Divine Luck: SSS-Rank Battle Maid Harem

Yanael's weapon left streaks of gold like a brush using molten gold as ink when she slashed open the Kraken's back. It was the same technique Black had used against Zach's barrier. The wave-like energy moved through the air a step behind the sword and hit the Kraken's flesh like a second weapon, cutting and slashing deeper than her weapon.

Black stared at Yanael in disbelief and confusion.

There was no way anyone but him and his father knew that technique, much less the familiar of a stranger from far as fuck away. It couldn't be a coincidence, either, since his father had made that technique.

The only possible explanation was that the angel had learned it after looking at it once.

Black's jaw hung open as he came to the realization.

It was demoralizing. It was a punch to his gut.

Not only had Yanael stolen his technique, which was one of his few connections with his father, but she had done it at a glance. The technique he had struggled for weeks to learn had taken her a moment to master.

At Black's reaction, the others also slowly realized what Yanael was using to turn the Kraken into minced meat. They were amazed.

When the angel wings and the halo came out, they had already figured out Yanael's identity. She was a rare and incredible familiar. But non-summoners didn't know much about summoning and familiars.

It was only when they saw Yanael copy Black's technique that they realized how incredible she was.

Yanael, on the other hand, was disappointed. She didn't have anything better to use, so she had taken the opportunity to test Black's technique. It was better than nothing.

But it was a flashy technique that looked cool. That was about it. The only way it would do a lot of damage was if she used a lot of energy. Thanks to Zach leveling up, she had a lot of energy, but she might as well use it to strengthen her body instead of just adding some cool effects to her sword.

However, she understood the principle behind Black's technique. It was to add a delayed strike onto her first one. By chaining several strikes, the target would be overwhelmed and broken down.

While attacking the Kraken and before it could do something about her, Yanael realized there were better ways to achieve a similar thing.

She skipped the overflowing energy and stripped her sword of it. Only a sliver of energy filled her sword. It covered it evenly, strengthening it and giving it a sharper edge.

Yanael added another sliver of energy to the back edge of her double-edged longsword. With every hit she landed, the second sliver of energy would bounce forward and into the Kraken's flesh.

It didn't chain and connect as well as Black's technique. But it was more energy-efficient, and each blow was heavier, even if they weren't as quick.

It was better than having the energy drag behind the sword.

In the process of her research and improvement, Yanael had devastated the Kraken's back. The damage she inflicted reached its internal organs and overwhelmed the regeneration that was already struggling with Alzara's Curse.

With the Kraken's regeneration no longer interfering, Alzara's Curse of Decay spread like wildfire over the area Yanael had damaged. The Curse took root and fed on the Kraken's life force, breaking it down and weakening the monster.

It slowed down. It tried to attack Yanael instead of Alzara. But she had already leaped off of the Kraken's back.

Alzara took the opportunity to attack its front and stabbed it in one eye. It tried to attack Alzara again.

Yanael sliced through several tentacles at the base of its body. Now that its regeneration was weakened due to its injuries and the curse, it couldn't make new tentacles. It went for Yanael again.

Alzara plucked out the other eye. It went for Alzara again.

Yanael attacked. It tried to attack Yanael.

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Alzara and Yanael juggled the Kraken's focus and alternated their attacks with perfect timing. In the beginning, the Kraken's tentacles had still been swift and powerful. One hit could have been slightly dangerous.

But after a while, the Kraken was too weak to defend itself. Alzara and Yanael whittled it down until it was soundly defeated. It couldn't resist, defend, or attack anymore. It had lost.

Zach and his familiars had defeated it.

[Entrant's victory confirmed.]

The Kraken was sucked back into the hole in the wall, and Yanael's weapon struck the ground without being able to deal the finishing blow. She and Alzara glared at the hole as it closed up before the walls sank into the ground.

They then turned their attention to Zach, who was pushed out of the ground when the Labyrinth restored the floor to its original, hole-less self. He was a little ruffed up with dirt in his hair and wrinkly clothes. But he was otherwise fine.

"Did we get it?" he asked.

Yanael and Alzara shook their heads.

Zach nodded as if he had expected it. The Kraken wasn't the same as the other monsters had been. He didn't know why, but it seemed the Kraken was a living being, not a created one like the other Labyrinth monsters.

As the walls disappeared, the other entrants plopped down on the ground. The slowly made their way over to Zach in the center while waiting for the next Trial.

[Preparing…]

Four tables and an extra chair sprouted from the ground. The entrants were shuffled around and put at the tables, two at each, and Zach ended up on the extra chair.

A board game resembling chess grew from the tables. Zach didn't get anything.

The entrants looked around, a little surprised by suddenly being moved and forcefully seated.

Nessa sat opposite Tero. Violina sat opposite Tera. Derot sat opposite Jones. Black sat opposite Oria.

Even without the ninth Trial's message telling them what to do yet, it was obvious what the Trial was.

The entrants had to beat each other to advance.

[Win.]n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

That was the message they got.

[Don't interfere.]

That was the message Zach got.