Ark Undead

At that moment, the aggregate composed of layers of black silt began to deform and twist irregularly.

Before Goredia's eyes, it expanded once more, transforming into a round, black sphere.

The next moment, the black sphere suddenly contracted inward as if breathing, and then something like raindrops burst open from the outside of the sphere, shooting out thousands upon thousands of black arrows in all directions.

"careful!"

Laurentina only had time to shout that before she began trying to dodge the dense barrage of arrows that rained down upon her.

Goredia watched as the arrows hurtled toward her; her pupils contracted, and the storm on her spear raged violently in an instant.

The fierce wind nearly blew Laurentina's nun's hat off her head, and after the storm and water vapor gathered, they were forcefully pushed in front of her by Gretia.

A vortex, resembling a waterspout, gathered in front of the two of them.

The black arrow that was originally flying towards the two of them changed direction due to the suction of the vortex, and shot out in a straight line from the center to the back of the two of them.

Goredia gritted her teeth and tried to maintain the vortex, but there were too many black arrows, and their kinetic energy was too strong. After just surviving the first wave, the vortex was almost about to shatter.

Ignoring her own scrapes, Laurentina spotted a room nearby, grabbed Greta, and scrambled towards the door frame.

The tornado shattered almost instantly after losing Gladys's support.

The frenzied arrows swept through the entire corridor once again, piercing the walls, ceiling, and floor; nothing was spared, the black arrows penetrating several centimeters deep.

Fortunately, Laurentina reacted quickly enough to pin Grétia between the door and the door frame, and she herself moved closer to Grétia, hugging her and trying to minimize the extent of her body being exposed.

The "heavy rain" lasted for about ten seconds. When everything calmed down, the entire corridor was almost unrecognizable.

The black arrows that were shot out, after remaining still for a while, transformed from their extremely hard state into a soft, muddy liquid.

As if it possessed consciousness, the continuously falling liquid landed on the ground, paving a black road leading forward for the entire sludge aggregate.

Grandia reached out and patted Laurentina on the shoulder, intending to remind her that she could let go, but her hand touched a patch of blood.

"Lauren...wake up!"

She instantly understood that Laurentina had not completely escaped the storm-like attack.

Laurentina had almost lost that side of her body; half of her back was now bright red.

Countless ravines of varying depths appeared on this half of the body, all wounds composed of flesh and bone.

Among them, black silt tried to seep into the blood and bones.

Goredia quickly summoned a storm to wash away Laurentina's wounds. But Laurentina was now almost unable to respond to her words.

"Walk..."

Laurentina was slightly exhausted, but her eyes remained resolute.

"Let's go first, we'll talk later."

But the pain and exhaustion were undeniable in his words.

Upon hearing this, Grandia immediately lifted Laurentina's still intact half-arm with her hand, hung it around her neck, then lifted her belt, lightly tapped her right leg against the wall, and the two of them flew out towards the end of the corridor.

However, the entire corridor was almost completely covered in black silt.

With her agility, Goredia used her hands for support on the walls and lightly touched the ground with her feet, jumping left and right between the two walls without landing.

The black silt dripping along the way paid no heed to Goredia, who was fleeing them, but instead gathered towards the silt itself.

Once there was enough ground beneath her feet, Goredia gently touched the ground with her feet to slow her pace.

Only when there was little black silt left did Greta put Laurentina down from her shoulder.

She turned her head to glance at the situation over there.

The sludge aggregate does not appear to have recovered quickly after this violent eruption.

The originally perfectly round black sphere shrank after this eruption.

After the scattered silt on the ground returned to its original form, the black sphere began to slowly recover.

It seems that it will take some time to recover after using this move.

During this time, Greta bent down to check Laurentina's injuries.

Perhaps it was because of the dream, or perhaps it was because Laurentina's body was rather special.

Laurentina's back wound had begun to gradually throb, filling in the areas of flesh that had been torn away by the arrow, and one could even see the tender pink flesh slowly growing back.

Laurentina's spirits were getting lower and lower, and now it was difficult for her to even look up at Gretia.

"This guy... is weird."

Laurentina blinked slowly, looked to her side, and raised her hand to speak.

"Go find Mr. Undying."

"An immortal? He's here?"

Goredia was taken aback, not expecting the undead to arrive before them.

Out of a certain pride, Goredia believed herself to be the first person to reach Arke.

“When we arrived, I could already sense the presence of the Undead Man… He saved me before, and I remember it very clearly.”

When the power of the Undead entered Laurentina's body, she had already memorized the scent of the Undead's soul, and this scent was especially pronounced in her dreams.

“Look at him…”

Laurentina was about to suggest that Greta try to seek help from the Undead.

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the large black sphere behind Goredia begin to wriggle again.

The surface of the black sphere was no longer round and smooth, but slowly revealed a human-shaped form.

He held a large black bow, aimed it at Goredia, and drew back the bowstring.

"careful!"

Laurentina's reaction time was already impaired due to her injury, and she was even slower to speak now.

Laurentina's voice only reached Gretia's ears after the arrow had been released from her hand.

Goredia was already on guard behind her, and the moment she saw the change in Laurentina's expression, she gripped her long spear tightly.

Her keen intuition, honed from years of facing danger, allowed her to vaguely sense the pattern of the impending attack.

Ding!

The solid substance formed from black sludge collided with Goredia's spear, then was deflected from its original trajectory and deeply embedded in the wall beside Goredia.

Seeing that their first attack had failed, the sludge aggregate raised two more figures as the sludge churned.

The arrows on the longbow transformed into a hard, reflective substance. Under the light, which had already shattered the ceiling in two, they moved like shadows, disappearing into the air at incredible speed as they hurtled toward Goredia.

For a moment, even Goredia's gaze was unable to keep up with the arrow's speed.

She had no choice but to step to the side, raise her right hand and use her spear to deflect the first arrow.

The second shot wasn't detected by Goredia until it was within ten meters of her.

In the midst of the danger, Goredia slightly turned her head. The arrow grazed Goredia's hair and left a hole through the wall of the stairwell behind her.

As for the last arrow, no matter how hard Goredia tried to catch it, she could not find its trajectory in the already dimmed space.

At that moment, Goredia, who had just turned her body around, lost the ability to make her body obey her commands again.

"careful!"

Ding!

The next moment, a fiery red figure flashed out from the corner of Laurentina's line of sight, originally close to the ground, and flashed in front of Gretia like a spreading flame.

Immediately afterwards, the two deep-sea hunters heard a sound like a flint being struck.

That was the sound of a blade being rapidly drawn from its sheath.

Combat Techniques (Iaijutsu)

A crescent-shaped flame lit up before their eyes, illuminating the arrow hidden in the darkness.

The sharp blade, along with the flames on it, sliced ​​the arrow made of mud in two, from the arrowhead to the tail.

The arrow, now split in two, was deeply embedded in the wall beside Goredia, leaving only its fletching swaying like a phantom.

Now, Goredia could see clearly that in front of her was a burning figure.

Golden flames burned softly on her body, seemingly illusory yet radiating a warm power.

The straight knife she held horizontally was also trembling slightly.

The fact that she was able to catch that arrow was a result of her extremely concentrated mental energy.

She just stood there, and it was as if she illuminated the entire dimly lit corridor.

"Melantha?!"

Laurentina recognized her; after all, she had spent a considerable amount of time on Rhodes Island as Specter.

Naturally, they also knew about Melantha's relationship with the Undead.

But her presence here was beyond Laurentina's expectations.

"Miss Ghost Shark!"

Melantha turned her head and glanced at Laurentina, who was still resting against the wall. She paused for a moment, then immediately realized what was happening.

"Are you hurt? Are you alright?"

"Nothing serious... well... I'm lucky to be alive, but I might need you to buy me some time."

Laurentina was extremely confident in her recovery ability. She used her hands to support herself on the chainsaw and slowly stood up from the ground.

At this point, there was no time to ask Melanie how she got here.

Since he remembers Laurentina, is wielding a straight sword with flames on the blade, then it shouldn't be a nightmare.

"Thank you."

"Greteia said quite naturally."

"But be careful, this monster can constantly heal itself, and there is no way to slow down its advance."

"Yes, I know..."