Medusa

**Medusa** (メドゥーサ *Medūsa*) is a group-quest boss monster from Grimzelia.

## Appearance

Medusa resembles a small girl with a dress, boots, two crystal-shaped earrings, and a large collar around her neck. Like the mythical Medusa, her hair is made of snakes, one of which wears a small bow.

## Plot

Medusa first appears alongside the other group-quest monsters that have been summoned by Lamia.

As the Heroes invade Lamia's base, Medusa is present when Lamia, Rebecca, and Puppeteer force Ea to draw monsters from Grimzelia. During this time, Medusa inform Lamia that Hellfrogger has been defeated, but Lamia is unconcerned.

Later, Marimo discovers the room where Ea is being held captive, but Medusa, Puppeteer, and Nightshade lie in waiting, ready to attack. Puppeteer and Nightshade quickly neutralize and nearly kill Marimo, but Medusa stops them as she wishes to add Marimo to her "collection". Medusa then has her pet Catoplepas shoot a beam from its eye at Marimo, completely turning her to stone. She then tells Puppeteer and Nightshade to deal with the other Heroes.

Some time later, Honoka, Rin Mei, and Karasu discover the room where Medusa keeps her "collection" of all the girls she has turned to stone, including Marimo. Medusa then appears and attacks, petrifying part of Karasu's leg, and declares that the three of them will soon become part of her collection.

Medusa battles the three heroes and attempts to petrify them with Catoplepas's beam. Honoka attempts a sneak attack on Catoplebas to neutralize it, but Medusa catches her with her snakes and petrifies her. Medusa then attacks Rin Mei and Karasu with her snakes, but Rin Mei grabs Karasu and dodges them all with her acrobatic skills. Medusa then tries to shake Karasu's resolve by informing her that she and the other Grimzelia monsters are aware that the developers have been using the Grizel Cafe as their base of operations, and implies that another monster has been sent there. As Karasu's siblings are currently at the cafe, she impulsively attacks Medusa who dodges it and bites Karasu's arms with one of her snakes, petrifying it. However, after sacrificing her petrified leg, Karasu launches a successful sneak attack and stabs Catoplepas's eye, neutralizing. Medusa is enraged by this turn of events and bites Karasu with her snakes, petrifying most of her body. Medsua then strikes Karasu with her hammer, shattering all but her unpetrified head and upper torso. Before Medusa can finish her off, Rin Mei attacks using the dual-wield skill she previously copied from Karasu and severs two of Medusa's snakes. After Rin Mei vows to defeat her, Medusa comments that, if she is defeated, everyone who was petrified will turn back to normal. Medusa attacks Rin Mei and notices her moves have become sloppier. She uses her snakes to petrify Rin Mei's breasts who then moves swiftly again, explaining that her ill-fitting breastplate was the cause of her decreased performance. Rin Mei then unleashes a devastating attacks and severs all but one of Medusa's snakes. Seemingly defeated, Medusa surprises when gets back up, grabs her hammer, and shatters Honoka's body. She reminds Rin Mei that if she is defeated those who were petrified will return to normal. Meaning that those who were shattered will die instantly. Medusa then shatters Marimo and Rin Mei, stunned by the turn of events, is helpless as Medusa forces her one remaining snake down her throat. The snake bites Rin Mei's heart, petrifying her entire body. Medusa dismisses the three heroes as "boring", stating they have no chance against Lamia.

Shortly afterwards, Medusa is met by Lamia. Medusa asks Lamia to reform the petrified girls that she shattered and Lamia does so by consuming their remains and reforming them inside her body.

Later, the remaining heroes confront Medusa and Yurina easily overwhelms her, landing a decisive hit. However, Rinko Yamada arrives and injects Medusa with a strange fluid, turning her into a mindless monster. The transformed Medusa then attacks Saori and Infinite Wind, petrifying them. Medusa then petrifies Ami and Riho and partially petrifies Yurina as well. Medusa is returned to normal after Rinko is defeated by Daigo and provides an antidote that Puppeteer uses to cure her. After returning to normal, Medusa falls unconscious.

While unconscious, Medusa and several other monsters are betrayed and devoured by Lamia who, having absorbed Daigo's Demon King power, wishes to absorb their powers and create stronger offspring. Medusa and the others are swallowed into a large void inside of Lamia where they are encased in crystal.

Medusa and the others are later freed from Lamia's body when Yurina defeats her. Medusa and the other monsters then depart back to the world of Grimzelia.

## Abilities/Skills

**Petrification**: Using the snakes from her hair, Medusa can petrify her opponents. Any part of a person's body the snakes bite will turn to stone. Thus, she can either partially petrify a person or completely petrify them if enough snakes bite them. Those who are petrified remain conscious, but are in constant pain.

**Hammer**: Medusa wields a large hammer that she uses to attack her opponents. She can also use it to shatter the stone bodies of the people she has petrified, demonstrating her brutality and the strength of the hammer.

**Catoplepas**: Medusa is accompanied by a small one-eyed bovine-like monster called Catobleplas. The Catoplepas can fire a beam from its eye that instantly petrifies anything it hits.

## Gallery

Medusa appears with the other group quest monsters

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 28
2. ↑ Chapter 33
3. ↑ Chapter 36
4. ↑ Chapter 38
5. ↑ Chapter 39
6. ↑ Chapter 40
7. ↑ Chapter 42
8. ↑ Chapter 43
9. ↑ Chapter 44
10. ↑ Chapter 45
11. ↑ Chapter 50