"Have you ever seen me at my peak?"
To be honest, Tione really hadn't.
Instead, what she had witnessed twice… were moments where Ron was on the brink of death—those miserable states left a far deeper impression on her.
Burned into charcoal by flames.
Overdrawing his life force, like a dying old man on his last legs…
And now?
His entire body was pitch-black, and she could even faintly see—beneath that skin—the scorching magma flowing inside, eerily similar to the flames of an evil god.
"I haven't."
Words of thanks should come after the battle. Her emotions were extremely complicated as she reached out and handed the two short blades to the boy whose appearance had been completely altered.
In this condition, and still going to fight…
Tione had already vaguely guessed that the pale-yellow barrier which had absorbed that sea of flames and the Floor Boss's assault earlier… was likely Ron's trump card.
A method that damages the body in exchange for a short-term, all-around boost in power!
Could it be learned?
Not a chance.
Her voice turned hoarse: "But you… are a miracle unlike anything I've ever seen!"
"As long as I'm not just a rare case."
Looking at the pair of bright silver weapons in his hands—shaped like Nepalese kukris—Ron could immediately feel their solid weight the moment he held them.
Compared to his own equipment… these were the real deal—genuine first-class weapons.
At this point, wasting time meant cutting into his limited "invincibility" window. On top of that, Mikoto, who was maintaining the gravity magic, definitely couldn't sustain it for long.
This had to be finished quickly.
"..."
Feeling his body in its current ruin-like state, Ron raised his head, his gaze locking onto the eye embedded in the Fire Giant's chest—the one blasted open by the ancient dragon incantation, flesh torn apart and blood spraying.
In Soulslike terms, you start by hacking at the Fire Giant's legs, then in phase two, you go for the arms.
But—there was no visible HP bar here. If he wanted to kill it efficiently, he had to strike the core. Mindless chip damage would only waste time.
Staring at the towering mass of flesh before him, at that constantly rising and falling chest—
"..."
Very quickly, Ron recalled how he had dealt with the Floor Boss Goblin Guard before—tear open the chest and completely destroy the heart.
The moment the thought formed, he acted.
Using the grappling hook fired from his Shinobi Prosthetic, the barbed claw embedded itself firmly into the Fire Giant's flesh.
With the pulling force, and the full stat boost granted by absorbing the evil god's flames through Power Within, he kicked off with both legs—and launched himself into the air.
He shot straight toward the giant's chest.
"This is it!"
There was no foothold.
But that didn't matter.
Gripping the pair of kukris known as "Zolas," Ron drove them hard into the skin.
Psst—!
Compared to the short blades he used before, the sharpness wasn't even on the same level.
They pierced through the Fire Giant's flesh like cutting butter, driving in until the tips struck bone.
There was no resistance at all.
Pressed almost flush against the Fire Giant, Ron found that the heat radiating from the boss's body… was nothing compared to the evil god flames burning within him.
He decisively cut the rope extending from the Shinobi Prosthetic, relying solely on the blades lodged into the giant's ribcage to anchor himself.
"Damn it—"
"No way ripping your heart out won't kill you, right?!"
As the Floor Boss raised its arm, attempting to smash him flat, Ron gritted his teeth. His eyes, flowing with evil god flames, were filled with ruthless resolve.
He raised his other arm—and drove the blade violently into the chest.
Until it hit bone.
Using his previous anchor point, Ron exerted all his strength and dragged his right hand downward—the thick skin and dense muscle were completely torn open by the razor-sharp blade.
Not only that—even his body was now sliding down toward the ground.
In an instant, a massive gash was torn completely open across the Fire Giant's chest. Pale, chilling bone mixed with shredded flesh was exposed, and one could even faintly glimpse—
that enormous, violently beating giant heart!!
What Ron had to do next was simple and clear.
He drove the short blade in his right hand straight into his leg—one that was already on the verge of being reduced to charcoal—then raised his arm once more.
'Ancient Dragon Lightning Spear'
This wasn't a game.
The power of incantation magic would naturally diminish with distance. That was a fundamental rule—even in the world of DanMachi, it still had to obey the principle of energy conservation.
But—at point-blank range, that limitation could be completely bypassed!
"..."
Ron made no other move.
He simply continued to draw upon the magic power within his body. With the full amplification from Power Within, his current state had already reached an unprecedented peak.
Leaping red—lightning!
This was no longer mere electrical arcs, but lightning overflowing with violent, tyrannical power, completely enveloping his body like a Faraday cage.
At last, the crimson lightning that had nearly illuminated half the boss chamber's upper sky vanished abruptly.
In its place—a fully solidified lightning spear.
"Perish."
"Hurry… hurry up!!"
Feeling the incoming pressure of the descending palm, Ron thrust forward with all his strength, driving the 'Ancient Dragon Lightning Spear' in his hand straight toward the Fire Giant's chest—toward that fiercely beating heart.
And as every last drop of magic within his body was squeezed dry—the lock-on life-preserving effect brought by 'Heal' collapsed completely under the overwhelming destructive force of the evil god's flames.
His body, already breaking apart under the burning flames, fell straight toward the ground.
As his consciousness was about to fade briefly, entering the state of the 'Revival' skill—that resounding explosion, that dazzling spectacle of crimson lightning like a grand firework display—that was—the salute welcoming Ron's return!!
...
BOOM!!
"..."
The violent explosion of the 'Ancient Dragon Lightning Spear' brought not only a deafening roar, but also a powerful shockwave in its aftermath—
directly kicking up shattered stone and dust from the ground.
The battle had happened quickly—and ended just as suddenly!
When the shockwave swept over, Lefiya felt her head buzzing. Having continuously fired off 'Arcs Ray' for ranged support, her mind was already nearing exhaustion, and her vision gradually blurred.
But—when the elven girl saw that pitch-black figure, completely devoid of life, falling heavily toward the ground—her heart clenched painfully.
Really… she didn't even know how to describe it!
Burned beyond recognition by the sea of evil god flames, Ron hadn't fallen—instead, he dragged his heavily wounded body forward and launched a counterattack against the Fire Giant.
Relying on that bizarre mobility—and a completely fearless, death-defying fighting style, he tore open the Fire Giant's chest.
And then—directly detonated that 'Ancient Dragon Lightning Spear', condensed from immense magic power, point-blank at the boss's most vulnerable heart.
This was probably what he had mentioned before—the final ripple…
It really was… outrageous.
The destructive power unleashed by that lightning spear explosion—even from nearly fifty meters away—still made the elven girl's heart tremble uncontrollably.
At the very least, in terms of raw damage,
even with the doubled amplification of attack magic from 'Fairy Canon', Lefiya knew—she absolutely couldn't reach that level.
She raised her head, looking at the Floor Boss Fire Giant as it crashed down and completely perished.
The girl immediately stepped forward—but Tiona, who had already regained consciousness and fully recovered thanks to a panacea, was several times faster than her.
"Ron!!!"
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