The Second Son of the Marquis Wants to Laze Around-Chapter 101: Phase Two (4)

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

—SWOOSH!

"Not this time!"

But Eren didn’t let the Boss finish its attack. With a surge of force, he launched his body in the air forward at high speed using Invisible Hand’s string like a slingshot. In a blur, he closed the distance between them—axe in hand, eyes burning with focus. With a mighty swing, Eren came crashing down from above.

–SLASH!

His axe sliced cleanly through the Reaper’s right side, severing two of its three wings in a single brutal strike. Feathers and black blood scattered through the air as only one wing remained.

"GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!"

The Abyssal Reaper howled in agony, its distorted voice echoing like thunder across the battlefield. In fury, it slammed its sword into the ground.

–CRACK!

–BOOM!

A massive shockwave erupted as thousands of bone spikes burst from the ground—larger and sharper than any before.

But Eren wasn’t caught.

He hurled himself into the sky just in time, pulled high above the spikes with the Invisible Hand, as his body tangled in the air. Panting, bloodied, and still airborne, he began crafting a new attack.

Still floating, Eren used Invisible Hand in a new, creative way—shaping the telekinesis into a massive bow’s string structure in midair. Then, he summoned a long spear from the ground, forming a taut string with his telekinetic skill and pulling the spear back like a drawn arrow.

He aimed it at the Reaper before releasing his grip on the spear.

–SOOSH!

The makeshift spear-bow fired. The spear rocketed through the air like a missile—too fast for the Reaper to react.

–STAB!

It struck the large mouth embedded in the creature’s chest, piercing deep through it and pinning the beast to the ground. The Reaper shrieked again, convulsing in pain.

But Eren wasn’t done.

–SOOSH! –SOOSH! –SOOSH!

With lightning speed, he formed ten more telekinetic strings using Invisible Hand. He summoned the remaining spears around him and fitted each one between the strings like arrows in a giant, invisible war machine.

Then—he fired then all in one go.

–STAB! –STAB! –STAB! –STAB!

Each spear struck true, impaling the Reaper’s body and its remaining wing to the ground. Eleven spears now held the monster in place like a pinned insect.

The Reaper thrashed violently, its rotten mutated flesh writhing around the spears, trying to force them out or break it. It screeched, twitching and bucking in its struggle. But then it heard a low voice-

"O light that reigns beyond the veil of clouds,

Heed my call from the realm where dawn is born..."

The Reaper froze.

It had heard this chant before—this song of destruction. Its glowing eyes widened as a massive white magic circle began forming beneath it.

Eren’s figure appeared before it, kneeling on the ground, both palms pressed against the earth. He chanted with rapid, steady breaths, his voice a sharp contrast to the chaos around him.

"Pierce through shadowy darkness with celestial flame..."

The Reaper’s body tensed.

It remembered this spell. The last time Eren cast it, the light had scorched its flesh. Now it panicked, writhing more violently against the spears.

–CRACK!

One of the spears impaling its left arm shattered. But the others held firmly in its flesh to the ground, as they all resisted.

"Burn your enemies, illuminate the sky, and cleanse the world—"

While chanting, Eren was actually using Invisible Hand to press down on the spears, holding the boss in place. His body trembled, more blood dripping from his nose as the pain in his head intensified.

The Reaper screamed in rage, unable to break free. But Eren pressed on.

"Let... all be reduced beneath the gaze... of the mighty star!"

"SUN RAY!"

At his final shout, a towering pillar of divine white light erupted from the magic circle. It engulfed the Reaper entirely, the sheer force shaking the battlefield.

"GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!"

The Reaper’s screams echoed like death itself. Its body burned, flesh seared by holy fire as the pillar of light consumed it.

Eren collapsed to his knees, palms flat on the scorched ground. He coughed violently, blood spilling from his mouth and nose. His eyes turn blood red, as the mana still surging within him like wildfire. His head throbbed wildly as if it were splitting apart.

Eren felt his entire body was getting torture from the inside.

The cost of using that high level spell has nearly empty all his mana. And even the drug booster that he used has ended, making his body feel a lot of pain as his muscles felt like it was tearing apart. That was the side effect of using those drugs.

Shaking his head, he reached into his storage ring and pulled out an elixir. He downed it in one gulp—his wounds began to mend, and the pain in his head dulled slightly, but only slightly. The damage to his mind and spirit lingered, as the fatigue only got recovered by a little.

As the light pillar faded, the battlefield fell silent.

The Reaper was still there—its entire body scorched and blackened, smoke rising from its skin. It was still impaled by the spears, motionless, smelling of burned rot.

Eren narrowed his eyes, not relaxing. He realized that something felt wrong.

The atmosphere grew quite.

Too quite that he didn’t hear any notification from the system. No screen popping out that tells him the completion of the quest.

–Twitch!

And his instincts were right.

–TWITCH! –TWITCH!

The Reaper’s grotesque body twitched, limbs jerking unnaturally. Then, a dark aura began to surge from within it. Its scorched flesh pulsed with red light—flashing rhythmically, like a heartbeat.

Eren’s eyes widened in suprise, as he quickly understood that it was going into Berserk state, which was very bad. That also made Useless panic in worried as it shouted.

[M-Master!]

"I KNOW!" Eren shouted back.

He immediately controlled all the remaining weapons around him on the ground using Invisible Hand, hurling them at the boss in a desperate attempt to deal as much damage as possible before it transformed.

–SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!

Weapons tore into the monster’s broken body. Cuts opened across its flesh, but it wasn’t enough as the air around the boss grew more thicker by each second.

–SPLASH!

Suddenly, the Reaper’s back erupted. A new wing burst forth from beneath its charred skin—glowing with dark energy as it made of bones, half covered in rotten mutated flesh

Then—

–BOOOOOM!

An explosion of dark energy erupted from the Reaper’s body, blasting everything in the vicinity. The force destroyed all of Eren’s weapons and sent shockwaves rippling outward.

The monster rose into the air once more, its body radiating with berserk energy, now hovering with two shadowy wings unfurled, the burns on it’s body began to regenerate with new rotten flesh, although half of it, as Eren can still see some exposed bones under it flesh.

Its entire body pulsed with a furious red glow—energy surging like a storm around it as it entered a full berserk state. The chamber trembled under its violent aura.

With both dark rotten hands gripping its enormous longsword for the first time, the Reaper raised the weapon high. Its single red eye flickered ominously, glowing with murderous intent.

Eren’s body tensed instinctively, danger screaming through every nerve. He threw himself to the side to dodge, knowing what was coming.

–SLICE×¹⁰!

Ten blinding red lines appeared across the air.

The slashes weren’t just fast—they bent the space around them, slicing through the very atmosphere with terrifying precision. A beat later, a delayed shockwave erupted through the chamber, blasting apart debris and stone as deep scarlet gashes carved themselves into the walls and floor.

Eren barely registered the sound before a hit followed—three of the red blades managed to cut across him, slashing into his chest, leg, and grazing the side of his head.

–BANG!

His body hit the ground hard—but miraculously, he remained whole.

A transparent white shield shimmered around him, cracking faintly as it absorbed the blow. The necklace his mother had given him—a High level magic artifact—had activated just in time.

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High-Level Magic Artifact

Name: Ariel’s Necklace

Rank: Gold

Type: Accessory (Necklace)

Effect – Ariel’s Protection

• Blocks all harmful physical and mental attacks. Capable of defending against high-level magic, but with limited durability.

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Eren groaned, rolling over the cracked floor as he activated his illusion spell, cloaking his presence. Hidden, he took a moment to catch his breath while peeking up at the floating boss.

The Reaper remained suspended mid-air, and to his horror, it was already raising its sword again—preparing to unleash the same devastating move.

’You’ve gotta be kidding me!’ Eren screamed internally.

He jumped up, dodging as the deadly crimson red lines slashed through the air again.

–SLICE×¹⁰!

–BANG!

The delayed shockwave followed. This time, he avoided most of the attack—but one of the slicing beams nicked his arm, causing a sharp, burning pain.

The necklace shield activated again, sparing him a lost limb. But he could feel its protection wouldn’t last much long if he gets hit with the same attack to much.

Cloaking himself once more in illusion magic, Eren’s mind raced.

The Reaper’s berserk pattern... it was familiar.

Eren quickly recognize its deadly attack that looks similar to the Predator Ghoul’s berserk mode from the game. High-speed multi-slash combos, like laser beams that moves so fast. Except—the Abyssal Reaper’s attack was more deadly than the Predator Ghoul, as one hit from these things can toast him and end his life in a second.

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