The battle was decided.
The grunts were wiped out.
The boss was weakened.
The executives were no longer a threat to me.
There was no chance left for them to turn this around.
No reinforcements this time, unlike with the monkey.
Detection only picked up monsters trying to flee from me now.
Well, well — the one who'd been running away this whole time, and now I'm the one they're running from.
The fire dragon must have realized midway through.
That this was how it would end.
But I guess dragons have their pride too, because even as it weakened and its subordinates fell one by one, it never stopped challenging me.
If this had been a sport, I might have been impressed by that fighting spirit.
But in a life-or-death battle, you'd have to call that incompetent command.
The eels apparently tried to flee desperately, but whether it was the fire dragon's command effect or something else, they ended up being killed by me in the end without ever managing to escape.
Even now, the eels looked like they wanted to run.
But the fire dragon was still showing fight.
This bullheaded charge was practically a regression to seahorse levels.
Sorry, but even that fighting spirit is meaningless now.
The remaining fire dragon and three eels were caught by my Evil Eye.
My Paralysis Evil Eye.
When you activate the same Evil Eye across multiple eyes, the effect doesn't change if the target is a single enemy.
But when the targets are multiple, a single-target Evil Eye can attack several enemies at once.
And I have a total of eight eyes.
I can make up to eight targets into meals for my Evil Eye.
The massive horde from before was one thing, but with only four monsters left, none of them had any way to block my Evil Eye anymore.
The amazing thing about the Paralysis Evil Eye is that as long as you keep looking, the effect is permanent.
With paralysis poison, the effect fades over time and eventually wears off.
But the Paralysis Evil Eye doesn't work that way.
Once you've stripped away the target's ability to resist, the options for breaking free from paralysis on one's own become extremely limited.
Even if they built up Proficiency and acquired Paralysis Resistance, it would take considerable time for that to overcome my Evil Eye's effect.
And in that much time, I could kill them over and over with Spider Venom.
So that meant I could do whatever I wanted with them now.
Well, I had Fire Immunity anyway, so boiling or roasting wouldn't have done anything.
I descended from the ceiling to the platform closest to the fire dragon and eels.
I extended my thread and pulled their bodies toward the platform one by one.
Ugh, I really wish I had fireproof thread.
What a hassle.
During all this, the fire dragon gritted its teeth trying to resist, while the eels wore expressions of utter despair, trembling like it was the end of the world.
I thought the same thing during the monkey fight too — if you're going to try to kill someone, at least have the resolve to be killed yourself.
Me?
Well, no. If someone tried to kill me, I'd run.
I don't need that kind of resolve.
And so, having hauled the fire dragon and the eels onto the platform, I dealt the finishing blow.
Eels first.
Taking advantage of their paralysis, I stuffed Spider Venom into their mouths without hesitation.
The paralyzed eels, unable to move, still convulsed violently once before finally giving out.
《Experience Points have reached a certain threshold. Individual Zoa Ele has increased from LV10 to LV11》 《Various base stats have increased》 《Skill Proficiency Level-Up Bonus acquired》 《Proficiency has reached a certain threshold. Skill "Three-Dimensional Movement LV8" has increased to "Three-Dimensional Movement LV9"》 《Skill Points acquired》 The other eels watched this, their faces stiffening with terror.
Relax.
I'll try to send you off with as little suffering as possible.
I shoved Spider Venom into the second eel too.
《Experience Points have reached a certain threshold. Individual Zoa Ele has increased from LV11 to LV12》 《Various base stats have increased》 《Skill Proficiency Level-Up Bonus acquired》 《Proficiency has reached a certain threshold. Skill "Evasion LV8" has increased to "Evasion LV9"》 《Skill Points acquired》 《Conditions fulfilled. Title "Bringer of Terror" acquired》 《Due to the effects of the Title "Bringer of Terror", Skills "Intimidation LV1" and "Heretic Attack LV1" have been acquired》 I got some kind of Title.
Another Title with a terrifying name, great.
If you just looked at my Titles, you'd think I was some kind of dangerous person.
Oh wait, not person. Dangerous spider.
Well, I'll check it out later.
I'd also picked up the Dragon Slayer Title, so I might as well review them all together.
For now, finishing these guys off takes priority.
So, a poison present for the third one too.
I put a lot of effort into making this, so please accept it.
Say ahh.
Was it delicious?
Oh, it was to-die-for delicious?
How lovely.
{Info girl: Scary!} [Nice one — keep going!]
Oh, you two are back already?
[Yeah. No need to keep Synchro at max level anymore, seems like.]
{I'm surprised you won so easily, honestly.} Yeah, I didn't expect it to go this smoothly either.
[Good thing the fire dragon was an idiot.]
{Well, if it were me, I would've chosen to retreat immediately.} Right.
He'd probably never been in a situation like this before, had he?
{Probably not, huh.} [Like "there's no way I could lose"?]
Exactly.
Poor thing. Let me put him out of his misery.
And so, I delivered the first and last defeat to a fire dragon that may have never tasted failure.
《Experience Points have reached a certain threshold. Individual Zoa Ele has increased from LV12 to LV13》 《Various base stats have increased》 《Skill Proficiency Level-Up Bonus acquired》 《Proficiency has reached a certain threshold. Skill "Destruction Enhancement LV2" has increased to "Destruction Enhancement LV3"》 《Proficiency has reached a certain threshold. Skill "Destruction Resistance LV2" has increased to "Destruction Resistance LV3"》 《Skill Points acquired》 《Experience Points have reached a certain threshold. Individual Zoa Ele has increased from LV13 to LV14》 《Various base stats have increased》 《Skill Proficiency Level-Up Bonus acquired》 《Proficiency has reached a certain threshold. Skill "Corrosion Resistance LV3" has increased to "Corrosion Resistance LV4"》 《Skill Points acquired》 《Experience Points have reached a certain threshold. Individual Zoa Ele has increased from LV14 to LV15》 《Various base stats have increased》 《Skill Proficiency Level-Up Bonus acquired》 《Proficiency has reached a certain threshold. Skill "Blunt Resistance LV2" has increased to "Blunt Resistance LV3"》 《Skill Points acquired》