Episode 416: Godspeed Angel
The angel disappeared as it collided with the tornado.
Flames poured into the tornado, igniting fiercely. “Flame Tornado”—the crimson-dyed tornado swallowed everything.
Thunder rumbled, and lightning flashed across the sky.
Even for a high-ranking monster, it would be impossible to emerge unscathed from this trinity of attacks.
Yuma thought so, but reality was different. There was nothing in the sky where the tornado had vanished. Not even a fragment of the angel remained.
It would be easy to assume it had been blown away without a trace, but the dreadful Mana still lingered.
It was definitely there. As Yuma scanned the sky, a pathetic voice cried out, “Eek!” behind him.
He turned around in a panic to see the angel standing above the Seeker party.
—When did it get there?!
Yuma swung his Pickel horizontally, generating a Wind Blade.
The blade attacked the angel, but the moment it was about to hit, the angel’s figure vanished.
“What?! That thing is fast!”
Yuma took a step back, bracing himself. Rui and Akito also looked around, retreating a step, then two. Yuma recalled a scene he had witnessed before.
It was the Dark Knight he had encountered in Germany. It too moved with abnormal speed, playing around with Yuma and Rui.
The situation was very similar to that time. Was that angel also a speed-specialized monster?
If so, it might be a very difficult fight…
Yuma thought that far, then suddenly turned to the side. Particles of light overflowed before his eyes, and he could see something like a foot.
Looking up, he saw the angel standing there as if nothing had happened.
“Even though it’s so huge…”
Yuma was dumbfounded. With a height of about six meters, it moved at an invisible speed.
If that was the case, wasn’t it faster than the Dark Knight? The angel raised its sword and swung it down at Yuma.
Yuma jumped back, barely dodging, but stumbled slightly.
The angel didn’t miss that opening and swung its sword horizontally. Yuma deployed a Barrier of Light.
Just as he thought he could somehow endure it—flaming Birds and flashes of light overtook Yuma and struck the angel directly. It was Rui and Akito’s attack. The angel tried to respond with a Barrier of Light, but the two’s magic was not so easily stopped.
It shattered the Barrier of Light, exploded, and blew the angel away.
Yuma deactivated his Magical Barrier and stood beside Rui and the others, who had rushed to his side.
“Sorry, you saved me.”
When Yuma thanked them, Akito rubbed his nose and turned his gaze to the angel, saying, “Don’t worry about it! More importantly, let’s take it down quickly!”
Dust swirled, and smoke billowed, but it gradually cleared.
What stood there was a wounded angel. It seemed it couldn’t evade the attacks and had taken them head-on.
It couldn’t always move at high speed. If that was the case, they could defeat it by exploiting its openings!
“Let’s go all out!”
“Yeah!”
“Okay!”
Yuma put strength into his body and activated Metallization.
In his Black Armor form, Yuma channeled Liquid Metal into his Pickel, transforming it into a large Hammer. Rui drew Clement, held his two swords at the ready, and glared at the angel.
Akito jumped on Gae Bolg and soared into the sky.
The angel before them regenerated its body in an instant and floated up again. Not wanting to let it escape, Yuma swung his Pickel, launching a Wind Blade.
Rui also swung his two swords, firing off flaming Birds. The angel defended against the magic with a Barrier of Light, but a violent explosion occurred, engulfing it in smoke.
Akito also charged in on Gae Bolg. Six spearheads shot out, heading towards it all at once, but the angel’s figure had vanished.
“Damn! It used high-speed movement again?!”
Akito turned his head, changed Gae Bolg’s direction, and reversed course. The angel had moved fifty meters away.
“What a troublesome one!”
Akito raised his hand and shot Black Lightning down from above. As if in response, Rui slashed horizontally with his sword, which was lit with Black Flames.
“Kokufu Kinjichou Ichinotachi!!”
Rui’s slash tore through the sky, and the Lightning Strike Akito unleashed rained down like rain.
It was a coordinated attack that even a Unique Monster 【King】 wouldn’t come out of unscathed. But the angel vanished from the spot and reappeared behind them.
Akito gritted his teeth.
“This guy is strong! It wouldn’t be strange if this guy was the 【White King】.”
Yuma could only nod. It skillfully used Light Magic and possessed extraordinary Regeneration. Moreover, it had a movement speed that surpassed Rui’s.
Although its total Mana was inferior to a 【King】, its combat ability was on par.
The angel spread its six wings and soared into the sky. A massive halo spread across the sky.
“Fifth Stratum Light Magic… a wide-range attack is coming!!”
At Yuma’s shout, Rui and Akito also braced themselves. They could handle it, but the Israeli Seekers wouldn’t be able to defend against it.
Defeat it before the magic is activated—
Yuma unleashed the power of the Deca Slime sleeping deep within his heart and grew gigantic. The Iron Giant towered over the earth, glaring at the sky.
—In this form, I can’t keep up with its speed. Then there’s only one way!
Yuma focused his consciousness on his left hand, drawing out the power of the 【King】. The giant’s entire body was enveloped in light, and Rui and Akito squinted at the brightness.
What he unleashed was the power of the 【Yellow King】. But what transformed wasn’t a Golden Giant.
What emerged from the light was a giant Gold Dragon. It was a monster more than five times the size of a normal Gold Dragon. The Dragon turned its face to the angel and opened its mouth wide.
—Eat this!!
What was released from the Dragon was the Annihilating Flash. It was far more powerful than what was released from the giant’s hand, and the entire sky was engulfed in light.
There was nowhere to escape from the overwhelmingly thick flash.
The angel tried to evade at high speed, but half of its body was blown away. Its movement stopped, and Akito didn’t miss the falling angel.
He charged in on Gae Bolg and rammed into it along with the six spearheads that shot out.
The spearheads pierced the angel’s arms and wings, and the spear pierced its torso.