[Well then, Iāll be going now.]Ā (Ryouta)
[What can we do?]Ā (Celeste)
Before I head down the stairs leading to the spirit room, Celeste asked.
Only the person who defeated the monster can go down the stairs.
And although both of them canāt tag along, Celeste still wanted to do something helpful.
[Letās seeā¦. Iām grateful if one of you can go back to the mansion, it would help in case something happens.]Ā (Ryouta)
[Back to the mansion?]Ā (Celeste)
[To open the gate.]Ā (Eve)
[Yeap, if someone can go back and use the Transportation Room, we can get to Plumbum quicker. Then I can get back home easily as well. We only need to do it once, and itāll really be useful in the future.]Ā (Ryouta)
[I see, itās the same with Emily.]Ā (Celeste)
[Yeah, when we helped Arsenic, and Emily helped getting the times 2 drop rate.]Ā (Ryouta)
[I got it, then Eve and I shall do it.]Ā (Celeste)
After seeing them off, I went down the stairs.
But, as you remember, itās not all smooth sailing where I can meet the spirit immediately.
If we go by the pattern, Iāll have to fight one difficult boss before I can meet the spirit.
So as usual, the entire space is white.
However, the area was smaller than usual, somewhere around half a tennis court size.
And in the middle of it all, was a turtle.
Surprisingly, it was just a turtle.
Itās paws were hidden in its shell, looking all round.
I took out my revolvers, and test its strength using my Growth Bullet first.
The sound of metal clashing was heard when the bullets collided with the shell.
I see, so itās really hardāāwas what I thought.
And the turtle split into two.
So, itās the same as all the other monsters from above.
Welp, small damage aināt gonna cut it, time to bring out the big guns to defeat it.
With both revolvers on each hand, I equipped both Flaming Bullets and Blue Flame Bullets, and fused them together to create the Invisible Flames Bullet.
The invisible flames were burning the turtle into pieces.
I could clearly see the heat waves from the result of the bullet, however, the turtle didnāt even take a damage, let alone moved.
Worse of allāāit split again.
This time, there were four turtles.
[The Invisible Flames Bullet didnāt work huhā¦.. Iāll have to be careful on how to deal with it.]Ā (Ryouta)
But then, what should I do, as I pondered.
It was then the four turtles multiplied into eight!
Though I did not do anything, they split.
Wait no, way before that.
All of them split into two, even the ones that I did not attack.
What is the meaning of thisāā I thought as they multiplied again, this time to 16.
[A multiplier game?]Ā (Ryouta)
A few seconds later, it split into 32, then after a few more, 64 of them.
If I leave them be, theyāre gonna take over the entire space in this room.
Even though theyāre hiding in their shells, they donāt seem to be attackingā- No I was wrong!
I just realized that I was caught in a pinch.
Itās that the turtles choose not to attack.
Theyāre probably the same as the rocks in Arsenic, where they do not go into attack mode.
However, with each passing second, they multiply.
Whatās worse is that this room is purposefully built to be small, and thereās no exits.
At this rateāā Not even 30 seconds and the turtles will fill up this roomāā and Iāll be crushed to death.
I kept my revolvers and kicked the turtles with my feet.
Since my Strength is at a SS, I thinkāā Nope.
Even when I kicked with all my might, the shell didnāt even budge.
And guess what, it split again.
And now with how much turtles they are, theyāve covered up the floor, and I had to step on them.
But I didnāt stop, I continued kicking them.
However, as expected, it didnāt work as planned.
I have another 2 more tries, so not even 10 seconds.
[Speed Up Bullet!]Ā (Ryouta)
Shooting myself with the bullet, I gained some time.
I have to think of a way to defeat them no matter what.
I gritted my teeth as I frantically think of a plan.
My attacks arenāt even affecting them.
Theyāre just, very hard.
Not even physical nor magic attacks work on them.
If thatās the case, I guess I should just keep attacking them nonstop.
I grabbed hold of one of the turtles and hit it with all my might.
Don! Don! Don! Don! Don!āā
With my ultimate move, a punch, I kept punching the turtles repeatedly.
They multiplied, around half the room.
I continued punching and punching.
Even when my fistās were bleeding, I continued.
And the cracked spot brighten up, and shattered.
[Thereās no timeāā- Repetition!]Ā (Ryouta)
Inside the accelerated world, I fired Repetition at all of the turtles.
However, halfway, it multiplied again!
However, since Repetition worked, I continued defeating them.
With the Infinite Recovery Bullet on one of my revolvers, I fired it onto myself and Repetition on the turtles.
Though they were still doubling, but the Speed Up Bullet + Repetition outrace it.
After awhile, somehow all the turtles were annihilated.
And finally, the entrance to the room connected to the spirit appeared.