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Dragon God Manifestation
(TN: The kanji used for dragon here is for the Chinese dragon, not the western dragon.)
Going back in time for a little.
During the time Shia was embroiled in a mortal bat with the platinum apostles, Tio was also in the middle of a fierce fighting.
Tio unified the armed black dragons with the new black dragons which were transformed using the black whip of slavery, with them Tio challenged the abnormally powerful monsters that filled the surrounding to the brim while enduring the aurora breath of the white divine dragon and Freed's variegated chantless-limitless storm of magic, bearing damage that wasn't few in the process.
The number of monsters that were turned into black dragons using the black whip of slavery was already nearly a hundred. The number of the dragons' fighting force had bee doubled. In addition, with Tio's regeneration magic 'Boon of the Dragon King', they became an astounding battle force that should be called as the undying black dragon army.
But, even so, the one who was cornered in this fight was Tio.
(…Hm. The 'Fix It J' at mine hand wouldst be used up soon. When it bees difficult to evade the aurora pletely, it will cause mine damage control to be harsh.)
Tio took out a new magic medicine 'Fix It J' to reduce the additional effect of the aurora and then she gulped it down in one go while making a bitter face.
The aurora breath of the Uranus was excessively powerful. It was exactly like the main cannon of a battleship. Even just its aftershock granted the additional effect of obstructing healing magic and worsened the already existing wound to the target, so pletely avoiding that attack was next to impossible.
Not only that, the Uranus didn't only have aurora breath as its attack, it was also creating countless aurora bullets that floated in the area where they would then flew around like a strafing Gatling gun.
Furthermore, Freed's all elements magic in full burst and silver feathers, his silver bombardment, and space magic was pressing on Tio like a surging wave, then the gray dragons above that couldn't be handled by the black dragons would also launch a heavy rain of aurora one after another.
Tio who was continuously enduring through that in paper-thin difference could be said as astonishing. But, if the magic medicine 'Fix It J' that Tio only had several bottles remaining was used up, then that situation would also crumble down, she was placed in a brittle equilibrium right now. The moment Tio became unable to nullify the effect of the aurora showering down on her and she couldn't evade, Tio would surely bee cornered in one go at that time.
How much her dragon scales were already broken, how much her blood had flowed out…
Even if she used regeneration magic, there was a limit to the amount of her magic power. Not only for regeneration, her magic power was also being consumed in great amount for her breath attack and metamorphosis magic. To put it bluntly, her situation was gradually getting worse.
Freed also understood that, even now when a hundred of his monsters had been stolen by the black whip of slavery, his posed expression didn't crumble.
Tio was aiming to overturn the situation by turning the monsters into black dragon before she became unable to endure anymore, that was what Freed was thinking, so now that he was looking at Tio's situation where it became difficult for her to heal, on top of that the difference in battle strength where his monsters were still five times the number of the black dragon, he became convinced of his victory.
Looking from his slightly distorted lips, perhaps he was already planning to make sport of Tio until she died. Perhaps in his heart, he was already laughing, looking at the fool who was meaninglessly resisting in desperation for a result that was already obvious to see.
While vaguely guessing that thinking in Freed's heart, Tio was flipping over at midair even now to evade the aurora breath, she swung her whip in a world where up and down was reversed to hold back Freed, at the same time she counterattacked at the Uranus with super thin breath attack from the tip of her gun finger that made a gun shape.
While confirming that her attacks were easily repelled by a barrier of space magic and the white divine dragon's claw, Tio grumbled in her heart.
(Muu, I pressed that attack considerably already. That damned white dragon. To flick away mine breath attack entirely like that. Is that the revenge for previously? The subordinate monster is just like the master. It is making a disgusting grin.)
A fierce barrage of attack approached Tio. Light bullets and silver feathers, plus great number of magic.
Tio activated the space ripping magic enchanted in her whip and tore apart several of those attacks with the meandering movement of the whip that looked like a snake, she weaved through the gap that was created in the barrage and passed through. But, as expected she was unable to perfectly evade, the attack that impacted the edge of her body shaved off her dragon scales.
And then, an aurora breath attacked Tio at that timing. *GOU-!* It blew away the atmosphere while approaching Tio, annihilating a part of Tio's right shoulder and one of the dragon wings growing on her back.
"Kuuuuu-, that's effectiveee"
While leaking out voice unconsciously from the pain that she already didn't remember how many times it had been, Tio used a certain power and immediately used regeneration magic to regenerate her dragon wing before she rebuilt her posture from her midair tailspin.
However, what was regenerated was only her dragon wing while her shoulder blade was still bleeding mostly unhealed. Wondering whether Tio's regeneration magic had finally bee unusable, Freed's faint grin became even deeper.
In contrast, Tio was sighing while pondering in her mind.
(Good grief, if Goshujin-sama is the one who did this to me then I would hath reached one or two climaxes already. Even without the side effect from the ability's activation, that kind of attack only granted me pain, and above all, it feels disgusting.)
Surely even Freed who was planning to torment Tio until death would be troubled without end if that only made Tio happy instead. No, before that he would undoubtedly draw away in revulsion.
(The black dragons art increasing favorably. At this rate it wouldst be possible to overturn the difference in battle force. …However, in the end, will it progress that well…. Above all, to head to Goshujin-sama's location with mine own strength and then face against the god…as expected, I hath to prepare that ahead then. In that case, I will need some time…)
Tio who squeezed out a conclusion from wracking her brain repeated attacking and evading the attacks while lamenting the inconvenience of her own trump card. Then she suddenly talked to Freed also with the intention of buying time.
"Which reminds me, thou. What happened with thy brethrens? They should have crossed into the Holy Precincts along with thou shouldn't they?"
Tio who suddenly chatted lightly at him despite her cornered situation made Freed retracted his grin and he narrowed his eyes suspiciously.
Tio made a wry smile at such Freed.
"What's wrong, as thou can see, I can possibly increase my battle force for more than this. At this rate, it seems I can somehow manage this somehow don't thou think? So I am just making a little probe here."
Freed nodded once while grumbling "Fumu" toward Tio who was transparently conveying her true motive.
And then, looking at Tio who was harboring hope that she could possibly overturn the difference in battle force at this rate if the devil race didn't participate in the fight, Freed was making a pitying expression while opening his mouth.
"Let me say that it is a needless worry if you are feeling apprehension about the possibility of participation of my brethrens. All members of the devil race are sleeping at another domain. After all they need to have the strength that is worthy as the vanguard of the god residing in their body before we arrived in the new world."
"I see now. However, this made me wondering though. Why art thou following someone like that Ehitorujue? That guy incited war from the human race side. Because of that there were a lot of devil race people who died isn't that correct? Dost thou not have any ill feeling for that?"
While getting hit by a light bullet once more that caused her dragon scales and blood to be scattered, even so Tio repeated her question calmly.
Freed kept the intensity of his attack without any slackening and returned a sentence.
"Everything is according to god's will."
As though it was only obvious, as if that was the truth, Freed said that without any hesitation or sadness on his expression.
Tornado was generated from the four pair of wings of the Uranus which crumbled the balance of Tio. The aurora breath that was fired at her at that timing burned half of Tio's body. The damage surpassed the reduction effect of 'Fix It J' toward the secondary ability of the aurora. Because of that Tio grimaced due to the additional effect that was invading her body while she drained up a new 'Fix It J' and used her regeneration magic.
However, she was unable to heal herself pletely, her constricted waist and burned skin that were exposed from her torn clothes stayed unhealed. Her sleeve was also stayed torn up from her shoulder blade and her white graceful arm swelled bright red.
Cold sweat was perspiring from her skin as though to express her pain, even so Tio repeated her question.
"Even so won't thy rade bee unable to rest in peace? If Ehitorujue didn't summon people of another world here, the Goshujin-sama also wouldn't arrive here. In that case thou wouldn't lose several thousand of thy brethrens like in that day. If the people who hath departed, see thou right now…what art they going to think I wonder?"
Hearing those words that sounded like provocation, or even possibly scorn, Freed suddenly stopped his attack. Not only Freed, the attacks from other monsters including Uranus also stopped ing.
Inside the silence that suddenly visited, a severe earthquake thundered from far away. It was surely the sound of Shia rampaging. But, Freed and also Tio didn't move their gaze there.
Did some kind of change of heart happen in him? Was rage welling up in his heart, or else he wanted to defeat Tio's impudent argument? Tio didn't understand what was going on in actuality, but for the time being this situation was something that she would greatly celebrate for. After all for the time being Tio had the need to receive nonlethal pain from the enemy for a while.
"The likes of you, don't you dare to talk impertinently about our matter."
"Even if I'm not being impertinent, but I could not find even a single factor in Ehitorujue's way of doing thing that I can possibly give my approval forth."
"But, your premise is mistaken. There is no right and wrong in what the god is doing. The intention of the lord is exactly the true path. Therefore, all of my brethrens whose life were scattered, they are all martyr. There is no way they would regret it or anything, surely they will also take pride in what I'm doing."
Tio sent an exasperated gaze at Freed hearing those words.
"The true path, is it. In the end, thou art merely stop thinking for thyself. That's a blind faith. To put it in another way thou hath been brainwashed. Since the first place thou were already a religious fanatic, but even so I could see thy pride as a devil race and thy affection toward thy brethrens. But right now thy art pletely a controlled puppet."
"That's what I called as an impertinence."
Freed cut off their talk for once, then he sent a pitying gaze at Tio before started talking once more.
"The many wars, the many hardships, all of those were the trials that god handed down to us. That great person was searching, for existence that is worthy to walk together with him. And then, the one who overcame those trials and got recognized by that great person is only our race, that's all there is to it. The me who was unable to grasp that divine will and instead insulted that great person as a pagan god, that foolishness makes me want to vomit right now. However, that great person forgive this foolish me, and not only he weled me in, he even granted me the qualification to be the retainer of god. This depth of god's mercy…why, are you unable to understand it?"
Freed who began to get into a trance while talking caused Tio to groan "oou" in repulsion inside her heart. Freed talking like this was also because of her provocation, but he was even more unsightly to see than she expected.
And then, the content of his talk also felt in perfect form in a certain meaning. There were truly a lot of places that were fully loaded with double standards she could throw retort at. After listening this far, perhaps it could even be said that it felt refreshing instead.
"Just like thou said, in the first place it has bee like this because I am someone impertinent. Leaving that aside, 'qualification to bee retainer' thou said? Doest that referred to that transformation to an apostle?"
"Correct. First my lord had elevated me to an apostle's rank. And then, eventually I will climb to the rank as retainer god, similar like Aruvheit-sama. It's truly something awe-inspiring, but now that Aruvheit-sama has died, I am serving as my lord's immediate follower. In that case, my race will bee the follower of me who is the follower of god. That is to say they will bee the people chosen by the true god――a divine race."
Perhaps feeling the extraordinarily great honor that he received, or else, perhaps he was imagining how his own race would rule over the people at the new land as the race of god, whatever the reason Freed's expression was turning into something that might be prohibited to be broadcasted to public while he kept talking even to the topic that he wasn't asked for.
But, at that time, space undulated as though to obstruct the talk of Freed. No, it was a generation of immense power to the degree that it made them thought that space was undulating.
When they spontaneously directed their gaze at the direction of the power, there a faint blue magic power was pulsing like heartbeat while winding up. And then, several of the platinum apostles leaped forward yet they then got blown away instead, they could see such spectacle at the far away.
"Impossible…the apostles are being pushed back? Absurd-. The first until the fifth apostles had been strengthened by my lord's power to a great degree already-!"
Freed's expression changed from a look of ecstasy into a look of shock as though he had been showered with ice water.
That was just how hard it was to believe seeing the scene of someone who regardless of battling five platinum apostles at the same time, far from matching the apostles, this person was even gradually beginning to overpower them.
But, for Tio who believed in Shia from the start, she replied back with an extremely posed tone.
"What art thou feeling surprised for. Among all of us, with the exception of Goshujin-sama, the one who is the most monstrous is Shia just so thou know. That person is without any foundation like being a vampire, dragon race, or apostle's body, even if we look back at her ancestor, she is only a demi-human which mean she also doesn't hath talent in magic. To say further, something like a rabbit race is a race that is the most cowardly in the world. That maiden overturns all that with just her feeling. The likes of the soldiers of the self-proclaimed god who hath no ability other than soaking in joy from belittling other people at best, there art no way they would be able to rival her with just some strengthening don't thou think?"
Tio talked as though it was the truth of this world.
Freed could only leak out a murmur of "…impossible" to Tio's words.
And then, he shook his head as though to shake off something, and then he glared at Tio with a gaze that contained coldness.
"I have to go to support the apostles. Tormenting you to death end right now. You can quickly meet your end."
"Don't say that. The main event will be from here on just so thou know."
"Nonsense. Your scheme won't result in anything. The difference in battle force is impossible to overturn. You are already wounded all over. Further, just I and Uranus are enough to be your opponent."
Freed quietly raised his hand. It was as though he was saying that if that hand got swung down then the scythe of the god of death would be swung down on Tio's neck. Answering its master's will, the white divine dragon roared and its eyes glinted with killing intent.
The fact was that there was five times difference in their battle force. There were still a thousand of Freed's monsters remaining against the two hundred black dragons.
But,
"I don't remember saying these art all of my black dragons though?"
Tio smiled fearlessly.
And then, she resounded the mand to revolt simultaneously.
"Awaken! Reborn! O children of dragon king――'Dragon King's Corpse Life Army'!"
Immediately the land squirmed.
No, more accurately the monsters who fell on the ground from the mortal bat unfolding at the sky――that great number of husks were moving like sludge.
At the ground right below where nearly a thousand monsters were lying down, their husks were dyed reddish black and the scenery became a painting from hell. There the first cry of newly born life rose, the husks' shape was gradually firming up, and then the long necks there that were rising up looked like the lid of hell that was sliding open.
One body, and then one more body, those things that were born from the heaps of bodies and streams of blood unfolded open their wings vigorously and flapped, those large bodies were floating up in order to hasten to join at their king's location.
"What, is that…"
Freed's movement spontaneously stopped, his eyes narrowed while looking down at below while he whispered. Tio then answered that whisper.
"What is necessary for black dragon transformation is not only this black whip of slavery. How much dragon scale and blood doth thou think I hath scattered in this battlefield?"
"What? Don't tell me, you used a part of yourself as the medium?"
"Fufufu, now, this is the celebration of thy birth! Raise the grand roar fitting for a dragon!"
"――"
It was Tio's――the dragon king's mand.
The black dragons who were just born, and the black dragons who were dancing in the sky simultaneously answered that mand. Breath attacks in black color of Tio's magic power light were fired in countless number.
Skewering flashes pierced the sky from the ground. Flashes were rushing horizontally from back and front, left and right. The black flashes that were fired almost at the same time formed a cage of heat ray that put the monsters of Freed at the center with no place to escape.
The shriek of death agony rained down from the sky.
Soul and metamorphosis posite magic 'Dragon King's Corpse Life Army'――this magic was using Tio's own blood and scale as the medium, where the soul magic Dragon Soul Reproduction and metamorphosis magic Sixth Heaven's Demon Transformation were applied on the monsters' corpse to create black dragons.
By offering flesh and blood, making use of corpse, it created a new army――in addition, the created dragons were all black dragon with an evil and atrocious appearance that could be mistaken as an evil dragon. It could be said as a worthy deed for a woman who looked up at a man who was titled as demon king that she called as goshujin-sama…perhaps.
Normally someone who listened to detail of this magic would feel one or two repugnances, but Hajime who listened to the report about this magic instead said "To be able to make use of the killed opponent, that's really ecological. What a convenient magic huh" and looked a little envious. As expected from the man who was called as demon king or demon god. And then, Tio who blushed and fidgeted around shyly but happily after getting praised like that could also be said as having enough quality to be a female general of the demon king.
"How's that? Thy monsters hath been reduced considerably with this don't thou see?"
The corpse life army that was created was roughly consisting of four hundred dragons. bined with the armed black dragons and monsters that were turned into black dragons using the black whip of slavery, then the total number of the army could reach six hundred dragons.
And then, with the simultaneous breath attacks just now, the monsters of Freed that got slain were roughly three hundred monsters. If added with the numbers of monsters who got heavily injured and became unable to fight satisfactorily then the number of the victim would jump to five hundred. The remaining monsters in good health and all their limbs intact were more or less five hundred.
In other words, the condition had been overturned.
Although Tio's appearance was wounded all over, but her figure who was standing imposingly in midair with black dragons obeying her in the background was truly worthy to be called a dragon king.
As for Freed, he took a slow glare at the battlefield, and then he suddenly lifted the corner of his lips.
It was as though he was looking at the struggle of a bug that had all of its wings already plucked out, as if he was laughing mockingly at a person who ran desperately at non-existence hope, that smile was awfully warped, expressing his ugly emotion.
Freed's mouth opened. His eyes were muddy like dark sludge in his expectation to trample the other party's hope. And then with a voice that was filled to the brim with scorn and ecstasy,
"I don't remember saying these are all of my monsters though?"
Right after that, a pillar of light rose up from the obelisk.
Furthermore, it didn't seem to e only from the obelisk in front of Tio's eyes, the same white light was also rising to the sky one after another from the islands other than the floating islands where Tio and Freed were at. That implied that there were the same obelisks at the surrounding floating islands, this scene was enough to stir up unpleasant premonition in Tio's heart.
"…Hmmm. As expected, it won't go well that easily. If I hath to say in Goshujin-sama's style, then this must be a 'template'." (TN: I guess what she mean by template here is something like cliché or trope I guess.)
Tio was reflexively making a bitter look while whispering that, while at her field of vision the worst situation was ing into view.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
It was a fierce war cry that made the whole space rumbled.
Above and below, back and front, left and right, like a wriggling wall, everywhere she looked at there were monsters, monsters, monsters, a swarm of monsters.
Not only at the floating island where she was at right now, all the islands floating at the surrounding were also wholly covered with swarms of monsters.
Just how many their number could possibly be? Several thousand, several tens of thousands, the monsters' number wasn't at that level anymore. Even hundreds of thousands weren’t enough at all to express their total number. Most likely the monsters here were in the millions.
"Although they are a level inferior pared to the previous monsters, I think their number has pensated for that for more than enough, don't you think so? Now then, Tio Claus, the sport is now over. Prepare to be trampled down."
Right after that, Freed swung down his arm.
That was the signal for the trampling.
The monsters in a great amount of numbers simultaneously rushed at the black dragons.
(-, no matter what this number art just too many. As for Shia…looked like she is victorious, but as expected she cannot immediately move. If she is attacked right now she wouldn't last even for a bit. Thinking about the future, I wish the time could pass a little bit more yet…it can't be helped! A woman is all about guts!)
Although the armed dragons were somehow fighting hard, yet the black dragons other than them were in the middle of raising scream of death agony right now. Tio made her decision.
Until this point of time, she was thinking about after this battle, she was taking safety margin as much as possible while continuing to save her power so she would be able to support Hajime later with the greatest strength possible that she could muster but…now she flung off that thinking to the wind.
This method was a dangerous method where she could possibly die instantly is she mistook even a step.
However, she could only do that in order to activate it instantly! For the sake of her friend, and then, for the sake of her beloved master, she didn't hesitate!
"Cooome on, o white dragon! That indomitable that still hath not hit me properly, now I'll receive it head on without evading, so put thy spirit and fire it at me!"
While saying that provocative sentence, Tio swung around her whip like a tornado around her and cut apart the swarming monsters while her other hand was firing her pressed breath attack.
The black pressed breath that was specialized for piercing became a streak of light and pierced the monsters on its line of fire and arrived at its target the white divine dragon.
Uranus seemed to hear Tio's provocation, it dispersed the approaching breath merely with its roar while its eyes were sparkling with killing intent as though to say "Then take this if you can
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