God-Tier Loot System: I Loot All, Even Worlds and Gods-Chapter 31: Edari’s Lair [2]

As Rhen stared at the reborn Edari, the information he had about her crossed his mind.

She was an ancient beast not fully suited for combat—at most, she would have served as a powerful support with her skills.

Most of her skills revolved around weakening or strengthening and these skills especially stood out when Edari was in her domain.

Fortunately for Rhen, this was merely the place where Edari had been sealed for centuries—she had never fully claimed it as her domain.

One thing had allowed this beast to last so long against Rhen: the blessings Nocten had bestowed on her back when he was a god.

Those blessings evolved her to what was a Sun Qilin, granting her abilities like Rhen’s boost under the sun or even improving abilities like Fractured Reflection.

Normally, this would have been something to worry about, but after exhausting Edari’s one time use reborn skill, Rhen was taking the stage.

Edari was smaller now, with reduced mana quantity and quality, but she had gained agility in return.

But Rhen, a skilled scout, was also agile.

The tension between them was thick—the silence before the inevitable storm.

The cavern itself seemed to hold its breath, the air quivering with heat and frost alike.

Edari dashed forward, radiant and wild, flames trailing behind her like a comet.

Rhen reinforced his limbs with mana and barely ducked under the sweeping swipe of her horn.

The horn, coated with an aura of hot mana, left a disturbing heat.

It was the kind of heat that could scorch a man’s lungs if he breathed too deeply.

Edari didn’t stop and pivoted with that motion, using her flame wretched tail to crush him.

However, the heat, which should have disoriented Rhen, did little to faze him, giving him the chance to bounce back and block with his daggers.

Still, his hand ached under the surprising pressure as he slid back a few meters.

’Calm down, Rhen. Don’t let fear stop you.’

He had to remind himself that fear was the first chain of defeat. It was always like this—every battle, every clash, even his entire life was laced with that silent fear.

Yet, he always prevailed.

Reinforcing his thoughts, Rhen channeled Cold Touch through his daggers, the silver blade freezing slightly.

He darted towards Edari, a misty trail left in his wake.

He swung his daggers diagonally upwards, clashing with a golden horn with a loud clap.

Prepared, he tried increasing the gravity specifically on Edari and moved his leg to land a kick on her.

A solid kick that dented the Qilin’s dragon-like scales, but Rhen also felt his bone ache.

’Damn! Nocten was right—a blade is the best thing to use.’

As Rhen tried to adapt to the pain, Edari seized the moment to launch another attack.

She opened her mouth and released a sonic attack.

Golden sound waves enveloped the center of the cavern.

Rhen expected a whole lot more damage from this, but it didn’t affect him as much as he thought.

The realization brought a smile to his face—one that vanished immediately as an alarming light covered his sight.

Rhen was too slow to react to this. Thankfully, he still had Zena, who was prepared for this, to intercept the bullet.

’I see why Nocten was worried about this skill now,’ he thought with a grit of his teeth.

Now positioned at a distance, Edari’s horn acted like a cannon, firing bullets of sun.

Despite their power—particularly in the day—they didn’t consume much mana. This was due to Edari’s expertise in controlling this ability—her signature ability.

’This was going to be painful.’

How the fight went after this depended on how Rhen handled this.

Wearing an expressionless look, Zena launched as many sun arrows as possible to intercept the sun bullets.

Although some were intercepted, the sheer number of bullets remained alarming.

Rhen’s focus peaked. His senses strained to detect each bullet, and his body pushed itself to keep up with his perception.

As the bullets reached, he moved with awkward motions trying his best to dodge.

He tried to run, tried to jump, tried bending which was a stupid move, leaving him exposed to the following attacks.

[Face it head on.] Nocten was forced to interfere.

Rhen’s concentration was disturbed, thankfully, his body reacted on its own and slashed at a bullet that came for him.

With an exhale, he did as Nocten said and faced the bullets head on.

Rhen did something drastic—he began taking some bullets head-on so he would have a better chance to react to others.

His pain resistance also helped him a lot, giving him the opportunity to cope well.

By the time a few minutes of this stalemate passed, Zena had left the battle due to low mana.

Her light, once a guiding star behind him, now flickered no more.

Similarly, Edari was low on mana.

Rhen patiently waited for an opportunity to open up, and when it did, he instantly closed in on Edari.

His focus was still heightened and his body almost moved on instincts as he wielded his frozen daggers.

With the synergy of Frostbite dagger and Cold Touch, Rhen was able to channel coldness into his blades without worrying that they would break.

The slashes Rhen left froze Edari’s surface, reducing the effects of her healing.

As Rhen seemed to be getting stronger, Edari was weakening.

The Father of Ice moved with unwavering focus.

He appeared all around Edari, who forced out every ounce of power to try and counter.

Soon, the ice on her body had spread, linking with each other, making her body slow and cold.

Rhen’s wounds bled freely. The aching could no longer be ignored—his movements slowed.

All around him was a cold ice that dwarfed the subtle heat Edari’s horn and tail was emanating.

With a deep exhale, he intensified the surrounding gravity.

Edari fell to the ground, her legs weak to handle the weight.

Rhen stared down at Edari, meeting her calm, unflinching eyes—eyes that seemed to welcome death.

’You’ve suffered right? I hope I am ending your suffering.’

The thoughts crossed Rhen’s mind as he calmly stabbed his dagger into Edari’s neck.

Edari died.

Her body slumped, the flames dimming, and silence fell over the cavern.