Chapter 985 Berserk Slime
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TRUUUMMM…!
"W-What with this strong Mana?!" Zack muttered, stepping back. "Pyuku was always this powerful?!"
"I-I didn't know he was this strong…!" Aquarina said, covering herself with her arms from the shockwave of Mana.
However, another one came rushing towards us right away. Pyuku wasn't doing this intentionally though, he seemed to have gone through a very strong emotional breakdown, and his power was becoming uncontrollable.
"[Mana Disruption]!"
I waved my hands, as sparks of purple lightning surged from my hands, the strong shockwaves of rich mana surging out of his body were nullified, as they quickly disappeared.
FLAAASH!
"Urgh…!" Pyuku felt slightly weakened, falling to his knees. "Hahh… I'm alone…"
However, that didn't seem to make him snap out of it.
"Pyuku, you're not alone!" Aquarina cried. "You have me! You have us! We'll always be there for you… I-I'm your friend, right?!"
"I'm the last of my kind…" However, the Slime didn't listen to her words, it seemed as if his own mind had fallen into some sort of endless nightmare.
"He doesn't seem to be alright." Ninhursag said. "Could something in here have affected his mind? Or is this something that Slimes in specific suffer?"
"He did say that his kin had a very different kind of mind, and that they couldn't speak…" I said. "It wouldn't be strange if their minds worked completely differently than ours. Maybe he had been enduring it so far but… He's as his breaking point. We need to catch him and tell him right into his face that he's not alone! Or he simply won't listen!"
"Okay…!" Aquarina nodded, decided. "L-Let's do it! I'll do it!"
"A-Are you sure?!" Zack asked.
"We'll go together then." Ninhursag stepped forwards. "Children, stay behind. The three of us will advance. Sylphy, can you cancel out his Mana Shockwave with that power you used?"
"Mana Disruption?" I asked her. "Yes, I think I can do it, but it'll cause a backlash on him each time… I don't want to hurt him too much."
"Hmm, then we'll have to bear with some of the pressure." Ninhursag said. "Let out your Beast Auras! Let them encompass your entire body, like a natural armor!"
She stepped forwards, her foot hitting the ground and generating cracks, fighting against the endless pressure emerging from the slime.
"A-Alright…! [Beast Aura Manifestation]!" Aquarina roared, her Aura erupted from her body, resembling a gigantic sea dragon, resembling a long sea snake.
However, there was also a second figure emerging from the sea snake-like dragon, hiding beneath its shadows, an enormous shapeless being opened its countless red eyes, veiled in pure darkness.
"[Beast Aura Manifestation]!" I roared at the same time, exuding the pure Beast Aura without any Skill intervention.
The enormous figure of a red dragon emerged from my soul, spreading its two wings. And also there was a huge green tree, spreading its branches into the skies and its glistening leaves shining brightly.
"Both of you are exceptionally talented!" Ninhursag was shocked. "To think you've developed Secondary Beast Auras already, and so unique at that! Aquarina's secondary Beast Aura might be the result of your Darkage Bloodline developing, and Sylphy… it must be because of Yggdra and Naturia, and your strong affinity with nature itself! A Beast Aura that is in the shape of a tree… this is incredible!"
"We can talk about this later though!" I said. "Let's move…!"
We gritted our teeth as we kept advancing towards Pyuku. His humanoid body slowly beginning to shapeshift into a formless appearance, melting into the ground.
The only thing left was his face, distorting into anger and frustration, sorrow and sadness, screaming, cursing the heavens.
"GRAAAHHH…!"
"Pyuku! Please…! Don't cry!"
Aquarina herself was beginning to cry after seeing him like this. It was honestly one shocking thing after another. I had to be there for her too.
I held her hand tightly, looking into her eyes.
"We'll do this together."
"Sylphy…!"
"Yeah, move!" Ninhursag roared.
We battled the enormous pressure, which kept growing larger. Step after step, without giving up. We imbued our very wills against the shockwaves, clashing against it with our Beast Auras.
Ninhursag's Beast Aura was the strongest, emerging in the form of several beasts at once. Each one most likely being one of the forms she could take, simply incredible.
FLAAASH!
"Pyuku! Stop this! You're not alone!" Aquarina roared, stepping further and further.
"Why was I cursed with this existence? Why did everyone sacrifice to give birth to me?" Pyuku screamed, hitting the ground. "Those murals… Their words… my kin… there is nobody else left behind!"
"There must be someone, somewhere!" I said, my hands unleashing the power of Mana Disruption, weakening his aura so we could move forwards. "Pyuku, you're not alone on this!"
"I… I also lost everything. I was also just as alone as you are, young slime." Ninhursag said. "But I found friends, and these friends became my precious family. That you may be the last of your kind does not mean that you are alone. Don't be selfish and embrace those that care for you!"
Her fists reached Pyuku, but didn't hurt him, she punched his aura and destroyed it as each of her fists glowed brightly, the Aura of her beasts shapeshifting, becoming her claws! Fur, feathers, and scales surging from her hands.
"You're not alone! Definitely not alone!" She roared, hitting his aura! "And I will SHOW YOU!"
Crack, crack…!
CRAAASH!
The aura shattered like glass by her sheer power alone. Ninhursag was already surpassing her previous Realm and evolving even further. Even these powers she was showcasing, I don't remember her using them before.
"Now!" She told us, as Aquarina and I nodded at the same time, leaping towards Pyuku.
"GRAAAAH!"
Pyuku screamed in agony and frustration, his body emerging as countless tentacles waved everywhere. We evaded them through our heightened senses, reaching him with each step.
"Pyuku! We love you!"
"That's enough, stop this already!"
The two of us hugged his slimy and cold body, our Auras and our warmth embracing his existence.
FLAAASH!
In that single second, his eyes opened again, shining with rainbow light, his sanity seemed to slowly come back, as his Aura weakened and dissipated.
"Ugh…! W-Wha…?"
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