Chapter 1278: Laranflura's Demise

Fuhahaha! I hope you enjoy watching Sibylla turn into a monster!

Despite repeated casts of Vishnu, I was unable to do anything for Sibylla. Thats not to say that the spell was weak. After all, I had successfully restored Forrunds lost arms.

You little b.i.t.c.h! Stop it or Ill seriously f.u.c.king kill you!

Apollonius thrust his halberd in front of Laranflura, but the severed head simply laughed in response.

I already told you that its impossible! Sibylla is being tormented by the monster factors running wild in her own body! I merely provided the catalyst!

d.a.m.n you!

I only have a few minutes left, which means I wont get the chance to witness Sibyllas end I will have to settle for imagining her going berserk and dying at your hands!

Apollonius raised his halberd again, but froze before swinging it down. He must be considering the possibility that Laranflura was lying, and actually had a way to stop this.

Thus, he could not bring himself to finish her off.

But unfortunately, Laranflura was not lying at all. There really was no way to save Sibylla.

Shes not lying.

My liege, you can tell if something is a lie?

Nn.

I see.

Apollonius contorted his face in anger, before swinging down his halberd on Laranflura.

I hate all of you! I hate this world! All of you should just

Shut it.

Laranfluras head splat in the middle of her childish curses. While I could sympathize with her circ.u.mstances, I dont think I could ever understand her completely

Apollonius turned on his heel and ran over to Sibylla.

Sibylla! Hang in there!

Ugh Old man.

You can get through this with enough guts!

Yeah Bring it on

Despite her pain, Sibylla managed to force a strained smile and squeezed Apolloniuss hand in return.

Ugh Gah

Sibyllas body was literally squirming, as if there were snakes or something slithering beneath her skin. Her pupils split vertically like a dragons, and sharp fangs emerged from her mouth. Scales started growing on her hands and feet, as the dull cracking sound of splitting bones could be heard within her body.

Laranflura said she made her monster factor go wild. Perhaps thats the same phenomenon as the limiter removal on the superhumans weve seen before.

However, Sibylla continued resisting.

She seems to be attempting to control her monster factor, which prevented her from rapidly transforming like the superhuman soldiers.

Ugaaaaah!

Oof!

Sibyllas left arm suddenly grew to a ma.s.sive size! Her arm was no longer that of a human, but a gray dragon.

And that dragon arm smashed Apollonius away.

Old man!

Dont worry about me!

Apollonius got back up on his feet and approached Sibylla again. The dragon arm swung again, but he dodged the attack and gripped Sibyllas hand once more.

This is about all I can do for you. Sorry.

Ugh

At the same time, Sibyllas dragon arm stopped moving.

Sibylla is controlling herself when Apollonius grabs her hand.

I see! You might be right about that!

No doubt. You gotta do your best when your dad supports you.

Yeah.

Nn!

For now, we should ensure nothing interferes with Apollonius.

Lets put up a barrier.

Roger that.

We instructed the other Hero Zombies, who split into a team for supporting Apollonius and one for setting up barriers. I know I spent a significant amount of mana on healing Forrund and the others, but this is a critical moment.

If only we had some method for controlling Sibyllas monster factor

At that moment, Sibylla drew the sword at her waist with her left arm, which had returned to a human form. This was the Red Sword, a magic sword that was recently made as her personal relic.

The Red Swords reddish blade exuded an even deeper crimson-colored mana. Then, Sibyllas entire body writhed more violently.

All the expanding and contracting made it look as if her transformation was accelerating.

Apollonius also seemed to think so too, as he wore a worried expression.

S-Sibylla! Are you okay?

N-No clue

You dont know? Oi!

Dont fuss, old man. This sword is like a limiter for my power

I sensed an indescribable power emanating from the Red Sword. It wasnt evil or divine in nature. So what could it be?

I further probed the source of this power, then finally understood. This was the power of chaos. I activated Chaos Knowledge to examine more closely, and sensed a dungeon core embedded at the center of the Red Sword.

Do you wish to apply control support to the Red Sword?

Announcer-san? Is that even possible?

It is possible for individual Humanseal Sword Master, as the Apostle of Chaos.

Does calling me Humanseal Sword Master mean I need to use the power I obtained from that upgrade? So I should apply Apostle of the Chaos G.o.ddess and Chaos Knowledge.

Just pouring in my power mindlessly wont work, right?

Affirmative. Invoke the skills to infuse chaos mana into the Red Sword. I will handle the regulation.

Thanks.

And so, I focused on my powers as an apostle. By invoking the Apostle of the Chaos G.o.ddess skill, I attempted to generate mana with a similar wavelength to dungeon cores.

For some reason, converting the mana was pretty effortless. Also, the manas color was a radiant gold. Fran and I had created a similar gold mana earlier, which seems to be something derived from the Chaos G.o.ddess.

Thanks to that experience, I had become accustomed to handling the power of chaos.

Announcer-san!

Leave it to me.

The power of chaos flowed smoothly into the Red Sword with Announcer-sans a.s.sistance. I could see it being integrated and absorbed within.

This is!

Good, Sibylla is looking more stable now. Announcer-san is truly amazing. That said, Sibyllas transformation had yet to completely stop. We just need one final push

I will apply my powers.

Holy Mother?

The gentle voice of a woman echoed around us.