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nEvil Eyes were special abilities that some monsters or demons could be born within Kritias, they were special eyes that could inflict a certain condition to the user they glanced at.

nMost of the time, such conditions would be those of abnormal status, however, unlike attacks or spells that inflicted these statuses, Evil Eyes would inflict them bypassing immunities and resistances, and even the physiology of the being affected.

nThere were many such abilities, like the Evil Eye of Curses, the Evil Eye of Lethargy, the Evil Eye of Bleeding, the Evil Eye of Destruction, the Evil Eye of Charm, the Evil Eye of Paralysis…

nHowever, such powers were extremely rare and only have been registered in the adventurer's guild barely, mostly being in the possessing of powerful monsters or demons such as Great Gazers, Vampires, or Banshee.

nAside from Evil Eyes, there was also the Demon Eyes, and an even more powerful classification of Evil Eyes wielded by Demon Gods or powerful Vampire Progenitors or Banshee Empresses.

nHumans, Elves, Dwarves, and Beastmen were also able to get these abilities, but only if they had some kind of heritage with monsters or demons… but some Humans didn't have any of them, and developed powers similar to them, but that were classified as 'Magic Eyes'.

nOzgeth was an incredibly talented and promising newborn Gazer, who had been born with many magic affinities and the powerful 'Evil Eye of Paralysis, capable of inflicting paralysis in anything it was activated into.

nHowever, because it cost too much Mana to activate, he had decided to leave it as a trump card and use it when it was only absolutely necessary.

nHe had decided that his skill levels were too low and that he needed to escape at all cost to sharpen his powers and come back for vengeance one day.

nHe knew that he had been ignored by Veronica and instead fought her tamed monster, Aqua… If he were to confront Veronica, the strange, Living Armor with weird powers, he would surely have a swift death.

nThis is why he decided to use his trump card at this very moment.

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"Evil Eye of Paralysis!

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nOzgeth's whole body was his Evil Eye, the crimson iris flashed in yellow colors as it released strange and ethereal sparks towards Aqua!

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"Guuu…?!

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"I suppose I will have to help you out, we cannot let him escape after all!

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nHowever, just at this very moment, Veronica appeared like a flying rocket from below!

nShe was only half of her torso and arms, as she had left her legs fighting below by dividing her soul like she did with her Clones and then using 'Long Distance Control' to control it from very far away.

nInstead of hitting Aqua, the Evil Eye effect hit Veronica!

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"Hm?! You fool! No matter if you are a Living Armor, you will be affected by my Evil Eye! Perhaps I should get rid of you right now! My father said that as long as I crushed your- Ngh?!

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nVeronica kept floating in front of Ozgeth as she received the effect of his Evil Eye of Paralysis, but then, her Abyssal Soul skill activated its effect!

nIf you glance at the abyss for too long, you will also be glanced back by it.

nAlthough Veronica was paralyzed as well, the effect was reflected back to Ozgeth, paralyzing his entire eyeball body, even his tentacles were as stiff as logs.

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"Ungh…! W-What…?! Impossible! The effect bounced back into me…?! W-What kind of power is that?! T-This is… too ridiculous!

" thought Ozgeth with disbelief.

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"Aqua, now finish it off!

" said Veronica with a smile, as she slowly recovered from her paralysis while falling to the ground alongside Ozgeth. Due to being paralyzed, Ozgeth's Flight Skill was deactivated, and Veronica's Flight Spell as well.

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"Guuubobobo!

" roared Aqua as she flew towards Ozgeth, the big prey that she wanted to kill to finally Rank up!

nHer bright blue slime body shaped as countless claws and fists, that flew towards Ozgeth from all directions, slashing, punching, and hitting his paralyzed spherical body in midair.

n���T-This should be a stupid joke! How did she realize that I had an Evil Eye?! UUNNGYAAAAA!

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nVeronica realized from the very beginning that Ozgeth had the Evil Eye of Paralysis through her Appraisal, and had been inspecting the whole fight since she gave him to Aqua with her flying undead bugs and floating Clones that were just as small as the bugs.

nShe prepared to detach herself at any moment to reflect the evil eye and finally let Aqua catch her well-deserved prize.

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"Water Punch! Water Claw! Downpour Barrage! Waterfall Kick! Rocket Punch!

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nAqua unleashed all her skills and magic into this last attack! Even Sylphid began to infuse and enhance her speed with its spells, raining a myriad of attacks upon Ozgeth!

nClash! Boom! Slash! Flash!

nEvery punch, every attack, claw, and bullet penetrated, slashed, and hit Ozgeth. His entire body finally breaking down once and for all!

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"T-This…! I was just born! Impossible! I was… destined to be the greatest… To be killed by… by an inferior being such as a mere slime…! G-GYAAAAAA!

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nBoom!

nAs if his body were a balloon taking too much air and pressure, Ozgeth body inflated and deformed itself, exploding into bloody pieces of flesh and innards, raining upon his almost annihilated army down below and the few siblings that were still struggling to survive.

nThe Gazers that were struggling lost all hope as they saw the strongest of their group die after a few minutes of having their army fall to the hole underground…

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"B-Big brother Ozgeth!

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"If he died… what hope do we even have of surviving?!

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"R-Run! Run awaaay!

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"Not so fast! Super Vertical Slash!

" said Anna, emerging from the pitfall where the army was being massacred by Veronica's clones, Squirrel-kin women, Nidhogg, Charlotte, plants, and some of the Raccoon warriors.

nRaising her axe, she surprised a panicked Gazer as she sliced it in half as if it were a boiled egg.

nSlash!

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"Gryyaa-

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nSplat!

nThe two halves fell into a bloody pool as Anna did not lose any time, flashing towards her next foe.

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"We'll have some of these as well!

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"Quick! Or Anna will kill them all before we get any Experience!

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nPekorina and Acathea appeared from down below as well, being done with the large army, they began to team up against the Gazers. Acathea used her paws to slash their eye and blur their vision, while Pekorina kicked them with the strength of a hammer with her legs set ablaze due to her technique.

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"Since when have these squirrels had such a strong warrior?! Stop! Stooop!

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nClash!

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"W-Wait, I can become your ally! I will spit it all! Gyaaaa!

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nBlast!

nThanks to having changed Jobs after defeating the Minotaur Boss and by also receiving the strengthening of Veronica's 'Strengthen Followers' and 'Commanding' Skills, even the young girls were strong enough to kill the fast Gazers by teaming up.

nVeronica flew down below as she reassembled herself with her lower half, which had killed two Gazers on its own. Aqua fell over the ground as well, splattering like a slimy substance and then getting back to her usual oval appearance.

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"Phew… that was it, I suppose… and… oh, Ervas is having just as much fun trying out his skills,

" said Veronica as she glanced at the other battlefield to the north, where Ervas and his party where overwhelming the enemy army just as efficiently.

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"Gubo!

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nAt Veronica's left side, there was the dead spirit of Ozgeth, in the appearance of a spherical eye and covered in tentacles, it was filled with holes all across its body though.

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"The great one! Oh, so magnificent! Oh, my queen, please! Please tell me what to do! I will do anything! Anything! I will tell you everything! Everythiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnggggg! OOOOOHHHH!

" said Ozgeth's dead spirit as it was infused with Veronica's Mana, his expression seemingly in great ecstasy.

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"Alright, alright… I'll make you a ghost,

" said Veronica. After getting to know his background in his own words in a very small amount of time when it died and immediately was fascinated by Veronica as a dead spirit, veronica decided to make him her companion.

nOzgeth had been just born yesterday and was a rather innocent yet already twisted young Gazer, in Veronica's mind, he deserved a second chance at life… or death. His body was destroyed into pieces thanks to Aqua, so she decided to make it her first-ever ghost.

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