Episode 335: Yellow King vs. The Strongest Seeker
An unimaginable shockwave scattered in all directions.
“Hey, he really went and did it! No matter how strong Albert is, there’s no way he can beat a 【King】. Yuma!”
“I know!”
Yuma focused all his strength and activated 『Metallization』. His entire body was dyed black, transforming him into a Steel Monster.
He glanced at Albert and the 【Yellow King】 clashing fiercely in the sky, and extended wings and a tail colored red and black from his back.
Yuma crouched slightly, kicked off the ground, and leaped.
He soared into the sky, flapping his wings as he headed towards Albert. However, he couldn’t approach easily.
“Ugh, what… is this!?”
Yuma hesitated and stopped moving, overwhelmed by the battle unfolding before his eyes. Fierce explosions occurred repeatedly, and black Lightning raced across the sky.
If he moved carelessly, he would be caught up in magic exceeding the Second Stratum.
More than anything, he was captivated by the battle between the two.
Albert moved freely in the air, unleashing Fireballs from both hands repeatedly. In response, the Golden Deer strode through the sky, intercepting the Fireballs with Lightning Strikes.
It ran as nimbly as if it were on the ground.
Seeing that his attacks weren’t hitting, Albert changed his tactics. He extended thin Flames in multiple layers, trying to encircle the Deer.
“That’s the ‘Birdcage’ that caught me! Will it work on the 【Yellow King】 too!?”
The slender Flames tried to capture the Deer repeatedly, but they couldn’t quite catch the enemy moving at high speed in the air. The Deer harbored black Lightning throughout its body.
Just as it was about to attack Albert with that Lightning—a “Flame Dragon” latched onto the Deer from behind.
The Golden Deer cried out, trying to shake off the Flame Dragon with Lightning, but before it could, the “Fire Dragon” exploded. Yuma lost his balance due to the scattering Flames and blast, nearly falling.
He hurriedly regained his posture and somehow managed to avoid falling.
“That was close! I almost got caught up in it.”
While flying, Yuma looked at Albert again. The Flames for constructing the Birdcage were a feint to distract the opponent.
He had prepared the main Fire Dragon separately.
Yuma was impressed by Albert’s skillful tactics. The level of his Magical Power, combat skills, and the fact that the 【Yellow King】 was avoiding Albert might not be far off the mark.
If this 【King】 has about the same intelligence as the 【Blue King】…
While Yuma was thinking about such things, the smoke that had spread in the sky cleared. There stood the Golden Deer, without a single scratch.
So, it can’t be defeated with just that, huh?
Yuma flapped his wings, trying to assist Albert, and was about to approach. Then, seeing that movement, Albert stopped him with his hand.
“It’s alright, it’s not your turn yet.”
A gentle voice, as if admonishing him. But at this rate, even Albert would be defeated.
The opponent was a Monster 【King】. It was easy to imagine that it was still hiding its power.
Yuma thought of forcibly intervening and transformed his left hand into the head of an Ancient Dragon.
With this, he could unleash Flame Breath and Fireballs. At that moment, something sparkling and dancing in the sky caught his eye.
“This is… ice?”
Ice crystals solidified and floated. Yuma gasped and looked at the ground.
There was Mia, holding her hand up to the sky. This was her magic. If that’s the case—
“We’re moving as a team, after all. With their backup, your support isn’t needed.”
Albert smiled and looked at the enemy before him.
“I’m counting on you. Stop its movements.”
Light poured down from the ground. The light was reflected randomly by the ice crystals, attacking the Golden Deer. The Deer tried to avoid it, but it couldn’t dodge the sheer number of attacks.
When several hit, they exploded on its body surface. The Deer was blown away in the air.
Yuma retreated to avoid getting caught up in it.
Looking down at the ground, he saw the Prometheus Seekers holding something like rifles.
That was the source of the light. The rifle-type Magic Enchanted Armament he had seen in New York.
They were probably compressing and firing “Fire Magic” and “Thunder Magic”.
That was being reflected by the ice crystals, attacking the 【Yellow King】. This was Prometheus’s coordinated attack.
—Leaving aside the Lightning bullets, even the Fire bullets are being reflected… those are ice chunks with incredible Magical Power.
It was difficult to see through the attacks fired from all directions. Even the 【Yellow King】 couldn’t avoid them all and was hit by several.
Each time an attack hit, an explosion was repeated.
Even if they couldn’t defeat the 【King】 with just this, it was enough to stall it. In the meantime, Albert was refining his Magical Power, preparing a powerful technique.
The Flames gathered in his right hand transformed into a “spear”-like shape for throwing. The Magical Power swelled more and more, turning into magic that even Yuma found terrifying.
“Now, how about this?”
Albert pulled back his arm and threw the Flame Spear.
The spear increased in speed and headed towards the Golden Deer. But the 【Yellow King】 ran through the sky on its four legs, barely dodging it.
“Ah…”
Yuma couldn’t help but let out a voice, but Albert was perfectly calm.
“Chase it, ‘Rhongomiant’s Spear’!”
The Flame Spear changed direction in the air, chasing after the Deer. Like a homing missile, it never let its enemy escape.
It was Third Stratum Magic that freely manipulated Flames. Yuma couldn’t help but admire how perfectly he was using it.
The Deer, pursued by the spear, tried to dodge again, but it couldn’t move as it wanted due to the attacks from the ground. A rifle attack hit, exploding and blowing it away. The “Flame Spear” struck it directly there.
The sky flashed brightly, and a burst of Flames covered the area.
It was an explosion that exceeded imagination. It didn’t reach the level of the 【Red King】’s Fireball, but it was close to that level of power.
Can humans use magic to this extent?
Yuma was astonished by Albert’s magic while enduring the blast.
Squinting, he saw the Deer, enveloped in smoke, falling from within the explosion. It probably couldn’t withstand it after all.
That attack should be able to break through even a powerful “Magical Barrier”. It fell to the ground with a thud, raising a cloud of dust.
The members of Prometheus were heading towards the landing point.
“Maybe… there’s no turn for me after all…”
That made him feel a little lonely. Just as he was thinking that, Albert, floating in the air, approached.
“Well then, the real show starts here.”
“Huh?”
Yuma was puzzled, not understanding what he meant, when a loud sound echoed from the ground. When he turned his eyes, something big was moving in the place where the Deer had fallen.
“That is—”
Yuma’s eyes widened. There stood a giant shining in gold.