The Second Son of the Marquis Wants to Laze Around-Chapter 100: Phase Two (3)

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–CHAINS!

Glowing purple chains materialized from thin air, wrapping tightly around its limbs and torso — binding the Boss once again for the fourth time. The Reaper struggled and roared, gathering strength to break free.

But just as it was about to do that,

Eren figures appeared from above, as he shot down from like a meteor, as he used the Invisible Hand like a slingshot — anchoring himself with invisible strings and launching his body at full speed. His greatsword, enhanced with the Light attribute and multiple magical buffs, gleamed with bright light burning energy like flame.

–SLASH!!

With a massive overhead swing, Eren severed one of the Boss’s four wings. The Reaper screamed in blind fury, releasing a shockwave of dark energy from its body that instantly shattered the chains and sent Eren flying backward.

–BOOM!

"GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

Tumbling through the air, Eren twisted mid-flight and used Invisible Hand again to form a long invisible string beneath his feet. He launched himself right back toward the Boss in a direct counter-charge, thrusting his greatsword forward.

–CLING!

But the Boss managed to block his strike just in time, locking blades with him mid-air. Its crimson eye glared at Eren with pure hatred — furious that another of its wings had been cut again.

With its remaining wings, the Boss released another barrage of bone spikes — this time at point-blank range. With no time to dodge, Eren instinctively wrapped the Invisible Hand strings around his waist and launched himself backward, narrowly evading the deadly barrage.

As he flipped mid-air, Eren summoned ten glowing spears and swords using his skill. All of them shimmered with brilliant Light Magic enhancement, spinning in the air like missiles.

–SHUSH!–SHUSH!–SHUSH!

They rocketed toward the Boss like bullets.

In response, the Reaper slashed its longsword, firing a wave of dark slash projectiles to intercept them. The two forces collided mid-air, creating a cloud of smoke and violent explosions.

–BOOM!–BOOM!–BOOM!

But it was all part of Eren’s trick.

The weapons that clashed with the Boss’s dark slashes were fake — disguised illusion of magic marbles bombs that explode upon contact to trick the Reaper. The real attack came from above.

Swords and daggers charged with Light Magic enhancement fell like divine strikes, crashing down on the Reaper before it could react.

–BOOM!–BOOM!–BOOM!–BOOM!

The Boss staggered, screaming in pain as the weapons pierced its body and exploded with bursts of holy light energy.

Seeing his strike succeed, Eren landed and immediately pulled out a stamina potion and a healing potion, gulping them down quickly to recover. His breathing was heavy, and sweat dripped from his chin.

Most of his magic scrolls that contains light enhancement spells had already been used. He knew he couldn’t deal that kind of heavy damage again — not with what he had left.

"GRAAAAAAA!"

The Abyssal Reaper let out a thunderous roar, its voice rattling the very walls of the dungeon. In a frenzied rage, it launched a vicious barrage of bone spikes toward Eren. The boy gritted his teeth, deflecting what he could with his greatsword while nimbly weaving through the gaps.

But then, the ground beneath him cracked with a deep rumble.

–CRACK!

–BOOM!

Massive bone spikes suddenly erupted upward, towering like deadly spears. Some of them surged straight toward Eren.

’Seriously?! Two attacks moves at the same time?!’ he groaned in disbelief.

Eren launched himself into the air with a powerful leap, simultaneously lifting his body higher using Invisible Hand like strings to pull his body up. Despite his quick reflexes, one of the spikes managed to graze his leg.

"Tch—!"

The light cut wasn’t deep, but it was enough to deactivate his camouflage illusion. His body shimmered into visibility—

And in that very instant, the Reaper appeared behind him like a shadow with malice, swinging its enormous blade in a deadly arc.

—SLASH!

Feeling danger coming from behind, Eren quickly reacted just in time, activating the last use of necklace artifact’s effect: Mirror Reversal. The attack rebounded in a split-second flash, carving a deep wound into the Reaper’s back.

–Splash!

But the monster didn’t even flinch. Ignoring the pain, it swung its massive sword once more, forcing Eren to raise his greatsword to block.

—CLING!—

Sparks erupted. Cracks crawled across Eren’s blade as he felt his arms getting numb from the force.

Using Invisible Hand, he yanked himself backward and simultaneously hurled an array of flying swords, axes, and daggers at the boss. But with a single contemptuous swipe of its wings, the Reaper deflected them all.

While the monster’s attention was caught in the flurry of flying weapons, Eren collapsed on one knee a good distance away. His breathing was ragged, sweat dripping down his pale face. He leaned heavily on his greatsword.

–Drip!

Blood trickled unnoticed from his nose as they drip to the ground. The strain of constantly maintaining his illusion magic and Invisible Hand was burning through his mind like wildfire as it was taking too much towl for him.

He reached into his storage ring, pulled out a handful of recovery and healing potions, and downed them in one go.

’Useless, are you done yet?’ he demanded in his mind, calling out to his system.

[Not yet, Master. I’ve only gathered 81% of the data!] the voice replied in a hurry, still analyzing.

"Show me."

[W-What? But it’s not finished—]

"Just Show Me!"

Startled, Useless compiled as it opened a data screen.

Eren’s eyes scanned it in a blink. The Reaper’s attack and reaction speed had skyrocketed—but its defenses had weakened. All the damage Eren had dealt was stacking up as he done a ton of damage than before during the first phase.

"Still got a chance..."

He noticed the boss’s health had dropped to nearly half, and he still had ten minutes left on the quest timer.

Without hesitation, Eren pulled out two injection needles from his ring and stabbed them into his neck.

[What are you doing?!] Useless shouted in panic, seeing it master injected himself with some weird drug, as their color that contains in them was dark purple. what he was using were something that is banned and are illegal by the each kingdom.

—TINK! TINK!

The empty syringes clattered to the floor. Eren’s hands trembled briefly as the chemicals surged into his bloodstream. One injection boosted his adrenaline; the other dramatically increased his attack power—but at a cost.

He groaned through gritted teeth, clutching his neck.

"Gh... damn that stings..."

–Crack!

He cracked his neck, feeling his muscles getting tensed, and his veins bulging with the sudden rush of power. Using his Aura that flared violently around his body, he kicked the ground and dashed towards the Boss.

—BOOM!—

He vanished from his spot, the ground exploding behind him.

In a blink, Eren was in front of the Reaper, greatsword arcing in a deadly swing.

—SLASH!

But the monster sensed the killing intent and retaliated, swinging its sword with frightening precision.

However, its blade passed through another illusion of Eren.

The real Eren wasn’t behind it either. The Reaper, assuming the same old sneak attack trick, raised its wings to shield its back—

Only to realize too late that it had guessed wrong.

—SLASH!

Eren appeared directly in front of it this time, slamming his greatsword down and carving a savage wound across its chest.

Dark blood spurted out as a deep cut appeared through its chest and its big mouth.

Before the boss could regenerate its wounds to recover, daggers launched from both sides embedded themselves into its rotting flesh.

–Stab -Stab -Stab!

Using Invisible Hand, Eren twisted them on its flesh with full force.

"GRAAAAAAAA!"

The Reaper howled in agony.

It retaliated with swings of it sword, throwing a barrage of dark slash projectiles, cutting the air like demonic blades.

But Eren zigzagged through them with inhuman speed, his body flickering in and out of illusion.

The Reaper raised its wings, ready to unleash another deadly wave of bone spikes—

—STAB!

A blade pierced through its back as Eren’s figure appeared behind it.

—STAB! STAB! STAB! STAB!—

Then, four more sword blades struck like bullets. Screaming, the boss twisted and swung madly behind itself— cutting Eren in half.

–Slash!

But there was nothing. Only another illusion clone.

Eren’s real figure appeared again, slashing at bleeding weak points, then vanishing into camouflage. His movements were a chaotic storm—erratic, untouchable.

—SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!

Every time the Reaper thought it had him, it struck only air. Every time it blinked, it took another critical hit.

Weapons began breaking under the sheer force of Eren’s attacks, but he didn’t falter. The battlefield was littered with hundreds of his weapons laying on the ground or floating in the air, and his Invisible Hand gathered and flung new ones every time his weapon breaks.

—SLASH SLASH SLASH SLASH SLASH!

Driven to frustration, the boss let out a deafening roar. With a violent flap of its wings, it created a powerful gust that pushed Eren back and his annoying weapons

The Reaper spread its three remaining wings wide, preparing another deadly spike barrage.

—SWOOSH!

"Not this time!"

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