I descended to the ground, pursuing the Divine Emperor. Upon confirming the Chimera the Divine Emperor was riding, I simultaneously created two Gracious Bunkers and fired them with a spiral rotation added.
Unfortunately, the Gracious Bunkers were blocked by a Marvel Gate. However, the spiral rotation seemed to have paid off, as they weren’t completely blocked and had pierced halfway through.
Furthermore, the Chimera seemed to have acted as a shield, and the attack did not reach the Divine Emperor.
Well, I didn’t expect him to die from something like this anyway.
“You bastard! You actually did it!”
“You were lucky. If it weren’t for that Chimera, the Gracious Bunker would have definitely hit you. You thought you could block it with the Marvel Gate like you did in our last fight, but that complacency is your weakness.”
“I don’t have any weaknesses!”
“You’re practically made of them.”
Conversely, if you have any strengths, I’d love for you to tell me.
Not by self-recommendation, of course, but by someone else’s.
Putting that aside, for now, let’s consider the debt of being knocked down to the ground repaid.
I raised Blau Solaris above my head, separated about ten blades from it, activated Mist Solution, and then floated them around me.
In my right hand, I held Hihishirokane Sword – Amaterasu, and in my left, I wielded Blau Solaris, which had transformed into a one-handed sword. With Wing Burst and Feathering Light at full power, and using Flying and Scaff, I began to move at high speed in all directions around the Divine Emperor.
“Tch! As usual, your speed is so annoying!”
“I hope that’s all it is!”
The Divine Emperor, trying to stop me, was also targeting me with various Engraving Magic.
Up to this point, it could be said to be the same as the Battle of Linea.
However, unlike that time, I am now using Feathering Light, which has increased the intensity of Physicaring by one level.
This means my speed is also higher than it was then.
“Damn it! Are you faster than before?! How is that possible!”
“Unlike you, who sat on your talent and did nothing! Though, your talent only extended to being able to generate Engraving Tools!”
“Shut up, you brat!!”
Being able to generate Engraving Tools is a significant talent, but if you’re satisfied with that, you won’t grow any further.
Rather, generating Engraving Tools is not the goal, but merely the starting line for a new path.
However, the Engraver-supremacists cannot see that starting line at all.
That’s why they stop growing, blinded by such foolish ideologies. But the Divine Emperor, by transferring to the Gradia Continent, was forced to grow while fighting.
This is why he has gained power comparable to fusion-type and Multi-Attribute Specialization Type Engraving Tools. However, I believe this man, having conquered the Gradia Continent, became arrogant and stopped growing there.
As proof, the precision of his magic circuits has not changed since the Battle of Linea, and he cannot keep up with my movements.
He seems to be able to follow me with his eyes, but he will likely lose sight of me with a slight provocation.
“Wha—!”
To create that provocation, I used Grand Mirage, a Class-B Earth-element wide-area interference magic with light-refracting properties, creating about two pseudo-clones and making them run in different directions.
As expected, the Divine Emperor was surprised and couldn’t decide which target to focus on.
This is a magic that requires processing power in addition to Earth element, which I’m not good at, so I rarely use it. Since coming to Helios Orb, I haven’t used it since my duel with Prim.
It’s quite difficult to use while moving at high speed, so the illusions I created are rather roughly made, but it was enough to create an opening.
Naturally, I didn’t miss that opening and launched two daggers, coated with Mist Solution, each made from Blau Solaris, while making the illusions perform the same movements.
“Guaaahhh!!”
With his left arm severed and his right leg deeply slashed, the Divine Emperor let out a loud scream and fell to the ground ignominiously.
“K-Kuh! Are you not going to come at me head-on, you coward!”
“This isn’t a duel or a test of strength. I found a way to win for sure and executed it. That’s all there is to it. Besides, to simply win, I could just use a mythical-class magic, you know? Be grateful I’m not.”
Indeed, to simply defeat him, I could have used Blau Solaris’s mythical-class magic, Maha Jarg, and that would have been the end of it.
But that wouldn’t satisfy me.
I thought I had used the defeat at the Battle of Linea as fuel, and it surprised me that I was so bothered by it.
But a more significant reason is that while descending, Blau Solaris warned me that it felt a strange magic power emanating from the vicinity of the castle.
Hearing that, I couldn’t help but hesitate to use Maha Jarg, which uses more magic than normal magic.
Therefore, I decided to use my specialty, high-speed three-dimensional combat, to prevent him from focusing on me. Moreover, in close combat, it would give him a chance, so I used a rare magic like Grand Mirage to create illusions and exploit the opening.
“Guh! F-Fine. I’ll concede this victory to you this time! But there won’t be a next time! Remember that, you brat!”
“Huh?”
The Divine Emperor tried to stand up, using Life Reaper as a crutch, but his right leg was also deeply cut around the thigh, causing him to lose his balance and fall again.
He is now sitting on his rear, but I completely and perfectly do not understand the meaning of the words he just spoke.
This time I win, but there won’t be a next time?
What is he talking about?
“What are you talking about? Do you honestly think this is the end?”
“Huh? No matter how you look at it, it’s your victory. I hate to admit it, but I’m admitting it. You’ve had your revenge, so you should be satisfied, right? Ah, and I promise I won’t invade your continent again.”
He’s seriously saying what?
Not only is he condescending, but I really don’t understand why he thinks this is the end?
It’s starting to scare me.
“Are you an idiot? Why should I believe anything you say? The reason I came here was to take your head. You are a king of the Demon Race who is leading Helios Orb towards ruin just by being alive. This being the end, or you sparing my life, such options never existed from the start!”
Even if he’s incapacitated or loses his will to fight, I absolutely must take the Divine Emperor’s life.
In the first place, even if we were to have a truce, there is no guarantee that he wouldn’t attack again. On the contrary, it would only serve as a time-out to reorganize his army, which is clearly evident.
What’s more, it’s impossible that this man, with his immense pride, would not seek revenge for the shame of a defeat he himself admitted.
Therefore, there is only one option for me to take at this moment.
“Wh-What…!”
To launch a further pursuit, I returned Blau Solaris to its original form, separated its eight daggers, and then threw them after coating the main body with Infinite Saber Execution.
“The option of letting you live never existed from the beginning! This is a Unique Magic I developed for this day. Accept it gratefully!”
As the eight daggers pierced around the Divine Emperor, Mist Rebellion, incorporated into Infinite Saber Execution, activated, drawing an eight-pointed star Magic Circle.
The main body of Blau Solaris hovered above the Divine Emperor’s head and began to rotate rapidly. Several blades detached from Blau Solaris pierced the Divine Emperor’s right arm and left leg, severing his right leg from below the knee and pinning him to the ground on his back, immobilizing him.
Preparation complete!
“Gyaaaaaaahhh!!”
“This is the end!”
Then, from Blau Solaris, which hovered and rotated above the Magic Circle, a beam of light approximately two meters in diameter was released, after circulating Mana through the Magic Circle.
Due to the increased efficiency from circulating Mana, this light, which increases in power with faster rotation, is a Unique Magic I developed for this day, named Shining Judgment.
This magic is modeled after the ultimate spell, Valhol, of the divine Engraving Artifact God Spear Brynhildr, generated by Father and Mother, but its power is nowhere near that.
However, it is my most powerful Unique Magic, and by increasing the size of Blau Solaris, I can expand its range, so I believe it can be used against Monsters as well.
In reality, it will probably require adjustments and improvements, but I’ll think about that later.
The light of Shining Judgment slowly thinned and eventually disappeared.
When the light vanished, all that remained was the Divine Emperor’s right arm, which was outside the Magic Circle, and the Life Reaper, an Engraving Tool he was holding.
That Life Reaper also slowly lost its form and eventually disappeared.
With this, the subjugation of the Divine Emperor is complete.
“Divine Emperor, you have been slain!”
I shouted loudly, announcing the Divine Emperor’s defeat to the battlefield.
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“Finally… finally, he is dead. It has been so long… I never imagined he would live for 200 years. But at last… at last, I have obtained this Sealing Engraving! With this, my long-cherished wish will be fulfilled. It is unforgivable that that dropout succeeded while an excellent person like myself failed! Just watch! This world that you created, I will destroy it all! Hahahahaha!!”
