I have completed my goal of acquiring the materials necessary for the creation of a mythical grade weapon.
They were not difficult to find and all.
Not with all the gold lying around unused.
This is an era where the value of gold and diamond hasn't yet been recognized.
Hell, this era barely has any nation or empire at all.
So, as we have it, I'm keeping all the gold and diamond in the world to myself.
I mean, I go here, I see gold, I see diamond, I'm like, "Ooh, shiny! That's mine, asshole!!"—and life goes on…
I remember devastating a certain gold mine that was left uncared for, and I'm sure nobody would mind.
Well, I also made extra effort to till the grounds for some special metals.
A few silver and steel here and there, nothing to look at here.
I stored some of the materials in my soul dimension, whilst the other few went to my stomach.
The number of materials I've acquired over the months could make me infinitesimally rich.
I hope Sage-san makes me a cool weapon out of the materials I gathered.
After getting the necessary materials, Sage-san proceeded to completely ignore me.
Anytime I asked a question, she would just straight up answer it without further details.
She also used her monotonous tone for me.
I've been really lonely these past few months, and the only person I had left was giving me the cold shoulder.
I now know how it feels to get dumped by a girlfriend.
It's literally how relationships work.
When two people are dating and one of them finds a nicer-looking partner, they dump their original partner and go for the better option.
I guess I'm really pathetic. Even a skill broke up with me.
「Notice. I have not gone anywhere. So please refrain from making baseless accusations along with acting like I'm gone.」
Shut it traitor. You have no right to speak to me.
「...」
Hmph!
Anyway, I recently decided to claim the forest I walked into as my own.
Why?
No one owns it, and the resources in it will only serve to help me in the future.
I have set a teleportation magic around in case of an emergency.
After asking for further inquiry on my unique skills, I found out that I had the ability to transcend time and space to reach my destination.
It was almost unbelievable, but somehow, I was able to achieve such a feat with this skill.
But with it comes practice. I have the ability to do it, but I can't perform such a feat with maximum efficiency when I have no idea of how it's done.
I'm not really good at defining stuff, so bear with this explanation for now.
It's like having the power to fight but lacking practical experience in battles.
Plus, the energy cost would be enormous depending on how strong of a dimensional wall I'm transcending.
If it's a dimensional wall so strong that not even the highest-tier spatial magic could handle, my existence would be enough to serve as fuel for this specific task.
That is how big of a deal this work is.
I was now able to go to earth if I wanted to, but I wouldn't; or rather, I couldn't.
I bet the dimensional wall separating both sides must be incredibly powerful and unstable due to the constant rifts and space-time vacillations.
Doing so will only mess things up.
If I carelessly did so, I could get myself trapped in a space-time storm.
These types of things are very dangerous, you know?
Even if I could go to my world, I wouldn't want to do so because the amount of magicules there might be astronomically low, due to the fact that magicules are released from the aura of powerful beings.
So, all in all, I wouldn't.
But one thing I could definitely do safely is to make an attack transcend time and space to reach its destination.
It is kinda simple if my sense of simplicity hasn't been tampered with.
It means that even if a person were to be somewhere on earth, using space-time connection along with 『Dimension Leap』, I could always make my attack reach my target as long as there is a connection to my specific target.
This kind of connection can also extend to soul corridors, telepathic connection, or even space-time coordinates.
If I can trace the connection of something to my target, I could use this method to attack them regardless of distance and time.
This would only work if the connection can allow for certain attacks to flow through them.
But there are only a few attacks that could be used in this situation.
I can't expect a physical attack to seal the deal, so only magical attacks would do.
Even with that, there is only a handful of magical attacks that could work with this.
If the attack isn't strong enough, the damage would not be done. Simple.
Let's say I intend to kill an original target, sharing a connection to a disposable target.
Provided that the disposable target is as durable as the original target, if my attack couldn't kill the disposable target, it would also not be able to kill the original target.
That is the simple truth. There's no support whatsoever in this type of dimension-transcending attack, so that's the case.
I've done what I can to explain it, so if there's still no sense of understanding between us, I'll simply pin the blame on your brain.
I am currently testing out a new type of attack.
This is just like an ultimate move in a video game.
Imagine after a long, hardrous battle with your arch nemesis.
With none of you having the upper hand in the fight.
Then you suddenly end the long battle with a finisher move.
Pretty neat, right? Well, that's what I want.
I think I'll name this ultimate art 『Collapsing Heaven』.
Yeah. A great name, it is!
It sounds perfect!!
That hit me in the eye.
After spending quite some time in my sub-dimension 『Soul Storage』, my sword has gone through an unorthodoxed evolution.
It became a "Soul Blade." Surprisingly, it became a part of my subskills in 『Soul King』.
After this evolution, I decided to name it "Ares."
Yeah. I now had the subskill 『Summon Soul Blade: Ares』.
My blade, after being named, went through another evolution into a low mythic grade weapon.
Having more info on mythic grade materials due to the evolution, Sage-san was able to complete her experiment.
I could now create mythic grade materials using 『Material Creation』 as long as the energy threshold required was reached.
With my energy level, I could only whip up two sets of mythic grade materials.
I proceeded to test it out.
I created a magic corpus for myself since the one I was using before was just on the level of low legend grade.
To my suprise, I was able to produce a low mythic grade body out of magicules.
It took a shit ton of magicules from me, but I still had a few remaining to create another one. Though, doing so would make me dehydrated.
Now, I regret not using the people in the kingdom I slaughtered as a method for my incarnation.
Well, there's no need to complain over spilled milk.
I went to rest on a tree I spotted nearby.
As I was doing so, I sensed a huge amount of magicules being released from the far west.
When I say a huge amount of magicules, I mean the biggest I've ever sensed in my life.
Sure, Veldanava is a literal God, so he naturally had the highest, but the dude is releasing something second to his, which is no joke.
Plus, Velda always concealed his aura, so I never sensed how much magicules he possessed. I don't even want to know.
But even Lunax's true body is nothing compared to what I'm sensing now.
I always considered my magicules to be quite high, but now I feel like a no-named NPC comparing himself to the final boss of a video game.
I was already feeling quite pessimistic, but Sage-san proceeded to smack me with the harsh reality even further.
「Notice. The magicule signature you just sensed is over fifty times greater than yours.」
Yeah, thanks for the "convenient information," genius!!
「Notice. Your genuine praise is acknowledged.」
... Did you just...
I'll get back to you.
I wouldn't be bothered if not for the fact that this new mysterious being was causing carnage.
The whole world was trembling tremendously as a result of the havoc this new entity was creating.
The planet would not last long if this continues.
The earth split, and the air burned with intense heat being the cause.
Energy filled the atmosphere intensely, and space plasmas were formed as a result.
It was a whole new experience to me.
The status and title of "Guardian" were given to me, so I felt a need to stop this being from reeking anarchy.
But with all this destruction, considering the distance and all—the doubts came by naturally.
Can I fight this? There's so much to consider, but this was no thinking time.
I quickly headed out to the place where I sensed it from.
Using my almighty unique skill 『Space-Time Administrator』, I quickly teleported there by using the dense magicules in the air to gather information of the spatial coordinates in the targeted area.
As soon as I got there, the feeling of inferiority increased drastically compared to before.
The aura this dude was emitting was nothing to scoff at.
The being was a giant with three heads and six arms. He was literally the size of an average mountain.
Great. Now, what to do?
Ah! Yes!! A reasonable approach.
Sariel: 「Uum. Hey there, dude! Wanna chill down, have a cup of tea, and have a talk?」
???:「RAAAARGH!!! I don't have time to spend on an insignificant being like you!! I want to meet that so-called God NOW!」
Does he have something against Velda?
Oi! Come down and take care of your children, you lazy ass!
Sariel: 「Listen bro, I could make an appointment between you two. Just quit messing around like a toddler. You're pissing me off already.」
It was true. Even whilst we speak, he still rampaged around aimlessly.
It began to get on my nerves. I could suppress my anger anytime I wanted, but arrogant dickheads like him deserve my full wrath.
I was usually told that anytime I got angry, I became quite scary.
I still doubt this till this day.
???: 「And why should I listen to the ramblings of a lower lifeform? Run off before I vent my wrath on you, idiot.」
Oh?
Sariel: 「An insignificant being? A lower lifeform?... IDIOT?
Perhaps I've just been speaking from my ass.
Why don't you feel the power of this same lower lifeform.
『Chaos Magic: Divinity Nova』.」
I used my chaos magic on him.
I would normally save this as an ace, but my anger made me lose some small sense of reasoning.
Two huge magic circles appeared below and above him.
The magic circles were huge enough to fit two mountains.
I released thousands of dark lights produced from minus energy using the magic circle above, the ancient energy that opposes life, summoned from the depths of hell.
Similarly, thousands of holy lights were released from the magic circle below, consisting of hyper-compressed spiritrons flying at the speed of light.
I wasn't capable of intentionally making any attack of mine travel at lightspeed, but I could do so using attacks that had relation to light.
If it had something to do with light, it is only natural that it would obey the laws and travel at the speed of light.
These light rays collided with each other and on the giant's body, creating a destructive explosion that threatened to destroy the whole world if handled incorrectly.
This was the biggest magic attack I had ever done.
I expected some damage, but–
???: 「Gahahahaha!!! What a powerful attack!! If I hadn't taken up a defensive measure, I would have surely perished.
To think that there would be a magical attack that had the ability to not only bypass my 『Magic Nullification』, but to also erase infons?!
Unfortunately for you, I can fare well with this!
You have my respect, little one. I am Ashura!!! The God Killer!
I am the one that will destroy all in this world!!! Now, COME AND FIGHT ME!!!」
Sariel: 「God Killer, huh? Let's see if your title is just talk.
I am Sariel! The Silver Primordial Demon!
I am the guardian and protector of the cardinal world!!
SHOW ME WHAT YOU'VE GOT, MUSCLE HEAD!!!」
Cheesy, I know, but kinda cool if you think of it.
My acting skills were far from manageable, but it could work with a no-brainer like him.
With that, the clash between the "God Killer" and the "Guardian" took place.
The battle between the one that protects the cardinal world and the one that will destroy the cardinal world began.
Sage-san! We're in this together, right?
「Notice. I will always support you.」
That's what I like to hear!
It began.
I immediately dashed towards him and infused my fist with my aura.
I landed a clean hit on him, but as expected, it didn't even bug him.
According to analysis, he could manipulate the difference in electric potential between the
atmosphere and the earth at will, thanks to his own supernatural ability.
Therefore, he is able to use lightning, the most powerful means of attack in the natural world.
Inevitably, lightning had no effect on him.
Yet, I didn't mind it. I converted my aura into lightning and struck hard.
He also infused his fist with his aura. He sent out a blow towards me.
The lightning, which was so powerful that it can obliterate an army of 10,000 men in an instant, dissipated in the air, unable to even touch his skin.
How?
Ashura: 「『Tidal Wave』!」
It was easily swatted.
It was a tidal wave generated on land.
A tidal wave of violence that violently shakes in all directions, up and down, left and right.
It is so violent that even molecular bonds are dissolved, and it lays waste to all beings.
The atmospheric vibrations dissolved molecular bonds, and the matter-destroying shockwaves broke down all of creation.
I was about to jump back when–
「Warning! Incoming attack!! Unblockable!! Uncounterable!! Activating subskill 『Auto-battle Mode』... successful!」
Huh! What the-
Sage-san had forcefully taken control of my body. But why did she–
*BOOM*
It all happened in a flash. Sage-san instantly teleported behind Ashura.
The land and space behind where I initially was got destroyed immediately after the attack.
His body served as my shield, but the shockwave produced from that attack damaged me slightly even though I dodged it.
I then understood the situation I was in. He was a force of nature.
This was the result of the 'barrier' he was wearing, which caused the different energies to interfere with each other and create a vast column of lightning over a vast area of the battlefield.
Within a few minutes, the battlefield became a screaming inferno.
I see. Alright. I'll handle the rest, Sage-san.
「H-Hai...」
Don't worry, I'll be careful from now on.
Sage-san returned control of my body to me.
He turned around and gave me an arrogant smirk. Or should I say they?
Tch. Wait till I wipe that smirk off your ugly faces!
I decided to try something out.
I sent a magic bullet towards him.
As expected, the magic bullet just disappeared before it even touched him.
Sage-san?
「Analysis completed. This is a skill called 『Magic Nullification』.
It is a skill that completely negates the effects of nearly all types of magic by interfering with spiritrons and blocking their movements, creating an "Absolute Magic Guard."」
Really? That would explain why my chaos magic had little to no effect on him.
The bottom section dealt with spiritrons, so he was free to ignore the movement of spiritrons and focus on countering the minus energy.
But weren't attacks with extremely high densities of spiritrons difficult to defend against?
「Answer. You are correct. But as this is the function of a skill, it operates automatically, and it also works more efficiently than when compared to manual operation.」
Okay then. Do you think we can replicate this ability?
Doing this will allow us to analyse the skill thoroughly to search for any weakness, right?
「Activate unique skill 『Replicator』? [YES]/[NO]?」
Yes!
「Analysis Blocked. Activating unique skills 『Ultimate Authority』and『Replicator』 simultaneously… Analysis complete.
The intrinsic skill 『Magic Nullification』has been successfully acquired.」
Way to go, Sage-san!
「Report. The skill 『Magic Nullification』 offers absolute defense against the vast majority of magical attacks and effects.
Though it is powerless against phenomena that fully obey the laws of physics, such as elemental magic and esoteric types of magic that operate on completely different principles than most magic, such as Nihility magic.
Moreover, this skill can only negate magic that directly affects the user.
While it can negate external magic effects on other people's bodies that can be directly interacted with, such as defensive barriers, it can not negate internal uses of magic by others, such as enhancement magic.」
Wow. Such detailed information. I can see this skill being very useful in the future.
Anyway, does that mean my physics magic has a chance of damaging him?
「Answer. Yes.」
Perfect. That's what I like to hear.
I dashed towards him and used my elemental magic, 『Gale Slash』.
Simple, gathering the natural energy and converting it into the natural wind, manipulating the density and incisivity of the dense air collection, and throwing it at the target whilst manipulating the world's laws, thereby manipulating the speed at which it travelled.
I also used my unique skill 『Ultimate Authority』to amplify the attack's stats like speed, density, strength, power, incisivity, and so many more to reach an ultimate-level attack.
The extra calculations were handled by Sage-san, who also gave me accurate information on his defense; hence, I saw the wind blade cut his arm smoothly.
Ashura: 「W-WHAT!!! How did you do that!?!」
Sariel: 「Trust me. This is just the beginning.」
I activated my subskill 『Soul Blade Summoning』 and my Soul Blade: Ares appeared in front of me.
I grabbed my sword and instantaneously appeared behind him.
Ares shone with a devilish violet light, radiating a mysterious mythical glow that would make one wary of it.
When I attempted to slice his head off, he quickly parried my attack with an attack of his own.
Ashura: 「『Maelstrom Buster』!!」
He unleashed his localized destruction technique, an anti-personal technique that converges maximized energy shockwaves.
Ashura's high energy shines blue, and the wave spirals like a whirlpool.
Riding the wave, their huge frame takes the lead and approaches me.
At first glance, it looks like a normal punch, but its hidden destructive power (Energy) is truly Catastrophe-class.
Capable of wiping out all of existence.
It is impossible to neutralize all of them. Ashura tried to end the game with the power that was an order of magnitude different from mine.
Our attacks met, and I was sent meters away and collided against a nearby mountain, and with that collision, the mountain, too, was destroyed to oblivion.
My body was completely destroyed, and my spiritual body was also destroyed; that, along with the lingering collapse of my astral body, but there was no issue.
When I evolved into a demon peer, my 『Ultra-Speed Regeneration』evolved into 『Infinite Regeneration』.
My new regenerative ability is now capable of healing my spiritual and astral body, even extending to my very soul, and the healing rate has increased significantly.
My body was fully restored, and in a span of ten seconds, I was kicking and raring to go. I quickly jumped back into action.
That attack just now had split the earth into several parts, and the depth was nothing to pass by, too.
The air burned to non-existence due to the intense heat generated by the collision of supercharged particles.
The air was electrified, and serious damage was being done without my notice.
Just by being in this combat area, damage was being done.
It was an unreal experience, and I felt my body being constantly burned and paralyzed due to the intense state of our combat space.
The magic present in the air was so destructive that magic was being interfered with.
The energy in the air was too intense for magic to work properly, not to mention how useless it was in the face of this being; hence, eliminating the need to use it.
It was an apocalypse on its own. I was unsure of the outcome of this battle, but somehow, my will to fight wasn't tampered with.
In fact, it had been ignited. Was this my demon factor doing its job?
I guess I wouldn't mind if it could be this useful.
My normal human mind and spirit would have long been crushed when faced with his aura alone, not to mention the level of destruction I was faced with, but with this factor, my spiritual and mental composition stood strong.
Although I hadn't fused with it, the work was being done automatically.
But seriously, this being is way too strong for my appreciation.
Just by swinging a casual blow, he could override the laws of physics and create attacks that defied the world's laws, causing transcendental destruction that ended all things.
The arts he performed weren't even done using his magic; just a casual blow dealt that much damage.
I would cry by just thinking of the level of damage he could deal by infusing his whole life force and energy into a single, concentrated art like 『Maelstrom Buster』.
I wasn't able to analyse his attacks, but I got a good knowledge of his attack patterns.
He could infuse his magic nullification skill with his attacks to eliminate any type of defensive barrier whilst using his hidden skills to send out deadly shockwaves with his attacks.
It is a good strategy, no problem, but once it is discovered, it becomes easy to fight against him.
But that wasn't even the half of it. He did not need to do so.
His physical blow alone could do the trick, making the use of these strategic measures meaningless in another sense.
Honestly, if he was a cunning fighter like Rouge or Noir with this type of strength, I would have died a long time ago.
This is what true hell is. I've gotten into a fight with a being who far outclassed me in every aspect.
I feel like I've got the infamous plot armor for just standing before his intense aura.
*Breaking A Wall We All Know Of*
「Note: Because you do idiot.」
*Fixing The Same Wall*
Looks like he understood this fact very well as he changed his strategy very quickly.
It seems he's not all muscles and no brains.
Ashura, who was an ultimate spiritual lifeform, had the innate ability to manipulate vibration waves.
He also converted his aura into lightning and fired it against me.
If the earth vibrated, then earthquakes would occur, and if the atmosphere was vibrated, electrical discharges would be generated.
It was easy for him to create vacuum waves when he manipulated the airflow intentionally.
I managed to use my control over space and time to sway most of the attacks away from me, but I wasn't perfect at manipulating it.
Not only that, but his natural dominance over space and time likely outclassed mine by thousands of times.
Even though this all happened, I felt excited. Why?
I don't know.
Maybe it was because I had never felt pain like this before.
Maybe it was because he was too strong to defeat.
Maybe it was because I had been on the brink of death so many times.
Or maybe it was because I.... actually enjoyed the battle.
Something I had never considered before.
But it was happening now.
I was struck by his lightning attack, which sent me flying backward.
My whole body down to the soul was destroyed, but with a few moments, I was back up again.
But I wasn't about to lose. After regaining balance, I immediately countered with my 『Holy Magic: Purity Break』.
I gathered spiritrons in my palms whilst relying on the faith of the millions of demons under me.
Using my『Ultimate Authority』to the fullest of my abilities, I sent out this devastating attack towards him.
A bright holy light traveled straight towards him. This light produced intense heat that scorched the earth.
As expected, nothing happened to him.
『Hardening Transformation』was there for defensive measures.
A swift dash to his back, then a strike to the back of his head.
It was countered.
No, rather, his fighting spirit did the work for him.
Ashura's energy count, which was so high, and his fighting spirit, which was so dense and powerful, could repel even the strongest of physical attacks.
Even though ultimate authority was an administrative authority skill, the being I was fighting against is an ultimate lifeform.
He didn't need the ultimate skills to make attacks comparable to ultimate-level assaults.
His existence was the perfect representation of an ultimate skill.
My attacks were being overpowered.
I tried to fight back with everything I had, but it was just too much for me this time.
If I didn't do something about it, I would die soon.
Sage-san, can't I do anything about this?
「Solution. Sacrifice the unique skill 『Ultimate Authority』 to gain more power? [Yes]/[NO]?」
Wait, do I really have to? Can't I do something else?
「....」
Sage-san!
「Answer. You could sacrifice the souls stored in your soul storage.」
We could've done that! Why did you want to sacrifice my unique skill if we had an alternative option!? Let's talk later, do it!
After my command, all the souls of the demons I killed since my birth were sacrificed to increase the power of my attack.
Strangely, I felt extremely weaker physically and magically, but my soul destroying aspects of my attacks was enhanced to the limit.
A limit that would be good enough to seal the deal.
With my sword in hand, an art was performed on the spot.
Sariel: 「『Infernal Holocaust』.」
The after effects were nothing short of catastrophic.
A swipe of this sword did the trick.
The entire area, which is where the projectile blast was directed, got completely erased.
Every lifeform dwelling within the vicinity also got erased.
The flame had the special ability to eat away at a target's soul whilst absorbing any form of energy to grow stronger.
No matter what type of energy it was, as long as it was absorbed, it would do the intended tasks.
It was accompanied by a deadly explosion that sent out distortion waves capable of interfering with the flow of magic by disturbing the flow of spiritrons.
This could only be done by understanding the "Laws of Natural Spiritron Transference".
The full force of this attack was placed upon Ashura, and for the first time in a while, he felt intense pain shoot throughout his body and soul.
Ashura: 「That attack was really dangerous. I nearly died from that.
I guess I'm going to have to take you seriously.」
This dude. Is he telling me that this whole time, he was not serious?!
I guess it is what it is.
I myself haven't tried using most of my skills.
I'll give it my all now.
Let's end this stupid charade. You've pissed me enough. All this destruction wouldn't be happening if not for you.
I'll seriously make you regret ever making me mad, Ashura.
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