"Bull Rush!"


    The mechanical bull charged forward, trampling over severalckeys with its immense speed and power, but even that wasn''t enough to tip the scales.


    Despite their efforts, Magia Fleur and Aris were slowly being overwhelmed.


    ck tentaclesshed out from every direction, wrapping around their arms and legs, forcing them to retreat and defend.


    And yet, the leader of theckeys remained stationary, his cold gaze fixed on the scene.


    Linsley narrowed his eyes, growing more impatient. "He''s just waiting... letting them tire themselves out. Figures."


    As he watched, his amusement began to fade, reced by a creeping frustration.


    He knew the leader was simply biding his time, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.


    Linsley, still hidden, smirked as he discreetly spread one thousand of his purple-colored, invisible tentacles throughout the area.


    The air rippled slightly, but theckeys remained unaware, oblivious to the trap he had just set.


    "Let''s see how you handle this,ckeys," he muttered, his fingers twitching in anticipation.


    Meanwhile, on the battlefield, Magia Fleur and Aris were struggling to break free from the relentless barrage of ck tentacles wrapped around their limbs.


    Aris grunted, his mecha suit sparking as he shed at the tendrils with his mechanical arms.


    "Magia Fleur, hang in there!" he shouted, desperation creeping into his voice. "We can''t let these bastards capture us!"


    "I''m trying!" Magia Fleur called back, her voice strained.


    She twirled her wand, sending sharp petals flying through the air, slicing through the tentacles that threatened to overwhelm them. "Floral de!"


    The tentacles recoiled, severed by the glowing petals, but for every one they cut down, more emerged from theckeys'' bodies.


    "We need to retreat and regroup!" Aris urged, his mecha form shifting back to humanoid mode as he fired another volley of light bullets at the advancingckeys. "We''re too outnumbered!"


    They fought valiantly, managing to kill several of the weakerckeys, but their energy was dwindling fast.


    The tentacles continued to wrap around them, squeezing tighter with every passing second.


    Aris cursed under his breath as the ck tendrils ensnared his legs, pulling him to the ground.


    "Damn it!" Aris yelled, panic setting in. "We can''t hold them off!"


    Magia Fleur, too, was caught, her wand glowing faintly as she struggled to free herself. Enjoy more stories on m-vlem|p-yr


    "This can''t be how it ends," she muttered through gritted teeth, trying to summon more power. "We can''t give up now."


    But despite their efforts, theckeys closed in, tightening their grip. Both Magia Fleur and Aris were immobilized, trapped by the tentacles.


    The leader still hadn''t moved, his cold gaze watching from afar as his subordinates did the dirty work.


    Aris''s face was grim as he nced over at Magia Fleur.


    "I''m sorry," he said quietly, his voice tinged with regret. "I dragged you into this… and now… we''re going to die."


    Magia Fleur shook her head, though she was clearly exhausted. "It''s not your fault. We fought as hard as we could."


    Aris clenched his fists. "I won''t let them take us alive," he said, a steely resolve hardening his voice.


    "They''ll torture us… especially you. I won''t let that happen."


    With a heavy heart, Aris made his decision.


    He activated the self-destruct sequence within his mecha suit, preparing to sacrifice himself and destroy everything around them. "I''ll blow this whole ce sky-high before they cany a finger on us!"


    Magia Fleur''s eyes widened. "Aris, no!"


    But before she could protest further, the leader of theckeys finally made his move.


    His dark coat billowed as he stepped forward, his face as calm and emotionless as ever.


    "Predictable," he said with a hint of disdain. "That''s what all you mecha drivers resort to when you''re backed into a corner."


    The leader raised his hand, and with a chilling ease, he summoned nine hundred ck tentacles—far more than his underlings could muster.


    They writhed through the air, crackling with energy, and shot toward Aris''s mecha suit.


    Aris''s eyes widened in horror as the tentaclestched onto his suit, sending a wave of disruptive energy through its systems. rms red inside the cockpit, warning him that the self-destruct sequence had been halted.


    "No! Damn you!" Aris roared, frantically trying to reinitiate the sequence, but it was useless.


    The leader''s tentacles hadpletely disabled his ability to detonate.


    The leader smirked, his voice dripping with condescension. "You really thought I''d let you blow yourselves up? Mecha drivers are always so dramatic. But I''vee prepared for exactly that reason."


    Magia Fleur, bound by the tentacles, stared helplessly as the situation became increasingly dire.


    "Aris..." she whispered, fear and despair filling her eyes.


    The leader chuckled darkly, his icy gaze fixed on the two heroes as theyy defeated. "Now, let''s see how long you two canst before you beg for mercy."


    Suddenly, before the leader could revel further in his sadistic ns, invisible tentaclesshed out, swift and precise. They tore through the ck tendrils binding Magia Fleur and Aris, ripping them apart like fragile threads.


    "What—?" the leader barely managed to react when a hundred more invisible tentacles shot out from the shadows.


    In an instant, the tentacles coiled around the other outer godckeys, sealing their movements entirely. Their powers were forcibly negated, causing their summoned ck tentacles to disappear in an instant, leaving them defenseless.


    Linsley, still unseen, smirked as the green glow of drained life energy began to gather above his right palm, forming into a bright orb of light.


    The once-powerfulckeys, now limp and withered like dried husks, crumbled to the ground.


    He split the green orb in two, extending both halves toward Magia Fleur and Aris.


    As soon as the light touched Magia Fleur and Aris, their wounds began to heal rapidly, the energy revitalizing them as if they had never been injured in the first ce.


    Magia Fleur''s eyes fluttered open, her vision clearing as she realized who had saved them. "Linley..." she whispered in relief, recognizing the Phantom Reaper. "Thank you."


    Aris, slowly getting back on his feet, nodded in gratitude as well. "You saved our lives. Thanks."


    Linsley''s smirk deepened, though he remained quiet, his attention shifting to the only enemy left standing: the leader of the outer godckeys.


    The leader''s face contorted with fury as he witnessed his soldiers reduced to lifeless husks.


    His rage boiled over, his voice trembling with venomous hatred. "You… insignificant ant!" he spat. "How dare you defy the will of the Outer God! You think you can stand against us and live?"