Astral Online: Cursed by the Demon Lord to Become the Strongest Beautiful Girl, I Rapidly Grow and Dominate with Cheat Skills Despite Being the Weakest Profession - Chapter 174

Chapter 174: The Wielder of the Demon Spear

As soon as Sora returned home, she changed her clothes and logged into ?Astral Online? with Kurono.

Waking up in bed as her silver-haired adventurer character, she quickly sensed something, thanks to her constantly active ?perception? skill, that the ship was in a precarious situation.

“Oh man… you’ve got to be kidding me…”

She’d kept quiet about it until now to avoid frightening Kuro and Inori, but she was well aware of the presence of a massive monster, over ten meters long, lurking underwater.

To be specific, this monster wasn’t simply in the water. It was clinging to *their ship*.

The monster’s image appeared in Sora’s mind like a 3D map: it looked like a colossal squid, a common sight on the ocean map. Recognizing it, her support system, ?Lucifel?, provided her with further details.

It was a deep-sea creature, the ?Kraken?.

A colossal-category monster.

Level 100.

Its weakness was lightning-based attacks.

This creature was one of the most notorious monsters in the Yggdrasil Sea, so much so that anyone who ventured there knew its name. Normally, it slumbered in the ocean depths, but in this region, it surfaced to attack prey that passed directly above it.

In terms of strength, it was comparable to Leviathan, except without Leviathan’s special physical damage-reducing abilities. With a full six-person team around levels 60-70, avoiding its tentacles and coordinating effectively, it could be managed.

From the deck above, Sora could hear what sounded more like cheers than the screams of attacked crew members.

Curious, she used her ?perception? skill to get a better sense of the situation and discovered that the new companion who had joined them was currently taking on the Kraken.

“Sora, is something wrong?” Kuro asked.

“Uh… it’s hard to explain. It’s probably easier to just go see it for ourselves.”

With that, Sora invited the curious Kuro to come up, and the two left their cabin, heading for the deck.

As they walked down the slightly long hallway, Kuro looked concerned, feeling the ship swaying more violently than usual.

Sora reassured her, taking her hand as he opened the door to go outside.

What greeted them first was the sight of several severed tentacles, apparently from the creature attached to the ship, scattered across the deck. Nearby, they could see crew members gathered with weapons for protection, and right beside the ship was the monster itself. The giant ?Kraken?, with its enormous mouth open wide.

“Eep!”

Kuro froze in fear, wide-eyed as she locked gazes with the monster, over 20 meters long and the largest creature she had ever seen.

Unlike Kuro, who was paralyzed with terror, Sora was calm, analyzing the situation. She observed the Kraken’s severed tentacles, which were beginning to disintegrate into particles of light on the deck, and then looked at the creature itself, now down to its last HP bar out of three.

Could someone really have done all this… alone?

Stunned by what she was seeing, Sora broke out in a sweat as she looked up toward the person responsible.

There, atop the middle of the ship’s three towering masts, stood a dark silhouette, her black, shoulder-length hair flowing in the wind. Clad in red and white robes, she was among the top-ranked beta players: Arisa.

Looking down at the Kraken from the highest point, she raised her crimson spear in her right hand.

“Magic Spear, Partial Release.”

At her murmur, runic letters carved into the crimson spear began to glow softly, summoning a swirling red wind around her.

The Kraken seemed to recognize the danger and spun its remaining tentacles, launching a skill called ?Drill Strike?—a drill-like attack aimed directly at Arisa.

A colossal strike with enough force to be fatal if it hit. But Arisa didn’t attempt to dodge, nor did she look to Sora and Kuro on the deck for help.

Watching in suspense, Sora saw the drill-like tentacle strike collide with the red wind surrounding Arisa, only to be forcibly redirected and deflected to the sides.

It wasn’t just a visual effect. That wind served as a barrier, protecting her from harm.

The way the Kraken’s drill attack was effortlessly redirected showcased its incredibly strong defense. It was nothing short of astonishing.

As I chuckled at the overwhelming support effects of the skill, I was suddenly confronted with an unbelievable sight.

…Wait, what the hell is that?

Runes spiraled from the tip of the spear to the end of the handle, enveloping it entirely.

With a blinding light, the spear was unleashed, channeling its lethal power.

Only someone with my insight could truly grasp the magnitude of the force Arisa wielded.

The crimson spear radiated a red light, its power, from Sora’s perspective, was nothing less than comparable to her current strongest skill from ?Lucifer? unique skill, ?Heaven’s Lost?.

Armed with the divine spear that conjured a red tempest, the magic spear user leaped from the top of the mast, raising her right hand high.

“??To the enemy that stands before me, I bestow inevitable death! ?Gáe Bulg?!”

The unleashed lethal magic spear emitted a shockwave so powerful that Sora and the others could barely stand, piercing the ?Kraken? and creating a massive hole several meters in diameter at its center, just as it sensed danger and tried to escape.

But the phenomenon didn’t stop there, it also created a tunnel-like formation in the sea along the trajectory for just a moment.

Sora, Kuro, and the crew on the ship were left dumbfounded as they watched the Kraken’s colossal body disintegrate into particles of light from the edges.

Among them, Sora was the most shocked.

It had just lost its last HP bar with a single blow…!?

Depleting a boss-class HP bar is by no means an easy task.

Just as Sora and the others had struggled against Belial’s last HP bar, usually, a trump card or something of the sort would emerge from the enemy.

However, Arisa had likely obliterated what could have been a trigger skill that activates at half HP.

This was the power of the strongest EX-rank weapon, ?Gáe Bulg?, available in the current environment.

The realization that there was something even greater made me involuntarily shiver.

Whether due to the skill’s effect or not, particles of light began to gather in Arisa’s hand, which had landed on the deck without taking any damage, forming the thrown crimson spear.

“Hmm, that was a nice workout to wake up to.”

A good workout?

Soloing a raid boss is considered good exercise?

Feeling a sense of dread from Arisa, Sora took a step back as she stretched lightly.

Kuro exclaimed, “Mom, that was amazing!” and ran over to hug her, creating a heartwarming scene. Arisa turned her gaze toward them with a beaming smile.

“By the way, a new skill called ?Skill United? was added in the update.”

“Oh, right. That’s true,” Sora replied.

“Before we arrive at the island, let’s do a tour for hunting large monsters to test out this skill and level up!”

“M-Mom… does that mean…?”

Arisa, still smiling, uttered an unbelievable line to her daughter, who was stiff with fear.

“Yes, we’ll fight something like that ?Kraken? again and again. That way, we’ll get used to the new skill naturally, and our levels will increase. Two birds with one stone, right?”

Isn’t that a hellish tour?

Sora was even taken aback by the intense leveling proposal, and Kuro looked at her as if pleading for help.

But from what it looked like, Arisa was full of enthusiasm, gazing into the sea as if searching for prey.

…Give it up, partner. There’s no escaping now.

As they exchanged glances, Kuro reluctantly nodded with a tearful expression.

When Inori and Laura, who had apparently been sleeping in their room, joined them, Sora and the others found themselves thrown into what felt like a nightmare of consecutive battles.