Leveling Up by Seducing Milfs-Chapter 202. The Bond Goes Dark

Moments before Rick and Nerissa were devoured...

Carmilla felt something tear inside her chest the moment the Leviathan’s jaws closed around Rick and Nerissa.

The Unbreakable Bond, the link that suddenly screamed in fear, let her know exactly where Rick was and how he was doing, no matter what was in the way. He was still alive, but he was getting weaker.

His condition was getting worse quickly, and the bond was getting weaker by the second.

"NOOOOO...!!! RIIIICCCKKKKKK!" Carmilla screamed as she lunged forward, her sword glowing with a desperate energy. "DAMNN YOUUUUU!!!"

It’ the first time that Carmilla’s rage was all over the place and that she didn’t care anymore if this last attack was going to be her last.

Natasha also felt the same rage as Carmilla, but she could control it deep inside her while casting a lot of ice magic shots out in all directions, sending huge spears of frozen water flying at the Leviathan’s body without her usual careful planning.

The cold mage’s carefully controlled exterior shattered completely when this happened.

Liora’s divine energy throbbed wildly as it tried to reach Rick through their spiritual link, but all it found was darkness and the sickening pressure of corrupted flesh around him.

"N-No... Rick..." Liora’s expression starts changing to sad and angry, but she doesn’t want to show any of them.

"YOU FUCKING BASTARDDD...!!!" Zara’s Blood Price reached its highest level, her demonic form exploded with power and launched towards the Leviathan.

She lost so much health that her vision got blurry, but she didn’t care about any of that shit other than her king getting devoured. Her claws scraped against the Leviathan’s scales, making purple ichor flow, but they didn’t do anything to make the Guardian let go of its victims.

"MOTHEEERRRRRAAAGGHHHH!!!" Myrissa screamed in pain, and the Kraken roared in anger with her.

The Guardian, who was not corrupted, wrapped its huge tentacles around the Leviathan’s body in an attempt to crush it and make it open its mouth to let the two people trapped inside go.

But the Leviathan that was corrupted was too strong. It thrashed around violently, throwing the Kraken off and sending Myrissa tumbling through the water.

Its many heads turned toward Rick’s partners, and they looked hungry, as if the Demon King’s taste had made them want more flesh.

Zephyra’s voice came through the Crystalline Observer that was left behind, and even though it was a magical communication device, it was clear that she was upset. "Rick’s vital signs are very critical right now!"

The Thalassic Crystal has maybe thirty minutes of power left, and that’s if he wasn’t already injured!"

Sebastian appeared in front of Carmilla, and for the first time since Rick had met him, the little butler looked really scared. "I can’t teleport to him!"

"The corruption inside the Leviathan is too thick...! It won’t let me go into my host!"

"I can’t get to him because he’s stuck in there!"

Carmilla’s tears mixed with the ocean water around her. She could feel Rick’s condition getting worse through the Unbreakable Bond.

Now, his health was at twenty percent... and... fifteen... then to... ten.

"No," Carmilla said softly at first, then louder, "NO...!"

"I won’t let him die! Not this way! Not after everything we’ve been through!"

She charged at the Leviathan again, and her Guardian’s Resolve was stronger than usual. The skill that made her stronger when she was protecting other people was now feeding on her desperation, giving her strength she shouldn’t have.

Natasha joined her, and together they fought fiercely, united by their love for Rick. Ice and steel clashed in a coordinated effort to create openings and exploit weaknesses, but the Leviathan’s corrupted form healed at a rate that outpaced their ability to inflict damage.

Liora put everything she had left into one last try. "HEAVEN’S WRATH: DIVINE JUDGMENT!"

Golden spears of pure holy energy rained down on the Leviathan, incinerating the corruption wherever they struck. For a fleeting moment, it appeared that the attack might inflict enough damage on the Guardian to force it to open its mouth.

But then Seris raised the Tidecaller Trident, and purple corruption rushed through the Leviathan’s body, fixing the damage almost right away.

"You bitches really do think it would be that fucking simple?!" Seris’s voice was full of cruel fun. "The Guardian now has the Archon’s power flowing through it."

"Your weak, useless attacks don’t mean anything for this kind of power!"

Typhon floated next to her, looking pleased with his twisted form. "The Hero of Mature Hearts doesn’t have any more hope other than dying."

"Your hero, who was meant to save the world with Spirit Bonds, was eaten by the same creature his empress helped create..."

"The irony is beautiful."

Zara jumped at Typhon, her demon claws aimed at his neck. "SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH!!!"

"Rick is still alive...! He’s been through worse than this!" 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

Typhon easily grabbed her wrist and threw her away. "Has he? Being crushed by overwhelming pressure while drowning in acidic corruption?

"We know he’s the Demon King, but in the end... he’s still a weak human."

Seris used the trident to control the Leviathan’s heads, which hit them all at the same time.

One head hit Carmilla in the chest, breaking her ribs and knocking her down.

One of them wrapped around Natasha’s waist and squeezed until she screamed.

And the third head threw Zara hard enough to break the coral on the plaza floor.

Liora tried to protect them with divine barriers, but she was already tired from healing them earlier. The barriers broke like glass, and a fourth head hit the High Priestess in the shoulder, ripping through her robes and drawing blood.

Myrissa’s Kraken fought hard, but even the Guardian who wasn’t corrupt was having trouble. The Leviathan’s twenty heads worked together in a terrifyingly effective way, biting and tearing at the Kraken’s tentacles until it had to back off or risk being killed.

All of Rick’s partners were dead and bleeding on the plaza floor in less than five minutes. Carmilla tried to get up, but her legs couldn’t hold her up.

Natasha’s ice magic flickered weakly, and it was hard for her to make even small crystals. Liora had no more divine energy left, so she was defenseless.

Zara’s demon form was falling apart because the corruption in her wounds was spreading faster than her body could heal.

Myrissa crawled toward them on the ground, her body covered in wounds from the Leviathan’s attacks. "I’m sorry," she cried.

"I’m so... sorry."

"I couldn’t help them...! I couldn’t save any of you, not even my mother or Rick...!"

Carmilla could feel Rick’s health drop to five percent through the Unbreakable Bond. Then three. Then one.

And then the bond went dark.

She could still sense the connection, yet there was nothing on the other end—no mind, no awareness, just an overwhelming void.

Carmilla whispered, "He... is... gone...", the words tearing apart her heart.

"Rick... is... gone..."

Natasha’s tears flowed freely now, and she wasn’t trying to keep her cool anymore. "The chance of survival was already very low... and now... it’s almost nothing."

Liora prayed with her hands together, but she didn’t get any divine energy in return. "Gods forgive me... I couldn’t help him."

Zara punched the ground so hard that it cracked even more. Her demonic strength came from her sadness and anger. "FUCKING DAMN IT...!!!"

"THIS CAN’T BE THE END...!"

We’re supposed to save the fucking world together...!"

"He can’t just die like this!"