The Fukaros Familia, starting from DanMachi.

Chapter 175 The Powerful Second Stage

In the center of the battlefield, the Dead Road Butcher, who had entered "Four-Handed Overlord Mode," vanished from his spot as if by teleportation.

Purple-green magical patterns exploded in the air, and the next second, it appeared in front of Tione. Four arms swung out simultaneously—not claws, but fists, a four-hit combo with extreme speed.

First punch! Second punch! Third punch! Fourth punch!

Tiony's pupils contracted sharply, and with a roar, he crossed his twin swords in front of him to block.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Four muffled, extremely deep rumbles merged into one.

Each punch carried a terrifying force capable of shattering mountains. Tione was blasted backward by this irresistible force, his feet carving two deep trenches tens of meters long into the hard ground.

"Tione!"

Upon seeing this, Tiona roared in anger, and her signature twin blades, "Ulga," swept across the air with a whistling sound.

The butcher on the dead end suddenly turned around, his two newly grown arms meeting the attack head-on with a clang!

The collision between the fleshy palm and the blade produced a piercing metallic clang. Diona's cleaver was forcefully blocked, its sharp blade stuck in its palm, unable to advance an inch.

"What?!?"

Tiona was horrified, and the Dead End Butcher's two arms, which had been like two battering rams, came crashing down on her head.

Tiona acted decisively, abandoning her sword and retreating, her iron fists slamming heavily into the ground!

The ground exploded with a deafening roar, and the terrifying shockwave sent her flying.

Just then, a flash of silver light swiftly cut in from the side. It was Bert, whose kick was as fast as lightning, aimed straight for the Dead Road Butcher's knee joint.

But the Dead End Butcher seemed to have eyes in the back of his head; his remaining arm flashed down and precisely blocked Bert's kick.

Another loud bang, the shockwave causing Bert to freeze in mid-air.

"Wake up!"

Ais seized that one-thousandth of a second of opportunity, and with a delicate shout, the "Sword of Despair," carrying a violent emerald wind, slashed towards the unsuspecting butcher of the dead's neck.

The butcher on the dead end did not turn back.

Its four arms simultaneously swung backward at an angle that defies the laws of physics! Boom!

The sword clashed violently with the four arms, and a fierce wind and purple-green light exploded wildly.

Ais was also thrown backward by this unparalleled force, tumbling three times in the air before landing several steps back and barely managing to regain her balance.

But she didn't stop.

The moment she landed, Ais's toes slammed heavily on the ground, and her body shot forward again like an arrow released from a bow.

The Butcher of the Dead End swung his four arms at her simultaneously, blocking all her paths of advance.

There was not a ripple in Ais's golden eyes.

She turned to the side, and the first giant arm grazed her cheek, the force of which tousled her long golden hair. She leaned down, and the second arm swept over her head with a whoosh. She leaped lightly, and the third arm narrowly missed her feet. Finally, the "Sword of Despair" she held tightly in her hand met the fourth arm.

boom!

Ais was once again blasted away by an unparalleled force.

But the sword she struck also left a deep, bone-revealing wound on the Dead Man's fourth arm.

Black blood dripped down.

The butcher looked down at the wound on his arm and paused for the first time.

Then, it slowly raised its head, its hideous, twisted maw widening even further as it faced Ais.

It's laughing.

It's enjoying the battle.

"Damn monster!"

Bert moved again.

The werewolf's speed is second only to Ais among Loki's Familia—in fact, at times, he is even faster.

The metal boots beneath his feet exploded in a visible shockwave on the ground, and Bert's afterimage swept across dozens of meters, instantly appearing beside the Dead End Butcher.

He raised his right leg high, unleashing all the power of a LV.5 adventurer, and delivered a powerful whip kick to the side of the Dead Road Butcher.

boom!!!

The collision between legs and flesh produced a deafening metallic roar.

The Dead End Butcher's body was many times harder than it looked; Bert's full-force attack only made it sway slightly.

"Tsk, this guy's skin is even thicker than that old man Grace's."

Bert cursed inwardly, but his second leg had already followed with lightning speed.

The Butcher of the Dead End's newly formed arms grabbed at Bert simultaneously, forcibly twisting his body in mid-air to avoid the two giant claws at an incredible angle. But the third arm had already anticipated his landing point and was waiting there.

boom!

Bert was sent flying by a solid punch, his back slamming heavily against the rock wall, creating a human-shaped dent.

"Stinky werewolf!"

Tiona retrieved her sword and charged forward again with a roar.

The butcher on the dead end turned around and swung all four arms at the same time—

Four-stage combo.

The first attack caused Tiona to parry with her sword, but she was forced back three steps by the immense force.

She parried the second attack again and took three steps back.

She gritted her teeth and endured the third blow, the "Ulga" in her hand groaning under the strain.

The fourth strike—BOOM!!!

Tiona was blasted away head-on, her sword flew out of her hand, and she crashed deeply into the rock wall.

Ais cut in again.

[Wind Spirit Dash], fully activated.

Her speed was so fast that it was impossible for the naked eye to follow; only the deafening roar of the wind echoed through the air. Boom! Boom! Boom!

The "Sword of Despair" left deep and shallow wounds on the Dead End Butcher's body, on his shoulder,

The butcher's four arms flailing wildly—arms, sides, back—were always a step too slow for her.

But it is, after all, a level 5, top-tier floor boss monster.

After its back was slashed open by Ais once again, it suddenly stopped all movement.

Purple-green light patterns frantically condensed within its body—then, from the top of its head, the single eye that had previously been merely decorative suddenly opened, and a destructive laser beam shot out abruptly.

Horizontal sweeping fire from left to right.

Ais's pupils suddenly contracted, and she retreated rapidly.

The laser grazed her nose, carving a deep, charred trench in the ground. The rocks melted instantly under the terrifying heat, emitting white smoke and flowing like lava.

The laser swept across the rock wall—BOOM!!!

The entire rock wall exploded with a deafening roar, and countless fragments of rock poured down onto the entire floor like a torrential rain.

Tiona had just struggled free from the rock wall when the laser beam swept in front of her. "Tiona!"

Tiony lunged forward, embracing her sister and rolling to the ground. A laser beam swept over their heads, melting a huge crater in the rock wall behind them.

The laser dissipated.

The Butcher of the Dead End slowly lowered his head, and purple-green light patterns gathered above his head once more, this time sweeping forward.

The laser beam started from its feet and swept forward in a fan shape.

Ais, Tiona, Tione, and Bert all ran wildly to the sides, lasers chasing after them, cutting the ground in two and melting huge cracks in the rock walls.

ten meters.

Twenty meters.

The laser beam dissipates every thirty meters.

The four of them, panting, stood at opposite ends.

The Dead End Butcher stood in the center, his four arms slowly outstretched, his gaping maw grinning at them as if to say, "This is just the beginning."

"This can't go on."

Thione gasped for breath, staring intently at the Butcher of the Dead End.

"Its attacks were too intense; we had no chance to retaliate at all."

"Then create opportunities."

Bert spat out a mouthful of bloody foam. "You guys attract it, I'll do it from behind."

Before he could finish speaking, the Dead End Butcher moved again.

Purple and green light patterns exploded, and it appeared in front of Tiona, with all four arms extending.

Tiona had no time to dodge and was grabbed by the shoulders by two giant claws and lifted high into the air.

"Tiona!"

Ais rushed forward instantly.

The Butcher of the Dead End swung its arms across—Ais dodged to the side, and the "Sword of Despair" slashed at its arms, but its arms retracted, and the other arm was already grabbing at her head.

Ais leaned back as the sharp claws swept past her eyes.

Just then—

boom!!!

A beam of silver light exploded from the side.

Tione's twin blades struck the Butcher of the Dead Road at the waist simultaneously—a powerful blow she had been preparing for.