Reincarnated With A Glitched System: Why Is My MP Not Running Out?

Chapter 2096: The Hero of Celestial Winds and Songs, Arafunn Delfaina

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”Everyone! The barrier is gone, but it might reappear—run as fast as you can! Outside the mountain, several airships are still waiting to take in refugees! Go! Now!” he shouted. ”I have created a Wind Path to carry you to safety.”

A beautiful melody filled the air. The people looked up to see a single elf floating in the sky, playing his flute and bending the winds from the outside world into their own. The divine barrier shattered and exploded instantly. Gasps of disbelief rose as surging winds swept through the area, resembling endless green butterflies that each transformed into a storm. The monster and every creature behind it were shredded into pieces and utterly vaporized. And that was only Act One.

”A-Ah!”

”Yes!”

”T-Thank you so much!”

”T-That’s...!”

”That’s Hero Arafunn! I recognize him!”

”Yes, it’s him! The Hero of Celestial Winds and Songs, Arafunn Delfaina! The younger brother of the Elven King is here!!!”

”We’re saved!”

”Run, quickly!”

The people leaped from the airport into the mountain’s open air below. Winds guided them gently through the skies toward safety, all of them stunned by the overwhelming power of the Hero of Celestial Winds and Songs.

As the civilians fled, Arafunn turned to face another horde of monsters pouring from a path outside the city—one that led to the most dangerous dungeon besides the Dragon Tomb itself.

The Underground Tower Dungeon!

A dungeon that had taken him and the other heroes years to conquer: one hundred floors, each a vast pocket world teeming with thousands of monsters and guarded by a single, powerful boss.

”WHERE ARE THE HUMANS?!”

”OVER THERE, BRO!”

”HEHEHE, HUMANS!”

Hundreds of monsters formed a giant horde, and among them stood several bosses that had emerged from their dungeons. Each floor boss was monstrously strong, enough to instill despair in the unprepared.

”Hmph. To think I would meet these bastards here...” Arafunn sighed. ”I really do have terrible luck, don’t I? I was hoping to return with great fanfare, meet my dear niece, and enjoy a peaceful day. Now it’s all ruined...”

Arafunn recognized the monsters at once. They were the bosses from Floors 1, 2, and 3 of the Underground Tower Dungeon—the very same ones he and his party had defeated years ago. Now they were twisted beyond recognition, bloated with Lolth’s miasma and curse, their forms grotesquely mutated and far more powerful than before.

The Floor 1 Boss, Abyssal Devourer King: a colossal worm-like horror covered in throbbing purple crystals and hundreds of gnashing mouths.

The Floor 2 Boss, Twin-Headed Crystal Tyrant: a hulking golem fused with living crystal and shadow, wielding two massive, jagged swords.

The Floor 3 Boss, Venom Sovereign Arachnid: a nightmarish spider-scorpion hybrid whose legs ended in venom-dripping blades. Lolth’s influence made it eerily reminiscent of her ancient spider divinity.

”Disgusting,” Arafunn muttered. He floated gracefully in the air, his green hair dancing in the self-generated winds. ”To think something as beautiful as evolution could be corrupted into this.”

The three boss monsters, seeing the destruction he had wrought, locked their eyes on him. Faint memories stirred of dying at his hands and those of his small hero party long ago.

”KILL THE ELF!” the monsters roared in distorted unison.

Hundreds of lesser aberrations charged alongside the three floor bosses in a tidal wave of teeth, claws, and miasma.

Arafunn raised his crystalline flute to his lips once more. His abilities had not remained stagnant during the years he had been away. Even though this fight was mostly for the young ones to grow, he had evolved his sonata into new forms and awakened a faint, glowing divine power within himself.

”{Melody of Tempest}: {Act II – Whispering Gale Blades}”

A soft, almost gentle melody flowed from the instrument. At first it sounded like a lullaby, but the winds answered with violence. Countless emerald-green wind blades shaped like glowing butterflies manifested around him, spinning faster and faster until they became invisible razors.

SHIIIIING—!

The entire front line of charging monsters was sliced into countless pieces mid-sprint. Purple blood and crystal shards exploded outward in a gruesome mist. Even the Devourer King screeched as deep gashes tore across its colossal body.