Fight the Core.

William slides his hand down the flat of his beautiful silver blade. Apart from the ring you've seem him use back during the fall of Sa'dis, he does have a couple others on his opposite hand. One in particular flashes with magic as he speaks the magic phrase, "Frost Blade". While it does appear at first like nothing has changed as a blazing inferno rises from his weapon, the red almost immediately flashes to pale blue as a chill fills the room. He lashes out, not only carving a wound across one of the legs of the beast, but causing the flesh to freeze over where it lands.

Not to be shown up, you perform a similar motion. Just as he did, you use a different phrasing and speak, "Entangle Blade," as your weapon become enveloped by slithering translucent blue vines. You swing forwards, landing a blow on the other leg. The moment the attack connects, tendrils burst out from the point of injury and bind the limb completely.

"Unexpected," William says as he watches intently. "I don't believe in destiny, but for us to come across such similar items is interesting to me."

"That was no item," you reply.

The Dungeon Core is faster than it looks, but that isn't the worst of it. First, it swings a mighty fist in the direction of William. It looks like he's about to dodge, but then the monster vanishes completely. You recognize the noise. Instantly after, it reappears behind him. William turns just in time for the fist to crash into his torso, sending him flying past you and one of the columns to tumble across solid stone.

He groans as he comes to a knee. Thankfully, it hit the greenish silver breastplate he now wears. He rubs his bare eyes before looking towards the broken glasses that now lay on the ground nearby. He picks them up and idly says, "Mend," before slipping them back atop his nose as they reform on his face. "That one hurt."

"Magic Bolt!" comes Trin's voice.

While it's distracted, she takes the opportunity to fire a spell at the beast. It collides directly with its eye, causing it to shut it in frustration and stumble back. It looks for a moment like it's about to fall, but then it once again vanishes.

Trin turns in terror as she sees the Dungeon Core reappear nearby. It isn't directly beside her, however. It looms behind the nearby column, and with a swing of its arms, the entire thing crumbles and falls towards the helpless girl below.

Without thinking, you turn and thrust the tip of your sword forward as you grasp it in both hands. "Mend Bolt!" you scream aloud as a big blast of magic fires across the room and into the collapsing stone. It trembles for a moment, but then is pulled back into a fully formed object a moment later.

"... You say away from her," William mutters from right behind the beast. He swings forwards, not only hitting the frozen leg, but cutting it off completely. With the other limb still bound by magic, the beast takes a tumble and crashes to the ground.

You're about to run in and help when you notice something strange. The remaining leg wiggles about, and then with an explosion, it fires out in your direction. You dodge, but by the time you look back, a series of additional limbs burst out from its flesh. Four legs, longer than before, raise the creature's strange body into the air. It nearly tramples William, but he leaps out of the way to retreat temporarily and analyze the situation.

Then you notice something on its head. It's Jelly!

"What are you doing up there?!" you cry out.

She slaps her hands up and down on its head. "You guys put so many cracks in this thing. I think I can..."

"I can barely hear you. What did you say--" But then she vanishes. Her clothes shoot up into the air, but her body quickly wiggles inside of the beast.

William steps beside you. "I suppose you wish your ally to remain unharmed. If that's the case, we'll have to avoid striking at the body." Ice magic continues to waft up from his blade.

You press your hand against your weapons and utter the phrase, "Flare Blade," as a burning heat coats your weapon. Smoke rises from the tip. "But the legs are bigger targets now." But as you try and stand stoically before the final phase of the battle, you hear strange rustling and grunting behind you.

The moment you turn your eyes you hear a shrill, "Turn back around immediately!" from Trin.

She's standing there, almost completely undressed. All she has on that you can see is a pair of pink panties. In her arms is her top, which she's using to cover her body up as best she can. Her face is beet red, and she seems quite angry. "I said look away!"

As instructed, you look back to the fight. Your eyes turn to William for a moment. "Do you have an exhibitionist mage too?"

"... No," he responds.

"Ah. Never mind then."

Then after a deafening roar, a fly shadow larger than a horse wooshes over your head with a wingspan forming a burst of air so powerful that you nearly fall. The creature is covered in beautiful silver scales--a dragon. She collides directly with the body of the Dungeon Core, causing it to stumble back slightly, though it ultimately holds its ground rather well even against something so mighty.

Guess she didn't want to tear her clothes.

"Can't you just cast Mend for her?" you ask.

William clears his throat. "I believe it's the principle. Having your clothes burst off is rather embarrassing."

Seizing the opportunity, both you and William bolt forwards while the Dungeon Core is distracted in its battle with a dragon. He goes right and you go left, and the two of you begin an onslaught of fast, devastating blows to the newly grown legs of the monster. After a series of elemental blade slices and silver claws, the Dungeon Core backs up into the wall. It then lands one critical blow, sending Trin through the air and into one of the far columns on the opposite end of the room.

As it struggles to stand on two healthy legs, something else happens. Even though it doesn't take another blow, it stumbles back. The body shakes. As it moves erratically, you and William temporarily step back and observe. It continues. Even Trin creeps forwards, but chooses to watch as the Dungeon Core trembles in place as if it's about to explode. The crimson eye in the center goes wild, rolling back as the entire creature vibrates. Then, the legs give out. They spread in four directions as the center crashes against the ground. Its arms reach up and grasp at its own body, writhing left and right in place.

Then, all of the sudden, the top of the Dungeon Core bursts open like an erupting volcano. The black flesh turns to goo as the entire thing starts to melt. As this happens, you hear an erotic, "Ooaaahhhhh~!" that fills the room and beyond, similar to what you heard earlier. As it finishes coming apart, you see Jelly completely enveloping another figure inside.

First, the lightbug flies out. It happy buzzes its way back to its mistress, even if she looks rather different, casting a bright light as it goes. Its followed immediately by the three screech hounds which sprint over to begin licking the dragon's legs.

Next, the figure in Jelly's slimy grasp is that of a woman. She's not only covered in Jelly, but both of them are completely coated with the black ooze of the Dungeon Core body. The woman lays there, naked and panting, as she recovered from the second orgasm she's been given.

"That's the Dungeon Lord!" Trin calls out. "Her real body!"

"What do we do?" you ask.

"If she's defeated, that means... we gotta get out of here!"

You widen your eyes. "Jelly, get on top of Trin now!"

The slime plops up from the Dungeon Lord's body. She shakes most of the goop off her body and then runs towards the dragon. At the same time, William leaps on to grasp the silver scales just beneath her wing to heave himself onto her back.

You look back to the Dungeon Lord to see a growing darkness. It's pulsing and expanding, like a bomb about to detonate. As soon as Jelly passes you by and grasps Trin's leg, you sprint towards them. There's not enough time, and can I really Bunny Hop so easily when I gotta move a whole ass dragon? "Transform back, Trin!"

"Why?!" Trin asks back.

Can't wait any longer. Gotta try. You throw yourself towards the moment the explosion happens. A hot wave of energy roars out from behind you, but before it can catch you in its event horizon, you throw your hands forwards against the back end of Trin and push with your legs. With all of your might, and all of your focus, you attempt the most makeshift Bunny Hop you've had to do. The world stretches around you, and then suddenly you feel a jerk. Your body heaves back, the world spins, and you land with a thud on your stomach.