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Chapter 291 Under the Law of Heaven: Demon King Dam
In the Thor route of the true ending of Ys Origins, players will face a series of boss battles at the end.

First, fight Darres, then immediately face Cain.

Darles' transformation into a boss was achieved through the final demonic form triggered by the perfect assimilation with the source of demonic energy.

Cain's transformation into a boss is even more demanding. He not only needs to kill Dareth and extract the source of demonic energy from his body, but also simultaneously acquire ownership of the artifact Black Pearl. Only after stuffing both the artifact and the source of demonic energy into his own body and completely abandoning his human identity can he transform into the strongest and most evil boss in the entire Ys Origins universe.

Surpassing the Demon King Dam.

However, he is now far from being as powerful as he was in the original timeline.

Not only is the Black Pearl unattainable, but even the Root of Demons is incomplete.

But this is where the backup plan comes into play.

The fact that he possessed a replica of the Black Pearl shows that Cain's ambition had been growing for some time. And with his almost universally acknowledged position as the head of the six priests, the replica in Cain's possession had, over time, absorbed a considerable amount of the Black Pearl's dissipated magic power.

Although it cannot compare to the genuine article, it still possesses a trace of the power of a divine artifact.

To activate them, you obviously need some skill.

For example, the magical fluctuations released when the goddesses personally activated the black pearl.

Cain did indeed steal the black pearl, but at the same time, he was also absorbing magical energy fluctuations from the goddess's side during the confrontation. Fina and the others felt that inexplicable pulling force during the confrontation, which originated from the imitation black pearl that Cain was urging on.

The ability to fly beyond the limitations of the dungeon's rules was due to the special privileges gained after activating the Black Pearl.

With the replica of the artifact in his hand, Cain was able to forcefully resonate with the source of the demon, but the problem was that his Shadow Spear had been turned to gold by Cheng Tian, ​​and Dares was still alive and kicking. It was impossible to forcibly extract the source of the demon by killing the other party in a short time.

Most importantly, after forcibly resonating with it, Cain discovered that the source of the demon was actually incomplete.

But with the arrow already on the bowstring, Cain had no choice but to release it, so he made a difficult decision—

He intends to refine Dareth along with the fragmented source of the demonic essence, and make it his own!

Only in this way can he have a chance to completely surpass the Twin Goddesses and the artifacts in their hands, and completely take away everything that should belong to him!
As the evil magical energy completely engulfed Cain and Darles, all players received a new notification.

【warn!warn! 】

[“Dareth, the Dark Mage” has been forcibly assimilated by the hidden boss unit “Cain Fact”, and the player's target has changed!]

Centered on the artifact replica "Black Pearl," ominous magic reforged the flesh and blood of both demons and humans, and countless tentacles began to extend in all directions.

Strangely, these tentacles immediately reached out towards the remaining monsters at the scene!

Under the watchful eyes of the players who chose to stay away, the black tentacles pulled a large number of monsters back, and the black core, like a gluttonous black hole that could never be satiated, was frantically devouring the flesh and blood of the monsters.

With each one eaten, the eerie magic orb grows larger.

This is a black pearl with incomplete power, relying on its instinct to devour demons of the same origin to fill the gaps within.

However, the problem is that the missing part is in Cheng Tian's inventory, which means that no matter how much he eats, he can't satisfy the monster's appetite.

Its tentacles even extended to the main entrance of the White Tower.

The Dark Clan members present who possess the Demon Factor have also been chosen as targets for devouring.

The fully demonized Asura Battle Berserker Qishugal and the deeply demonized Dark Mage Saba were almost effortlessly swept into the tentacles and retreated at high speed.

The two tentacles reaching towards the brothers Yog and Thor were blocked by the combined forces of the Templar Knights and the sorcerers. They knew the brothers were being controlled, so they never actually tried to kill them.

After being interrupted six or seven times, the tentacles finally gave up trying to capture the two brothers.

At this moment, the remaining monsters within the range of the Twin Towers' charge lane had already been captured by the tentacles.

As Qishugal and Saba joined in, the black sphere, which was originally just a large mass of materialized fluid magic, began to take on a different shape.

Soon, a giant monster appeared in everyone's sight, possessing a large number of tentacles, giant arms and claws, a bloated body, goat horns and other features associated with demons, with floating head-shaped familiars on both sides of its body, and one of its four arms holding an enlarged version of the Asura Battle Axe.

The main quest objective for players has been forcibly changed to the theoretical final boss of the Ys Origins dungeon—Dam, the Demon King of Heaven's Principle.

[Since the target's actual combat strength has exceeded the current dungeon's capacity, a new optional branch quest has been added to the main storyline: Escape the Demon King!]

[Note that even if a player chooses the "Escape from the Demon King!" branch, the system will not reclaim any permanent enhancements already completed in the current dungeon.]

The decision to continue fighting or retreat is left to the player.

Located at the very front of the battlefield, with the closest straight-line distance to the final boss, Oglin Smart Head retreated several steps, but did not make a choice immediately.

To be precise, he was waiting, waiting for Cheng Tian's move.

Although his only experience was teaming up with Cheng Tian in Metal Slug, Cheng Tian left such a deep impression on him that he trusted Cheng Tian's choices to an extremely high degree.

If Cheng Tian runs away, even if there's a strategy guide and a chance to clear the game, he will retreat without hesitation; saving his life is more important than anything else.

Smart Head chose the Shield Guardian class, but that doesn't mean he'd sacrifice himself for unimportant people.

But if Cheng Tian still chooses to stay, then this matter will likely have a lot of potential.

The smart guy had experience, but the other players had different ideas.

Some people, with a conservative, survival-oriented mindset, immediately chose an evacuation route and ran away, which can be described as very decisive.

Since the space claims to be able to permanently enhance equipment, there's naturally no obligation to fight tooth and nail for a reward that might only amount to a small percentage. Cheng Tian had to nod in agreement and applaud.

However, there were others who feared my greed. After a complex struggle on their faces, they chose to stay and opened their personal panel to check their current status and remaining supplies.

"Is this what it feels like to abandon humanity and completely embrace the demonic?"

This was the first sentence spoken by the Demon King Dam after he completely abandoned his human form.

Those familiar with the subject could clearly hear that it was a mixture of the voices of Darles, Kissgar, Saba, and Cain, much like how the fused Vegito could simultaneously speak the voices of Goku and Vegeta—it was quite peculiar.

Then, Demon King Dam slowly looked down at the ground, and the remaining players and NPCs on the ground tensed up in unison.

"Humans are indeed very small, like ants."

"What, are you planning to pee on the anthill and flood it?"

Just then, a very discordant sound broke through the air.

At this very moment, far away in the direction of the White Tower, the Azure Moon Goddess Leia and the Red Moon Goddess Fina both wrapped their wings around Cheng Tian, ​​who was in the center and holding the Black Pearl.

A magical energy fluctuation that was almost completely opposed to that of the Demon King Dam erupted from them!
(End of this chapter)