Ben laid on the ground, completely still. His body was covered in bruises, bumps and wounds due to Mreye's tendril attacks. His right eye was almost completely shut because it was swollen.

But he was still conscious, this level of pain is something he can bear. He felt more pain during his time as a soldier.

'Dammit, it seems like my left hand and some ribs are broken. I also don't have any magic power left and I can't eat sunlight to replenish it.' Ben thought.

He tried to move his body, but couldn't. It hurt to move and the injuries also damaged his muscles, preventing him from moving.

'If I could only replenish my magic power, I could fight again. But there's only moonlight, it's not useful at all. It's just a reflec-!? It's just a reflection of sunlight.' Ben's eyes suddenly widen.

He suddenly realized something. The moon doesn't create light, it just reflects the sun's light. In other words, it's still sunlight, even if it's a reflection.

'I don't know if this will work, but this is my last resort. I don't have any other ideas. Let's do it. YOLO!' Ben gritted his teeth.

He wasn't sure this would work, but this is the only thing he can do at the moment. Ben opened his mouth and took a bite of the moonlight. He felt something in his mouth like when he ate sunlight, so he knew it was possible.

"It worked." Ben had a smile on his face.

He started to eat the moonlight, but unlike sunlight that had a warm sensation, moonlight felt cold like an iced drink. Ben munched the moonlight and gulped it down, then he felt a little energized.

He peeked at Mreye who was heading towards the black book where it came from. Ben knew that this was his chance, so he started eating as much moonlight as he could. He knew Mreye would come back after taking the black book to kill him, so he needed to act quickly.

Ben's magic power was restored slowly as he ate the moonlight. He wasn't able to eat anymore after his magic power was restored to 3/4 of his full capacity. He knew that it's because his body was in bad shape, so he couldn't fully restore it.

"It's not the best, but it's good enough. I'll destroy that one-eyed bastard with a single attack, and pulverize it's body and eye. I'll make sure it can't regenerate again." Ben declared.

Ben decided to use an attack that will instantly destroy Mreye. Luckily Mreye's defense was quite low, proven by the previous events where it's body and tendrils were easily destroyed by Ben's attacks.

The only problems are it's regeneration and it's curse. The eye that holds the curse power probably has a stronger defense than other body parts. Ben needed to focus on attacking it's eye now.

Ben tried to get up slowly with his injured body. It hurt, but he gritted his teeth and forced himself to stand up. He ignored the pain and is finally able to stand up. Ben tried to move his limbs, but he couldn't move his left hand because it was broken.

'At least I can walk and use my right hand.' He thought.

Ben slowly walked towards Mreye while preparing his magic. Mreye is flipping through the black book and reading the pages. But suddenly it stops and laughs manically, then it turns around and faces Ben.

"HA HA HA HA, I knew you would not surrender that easily, I like it this way. Seeing you struggle without any chance to win is more exciting than simply killing you. I will make you suffer and feel despair. I will break that spirit of yours. HA HA HA HA." Mreye laughed manically.

Ben just remained silent and kept walking closer to Mreye.

"You know, I like to turn people into stone because of my curse. That was what I did when I was summoned in the past. But now when I see you with such an unyielding and undying spirit, I feel like I need to destroy that spirit first before turning you into stone. That will be a lot more exciting than simply defeating you. Don't you agree?" Mreye grinned.

"I don't care about your preference or what you like. But I need to tell you that giving me time to recover was your biggest mistake. Now you will pay for that mistake." Ben told it.

He raised his right hand in front of him and opened his palm. A bright orange magic circle appeared above him and a bright white magic circle appeared below his feet.

"Night Sun Mode: Eclipse!" Both magic circles moved to Ben's body and met in the middle. They disappeared and then his body started to glow bright orange with white fire coming off it. The white fire was due to the moonlight he ate earlier.

"Hmm? What's this? It feels hot, but also cold at the same time. Wait! This cold is not temperature, it's eerie cold." Mreye said.

Mreye looked at it's tendrils that were shivering hard now. Even it's heart is beating hard and it feels fear.

"Fear?! No way. I will never feel fear." Mreye's eye was shaking.

"What's up? Losing your shit?" Ben grinned.

Mreye's eye widened and it's pupil shrank. It was angered by Ben making it think of fear.

"HOW DARE YOU MAKE ME THINK THAT I'M AFRAID OF YOU, HUMAN!" Mreye exploded in anger.

"You're the one who thought that yourself." Ben reminded Mreye.

He kept talking to stall for time while charging his spell. Ben was currently pumping all his magic power to strengthen this spell. He raises the temperature to the maximum his body can handle, 2364 degrees Celsius, 64 degrees higher than before because he forced himself.

Ben gathered all his magic power and compressed it in his body. He will use his strongest spell to end this in one shot. If he can't kill it instantly, Mreye will just regenerate again.

"Human, you've really made me angry. I'll show you what you get after making me this angry." Mreye said.

Mreye suddenly had a purple aura oozing out from it's skin and covering it's whole body. It's tendrils start to shrink and turn into sharp spikes. It's skin turns from brown to dark purple and looks thicker. It's eye became 2 times bigger as well.

"I, MREYE, WILL NEVER FEEL FEAR OF A HUMAN LIKE YOU. YOU ARE THE ONE WHO SHOULD FEEL FEAR, HUMAN. I WILL SHOW YOU HELL!" Mreye snapped.

Mreye's eye suddenly glowed purple, ready to shoot it's petrification beam. Ben also hastened his spell charging to counter the beam at anytime.

"Take this, my ultimate curse! STONE AGE!" Mreye yelled.

PSHEWW*

Mreye shoots a dark purple beam from it's eye at Ben. He placed his right leg behind him and lowered his body. Then from his raised right palm, a bright yellow dot appeared.

"Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Energy Release Solar Flare!"

BOOM*

A large bright yellow and whitish energy explodes from Ben's right palm. It is the release of all the energy he has amassed before in his Night Sun Mode: Eclipse. The concept is the same as the sun's solar flare, where he released a lot of energy.

The Solar Flare clashed with the purple petrification beam and there was a stalemate. The explosion from Ben's spell was so strong it pushed him 5 meters back, but the purple beam can match it.

"HA HA HA HA, IT'S USELESS, HUMAN!" Mreye yelled.

Mreye put more power into the beam and it started pushing Ben's spell back.

"AARRGH, YOLO!" Ben screamed to give himself more adrenaline.

Ben started eating moonlight again and poured the power into his spell. He kept eating despite the pain his body was in. But even with that, he couldn't push the purple beam back and was pushed back slowly.

'It can't go on like this, that guy has more power than me.' He thought.

Ben looked at his broken left hand. Then he slowly turned the left palm to Mreye.

"Let's do this!" He challenged.

A small yellow magic circle appeared on Ben's left palm. Then a very small light orb appeared.

"Light Orb!" Ben fired the light orb at Mreye's eyelid.

"Huh?" Mreye was confused.

The light orb hit it's eyelid and it was rather hot, so it made Mreye's eye flinch for a moment. But that moment was crucial and it weakened the purple beam. Ben's Solar Flare finally pushed the purple beam all the way back. It hit and engulfed Mreye.

"AAAARRRGGGHH! CHEATER!" Mreye screamed.

"IT'S CALLED STRATEGY!" Ben yelled back.

He kept using his spell until he ran out of magic power. When Ben's attack ceased, Mreye was nowhere to be found. The Etherious had been completely incinerated and there was nothing left.

"*pant pant* Fi...nially." Ben weakly said.

He fell to the ground, having run out of energy and adrenaline. But that wasn't a problem as he had won the fight.