“M-Me!?”
Yuma asked Tennoji in surprise.
“Who else could it be? Is there any other reason why angels would gather in such numbers?”
Yuma groaned, his face twisting. Rui, Akito, and Ishikawa seemed to have no counterarguments either. Indeed, it seemed likely.
Yuma looked up at the sky once more.
The angels had increased in number, arranged in a circle. It felt as if all of them were looking down at Yuma.
“In any case, fighting here is a bad idea! Let’s change locations.”
Rui nodded in agreement to Yuma’s words, and Akito concurred, “Yeah, let’s.”
“Let’s go to an open area. From here, Akatsuki Pier Park or Umi no Mori Park would be good. They’re spacious and have low population density!”
Yuma responded to Rui’s suggestion with, “Got it!” and activated Metallization. As soon as he became the Black Armor, he released the power of the Jewel on the back of his hand.
Flames swirled around him, and the Black Armor instantly transformed into an Ancient Dragon.
Tennoji and Ishikawa were hit by the hot wind and stepped back in surprise.
“That’s Mitaka… to think he can even become a Dragon.”
Tennoji was astonished, and Ishikawa was speechless. The Ancient Dragon flapped its large wings and soared into the sky.
Akito also jumped onto Gae Bolg and flew into the sky.
Rui also exploded the ground beneath him and leaped high into the air. He then created Fireballs in mid-air, using them as footholds to ascend.
Each time he stepped on a Fireball, it created a small explosion, which Rui used as propulsion to climb into the sky.
Once he reached a certain altitude, flames swirled around his entire body, and he flew after Yuma and Akito.
Tennoji and Ishikawa were dumbfounded by the series of events.
“Hey… Rui and Akito flew off too. When did they learn to do that?”
Ishikawa could only answer Tennoji’s question with, “Who knows…”
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Yuma, soaring through the sky, glanced upward. As expected, the angels seemed to be chasing him.
–Are they after me… but why?
No answer came. When Yuma lowered his gaze, he could see Tokyo Bay. He glided towards Umi no Mori Park, just before it.
The moment the Dragon landed on the ground, Yuma released his Transformation and returned to his Black Armor form.
He landed with a thud and raised his gaze. Akito and Rui followed Yuma, landing in an empty, deserted area.
The three of them looked up at the sky together.
The angels had increased in number even further and were undoubtedly looking down at them. Their total number probably reached hundreds of thousands.
Seeing the angels filling the sky, Yuma and the others were overwhelmed by an unprecedented sense of pressure.
“Looks like we have no choice. There’s nothing but murderous intent coming from those guys. They’re completely here to kill us.”
“Yeah, the fight is unavoidable.”
It was clear that the angels had entered a battle stance. The reason they hadn’t attacked until now was probably because they were waiting for their numbers to gather.
Countless angels flapped their wings and descended all at once.
They held Swords of Light in their right hands and Shields of Light in their left. They seemed to be lower-ranking angels, but with such numbers, they wouldn’t be easy to defeat.
Yuma focused his mind on the Jewel on his left hand. Rui and Akito also readied their weapons.
Yuma glared at the sky and put strength into his entire body.
“Let’s go!!”
“Yeah!”
“Un!”
The Jewel on Yuma’s left hand glowed gold. Lightning swirled around him, and immense Magical Power was released in all directions.
The ground exploded, and pillars of light rose. The angels scattered warily.
The next moment—two enormous flashes of light raced through the sky.
The angels hit by the light vanished in an instant. The two beams moved horizontally, wiping out tens of thousands of angels.
When the smoke covering the ground cleared, there stood a giant shining with gold.
Yuma had transformed into the Yellow King and used Annihilating Flash to scatter the angels.
Seeing that, Akito grinned and said, “Can’t let him outdo me.” He jumped onto Gae Bolg and soared into the sky.
Six spearheads shot out, flying alongside Akito. It was truly Lightning itself.
Akito zigzagged through the air, piercing the bodies of the angels.
The angels deployed Barriers of Light, but the magic used by lower-ranking angels was meaningless to Akito.
In the blink of an eye, hundreds of angels perished, turning into particles of light and disappearing.
Rui was not to be outdone. He drew two Katanas and slashed repeatedly in mid-air, creating Birds of Fire. The Birds soared into the sky and burst into countless arrows.
Over a hundred Arrows of Fire accurately struck the angels’ bodies.
Explosions occurred one after another, and over a hundred angels vanished in an instant.
Rui didn’t let up. He swung his Katanas repeatedly, creating Birds of Fire and turning countless Birds into dozens or hundreds of Arrows.
The angels glided down all at once, but Rui didn’t care and intercepted them.
“Those guys are something else.”
Yuma, now the Yellow King, was amazed by Rui’s and Akito’s fighting styles. As if not wanting to be outdone, he raised his hand towards the sky.
Lightning crackled and swirled, and tens of thousands of angels were obliterated by the released Flash.
Even so, the angels approached, trying to attack Yuma. Yuma put strength into his golden body.
Lightning ran around him, mowing down the approaching angels.
More lightning swirled, concealing the giant’s figure. When the intense light burst, a Dragon appeared from its center. It was a giant Gold Dragon—the Yellow King’s transformed form.
Yuma flapped his wings and ascended. The wind pressure stirred up dust, and the angels seemed to stop moving, overwhelmed by the pressure.
The Gold Dragon’s mouth opened wide, and an intense Flash was released into the sky.
The angels died like gnats, their numbers dwindling rapidly. The approaching angels were helpless against the Lightning Barrier created by the Gold Dragon.
The crackling, swirling Barrier kept everyone away.
–So this is the power of the Yellow King… it’s ridiculously strong after all.
Yuma raised his neck and unleashed Lightning Breath once more. Tens of thousands of angels who were trying to attack were hit by the light and annihilated.