*** Leviathan ***

Rumble….

Whoosh!

Massive dark clouds gathered in the sky. A fierce wind blew from all directions, and heavy thunder rumbled incessantly.

“What happened? What’s with this unusual atmosphere? Didn’t Arthur launch his finishing blow? It doesn’t seem like that guy is going to die anytime soon, though….”

“Damn it, it’s still not over….”

“We don’t have Arthur anymore, so now we have to deal with that monster by ourselves….”

Although the users’ collective combat power was surprisingly powerful, it was not enough to face off against a transcendent. They were only able to fight Tan on somewhat equal footing so far because Arthur was in charge of the Masters’ attacks.

The other Masters could only play assisting roles in the battle; they couldn’t take the lead in assaulting Tan. Now that their side’s main force had bowed out, if Tan outputted the same attacks as before, they’d surely be defeated.

“Argh… Arthur! Ah!”

Tan grabbed Ascalon’s handle and let out a pained groan. Tan wasn’t neutralized or in a moribund state. As the Beast of the Apocalypse, his monstrous HP was too vast for him to simply fade away and die after suffering an attack from a mere human.

Yet, even so, he couldn’t remove Ascalon from his chest.

/“Until the day you die, that sword will never fall out. Ascalon has anchored to your soul, so even if you...