Dungeon's Final Boss: Banished by My Boss, the Goddess, to Earth—So I'll Continue My Past Life - 111

Chapter 111: Curse Reversal

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The monsters that had evolved from Mordred into Feoretta pressed forward through the dungeon under the effect of my support buffs. The curse-resonator manufacturing plant deep inside was mercilessly shredded and destroyed by Feoretta’s 【Wind Cutter】.

It seemed the system used an assembly line with horror-style blocks, where countless hands grew from walls and floors to toss three materials into an alchemy furnace. Once the furnace, configured for a single purpose, confirmed the materials were ready, it would automatically begin production… That was how it worked, but Feoretta’s violent destructive impulse had torn the hands apart and toppled the furnace at an angle, spilling the catalyst solution from within.

『Now then, we’ve destroyed the factory, but unless we also erase the dungeon itself, this will only repeat again.』

I told the still-enraged Feorettas in the universal language.

『From here, we continue invading to conquer the dungeon. Forward.』

『＆％＄％＃＄％‼︎』

In unison, the Feorettas let out a battle cry and pressed deeper inside. I had ordered Lesser Fenrir to follow them, but he was completely cowed by their intensity.

Could it be that Surami… No,her name is  Angelina now. Could it be Angelina has turned him into such a coward? I might need to retrain him thoroughly in combat from scratch.

When he realized I was staring at him, Lesser Fenrir flattened himself to the ground again. Thinking back, that posture might have been the same one he took when Angelina used him as a cushion.

『I don’t intend to sit on you. Well, I might use you as a mount sometimes, though.』

Lesser Fenrir looked at me curiously.

『Come, it’s time to fight. For now the leading role belongs to them, but if the time comes when you can shine, I’ll summon you.』

Perhaps encouraged by my words, Lesser Fenrir perked up and ran after the Feorettas.

“Now then, let’s finish this.”

Standing in the way of the rampaging Feoretta were swarms of Ideorix, giant heads sprouting numerous human limbs. When the closed eyes of the heads opened, they unleashed beams of light.

In terms of monster ranking, Ideorix far surpassed Feoretta. However, with my support, and having been overexploited as materials in the wraith factory, the Feorettas had gained the skill 【Super Endurance】.

It was a skill that made them hard to kill and incredibly sturdy. Before, when weakened, it had only barely let them cling to life—but now, in full vigor, it enabled them to withstand Ideorix’s devastating beams and rain down unceasing attacks.

The swarms of Ideorix were wiped out in the blink of an eye. And at this point, I realized an unexpected byproduct.

Magic stones. If monsters under my control through 【Monster Master】 won battles, I could acquire magic stones.

“This turned out to be quite a windfall.”

If I hadn’t reunited with Angelina, I might never have obtained 【Monster Master】. I owed her gratitude.

“If anything happens to Satoru-kun, I’ll lend him my aid.”

Resolving so, I used 【Telekinesis】 to gather the magic stones and toss them into my item box. Feoretta’s onslaught did not stop, and Lesser Fenrir never had the chance to act, ending up gnawing on a skeletal monster in the corner pathetically instead.

At last, we arrived at the innermost chamber.

“So, you’ve come at last.”

Waiting there was the old woman who had been patrolling the secret backstreet. She was standing before the manhole. The auto-translation device rendered her voice into Japanese.

“I don’t know which country sent you for revenge, but you seem quite capable. However, I won’t permit any further outrage.”

“Outrage, you say? Isn’t this an appropriate response to underhanded sorcery?”

“I don’t care about methods. We only exist to do what we are told.”

“Then this exchange with you is meaningless. I’ll crush you.”

“No, you won’t.”

The old woman pointed her hand at me.

“The path you took to reach here is itself a curse formula to kill you. May your own steps stop your heart.”

In that instant, pain tore through my chest. Did my heart rupture?

“Guh…”

“No matter how strong you are, if your heart stops, it’s over.”

“Guuh… Well, I do have to admit, it hurts.”

“Of course it does… What? What did you say?”

“But even if my heart bursts, as long as I heal it right away, there’s no problem.”

I placed my hand on my chest and used 【Healing】, restoring the torn heart.

“What…?”

In her shock, the old woman’s appearance wavered, revealing glimpses of her true form.

“Then how about this!”

The old woman revealed herself fully. Her head was bare bone, and a surging black aura became her robe.

“Morvina. So, a fairly high-ranking witch.”

“Silence, human! Die!”

She spawned skulls wreathed in blue will-o’-the-wisps and unleashed them at me. At the same time, Morvina summoned a broom, mounted it, and flew into the air.

【Will-o’-Wisp Skulls】 exploded on impact and also inflicted curses. It was a troublesome attack. I blocked them all with 【Shield】.

Then I left all the offense to Feoretta. They could move freely even in midair. Morvina’s positional advantage was meaningless. As for Lesser Fenrir… Lesser Fenrir could only look up sadly from the ground.

“Damn you, lowly witches!”

“Those are the evolved forms of the Mordreds you used. To be repaid by what you cursed with… If I recall, there’s a saying for this… It’s called ‘Curse Reversal,’ isn’t it?”

“Damn you! Damn you!”

Even Morvina had difficulty dealing with Feoretta empowered by my buffs. Her broom was shredded by Feoretta’s storm of 【Wind Cutters】, and when she fell, she was already in tatters.

“Cursed…Fool who dares oppose our Creator. At least you… Be cursed!”

Even as she was assailed by a barrage of 【Wind Cutters】, Morvina directed her full curse at me. The curse bypassed 【Shield】 and rained down upon me.

“Hahaha…”

Morvina rattled her bones in triumph, certain she had won. The curse indeed struck me. But it lacked the power to curse my true body. Compared to the vast ocean of magical power composing me, the magic she poured into the curse was like a cup of water.

It meant little to nothing. Though, it did have enough force to unravel my transformation.

“A dragon…And a transcendent specimen at that.”

“Oh, you know about me?”

Apparently, the species name of my current form did not normally exist. Reaching this stage meant surpassing species itself, becoming a transcendent being.

Even I had never known it was possible to evolve beyond a Gold Dragon. No doubt this, too, was Piroane’s doing.

“For such a high being exists in a place like this…”

“Well, that mystery is none of your concern. You need only perish as my enemy.”

Feoretta’s 【Wind Cutters】 continued until Morvina’s body was reduced to dust. All that remained was a very large magic stone.

I retrieved it, and returned Feoretta and Lesser Fenrir to the storage space of my skill. Since Lesser Fenrir looked at me so forlornly for having had no chance to shine, I resolved to make use of him soon. I really did.

Now then, it was time to return. I must not forget to pick up Seraphim along the way.

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