Brand New Life Online: Rise Of The Goddess Of Harvest

“So it seems a member of the cult has joined us,” Erebus said. “That might give us a good insight of what has been happening recently, yes. But I am fairly sure this boy, Tomas, doesn’t know all of the important information regarding Merlinus, his hideout, the cult, what they do, and also all their powers and even origins.”

“Eh? Who are you…?” Tomas wondered, looking at Erebus. “I’ve never seen this girl before; I don’t remember her from the magician tower…”

“He’s Erebus,” I explained. “The Demon King of Miasma’s reincarnation.”

“T-The Demon King of Miasma’s reincarnation?!” Tomas gasped. “And you mean… a he? But I thought… Ah, sorry.”

“Hmph…” Erebus crossed his arms and diverted his gaze from Tomas, directing his eyes to the rulers. “I can tell you his weaknesses, how his magic works, and more.”

“So that’s… the value you offer, I see…” nodded the King.

“He probably knows them the most as the cult was originally around him,” I explained. “Later, it moved on towards the other Demon Kings.”

“Merlinus always had that greed of his, he wanted everything for himself, and despite working for me and helping me, he always asked for great power in exchange, he had his own agenda,” said Erebus. “He had a strange dream, to become a “Superior Being” like us Demon Kings, he wanted to become a Demon King himself.”

“But why?!” asked the Queen. “He already had so much…”

“Well, that was not everything,” Erebus said. “He wanted even more, he wanted to become Superior, Supreme, Divine. He had grown bored of being a human of its many limitations. Of the limitations of the System too… He wanted to break apart all of that and forge his own path, a demonic path where everyone else except him was mere fodder, mere items to be used.”

“Yes, that’s exactly how he is…” Tomas nodded, sighing.

“What about his weaknesses?” wondered the Queen. “We’ll list them up so we can consider them as we fight him.”

“Well, one of his weaknesses is his terrible temper,” he said. “If you make him angered enough and frustrated enough, he will become mad and end up attacking without thinking. But that is justified based on how strong his magic is… Spatial Magic is so powerful it could instantly kill anything if used correctly, and he has hundreds of years of experience, there is perhaps no better magician for space element like him in the entire world right now…”

“How can one fight space magic though?” the King asked.

“By using space magic yourself, or by unleashing attacks capable of breaking through space,” said Erebus. “None of you could do it though… Hmm, no, maybe she could do it. She’s strong enough. The thing is, you have to master the power to gather enough divine power within the tip of your weapon attacks, I recommend spears for piercing power, and swords for slicing power. As long as you can stack layers of divine power capable of piercing through space, being capable of intercepting his attacks become possible. Otherwise, you’ll never have a chance to even get close to him.”

“I see…” I nodded. “I do have the tools to do that! And with my Time Magic, I might be able to hold him back on my own.”

“I was thinking the same, you’re ideal against a monster like him, two monsters I suppose,” Erebus laughed. “Your endless regeneration, your versatile magic, movement, and destructive attack power… You also have many useful Skills, and when you combine spirits and weapons you can even customize spiritual weapon effects.”

“Yeah,” I nodded. “I can do that and a bit more… If I call for Mimy’s help, and someone else that can create Domains… Like Silver and Goldie too, my two other dragon familiars, we could distort his own spatial magic, right?”

“Yes, Domains are a form of space manipulation,” said Erebus. “So if your familiars can create domains, by letting them out, they might interfere with Merlinus space magic and also become able to intercept it to an extent…”

“Okay, I get the hang out of that,” said the Queen. “But do you have any other weaknesses? Weak spots?”

“Like all Demonic Humans, he has a obvious weak point, his heart,” said Erebus. “He had transformed his heart into a powerful Demonic Heart, which had crystallized inside of his chest. If you can hit his chest enough, you’ll be able to shatter it and he’ll either die or grow very weakened. Though knowing how cunning he is, he might know what to do when that happens, or has already prepared plenty of defenses to protect this very obvious area.”

“I never imagined Demonic Hearts were our weakness…” said Tomas. “But what about his head? If we blow it up…”

“Good luck with that,” Erebus said. “Like any other being, he’ll protect his head the most naturally. The chest? It doesn’t come as something as natural as the head. Nonetheless, sure, you could consider it a weak point too. If you can splatter his brains he’ll definitely die. Unless… unless he has become so monstrous he doesn’t even need a physical brain to be alive. However, last time, he still was limited by a human’s condition.”

“Hmm…” I nodded. “We’ll have to see what he truly has become once we confront him… It’s not going to be easy though, I’m sure. We need as many backup plans as possible, allies too. Erebus you’ll join the fight too, I assume.”

“I suppose I must,” he nodded. “Only I could hold him back aside from you. If we work together, we might become capable of matching his power… Hopefully.”

“I also want to fight,” said Mark. “I have to… I need to protect Planta. I swore I would. And I’ve been growing stronger as well! There are several other items I haven’t used… I could grow much stronger.”

“Me too, don’t leave us behind, Planta,” said Rita. “We’re definitely helping you out.”

“We’ll jump on him! Let’s make it so he can’t even think about his next move!” Lily said.

“Mom, my swordsmanship can naturally cut through space, you literally have to include me no matter what…” my daughter closed her arms, smiling.

“Elena…” I muttered. “Right… but we’ll also need more people to fight his army, and whatever monsters or demons he throws at us.”

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