“What… is happening?”
Rui, who was crawling on the ground, stared wide-eyed at Yuma’s overwhelming strength.
Undoubtedly, the 【White King】 possessed the strongest power. Yet, Yuma was unfazed by the 【White King】, displaying his usual abilities.
If anything, it was the White King who was being pushed back.
“Why is it that only Yuma’s attacks are landing?”
Could it be that for the 【White King】, Yuma… the 【Black King】 is a natural enemy…?
As Rui was perplexed, Akito, who had lost his right arm, walked over.
“Are you okay? Rui.”
“Yeah, somehow. Are you alright, Akito?”
Akito gave a wry smile, “I’ll manage.”
“More importantly, Yuma is fighting the White King on equal or better terms. He’s just casually punching away an opponent who shouldn’t be affected by physical attacks.”
The two turned their gaze to the battlefield. The angel, whose body had been torn apart, turned its lower half into particles of light, absorbing those particles into its upper body.
The lost lower half regenerated in the blink of an eye.
Yuma silently watched the angel stand up, as if saying, “Come at me already.”
The angel held a Sword of Light in one hand. It was a much larger sword than before.
The next moment—the angel’s figure vanished.
Super-high-speed movement. It had circled around to Yuma’s back before he knew it. Yuma didn’t notice.
Just as Rui was about to shout, the angel brought down the Sword of Light. It struck Yuma’s head, and the sword shattered.
As expected, no matter how many times it tried, it wouldn’t work on Yuma!
Yuma slowly turned around and looked at the angel’s face. A featureless face with no eyes or mouth.
Yuma grabbed the head of the angel, who was standing there dumbfounded, and poured Mana of flames into it. The angel’s head exploded, and everything above the neck vanished.
Yuma didn’t loosen his grip.
With both fists ablaze, he unleashed a flurry of blows on the angel.
Punches landed on its chest, abdomen, shoulders, arms, and even its legs and lower abdomen. They exploded one after another, and the angel’s body broke into small pieces, the remains burning fiercely.
Even so, Yuma didn’t stop attacking. He crushed the angel’s fragments and blew away the surroundings with the Mana of flames. The flames turned black, burning away the angel’s remains.
Yuma turned on his heel and walked towards them.
The Black Armor that had been covering his body smoothly dissolved, and he returned to his human form.
“Are you two okay?”
Yuma asked gently, but Akito frowned and became furious.
“What do you think you’re doing! Deactivating ‘Metallization’ in the middle of a fight. Do you want to die, you idiot!”
Yuma crouched down and touched Akito’s shoulder.
“I can’t use Recovery Magic while I’m Metallized. It’s been exactly five minutes, and now is the only time I can deactivate it.”
“But still…”
“Just stay still.”
Stopping Akito from complaining, Yuma raised his right hand. He released Recovery Magic on Akito’s wound, healing it.
In less than five seconds, Akito’s right arm was regenerated. It was a little thin, but it had completely returned to its original state. Yuma continued, placing both hands on Rui’s legs as well.
The light of recovery spread rapidly, regenerating Rui’s legs. Rui stared in amazement at the scene.
“Th-thank you, Yuma. I can move now, somehow.”
“Both of you, evacuate immediately. And as far away as possible.”
Yuma activated Metallization. In his Black Armor form, he glared at the regenerating angel.
“Yuma, are you planning to do this alone!?”
Akito looked at Yuma with a furrowed brow. Rui also managed to stand up and turned his gaze to Yuma.
“Yeah, to defeat that guy, I have to thoroughly destroy it and make it consume Mana. It’s definitely going to be an intense battle.”
That meant they would only be a burden, so they should run. Rui bit his lip.
He wanted to fight together until the end, but they would be of no use. Rather, they would only hold Yuma back.
Akito, who understood this as well, wore a bitter expression.
“Understood, Yuma. We’ll leave this floor. So—”
Akito took a step forward and thumped his steel chest.
“Beat him without holding back! He seems to be weak against you. You can definitely win. I’m counting on you, Yuma!”
“Yeah, leave it to me!”
As Yuma gave a strong reply, Akito nodded in satisfaction and walked over to Rui.
“Rui. Gae Bolg is broken, so I can’t fly. Can you do it?”
“Yeah, I understand.”
Rui sheathed Clarent at his waist and approached Akito. The two hugged tightly, putting strength into their embrace so they wouldn’t separate.
“Let’s go.”
“Yeah, I’m counting on you, Rui!”
Rui deployed flames around them. The spiraling flames lifted Rui and Akito into the air. They rose higher and higher, and the angel and Yuma became smaller.
“Win… Yuma!”
Listening to Akito’s words in his ear, Rui headed towards the exit of the floor.
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Yuma looked at the angel in front of him. Its body was completely regenerated.
That thing should also be able to convert Mana in the space into Magical Power. If that’s the case, it will regenerate infinitely as long as there is Mana.
—I also have the ability to convert Mana in space into mass. If we both keep consuming it, the Mana will eventually run out.
I’ll thoroughly destroy it and make it use Mana for regeneration!
Yuma lowered his waist slightly and entered a battle stance. The angel stood still, unmoving. However, it was releasing terrifying Magical Power around it.
It’s going to try something. The moment he thought that, the angel’s body glowed brightly.
The light swirled and became a giant pillar.
Yuma stared intently at the scene. Emerging from the pillar of light was a huge human figure.
As expected, it can change its form.
Standing tall with its gigantic body was a pure white humanoid Monster. It was no longer an angel. It spread dragon-like wings, and sharp claws grew on its hands. A sinister visage. Its appearance looked like a Demon… no, a Demon Lord.