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Curtis used a lot of mana to cut the tsunami in half and turn the bottom half of it into ice.

So he\'s having quite a hard time moving...

Gulp- Gulp- Gulp-

"Pwaaah..."

So to replenish his mana, Curtis wolfed down a vial of a high-class mana potion.

Gulp-

And he also drank a low-class stamina potion.

But as he was doing that...

-SQUAAAA!!

The Giant Squid noticed his existence!

"Ah, fuck."

SWOOSH-

The Giant Squid then lifted both of its tentacles and attacked Curtis with them!

But before the tentacles could even get close to Curtis...

Fwip-

"Now, it\'s my turn!"

Alec suddenly appeared in front of one of the tentacles!

Swiiish-

"Good Job, Curtis."

And Eve arrived in front of the other one not long!

(Alec teleported using his skill, while Eve have several buffs cast on her by Adelle.)

Then after that...

Slash!

Alec swung his mana-coated sword diagonally down, and cut off the tip of the Giant Squid\'s tentacle in front of him!

-SQUAAAA!!

This made the Giant Squid squirm in pain!

And Eve didn\'t miss that moment!

"HAAA!!!"

Swoosh-

Eve immediately thrust her spear violently toward the tentacle in front of her!

"<Double Damage>!"

And even activated one of her skills before her spear reach its target!

And when her attack connected...

BOOM!

SPLASH!

Half of the Giant Squid\'s tentacle exploded!

Resulting in the monster\'s purple blood and chunks of its tentacle flying everywhere!

—SQAAAAAAAAAH...!!!

BAM!

BOOM!!

And this caused the Giant Squid to violently slam all of its arms everywhere!

"Ugh! Be careful!"-Eve

"Okay!"-Alec

Because of that, Alec and Eve were forced to immediately retreat away from the Giant Squid.

Which left Curtis alone near the rampaging monster.

"Shit."

Curtis was about to retreat too...

"<Wide Bind>"

Then he heard a familiar annoying voice.

SWOOSH- SWOOSH–

And following that, several black ropes made of mana erupted below the Giant Squid...

SWIP- SWIP–

And then restrained all of the Giant Squid\'s arms!

Curtis looked above the Giant Squid, where he heard the voice...

And there, he saw Raven looking down at him with a pair of majestic black wings attached to his back.

Raven was flying high up so he was able to get near the Giant Squid without even meeting any of its arms.

"It\'s your turn to work again."

Raven then said that to Curtis.

Curtis was confused by what he meant by that...

Zhing... Zhung... Zhiing–

"?!"

That is until several magic circles appeared in the air around the Giant Squid!

The Giant Squid is charging up to use one of its skills, the <Water Cannon>!

Because it\'s being restrained physically, the Giant Squid decided to attack by using their skill!

"Did he predict this..?"

Curtis mumbled with a frown, remembering Raven\'s words.

But he didn\'t let it bother him that much because the situation doesn\'t allow him to.

So instead, Curtis closed his eyes and concentrated.

He ignored everything around him for a moment and just trusted the others to protect him for the time being.

Then using his ice element attribute...

"<Ice Manipulation>"

Curtis gained control of the bottom half of the tsunami that he turned into ice earlier!

Crack- Crack- Crack–

The giant ice block behind him soon then got split into small pieces, and started floating around Curtis!

Then after that...

Slooshh–

Those small pieces of ice change their shapes into spikes!

Curtis opened his eyes again...

Then he was greeted by Blake\'s huge back!

Blake was shielding him from multiple Siyokoys and flying <Water Bullets>!

"Are you okay?"

Curtis then asked Blake.

And hearing his voice...

"Oh, yeah, I immediately ran where Adelle and Aoi are earlier after clashing with the octopus once to get healed."

Blake replied without even looking away from the enemies.

"How long–"

"19 seconds ago."

Curtis was about to ask when did he start protecting him, but Blake answered before he can even finish the question.

"Don\'t worry about anything else, just focus on your job."

Blake then followed.

"..."

Though it irks Curtis to be told that by Blake.

He decided to just shut up and focus on the magic circles in the air that seems to fire <Water Cannons> at any moment.

And getting a better look at the surrounding, Curtis saw what the others are doing.

While Blake is protecting him...

Swiiiiish–

Phuck- Phuck- Phuck–

Arrows that came from hundreds of meters away are falling from the sky and killing Shokoys.

Slash-

Swoosh-

-SQUUUARGAHAAA!!!

Alec and Eve on the other hand are continuously attacking the restrained Giant Squid to keep it from regenerating.

And Raven... He\'s just flying arrogantly above the Giant Squid.

\'He isn\'t doing anything except restraining the Giant Squid\'s arms.\'

Curtis didn\'t mean to devalue his action, what he\'s doing is hard...

It\'s just that Raven\'s skill isn\'t limited to just restraining arms.

"Tsk... Whatever."

In the end, Curtis just ignored him and focused on his task again.

And not long afterward...

-SQAAAARGH!!!

Swaaa-! Swaa-! Swaaa–!

"It\'s here!"-Alec

"Fuck!"-Blake

"Take cover!"-Eve

The Giant Squid finished up charging its skill, and consecutively fired off several <Water Cannons> everywhere!

The Giant Squid can\'t see, so instead of aiming at the enemies, it plans to destroy everything around itself!

And heal afterward!

"Like I\'ll let you!"

Curtis then screamed at top of his lungs.

Then directing the ice spikes hovering around him with his hands...

SWOOOOOSH–

Curtis sent the ice spikes in groups to intercept the <Water Cannons>!

BOOM!

SHAAAAA–!

Ear-deafening sounds echoed every time Curtis\' ice and the Giant Squid\'s water hit each other!

Ice particles keep flying everywhere, they were from Curtis\' broken ice spikes.

But not long after they broke...

Sloosh–

They all gather in one place, and form another ice spike!

SHAAAAA–

A large volume of water keeps falling from above, making it seems like it\'s raining!

They were coming from the <Water Cannons> Curtis blocked!

Boom!

Shaaaa~

Though, Curtis couldn\'t block all of the <Water Cannons>...

\'Just... A little more..!\'

But he doesn\'t mind that.

That\'s because his goal wasn\'t to block all the <Water Cannons>!

It\'s to keep his teammates safe from the <Water Cannons>!

...

...

After about a minute and a half, the Giant Squid\'s attack stopped!

"Haaa... Haaa..."

And Curtis was on his knee, chasing his breath.

-Sqaash...

The Giant Squid doesn\'t seem to have any more energy too.

Because as Curtis was blocking its <Water Cannons>, Alec and Eve continued attacking the Giant Squid.

"Haaa... Haaa..."

There are no more Siyokoys around too, they were either killed by Aoi and Blake, or by the rampaging mini-boss earlier.

"Guys, stay where you are, I\'m gonna come and heal you!"

Curtis then heard Adelle\'s voice.

And that made him relieved.

\'My body hurts... Hurry up and heal me...\'

Curtis pushed himself way too hard, making his whole body ache.

And it\'s not just him, Eve, Alec, and Blake sustained injuries too.

But then...

-SQUAAAA!!!

Curtis remembered that the Giant Squid isn\'t dead yet!

"Fuck!"

He exclaimed and immediately looked for the others.

SWOOOSH–!

"Ugh?!"

But then, a strong gust of wind sent him flying away from the Giant Squid!

And not just him...

"Kyaaa!!"

"The hell?!"

The others were sent away too by the same wind!

Even Aoi and Adelle that was caught off guard!

And while they were all confused at what just happened...

"<God of lightning...>"

They heard a familiar voice...

"<Clap for me.>"

Crackle- Crackle-

Then after that...

Zhuuuuung—

"<Lightning Strike>"

BOOOOOOM!!!

""KYAAA!?""-Adelle and Aoi

"FUCKING HELL!!"-Curtis

""KEUUK...""-Eve, Alec, and Blake

The whole floor became covered in white light that was accompanied by a strong thunderclap!

SWOOOOSSSSHH~

And a shockwave stronger than Eve and the others ever experienced before followed!

And after a while...

Swaahh-

Everything calmed down...

The surrounding got quiet, and the debris that was caused by the explosion just now stopped flying everywhere.

Eve and the others were unharmed because of Adelle\'s skill, <Cocoon>.

So, as soon as they made sure everyone was alright...

They all looked in one direction.

The source of the strong explosion just now.

And at the end of their sight.

They saw Raven... Flapping his two majestic wings casually.

Raven then looked down at the others.

And with a casual look on his face.

Raven pointed down at the dead body of the Giant Squid...

Then he opened his mouth.

"Sorry it took me quite a while, I\'m still not used to dual casting."

And he declared!