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CRASH!

Benladann's axe hit the floor, as the shadows began to crack open and shatter!

CRAAASSH!

The light shone from the cracks as I used Skadi to pierce the cracks, opening a large gate of light from the shadow domain and jumping out of it with Benladann.

BOOM!

We arrived on the third floor, which resembled a palace of ice, as we found several phantom clones of Cassiopeia floating in midair while exuding phantasmal energies!

"You've managed to get far, but it will be in vain!"

As she said this, all her phantom clones began to fire purple-colored phantom ice against us!

I generated several blades and spears made of ice and fired them back, impacting with her projectiles and reaching them easily, destroying her attacks with a not even serious attempt.

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!

Benladann exuded the

power of the Mold from within her, as Mold Tentacles surged from her body and began to destroy the phantom clones one by one while smashing the crystals into the ground.

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!

The phantom died one by one, as I quickly realized this became a boss fight already.

Damn, and to think that we were speaking with Cassiopeia just normally a few minutes ago! How exciting things had turned!

As we rushed through the palace and destroyed her soldiers and her phantom clones with our magic, I scanned the area and finally found her, her presence exuded the magic of two Rank 3 Mana Cores, one of them at Upper Stage and the other at Peak Stage!

I decided to shapeshift into a Dragon, surprising her senses as I roared monstrously and charged towards the wall where she was hiding behind.

CLAAAASSSSSHHH!

"GROOOOARRR!"

"GYYYAAAHHH!"

She cried in horrendous horror as she saw me emerge. I was a dragon all along!

I used my claws, infusing them with ice and wind and slashing away at her!

SLAAAAAASH! SLAAAAAASH!

I felt as if she shielded herself with armor, taking most of the damage as she was thrown into the walls in front of us.

CLAAASH!

"Uaggh…!"

She vomited a mouthful of blood, looking at us scornfully.

"Damn it… Why… Why do you have to ruin everything now?! After how long I've achieved! You're going to ruin all… I have built! All of my Empire!" she cried; she was going nuts.

She was such a woman, huh.

"I already told you that I don't actually give a fuck!" roared Benladann. Her movements were flashy and fast, and she reached Cassiopeia in an instant!

"W-What?!"

Cassiopeia raised a large, scaled shield, protecting herself from the impact of the dragon ice giant girl!

CLAAASH!

"Your power is formidable…!" said Cassiopeia, smiling maliciously as she conjured out of thin air countless of the weapons, I've once sold to her.

You're kidding me?!

"To think you're a dragon! Now it makes sense that you had made dragon scale-infused weapons and armor!" she laughed, as Benladann and I were bathed in a rain of powerful dragon scale and ice-made weapons!

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!

I protected Benladann with my wings as it was impossible for our magic barriers to resist the magic-resistant effects of the scale weapons, which made them stronger against magic. I tried to make them detonate with the Runes I had left on them, but she had completely rewriten them and infused them with her own runes, that witch...

"Hahaha! I have bought so many… I can do this all day long!" she laughed, firing more at us as she overcharged them with phantom energy and made the weapons explode over us!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

"You fucking bitch!" roared Benladann, as she overcharged with Chaos and Mold, and out of nowhere, she suddenly… transformed!

TRUUUMMM!!!

"What?!" muttered Cassiopeia in awe, as Benladann's transformation was truly unexpected.

She became as large as 6 meters, and her entire body was like a titan made of darkness and strange slimy black ooze flowing over her, with many tentacles, jaws, and crimson-red eyes across her body, her axe fused with one of her hands, turning into a giant black blade.

Wow, she did it! She used… the Mold Legion Spell. The one she had been using when I caught her at that time.

I thought I would never see her use it again, but now, she was using it.

However, I couldn't possibly let her handle it all, I was strong too, strong enough to crush Cassiopeia if I put the effort, so both of us rushed through the rain of weapons as we roared together.

"RRAAAAAAA!"

"GRROOOOARRR!"

I overcharged my body with mana as my mouth opened wide, I released a powerful blast of ice, wind, death, and null attributes spiraling together into a glorious beam, while Benladann released a flashing beam of chaos!

Both fused together majestically, forming a monstrous and distorting beam of elements, clashing over Cassiopeia as she tried to evade but was stopped by mold tentacles trying to attack her coming from Benladann, which had extended dozen of meters with ease!

FLASH! FLASH! FLASH FLASH!

"S-Shit! Get off!" cried Cassiopeia, as the beam reached her!

BOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!

"UUNNGGRRYYAAAAAAAAAAAAA…!"

We heard her agonizing groan as the beam dissipated in an instant, leaving a massive hole in the wall of the house, the ceiling began to fall into debris, and I rushed to see her corpse, finding her entire body crushed, but she was still alive… How? Her heart and lungs should have been destroyed, in fact, they are!

Ah… She raised herself as an Undead as she died? Now that's extreme. I guess she gets bonus points for effort.

"Hahaha… I have done it! I am an Undead now… I…!"

"Yeah, no."

Benladann and I began to smash her entire body into the ground with our fists, crushing her deep into a crater, her entire body began to break into shreds as I used my powers to slurp her soul into my draconic jaws.

"It was nice to meet you, Cassiopeia. I guess this is our farewell."

"W-Wait! This can't… end like thisssss…!"

"But it will."

CRUNCH!

I devoured her soul, as the crunching agonizing sound of her soul being torn apart was quite amazing. I swallowed the soul and she slowly dissipated into energy inside of my own soul, disappearing for good.

"Ugh… We really made a mess here." Said Benladann.

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