A thunderous roar echoed every time the swords crossed. Sparks flew and blood splattered.
“Hey human, what happened to your boldness earlier, hmm?”
“For a first-class angel, you’re laughable. We both know you can’t do anything without the help of your God’s power.”
“The majesty of God is the power of angels. You, a mere mortal, cannot understand that.”
I blocked his fierce slash with my two swords, but I was unable to neutralize the power so I fell to the ground with great force. He didn’t let up in pursuit, he fired a series of homing laser-like beams at me. I immediately stand up and took flight, but the rays chased me everywhere.
“Multi-metal wall!”
Erna’s magic caused a thick metal wall to appear in the air. The rays of light are blocked by the walls.
“That was a great save. Thank you, Erna.”
“No need to thank me. Just turn into a dragon quickly. We’ll buy you time.”
The Homeless, led by Erna and the Sword of Glory boldly attacked Rokiel. But as the enemy had improved ability, he just continued to dodge all their attacks as if he had foreseen them. In other words, it’s a battle between a baby and an adult. Perhaps even worse than that.
“Acceleration! I’m not going to let you do what you want!”
Pero used his acceleration skill and utilized the dark cloud as a foothold to aim his fist at Rokiel. Even I had a hard time to follow the accelerated Pero. However, Rokiel dodged with ease, and he even easily plunged his sword into Pero’s abdomen.
“Agh!?”
“You’re an eyesore. Die!”
The next moment, Pero was engulfed in flames and then he fell to the ground. Freya went mad seeing this. The jewel on the water god’s spear rumbled like never before.
“How dare you do that to Pero-sama! Spear, respond to my will and unleash your true power!”
Along with a cracking sound, the jewel emits a dazzling light.
Did she break the seal of a great treasure on her own?
A huge amount of water emerged from the jewel, turning into a giant dragon that coiled its body around Freya. However, Rokiel remained calm despite such change.
“Is it a sacred artifact made by mortals?”
“Water dragon, tear him apart!”
The large water dragon, with a total length of more than 200 meters, rushed towards Rokiel. Its mass is several thousand tons. If you bump into it, you’re not going to be able to get away unscathed.
“Divine Slash!”
With one swing, the water dragon was cut in half. The invisible slash also severed Freya’s two right arms. Freya falls to the ground with her fresh blood splaterring her face.
“Don’t forget we’re also here!”
The members of Sword of Glory went on the offensive in unison. Margaret is the first to use a magic attack to force the enemy into a defensive stance. Then Liberto, Dominique, and Tina quickly took turns to attack. Leila steps in to block the angles counterattack with her large shield.
It’s a really efficient and fluid teamwork. We have to learn from them.
“We’ve evolved through painful training, so we’re different! Don’t underestimate humans!”
“Tsk! What an eyesore. Just go crawl on the ground like a lowly creature.”
Rokiel’s homing laser pierces the five of them at point-blank range. Suddenly, a black sphere appeared between Rokiel and the five of them as they fell. The sphere exploded and darkness erupted, obscuring the surroundings.
“Well done, Liz. I’ll just finish him off with my magic.”
In the distance, Erna was holding a silver arrow in her bow. It is the magic that killed the second-class angel with a single blow.
Erna then shoots into the clouds. The silver arrow is released from the bow and goes into the darkness at a speed that reaches the speed of sound. After a few seconds, when the darkness cleared, Rokiel was seen holding the arrow in his left hand.
“What a dangerous magic. If it wasn’t for my current state, I would have been killed.”
“I-Impossible…. My magic……”
“The divine qi that surrounds my body will not be broken just by this.”
He broke the arrow and it disperses into mist.
It was there that my dragon transformation was completed. I activated all my race and enhancement skills. At the same time, I also activated Heroic Evolution. The output of my great treasure also increased.
“I will make you feel the pain of my comrades.”
“You will be the one to experience pain, foolish being who defies God.”
In an instant, our swords clashed.
Naïve. Blocking it was a bad move.
“Continuous Explosive Sword Dance!”
“Wha-!?”
“Teryaaaaa!!”
With two swords, I unleashed an explosive sword dance in succession. A long-term battle is too disadvantageous. That is why I decided to settle the score quickly. From here on out, I will not hold back.
After I kicked him away, I unleashed a dragon slash in pursuit. Of course, it’s a flurry of slash. I can’t afford to be complacent after all. As blades of light loom over him, he countered them with his divine slash.
“Thunder Emperor Strike!!”
I raised the output of my treasure tool to half and unleash a thick lightning strike without delay. Lightning expanded in the air and directly hits Rokiel. I took out the stowed Bull King sword in my bangle and quickly approached the angel who was engulfed in smoke.
“You’ve wasted too much of my divine qi!”
“Isn’t it only natural to exploit the weakness of your opponent? And since you are not a god in the first place, there is a limit to your divine qi. That is why I wanted you to use it up.”
An unharmed Rokiel blocked my sword strike with his sword. He must have used too much divine qi for healing and protection, and his seven-colored aura had faded. This should have some effect.
With our faces up close, I made eye contact with him and uses the Eye of Stone (Improved) skill.
“What did you do!? My feet have turned into stone?”
“I know it won’t work for long, but I just wanted a split of second.”
With my left hand, I smashed my fist into his cheek as hard as I can. The Heaven and Earth Meridians indicated a hit, and a double red circle appeared on his cheek. The angel who was beaten writhes and struggles in pain with his hands in his head.
“Is this an instant death skill? Aggh-ugh! I won’t die! I’m not going to die in this!!”
As expected of an angel with the power of God. It seems that even with the Heaven and Earth Meridian Hole, he will not die immediately. Maybe as he wears a certain amount of divine energy, he can resist instant death skills.
I still need to make another move after all.
“Oniichan, I’ve retrieved everyone.”
Pero, Freya and the members of Sword of Glory sits in Liz’s dark cloud. All of them seem to have already recovered with the help of the cure mushrooms, and there seems to be no problem with their bodies. However, perhaps because they were dissatisfied with the fact that they can’t fight against the angel, they all have wrinkled brows.
For the time being, I gave the order to arrange the Sword of Glory members in a pentagram shape. I positioned myself in the center of the formation, took a deep breath, and waited for the right moment.
“Listen carefully. I need you guys to focus your skill boost skill on Tanaka-san! If this doesn’t work, we will lose!”
“I know!”
“Okay, I’m ready anytime.”
“I think about this kind of attack a lot.”
“I’m going to share all my power to Tanaka-shisho!”
The boost caused a resonance reaction with the five of them, and the effect was further multiplied. The energy stored inside me wells up and is repeatedly concentrated each time. I’m nearing my limit. I can’t keep it in my body any longer.
At that moment, Rokiel senses the attack and shoots hundreds of homing lasers towards us. I have no choice but to do it.
“Emperor Dragon Breath Boost Five!!”
The purple heat rays I spewed out distorted the space, engulfed the enemy’s laser and it extended straight into the sky. The breath’s power pierces even the barrier that covered this world.
I exhaled all the energy and my throat and mouth were burning. On the other hand, Rokiel’s upper body disappears, then his lower body loses balance and falls to the ground.
Looking up at the sky, I saw that the barrier had immediately begun to repair and the hole closed.
Hah, I’m tired…….
◇◇◇
After I recorvered my strength, I went straight to Rokiel’s corpse and attempts to restore it. Only the body and equipment were restored, but his vital functions were not. I placed his body in my bangle. Once inside, I then separated his flesh and bones.
I didn’t know it until recently, but it seems that this bangle can attach or separate one object from another. I don’t know if it’s effective against living creatures, but I haven’t tried it because it’s quite scary.
After Rokiel was reduced to only his skeleton, I summoned a skeleton to turn him into an undead and from there, I made him my familiar.
When I took control of Rokiel, I saw a change in his body. His bones turned into a transparent purple like amethyst. Purple flames dwelt in his eyes, and the wings on his back were dyed jet black. Equipped with a white coat and sword, he bows his head reverently on one knee.
| 【Analysis Results: Homeless Seraph: A sacred beast that was born when a first-class angel was turned into an undead and then becomes a familiar. It boasts ten times the power of a normal first-class angel. Rarity: G, Overall Ability: G】 |
| 【Status】 Name: Homeless Seraph Race: Homeless Seraph Magic Attributes: Fire, Light, Holy, Nothingness Magic: – Skills: Analysis (Intermediate), Swordsmanship (Intermediate), Disguise (Intermediate), Stealth + (Beginner), Danger Detection (Intermediate), Search + (Intermediate), Limit Breakthrough (Intermediate), Awakening (Intermediate), Nullification Cancellation, Ultra-High Speed Flight (Intermediate), Universal Adaptation, Destruction (Intermediate), Dictatorship (Intermediate), Sublime Spirit Domination rate: 100% dominated by Shinichi Tanaka Evolution: Conditions are not met <Evolution Requirements: Analysis (Special Grade), Limit Breakthrough (Special Grade), Awakening (Special Grade), Dictatorial Power (Special Grade) > |
By the way, I have picked up his race and the skills, Divine Slash and God Slayer. I have no idea what the effect of God Slayer is, but since it is a skill possessed by a first-class angel, it is probably a useful one.
I’m also curious about the rarity and overall ability of the guy who became my familiar. I wonder if the G means the G of God. If I am right, then I have luckily obtained a God.
Still, it’s ironic.
What does it mean for a messenger of God to become a god after death?
I ordered the former Rokiel to return to the ship with the skeleton. I have also given him a letter addressed to the captain explaining the situation here so he shouldn’t be suddenly attacked by the ship crew when he appears. Uh-, probably.
“Shinichi and the others are always fighting something like that huh-nya. It scares the hell out of me-nya!”
“I told you so. You shouldn’t have come along. It would have been better if you just have waited quietly on the ship.”
“That’s not going to happen-nya. This island is a treasure trove-nya. Papa even told me to pick up some good things-nya.”
“I see. So that is why the captain is willing to send his daughter to such a dangerous island huh.”
Lena lightly breaks the pillar of magic stone growing on the ground and throws it into a burlap sack. The sack contains all kinds of magic stones, bird of paradise’s feathers, dragon scales, tusks that she has found so far. What a keen parent and child when it comes to money. I’m impressed.
“Margaret, what are your attributes?”
“Eh? Why do you ask that?”
“Come on, just tell me.”
“Fire, water and wind.”
Erna looks at the magic stones growing on the ground and pulls out several small ones. This area seems to be very dense with magical power, as there are many pillars of magic stones. Some of them are crystals that look like Saint Crystals. Erna places the five pieces of magic stone she picked up in Margaret’s palm.
The apprentice tilts her head, not understanding what this means.
“Okay. Now, swallow it. I’m going to swallow an Ice Magic Stone too.”
“Eeeh? S-Swallow a magic stone!? Are you insane?!”
“Well, it’s understandable for you to be surprised. I didn’t know anything about it until I learned about it at Moore-sama’s training ground. In fact, attributes can be increased with magic stones.”
“I’ve never heard of such a thing…. It’s not a lie, right?”
Margaret looked at Erna with a suspicious expression. In the end, Erna’s swallowing of the magic stone seemed to make up her mind as well.
“It’s true! I got new attributes!”
“I told you so. Mages have to support with ranged attacks, so the more attributes you have, the better.”
Finally being able to act like a master, Erna felt proud.
Pero and Freya, who had been climbing the rocky mountain, returned.
“Father, there is a road to the north, and I think we can get to where we want to go if we follow it.”
“I see. Good work, you’ve found it well. Alright, it’s time to leave.”
We then began to move again towards the center of the island.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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