-Erna’s POV-
I hid in the grass and observed the area. It seems like he is not nearby. The robe I am wearing has the effect of inhibiting perception through far vision. On the other hand, it seems that Seiryū also has concealment skill, so it is impossible to see where he is with far vision. Moreover, since both of us are using concealment, it was difficult to settle the fight.
Just then, I saw something glittering on the floating island opposite.
There he is! Over there!
I nocked the magically created arrow and let it go. A loud explosion rang out from the floating island I targeted then a large cloud of dust rose up. But immediately afterwards, dozens of magic arrows came flying towards me. I immediately retreated, and as I ran, I continued to shoot arrows at the enemy who is likely still there.
“It doesn’t feel like it’s working. It’s like I’m fighting a ghost.”
It was clear that a monotonous fight back wouldn’t be enough to defeat him. It’s time for a large-scale attack then. I got into the shade of a tree and pointed my bow upwards and fired at high speed. Hundreds of arrows changed their trajectory in the sky and hit the floating islands directly. With a thunderous boom, the islands shatters and falls.
“Where are you? Come out.”
With the arrow nocked, I let my eyes wander. There was no sign of him coming out of the crumbling islands. If that was the case, there is a high possibility that he had teleported or something.
I didn’t imagine that the battle between gods would be so troublesome. I could not tell what kind of attack will come at me, they appear out of nowhere, and it’s unclear how far the attacks will go. It’s so troublesome as it’s full of mysteries. Fighting angels woudl be many times better.
Oh, right. It might be bad if I don’t change position.
I jump to another floating island with teleportation. I immediately held my breath as I peek in the grass and checked my surroundings. It seems that he’s not here either.
Bam! A few seconds later, the island I stayed before exploded because of the force of a single arrow.
“The launch site—over there!”
This time, I won’t miss.
I fired barrage of arrows at a speed of light. The attack, which can be called a beam, pierced the island. I increased my firing rate as I followed his figure through the trees. Seiryū jumps off the island and nocked an arrow to his longbow.
He’s coming!
I also ran out and jumped off the island. The next moment, I was horrified to see a flash of light piercing the floating island I just left, leaving it full of holes like cheese.
What a horrible attack, if I get hit by something like that, I can’t get away unscathed.
Seiryū has not yet moved. Now is my chance. I created and shot arrows with maximum attack power and speed. Pooosh! But the moment the arrow hit him, it turned into a particle of light and disappeared.
No way, he has the same magical artifact as Shinichi!
“There huh.”
“Not good.”
I teleported and escaped. I took refuge on a remote floating island and adjusted my breathing.
Be calm. Calm down, Erna.
The fact that Gohma has become a creator god means that he can make tools like Shinichi has. It was something we had guessed from the beginning. The question now is how to kill him. It’s obvious that he can’t nullify physical attacks. This is just my hunch, but I think powerful tools can’t incorporate multiple effects. Maybe it’s the balance of the object in itself. Even though they are sacred treasures, there seems to be a certain “framework” to them.
Another quiet time passes for a while. It’s stressful to fight an invisible enemy. I mean, it’s the first time I’ve ever fought like this. I feel like there was a similar situation in the movies I saw on Earth. It’s pretty hard to find an enemy who’s hiding well.
In the meantime, I make a number of steel arrows and put them in a basket. Equipped with a weapon on my back, I took only one arrow and prepared for the attack. Now that it is clear that magic doesn’t work, the next attack will be even more ferocious.
Boom! Smoke rose from a floating island in the distance. Seiryū is shooting arrows on the opposite island.
Haha, he must have seen it wrong.
He is Gohma’s subordinate, but he is not that big of a deal huh. Seeing an opportunity, I reflexively shoot an arrow towards him. But—
—He looked at me and grinned.
“Crap! It was a trap!”
“Too late!”
He shifts directly right above me and shoots an arrow at an incredibly fast speed. I rolled on the ground and barely managed to dodge.
Chun. Chun. Chun.
Every time the sonic rain of arrows gouges through the trees, an unpleasant sound reverberated. I am now desperately running through the woods.
Hiiii!!! I’m going to die! I’m going to die!
In my mind, a grinning Grim Reaper with a scythe in his hand is beckoning towards me. But does Grim Reaper really exist in the first place? Things that didn’t matter ran through my head.
Even if I try to hide, the attack on the other side pierces even the rocks. There is no shield in this place.
“Don’t run away. Just get killed by me!”
“What’s with this guy! He’s totally nuts!”
Seiryū chases after me with bloodshot eyes, he’s clearly super excited. I don’t know what on earth set him on fire, but he’s totally out of it right now. But in some way, this is also an advantage. Since he approached me first, I’m going to rip this madman’s head right away.
I teleported right above him and then I fired a barrage of steel arrows. Smoke of dirt rose up. When the wind blew, the smoke cleared but he was not there.
“You’ve been tricked, female pig!”
“Not go―uwoh-!”
He also teleported directly above me. My legs and shoulders were pierced by the storm of arrows raining down on me, but I managed to escape by teleporting.
“O-o-ouch! It hurts.”
I hide in the shade of a tree and heaved a sigh. My wounds healed instantly, but my mental fatigue continued to grow. I have to find a way to defeat him somehow. In fact, I haven’t used gravity manipulation or singularity yet. I don’t really know much about singularity, so I should try to find a way to win by manipulating gravity.
The question is how to win. To put it bluntly, there are a lot of problems with this skill. This is because gods, almost without exception, manipulate gravity in a small way.
Just as I was racking my brain, the answer came to me when I consider that we are flying in the sky. But if I use it that way, it will only work by surprise. It also takes time for the black hole to form. Once activated, it sucks everything in, but by the time I get to that point, I’ll be shot dead by his arrow. In any case, if I don’t put myself in an advantageous situation, I can say that I have zero chance of winning.
I wonder what Shinichi would do in such situation…….
Shinichi in my mind nodded, 『Mmm. 』Then he added with a smug face, 『Remember how I fight』 and then he shoved TKG into his mouth.
No use. The Shinichi in my head is useless. For the most part, Shinichi’s fighting style is a mess. He can use threads, breathe fire, split up……
Oh, hang on, I can use thread, right?
With that in mind, I tried to create a spider silk with divine qi. If I do this —Yes! It should work.
I put my newly created steel arrow in a basket and stood up.
“Where are you? Come out!”
I shouted at the edge of the island. But there was no response.
“Are you still a god!? You coward!”
There was still no reaction.
“Idiot! Cowardly scum! You madman!”
There was no reaction.
“Looks like Gohma’s brain is just the size of a water flea!”
Woosh! An arrow passed nearby. On a nearby floating island, there was the angry looking Seiryū glaring at me.
—It seems that he can’t stand hearing his master being insulted.
“I won’t forgive you! I won’t spare you! How dare you disrespect Gohma-sama!”
I fly away before the enemy can fire an arrow. He lost his cool and is now chasing straight after me.
“Relentless arrows!”
Tens of thousands of arrows with tracking functions are fired at me. On the other hand, I also shoot down arrows with magic. It won’t work on him, but it doesn’t matter if it’s this arrow. I glance frequently to see where I’m going and slowly slowed down my flight speed.
“Arrow of God’s Death!”
A particularly large arrow is fired. That’s bad. I can’t say exactly what, but my instincts are sending out red flags. I shot down the arrow with all my might.
“Dieeeeee! Just dieeeeeeeeee!”
“You’re the one who dies!”
We come just between the two islands. As if I’ve been waiting for this, I nock my specially made arrow on my bow and fired it at him. The arrow exploded before it hit him, releasing a large amount of spider silk.
“Gubeh-!? Threads?”
A huge spider web has formed between the two islands. Seiryū is thrashing and scratching like a trapped butterfly. This is a new weapon created with reference to the thread bomb used by Shinichi in the past. Moreover, its strength and adhesive strength are incomparably stronger. No matter how much he tries to teleport, it is difficult to escape because it is attached to his body.
“W-what is this strong wind!?”
It seems that he finally realized it. A black sphere appeared just below him.
“You bastaaaaaaard!”
“See? You’re the one who’s going to die.”
Swoosh. Just like that, he was sucked into the black hole. It was a close call. If he noticed the forming black sphere earlier, he might have escaped.
“Now then, if I don’t get rid of that thing, something terrible will happen.”
I turned my consciousness to the black sphere. I concentrated with all my might, telling it to disappear, and finally it disappeared. It’s powerful but a difficult force to handle.
“Erna-oneechan!”
I heard a voice and when I turned around, I saw Pero and the others heading towards me. I land on a nearby floating island and greet the three of them.
“It looks like you guys won safely as well.”
“Not bad. Freya and Liz-san seemed to have plenty of time to spare though.”
Liz snorts when she saw my battered figure.
What is with that attitude?
It’s annoying.
“But the weapons of the Four Zodiac Gods were terrifying. We should assume that Gohma has something more powerful than them.”
“Mmm. It’s certainly dangerous.”
“I’ve had my skills copied.”
From what I heard, the other enemies also had amazing abilities. However, I was a little dumbfounded because it was all the abilities that Shinichi had.
……My husband was out of the norm even in God’s world.
“I’m worried about Father. Let’s go help him right away.”
“Indeed, he might be struggling now.”
We made our way to the door to help Shinichi.
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――After passing through the door, there was a flower field. Petals flutter in the wind. Rustling trees in the blue sky and the sea in the distance. In the distant sky, a huge palace floated.
Is this the planet of Gohma?
Somehow, it resembles the planet that I was reincarnated on. I fly to the floating palace. There’s no doubt that he’s there. Landing on a protruding circular platform, I draw my sword and surveyed the whole area. Apparently, he’s at the top. But his status is hidden. I guess he’s not planning on hiding, but he doesn’t plan on showing the cards he’s holding either.
I decided to go inside and head to the top. I could have flown directly there, but I wasn’t in the mood for that right now. I opened the gold-framed door and went inside. The interior of the palace is surprisingly modest. There are no unnecessary decorations, ikebana are often the center of attention instead. There are also a bonsai trees inside. And as expected, no one was inside. The sound of my footsteps echoes annoyingly loudly.
I head up the stairs leading to the second floor. The second floor was as quiet as the first floor. I continued walking up to the fourth floor and found a certain door. It is the most luxurious and massive door I have ever seen before coming here.
There was a presence from behind the door. The other party is clearly waiting for me.
Creak. Creak. Creak. When I opened the door and went inside, I saw Gohma sitting on a throne at the far end of a huge room.
“Sorry to keep you waiting.”
“I just got here.”
“?”
“You did not get it? I heard it’s a joke in Japan.”
Where on earth did he get such information from? It would be a word of concern to use when meeting up. However, depending on the situation, it may not be a considered as joke……
No, no, it doesn’t matter. For now, focus on the fight.
“Sorry to interrupt you while you’re relaxing, but I want you to die right now.”
“Fuhaha! That’s indeed something a god of destruction would say. Very well, I’ll take you on.”
Gohma rose from his throne and drew the greatsword at his waist. That alone sent chills down my spine.
“I’ll tell you first.”
He taps his fingers on the golden armor he’s wearing.
“This armor negates all physical attacks, plus my cloak negates all magic attacks, and the four rings I am wearing on my left hand each have their own abilities. Oh, and additionally, this greatsword is the most powerful weapon in the universe, it can cut through space.”
-Uh!
I broke out in cold sweat.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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