Episode 274: Onslaught of Fire and Wind
The two nodded at each other and moved into action.
Yuma faced the Conglomerate head-on, glaring at it while standing firm. Rui dashed off towards Emilia and the others.
“Everyone! Please get away from here immediately. This whole area is going to be a battlefield!!”
Emilia and the others seemed bewildered by Rui’s words. This place was already a battlefield, and it was obvious that it was dangerous.
“You’re the ones who should run! You’ll be killed if you stay here!”
Emilia pleaded desperately, but Rui shook his head.
“We won’t lose. We’ll definitely defeat the Conglomerate here.”
“Are you an idiot?!”
Wolfgang, shaking his large body, stepped forward. He pointed to the roof of a building and pressed Rui.
“Can’t you see that!? The Dark Knight (Donkel Ritter) is here too! You don’t have a chance in a million of winning!!”
Wolfgang’s expression was a mix of anger and desperation. Rui responded to him in a gentle tone.
“We know the Dark Knight (Donkel Ritter) is here. That’s why we don’t have any余裕. We can’t protect you if you get caught up in this, so please evacuate from here.”
Wolfgang was taken aback by those words. It was as if they had余裕 until now.
Emilia and Muller were equally confused.
Amidst all this, Felix raised his voice.
“Hey, there’s no time to dawdle! There’s no doubt this place is dangerous. Let’s get out of here!”
“B, but…”
Emilia, who had argued that they should escape together, frowned as she looked at Rui.
“It’s okay. Please go.”
Emilia bit her lip and nodded slightly as she looked at the smiling Rui. She turned on her heel and ran off with Wolfgang and the others.
Rui breathed a sigh of relief as he watched them go.
He slowly turned around to see the Dark Knight (Donkel Ritter) standing firm. Rui placed his hand on the hilt of his Katana and smirked.
“Now then, let’s continue where we left off last time.”
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Yuma continued to glare at the gigantic Conglomerate.
He glanced down at his left hand. The “Chimera’s Orb” on the back of his hand showed no reaction.
When he met the Green Lord in India, this orb reacted violently.
As a result, he was able to transform into the Red King, Aulus Venom. But this time it was different. He didn’t feel like he could transform into a King at all.
If the condition for becoming a King was “encountering a strong opponent,” then this Conglomerate wasn’t as strong as a 【King】.
“So it’s not that great of a monster… Then–“
Yuma placed his right hand on his chest and concentrated. He had become proficient in using the Deca Slime’s abilities.
Giantification was an absolute requirement to defeat this opponent.
To that end, Yuma activated his ability to “convert Mana in space into mass.” His body grew about one size larger with a boko sound, and his body surface began to liquefy.
The Pickel was absorbed into the Liquid Metal, and Yuma’s body transformed into a sphere.
The sphere gradually grew larger, and from within it emerged the Iron Giant. It extended several sharp horns from its head, and steam leaked from its mouth, which was filled with grotesque fangs.
Its muscular body was covered in sturdy armor, and it had a fearsome presence that intimidated everything.
The Giant was over twenty meters tall, but the Conglomerate was already over fifty meters tall.
Compared to the unimaginable size of the Conglomerate, the Iron Giant looked like a toy doll.
Even so–
“Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!”
Yuma stepped forward and charged with long strides. The road caved in under the Giant’s weight, and the concrete shattered.
With an explosive Crushing Impact, he jumped, and the black giant soared through the air.
Red紋様 floated all over his body. As he collided with his entire body, flames erupted from the紋様, blasting the Conglomerate.
This seemed to have an effect even on the giant monster, as it groaned and slowly fell over.
A part of the Conglomerate collapsed, and steel frames and monster skulls fell to the ground.
Yuma, who had landed on the ground with a thud, said, “Not yet!” and now channeled Wind Magical Power into his body.
Gleaming green紋様 floated on the black armor.
Yuma started running in his glowing state. He punched the Conglomerate, which was trying to regain its posture, with all his might.
The fist, imbued with Wind Magical Power, sent a mass of rubble flying spectacularly. He then created a spiral wind, generating a Tornado.
The swirling wind lifted the rubble into the sky, tearing it to shreds with Wind Blades.
The remains that fell to the ground were all shapeless and could not be regenerated.
Yuma’s confidence grew. There was more Wind Magical Power than Fire Magical Power. If so, could he unleash an even stronger attack!?
He extended a Longsword from the back of his left hand and gathered Magical Power.
Green紋様 floated all over the sword, imbuing it with tremendous Wind Magical Power. Yuma swung the sword horizontally.
A gigantic Wind Blade was created, bisecting the Conglomerate.
The wind continued to advance, slicing through buildings in the city and blowing away all sorts of structures. Even Yuma was astonished by the sheer power.
“This is bad… If there were people here, it would be a disaster.”
While Yuma was hesitating to attack, the Conglomerate, which had been split in two, slowly regenerated its body. It raised its head and once again maintained its fifty-meter-class giant body.
When it pulled on the “chains” extending from the left and right, the “walls of rubble” connected to them merged with the main body one after another, transforming it into an even more gigantic monster.
“Damn it! Not any further!!”
Yuma extended a sword from the back of his right hand as well, imbuing it with Wind Magical Power. He generated Wind Blades from the two swords and fired them at the chains.
The wind cleanly severed the chains, blowing away the remaining rubble and preventing it from merging.
However, it had already been supplied with a large amount of rubble. Yuma took a step back, then another, and when he looked at his enemy, it was easily over one hundred and fifty meters tall.
If you only looked at the silhouette, it resembled a giant snake.
“It’s going to be tough to defeat this guy…”
Yuma sighed, “Haa~,” at the monster that had grown unbelievably large.