Author: Yume Neiji

The three sacred artifacts possessed by the God of Destruction combined to exert their true power. No, it should be said that they returned to its original form. The robe, bangle, and ring resonated with each other, and a black light covered my entire body.

What appeared was an ominous pure black armor. On my back, my cloak flutters and my limbs are full of strength. My face is covered by a mask, and I could always lock on to Gohma in my vision. This armor is equipped with an automatic search function and an automatic tracking function.

“Beautiful. As expected of the highest level divine artifact created by the previous Creator God. There was one thing I respected about him, and that was his design ability. It’s easy to add functionality, but he was amazing at adding unique added value to it.”

“Enough with the pretentious statement.  Let’s continue.”

“Very well. I’ll deal with you to my heart’s content, Destroyer.”

I strike with my fastest blow. It collides with his greatsword, and the impact rushes through the surrounding area. In my field of vision, Gohma’s position is captured by the display, and even if he teleported behind me instantaneously, the artifact senses it and notifies me of fluctuations in space immediately. As I turned around, our sword caused sparks as they collided with each other.

“Kuku. It doesn’t feel so bad to have a worthy opponent. I can test the performance of my artifacts to my heart’s content.”

His clone appeared in three directions. I didn’t even look back and vanished them with my wave of destruction. In this state, my field of view covers 360 degrees. If I just want to check the scenery in all directions, I can do it with just my basic ability. However, that also diffuses my consciousness unnecessarily. Automatic acquisition in all directions frees me from such a troublesome state. And above all, what makes this armor so great is that it goes well with the power of God of Destruction.

The moment wave of destruction covered my entire body, Gohma sensed the danger and immediately jumped away.

“So you brought it out after all huh.”

“It would be strange not to use it.”

By wearing wave of destruction, I can achieve an almost invincible attack and defense. The waves extended to the sword, and a faint black light was reflected in Gohma’s eyes.

“But I am the Creator God…… I can surpass even destruction through creation!”

Drawing my attention to one of his rings, he openly shows his trump card. Speaking of which, I already knew the three abilities, but the other one was still unknown. The ring sparkled and a faint white light covered his body.

“This is a sacred artifact used against the God of Destruction by creating multiple walls of light. Your power can destroy everything, but there is a limit to the number and range that you can erase at once. Even if you dare to destroy it, yours is just an insignificant power.”

“But you can’t keep making things indefinitely, and that ring is also powered by your divine qi, right? In that case, I just need to keep fighting until it runs out.”

Fighting resumes. This time, the scenery changes even more violently. We are flying at lightning speed over the sea that you could only see the tail of black and white light. Our swords bounced off each other like magnets that repelled each other every time we crossed them.

Shuiin. Shuiin.

I continued to hardly dodge the space slashes he made. The small island floating in the sea was split in half, and numerous transparent cut marks remain in the sky, like a cloth cut with a cutter. It seems even the alternate dimension that covers the planet is being cut into pieces.

On the other hand, I cut through his multiple layers of light walls in an instant. But just when I was about to break through the last layer, I am unable to. The light wall is restored in less than a second so I can’t finish my attack. I could only click my tongue repeatedly.

Of course, it is also possible to make Gohma disappear along with the light wall. However, in order to do so, it is necessary to apply the wave of destruction for at least one second. There was no way he would give me that kind of ease, so I had no choice but to find a way out in the middle of the battle.

“Teyaaa!”

“Kuu-!?”

Caught off guard, my sword knocks Gohma away. He falls diagonally straight into the sea, but he bounces heavily and lands on what appears to be a continent. I filled the magic jewel of lightning and temporarily creates an unknown attribute. It is black lightning strike.

Thunder roars and flashes of destruction run through the air. Gohma leaves the scene before it hit and weaves his way through the trees as he glides at an extremely low altitude. Condensed magic bullets like artillery bombardment are released from the forest like a barrage. No matter how much I could nullify it, if it hits my body, it will consume divine qi in vain. I hesitated and chased after Gohma.

Zugagaga. A huge white dragon splits the earth and emerges. Apparently, he had prepared a defense force in advance. Throughout the forest, something like a railgun battery emerges from the ground and opens fire. It became a full-fledged barrage storm. The white dragon twists its body and opens its large mouth to swallow me up.

“Get out of the way!”

I cut it in half with a Dragon Slash flash and destroyed all the cannons with a destructive lightning strike.

Shuiin- Shuiin-

The next moment, something cut off my left arm. My sense of pain had been dulled so I felt almost no pain. But the bigger question was how he managed to overcome the wave of destruction and land the attack. Thread-like cells stretched out towards the arm, which was still flying in the air, and attached to it instantly.

Shuiin- Shuiin-

That sound again. It’s the slash that cuts through space. This time, I dodged it with ease, and the mystery of why I was slashed became clear. He fired a double slash. The first blow was erased by the waves, but the second blow is sure to hit. Impressed, I unleashed a destructive lightning strike at the place where he was hiding.

He is behind the corpse of the white dragon. Gohma effortlessly dodges the lightning strike and unleashes another invisible double slash. On the other hand, I also erased it with a lightning strike of destruction.

“I can’t believe this fight is so undecided. It’s hard to believe you’re a young upstart.”

“It doesn’t matter how old you are in a fight, it’s just a matter of being able to do it or being beaten.”

“As you said. I will show you the true power of the Creator God then.”

Gohma released a large amount of divine qi. The colorful aura manifested in humanoid form. It had six pure white mechanical wings, a faceless flat head, and in its right hand it held the same greatsword as Gohma, and the surface of its pure white mechanical body reflected light like metal. The total number is thousands. It was not possible to check the status of any of them, so their identities were unknown.

“All of the parts that make up these things are granted abilities. And yet their basic performance is on par with that of a god. It will be interesting to see how you resist them, which are also equipped with weapons that can cut through space.”

“Granting abilities to every part…… Damn!”

If that’s the case, the abilities that can be used are orders of magnitude different. With a thousand of them, it will be tough even for me.

“Do it.”

The mechanical angel began to move at the speed of light, leaving an afterimage. I teleported from the spot, appeared directly above them and then I unleashed a destructive lightning strike.

Bam! The lightning strike was blocked by a wall of light that disappeared. Amazingly, the angels even had a wall of light. What troublesome beings!

If low-level quantities aren’t effective, then attack with high-level quantities- a simple yet powerful tactic.

Shuiin. Shuiin. Shuiin.

Countless space slashes flew up. It’s not actually flying, but that feels more appropriate as a description.

“Wave Cannon!”

It emits waves of destruction in the form of beams. However, the angels sensed the danger and they disappeared from the scene with light-speed movement and teleportation.

“Gua!?”

A spatial slash from directly above slashes my shoulder. The wound is shallow though. I escaped immediately. However, one after another, double space slash slashed my body without a moment’s hesitation. Before I know it, I was surrounded by angels. My arms were blown off, legs were cut off, ears, fingers, flanks, parts of the head, and finally even the torso were cut in half.

If this continues, I will die.

“Haaaaah!!”

I spread out the waves of destruction in a spherical shape and drove the angels away. It’s like a shield. My body instantly regenerated and returned to normal. But I was mentally exhausted. It may be the first time that I have been cornered this much.

I don’t see any chance at all. What should I do. How can I win?

At that moment, darkness shrouded the surroundings.

“What!?”

All I can hear is the sound of destruction. However, I can’t see it at all. I don’t know what is going on. Suddenly, the darkness cleared up. In front of me were the back of four familiar people.

“It’s unusual that you’re having such a hard time.”

“I agree. But thanks to that, I was able to create a situation where the cute wife saved the husband who is in a pinch.”

“Tanaka-dono is so mean. I didn’t know you are fighting such an interesting enemy.”

“I won’t let you kill Father. As long as we, the Four Djinn, are here, you won’t have a chance.”

I secretly trembled with delight. The four of them defeated the Four Zodiac Gods and rushed to me. Thank you for being alive and for saving me from a crisis.

“We are here too!”

“We made it in time for Master.”

When I turned around, there were Kurohime and Suketarou. And those five people, although in bad shape.

“Liberto! You guys were alive!”

“Somehow. It took us a while to recover though.”

That’s great. I’m glad that no one is missing. My tear gland seemed to loosen, and I hurriedly tightened my face. There are still more than 900 enemies. Gohma is also unharmed.

“You’ve gained more allies huh…… That attack was very dangerous.”

Gohma soars directly above with the angels in tow. He tries to escape through a rift in space to the outside of the planet. He seems to have decided that this world is too small to escape Liz’s dark matter. It is also convenient to me. The power of the God of Destruction is not suitable for use on planets.

“Let’s chase after them!”

We also fly out of the planet through the rift in space. Countless pieces of space debris were floating around the planet.

“We’ve already gotten rid of all the things that are getting in the way.”

“So those spheres aren’t there either?”

“They’re just a piece of cake.”

Nodding to Kurohime, who speaks proudly, I predict where Gohma is headed. Gohma’s capture response appeared in my field of vision, indicating that he was waiting on a star in this system.

“Are you ready?”

Everyone nodded silently. No one is intimidated. We’ve left a lot of things behind just to be here. We shouldn’t be afraid to die right now. I took all of them and teleported. Above the bright red star, Gohma and the mechanical angel were waiting.

Nearby, a huge flare soars.

“Kuhahaha, let’s have the final battle.”

“It looks like you have no intention of surrendering.”

“Of course, this is where history begins anew.”

The fight begins without a signal.

While dodging the spatial slashes of the angels, I approached the close range of one person. The slash was dodged by teleportation and then I appeared behind him.

“Gab-, gagaga!?”

“Don’t let your guard down, darkness is just around the corner.”

Liz emerged from the shadows behind him and plunged her blade into the angel’s head. The angel ceases to sound and shuts down all functions.

“Does this thing move at the speed of light?”

Several angels follow Pero as he continues to fly. However, as soon as Pero suddenly stopped on his track and opens the Abyss Gate, a swarm of bizarre ant overflows from it, swallowing the angels following him and eats them without leaving a trace behind.

“It was a mistake to turn this place into a battlefield!”

A huge flame erupts from the star and engulfs the angels en masse. It had the shape of a woman. In the center of the fire, Freya, whose hair stands on end, spreads her six arms and raises two spears like Asura with atomic energy. The angels were exposed to ultra-high temperatures and melted into mush.

“Come on, Suketarou!”

“As you will!”

Kurohime reflects the extremely large energy waves emitted by Suketarou with an EX counter. The doubled maximal flash engulfs the angels and makes them disappear without a trace.

“Layla!”

“I know!”

Margaret was being chased by three angels. However, Layla uses the Slow Down, Attack Reduction, Defense Reduction, and Thought Reduction skills. Their race is rich in nerf skills. Liberto, Tina, and Dominic, who had been enhanced with skill boosts, smashed their skill skills into it, and the angels shattered into pieces.

“Oh, come on! There’s too many!”

Erna continued to cast spells as she escaped. Countless shining arrows were ejected like homing lasers, and even if they teleported, they were immediately captured and were killed.

We could do it. We are definitely pushing. The number of angels has already been reduced by half. If this continues, all that’s left is Gohma. When I turned my attention to Gohma, I noticed something was wrong.

His body is glowing.

That is…… No way right?

“Kukukuku, I can finally evolve. I’ve been killing gods with this body so much that I didn’t bother to count anymore. Now I’ve already accumulated enough experience points.”

T-This is ridiculous! Evolution at this timing!?

Wait, that’s not right!! A dazzling flash of light suddenly illuminated the surroundings. I shielded my eyes with my arm.

“.…?”

When I put my arm down, Gohma was not there.

Where did he go? Did he run away thinking that it would take time to evolve?

“Guoh-……”

I turned around at the disturbing voice. There, I saw Erna who was pierced in the chest from behind. A large amount of blood spilled from her mouth and it drifts in the space as a ball.

“I have…… become a Creator God who surpasses a Creator God.”

Appearing from behind her was Gohma, who was now in a strange form.

This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.

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In one breath, I closed the distance between us and made a slash from below. Gohma, on the other hand, used his greatsword as a shield and easily blocked my attack. I dodged the sword that was swung in counterattack by a hair’s breadth, rotated my body to the side and slashed him again. That, too, was easily blocked. The sparks and high-pitched metallic sound that echoed out proved the strength of the power we released.

It’s just a warm-up attack, but it’s still a power that I can feel strongly. There was no blurring in the greatsword as he swung it down, and there was no hesitation in his sword movement. The pressure of the sword against me was heavy, and although it is quiet, it conveys its strength like the spirit of a lion. There seemed to be an unwavering confidence and determination in him.

“As the God of Destruction, you should have entered there, right?”

“Are you talking about the room that was hidden behind the throne?”

“Yes. Now you can understand that the universe is controlled by them.”

“But what about it? It’s the same everywhere you go. All beings are always under some kind of control. I wouldn’t be surprised if there are higher-ranking ones.”

Our swords clashed dozen times every second. We changed positions, exchanged fists and aimed at each other fiercely. Although he was still not serious, he was definitely going after my life.

“I agree with you on that point, but what if the ruler is someone with malicious intent? Will you still accept the universe as it is?”

“That’s rubbish. You just don’t want to be dominated, don’t you?”

“I don’t deny that. Even I can’t see the bottom of my desire for domination. But even so, I still boldly claim to that I’m just. This universe is wrong.”

“It doesn’t matter if you’re right or wrong, we all live in this universe.”

I blocked his sword speeding up with my own and delivered a swift side kick that hit him directly in the solar plexus. Gohma smashed through the wall and was kicked into the next room. Even so, he emerged out of the rubble as if nothing had happened. He didn’t even change his expression at all.

Well, from the start I did not think that such an attack would work on him. It’s a wait-and-see situation, so to speak. I’m looking for what seems to be a weakness somewhere. Of course, it’s the same for him, but I don’t think he is as desperate as me.

Gohma raised his left hand. One of the rings shone and he turned into three. The main body slowly approached me while I deal with his two clones. As if they were using a two-meter-long sword as a dagger, the clones continued their attack one-sidedly without giving me a chance to breathe. The one in front of me slashed in a single stroke, while the other behind me slashed downward from above. I deflected the frontal attack with my sword and narrowly dodged the slash from behind. I quickly turned to attack, and with just a moment of serious swinging of my sword, the clone’s greatsword was severed from the base.

I see……

It is just a clone after all, so it cannot perfectly imitate the equipment that he has.

“Haaa!”

““!?””

I slashed one of the clone in half from underneath to the top of his head, then in the same motion, I cut the other one in half from the front. The two of them dissipated like steam brushed away by my hand and vanished.

“It doesn’t seem like much of an attack to you.”

The original Gohma holds a greatsword in a mid-stance. I took a low stance and moved to the side, putting some distance between us.

“Do you know why God can’t evolve?”

“Who knows.”

“The answer is simple, because there is no soul. God is just an empty puppet. They are slaves who manage the flow of the soul called samsara. Don’t you think it’s cruel?”

“…………”

Gohma continues.

“I would like to recreate the universe, but then I thought that they would come and put it back to its original state. That would make this act meaningless.”

“……I guess so.”

“Unfortunately, I don’t have the means to beat them right now. But if I obtain a soul, there is a chance that I can win.”

“Hmm.”

“We gods do not have souls, so we do not throw ourselves into the flow of samsara. But because of that, we have not been able to obtain the path that leads to the ultimate evolution. No, I should say it was not given to us at all. A soul is necessary for a god to take the next step you see.”

In other words, Gohma believes that the presence or absence of a soul is the key to victory over the superiors huh.

Even if he became a creator god, his existence itself does not leave the framework of this plane. If he is to stand up to the true rulers, he must at least break out of the boundaries of the plane and become equal or better than them. Of course, it is unclear whether the path of evolution continues that far. It’s insane to try to challenge an entity which nothing is known about them.

No, maybe this guy has met such superior being?

“I understand that God needs a soul, but is a soul something that the Creator God can create?”

“Yes, that is the point. Even a creator god cannot create a soul. At most, he can make a flesh vessel. In other words, the soul is not in the hands of God.”

“……But you’ve found a way out, right?”

“Soul can only be contained in things that are defined by man. Then what is the thing that separates man from God? Stupidity? Vulnerability? Is it useless greed? No, that’s what the deep system of this universe dictates. So all I need to do is deceive those eyes.”

A human face appears on his skin. A chill ran down my spine as I realized what he had done.

“There are tens of thousands of people fused together in this body. It also appears that souls also have qualities, and no matter how much I try to make it like a person, if the contents and the vessel don’t match, it won’t take root. So I came up with a way to take in countless souls and fuse them into one. Thanks to this, I became a god with a soul.”

Does he mean to say that he sacrificed tens of thousands of human beings just to create a single soul……?

It’s ridiculous. I don’t understand the point of doing so at all. Why would this guy try to resist so much? Sure, it’s not pleasant to be manipulated by an unknown superior being, but that doesn’t mean you’ve been harmed, or that anything has been dramatically changed. The absence of a soul does not mean that God will disappear tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

“Do you not wonder, why is there so much strife in this plane? That’s because that’s how the system here was made.”

“I don’t deny that, because by making them compete for survival, they grow and evolve.”

“Wrong. It’s a logic created by mankind for mankind. The reason is much simpler and darker. They’re looking for stronger souls that have been killed and refined. In other words, this place is ‘poison.’”

In the back of my mind, a sentence from the order I saw in the heavenly realm flashes back.

『I command my family, which is divided into two, to manage the worlds and samsara for all eternity. Your main objective is the salvation of souls and the expansion of our forces to defeat evil enemies. 』

The real rulers want power. And that power is created in this plane.

Is it that this plane was created with a clear purpose, and that purpose is severely distorted?

“I’m going to build a world without conflict and where they won’t interfere. What else can you call this but justice.”

“Then let me ask you, what are you going to do with the people in the future?”

“You know what. They are one of the main causes that are leading the world into conflict. I will of course eliminate them. All souls that reincarnate will become sacrifices to the gods I create. There is no need for mankind in the new universe.”

I stepped in with a strong force, closing in our distance and forcing my way past the greatsword that is blocking the way as a shield. A particularly strong gust of wind stirs up the room.

“That was stupid of me to ask. It was a waste of time to listen to all that.”

“I knew it would end like this. I would have liked to have you, the God of Destruction, as a comrade, but as a human who rose from the dead, it seems you were unable to understand my noble plan.”

What’s so noble about it? You’re making all sorts of excuses, but in the end, all you want is to create and rule the universe the way you want it to! Your words are nothing but a transparent lie. What’s with the poison anyway? You’re far more of a threat to me.

Now you’ll pay for killing Miyuki!

“Emperor Lightning Strike!”

I hit him with a very thick lightning directly from a close range. Suddenly, a dazzling flash of light illuminated the room, and a roar shook the entire building. In front of me is a large hole where I can see the sky.

“I already said magic doesn’t work on me.”

Gohma was floating in the air, his cloak fluttering and he was looking down at me. There was not a single burn on his body, and nothing changed from a few seconds ago.

“I just tried to see if magic attack really doesn’t work.”

“Then that’s proven.”

I also flew up and confronts Gohma. It seems that the time has come for us to get serious about it. The positions of both sides are clear. There is no point in exchanging more words. I want to protect this universe, and he aims for a new one.

“I, the Creator, am assured of victory.”

“I, who controls destruction, cannot be defeated.”

I instantly teleported and attacked from behind. Gohma instantly turns around and parries his sword against mine.

“This is how power is used.”

“!?”

One of his rings flashed, and his clone appeared directly above me. A greatsword sank into my right shoulder making blood splatter. When my force weakened, the main body rotates his body and hits me with a powerful roundhouse kick from above. I fell vertically into the sea directly below.

Damn, I didn’t think he would use his clone like that…… It was unexpected. Eh? What is this barrier?

I hit an invisible barrier in the sea. I tried to grope around but it just continues on forever. Guah! For some reason, the barrier begins to push against me rapidly. By the time I realized that this was a transparent box, there was less than two meters of space for me to move. It must be some kind of isolated space. Perhaps there must be something similar to that in one of his four rings.

“Come out quickly. I have no intention of getting wet.”

I heard such words.

Is he planning to drag me out of the water?

I used a wave of destruction to make the box disappear and unleashed a divine dragon breath at Gohma from the sea.

“It won’t work.”

The space around him is distorted, and the Divine Dragon Breath was diverted. As soon as the breath disappeared, I saw a small shield on his arm.

I floated above the sea and wrinkled my brows deeply.

“Kukuku, you look dissatisfied. I have a huge storage capacity on one of the rings, just like the bangle that you have. And, there’s a lot of tools in there.”

“Are you saying there’s nothing missing?”

“Yes. I can’t invite you here without preparation you see.”

Another troublesome thing…

Judging from his abilities, it is definitely a shield that distorts space, but he may have other abilities. I don’t want to lay hands on it carelessly.

“Emperor Lightning Strike!”

“It won’t work.”

The shield deflects the lightning strike.

“Universal Thread”

Shururi. A thread wraps around his left arm. In addition, a thread bomb was ejected, entangling sticky threads all over his body.

“This is…… what a pretty crazy trick.”

I accelerated rapidly and fired a barrage of attacks at him.

“Explosive Sword Dance!”

Sword strikes wrapped in flames are unleashed one after another. I tried to finish it off with a single flick of the sword, aiming to chop off his head.

—But the blade stopped on the surface, not even cutting a single layer of his skin.

“Didn’t I tell you that physical attacks won’t work either?”

He tore off the threads and set his body free. He smiled fearlessly and raised his greatsword straight up. A chill washed over my whole body, and I reflexively leaned my body back.  

Shuiin. A strange sound echoed out and the huge palace behind me collapses in half. The structure, which began to crumble into pieces, fell into the sea, raising a column of water.

So this is what he meant when he said it can cut through space huh.

“I forgot that my palace was there. Oh, I guess I have to rebuild it.”

I immediately distanced myself and raised my sword. But I broke out in a cold sweat and was more frightened than ever. That sword is too dangerous.

“I’ve pretty much shown you my hand. Why don’t you show your power as the God of Destruction as well?”

“You knew…… that I have a trump card.”

“Naturally. I have been the chief god since Zefa was active.”

In that case, there is no need to hide it. I kept it as a trump card, but I can’t say that anymore.

The God of Destruction’s artifacts, the robe, bangle and ring resonated at the same time. They emitted a black light and enveloped my whole body.

This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.

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-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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-Freya’s POV-

Two spears collide. Bright red-hot lava splashes out because of the shock wave. Jumping from rock to rock, Suzaku and I both have smiles on our faces.

“Hey, this is fun!”

“It’s been a long time since I’ve been this excited fighting. Lately, I’ve only been dealing with a lot of small fry that aren’t even enough as warm up, you see.”

“I’m the same. Just as I expected, you’ve got a great skill!”

We attacked each other by increasing our speed by one level. It’s as if we are dancing at a ball. Every time we exchanged spears, I can feel the heat from my opponent. It’s amusing. He is a worthy opponent who reminds me that fighting is fun.

Our speed once again increased by another level. This time, we clashed with even more force. The rock that served as our scaffolding could not withstand the impact and collapsed.

“Brilliant Flame Thrust!”

“Real Meteor Thrust!”

My position was a little off. The force did not fully penetrate the spear, and I was sent flying into the magma. The sticky liquid clings to my body, warming me slowly. As a god, lava is nothing more than a lukewarm water to me. It’s just the right place for me, I guess.

Thump. The rocks rised up, pushing me upwards. Suzaku was already waiting with his spear drawn.

“Hey, you know what, I’m actually not really interested in the world that Gohma-sama is creating.”

“Oh? Really?”

“The world that he wants to create has no one in it except the gods who swore loyalty to Gohma-sama. There will be no one I can fight against then.”

That would certainly be boring for this guy. A warrior who has lost his adversary has no reason to exist.

“Then why follow him?”

“That’s because I owe Gohma-sama a favor. I also thought that I could fight to the death if I joined his side. That’s exactly what happened.”

Gratitude…… He can’t go back on that then. I understand that feeling all too well.

“Then as your final adversary, I’ll kill you right here.”

“Hahaha, interesting! But you know, I’m the one who will win!”

Heat emitted from my body and Suzaku’s body. The air shimmers like a flame and distorts the scenery. The next moment, we collided violently. The lava was blown away and the rocks were shattered by the impact. He and I kept thrusting in the air. 

As if by mutual agreement, the tip of our spears collided and stopped perfectly still. I feel like I’m fighting a mirror. Well, this is as expected from a god who lived for a long time. The techniques that he unleashed are also in the realm of divine work.

“It’s a pity! If I polish you more, you will be stronger than me yet I have to kill you here.”

“Then do you want to be on this side now?”

“I’m glad you’re inviting me, but unfortunately, I swear to share my fate with Gohma-sama!”

“Well, that was foolish of me. I apologize.”

Flames wrap around his spear and he released it up close. However, it was lost due to the large amount of water released from the Spear of the Water God.

“You are using a water spear even though you have fire attribute?”

“I don’t know how it all happened, but for some reason, I ended up taking a liking to this thing.”

The magic jewel glowed blue, and a huge amount of water flowed from the spear to the ground.

Sizzle. Sizzle. Countless amounts of vapors were released as the lava was filled with water, cooling and hardening it. A place similar to the first dimension was created.

“Heh, so you’re trying to steal my heat huh. But that alone won’t take my heat away you know.”

Suzaku increased his heat even more. The water below begins to boil, and a large amount of steam rises in the air. However, there is not enough heat and time for him to evaporate all the water in this different space.

I poured magic into the Spear of the Water God. The spear, which was blue, turned purple due to my magic, and in the end, the magic orb was dyed a dazzling purple. This is a new use of the Spear of the Water God that I have only recently discovered. I mixed my magic power with the magic power of the magic jewel to temporarily create different attributes. The mixed magic power becomes a flame with the properties of water. Purple flames erupted from the spear and surrounded me.

“……What is that flame?”

“I noticed something interesting a while ago. Stones with attributes called magic stones only exist on the planet where I was born and raised. In other words, the completed Magic Jewel is an unknown ore that even the gods do not know about.”

“What are you trying to say?”

“Well, listen. This is the hypothesis I came up with. The magic stones were created by the now deceased Creator God as back up means to fight against Gohma. It makes sense when you consider that the magic jewels were a sacred artifact that was created over a long period of time.”

I believe that the Creator God has left a means of resistance to people, to demons and to the God of Destruction. Perhaps it was an element that was discussed and added by the God of Destruction and the God of Creation when creating the planet. That’s why it’s no wonder that this magic jewel can follow my power without difficulty. This was originally meant to fight against God after all.

Purple flames swirl around Suzaku. Despite the intense burning, the heat was rapidly being taken away.

“Guh-…… my power……”

Suzaku blew away the flames with his spear and lowers his feet on the rock. Immediately afterwards, he got down on one knee.

“……Hey, you’ve done it.”

“I’m no longer just a knight who changes ahead recklessly. I’ll use everything I have. I can do something fair and sneaky to win.”

“Fu,fuhahaha, interesting! I’m getting more fired up!”

A new heat was released from Suzaku. I, in response, trapped the heat inside my body. My new skill, Atomic Energy, takes a long time to start. The engine finally started up and is starting to heat up. Suzaku repositioned his spear and shrouded himself in bright red flames.

“Now I’ll show you the power of the divine artifact gifted by Gohma-sama!”

Boom, boom, boom, boom. Ten Suzaku appeared in a flash of flames. Moreover, the clones are almost identical as the original one. I’ve always thought that Tanaka-dono’s clones were kind of unreasonable, but when the enemy uses it, it seems even more so.

The eleven of them came towards me at once. I use my divine qi to recreate my previous skill, teleportation while repeatedly dodging and attacking. I then instantly created about thirty steel spears, which floated around me and were fired at speeds faster than the speed of sound. As expected, with the eleven of them around me, there were openings.

I finished off three of them with a steel spear while weakening them with purple flames, and then I performed a melee attack on the remaining eight while delivering a barrage of spears at ultra-close range.

Five bodies left.

At this stage, they don’t die easily. Their cooperation has also become skillful and formidable.

“What’s the matter? It looks like you’re having a hard time.”

“I think it would be a waste to end it right away.”

“Ah~, I understand how you feel.  I often think that it would be great if the enemy was split up.”

“Then give me that spear. I’ll let you taste it right away.”

“I’ll pass this time. You’re too tough.”

After continuing to quibble, I finally cut off one of them in half. There are four of them left. The fewer they are, the more formidable they become. I jumped backwards and covered my steel spear with purple flames while firing wildly. The other side followed suit, dodging the rocks. Every time he dodged a spear, a pillar of water was created.

This is it.

At the right time, I teleported. I appeared behind one person and catches him for a moment with my divine qi. I quickly pierced his head and left the scene.

Three left.

“This is where I can finally show my true skill! With the three of us, I’m going to show you my real power!”

“I’m looking forward to it.”

The three Suzaku are engulfed in flames and the heat around them amplified. The water begins to boil heavily again.

“Let’s go, Trinity! Secret Technique, Crimson Lotus Annihilation Charge!”

They loomed over me as a giant flaming bird. I see. That’s certainly a powerful move.

—However, it is not enough for me who is now at my maximum power.

Atomic Energy is fully activated. A torrent of fierce power rushes through my whole body. The heat was released at once, enough to burn even the sun.

“Guwaaaaa!”

Suzaku was engulfed in a wave of light and heat and was blown away. The water below evaporated in an instant. The hardened lava melted and turned red hot. Wrong, even the lava was burned to ash. It did not stand the amount of heat I’m emitting.

“What…… look is that…?”

Suzaku, who had been burned, looked at me with a pale face. Apparently, the original one survived because the other two became his shield.

“This is what my real strength is. Now then, let’s fight.”

“–!?”

Suzaku screamed and writhed in agony just because I get close to him. Then, as I passed by, I chopped off his head. His corpse eventually disappeared, leaving no ashes behind. I picked up his spear that was stuck in the rock.

“I’m grateful to be able to use it.”

After unlocking the atomic energy, Pero-sama appeared from the other door.

“It looks like it’s over huh.”

“Pero-sama! You’re safe!”

I jumped into Pero-sama’s long tail and buried my face in it. 

Mufufu. Oh, it feels sooo good~. Rubbing. Rubbing.

“Hey, stop it. Let’s go help Liz-san.”

“Oh, I’ll wait then~. But it’s more of a reward for me, being Pero-sama’s adorable servant knight, right?”

“Stop, I don’t want to hear it.”

Covering his ears, Pero-sama flew like a comet to the next door.

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-Liz’s POV-

Kyiin. Sword and giant axe crossed creating large sparks. The fine sand around them flew up, eventually staining their vision yellow.

“Star Cutting Strike!”

“Missed.”

The giant axe was swung down and an invisible slash was fired in a straight line. As I dodged it at the last minute, I immediately throw shurikens made of dark matter.

Dark Matter Shuriken has the effect of restraining the opponent in darkness. I’m not sure if he knew it or not, but Byakko kicked up the sand and disappeared from the spot.

Zuza! He emerges from the sand behind me and then he quickly swings his axe. I parried it with my sword. I used the force to spin in the air and deliver a roundhouse kick into his face. Byakko, who leaned back slightly, grinned with his eyes glaring at me. I wonder if he’s happy to be kicked or it’s because he’s just a pervert. 

I’ve heard somewhere that there are people who enjoy being beaten. They are often called masochists, I think.

“Do-M?”

“Yes. Give me more kicks like that.”

“You are the real deal huh.”

Whether he’s do-M or do-S, the fact that we’re fighting to death won’t change. If he wants it, I’ll give him as much as he wanted.

When I slashed down with my sword, he caught it with the handle of his giant axe.

“Won’t you take the attack?”

“My sole interest is on blows. I don’t get excited being slashed, you see.”

“Do-M is hard to please.”

It’s really troublesome that I can’t slash him. If it feels good to be in pain, I feel like it’s the same way either way. I leaped backwards and threw a large shuriken made of dark matter at him.

“Axes, shurikens, anything goes. I’m curious to see how far you can go.”

Clang! He deflected the shuriken with his giant axe, and then his huge body came hurtling towards me like a missile. I caught the large shuriken that came back with my left hand and parried his horizontal slash with the sword in my right hand.

“Kukuku, I can’t believe that your small body can withstand my blows. You seem to have risen from a human, but your arms are quite powerful huh. They’re comparable to those of a high-ranking god.”

I deflected the giant axe that was swung to me again, sending sparks flying as we go. I didn’t show it in my face, but inwardly, I’m struggling to prevent it with one hand.

Just as his looks, he has tremendous power. I melted the large shuriken in my left hand into a liquid and let it flow under his feet. The puddle-like darkness stuck out a number of black arms to catch his two legs.

“Muh!?”

“Headhunting.”

A flash of the blade aimed at his neck. However, Byakko reflexively blocked the attack and smiled fearlessly.

“Hey, I think you should just go kick or punch me now.”

“That will only make you happy.”

“You’re right. That will make me happy.”

“I think it’s better to hide it a little.”

I move straight up with black water and slashed downwards at him. That was also easily blocked. After landing on the ground, I clicked my tongue.

“It’s about time. It’s over, little girl.”

Byakko thrust out his left arm, and then I felt a chill run down my spine. I quickly left the place I’m at. Just as I did, a transparent box appeared where I was. The box then shrunk and eventually disappeared.

“It is the power of the Divine Weapon given to me by Gohma-sama. It isolates and crushes space. It’s simple, but it’s powerful.”

“It’s like Shinichi’s isolation space then. I’m convinced.”

He took aim and created boxes over and over again. I kept my distance from him, and I keep on moving so that I don’t get hit.

“If you’re going to be my master, I will not kill you.”

“Isn’t Gohma your master?”

“He is my king, so to speak. My master is one who abuses and tramples on me in my private life.”

“I don’t understand what you’re talking about.”

It might be time to decide whether to close the distance or get away from here all at once. He might get irritated and use his power over a wide area. If that happens, I’ll be finished.

“I refuse.”

“There is no other way then.”

Here it comes. A wide-area attack. 

I retreated to a few hundred meters using black water. And as expected, a huge box covering about 50-square meter area appeared.

“You missed. Next, I’ll kill you.”

“Kuku. Nope, you’re the one who’s going to die. I’m getting bored so I’m going to erase you for real.”

While he was getting complacent, I created dark matter and filled this space with it at maximum speed. A dark world where there is no light was created. It is almost impossible to see the surroundings visually.

“What is this!? Damn it! In this case I’ll use that skill! ….I-Impossible!? I can’t see anything even with that skill!?”

“As far as I know, dark matter cannot be penetrated by any material or skill. You should die trembling in fear in this darkness.”

Byakko tried every trick in the book to somehow erase the darkness. When all his efforts were in vain, he threw down his axe and he fell to his knees.

“I’m going to kill y—”

“Headhunting”

A flash of light came from behind him. His head rolled on the sand with a thud.

“……I’m worried about Erna.”

I turned off the darkness and then I head to the door.

This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.

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