Chapter 1875: The Last Stage
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Not only did the massive, hundred-meter-tall smander received all the missiles, but it screamed in agony and anger after that, sshing into the sea ofva below as he red furiously at the other iing spaceships.
"RAAAARRRR!"
With a furious roar, it opened its jaws, firing a massiveva breath against the passing spaceships, their shields rapidly breaking as their spaceships took more and more damage! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM!
Although this wasn''t the worst! Drake smiled, leaving behind giant chunks of ice into theva, provoking the temperatures to cool down and the inhabitants to grow furious.
SPLASH!
Theva sea shook, as more and more of these monsters emerged. Not only the giant smanders, but huge serpents, massive legged catfishes, and even snail-like creatures.
They were all utterly gigantic, kaiju-sized monsters. The moment they stepped out of theva sea, they attacked the three ships instantly.
They had to do their best not to be crushed, maneuvering around the treacherous bites, magma breaths, and fireballs in an endless hellish volcandscape!
Meanwhile, Drake continued rushing forward.
It was quite refreshing that he could finally have fun after the first two stages being a bit too much on the difficulty and annoyance scale.
Especially the first stage with the Esper God!
That was simply way too much...
"Dammit! Get away from me!"
"Ugh, this is too hard to evade!"
"Rush into the skies! The skies!"
The Ice Queen and Lightning Mac rushed into the skies as high as possible, until the kaiju- sized aliens couldn''t reach them.
However, as Spike John followed them, a massive iceberg mmed his spaceship from afar. "Wha...?!"
CRAAASH!
His spaceship fell from the skies, as he nced at the Ice Queen in fury.
"YOUUUU! WE HAD AN ALLIANCE!"
"It wasn''t me!"
"It wasn''t?!"
Spike John red at the distance, it was Drake''s spaceship the one that dropped that iceberg
into his own ship, forcing him to fall right into the maws of a smander.
"This can''t be happening! I won before, and I will win now...! I will...!"
He released countless bombs from his spaceship, all of them into the maws of the smander, making its stomach explode and dropping dead instantly!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
SPLASH!
Yet, more beasts emerged, finally surrounding Spike John.
"Wait, no, no, no, noo!"
He screamed, looking up hoping for the other two to save him.
But they didn''t.
In that moment, Spike John realized how he had no friends at all.
And how much he had pushed everyone away, in exchange for pleasure.
Now, as the beasts tore apart his spaceship, and as he fell into the mouth of one of them.
He realized that his life had been utter shit.
"Fuck you all..."
Perhaps as ast farewell, the bombs wrapped around his armor were activated.
BOOOM!
And he died with the giant monster that ate him.
The audience was shocked!
"I-I can''t believe this!"
"Spike John died..."
Prociout and Carpio nced at the scene in silence, but then.
"AND DRAKE''S FIRST PLACE!"
"WOOOOHHHH!"
The people celebrated, not caring at all about the previous winner of the race anyways.
The Ice Queen and Lightning Mac red down, seeing how the mighty have fallen.
"Haha..." the Ice Queenughed. "That''ll be you next, Lightning Mac."
"In your dreams, old hag! Eat lightning!" Lightning mac didn''t care anymore.
The two rushed against one another, attacking each other.
They already gave up the first ce, Drake was simply too ahead now.
However, they wanted the second ce no matter what, as it offered half the prize of the first
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Drake nced at the quest notification again...
Ding!
[You have further progressed through the Trial, unlocking the third andst {Special Trial Storyline Quest}: [The Golden Spire Race]!]
[You and your family have finally made it to the end of the trial, yet it seems like things are finally about to start! The Golden Spire Race is a perilous race that takes ce in three different areas full of dangers, with ten participants, one veteran and winner of the previous race, and a bunch of mysterious pilots, it is time for you to show what you''re made for and win the race or die trying.]
[At the end of the race awaits you the end of the Trial itself, each action you perform in the race will give you additional points based on how impactful they are to others. The more they are impactful to therge audience, the more points you''ll get! Try to impress the audience watching you doing insane, wacky things, or incredible and amazing feats to gain their love and earn more points.]
[Complete these conditions to gain even more additional score points, and once youplete all of them, you''ll be given the privilege of ascending.]
[Reach The Golden Spire]: [0/1]
[Defeat 4 Golden Spire Race Participants]: [4/4] (COMPLETE!)
[Fall For the Trap Of 3 Golden Spire Race Participants]: [3/3] (COMPLETE!)
[Make The Crowd Cheer Your Name Or That Of Your Racing Team Members Five Times]: [5/5]
(COMPLETE!)
[Defeat "Madman Artificer Spike John"]: [1/1] (COMPLETE!)
[Defeat "Cold-Hearted Ice Queen"]: [0/1]
[Defeat "Lightning Mac"]: [0/1]
[Quest Duration: 5 Hours.]
"So that counted as my kill, that''s a relief."
However, he still couldn''t let Ice Queen and Lightning Mac kill each other, that might not
make it count as a "defeat"!
"Gabriel, send the robots."
"Understood."
Using the ability of Gabriel, which he unlocked after receiving enhancements, dozens of robots materialized, holy sentinels that are summoned when Gabriel''s takes damage.
They were gigantic and empowered by Bedra and Kate''s Aura, rushing to defeat thest
participants.
At the same time, Drake''s spaceship passed the second Warp Gate already.
FLUOSH!
"Last stage, finally."
And then, everyone froze.
The view was simply too phenomenal.
They were in literal outer space.
Surrounded by millions of small asteroids floating everywhere.
And far, far away, there it was.
A massive asteroid, with a golden spire on top of it.
Thest vestige left from an ancient, now extinct space-traveling civilization.