...No. I should help him. I am still a level 99 right? So I should be able to do something! Even if it's not much... Even if I have a high chance to die... I... I DON'T WANT TO LET SOMEONE DIE WHEN I COULD HAVE HELPED THEM!

I charged towards Anteros, my fist ready to punch her! Dramence looked at me, surprised.

-I SAID EVERYONE! THAT'S INCLUDE YOU, YOU IDIOT! You're no match for her!

I don't care what he can say. This is to save your life.

-...?

Anteros looked at me, I could not see her expression behind the armor, but that doesn't matter! If I can save countless lives!

I was close, and I punched her! ... No... Above her head was a -0... Why?! Give me at least a -1!

I continued to punch her. The hotness emanating from her armor was barely supportable... But... Why... Why it is always a -0! I don't want to accept it. I WON'T ACCEPT IT!

I punched her again. And again. And again. Never ending... At the end, I was exhausted. And the heat was finally simply too much to handle for me...

She then slapped me. And traveled all the way until I hit a snow covered Mountain... I... Was alive somehow.

... I never thought you would actually do it. Or at least you would be smart enough to attack her not frontally. Now you will definitively die when she will see you're not dead.

That's...That's because of you... If you didn't influence me... I would actually never do it... But now... I will die. Probably painfully. And it is all your fault...

...Now I feel bad for you because of you! But I can't intervene directly on this world without being reprimanded by someone! And honestly, it's too fun to mess with you for you to die like this... Fine, you won! This is a little because of me. I guess I have no more choices than to use "that".

That? What's "That?"

Blessing of a God received! "Deus Ex Machina" effect activated. Healed to max HP and MP. 500% base HP and MP for 10 minutes. +1000 stats for 10 minutes.

Name:Vakfu

Age:21

Race:Kitsune

Level:99

Skill Points:990

Class:Jack of all trades

HP:28000/28000

MP:28750/28750

Vitality:120 (+1000)

Wisdom:150 (+1000)

Strenght:130 (+1000)

Intelligence:140 (+1000)

Speed:160 (+1000)

Dexterity:145 (+1000)

...What's that! That really is a Deus Ex Machina!

Damnit I'm going to be so scolded for this. I'll have to find an excuse thanks to you! I have one condition tough. You. Don't. Kill. Anteros. Or else I will be forced to intervene directly to stop you. Don't even let Dramence kill her. You can save him if you want. But you don't have much time. So spent it wisely.

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...Thank you. For all of this.

I charge again against Anteros, with much faster speed than before. And for an instant, I activate the Kitsune Unleash and eight black and white tails make their appearance, making it nine in totals. And punch Anteros with all of my might. A -500 appeared on the top of her head. The shock of the impact could be sensed from a good 100 meters. The hit even forced her back. I could do it... I feel like I can win against her! Dramence was surprised at how I pushed her back

-How... How did he become this strong? That shouldn't be possible!

Anteros fixed me and finally said something.

-...Quite interesting. I don't know how you acquired this much power in such short amount of time... But not enough.

She pointed a finger toward the sky, and tens of fireballs appeared out of thin air, encircling me.

-Now die.

She retracted her finger and every fireball that spawned exploded. That burn! But... I'm powerful enough to tank it. When every balls exploded, she then said

-Still alive... Annoying monster.

And then... I felt a lot weaker... My MP... Was at 0. The Kitsune unleash already stopped. But it hasn't even been 20 seconds! It the Mp consumption this high?! ... Suddenly, fear could be seen on my face. I could probably tank another attack of this caliber, but she doesn't even seem bothered by me! Only annoyed! I tried to punch her! She blocked. I tried again. She blocked it too. She held my two hands and started to crush them. It hurt like hell, and my HP was quickly descending. I shouted

-Dramence! Flee now! I will only be able to hold her back for maximum 10 minutes!

Probably even less. But if Dramence and the others can flee thanks to me, then I will hold her back with everything I've got.

-No. This if our fight. Not yours.

Damn it! I was probably too hopeful. In this situation. We can actually win this fight, but we can't kill her! I'll have to find a way to convince Dramence to actually not kill her.

Anteros faced I and Dramence. She did the same attack as earlier, except there were a lot more of fireballs. In the hundred I would say. The heat emanating from them was intense. In fact, the whole place was turning from a snow plain to an arid desert. The ozone layer will not like that...

-Die. Gravity times 100.

The fireballs didn't exploded this time but charged toward us. And suddenly, I felt... A lot heavier... Gravity control? Oh come on that's OP!

Say the one who got a super power-up! Anyway, with the power up, it shouldn't do damage to you. But still, watch out. It's a really powerful skill, especially at this intensity.

...Agh. Can't argue with that.

I tried to move out of the way of the attack, but the gravity was too intense, and my body not accustomed to such gravity. So I took everything in the face. And that hurt like hell.

For Dramence, he was dodging some by flying. But I could see it was really difficult for him.

I looked an instant at my HP... 10000 already?! That's bad! Suddenly, the fireball stopped appearing and the gravity too... What?

-...Damn.

...She was out of mana? I would say already but that's actually a really good new! I charged toward her and delivered a flurry of blows. And lots of numbers emerged above her head: -40; -50; -55; -42... In short, that's was a lot of kinda small numbers.

-...I'll go 100% then. Gurthang.

A gigantic sword appeared in her left hand from thin air. Il was easily 3 meters in length and at least 50 centimeters in width. Could it still be called a sword? It's more like a weird hammed with this ridiculous width... It was both flaming at the right side of the blade and freezing at the left side of the blade, with at the center, a moon and a sun divided in two. Moon at the freezing side, Sun at the other side.

She brandished the weapon in the air with one hand and slashed me with it. Even tough the sword was huge. It was too fast for me. And took a direct hit. I was bleeding now... I looked at my Hp... I took 2000 damages?! Shit shit shit! I don't want to die here! Not when I got a second chance to live! But... I don't want to abandon Dramence like that... Speaking of him, what is he doing besides flying?! Help me!... Wait. Is that magic that he is doing? Suddenly, a huge iceball was falling on both Anteros and I. Nonono! Did he forgot me?!

The iceball crashed onto us. Freezing both of us and the place in a 15 meters radius... At least I think it frozen me. But I didn't sense anything...! The mana control of Dramence! That's why I didn't took any damage nor I was in the ice! And a path was right in front of me! I began to flee... At least I tried but I can't for some reason. I could sense something grasping my feet, it was Anteros! Her entire body was in ice except her right hand, and she won't let me go! Dramence shouted at me

-Now! Finish her!

-Finish her?! Bu... But I can't!

-It is not the time to hesitate! She will soon break free from the ice! Do it now!

-...Agh! I can't finish her for some reasons!

-Are you kidding me?! She killed tens of thousands! I don't care for your reasons! Kill her! Now! I am out of Mana to do so! We don't have much time! DO IT!

And suddenly...

The effect "Deus Ex Machina" has worn off.

... It's not like I could now. And my chances of freeing from her grasp are no negatives... Then, the ice melted off, her armor highly destroyed, helmet included, we could now see her face, she was quite beautiful. Long Red hair, red ski... Wait no, that's blood. Definitively blood. A scroll appeared in front of her, floating, and she begun to read it at an astonishing speed. It was barely understandable.

-Gods bless us, gods will make us a path to the capital of Whitay, Icebell.

A light engulfed both me and Anteros and we suddenly changed of place. Dramence wasn't here anymore. I could see what seemed like... Some bedroom. A bed with red blankets, a desk with tons of paper on it... Really, everything was quite mundane. But that was not reassuring me. I will get killed in a minute or two by her... And nobody will protect me... I was trying to escape her grab, without success... No... I don't want to die now! My friends! My family! I will see them before that happen!... Someone opened the door. It looked like a servant. He was quite surprised to see us here. And then bowed.

-Your majesty! You are in desperate need of healing! Is that monster the cause of it?

-...Partially. Take him to the most reinforced jail we have to spare. He is really dangerous.

Even tough she was bleeding, she wasn't flinching in any case... She must have seen some shits. After that, she hitted me in the head and I lost consciousness... But before I completely lost consciousness, I did see a little message.

Quest completed!

Helped Dramence! "Map" unlocked!