Chapter 44: VS. Kasadora
Aquim-kun, you're so coooll!!
Well~, you are my Aquim-kun, after all. This kind of action would make any woman get wet. I can feel the evidence of it~ I can feel Elana-san's hot gaze on my back. Have you fallen in love with me? Oi, Elana-san, are you in love with my Aquim-kun?
Ah, I want to turn around and take off Elana-san's panties and trousers right now and check what her vagina looks like. And if they're wet, I want to say, "Oi, what's wrong with this? What's wrong with this?" I want to ask in a very annoying way.
I'm mischievous enough to think about really doing that for a moment, but hmmm...... No, I think I'll stop joking around (actually, Elana-san's gaze is a bit wholesome for a gaze on a male, isn't it?)
"So? Are you ready to fight me?"
Kasadora looks down at me with her legs crossed in the air. Even so, she's still a very disciplined girl, waiting until I'm done talking with Elana-san, when she could have just attacked me while being bitten by Aina-san.
"Ah, I'm sorry I made you wait. Now I'm going to beat you up and make you squeal with my big penis."
“This part is for Daimaou-sama's exclusive use...... Well, that's fine. If you can do it, do it."
Kasadora descends to the ground and wounded her palm, which is not covered by armor and manipulates the blood that flows from it to create a sword.
Kasadora then held up the sword. I held mine up as well. Fumu. It's been hundreds of years since I've felt this tingling sensation on my skin.
Kasadora's fangs peeked out from her mouth and she smiled ferociously, as though she were a predator.
"It's fine for just a moment. Give me a pleasure that will blow my reason."
The next moment, the ground, not Kasadora's reason, was blown away. A cloud of dust rose. Kasadora, approaching at high speed, swung the red sword at Aquim-kun with the same momentum. At first, I wanted to avoid it, but then I realized something and hurriedly caught it with the holy sword.
The shock that ran through my entire body, flowing down my legs to the ground, cracked the earth.
"Heh. I'm surprised that you can catch my sword."
"Ha. It's a piece of cake, you idiot."
But what should I do? I was so busy trying to look good that I made a mistake in positioning myself. If we continue to fight here, Elana-san behind me will be cut into little pieces, but that's not good for Aquim-kun, right?
"Hmm? Oh, I'm sorry. Your woman is in a dangerous position."
I'm that far away from Elana-san behind me, but if Kasadora and I seriously collide, she'll be caught up in it. In fact, if I didn't catch the blow just now, the shockwave would have hit Elana-san and Aina-san, who were unable to move.
"Keh, it's a good handicap to have against you."
I dared to say it, but in my mind, I knew that I didn't need to worry about Elana-san and the others. If this were Urnast, it wouldn't be so, but in Kasadora's caseーー
"You don't have to force yourself. Hostages aren't my hobby. Well then, let's move places."
Just as I had expected, Kasadora suggested. And then the knee kick that she unleashed. I had no reason to be kicked for free, no matter how much it was for the purpose of moving, so I caught it with my knee. Butーー
"Tchh!?"
The scenery flowed unintentionally. My body, which was blown away by Kasadora's knee kick, is flying in the air. The armor covering my knees was shattered, though my legs were still attached to the body.
Anyway, I was blown away so much that Elana-san and the others disappeared from sight, and I landed on my feet without any problems.
Immediately after, the red sword swung down on Aquim-kun's head again. I dodge it brilliantly and swing my sword to cut off Kasadora's head in return for being kicked away.
And a dull sound rang out. Kasadora repelled my blow not with her sword but with her armor, and then, as a counterattack, she swung her sword with one hand.
"Bastard!!"
I hurriedly caught the sword with my holy sword, but because I hurriedly put moved the holy sword that was blocked by armor, I cannot catch the sword in a way that can channel Kasadora's ridiculous power, and I am sent flying again.
"Shit."
Unlike earlier, I only moved about 10 meters, but the sheer force of Kasadora's attack made Aquim-kun's whole body scream. Incidentally, among my apostles, Kasadora is the best in terms of physical strength and mana.
If I were to assume that Kasadora's ability is 10, Honea would be 8, and Urnast would be 6. However, these are only the raw stats and do not directly relate to each other's power. For example, Honea has a higher ability than Urnast, but she is not a good match for Urnast, who can manipulate a number of techniques, including "the ruler's eye", and in a fight between the two, Urnast would win 70% of the time.
However, it is difficult for Urnast to suppress Kasadora, whose raw stats are outstandingly high, with her techniques, and if the two of them fight, Kasadora will win with a probability of 70%.
In that case, if I were to say that Kasadora is my strongest apostle, that would not be the case. Honea could defeat her 70% of the time, a "natural disaster level genius" who has mastered all kinds of magic and physical arts, and sometimes creates new ones.
My cute apostles have built up an interesting power relationship with each other, but there is no doubt that Kasadora is the strongest in terms of physical strength and mana. In other words, what I am trying to say isーー
"...It's bad."
When I was dancing with Kasadora with over 10,000 blows per second, my hands were getting numb. Fumu. Ridiculous power as usual...... or should I say, this is stillーー
As I was chuckling unintentionally, was there something on my face? Suddenly, Kasadora stopped attacking and moved away.
"What's the matter? Are you tired or something?"
Well, I don't think it's true for this child, but because I met a cute apostle for the first time in several hundred years, I felt compelled to chat with her.
Kasadora stared at me, and then let out a big sigh.
"What, that kind of reaction."
"I'm sorry about that. But you should feel sorry for me, because it looks like I'm mistaken."
“Mis… taken?”
For some reason, you're spewing outrageous words in front of Aquim-kun. Kasadora, can't you see this handsome little scoundrel who has been blessed with good looks and a lot of misunderstandings, even though he is a small-minded man?
"That's right. Actually, I thought you were the Daimaou-sama."
"Oi, oi. Are you crazy? I'm a knight of light."
“I won’t go into the details, but that person sometimes plays games like this. So I suspected it might be the same this time."
"So? Am I cleared of that outrageous suspicion?"
"Well, 90%."
“Well, that's good. By the way, I'd like to know what made your suspicions go away?"
"Eh? Ahaha. That's easy. Because you're too weak as the Daimaou-sama to pretend to be a human and play around."
Immediately after that, Kasadora's figure disappeared. No, it did not disappear, but it moved at a speed unmatched by anything, and as a result, it exceeded the processing capacity of this new Aquim-kun body, and I unexpectedly lost sight of her for a brief moment.
A slash aimed at the right shoulder.
However, this me is not careless, instantly sensing Kasadora's method of attack and preventing it with the sword...... no, this is impossible.
"Tch!!"
Screech*!!. It made a spark with a terrible sound. Ah no. Isn't this shaving off Aquim-kun's holy sword? No, wait! A broken holy sword would be a cool thing to pass down to future generations.
I was so impressed with it, but I managed to deflect Kasadora's blow (my hand was so numb!). I moved on to the counterattack.
"You bastard!!"
I'm avenging the holy sword and my hand! I delivered a slash to Kasadora's head.
"Gaah!?"
Kasadora punches me in the stomach, and I make a dull sound like a mob character. and gets blown away. (This is not Aquim-kun's character~(angry)...... No, wait? A struggling Aquim-kun might be sexy, right?)
When I managed to get my feet on the ground while holding my stomach over my shattered armor, Kasadora chased after me. Shattering the trees and sometimes rocks around us, our battlefield extends its reach to the entire mountain.
"Kyahaha! Good job for a human. Look, look, look! It's going to get faster, you know? You better keep up with me."
"Tch, don't underestimate me."
With a swear Aquim-kun would do, however, I realize that I am being cornered. I knew I shouldn't have given too much mana to Aina-san earlier. The physical exhaustion is more than I expected. No, the problem here is rather my current state in which that level of mana consumption is affecting me.
I understood it without even needing to confirm it, but I haven't recovered at all since I escaped from the seal until today. Well, due to Aquim-kun's restrictions, I can only eat through sexual intercourse.
Both Elana-san and Mina-san have promising futures, but they are still just young children. Eating a little of the limited energy of hatred that these children emit (at a level that does not adversely affect their minds and bodies) will naturally not result in much, and as a result, I remained in much the same state as when I came out of the seal.
I would have recovered quickly by eating literally tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of lives (although eating that much may not be enough for a full recovery), but there was no way I could take such measures as I was playing [Aquim-kun].
"Kyahaha! What's wrong? Are you tired? Are you tired already?"
As Kasadora's speed increased, Aquim-kun's body could no longer keep up with it.
Oh dear, even if I was dying, I would have had no problem if it was against those little brats, but I didn't expect to have to fight my apostles, it was too unexpected.
Earlier I mentioned that Kasadora's power is 10, but now I can only reach 2 at best. Even so, I would have no trouble at all under normal circumstances. If I were at the level in terms of both physical strength and mana training, I would be able to overturn not ten times, but a thousand times the difference in power output.
If that is the case, the reason why I am struggling now is that, unlike those brats who live only a few hundred years, even by my standards, Kasadora, who has lived for a considerable amount of time, has almost perfected her body and magic skills. Thanks to this, I am unable to turn over a five to ten times difference in output.
Gununu. Kasadora. Becoming very splendid.
"Oi, oi. Seriously, is this the best you can do? Then............ you're seriously going to die, you know?"
Ah, this might be seriously dangerous. In front of Kasadora, whose smile has disappeared, I am faced with an undeniable choice. It is not that there is no way to win. The quickest way to win is simply to give orders to the apostles.
Since Kasadora and the other apostles have devoted their bodies and souls to me, they cannot disobey me if I give them orders as their master, regardless of their own will. I can do it, but it would be uninteresting to do so, so I reject this idea. The other way is also rejected because it is not like Aqimu-kun. The only thing left is to fight and win as Aquim-kun, but if I make a mistake, I will die.
Hmm…… die? Me? And to be killed by my own apostle because I enjoy playing a human? I almost laughed when I thought of that dumb and somewhat comedic ending.
"Heh. You've got some nerve to smile at this situation. If you're still alive after our battle, I'll make you my servant."
"Oi, oi. You must be insensitive not to smile in such a funny situation, huh?"
"Why don't you give it a try?"
"I'm going to do it right from the beginning."
And so our conversation ends. Kasadora, judging from her posture, or rather her character, is going to beat Aquim-kun with a frontal attack without any tricks. In response, I will naturally use my tricks to exploit that opening.
Considering the current strength ratio between me and Kasadora, I would like to make one move, preferably two, to defeat Kasadora. However, there is no way that a half-hearted attack will be able to damage her, so I have no choice but to use the strongest attack I can muster at the moment.
I held up the holy sword and it shined in the air. I'm sure that Kasadora is aware of the power of the holy sword, and since she seems to think that Aquim-kun and I are two different people, she will expect the skill I'm about to unleash, which is disguised as magic...... to be something of a lower level.
"What's wrong? Unleash it quickly. Or do you think it's better for me to attack first?"
It's taking a bit of time to prepare the skill, and Kasadora was rushing me. You are so impatient, aren't you? Don't be in such a hurry, I'm about to remind you of Aquim-kun's greatness.
"Then I'll go without reservation! Are you ready?"
"I know you want to brag about that holy sword, but you might just embarrass yourself if you show off too much, you know?”
"Heh, can you say the same thing after tasting this?"
I then put mana into the holy sword and posed as if to say, "I will draw out the power of the holy sword," and then I released my divine words that echoed throughout the world.
My will is the beginning of the world.
"Eh?"
Kasadora's eyes widen. But the skill has already been completed, so there is nothing she can do now. I unleash its power.
"Sink into Chaos. [Divine Will] World Reform."
Immediately, the world surrounding me and Kasadora changed. It is a space where numerous stars and starlight rule in the darkness, a thing called outer space.
The star that created life. Those who can escape from it by themselves and still maintain their reason are called the perfected ones or the divine race.
My apostles met this requirement, but since they are bound to the earth, they could only produce a third of their original strength (by the way, if they were to display their true strength, my apostles would be stronger than my disciples, who have not yet reached perfection).
In other words, even if it's Kasadora, if she were suddenly thrown out into this space in her current state, there would be a momentary pause before she adapted to it. With this, I will make the first move and thenーー
"Curse [Numerous False Images]"
Multiple clones of Aquim-kun appeared around Kasadora, who cannot tell if they are real, and each of them slashed Kasadora from all directions with a holy sword.
I, in the midst of them, slash at Kasadra from above her head. This is the second move. The drastic change in the environment and the decoy of the curse can never be detected just by looking at them. I was going to exploit the delay that would probably take less than a second to deal with it......
"Wha!?"
Even though she was suddenly thrown into an environment that is harsh for living creatures, Kasadora's movements show no signs of stagnation. Did she adapt to it in an instant? Or did she read my move? Either way, it has lost its advantage. The odds of winning are slightly reduced, but there is still the decoy. The only way to see through this isーー
"Oi, oi."
Kasadora did not pay attention to the decoys that were attacking her, but easily spotted me, who was supposed to be in a blind spot.
It was an intuition possessed by the strongest hunter. If she had missed it and found the real me in the decoys, her action could have led directly to her defeat. At first glance, this foolish act may seem like an unprofitable gamble in the face of an opponent with superior strength, but it is a talent that is more necessary than anything else for a victorious and undefeated warrior on the battlefield, where anything can happen.
In fact, I had lost the two-move advantage I had hoped to gain and was forced to take a gamble that, although 50-50...... was extremely unbalanced considering our respective power.
Kasadora's and my gaze met. In that split second, the decoy closest to Kasadora thrusts his sword at her, but Kasadora completely ignores it and does not look away from me.
Aquim-kun's decoy, which was too elaborate, easily disappears by just touching Kasadora's skin. Even if the other decoys around reached her, Kasadora will probably ignore them completely, just as it is now. At this point, it is pointless to try any tricks. I put strength into the hand that holds the holy sword. I naturally felt the corners of my mouth turn up.
"Kuhyi."
Unintentionally, a voice that cannot be produced by human vocal cords leaks from Aquim-kun's throat.
"Kyaha."
Kasadora, too, seems to be the same, and her beautiful face is twisted into a ferocious predator's smile.
Then the momentary equilibrium is broken and we become arrows attacking each other.
““Aaaaaahhhh!!""
We howl at each other, and we strike a killing blow with our swords. I don't know who the winner will be, but it has been a long time since I have been able to do more than this. But I knew I was more excited than I had been in a long time.
At this moment, standing at the crossroads where death awaits me if I make a wrong move, my consciousness was more fevered than ever, andーー a voice echoed through the world.
My will is the inevitability of this world.
"Oya."
"Wha?"
Kasadora's eyes widen even more at the unexpected "voice". No, I am as surprised as she is. This is completely unusual.
Without regard to our astonishment, the voice proclaims its magic.
"Light, let it shine. [Divine Will] Absolute Inevitable Lon Ginnus."
Immediately afterward, the cosmic barrier that I, the Daimaou, had created with the strongest power I could muster was shattered by a blow from the outside.
What pierced through the darkness was a single spear of light shining like the sun. The spear that destroyed the cosmic barrier is now falling in a straight line, not to me...... but to Kasadora.
"Tch!"
At that moment, Kasadora became "serious" for the first time. She threw away all of the leeways she had, and with all her might, she kneaded not magic...... but curse power, and in an instant, she constructed a barrier.
The curse barrier is meaningless to me, the Daimaou, as long as it used curse power, but it is a barrier that will never be broken even with the weapons of mass destruction that civilization boasted of, except for me. The spear of light shattered it...... easily.
“Damn it. It's no use after all. But..."
The spear of light pierced Kasadora's chest. Kasadora immediately tried to pull out the spear, but the spear of light burned her whole body like lightning.
"Kuh, aaaahhhh!!"
Ah, what have you done. My lovely apostle, who was engaging in a fair and heated battle with me, is now contorting her face into anguish due to the rude spear.
What a poor little Kasadora. I spoke my frank opinion as Aquim-kun in front of the unreasonable scene.
"A chancee!"
“Fugyaaaa!?”
Next to the spear of light, I thrust the holy sword into Kasadora's heart and poured out my curse power with all my might. Hahahaha! What do you think? Have you learned your lesson, Kasadora? There is no apostle who is better than the master, no matter what his condition is.
"I win. Hahahahaha!!"
Aquim-kun is puffing out his chest. Kasadora stares at him with complex eyes filled with mixed emotions while smoke rises from her entire body.
"Y-you bastard. Arama-sama intervening means, after all, you... a, re..."
Kasadora collapses with a thud. I look at the fallen Kasadora for a while and then poked her head with my toe.
Poke*, poke*. Poke*, poke*.
There is no response, it seems that she really fainted. After confirming that.
“………Ah~, I thought I was going to die.”
Saying that, I gave a single sigh toward the sky.
Thanks.
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