Hearing God Zeshion's answer, Goddess Zeta just cursed loudly before focusing on handling all the attacks of the Succubus Lord.
However, finally snapping, the overpowered monster started to approach and attack physically.
[You dare snatch control over my children?!]
Her voice echoed loudly inside our heads, full of anger and ringing uncomfortably.
"Protect Will at all costs!"
Zeshion shouted as he looked around, grabbing another tamer to have me place them under contract.
"Ajax, Vermeil! Delay that monster! Don't let it come close!"
The two heard his orders and let go of the tamers they just caught, rushing ahead with their energies boiling. Still, they weren't strong enough to fight the Succubus Lord head-on, so they only kept their distance and attacked using long-ranged skills. The exchanges were so fast that I could only catch the colorful afterglow of their energies.
Although their skills weren't enough to damage it, they could still push it back, completely preventing it from approaching.
[Pesky flies!]
The Succubus Lord became extremely pissed as a consequence, though. Her attempts to close the distance became sharper and more violent, making it hard for Ajax and Vermeil to hold the line.
The sky became full of colors in my eyes as various skills flew about, but it was also covered in explosions all around.
Although they were always close to failing, the two of them still managed to stop the Succubus Lord.
"As long as their energy lasts, they should be fine!"
God Zeshion looked up as he pointed it out, and I nodded along as I busied myself with the fiftieth Servant Contract for today.
With fifty new servants helping Ember and the others fight, the battle situation became a little better. As proof, God Zeshion could even catch two at a time now, focusing on the ones who had already been weakened by the girls.
Everything seemed to be going along fine...
"Gaaah!"
However, after just a few seconds, the first cog of this precise mechanism finally came off. Ajax crashed into the middle of the enraged tamers, and a large gash opened across his chest.
The Succubus Lord sent two sets of red claw strikes, which made Goddess Zeta unable to handle both at the same time. Just teleporting one was nearing her computational limits, so it was an obvious outcome.
"Ajax!"
Goddess Blanc quickly sent a remote heal and landed on him with extreme precision. However, the healing wasn't an immediate one but a gradual one. Ajax stood up and, with his battered body, fought back the nearby tamers, holding back so as not to accidentally kill them.
The problem was the fight in the air. There, Vermeil alone wasn't able to stop the Succubus Lord's approach. She screwed up the timing of her skill and ended up allowing the monster to pass through the gaps, sending a kick to her abdomen and sending her flying downward.
"D*mn! What a monster!"
Vermeil shouted as she crashed right into the center of the barrier. Blanc sent the same healing skill to her, recovering her damaged body gradually.
But the worst thing has already occurred.
[You! One who forcefully took my children out of my control! Shall die!]
She smashed through the golden barrier like it was just a piece of flimsy paper and charged toward me, who was already performing the 100th contract.
"Ember!"
Before this moment occurred, right after Goddess Vermeil crash-landed, I shouted. Ember quickly moved and sent a clone toward me, covering my body in an instant. The Slime Suit was already so advanced that it was now like a skintight suit. However, the power that it added to my every action was beyond imagination.
"Get back to where you came from, you monster!"
I activated the forbidden skill, Lifeblood, and boosted my physical strength to more than the limits my body could handle. I sent a punch and was surprised at the speed I was moving at.
The upgrade to my physique from the feedback, the boost of the system's new functions, and the boost of Lifeblood worked together, taking my physical stats way beyond a God Tamer's level for an instant.
The Succubus Lord's eyes became wide as a fist landed on her face, sending her flying away like a shooting star. I stared at her confused face for a moment, seemingly unable to understand what had happened.
I sighed and turned off Lifeblood immediately. However, just that one punch ended up damaging a large majority of my internal organs, skeletal system, and muscles. That's considering how the Slime Suit was giving my body extra protection.
"Without the suit, my arms would've definitely been blown away!"
I shivered at the thought.
I looked around, and there were still nearly ten thousand tamers that needed to be contracted. At the pace we were going, we wouldn't be able to finish contracting everyone in time. I moved to Zeshion, who was staring at me with a wide, open mouth, and asked.
"God Zeshion, can you heal my body completely?"
Hearing my query, he quickly snapped back to reality and scanned my body. Then he checked his palms by opening and closing them before nodding.
"I guess I can still manage it."
As he was about to extend his hands to me, I quickly waved to stop him.
"Wait, what if I was even more injured? Can you still handle it?"
"... As long as you're still alive, I guess I can fully heal you."
Although he was full of doubt, God Zeshion still nodded his head with a serious expression. Hearing that, I felt relief.
"Then, I'll place my safety in your hands."
As I spoke, I quickly closed my eyes and lowered my stance. I sent out a wave of energy that quickly spread throughout the area. From the immediate surroundings to the first batch of mind-controlled tamers, one after another, their position, power, movement, and energy were recorded in an instant.
After the energy wave passed through all 10,672 tamers, I opened my eyes. Golden sparks were already flashing in my view as the energy inside me was condensed to its limits.
"Lifeblood plus Echoing Thunderclap..."
A sudden burst of energy was released. And along with the release, the world... Stopped.
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