Chapter 75: The End of Heavenly Wings (Part 2) 4k
Star Council.
An organization of anti-ability users dedicated to studying and awakening the “Legend of the End.”
“GAaaaa——!”
A roar filled with rage and ferocity erupted from the mouth of the Shadow of the End.
Its body began to twist in mid-air, writhing restlessly like a living creature, gradually transforming.
Countless black shadows rapidly expanded and stretched, turning into sharp blades and ferocious claws, wildly waving through the air.
The blessings from the End were surging into this artificial fantasy monster through the starlight.
Having planned and performed the “Star Ritual,” it, at this moment, was ascending to become a “King’s Class.”
The “King” of all fantasy monsters created from the source of the “Shadow of the End.”
In the worldview of “Star Attraction.”
In this world, fantasy monsters possess different ranks: “Common Class,” “King’s Class,” “Crown Class,” “Divine Class,” and the comparatively special “Unique Class.”
Among them, the “Common Class” is the general term for all fantasy monsters that do not belong to other classes, and can be categorized as “Common Class.”
“Existing by common sense.”
Fantasy monsters that possess “authority” will be elevated to “Crown Class.”
Because “authority” often contains extremely powerful strength.
Therefore, the threat level of “Crown Class” starts from level 8, but it does not mean that a threat level of 8 will necessarily ascend to “Crown Class.”
Threat level and strength do not have a strong correlation with rank.
However, generally, fantasy monsters of higher ranks tend to be very powerful.
The key to elevate a fantasy monster from “Common Class” to “King’s Class” lies in—
Being at the pinnacle among the same type of fantasy monsters.
Like the lion king among a pride of lions.
As long as one has become a “King” from the perspective of the world’s understanding, then one can ascend to “King’s Class” and receive the blessing of the King’s Class—
Royal authority.
The ability to dominate similar fantasy monsters and the same type of abilities.
The Shadow of the End slightly swayed its twisted and blurry head and opened its massive jaw.
Its rationality was not lost despite gaining immense power.
It understood very well that the “Greatest Masterpiece” in front of it was not an ordinary ability user.
The Greatest Masterpiece possessed the power to imitate and replicate the abilities of others.
This was a very troublesome and powerful ability.
Moreover, she had already copied its own ability.
In the case where both sides possessed the same ability.
The Greatest Masterpiece, who could also use other abilities, was clearly stronger objectively.
However, it had officially become a “King’s Class” through the success of the ritual.
It could control the replicated abilities of the other party through “Royal Authority.”
As long as she was unaware of this and recklessly used the replicated abilities—
It could control the shadows to attack her back.
It should have been like this.
Even though it was the leader of the Star Council and knew about the existence and abilities of the Greatest Masterpiece.
It still did not fully understand the nature of the “Greatest Masterpiece’s” ability—
Faced with the shadowy spikes splattered from the Shadow of the End.
Mana’s eyes shone with dazzling light due to the violent surge of magic within her.
Several pitch-black shadows instantly coalesced beneath Mana’s feet.
Like blades emerging from the void, they rapidly transformed into sharp waves with fierce sharpness, surging toward the Shadow of the End.
The spikes and waves collided in mid-air, erupting into a massive shockwave in an instant, like two violent sea waves crashing together, with energy scattering in a shocking manner.
Shattering the glass of nearby buildings, and causing the air to distort and deform.
The impact kicked up dense smoke and dust, enveloping the entire battlefield.
“Why!?” The Shadow of the End, witnessing this, was filled with confusion.
At the moment Mana used her shadow ability.
It intended to control the other party’s shadow through Royal Authority, but found that it was ineffective.
“Fictional Royal Authority.”
As the name suggests.
The essence of Mana’s ability is to fabricate the Royal Authority of the target’s abilities.
Not only could she imitate the other’s abilities, but she could also make the other party hesitate to use their powers.
This is the reason why the route of Yoko Mana is the simplest one in the original “Star Attraction 2.”
To copy the other party’s abilities and then forcefully “silence” them.
Except for those few boss battles where the enemy’s rank is significantly higher, battles with her involved feel like walking on flat ground.
And those boss battles where “Fictional Royal Authority” couldn’t take effect were perfectly compensated by Tsukimi Kanade’s abilities.
Choosing the male protagonist “Tsukimi Kanade” and then entering the “Yoko Mana” route seems to be the perfect answer provided by the developers.
However, in the game.
The function of “silencing the other party” needs to be used after Yoko Mana discovers the truth about her lineage and abilities.
But even so, the ability to use powers multiple times is strong enough.
Taking advantage of the obscuring smoke.
Mana used the agility and physical capabilities granted by the White Spirit Priestess to swiftly maneuver around the Shadow of the End in the smoke, shooting out razor-sharp wind blades from her hands.
The wind blades sliced through the air, producing sharp sounds as they closed in on the Shadow of the End.
Under the enhancement of “Fictional Royal Authority,” the wind blades Mana unleashed were far from ordinary ability attacks.
Each strike contained the power of “King’s Class,” reaching the “limit” of this ability.
In the game, this is represented by Yoko Mana’s every attack being able to hit the “maximum value” in random number generation.
“How disgusting—!!!”
Seeing that its Royal Authority was ineffective, the Shadow of the End roared angrily.
Accompanying this was a powerful pressure that erupted at its center.
As the pressure spread, a strong airflow swept around, like an invisible hurricane, quickly blowing away the incoming wind blades.
The shockwave of the airflow also blew Mana’s slender body away.
Luckily, Mana could utilize the exceptional physical abilities granted by the White Spirit Priestess, rapidly adjusting her posture in mid-air and landing gracefully on the ground.
Mana stared gravely at the Shadow of the End before her.
Purple-black starlight fell from the sky like ominous raindrops, enveloping the massive form of the Shadow of the End.
Right in front of Mana’s eyes.
The wounds torn by the wind blades quickly healed under the illumination of the starlight, as if they had never been injured.
“Is it really impossible…”
Mana squinted her eyes slightly and murmured softly.
As long as this starlight still exists, the Shadow of the End can infinitely recover, and no matter how much damage she inflicts, it would be in vain.
Unless she was prepared to kill everyone on the island.
Because it was their life force and magic that continuously supplied the Shadow of the End.
Kanade and that woman who used strange arrows had already left.
For after the figure of the suited man changed, they realized that remaining here would be of no use.
And Mana’s task was simple: to stay here and stall the Shadow of the End before her.
“You think I don’t know your plans?”
The Shadow of the End suddenly let out a wild laugh, its massive gaping maw filled with mockery and disdain.
“Greatest Masterpiece… If there were two of you here, perhaps your plan would succeed—”
“But your companion is too weak.”
“An ordinary boy without any magic, and a nameless rookie barely at C rank.”
As long as it wishes, it could completely mobilize the vast magic within itself to unleash a indiscriminate attack on this island.
But in order to ensure that the “Star Ritual” proceeded smoothly and provide enough “offerings” for the End of Kawano City, the Shadow of the End had to restrain itself.
To prevent accidentally killing these offerings.
The lives of the people on the island were the key to maintaining this ritual.
But if these offerings could also be used as hostages—
The eight eyes of the Shadow of the End glinted with crimson light.
Pitch-black shadows surged from all directions like a tide, spreading rapidly like a thick layer of asphalt—
……
……
Kanade and Yousa were sprinting with all their might down the streets of Minase Island.
“We must interrupt the ritual.” Yousa looked at the purple-black stars above and stated concisely.
“Otherwise, it will continuously absorb the life force of the people on this island under this starlight to heal its wounds.”
“What should we do?”
Since last year, having undergone Alice’s training and persevered, Kanade could barely keep up with Yousa’s pace.
Even though the starlight above was crazily draining his stamina.
For some reason, he felt an inexhaustible vitality within him.
A warm current continuously surged into his body from his pocket.
“He must have taken advantage of the island’s Sea God Festival…” Yousa pondered for a moment, considering the timing and location of the other person’s appearance, and concluded: “So as long as we terminate the Sea God Festival, we can disrupt this ritual.”
However, while Yousa was answering, she hesitated about whether to involve the innocent boy in front of her.
Leaving aside the girl with platinum hair, the black-haired boy in front of her did not emit the slightest magical reaction.
Though she didn’t know why he could maintain consciousness under this starlight.
But no matter how one looked at it, he was just an ordinary person.
“So, what should we do to stop the ritual?”
“….. The ritual must be sustained by the altar.” After hesitating for a moment, Yousa replied: “So as long as we destroy the altar, it should be able to stop this ritual.”
After Yousa finished speaking, she looked in two directions.
One was the Habahashi Shrine, and the other was the seaside where the sacrificial ceremony was held.
Where would they set up the altar?
If only they could split up and act—
Yousa lowered her head with some difficulty.
And Kanade also noticed her concerns from Yousa’s expression.
No one could guarantee that there were no monsters guarding around the altar.
Unlike Mana, he was just an ordinary person without abilities.
What if they encountered monsters at the altar…
He didn’t want to die.
He couldn’t die yet.
He had reasons to survive.
But if he chose to escape here—
Kanade involuntarily reached into his pocket, tightly gripping the star bracelet.
—If it were her… she definitely wouldn’t want to see him choosing to escape…
For some reason, that thought flashed through Kanade’s mind.
So, he wanted to—
“Go to Habahashi Shrine.”
“Go to the sacrificial site by the seaside.”☆
“I’m going to the seaside.” A silver-white light gleamed in Kanade’s eyes.
Hearing this, Yousa turned her face and met Kanade’s gaze.
She looked at the determined eyes of the black-haired boy, and in a daze, she saw the shadow of someone she used to know.
At that moment.
Driven by her intuition, Yousa decided to trust the black-haired boy in front of her.
“…I understand. Altars are usually composed of some kind of symbolic structure or pattern. As long as we destroy its integrity, the ritual can be interrupted.”
Kanade nodded upon hearing this.
“…I hope the guardian deity of this island bestows you with blessings.” Yousa gently added.
…..
…..
A tremendous force erupted from the ground, suddenly tearing apart the ground of the mansion above.
Debris and dust were violently lifted by the fierce airflow, forming a smoke screen that blotted out the sun.
The figures of Old Sang and Ueda burst out from the ground, accompanied by the rising dust.
They crashed heavily into the courtyard.
At this moment.
The outdoor Kawano City was shrouded in darkness.
This could no longer be termed a battle.
Whether they were golden-grade hunters from the Hunter Guild or Class A ability users from Special Circle SEMA.
In the face of the purple-black star pupils, they had lost the ability to fight back.
All attacks would rebound onto themselves.
All thoughts would be seen through by the other party.
Even trying to flee would pull them back to their original spot.
Even these battle-hardened two could not come up with any way to defeat this monster.
It was simply an existence without solutions.
“…… How could such an ability exist.” Ueda inserted the katana in his hand into the mud, using both hands to grip the hilt and struggling to support his riddled body.
He couldn’t fall here.
If he fell here…
This city would—
“Still want to stand up?” The voice of the End of Heavenly Wings came from the dust.
Its slender figure leaped out from the huge hole, gliding through the thick smoke, landing lightly in front of the two.
The End of Heavenly Wings still wore that playful smile, looking down at Ueda with a relaxed demeanor.
Seeing the pursuing figure of the End of Heavenly Wings, Old Sang had already given up struggling.
The abilities of the enemy before them were too bizarre and unresolvable; they were simply not opponents they could defeat.
The reason he and the branch chief of Special Circle SEMA were still alive was that the other party was enjoying this cat-and-mouse game.
“….. Really unlucky.” Old Sang said somewhat reluctantly: “I never expected that before I die, I would see my most hated rainy day……”
“……”
Whether it was Old Sang himself or Ueda who listened, they were both taken aback.
Rainy day?
Dark clouds swept across the sky.
The roiling ink clouds gathered above Kawano City, enveloping the entire city in shadow.
That ominous purple-black star twinkled in the sky, but its starlight could not penetrate the heavy cloud layer.
Thunder and lightning tore through the clouds, and the brief, dazzling light illuminated the depths of the clouds.
Drip—
A drop of cold rainwater quietly fell from the pitch-black sky.
It struck Old Sang’s face, splashing tiny droplets.
It was raining.
The End of Heavenly Wings seemed to sense something, and its playful smile suddenly disappeared.
It abruptly lifted its head, gazing up at the cloud-covered sky.
Heavy rain poured down like thousands of white threads, cascading from the horizon.
Connecting the city and the dark clouds into one.
The storm has arrived.
