I Became a 6★ Gacha Character

346 - Tentacles, Feathers, and Abnormal Sexuality 1

TL/Editor: raei

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I thought the winners would be us anyway, but suddenly a thought occurred to me.

Arriving early means facing two bosses due to BB Games' setup, but there's no penalty for arriving late? Does that make sense?

At the same time, patterns from several games flashed through my mind. When two bosses appear together, if you can't kill both at once, either the dead one revives or the surviving one gets dramatically strengthened - I've experienced this on both PC and mobile.

Given how the harpy and tentacle are hostile to each other, they probably won't revive each other, but... if the tentacle wins, it'll probably evolve by devouring the empress's equipment and mana stone.

"The tentacle monster first! We don't know how it'll change if it eats her magical items!"

"Ugh...!"

Reminded by Grace's muttering of the family artifact that became golem food, Katie visibly clenched her jaw as she matched pace with me, charging forward.

She chose to protect the three from the rear since she can't shield them against an opponent as massive as that.

There's no way Katie could block tentacles as thick as temple pillars. Let alone when there are close to a hundred of them.

With that many, it's tricky for even me to block them all, so I'll have to pummel the main body to draw aggro.

"Foul creature! Behold heaven's wrath!"

Crackle―

Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaa――

As I approached with that in mind, the harpy empress's roar, the thunderous boom, and the tentacle monster's psychic scream all assaulted my ears.

I guess the 50th floor won't be easy to clear, huh.

The 50th floor itself is far too chaotic, setting aside the combat prowess of the harpy empress and tentacle monster.

Collapsed palace debris impeding movement, lightning strikes indiscriminately with no regard for allies, tentacles so massive they're threatening no matter how they move.

Having to fight while avoiding such obstacles, with added noise battering ears and brain. An ominous premonition wells up that this will be quite the struggle.

"Ugh, my brain, is, ringing-!"

"Focus on your breathing, and concentrate more on footwork than slashing. Once you envelop yourself in aura, your body will adapt."

With her skull vibrating like a pinball inside her helmet, Katie's in no state to move smoothly. Her fair brows furrowed deeply as she awkwardly maneuvers around collapsed walls and toppled pillars - that's her best effort.

Still, as a sword-wielding vanguard, she can't have it easy forever. No matter how great a tank I am, there will inevitably be moments where I can't block everything.

Katie seems to realize she can't leave it all to me, gritting her teeth as she starts drawing out a blue aura while dodging flying stone fragments. Has she instinctively understood that efficient mana use won't cut it here?

Efficiently managing mana is like a fuel-efficient car.

What I mean is, sometimes when you need to drive a rough mountain road, a gas-guzzling monster truck that dumps everything into power is better than a fuel-efficient car.

"I'm going ahead. Follow when you've adjusted."

"Ugh, I'll, catch up, soon!"

In other words, like me.

Beyond just dumping mana into my shield and warhammer, I activate mana throughout my entire body. A mighty force surges through me, humming like an oil-filled engine.

Considering the 40th-floor boss that even the holy sword couldn’t crack within five minutes, this huge creature was likely just as tough and durable.

Without the harpy's lightning raining down from above, a single party probably couldn't hunt it.

Thinking about it that way, BB Games, you bastards are truly wicked.

You're saying if players think simply and take out one boss, a strengthened boss could appear, aren't you?

Whether to face two pre-strengthened bosses or one post-strengthened boss after it devours the other - it's just my brain's conjecture, but judging by their antics, there's a 99.99% chance the survivor will evolve.

"What should we do?"

"Tentacles! Intercept the tentacles heading for the harpy empress as much as possible! We can't do anything about that huge main body on our own anyway!"

Han Se-ah and Grace found their roles behind me, while Katie, who had been staggering, seems to have finally adapted as she runs towards me.

In this situation, I can't possibly block all those tentacles thick as temple pillars, let alone when they number in the hundreds.

With so many, I'll have to pound the main body to draw aggro since I can't block them all myself.

As I charge towards the tentacle monster's main body with that in mind, the first to greet me is a thick tentacle sweeping along the ground like a child's hand playing in dirt.

It seems intent on gathering and hurling the palace debris, as tentacles and piles of rubble surge towards me together.

Given how it's scraping along the ground, I could probably dodge by jumping... but then I'd be pelted by stone fragments raining down from all directions.

"Hnnnngh―!"

The moment I think I need to block it, my body moves instinctively.

I inhale so deeply my lungs feel like they'll burst, my chest visibly swelling.

Simultaneously, I feel strength concentrating in my shoulders to the point my muscles ache.

My left foot steps forward while my right braces behind, crushing the stone floor beneath. Mana flows down my back, over my shoulders, and through my arms, allowing them to move like whips.

And gripped in those whip-like hands is a weighty warhammer imbued with mana beyond what flesh alone could wield. As stone fragments clatter against the shield thrust forward in my left hand-

The warhammer swings down, smashing into the tentacle.

Crash—!!!

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Raei Translations

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A grandiose palace. A massive body with hundreds of tentacles stretching skyward. Monstrous strength that could crush dozens of people with just one tentacle, and rocks that crumble like biscuits with each slight movement.

If I had to compare it, it might feel like standing bare-handed near some massive industrial excavator as it grinds through a building.

Han Se-ah thought this while watching Irene block incoming rock fragments.

Having finished casting, she couldn't help but flinch despite Irene's reassuring barrier. After all, when stone chunks fly at you like bullets, you're bound to twitch.

-Flinched? Twitched? While everyone else is fine, you alone got scared?

-That pattern is brutal though lol. If you can even call that a pattern

-It's just wildly flinging rocks, but it's on par with most games' party wipe attacks

-Holy sh*t lol. They built a city on top of that? Harpies really do have bird brains

"Oh come on! You'd all blink and flinch if fists were flying at your face too, you as*holes!"

So those viewers' nonsense is mostly bullsh*t.

That's how she has to think to stay sane.

"But really, this is brutal. I'm so glad I chose mage in this game. You'd need insane reflexes in real life to handle something like that, right?"

Thinking that, she naturally pans the camera. Of course, Han Se-ah's camera captures Roland going berserk up front.

The sight of his mana-infused warhammer pulverizing debris and crushing tentacles as he covers Katie's advance is awe-inspiring. It makes you question whether a person could really cause such phenomena, even in a game.

The viewers, being Heroes Chronicle veterans, get drawn into Roland's exploits rather than teasing Han Se-ah. Fighting a monster larger than buildings in a fantasy world where just facing an orc with a longsword is daunting.

It can't help but stir a man's heart.

The female viewers' hearts seem to be racing for different reasons as they watch Roland.

"But can we even damage its health bar? No matter how I look at it, we're just dealing with the offshoots while the harpy queen does the real work somehow. Or we need to use the altar or something."

Roland takes truck-sized boulders head-on and pulverizes tentacles. While viewers cheer at his unwavering form, Han Se-ah and some viewers coldly assess the reality.

His unbreakable tanking and warhammer that denies the tentacles' movements look impressive. But while it may be a perfect performance, considering whether it's dealing meaningful damage to the main body, the answer is clearly no.

After all, he's only crushed three tentacles so far against a grotesque boss writhing with hundreds of tentacles like a sea anemone.

"Calling down lightning only stuns the tentacles for a few seconds... I'm controlling the lightning to help the harpy queen like you said, but I'm doubtful if its health has even been scratched after landing several hits on the main body."

-Crush the tentacles then blow it up in the end?

-The standard for monsters that huge is Roland grabbing a bomb and slicing open its belly

-But that one doesn't have a mouth, where's he supposed to enter? lol

-Roland x tentacles? I'm down

-It's because of f*ckers like you that those vile images get made overseas

Han Se-ah had learned high-level lightning magic, allowing her to interfere with the harpy empress's lightning bolts and strike the tentacles and main body a few times... but she doubted if it had even scratched its health bar.

Thinking this, she deftly managed her stream, permanently banning some lunatic who sent an animated video donation.

Even if no explicit scenes were shown, the animation of slimy tentacles wrapping around thighs crossed a line.

"I swear, anyone who sends hentai animations during the battle is dead to me. And that goes for ones with guys wrapped in tentacles too, you bastards. I'm terrified to open my emails these days, you freaks."

Her anger briefly spilled out in curses, but this much should be fine.

Han Se-ah sincerely believed so as she resumed filming Roland's advance.