The Goat Horse kicked with his front legs, spreading a cloud of black slime and daring the creatures to approach. He needed to buy time and space to think. He had to do something, and immediately.

"Breathe, breathe..." he told himself between clenched teeth as his frantic mind reviewed every skill and possible weapon in their arsenal. There was nothing obvious that seemed to work against these entities acting on the mind itself.

Another ragged scream from Marshmallow startled him. The warrior crumpled into increasingly unnatural positions as if his own body wanted to fold in on itself. He was no longer himself, and he was about to pass the point of no return.

"No! I don't have much time!" The Goat Horse kicked again, this time hitting one of the approaching creatures hard enough to push it away. They were unclean, foul, and most of all, impossible to deal with by traditional means.

Then, like a flash of inspiration, a memory flashed through her mind. Perhaps this could have been the answer...

The Goat Horse wasted no time. As Marshmallow continued to shout disjointed phrases, the animal focused intensely and leaped upward.

The creatures approached in a blackish, slithering slime, their pulsing tentacles almost touching him. But the Goat Horse narrowed his eyes and gathered all his remaining determination.

"AAAAAAAHHH!" he roared with an excruciating neigh, exhaling a powerful blast of purple energy from his own skin.

"GALACTIC PURPLE DEMOLISHER!"

The purple wave quickly spread out in an overwhelming explosion. Creatures were run over and thrown backward in a whirlwind of sewage, while the air itself seemed to tear and twist in on itself.

Even Marshmallow was shaken to his core with such force that his screams stopped. His body was cleansed of all the evil, all the darkness, all the madness that had entered it as the Galactic Purple Demolisher saturated every inch of the air with its purifying charge.

This was the one thing they had not yet experienced. How could the Goat Horse not have thought of this? The Galactic Purple Demolisher didn't have much combat power, but it was a true wave of divine light. He knew very well why he had not thought of it. Its combat power was just enough to destroy weak enemies like the Evolveroaches, but once it reached the Gear Savannah, it would no longer be effective because its level had become too high. It had become such a useless skill that he had not even considered it.

However, in such a context, it was worth a try. And in the end, it had worked, because the only thing that could counter the darkness and madness was light and hope.

Slowly, amidst the concentric waves of purple energy, clarity seemed to return to Marshmallow's eyes. The warrior gasped for a long moment as he regained consciousness, his eyes blinking in confusion as he moved from the state of madness to that of consciousness.

"What the... fuck...?" Marshmallow muttered. He watched in horror as the remains of the creatures seemed to flake and liquefy under the impact of the Galactic Purple Demolisher.

"Marshmallow! Are you all right, buddy?" The Goat Horse approached cautiously as the wave of purple energy subsided. "Are you back?"

Marshmallow rubbed his forehead for a moment before looking up again. There was a glimmer of emotion as his eyes met those of his animal companion.

"Yes-yes, I'm fine. At least I think I am," he murmured with an exhausted smile. "Shit, I almost turned into a deformed hybrid with tentacles and everything, huh? Or maybe I'd become like those two Novgovians."

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The Goat Horse snorted in amusement and nodded as he shared that moment of relief. "It was a stroke of luck that the Galactic Purple Demolisher worked against those aberrations."

Both were well aware of the terrible danger they had just avoided. Marshmallow merely nodded as he ran his eyes over the remains of the liquefied creatures.

"Thank you, my friend," he murmured with intense gratitude. "Not only did you save me physically, but you saved me from total mental insanity. I couldn't have endured these delusions much longer..."

"Hey, we're a team, you and I," the Goat Horse replied with a gentle smile.

As they shared this moment of reflection, the creatures' remaining black mud and puddles inexplicably began to shrink. It was as if they had lost all vitality, all the lifeblood that guided and controlled them.

With a viscous, formless sound, the liquefied remains slowly disintegrated and crumbled, reducing to blackish swirls of decay that scattered through the air.

"Gee... I don't know exactly what those things were," Marshmallow muttered to himself as he watched the sad spectacle. "But one thing I am sure of: we would have suffered the same fate as the Novgovians had it not been for the Galactic Purple Demolisher."

They remained silent for a few moments, helplessly watching the final dissolution of the forces they had just fought. All seemed concluded, but there was still a vague aura of malice in the air.

At that moment, Marshmallow and the Goat Horse had ruled out everything that could ever scare them. The Novgovians, check. The Eldritch, check. The Ultima Gate had just been conquered. A feat not even the mighty Raven had managed.

But how could he? This place was the abode of beings capable of driving minds mad. It was unbelievable that he had managed to return safely after seeing those disgusting monsters. Marshmallow could barely think about what he had seen before his head began to spin. The reason for their victory could only be attributed to the presence of the Goat Horse. It almost seemed as if he was there for that very reason. Raven could not count on an ally like him.

However, it was time for the reward. Suddenly, the longed-for screens appeared before Marshmallow's eyes.

Corrupt Novgovian Alpha killed!

+ 15000 XP

Corrupt Novgovian Beta killed!

+ 15000 XP

Congratulations! You’ve just obtained the Very Unique Skill “Spatiokinesis”!

Congratulations! You’ve just obtained the Very Unique Skill “Necrokinesis”!

Ultima Gate vanquished!

+ 30000 XP

Congratulations! You've just leveled up! You have +3 Assignable Points!

Congratulations! You've just leveled up! You have +3 Assignable Points! You're one step away from the Legendary Level 100!

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DING!

Congratulations! You've just leveled up! You have +3 Assignable Points!

Congratulations, Marshmallow! You have reached level 100!