Sorry, I was unable to post due to a slight indisposition.
This season is quite a difficult one for me.
Please take care to avoid the temperature fluctuations.
Rather than unintentionally, it was a conditioned reflex that caused me to curse at the company president for the first time since joining the company.
No, I want you to understand my feelings too. I was in the middle of a desperate battle to the death with a god.
And it was a three-stage black company tactic of no preamble, no consultation, and no right to refuse!
It can’t be helped that I unintentionally spat out curses filled with resentment, can it?
That’s how desperate I was until just a moment ago.
After all, my opponent was a god.
I was prepared to kill him, but it wasn’t about skill. It was an unreasonable struggle that surpassed my pure specs.
I’m the type who believes in filling in small gaps with sheer willpower, but I can’t do anything about an insurmountable difference.
“Give me a break!”
Somehow, I followed the president’s instructions, punched the Sun God in the face with Pile Regret, flung the god’s body into a white arrow that suddenly flew from nowhere, and managed to get him bound by a mass of light chains that transformed from the impaled arrow. I thought that was a good outcome, and landed on the ground.
I took a Potion from another dimension and downed it all at once, then threw the empty bottle at the god.
Naturally, such a throw wouldn’t even do damage, but it was a matter of morale.
Thanks to this potion, which I developed as a portable food, I was able to replenish my Energy.
However, it was a rather unfulfilling replenishment for a meal. I thought I could rest a little, but it seemed the Sun God could move parts of his body even while bound by the light chains. As the Sun God’s face turned towards me, he unleashed a heat ray from his eyes.
My break time was only a few seconds.
Or rather, should I be glad that I was given even a moment to catch my breath?
The heat rays from the god’s eyes were not a single blast, but fired in rapid succession directly at me, without a fraction of an inch of deviation.
Of course, he’s a god; he can shoot lasers from his eyes.
I could probably do it if I wanted to, but I might burn my own eyeballs, so there’s no point.
I dodged the perfectly accurate attacks with a combination of full-speed sprints and sudden stops.
The afterimage created by the Zero Max acceleration was shot down, and I felt heat on my back.
The ground had undoubtedly melted.
Instantly realizing this, I judged that I absolutely had to do something about that face.
When it was only a single arm summon, my Five Senses were not complete, perhaps that’s why its recognition of me was low.
But after its head was summoned too, its recognition of me increased dramatically.
Therefore, it’s certain that its face has Five Senses.
“The problem is… I have to be careful when I slash it.”
That’s the part I want to cut, but reaching the face of the giant god looming above me is a considerable effort.
I’d like to draw its attention by cutting off parts of my body along the way, but if I carelessly cut through the seals of the light chains and release the god, that would be a problem too.
I’m used to hardship.
So, all that’s left is to challenge it.
“I’ll somehow… manage.”
At the right Timing, I crouched down and leaped into the sky at once.
Such a monotonous movement was easily seen through by the god, and it turned its gaze towards me to unleash another heat ray, but…
“Valse!!”
“Coming! A generous offering!!”
White light emanating from the white snake Hit the god’s face.
Although its effect is reduced against a god, it is still Space-time magic. The heat ray from the god’s eyes froze, solidifying.
With its eyes fixed, the Sun God’s vision was closed.
I fixed the space beneath my feet and stepped forward. There was no counterattack from the god.
It’s trying to raise the surrounding temperature, but I’m still one step ahead.
“KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIAAAAAA!!!!”
Infusing it with concept.
I simply slashed horizontally.
I must not kill it.
I must not defeat it.
I must not interfere with the summoning.
Maintaining those conditions, yet adding homicidal intent, this spirited slash…
“■■■■■■■■■■■■■!?”
Achieved the feat of tearing through both of the god’s eyes.
Originally, it should be impossible to harm a god’s body.
Even if I could cut it, it should regenerate instantly.
However, my slash attack, which has evolved to the point of invading that domain in the field of cutting, tore through the god’s body, even if it was a clone, with only a slight headache.
But it’s still tough.
“Gah!”
A throbbing headache.
Evidence of the strain on my brain.
I’m using Body Reinforcement to forcibly reduce the load to a level that won’t cause brain damage.
If I had done this without any support, I would undoubtedly have become a vegetable.
It’s the same depth as when I cut through the gate of light. Unlike that time, the scenery is not entirely dyed in a kaleidoscope of colors, but in a dazzling crimson, so it’s still alright.
Half in admiration thinking, “Is this the color of a god?”, the load is too great to continue.
Considering the burden on my brain, I cannot remain immersed for a long time.
It is too early to delve too deeply into the conceptual world.
The ineffable scream of the god is undoubtedly a roar of pain.
It takes several minutes for my brain, even with that as noise, to return to a normal view.
I’m glad I got a feel for it with the light gate.
“Why, why won’t it heal!?”
Oh, oh, it’s confused, it’s confused.
Seeing the fiery blood dripping from both its eyes, it must be an uncharacteristic scene.
What would it feel like to lose one’s sight while being bound by chains of light and unable to move?
Suppressing the urge to ask that question, I retreated before the area near its face became too hot.
“A good blow.”
“I hope so.”
The white snake waited in the air and caught me.
And a few moments later, the heat wave arrived.
The heat, which could melt even metal, covered my vision, albeit temporarily.
The white snake, crawling through space-time, avoided it by the extreme measure of shifting the time layer and hiding there.
“I’d like to accumulate damage like this and buy time. Valse-san, how long do you think that restraint will hold?”
“Hmm, let’s say roughly thirty hours, give or take. It won’t be significantly reduced.”
“Keep our distance and observe?”
“At most a few hours. You are continuously interfering, so it seems it can’t dedicate its full attention to the restraint.”
“Indeed.”
As I looked at the god melting its surroundings indiscriminately in the slightly changed landscape, I felt a constant mental strain from being able to do nothing but interfere.
Valse-san says my interference is helpful, which sounds nice.
But.
Is it possible to accumulate damage in a god by cutting with concepts?
“For now, what I’ve learned is that with my current strength, it’s not impossible to cut a god.”
I’ll put that aside for now.
I’m looking at the Result, the Fact that I cut through the god.
“If I keep cutting at spots that reduce the strain on the restraint, I should be able to manage.”
“To do that, first, we need to deal with this hellish heat! Your allies are starting to get hurt too.”
“I know.”
Therefore, the thought that I basically can’t cut will never enter my mind again.
I can cut gods.
Recognizing this, I took a deep breath.
“Come out.”
The break is over; I don’t have the luxury of planning.
After a brief discussion of what we needed to do.
“If you’re going to throw me, submerge immediately and provide support. Absolutely do not let Suella get hurt.”
“I know.”
I was thrown into the hellish heat.
Just breathing burns my lungs.
Moreover, if a living human were thrown into this space, they would instantly turn into carbonized protein.
But that’s because there’s heat, because there’s flame, and ultimately, driven by Magic Power.
With my Wholehearted effort, I swung down my sword in a diagonal cut.
The moment I reappeared in the original space, the flames within a hundred-meter radius around me split and vanished.
As a result, the temperature returned to normal.
From a physical perspective, this is impossible.
It’s normally unthinkable for a slash attack to cause a phenomenon where heat suddenly dissipates.
However, as a conceptual attack that cuts through meaning, it can interfere with phenomena like heat and flames, and even affect phenomena derived from them.
I drastically lowered the temperature to a level survivable by humans and, to counter the rapidly rising temperature, I also increased the speed of my own arm swings.
Cutting everything, there’s nothing I can’t cut.
With the recognition that I can cut gods, I can cause impossible phenomena by not letting the thought of “I can’t cut” interfere.
Cutting, cutting, and cutting.
While securing a safe zone, I leaped through space and closed in on the god again.
If the concept is weak, I cannot cut the god’s body.
But the deeper I delve, the greater the burden on my brain.
Balancing this, I wield my partner.
While considering the pacing until the Uuor’s work is completed, I moved my body and plunged my blade into the surface of the god’s body.
The contact lasted less than a second.
Rather, it must not exceed a second.
Even my partner, if it were to fully absorb the god’s flames, its blade would warp.
“Can you do it!?”
“Of course!!”
The roots that circulate Magic Power have already wrapped around my arm.
Furthermore, thanks to the Magic Power supply from Suella, there are virtually no Magic Power issues.
I react to the opponent’s movements by utilizing the Future sight I gained from my contract with Valse.
I run my blade through the gaps in the light chain restraint, trying to sever what would be muscle tendons in humans, but they heal instantly.
The only area that heals slowly is around the eyes, which I slashed with all my might.
That too seems to be healing little by little.
If this continues, I’ll be at a disadvantage.
Will I be able to hold out until the time limit fighting like this?
Well, it’s my job, so I’ll do it.
Unfortunately, even facing a god, I still don’t think it’s “impossible” to suppress him.
In fact, the fact that I’m even able to toy with him while fighting like this makes it hard to say it’s impossible, and I’m not fighting him head-on to the death like I did with the instructor.
“The problem is what happens when this restraint breaks.”
Under those specific conditions, I can judge it to be possible.
However, considering the experience of fighting without restraint until just a moment ago, the chances of holding out return to fifty-fifty.
The reality that one mistake could be fatal remains unchanged.
And I can’t even enjoy the fight, which is the driving force for a battle-maniac.
Normally, a fight against a god should be considered a thrilling development, but that’s not the case here.
I wondered why, and quickly figured it out.
Simply put, the opponent only perceives me as an annoying fly.
I want to mock the fact that a fly poked him in the eye, but even though he’s annoyed, the opponent doesn’t even recognize me as an enemy.
We are not confronting each other.
He does not perceive me.
I’m just an obstacle.
Ah, it truly makes me realize how arrogant gods are.
My existence is such a nuisance.
Yet, he does not acknowledge my existence.
I am a being unworthy of his enjoyment of battle.
To think that he sees me that way, it makes me a little angry.
There are surprisingly many things that can be understood through battle.
This is something I can only know from experiencing countless battles.
That’s why I understand.
This god has not fought.
He has merely trampled and slaughtered.
Ah, what a crappy reality.
It makes me feel like a fool for having looked forward to it, even a little.
“OK, I get it. From now on, I’ll just get through this with work.”
So, with a slight hint of irritation, I declared it to the god before me.
Today’s word:
Once you overcome the mountain, you can take a breather.
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