Singing wasn’t the only thing this creature could do. Strange black shapes came out of it’s mouth which grew in size and shot at us.

2 heads were focused on Muqu and the remaining heads had one focused on each of us.

All it did was sing a diabolical song with 5 voices but it was still intimidating as it gave off a heavy mana pressure.

Muqu’s song was partially cancelling out the song of this creature as there was no way she could match 5 singing heads.

Slowly but surely our mana got turned into fire mana and then into fire. It had the side effect of empowering fire magic however.

[Flare], [Double Flare] and [Triple Flare] got chained after each other and the head focused on me had issues blocking all of it.

It might have 5 heads but it only has 1 body.

Mana that had shifted toward fire due to it’s song got prioritized in casting flares which gave them a large boost.

Benji had caught on too and worked to box the body in ad kick it into my flares. Mishelly was....

“Owowow! This floor is so hot! My poor feet!”

Mishelly was skipping around on one leg and alternating between them while evading the creature’s attacks.

Benji did a leg sweep and kicked the creature into the air.

My [Fire Wisps] surrounded it and exploded while I continued sending [Flares], Double Flares] and [Triple Flares] at it.

Benji positioned himself and kicked the creature back into the air after falling.

Several heads had started singing. Are they dizzy?

I snapped my fingers and waves of fire rushed at the airborne creature.

A head screeched as it fell yet again.

Benji had taken up a different stance this time. I got curious about what he would do so I paid close attention.

He made a small hop, raised his left leg, brought it up and then down on one of the creatures head while his spinning motion kicked the body up.

The 4 heads screeched diabolically as this caused Benji to decapitate one of the heads and sent the body and other heads flying.

“Oh wow! Nice one Benji!”

I continued torching the creature while Benji kicked the head into the magma pool.

“One down, 4 to go. Mishelly, get ready in case it does something unexpected. Let's do our best to keep this thing airborne and screeching. Its attacks seem sound-based so the more it screeches the better, at least it won’t be able to attack.”

Benji stomped and caused the arena to crack and kicked the rubble it created at the creature. Mishelly followed his example and they continued kicking rocks at the creature while I did my best to keep it airborne as long as possible.

Muqu was still singing but I think she can stop.

I mistimed an [Explosion] and the creature dropped and Mishelly got ready for a kick. The same kick Benji used.

A head faced her and opened its mouth but got interrupted as Benji kicked a rock into it.

“My granddaughter doesn’t like your songs, better stay quiet.”

Mishelly delivered a devastating decapitating kick and he creature got air borne again.

I can’t have them steal the spotlight. I want to kill some heads too!

Some well-timed [Triple Flares] and [Explosions]. Got it right where I wanted and I went in for a [Meteor Slap].

I built speed and grabbed the fan from underneath me and hit the back of a head with a satisfying [Meteor Slep].

The head exploded and black blood spluttered everywhere.

“Eeew! Why does this keep happening to me?!”

This narrative has been purloined without the author's approval. Report any appearances on Amazon.

I used fire mana to carefully burn the gore off myself. I had expected it to get launched but it was surprisingly heavy.

I dropped the creature and Benji got ready for another decapitating kick. Only 1 head would be left after that. Either Mishelly or I would get the last head.

What would win? My pride or my vanity? I could always clean myself after winning but my pride might not recover if I have Mishelly get the last head.

I readied fire mana for the next [Meteor Slap]. It’s time to drive the point home! I will not only destroy the head but the rest of the creature too!

I watched Benji like a hawk. The moment his kick completed I would swoop in with the best [Meteor Slap] I can muster! I even got serious for it!

A mana wave rippled out and I calculated the speed and power I needed to succeed.

“Hey Azu... isn’t this overkill? How about you let me have the lat head? I will give you 30 carrots for it!”

“Not a chance! Keep your carrots Mishelly! This kill is mine!”

I shot toward the creature as Benji’s decapitating kick completed.

His eyes widened and he leapt away.

“Die!”

I pulled out the folded fan and hit the head with the most satisfying [Meteor Slap] ever! The mana flowed from my body into my fan and converted into mana, feeding the explosive finish.

I didn’t care that I got blown back or that I was covered in gore. The creature was no more. Only a leg flew across the crater and fell into the magma pool.

“I win!” I danced around celebrating my victory.

“But it wasn’t a competition...anyways good job everyone.” Benji got up and patted us on our backs.

Muqu landed and stopped singing. “I feel like my song wasn’t that useful...”

I ran ad Muqu and grabbed her hands. “Of course it was useful! It helped us with our strong opening! Who knows what it could do but that doesn’t matter because you prevented that!”

‘brrrrrr’

“What is it Mishelly? Are you hungry?”

“Huh? That wasn’t me? It was this volcano.”

Everything started to shake and rumble. And the magma became wild.

“Muqu, Azu, you can fly right? We need to get off this volcano, I have reason to believe that it’s going to erupt. Mishelly, hop on my back!”

Muqu and I flew up and Benji started running with Mishely on his back.

Wow, this man can run. We followed him through the air but I had to put in effort to keep up with him. I thought that rabbits were only fast when they could bounce off obstacles.

We flew down the volcano and Benji had countless obstacles to bounce off from and to be honest... I couldn’t keep up.

Why am I feeling so competitive?

I put more mana into my flight and sped up. I was more concerned with keeping up with Benji than fleeing from the volcano.

The rumbling got louder and an ear-deafening explosion almost blew me from my fan as hot gas and rock got ejected into the air and the mountain was furiously rumbling and spewing.

An enormous black cloud blanket rushed down the mountain at a terrifying speed.

I wonder if this is what Benji was afraid of. The magma seemed relatively slow but this black cloud is fast!

Muqu and I increased our altitude and I got worried about Benji and Mishelly. Muqu and I would be fine as we were airborne.

I waved my fan at it but it didn’t help at all. I was powerless against a force of nature... Just as I couldn’t do much against Hurricane Path, I couldn’t do anything against a volcanic eruption.

“Azu, focus on the sky, not on the ground!”

Muqu pointed up and lava bombs the size of horses approached from above.

“I was wrong to be curious about volcanoes! This sucks!” Muqu and I evaded the rain of lava bombs which impacted on the ground below with great force.

The rumbling sound increased and the mountain continued spewing gas and fire.

I scanned the area for Benji and Mishelly. My fan couldn’t carry much more besides me but a brief moment should be enough.

“Where are they?”

All I saw was the black cloud rushing down and lava bombs bombarding the mountainside.

I quickly pieced a [Search: Mishelly] together and fired it off.

“Muqu, this way!”

I was hopeful. I don’t know how but they were far away from us and the mountain.

The trail kept going and going and another [Search: Mishelly] revealed that they were still moving.

The sky started to rip and it revealed... the sky? What is going on? Another Great Tear?

I spotted Benji and Mishelly. Benji was still running but his legs and feet were burnt and bloodied. Mishelly was crying.

I swooped down and scooped them up.

“Azu! His legs!”

“Don’t cry my dear, they will heal in due time. Just put us down if we’re too heavy Azu. I can still run.”

“I won’t let you down even if you’re too heavy. Let’s see what this other sky is about!”

I was thankful that I had so much mana. I never had to use vast amounts of mana like thes. The last time was my fight against that bitch Biian.

It was slow and my fan burned mana like crazy but we ascended, slowly to the torn sky.

Muqu arrived and helped out.

The ground below rumbled more and cracks formed in the ground as if we were in some sort of apocalypse.

We made it to the torn sky and the truth had been revealed; we had made it out of the spire.

The tip had broken off and the sky we were looking up to was the real sky.

The inside of the spire seemed like some alternate world that was crumbling as the rest of the spire shared its fate.

Another explosion and magma streamed out of the top of the spire and the whole structure collapsed.

We had made it out alive. Escaping the eruption was even riskier than anything we had encountered in that spire. We never found out how we made it to the top of the spire but that didn’t matter.

A group of rabbits was gathered near the base of the spire and were fleeing from the collapsing spire.

They hadn’t entered yet. What a relief.

“I want to apologize. I acknowledge that we weren’t prepared enough to take on this spire. The responsibility lies with me.”

“Shush, gramps, we all were curious and you’re the only one who got hurt. That more than makes up for it.”

I descended with a great feeling. Mishelly and Benji had gotten closer. I’m happy for her that she could realize this before it’s too late. Better cherish her grandfather before something happens and takes him away.

We landed and I took out every energy and focus drink and ingested it.

The rabbits arrived moments later and started treating Benji’s leg while he gave them a detailed report.

We did it! We made it out alive and we destroyed the spire! Why it got destroyed is a mystery but all that matters is that it's gone! 1 down! ...how many are there left? Wait, don’t tell me we have to do this for every tower...

Realization set in that this was one of the many.

“Shit!”