Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou (WN) Chapter 171
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Dragon G.o.d Manifestation
(TN: The kanji used for dragon here is for the Chinese dragon, not the western dragon.)
Going back in time for a little.
During the time Shia was embroiled in a mortal combat with the platinum apostles, Tio was also in the middle of a fierce fighting.
Tio unified the armed black dragons with the new black dragons which were transformed using the black whip of slavery, with them Tio challenged the abnormally powerful monsters that filled the surrounding to the brim while enduring the aurora breath of the white divine dragon and Freeds variegated chantless-limitless storm of magic, bearing damage that wasnt few in the process.
The number of monsters that were turned into black dragons using the black whip of slavery was already nearly a hundred. The number of the dragons fighting force had become doubled. In addition, with Tios regeneration magic Boon of the Dragon King, they became an astounding battle force that should be called as the undying black dragon army.
But, even so, the one who was cornered in this fight was Tio.
(&h.e.l.lip;Hm. The Fix It J at mine hand wouldst be used up soon. When it becomes difficult to evade the aurora completely, it will cause mine damage control to be harsh.)
Tio took out a new magic medicine Fix It J to reduce the additional effect of the aurora and then she gulped it down in one go while making a bitter face.
The aurora breath of the Ura.n.u.s was excessively powerful. It was exactly like the main cannon of a battleship. Even just its aftershock granted the additional effect of obstructing healing magic and worsened the already existing wound to the target, so completely avoiding that attack was next to impossible.
Not only that, the Ura.n.u.s didnt only have aurora breath as its attack, it was also creating countless aurora bullets that floated in the area where they would then flew around like a strafing Gatling gun.
Furthermore, Freeds all elements magic in full burst and silver feathers, his silver bombardment, and s.p.a.ce magic was pressing on Tio like a surging wave, then the gray dragons above that couldnt be handled by the black dragons would also launch a heavy rain of aurora one after another.
Tio who was continuously enduring through that in paper-thin difference could be said as astonishing. But, if the magic medicine Fix It J that Tio only had several bottles remaining was used up, then that situation would also crumble down, she was placed in a brittle equilibrium right now. The moment Tio became unable to nullify the effect of the aurora showering down on her and she couldnt evade, Tio would surely become cornered in one go at that time.
How much her dragon scales were already broken, how much her blood had flowed out&h.e.l.lip;
Even if she used regeneration magic, there was a limit to the amount of her magic power. Not only for regeneration, her magic power was also being consumed in great amount for her breath attack and metamorphosis magic. To put it bluntly, her situation was gradually getting worse.
Freed also understood that, even now when a hundred of his monsters had been stolen by the black whip of slavery, his composed expression didnt crumble.
Tio was aiming to overturn the situation by turning the monsters into black dragon before she became unable to endure anymore, that was what Freed was thinking, so now that he was looking at Tios situation where it became difficult for her to heal, on top of that the difference in battle strength where his monsters were still five times the number of the black dragon, he became convinced of his victory.
Looking from his slightly distorted lips, perhaps he was already planning to make sport of Tio until she died. Perhaps in his heart, he was already laughing, looking at the fool who was meaninglessly resisting in desperation for a result that was already obvious to see.
While vaguely guessing that thinking in Freeds heart, Tio was flipping over at midair even now to evade the aurora breath, she swung her whip in a world where up and down was reversed to hold back Freed, at the same time she counterattacked at the Ura.n.u.s with super thin breath attack from the tip of her gun finger that made a gun shape.
While confirming that her attacks were easily repelled by a barrier of s.p.a.ce magic and the white divine dragons claw, Tio grumbled in her heart.
(Muu, I compressed that attack considerably already. That d.a.m.ned white dragon. To flick away mine breath attack entirely like that. Is that the revenge for previously? The subordinate monster is just like the master. It is making a disgusting grin.)
A fierce barrage of attack approached Tio. Light bullets and silver feathers, plus great number of magic.
Tio activated the s.p.a.ce ripping magic enchanted in her whip and tore apart several of those attacks with the meandering movement of the whip that looked like a snake, she weaved through the gap that was created in the barrage and pa.s.sed through. But, as expected she was unable to perfectly evade, the attack that impacted the edge of her body shaved off her dragon scales.
And then, an aurora breath attacked Tio at that timing. *GOU-!* It blew away the atmosphere while approaching Tio, annihilating a part of Tios right shoulder and one of the dragon wings growing on her back.
"Kuuuuu-, thats effectiveee"
While leaking out voice unconsciously from the pain that she already didnt remember how many times it had been, Tio used a certain power and immediately used regeneration magic to regenerate her dragon wing before she rebuilt her posture from her midair tailspin.
However, what was regenerated was only her dragon wing while her shoulder blade was still bleeding mostly unhealed. Wondering whether Tios regeneration magic had finally become unusable, Freeds faint grin became even deeper.
In contrast, Tio was sighing while pondering in her mind.
(Good grief, if Goshujin-sama is the one who did this to me then I would hath reached one or two climaxes already. Even without the side effect from the abilitys activation, that kind of attack only granted me pain, and above all, it feels disgusting.)
Surely even Freed who was planning to torment Tio until death would be troubled without end if that only made Tio happy instead. No, before that he would undoubtedly draw away in revulsion.
(The black dragons art increasing favorably. At this rate it wouldst be possible to overturn the difference in battle force. &h.e.l.lip;However, in the end, will it progress that well&h.e.l.lip;. Above all, to head to Goshujin-samas location with mine own strength and then face against the G.o.d&h.e.l.lip;as expected, I hath to prepare that ahead then. In that case, I will need some time&h.e.l.lip;)
Tio who squeezed out a conclusion from wracking her brain repeated attacking and evading the attacks while lamenting the inconvenience of her own trump card. Then she suddenly talked to Freed also with the intention of buying time.
"Which reminds me, thou. What happened with thy brethrens? They should have crossed into the Holy Precincts along with thou shouldnt they?"
Tio who suddenly chatted lightly at him despite her cornered situation made Freed retracted his grin and he narrowed his eyes suspiciously.
Tio made a wry smile at such Freed.
"Whats wrong, as thou can see, I can possibly increase my battle force for more than this. At this rate, it seems I can somehow manage this somehow dont thou think? So I am just making a little probe here."
Freed nodded once while grumbling "Fumu" toward Tio who was transparently conveying her true motive.
And then, looking at Tio who was harboring hope that she could possibly overturn the difference in battle force at this rate if the devil race didnt partic.i.p.ate in the fight, Freed was making a pitying expression while opening his mouth.
"Let me say that it is a needless worry if you are feeling apprehension about the possibility of partic.i.p.ation of my brethrens. All members of the devil race are sleeping at another domain. After all they need to have the strength that is worthy as the vanguard of the G.o.d residing in their body before we arrived in the new world."
"I see now. However, this made me wondering though. Why art thou following someone like that Ehitorujue? That guy incited war from the human race side. Because of that there were a lot of devil race people who died isnt that correct? Dost thou not have any ill feeling for that?"
While getting hit by a light bullet once more that caused her dragon scales and blood to be scattered, even so Tio repeated her question calmly.
Freed kept the intensity of his attack without any slackening and returned a sentence.
"Everything is according to G.o.ds will."
As though it was only obvious, as if that was the truth, Freed said that without any hesitation or sadness on his expression.
Tornado was generated from the four pair of wings of the Ura.n.u.s which crumbled the balance of Tio. The aurora breath that was fired at her at that timing burned half of Tios body. The damage surpa.s.sed the reduction effect of Fix It J toward the secondary ability of the aurora. Because of that Tio grimaced due to the additional effect that was invading her body while she drained up a new Fix It J and used her regeneration magic.
However, she was unable to heal herself completely, her constricted waist and burned skin that were exposed from her torn clothes stayed unhealed. Her sleeve was also stayed torn up from her shoulder blade and her white graceful arm swelled bright red.
Cold sweat was perspiring from her skin as though to express her pain, even so Tio repeated her question.
"Even so wont thy comrade become unable to rest in peace? If Ehitorujue didnt summon people of another world here, the Goshujin-sama also wouldnt arrive here. In that case thou wouldnt lose several thousand of thy brethrens like in that day. If the people who hath departed, see thou right now&h.e.l.lip;what art they going to think I wonder?"
Hearing those words that sounded like provocation, or even possibly scorn, Freed suddenly stopped his attack. Not only Freed, the attacks from other monsters including Ura.n.u.s also stopped coming.
Inside the silence that suddenly visited, a severe earthquake thundered from far away. It was surely the sound of Shia rampaging. But, Freed and also Tio didnt move their gaze there.
Did some kind of change of heart happen in him? Was rage welling up in his heart, or else he wanted to defeat Tios impudent argument? Tio didnt understand what was going on in actuality, but for the time being this situation was something that she would greatly celebrate for. After all for the time being Tio had the need to receive nonlethal pain from the enemy for a while.
"The likes of you, dont you dare to talk impertinently about our matter."
"Even if Im not being impertinent, but I could not find even a single factor in Ehitorujues way of doing thing that I can possibly give my approval forth."
"But, your premise is mistaken. There is no right and wrong in what the G.o.d is doing. The intention of the lord is exactly the true path. Therefore, all of my brethrens whose life were scattered, they are all martyr. There is no way they would regret it or anything, surely they will also take pride in what Im doing."
Tio sent an exasperated gaze at Freed hearing those words.
"The true path, is it. In the end, thou art merely stop thinking for thyself. Thats a blind faith. To put it in another way thou hath been brainwashed. Since the first place thou were already a religious fanatic, but even so I could see thy pride as a devil race and thy affection toward thy brethrens. But right now thy art completely a controlled puppet."
"Thats what I called as an impertinence."
Freed cut off their talk for once, then he sent a pitying gaze at Tio before started talking once more.
"The many wars, the many hardships, all of those were the trials that G.o.d handed down to us. That great person was searching, for existence that is worthy to walk together with him. And then, the one who overcame those trials and got recognized by that great person is only our race, thats all there is to it. The me who was unable to grasp that divine will and instead insulted that great person as a pagan G.o.d, that foolishness makes me want to vomit right now. However, that great person forgive this foolish me, and not only he welcomed me in, he even granted me the qualification to be the retainer of G.o.d. This depth of G.o.ds mercy&h.e.l.lip;why, are you unable to understand it?"
Freed who began to get into a trance while talking caused Tio to groan "oou" in repulsion inside her heart. Freed talking like this was also because of her provocation, but he was even more unsightly to see than she expected.
And then, the content of his talk also felt in perfect form in a certain meaning. There were truly a lot of places that were fully loaded with double standards she could throw retort at. After listening this far, perhaps it could even be said that it felt refreshing instead.
"Just like thou said, in the first place it has become like this because I am someone impertinent. Leaving that aside, qualification to become retainer thou said? Doest that referred to that transformation to an apostle?"
"Correct. First my lord had elevated me to an apostles rank. And then, eventually I will climb to the rank as retainer G.o.d, similar like Aruvheit-sama. Its truly something awe-inspiring, but now that Aruvheit-sama has died, I am serving as my lords immediate follower. In that case, my race will become the follower of me who is the follower of G.o.d. That is to say they will become the people chosen by the true G.o.d――a divine race."
Perhaps feeling the extraordinarily great honor that he received, or else, perhaps he was imagining how his own race would rule over the people at the new land as the race of G.o.d, whatever the reason Freeds expression was turning into something that might be prohibited to be broadcasted to public while he kept talking even to the topic that he wasnt asked for.
But, at that time, s.p.a.ce undulated as though to obstruct the talk of Freed. No, it was a generation of immense power to the degree that it made them thought that s.p.a.ce was undulating.
When they spontaneously directed their gaze at the direction of the power, there a faint blue magic power was pulsing like heartbeat while winding up. And then, several of the platinum apostles leaped forward yet they then got blown away instead, they could see such spectacle at the far away.
"Impossible&h.e.l.lip;the apostles are being pushed back? Absurd-. The first until the fifth apostles had been strengthened by my lords power to a great degree already-!"
Freeds expression changed from a look of ecstasy into a look of shock as though he had been showered with ice water.
That was just how hard it was to believe seeing the scene of someone who regardless of battling five platinum apostles at the same time, far from matching the apostles, this person was even gradually beginning to overpower them.
But, for Tio who believed in Shia from the start, she replied back with an extremely composed tone.
"What art thou feeling surprised for. Among all of us, with the exception of Goshujin-sama, the one who is the most monstrous is Shia just so thou know. That person is without any foundation like being a vampire, dragon race, or apostles body, even if we look back at her ancestor, she is only a demi-human which mean she also doesnt hath talent in magic. To say further, something like a rabbit race is a race that is the most cowardly in the world. That maiden overturns all that with just her feeling. The likes of the soldiers of the self-proclaimed G.o.d who hath no ability other than soaking in joy from belittling other people at best, there art no way they would be able to rival her with just some strengthening dont thou think?"
Tio talked as though it was the truth of this world.
Freed could only leak out a murmur of "&h.e.l.lip;impossible" to Tios words.
And then, he shook his head as though to shake off something, and then he glared at Tio with a gaze that contained coldness.
"I have to go to support the apostles. Tormenting you to death end right now. You can quickly meet your end."
"Dont say that. The main event will be from here on just so thou know."
"Nonsense. Your scheme wont result in anything. The difference in battle force is impossible to overturn. You are already wounded all over. Further, just I and Ura.n.u.s are enough to be your opponent."
Freed quietly raised his hand. It was as though he was saying that if that hand got swung down then the scythe of the G.o.d of death would be swung down on Tios neck. Answering its masters will, the white divine dragon roared and its eyes glinted with killing intent.
The fact was that there was five times difference in their battle force. There were still a thousand of Freeds monsters remaining against the two hundred black dragons.
But,
"I dont remember saying these art all of my black dragons though?"
Tio smiled fearlessly.
And then, she resounded the command to revolt simultaneously.
"Awaken! Reborn! O children of dragon king――Dragon Kings Corpse Life Army!"
Immediately the land squirmed.
No, more accurately the monsters who fell on the ground from the mortal combat unfolding at the sky――that great number of husks were moving like sludge.
At the ground right below where nearly a thousand monsters were lying down, their husks were dyed reddish black and the scenery became a painting from h.e.l.l. There the first cry of newly born life rose, the husks shape was gradually firming up, and then the long necks there that were rising up looked like the lid of h.e.l.l that was sliding open.
One body, and then one more body, those things that were born from the heaps of bodies and streams of blood unfolded open their wings vigorously and flapped, those large bodies were floating up in order to hasten to join at their kings location.
"What, is that&h.e.l.lip;"
Freeds movement spontaneously stopped, his eyes narrowed while looking down at below while he whispered. Tio then answered that whisper.
"What is necessary for black dragon transformation is not only this black whip of slavery. How much dragon scale and blood doth thou think I hath scattered in this battlefield?"
"What? Dont tell me, you used a part of yourself as the medium?"
"Fufufu, now, this is the celebration of thy birth! Raise the grand roar fitting for a dragon!"
It was Tios――the dragon kings command.
The black dragons who were just born, and the black dragons who were dancing in the sky simultaneously answered that command. Breath attacks in black color of Tios magic power light were fired in countless number.
Skewering flashes pierced the sky from the ground. Flashes were rushing horizontally from back and front, left and right. The black flashes that were fired almost at the same time formed a cage of heat ray that put the monsters of Freed at the center with no place to escape.
The shriek of death agony rained down from the sky.
Soul and metamorphosis composite magic Dragon Kings Corpse Life Army――this magic was using Tios own blood and scale as the medium, where the soul magic Dragon Soul Reproduction and metamorphosis magic Sixth Heavens Demon Transformation were applied on the monsters corpse to create black dragons.
By offering flesh and blood, making use of corpse, it created a new army――in addition, the created dragons were all black dragon with an evil and atrocious appearance that could be mistaken as an evil dragon. It could be said as a worthy deed for a woman who looked up at a man who was t.i.tled as demon king that she called as goshujin-sama&h.e.l.lip;perhaps.
Normally someone who listened to detail of this magic would feel one or two repugnances, but Hajime who listened to the report about this magic instead said "To be able to make use of the killed opponent, thats really ecological. What a convenient magic huh" and looked a little envious. As expected from the man who was called as demon king or demon G.o.d. And then, Tio who blushed and fidgeted around shyly but happily after getting praised like that could also be said as having enough quality to be a female general of the demon king.
"Hows that? Thy monsters hath been reduced considerably with this dont thou see?"
The corpse life army that was created was roughly consisting of four hundred dragons. Combined with the armed black dragons and monsters that were turned into black dragons using the black whip of slavery, then the total number of the army could reach six hundred dragons.
And then, with the simultaneous breath attacks just now, the monsters of Freed that got slain were roughly three hundred monsters. If added with the numbers of monsters who got heavily injured and became unable to fight satisfactorily then the number of the victim would jump to five hundred. The remaining monsters in good health and all their limbs intact were more or less five hundred.
In other words, the condition had been overturned.
Although Tios appearance was wounded all over, but her figure who was standing imposingly in midair with black dragons obeying her in the background was truly worthy to be called a dragon king.
As for Freed, he took a slow glare at the battlefield, and then he suddenly lifted the corner of his lips.
It was as though he was looking at the struggle of a bug that had all of its wings already plucked out, as if he was laughing mockingly at a person who ran desperately at non-existence hope, that smile was awfully warped, expressing his ugly emotion.
Freeds mouth opened. His eyes were muddy like dark sludge in his expectation to trample the other partys hope. And then with a voice that was filled to the brim with scorn and ecstasy,
"I dont remember saying these are all of my monsters though?"
Right after that, a pillar of light rose up from the obelisk.
Furthermore, it didnt seem to come only from the obelisk in front of Tios eyes, the same white light was also rising to the sky one after another from the islands other than the floating islands where Tio and Freed were at. That implied that there were the same obelisks at the surrounding floating islands, this scene was enough to stir up unpleasant premonition in Tios heart.
"&h.e.l.lip;Hmmm. As expected, it wont go well that easily. If I hath to say in Goshujin-samas style, then this must be a template." (TN: I guess what she mean by template here is something like cliché or trope I guess.)
Tio was reflexively making a bitter look while whispering that, while at her field of vision the worst situation was coming into view.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
It was a fierce war cry that made the whole s.p.a.ce rumbled.
Above and below, back and front, left and right, like a wriggling wall, everywhere she looked at there were monsters, monsters, monsters, a swarm of monsters.
Not only at the floating island where she was at right now, all the islands floating at the surrounding were also wholly covered with swarms of monsters.
Just how many their number could possibly be? Several thousand, several tens of thousands, the monsters number wasnt at that level anymore. Even hundreds of thousands weren't enough at all to express their total number. Most likely the monsters here were in the millions.
"Although they are a level inferior compared to the previous monsters, I think their number has compensated for that for more than enough, dont you think so? Now then, Tio Claus, the sport is now over. Prepare to be trampled down."
Right after that, Freed swung down his arm.
That was the signal for the trampling.
The monsters in a great amount of numbers simultaneously rushed at the black dragons.
(-, no matter what this number art just too many. As for Shia&h.e.l.lip;looked like she is victorious, but as expected she cannot immediately move. If she is attacked right now she wouldnt last even for a bit. Thinking about the future, I wish the time could pa.s.s a little bit more yet&h.e.l.lip;it cant be helped! A woman is all about guts!)
Although the armed dragons were somehow fighting hard, yet the black dragons other than them were in the middle of raising scream of death agony right now. Tio made her decision.
Until this point of time, she was thinking about after this battle, she was taking safety margin as much as possible while continuing to save her power so she would be able to support Hajime later with the greatest strength possible that she could muster but&h.e.l.lip;now she flung off that thinking to the wind.
This method was a dangerous method where she could possibly die instantly is she mistook even a step.
However, she could only do that in order to activate it instantly! For the sake of her friend, and then, for the sake of her beloved master, she didnt hesitate!
"Cooome on, o white dragon! That indomitable that still hath not hit me properly, now Ill receive it head on without evading, so put thy spirit and fire it at me!"
While saying that provocative sentence, Tio swung around her whip like a tornado around her and cut apart the swarming monsters while her other hand was firing her compressed breath attack.
The black compressed breath that was specialized for piercing became a streak of light and pierced the monsters on its line of fire and arrived at its target the white divine dragon.
Ura.n.u.s seemed to hear Tios provocation, it dispersed the approaching breath merely with its roar while its eyes were sparkling with killing intent as though to say "Then take this if you can", it then fired an extra-large aurora.
*DOU!* A bombardment that looked like the main cannon of a s.p.a.ce battleship firing that came out in science fiction movie approached in a straight line at Tio while turning the allied monsters into dust just from its aftershock.
Tio drained up in one breath the Cheatmate Dr that she wasted no time to take out, she then threw away the container while performing partial dragonification.
Both her arms swelled up and turned into dragon arms covered in dragon scale and sharp claws elongating out. Furthermore, her whole body became covered with jet black dragon scales leaving no spot exposed, she crossed her arms and took a defensive posture to protect her vital spots.
Freed saw her doing that and guessed that Tio was seriously not going to evade to receive the attack. He made a sneer thinking that she had resigned herself already. That was only natural he guessed. There was no way she could come out safely after getting hit by the aurora. He could see no merit in doing that, that was why it was only natural for him to think that she was now accepting her death graciously.
But, just before the aurora hit, he saw the powerful and resolute gaze of Tio that was visible from the gap between her crossed arms, and he got caught in a violently bad premonition.
He was about to call at Ura.n.u.s to stop the dragons attack unconsciously, but the aurora had already got fired by then. It was impossible for him to make it in time, and right then,
*ZUDOOOOOOOO-!!*
Tios figure was swallowed into the aurora along with a thunderous sound and she vanished from sight.
A track of light divided the sky horizontally.
Inside that light of devastation,
"――—!!!"
Tio desperately endured while raising a wordless scream.
The prided dragon scales that dragon race boasted as the hardest were annihilated in succession. While feeling aware of the unpleasant sensation running through both her blocking arms, an abnormal storm of agony that a.s.saulted her whole body made her gritted her teeth with a force that might break her teeth.
It was an intense pain that might make her mad.
Tio understood that her body was being annihilated from the edge. She hallucinated the shadow of death slithering up on her body. This wasnt like the sweet pain that Hajime granted her, not even for a bit. She was undoubtedly able to listen to the scream that was raised by her dying body.
The damage that had already far surpa.s.sed the scope that could be described made her consciousness almost got blown away to the beyond. While she was barely taking hold of her consciousness, Tio endured it through to the end with her spirit, and then&h.e.l.lip;
(&h.e.l.lip;I can do this-)
Conviction.
At the same time, she took out the variable large shield Aedeon from Treasure Warehouse II in front of her eyes, it blocked the aurora just for an instant. The white breath of devastation was easily annihilating the shield that was just a pile of metallic ma.s.s without any Vajra or Trans.m.u.tation or even magic power for regeneration poured into it, but even so the quality shield of Hajimes made definitely protected Tios body from ruin during a few seconds.
Just that much was more than enough. With a flap, Tio leaped out from the torrent of aurora. And then, she was falling to the ground while white smoke was rising from her body and she impacted on the ground with a thunderous sound.
The ground was gouged from the impact and dust cloud rose up grandly.
"Eh, Tio, san?"
Shias words felt caught up was surely not only because of her exhausted body.
Shia was obviously looking shocked from seeing the disastrous appearance of Tio.
Tio replied with a bright voice in order to rea.s.sure Shia.
"Yes. This is, every, ones, belo, ved, pervert, Tio, san he&h.e.l.lip;gafuh&h.e.l.lip;gehah"
"No no no, this is not the time for saying humor with a body that almost died like that! There is no person or anything that like Tio-san when you are in your pervert mode! All the mankind would only draw away in revulsion against such pervert desu! Wait not that, healing, quickly healing!"
"No, person, likes me&h.e.l.lip;the whole mankind, will draw away&h.e.l.lip;how, cruel. Gofuuu, haa haa."
While taking out magical medicine of healing from her own Treasure Warehouse II all fl.u.s.tered, Shia was making a sharply piercing retort with a voice that was oozing with unease. Even while enduring a tremendous pain, Tios tone was changing from feeling a bit of pleasure and she was going haa haa in a different meaning. As expected, the pain given to her from her comrade felt sweet.
Shia was crawling toward Tio who was lying down spread-eagled in a tattered state, magical medicine in hand. But, before Shia could reach Tio, a silver feather flew in high speed and disintegrated the medicine container at Shias hand.
Shia came to her sense and when she looked at the direction from where the feather was flying, there was Freed riding above Ura.n.u.s there glaring at Shia without hiding the scorn in his expression.
When Shia looked above, there was a swarm of monsters there in which the expression of like the number of stars matched it perfectly. Her surrounding was also completely buried in monsters, she couldnt see the edge of the island at all. It was as though the ground was covered by undulating dark clouds.
Shia and Tio were surrounded completely in a hemisphere shape.
Because Shia had acted recklessly in her battle with the apostles, she was in a state where she couldnt immediately fight, as for Tio it should be rather left unsaid. She was heavily wounded to the degree that it was mysterious that she was still alive.
In other words, this is a situation of checkmate from all point of view.
"A power that could drive away the strengthened apostles of G.o.d is something to be feared&h.e.l.lip;but it appeared you have completely used up your strength. Its already over for Tio Claus too. This is the end of the path of the fools who went against G.o.d. Obediently receive this judgment."
Shia directed a chilly gaze at Freed who haughtily proclaimed such. And then, when her mouth opened to talk back,
Fuh, fuha, fuhahahahahah, gehah, kafu-, hahaha-"
Shia swallowed her words hearing Tios laugh.
"&h.e.l.lip;Have you lost even your mind? Thats understandable. After all you should be tormented by unimaginable tremendous pain even now."
"No, no. Nothing, wrong, with mine sanity. What art funny, is, thy humor. Fufu."
Tio ghastly distorted her blood soaked face while directing a sharp gaze that was unthinkable coming from that wound-riddled body. Pierced by those golden eyes with slitted pupils that were increasing in radiance, Freed unconsciously took a step back.
The bad promotion that he felt before Tio got directly hit by the aurora swelled up further, a chill was circling in his whole body as though something unknown was crawling around.
But, he ignored the chill using his fury toward himself who was pressured by these two who were already at the deaths door no matter he saw it, and he kept up with his haughty att.i.tude.
"Hmph. What can you do this late with that kind of state? Do you think you can manage something somehow with the likes of the black dragons? Or else, dont tell me, are you thinking that your master would return here so conveniently?"
"Perish, the thought. Just that, the one, ending this, is me."
Tios body was shining with black colored magic power light. Even though she was supposedly unable to move, her body was making creaking sound while she scolded her trembling legs to stand up. Without paying any mind to the blood that was dripping down, only her lips were showing a deepening fierce smile.
Freed put himself on guard.
He tried to deal the finishing blow judging that there was no need for any question. In concert with that, Ura.n.u.s also opened its mouth wide. Light of annihilation was converging inside it.
And then, in that moment just before the last flash was going to be fired,
*DOKUN—!!*
Pulsing sound resounded in the s.p.a.ce.
Not only that, a tremendous pressure that was even accompanied by physical impact rushed through the dome-shaped s.p.a.ce, causing Freed and Ura.n.u.s to slightly staggered. There were even monsters in the surrounding who fainted.
The center of that pressure was without doubt Tio.
Despite being just a step away from death, she was emitting an impossible pressure.
*DOKUN—!!*
Pulsing was spreading at the whole s.p.a.ce once more.
The abnormal pressure was heightening second by second. It even caused a hallucination as though their heart was being grabbed tightly.
*DOKUN—!!*
The pulsation spread for the third time.
Whether one wanted it or not, they were made to understand this instinctually. That it was an existence that one must not lay their hands on.
What they felt was fear.
What was hard to believe, what he didnt want to believe, was that this swelling pulsation of power easily surpa.s.sed the white divine dragon that could be said as the culmination of Freeds effort.
(I, impossible. Just what in the world, something, something is happening-. Is she not actually dying? Is she bluffing? Something&h.e.l.lip;something like this, its as if, as if this is the same with that monster-)
With his body stiffening unable to be aware of his trembling arms and legs, Freed spouted out such words that were filled with confusion and agitation in his heart. But then he came back to his senses all of sudden when he noticed Tio who had stood up completely, she had pulled Shia close to her and gazed at Freed with narrowed eyes.
If he had the free time to be paralyzed, if he had the time to lament how unbelievable this was, then he should attack them with no question asked instead. Even with the situation turning bizarre like this, it didnt change that Tio and Shia were in exhaustion, it would be enough if he attacked simultaneously along with the surrounding monsters. Freed was feeling anger at his own stupidity after this late like that.
With that fury, Freed who was scolding himself raised up his arm.
"Tsk, attack-! Dont let them do anything-! Kill them right now-!!!"
A command that sounded like a shriek.
All the terrified monsters couldnt immediately react. Be that as it may, the monsters that were in the number that was far more than enough to destroy just two people obeyed that command, including the Ura.n.u.s they let out their killing intent.
There, a voice resounded.
The voice that possessed a solemn echo sounded like it was descending from the sky despite how the speaker was right there in front of them.
"Observe closely. This is the zenith that I, the dragon race Tio Claus had arrived at."
Right after that, a storm of killing intent was released.
At the center of that was naturally the aurora breath of Ura.n.u.s.
But, all those attacks couldnt hope to wound Shia and Tio.
If the reason was asked, it was because just before the attacks were launched, an extremely large flash surged and pierced the sky with Tio as the center.
Black――or rather the dark light that was like the abyss was rising straight to the sky, the monsters standing on its way were all blown away.
Although attacks were rushing at that flashs bottom, the place where Tio and Shia were at, the dark light pillar rising to the sky while rumbling the s.p.a.ce didnt shake even a bit.
Far from that, it increased in radiance even further while still piercing the sky, in addition black ripple was spreading in the sky.
"What is, what is happening-!"
Freed yelled with even his confusion exposed.
Even while he was doing that, the dark ripple was spreading through the sky――
At the next moment, a flame blast licked all over the sky.
The radiant great fire was spreading crawlingly and in the blink of eye the sky was dyed red. What was manifested wasnt sea of clouds but a sea of flame. The red sea that was blazing roaringly couldnt be thought as the scenery of this world by any means.
Further in that flame sea of the sky, lightning surged.
Divine rumbling sound roared, not losing to the sound of the air bursting. The raining down thunders were randomly, carelessly, mercilessly, shooting out the monsters and exterminated them like scattering flies.
At that time, in the sea of flame and lightning, something undulated.
A black and shining twisting large body. The whole of that body couldnt be seen yet, it was unclear just how big it was, a part of its body was jutting out from the sea of flame and thunder before sinking in again. It was just like how the divine beast leviathan was lurking in the sea, however, the aberrant pressure pouring down on the ground was far mightier.
"What, wha-what, is that&h.e.l.lip;"
Freed was staring at the sky in a daze while whispering. All the monsters including the white divine dragon were also at the same state. All the monsters were similarly kept staring at the red sky in a daze.
There was no way that whisper would be answered. But, just when they were thinking like that, in that timing the thing swimming in the sea of lightning and flame displayed the whole of its true form.
Along with a tremendous roar.
GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
The sky fell.
The enormously tremendous roar that made the listener hallucinate that rained down from the sky in super wide range.
Due to that, the monsters who had difficulty in their defensive power were easily pulverized, while a lot of other monsters had their consciousness reaped and they fell on the ground.
Amidst that, what showed its figure was a gigantic dragon covered in dragon scale that shined black with its body clad in flame and lightning. It wasnt a western dragon that imitated a lizard. It was an eastern dragon with a long meandering body like a snake. The whole length of its body might be more than a hundred meter.
Black dragon――no, if the white dragon was called as a white divine dragon, then the true form of this dragon that should be called as a black divine dragon, went without saying, it was the form of that person Tio Claus.
Soul and metamorphosis composite magic Dragon G.o.d Manifestation――using soul magic Magic Clad Alignment that aligned the soul with magic so that the body could wear the magic itself with the highest cla.s.s flame magic World Destroyer Flame Wave and the highest cla.s.s wind magic Sky Miracle, and then adding to those the metamorphosis magic Sixth Heavens Demon Transformation, secret medicine to strengthen the body, sublimation magic, and then, the Pain Conversion II that was the derivative skill of characteristic magic Dragonification, only after using all of those at the same time this ultimate skill of Tio could be activated.
Tio was reducing the side effect of the aurora that was too strong while doing damage control. Even while doing that she was piling up the necessary strength for dragon G.o.d transformation using Pain Conversion II by continuously bearing wounds.
She had received that much damage while healing herself to the degree that she wouldnt die, even so, if at the very end she didnt bear that heavy wound that brought her to the verge of death, she wouldnt be able to pile up the strength for the dragon G.o.d transformation. In addition, she was unable to stock up energy by hurting herself, on top of that the damage couldnt be changed into pleasure in the middle of the conversion, and then there was even the side effect of her sense of pain getting magnified. If someone with average mental strength attempted this, they would be driven mad a.s.suredly before they could activate the dragon G.o.d transformation.
Originally Tio planned to take care of Freed with only her black dragons, and then she would rush toward Hajimes position with a strength that was still heightened to maximum before unveiling this technique in the battle against Ehito but&h.e.l.lip;
In the present situation where she forced herself to activate this technique, she might only have a minute to maintain this form. And then, after her dragon G.o.d transformation was released, she would surely become the same like Shia where she would be in a state where she couldnt fight.
Therefore
(Ill finish everything in this one minute!)
The golden eyes of Tio who accomplished dragon G.o.d transformation glared fiercely at the monsters below.
The monsters immediately drew back in fear. Only one, the white divine dragon who wasnt drawing back, but in its eyes there was a fear and awe that couldnt be hidden.
Tios roar thundered.
Right after that, many gigantic lightning surged from the sea of flame and lightning and mercilessly cooked the monsters swarm. If this scale was measured using the earth measurement then the scale could far surpa.s.s a level F5 storm. The monsters who tried to escape were all rolled up and embraced into blazing arms, they were annihilated there leaving not even dust behind.
"Impossible-, impossible-, impossible-, impossible-, impossible-, impossible-, impossible-, impossible-, impossible-! This, something like this is impossible-,! There is no way this is possible-!"
The thunders raining down from the sky was like a divine punishment. The tornado connecting the land and sky and swallowed everything into ruin was like the fire of h.e.l.l.
Seeing that scene that should be called as the manifestation of heavens might, Freed felt like the divinity of the G.o.d that he held faith to was denied along with his faith, he was repeating words that denied reality in half-madness.
And then, he gave an order to the divine white dragon that was his best masterpiece.
"Deny that, Ura.n.u.s! That, that existence, DENYYYYYY IIIIIIIIITTT!!"
GuUU, RUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA—!!
Ura.n.u.s answered its masters command.
It opened its jaw and fired the strongest aurora it could as though to blow away his fear altogether, as though to grant its masters wish.
However, that attack which was fired with its whole body and soul――
GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA—!!
The flash of darkness clad in sparks that was fired from the jaw of the divine black dragon Tio collided against the aurora midair. A beat later, the aurora was easily pushed back and the flash of darkness swallowed Ura.n.u.s without stopping.
There wasnt even a shriek of death agony.
The flash of black that erased even sound merely tore up the sky, gouged the ground, and without slowing down it annihilated a part of the floating island before vanishing at the s.p.a.ce below.
No, the white divine dragon wasnt completely annihilated.
Its lower body was blown away, its body that consisted mostly only of chest and head fell on the ground with a bam. Its dignity as a divine dragon had already gone without even a fragment remaining. Light was quietly falling off from its eyes, reducing the flesh into a mere husk.
"U, ra&h.e.l.lip;nus?"
Freed stared at the white divine dragon with powerless voice.
That figure that didnt respond even when he called made an indescribable emotion to well up in his heart.
The processing of information in his brain couldnt catch up with what was happening.
Even though he was floating in midair, it felt like his feet was swaying unstably.
When Freed noticed, he was screaming.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-!!"
Giving only a glance at the millions of monsters who were exterminated with preposterous momentum, Freed glared straight at Tio and flapped his silver wings. In those eyes things like monsters or anything else werent reflected anymore, there was only flame of fury and hatred blazing there.
He fired silver flash with all his strength. He fired shockwave of s.p.a.ce magic and tore apart the s.p.a.ce.
But, all of those were easily dispersed just with Tios roar.
He couldnt reach.
He couldnt reach toward Tio who had climbed to far away height.
That was why,
"Gahah!?"
The shockwave of the roar that Tio raised――Freed was driven away just from the after wave from that.
Freed whose whole body was struck hard and stiffened as though he was paralyzed was then a.s.saulted by falling thunder. *KA-!* The sky flashed and then at the next instant, a tremendous impact pierced his body, Freed was falling to the ground while white smoke was raising from his body.
His body struck the ground, and then after he bounced several times on the surface, he finally stopped and laid down spread-eagled.
In the eyes of Freed that were looking above at the sky, the scene where the monsters in the number that covered the whole s.p.a.ce to the brim had been reduced to a degree where they could be counted by a glance was reflected. Whether he wanted it or not, he was made to understand that this was the end.
His violent emotions already disappeared, right now for some reason only emptiness was smoldering in him.
What is someone like me who was welcomed by G.o.d doing, giving up like this. I should resolve myself instead to walk the path of martyrdom to take the enemy together with me into death until the very end.
Even when he tried to persuade himself like that, as expected, his body didnt even twitch. His body was unable to move because of the damage&h.e.l.lip;not. The will power to move his body, just wasnt welling up in his heart.
"I&h.e.l.lip;"
At that time when Freed was about to whisper something, a black light fell from the sky toward him.
His awfully calm mind judged that it was a finishing blow for him. With this, it was the end for him.
But, at that moment, a shadow pa.s.sed over the firing line of the black light.
KURYAAAAAAAAAAAAAA–!!
"Wha-!?"
Something roared and cut into the firing line, and with its body that something became Freeds shield, it was&h.e.l.lip;
"Ura.n.u.s-!!"
Yes, it was the white divine dragon that should have already expired.
With its body that now consisted only of its upper body, Ura.n.u.s somehow moved and leaped in front of the dark flash.
The white divine dragon whose body was in tatters from the edge slightly turned at Freed who was opening his eyes in shock while narrowing its eyes quietly.
He couldnt hear any words even if he used metamorphosis magic.
Nevertheless, at that time, Freed was able to clearly understand what the white divine dragon was conveying to him.
Namely,
"Run away, huh&h.e.l.lip;"
While making aurora to gush out from its remaining broken body, unbelievably Ura.n.u.s was holding back Tios flash――that will, it was the will to not let its master Freed to die.
At that moment, a torrent of memory rushed Freed.
He recalled. At the time when he was nothing more but a mere devil race, why at that time he was attempting to challenge a great labyrinth.
(&h.e.l.lip;I was merely, wishing to make a safe country, where nothing could threaten my brethrens. I pursued power for the sake of that. My brethrens were more important than anything. I thought that if it was for their sake then I could do anything. Yet despite so&h.e.l.lip;It cant be helped because its the will of G.o.d, huh&h.e.l.lip;)
The white divine dragon was pressuring on him.
It was directing a criticizing gaze toward its master that wasnt trying to run.
But, toward that white divine dragon, Freed only shook his head quietly and made a troubled smile.
He challenged a great labyrinth with mad desperation, actually he even almost died many times before obtaining the metamorphosis magic. And then with that magic this dragon monster was the first monster that he subdued. Since then this dragon had been his partner for all this time.
Even though it should have been dead for sure, yet it crossed over logic and rushed to him when he was in danger. He felt a definite bond in that act. Even though he himself had already forgotten even such an important thing before he knew it, his partner didnt forget that even now when it was already dead.
Freeds body was worn-out, he was already unable to move satisfactorily.
Then,
"&h.e.l.lip;Sorry. Go together with me, partner."
――Kurya
That voice sounded as though it was saying "Cant be helped huh".
At the next moment, the dark flash swallowed everything like a divine punishment――
After that, there was nothing left behind.
(If thou two werent charmed by that G.o.d&h.e.l.lip;thou would be a good pair of master and servant, no,