Swarm Part 1

" Shit!!! do I really need to be healed!? " Adrian says as Flolial then tends his wounds again.

As she did that, Adrian and Flolial looked at Arachina dealing with both Raiden and Kara in front of her, swarming them all with her insects.

" Garrrhhh!!! " Kara slashes the insects using her dagger and Divine Power.

" Don't be disgusted just yet, Inquisitor!!! " Raiden tells Kara about it.

" There is still more to these bugs! I assure you!!! "

" How the hell did you know!? "

" I knew! "

" For I had met with Arachina here, before! "

" I was with Adrian, remember! I met all of this Tower's higher demons! "

" Like Arachina over here! " Raiden says as he rains Thunder toward her.

[ Thunder Spark ]

[ Chaotic Lightning ]

" Thunder won't even sting This Insect... " Arachina says as she summons many bugs, and insects towards her, all of her swarms summoned, making her a shield.

[ Swarm Shield Skin ]

As she did that, the thunder and lightning Raiden released immediately hit the shield, killing a lot of insects who died protecting their summoner.

" That one was so destructive, This Insect had to praise you for that. " Arachina says to Raiden.

"( The Insects... ) " Raiden gets the gist of something for somehow there is something that bugs him within his mind.

"( They're too fragile... )" Raiden remembers how easily that went earlier while trying to recount the days he met Arachina while still on Adrian's side.

While thinking, Raiden immediately took Kara and leap further away into the skies, to land on higher ground.

" Raiden, what are you!? "

" Stop screaming, love! " Raiden says which triggers Kara's Awakened Ability.

[ Awakening Ability: Pinpoint Memory Activated ]

As it happened, Kara begins to see her memory, another memory from an unknown Previous Timeline where she sees Raiden picking her up just like this.

" Raiden... " Kara blushed while Raiden unknowingly pick her up with his hands romantically.

" Hold on tight, love... " Raiden says and after that he lands on a higher ground place, putting Inquisitor Kara down safely.

" Thanks, Rai... "

" You know... " Kara tries to say things while blushing.

" You could've just... "

" Zip your flashbacks love... " Raiden says as he too suddenly gets some memory activated after doing this.

" The fight is not over yet. "

" That insect is still down. " Raiden reminds Kara about Arachina who is still down there.

Seeing Arachina, Kara begins to feel shiver for her nescience about the unknown enemy, and also, it seems she felt disgusted about the spawned insects Arachina just did.

" That Demon woman is sure scary... " Kara says as she holds her disgust.

" I've never faced any advanced demons like this... " Kara says to Raiden for she only probably fight medium-ranked demons before, never the stronger ones.

"{ Don't be afraid, Dear Kara... }" Aphrodite says as she tells her something.

"( Is the goddess have some sort of plan or something? )" Raiden asks in his mind.

"( I wonder what it is, and I hope it was destructive... )" Raiden says, hoping the thing Aphrodite will help is enough to deal with Arachina and her swarms, Raiden hopes this, for the first time in his life, because why...

As Aphrodite have some chat with her Avatar, Raiden here had to see swarms of insects coming from above and below.

"( That legionary demon woman... )" Raiden says as he looks at Arachnia, cursing her for being able to even summons so many demonic insects.

"( I know full well that this woman has no powerful skills whatsoever, but her swarms are the greatest problem anyone could face. )" Raiden states.

"( For her swarms are so large in quantity 'and' quality! )"

"( For these insects are not powerful because their numbers are so many, but because many of them had those annoying insect poison and stings that could kill any men, unprepared. )"

"( I've seen it in action before! )"

"( From F*kin Adrian's rampage over the 6th Floor back then, killing many of her 'girls'... )" Raiden recounts, what happened in the 6th Floor where the massacre happened, hence why there are no monsters for Ragna's group to kill back then.*

"( Those poor goddamn Abyss Feeders and Feasters. )"

"( If only they listened to his brags and decide to just let him... )"

"( Well, for those girls, instead I should've blamed Arachina for making some bullshit gamble and the game before Adrian in the first place. )"

"( Hence why those poor demonic girls are on the ground, only skeletons of them, remained. )" Raiden recounts what happened on the 6th Floor of the Abyss Tower.

" Are you done, girls!? " Raiden says to both Kara and Aphrodite.

"{ We're done here, Raiden! }"

"{ Please, if you had something as an idea for... }"

" I already have and it seems it would be better if we do it together... "

" Together...? " Kara and Aphrodite ask.

" Yes. " Raiden offers Kara his hand.

" Together like what we already prepared for this battle on the 6th Floor, remember? " Raiden asks Kara which made her blush even more as she looks at his hand.

"( Oh my gosh, we're going to do it, now... )" Kara blushes and thinks in her mind.

[ Pinpoint Memory Activated ]

[ With this, Kara began to see some memory images that affect her feelings right now. ]

As she sees those, she begins to accept Raiden's hand as she holds it, while still blushing, probably the memories still affect her hard, giving her a hard emotional impact regarding her romance with Raiden.

"( These memories from the 'Previous Timelines'... )"

"( How can it affect me so much... )" Kara was so shy as she even closes her mouth.

"( Great, this chick is h*rny right now! )" Raiden says in his mind as he finally receives Kara's hand and holds it.

"( Thank goodness my Awakened Abilities have nothing to do with useless memories and feelings... )" Raiden says while holding Kara's hand as the swarms come into their location.

"( Instead... )" Raiden and Kara begin to be overflowed with power as if they're united as one, creating a large combination of power boost between them.

" Raiden... "

" I know... "

" Remember when in whatever Timeline this happened, but... "

" I remember you always do this whenever both of us are in trouble. "

" As you hold my hand, I somehow felt overflowed with our powers... "

" Raiden... " Kara remembers about this.

[ Pinpoint Memory Activated ]

" This thing we're doing... " Kara begins to be affected.

" Isn't it... "

" Yes, Inquisitor... "

" The thing you used to do whenever we're in big trouble. " Raiden says as their powers begin to resonate even more while the insect demons are coming.

" Back then, I hated it so much, since it required us to hold hands. "

" But now... "

" After some time, remembering those memories. "

" I finally know the reason why you always loved this thing so much. " Raiden says as the swarms are getting closer.

"{ Um, both of you, the swarms! }" Aphrodite says inside Kara's body, reminding both of them to be quick as the two begin to grip each other's hands.

" We know! "

" It's time for us to do the thing we do in the 'Previous Timelines'... "

" Raiden... " Kara says.

" Of course... "

" [ Awakening Ability: Power Resonance ]!!! "

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Extra:

*The Massacre on the 6th Floor in Chapters 85-89, the reason why the Second Volume has no more monsters to kill besides Adrian's cronies.

* Abyss Feeders and Feasters: Remember Rachina, one of Ragna's Black Shadows.

Yeah..., see Chapters 86-88

About Raiden and Kara becoming an Awakener, just like Ragna, see Chapters 104-109.