Episode 190: A Momentary Offense and Defense
The footage of the giant appearing was also sent to the Crisis Management Center at the Prime Minister’s Office.
A stir went through the conference room. Takakura stood up from his chair, his eyes wide as he watched the monitor.
“Black… Armor?”
Hearing those words, Prime Minister Iwaki, who had been hanging his head, looked up.
“What?!”
He stood up from his chair and approached the monitor with unsteady steps.
“Alive… he was alive?!”
He walked to Takakura’s side and stood there dumbfounded. Takakura also looked back at the monitor, reassessing the situation.
Black Armor… Mitaka Yuma was alive. Does that mean Mikoshiba saved him?
If he was saved and came to defeat the Red King, that would be good news, but—
“What is that? How is he so big?!”
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Against the Ancient Dragon flying in the sky, Taizen fired a Railgun.
It was dodged at the last moment, and the Dragon swooped down in a furious rage. The Seekers fighting on the building had nowhere to run.
Just as the Dragon opened its mouth to breathe fire, Tennoji jumped into the air.
He raised his gauntlet, crackling with Lightning, and struck the Dragon’s head. The Dragon let out a low groan, lost its balance, and fell into a spiral.
Rui, who was below, readied his Scorching Blade.
He imbued the blade with flames and slashed at the Dragon’s neck as it came towards him.
As the blade passed through, the wound exploded. The Ancient Dragon’s head blew off. Rui glanced at the rolling Dragon’s head and sheathed his flaming Katana.
“Well done, Rui.”
Tennoji smiled, but Rui shook his head with a troubled expression.
“No, I can’t defeat the Dragons as easily as I thought. At this rate…”
“True, that was only the second one,”
Taizen had succeeded in luring the Dragons several times with his Railgun. However, they would run away as soon as they were attacked, making it difficult to defeat them completely.
Rui glared at the sky with frustration.
Countless Dragons danced in the sky as if they owned it.
“Damn it!”
Just as Rui let out an angry voice, a deafening roar sounded behind him. Everyone turned around to see a cloud of dust rising higher than the building.
“What’s that?!”
Taizen frowned, and Tennoji was also surprised.
They thought it might be an attack from the Red King, but it was clearly different. Dirt and stones flew up and fell at Rui’s feet.
As the dust settled, there was something huge.
Rui strained his eyes. Thick black arms, a muscular back, and long, extended horns. It was undoubtedly a giant.
“What’s that thing?”
Taizen lowered the Electromagnetic Throw Gauntlet equipped on his right arm and stared at the scene in astonishment.
Rui was also surprised and couldn’t take his eyes off the Black Giant. He recognized the bizarre monster.
“That is… could it be…”
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“What?! Something explode or somethin’?”
Akito, who was fighting a Dragon on the rooftop of Midtown Tower, stopped and turned around.
Something had exploded near where the Red King was. While Akito was distracted, two Fire Dragons swooped down.
They were breathing fire and attacking the Fameel Seekers.
“Hey, hey, don’t get cocky!”
Akito readied his Lightning Spear Gae Bolg and jumped into the air.
The black Lightning released from the spear ran through the sky and pierced the Dragon’s wings. The Dragon, unable to fly properly, fell.
Akito gathered Magical Power at the tip of the spear and thrust it out with all his might.
Black Lightning blew off the Dragon’s head. Akito landed below, immediately pulled out his spear, and scanned the area. The other Dragon was circling overhead and swooping down towards him.
The other Seekers were helpless against the Flame Breath being blown down from above.
Akito clicked his tongue and readied his spear as if to throw it.
“Eat this!!”
The spear, thrown with all his might, was clad in black Lightning and flew at high speed.
The Dragon couldn’t avoid it, and the moment it collided, a shock like a lightning strike ran through it. The electrocuted Dragon fell with the spear, sputtering smoke.
It collapsed with a thud, and the Monster instantly turned to sand.
Akito reached out and picked up Gae Bolg, which had fallen beside the Dragon.
“Well, I’m glad it didn’t fall all the way down. You shouldn’t throw it from the top of a building.”
As Akito put the spear on his shoulder, Osaka and the others rushed over.
“Tennoji, well done! Are you alright?”
“Yeah, I’m fine, but are the guys who got caught in the flames okay?”
Akito looked over and saw several Seekers collapsed and crouching down.
“Yes, they have burns, but their lives are not in danger. More importantly…”
“Yeah, the problem is that thing.”
The two looked in the same direction. There stood a Black Giant, about twenty meters tall. It was facing off against the Red King as if in opposition.
“What, another new monster?!”
It was unknown where the Giant had come from.
The only thing that was clear was that these two, who were emitting tremendous Magical Power, were in a hostile relationship. The two glared at each other and were about to clash.
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Yuma’s shoulders heaved up and down. The Red King, who he could only look up at before, didn’t feel so big now.
He could fight. But a sharp pain ran through his chest.
Even with the power of the Deca Slime, the effects of the poison didn’t seem to change.
If he lost consciousness, the Deca Slime might go on a rampage and destroy the city. He had to avoid that at all costs…
Yuma glared at the enemy before him and put strength into his body.
Red streaks of Bloodstained Ore flowed through his entire body, and blue streaks of Water Magical Power ran through his fists. From a distance, it would look like purple light.
The Dragon also gathered Magical Power in its mouth.
Yuma lowered his stance and charged forward in one breath.
A charge with the shield equipped on his left shoulder. Just before the shield imbued with Water Magic hit the Dragon’s body, a tremendous impact occurred. He had collided with the Magical Barrier deployed by the Red King.
The atmosphere screamed, and the earth rumbled, but Yuma charged on regardless.
“Oooooooooh!!”
With a deafening roar, the Fire Barrier was blown away.
Yuma clenched his right fist and punched with all his might. A full-force right straight.
The Dragon also opened its mouth and tried to release a Fireball at the Core level.
Fist and Fireball. The moment the attacks of the two “Kings” intersected, a tremendous explosion occurred. Intense light stretched to the sky, and a shock ran through the earth.
The Seekers on the scene and the people watching the footage couldn’t open their eyes because of the glare.
Eventually, the light subsided, and the surroundings became visible.
The towering Black Giant stood with its fist thrust out.
Meanwhile, the Red King was enveloped in smoke.
As the white smoke gradually cleared, Rui, who was watching from the building, let out a voice.
“That is…”
Akito, who was watching from another building, was speechless. The Fameel Seekers also doubted their eyes at the sight.
The Red King’s head was gone. It was just emitting smoke.
The headless body swayed and slowly tilted over.
With a thunderous roar, the building shattered, and dust danced.
The politicians and experts watching the footage at the Crisis Management Center in the Prime Minister’s Office were at a loss for words at the extraordinary event.
Only Iwaki, who had been standing still, opened his mouth.
“…One… hit…?”