That was the sound of blood splattering as the sharp fangs of the python flashing with thunder pierced into his shoulder.
"Boom--!"
That was the sound of him being hit in the abdomen by the rhinoceros with sudden and fierce power.
"Qiang————!"
With a sound like steel colliding with steel, at the top of the sword hill, the blade in Shirou Emiya's hand collided fiercely with the monster's claws, sparking intense sparks.
However, the man just turned his body slightly, and the double blades in his hands spun violently.
The next second, a cold light flashed.
“Puff—puff—puff—puff—!”
The sound of flesh tearing rang out again.
The monsters turned into ashes in an instant and dissipated in the air.
Bright red blood was also dripping from the man's body.
At some point, the man was already covered in blood.
"Roar--!"
Just as the man was dealing with the monster that appeared in front of him, a roar came from behind him. It was a sneak attack from the wyvern.
With the help of flying, its speed has reached a terrifying level.
It probably took less than a second for it to launch the attack and hit the man's back.
However, under such circumstances, the man in red did not even turn his head.
The reverse blade in his hand spun in an instant, turning into a cold light, piercing through the air and shooting towards the two-legged dragon.
That was muscle memory that I didn't even react to.
“Puff——!”
Amid the sound of flesh being torn, the wyvern let out a scream, and a large amount of blood once again spilled all around.
It fell heavily to the ground, turned into ashes and dissipated in the air.
Emiya Shirou didn't know how long he had been fighting.
One hour, two hours, a day, or even longer.
After destroying the second fallen fairy that broke in from the 59th floor, Shirou Emiya's magic power was completely exhausted, and he even lost the magic power to control the sword and arrows.
An intense feeling of fatigue also surrounded Emiya Shirou.
At this moment, the dungeon seemed to have given up attacking Shirou Emiya, and the number of monsters was gradually decreasing.
Although there were still thousands of monsters pouring in on the sword hill where Shirou Emiya was.
But its number did not increase again.
This is the limit of what a dungeon can do.
It's like a god descending to the underworld, but setting rules to restrict himself from using his divine power.
Dungeons also have their own rules.
The survival floors and refresh times of those monsters are the rules of the dungeon.
Otherwise, as Finn said before, the dungeon can target Shirou Emiya, and naturally it can also target other adventurers.
In addition, the dungeon has always been malicious towards adventurers. If it can really target an adventurer at any time and anywhere.
Presumably, those extremely outstanding adventurers have already died in the dungeon.
Even Loki's followers could not resist a floor that suddenly turned into an arena.
This means that the dungeon has the ability to wipe out all the adventurers at any time.
But why, the dungeon that is full of malice towards adventurers did not massacre them all?
No one knows the reason.
But one thing is obvious: the dungeon, like the gods who cannot use divine power, also abides by certain rules of the game.
It won’t change unless someone breaks the rules, or isn’t within them.
The gods descending to the dungeon is one of them.
But until now, no one knows what kind of changes will occur when the gods come to the dungeon.
And Shirou Emiya belongs to the second type.
He was not from this world, nor was he exploring the dungeon with the blessing of God.
For the dungeon, Shirou Emiya is an existence that is on the edge of the rules.
On the one hand, he stepped into the rules, but on the other hand, he left the rules.
The dungeon cannot target other adventurers like it targeted Emiya Shirou.
And because Shirou Emiya is not completely outside the rules, there are certain limits on what the dungeon can do to him.
It couldn't truly transform those floors into an arena and continuously attack Emiya Shirou.
Chapter 499: Enhanced Barol
The floor master, who was supposed to be refreshed two weeks later, was refreshed at this moment, and broke through the 49th floor and directly entered the safe layer of the 50th floor.
And the strong sense of oppression coming from him.
Finn exhaled slowly.
"All second-level adventurers return to the 51st floor! It's the enhanced Barol!"
Just like the enhanced monsters they are facing on the 57th and 58th floors, the monster in front of them, named Barol, is also an enhanced monster.
Its strength is probably now far beyond LV7, and it is very likely to have reached the level of LV8.
But now, they are in an extremely serious situation.
Not only do they have to deal with the enhanced Barol who may have reached level 8, but the magic power of Lefiya and Riveria, who should have provided powerful firepower, has also been exhausted long ago.
Livilia played a crucial role in helping the team escape from such an endless swarm of monsters.
More than 70% of the monsters were destroyed by relying on Livilia's magic.
Although he was the strongest magician in the city, his magic power was almost completely exhausted under such horrific consumption.
Tiona and Tione, who were vanguards, were also seriously injured and temporarily lost their combat effectiveness.
Currently, there are only four first-level adventurers in the entire expedition team who can confront Balor head-on: Finn, Ace, Bert, and Grace.
Each of them had varying degrees of injuries.
But even if everyone is able to join the battle, Finn cannot guarantee that they can defeat Baror, who is an enhanced species.
You know, fighting against the floor master is like fighting against your own "endurance".
The enemy had a huge body that could not be harmed by even the slightest attack, and a life force that knew no fatigue. Even if the key to the magician's firepower was gathered, it would not be possible to defeat such an opponent in a short time.
Unless the adventurers' levels are much higher than his, no matter how the tactics are arranged, it will easily turn into a protracted war.
Even Ota, the strongest man in Orario, failed to defeat Barol, the master of the 49th floor, when he was on a solo expedition.
However, this does not mean that Ota cannot defeat Barol alone.
It's like Shirou Emiya is thinking about the consumption of physical strength and magic power, and in order to be able to return to Orario within the limited time, he chooses to reduce the consumption of magic power instead of going deeper alone.
When Ota was fighting with Baror, he also needed to consider a series of factors, such as the extent of his injuries, the loss of items, whether he could come back from the deep alone, and the time it would take to return to Orario, before making the decision not to kill Baror.
No matter how many times he faced him, Balor still made Finn feel extremely difficult.
It's not just because of its huge size and terrifying recovery ability, but also because of its gem-like eyes that can emit extremely terrifying lasers.
Once hit by the laser shot from Barrol, there would be almost no chance of trial and error or resistance, and one would be destroyed instantly.
Any resistance to equipment magic is useless.
The prototype of this monster is the evil god in Celtic mythology, who has eyes that can kill anyone, whether human or god, instantly if they are hit by his gaze.
These eyes that can make everything feel fear are also the prototype of the [Mystic Eyes of Death Perception].
But such a terrifying monster is not without weaknesses. Just like in Celtic mythology, this evil eye not only gives him the power to kill even gods, but it is also his only weakness.
Balor's magic eye cannot move freely like normal people's eyes, it is fixed there.
Generally speaking, by looking at the direction of Barol's face, one can roughly predict the direction of the rays he will shoot.
As long as you predict it in advance, you can avoid its magic eye attack.
The only thing Finn is thankful for now is that the battlefield is not on the 49th floor's wilderness, so there are no hordes of monsters to interfere with them. However, the situation is not optimistic either.
"Ais, Bert, even though we have fought Barol many times, we should not let down our guard. That Barol is an enhanced species. No one knows what abilities it has evolved into, and what the laser it fires will become!"
In such a tense situation, Finn did not lose his composure.
Looking at Barol who was running towards him, he spoke out to remind him.
Even though they had conquered the floor master countless times, they must not lose their vigilance in this situation.
"Now our physical strength and magic power are almost exhausted. We must not engage in a protracted battle against Barol!"
"Ais, do you have enough magic power now to use Balmung once?"
"Balmung consumes too much mana. With my remaining mana, I should be able to use it once without using [Ariel]."
After all, when Finn was on the 57th floor, he also intended to let Bert and Ace save their magic power, so that Riveria could be the main output to destroy the monsters.
Facing such a large group of monsters, Bert and Ace can only do so much. If they encounter a powerful floor master, it would be better for them to let Riveria save her magic power and launch a fatal attack on the floor master.
It would be better to let Ais, who had saved her magic power, release Balmung's real name and attack him.
If the people who can attract the monsters' attention lose their combat effectiveness, Livilia will find it difficult to have a safe environment to cast magic.
What's more, in a situation where there are almost endless monster attacks, Livilia must continue to release magic in order to have a chance to break out.
"Really? That's enough. Remember to always be alert to Barol's sight. Grace and I will be responsible for attracting Barol's hatred. Bert, you will be responsible for finding a way to get Aisi, who doesn't have [Ariel], close to Barol and ensure her safety."
"Ais, use the last of your magic power to release the treasure at close range, preferably directly inside its body!"
The moment the words fell, everyone saw a flashing red light above Barol's head.
"dodge----!"
At this moment, a red laser as thick as a pen shot towards where Finn and the others were.
"Boom!"
Accompanied by a violent bang, a terrifying shock suddenly shook out, turning into a strong wind that was hundreds or thousands of times more terrifying than a storm, and vented madly in all directions.
Under the terrible impact, Finn and the others dodged to the side as quickly as possible, but they were all blown away one after another by the terrifying gust of wind.
And in the center of the storm, a huge hole was melted out on the ground hit by the laser.
Chapter 500: The Evil Dragon Will Eventually Fall
"call!"
The next moment, a dragon-like monster named Barol violently swung its blade-like claws, causing a sharp vibration. The terrifying power contained in it even caused the air to distort slightly.
And that fatal blow was thrown at Finn, who was flying backwards.
If Finn was hit by this attack, he would have no time to defend himself and would have died on the spot.
"I won't let you succeed!"
However, at this extremely dangerous moment, Grace, who was flying backwards, suddenly inserted the battle axe in his hand into the ground, stopped in a very short time, and completed the turn.
At this moment, Grace held the solid shield in front of himself.
"Oh!"
Grace's figure flying in the air collided fiercely with the sharp claws mixed with terrifying energy, and exploded with a loud bang.
A circle of impact also spread out, shaking in all directions. Grace seemed to have turned into a missile, and was smashed heavily into the wall in the distance with a loud noise.
“Old man!!!!”
