Within the dungeon, we slammed the Sun God in and pursued.
All of us, including the generals, chased after it, but the moment we entered the divine realm of Susanoo-god that I had set up in my dungeon, we witnessed a battle between gods and stopped.
“Is that the helper god?”
“…It’s unfavorable.”
“They certainly have the skill, but their abilities are insufficient.”
“Tch, these clouds are in the way, and I can’t do much trying to get in between.”
Although the battle between gods appeared to be even at first glance, to our eyes, the defensive Susanoo-god was not sufficiently responding to the Sun God’s offensive.
But.
“They lack a finisher, but that’s within expectations.”
Susanoo-god’s power was not enough to deliver a decisive blow to Sun God Isaliza.
Susanoo-god’s older sister was Amaterasu-god, the same Sun God as Isaliza.
It was a struggle just to match Isaliza, who had her connection with Isal severed, thereby weakening her and pulling her into this world, considering Susanoo-god’s mythical achievements of driving back Amaterasu-god.
Even so, the defensive Susanoo-god was barely managing to fulfill the Sun God’s diversion.
“Wow, your mom is amazing.”
“…”
“You really landed a good blow on that god.”
“Nice!! Let’s have a match next!!”
Along the way, our mother punching the god’s flank caused quite a stir among the generals.
“It’s almost time, everyone prepare.”
I played that off with a wry smile, and seeing that Susanoo-god, acting according to plan, and my party’s joint efforts had created a critical opening for Isaliza, everyone began to gather their power.
“Now!!”
The moment Kitamiya and Amelia’s combined magic was unleashed, I leaped forward, followed by the other generals from behind.
“Leave the rest to me, Leader!!!”
“Roger that!”
We successfully executed the plan to create an opening for the Sun God as scheduled, and Minami had created the perfect situation.
If I don’t respond now, I’m no man!
Looking down at the god trapped in ice, who still turned their gaze towards me and struggled to break free, I unleashed the technique that had failed before, now with added falling speed.
“Sunder!!”
I could see the slow swing of the blade.
For an instant.
“Faster, faster,” I wished, and the god struggled to evade the downward strike.
Unfortunately, that gave them a thousandth of a second to dodge.
The descending blade mercilessly severed only one of the god’s arms.
“Still!!”
Using the rebound from the ground I’d stomped on, I executed a forceful Swallow Return, mobilizing all my muscles.
With one leg frozen in ice, the god couldn’t possibly evade this attack that swept through their torso.
“Dieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!”
I poured every ounce of my being into the strike, slamming it down with all my might.
“You think I’ll die!!!”
I deeply, deeply slashed open the Sun God’s abdomen.
But still.
“I like stubborn opponents, but just collapse already!!”
The Sun God, spewing blood, forcibly pulled their foot free and leaped away from me.
Instructor Fushio, who had anticipated this, swung his fist at the Sun God’s side with full killing intent.
“Oni-gami Ippaaaaaatsu!!”
A pure, straight punch.
However, the strike perfected by an Oni like Instructor Fushio, delivered with pure firepower in an optimal stance, made its power unparalleled.
“!!?”
The Sun God’s neck bent in a direction it shouldn’t have.
It was remarkable that it still maintained its form.
But this wouldn’t be the end.
“It’s over. Offer your body.”
Standing before the Oni was the Dark Elf leader. The Tree King held the staffs in both hands like spears and thrust them with all their might.
“Mistletainn.”
The staff plunged deep near the Sun God’s heart, and the moment it pierced, the god’s body was cuffed by vines.
“Gah!? Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!”
The Sun God, who had never moaned in pain during previous battles, finally writhed in agony.
“Giant King! Continue!!”
“Understood!”
Convinced of the effect by the god’s writhing, the Tree King entrusted the next move to the advancing Giant King.
“Weapon Release! Rampage Formula!!”
Without hesitation, the Giant King grabbed the tip of the Tree King’s staff, which was continuing to invade the Sun God’s body, and applied a corrupted modification.
The staff, which should have been controlled and functioning normally, was deliberately made to rampage.
“Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!?”
Vines sprouted from the Sun God’s body.
Their movement was not natural.
Vines grew from the wounds I had cut and the neck broken by the instructor’s punch, twisting and writhing as they ravaged the Sun God’s body.
“My body, heal, heal…”
A wicked weapon that invaded the Sun God’s body and twisted their regeneration ability in a distorted direction.
“Dragon King!”
“I’ve been waiting!”
Mental damage piled on top of the intense pain.
This succeeded in further diverting their attention.
Now, all that remained was for the Dragon King to receive the baton from the Giant King.
We all simultaneously distanced ourselves from the Sun God.
Vast magic power was accumulating around the Dragon King, who was hidden within the thunderclouds.
“This is all my magic power! Receive it!!”
The moment that magic power was unleashed.
“Grand Nova.”
The sound vanished.
Or rather, it was more accurate to say that everything was drowned out by the sound of the Dragon King’s attack.
The Dragon King’s breath, a spiral of black and white, swallowed the Sun God whole.
“Ugh, Eggu.”
The Sun God was dumbfounded by some Japanese god watching the onslaught, but I decided not to mind.
There was no time for that.
While bracing against the shock created by the Dragon King’s breath, I reached my hand into the otherworld.
And what I dragged out was a monstrous coffin.
No, it was an object that appeared ominous due to the things it sealed and the grotesque magic power emanating from within, creating such an appearance.
“I am a God Killer!”
I uttered the words to release the seal on that object.
The sounds of the seals being released echoed in succession.
During the few seconds the breath continued, the seals were broken, and what appeared was a magic sword that Evia had once asked me to use, with the long-cherished wish of killing a god.
“Your turn! Wake up!! The god you’re after is right in front of you!!”
Without hesitation, I gripped the black hilt with my left hand, the opposite of the hand holding the Ore Tree, and drew the blade from its sheath, the final safety measure.
“Evanborg!!”
The moment I drew it, I knew.
This was the kind of weapon that shouldn’t be unleashed.
Evia herself said that after repeated countermeasures, she could only wield it properly “once.”
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!! God, God, God, God!!”
It spewed forth a cry of resentment, mingled with joy within that resentment, attempting to invade my soul and take control of my body.
“Shut up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shut up and achieve your objective!!”
I silenced it for a moment with a single shout.
There was no other way.
It was such a wild horse that it couldn’t be used by conventional means without forcing it.
My left hand, which had already begun to lose control, felt as if it had become one with the sword, and I took a step forward.
“Hah! Go already!!”
The moment the Dragon King’s full breath ceased, I threw it towards the god, who, for some reason, still retained their form.
Tearing off all the skin from my left hand, I threw it with all my might.
Pain assaulted me, but before that, I was more concerned about the fate of the magic sword I had thrown, and for a moment, I forgot the pain.
If it continued like this, it would pierce.
My throw would undoubtedly pierce the god’s forehead.
A throw I was sure would end it.
Just as I was about to confirm this.
“My apologies, but I cannot overlook that.”
The voice of a third party, who shouldn’t have been there, was heard.
White, three pairs of wings.
The last time I saw that figure was on the battlefield against the Undead King Nōraifu, whom I so admired.
Why were they there?
“She’s here! Aiwa!!”
The god’s joyous voice was heard.
Before that, the sound of something being grabbed was also heard.
It wasn’t just “something.”
She had casually grabbed the hilt of Evanborg, which I had thrown with all my might.
“That’s quite a high level of killing intent.”
And she examined the magic sword with great care.
“Indeed, my god in this state is something that could die. I appreciate it.”
Aiwa’s unhurried demeanor, as if she had time to gaze at the blade, made us hesitate to attack for a brief moment.
Because, hadn’t the Undead King Nōraifu been dealing with her?
Instructor Fushio lost?
No, that couldn’t be right.
Despite sustaining some injuries, he had lost only one hand and no other limbs.
Did Aiwa have enough skill to achieve a flawless victory against the instructor?
“Aiwa! What are you doing!! Hurry! Do something about this!!”
The true words of the one who had been summoned to this place dispelled such doubts.
Aiwa looked down with a cold gaze at the god, half of whose body was being invaded by trees due to the Tree King’s attack, losing its human form.
“That doesn’t matter! I am giving you orders!!”
The god, who had no intention of reading her emotions, felt no concern for the subordinate they had summoned to an enemy territory, surrounded by enemies.
With a mask-like expression and a freezing gaze.
“That doesn’t matter, you say.”
And Aiwa muttered quietly.
“Then, it’s a breach of contract.”
“Eh?”
With the magic sword Evanborg in her hand, she pierced the Sun God’s heart.
Aiwa stared with emotionless eyes at Isaliza’s face, which widened in disbelief.
“I am under you because you will prepare the battlefield for me. If you lose, this battle will end, and I will not be able to indulge in battle.”
She calmly explained the reason for stabbing him, and the god, who had received the full power of the God Killer magic sword in their core, could only open and close their mouth as if forgetting to breathe.
“I told you, didn’t I? Don’t forget the contract, and don’t interrupt my enjoyment.”
With a surge of strength, the magic sword deepened into the god’s body, inflicting a fatal wound, at which point Aiwa released her grip.
The god, having lost their support, collapsed onto the dungeon floor.
“Ah, don’t worry. I will take your place.”
And the Sun God gradually turned into light.
“And I will bring turmoil to this world.”
The light was absorbed by Aiwa’s body, dissolving into her, and the change was immediately apparent.
“Golden wings?”
The three pairs of wings became four, and all of them were golden.
“Ah, is this the power of a god?”
She had absorbed the god’s power.
No, she had usurped it.
Her lost arm regenerated, and she confirmed it by opening and closing her hand.
Finally, she picked up the magic sword, which had only the dregs of its power left after fulfilling its achievement of killing a god.
“I see, this is good.”
In an instant, she set it ablaze, refining it from its menacing appearance into a masterpiece that exuded divinity.
“With this, I can continue fighting to my heart’s content.”
I too smiled, a crescent moon-like smile.
“Ah, thank you, God, for the first time. With this, my battlefield will be eternal.”
Aiwa smiled a beautifully mad smile, as if thanking me from the bottom of her heart.
“This is bad.”
I couldn’t help but utter those words, the cold sweat running down my spine never ceasing.
A bad premonition rang loudly, and my instincts screamed to run.
But I couldn’t run.
“Well then, let us begin our first battle.”
After all, I had caught the eye of a battle-maniac who had obtained the power of a god.
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