

“What is it?”

“Deus Ex Whatchamacallit… Anyway, why did that tin can kidnap Lize?”

Honestly, there’s still a lot I don’t understand about this game’s story.

Why on earth did the tin can god kidnap Lize?

What was it planning to do by kidnapping her?

I thought I had been paying close attention to the story so far, but there were still many lingering questions.

And it’s not like I dozed off or forgot parts of it…

“Isn’t the game company being too complacent? Leaving out important parts of the story like this.”

“It’s probably because we skipped all the sub-stories.”

“…Eh?”

“Actually, there are quite a few quests on the 3rd floor to find clues about Lize… but we skipped them due to time constraints.”

-??

-It was because of Rin…

-That’s too much

-Now Rin is skipping… shivers

-The Skip Nation

“B-but it couldn’t be helped!! If the story dragged on any longer, Yuki-gong would have definitely gotten bored…”

“Yeah. Actually, I was already getting a bit bored because there were so many story scenes.”

“See! As expected, it’s better for this one to explain it instead.”

“Eek. More explanations?”

“What happened was, actually Lize is…”

Just as Rin was about to seriously start explaining the story.

[???: Turn around, kiddo.]

A familiar voice began to be heard from right in front of the glass tube.

[???: Absolutely do not cross the line in front of your feet.]

[???: I don’t want to fight unnecessarily.]

A black silhouette, backlit by the light coming from the test tube, blocked our way.

He had a tattered cloth covering his head, and a sinister gleam shone from between the hood.

Then, as he threw off the tattered cloth, a skeleton made of emaciated frames was revealed.

Next, as he raised his head, a skull, as if symbolizing death itself, began to stare this way.

[???: But if… you intend to harm our god…]

Fwoosh!!

In an instant, the steel-framed skeleton was engulfed in blue flames.

Then, as he touched the ‘core’ in his chest area, an ominous crimson aura overlaid the blue fire.

[???: You’re gonna have a bad time.]

A warning in a menacing mechanical voice.

However, Rin nonchalantly stepped over the line, and simultaneously, scraps of metal began to float into the air from all directions.

[!!-ELITE BOSS ENCOUNTER-!!]

Scraps of metal shaped like sharp bones or thorns.

Then, red flames, like those on the skeleton’s body, flowed onto them, and the thorns, leaving fiery afterimages, began to circle around him.

[Lv.150 Seven Deadly Sins, Sloth ─ Belphegor]

[Belphegor: My name is Belphegor.]

[Belphegor: The first of the Seven Deadly Sins, and the knight who guards the mechanical god.]

[Belphegor: Are you ready to have a terrible time, kiddo?]

-WA!!!! SANSSSS!!!!

-zzzz

-What’s wrong with these guys?-WA!! BELPHEGOR!! DEUS EX MACHINA!! EDEN!!

-Hahaha

-You know EDen! It’s truly a GOD. TIER. GAME!!!

-What is this

-WA!!!

-Wow! You know Belphegor!

-What’s wrong with the chat

-IT’S. F*CKING. DIFFICULT!

And the chat window began to explode.