Final Battle⑲
Surprised?!
I didn’t think you’d lose your upper body and still throw your own arm at me!
Too reckless.
That’s why I couldn’t dodge it—just grazed.
Damage is minimal.
Even with an outer demon attack, a glancing hit doesn’t inflict serious harm to the soul.
Just a superficial scratch, like the appearance suggests.
The problem is that even outer demon attacks can’t heal such wounds.
My eyebrow’s cut—blood is dripping, about to get in my eye.
The other eye’s already crushed into blackness, so blood in the eye narrows my vision. That’s… inconvenient.
Still, if I wanted, I could close my eyes and still see through the veil. Not worth stressing over.
But still—didn’t expect to take a wound like this.
At first, I was just avoiding the heretic attacks, but upon reflection, I should’ve just finished it quickly.
Unlike gods, physical destruction results in immediate death.
I’d been so focused on fighting the black that I’d developed the mindset that physical blows were pointless.
That’s why I wasted unnecessary time.
Yes, ordinary beings die when their lower body is severed…
This dragon-man was abnormal—attacking even while his lower body was gone.
No, he was strong.
Not sarcastically, but genuinely strong.
No ordinary willpower could sustain an assault like that after losing the lower half.
I actually panicked for a moment.
The fact that a non-divine being could achieve that is impressive.
Who was it that called the rest a formality?
They weren’t immune to damage, were they?
Was not careless. Was not complacent. Still got injured.
Was there slackness, unacknowledged?
Must tighten focus again.
Yet, the one most troublesome—Dragonman—has been dealt with.
No slackening now. Risk of repeating earlier mistake. But victory is significantly closer.
Remaining: Fire Dragon, Wind Dragon.
These two are unmistakable. Obvious.
The woman fighting Puppet Tarract—likely Ice Dragon.
Uses ice-based attacks.
Why her younger sister also holding her own against Puppet Tarract—possibly due to the small dragon wrapped around her arm?
Four entities require caution.
Another concern: Yamada-kun.
Heavenly Blessing—unknown what it may do. That is the danger.
Then there's the Pope—though, considering he's near death, it's probably fine.
He lies collapsed, soaked in blood. Clearly incapable of anything now.
There's a strange old man frequently seen near him, fighting. But that's not a concern worth noting either.
He's strong for a human—though only by human standards.
For now, eliminate the fire dragon, wind dragon, the ice dragon-like woman, the younger sister—these four entities first.
The Puppet Talatokt is also significantly weakened.
Puppet Talatokt has four remaining.
More than half destroyed.
First—target the most conspicuous one. The fire dragon. You're chosen.
Directing dark magic toward the fire dragon, which flies through the sky, exhaling flames in a manner strikingly reminiscent of a true dragon.
A dark magic projectile—akin to a black sphere of destruction.
Power is comparable.
"Gwooo!?"
The dark magic projectile strikes. The fire dragon shrieks as it plummets.
Power is comparable to the Dark Bolt.
However, this is not magic. It is sorcery.
Dragons possess skills that inhibit magic—鳞 systems.
That is why I struggled against Alaba and others. But since this is not magic, the鳞 system skills cannot inhibit it.
Of course, most of my sorcery mimics skills. Using them directly would trigger the dragon scale magic inhibition effect.
But that is accounted for.
If you know it will trigger, then modify it to avoid triggering.
I knew from the start that opposing black would mean opposing dragons. I prepared accordingly.
Similarly, resistance to elemental attributes is bypassed.
The Demon King at full power had most attribute resistances capped, rendering them ineffective—but even that would not stop me from penetrating and dealing damage.
The dragons likely each had their own attributes capped in resistance too, but that means nothing to me.
The dragon-human I saw earlier appeared shadow-dragon-like at first glance, yet my magic worked perfectly.
Dragons relying on defense mechanisms from the draconic scale skillset cannot block my magic.
They probably lacked awareness of evading magic altogether, and their evasion capabilities must be minimal.
—Though, perhaps I'm underestimating them.
I assumed the next would be the wind dragon, so I fired another shadow magic projectile as before—only to have it dodged cleanly.
Hmm.
That wind dragon must be speed-specialized.
It moves too quickly, making targeting difficult.
But!
Do not underestimate the aim I honed through gameplay!
Actually, it wasn't me playing that game—it was D. I've never played the game myself!
Believe me! My memories!
This memory of being skilled at the game!
Reading the wind dragon's movements—here it is!
The thrown dark magic projectile struck the wind dragon's head perfectly.
Bee-tifō.
Kukkuku.
Now then, let's keep this pace going!