Chapter 89: Leave the Rest to Me!
At the same time, in London, the capital of England, Arthur-san and the other Knights of the Round Table were attacked by a suspicious individual, suffering devastating damage.
“Lancelot! Gawain!”
“Do you have the luxury of worrying about others? You?”
“Kuh!!!”
The Knights of the Round Table had mobilized in full force to prepare for the suspicious individual’s attack, but it was to no avail; all knights other than Arthur-san had already been rendered incapable of combat.
Fortunately, the suspicious individual had targeted only Arthur-san, so there were no casualties among the other knights; they had merely lost consciousness.
“A peculiar Gift (skill), but in the end, you’re nothing more than a small fry with a Combat Power of 2000, are you?”
“You’ve been blabbering on and on!”
“Did you dislike my chatter? If I’ve offended you, I apologize.”
“Guah!”
Arthur-san swung his Holy Sword and closed in on the suspicious individual, but he was easily brushed aside, sent tumbling unsightly. His body was covered in wounds, and he likely couldn’t fight properly anymore.
Nevertheless, Arthur-san used his Holy Sword as a cane to stand up and readied it towards the suspicious individual.
“I can still fight…!”
“Your spirit alone is admirable! But that’s all.”
Seeing the strong will in Arthur-san’s eyes, the suspicious individual praised him, but then, as if quickly losing interest, swung his arm and knocked Arthur-san down.
“Uwaaaaah!”
“Well then, let’s end this soon.”
The suspicious individual, having played enough, slowly began to walk towards Arthur-san, who had fallen on his back and was glaring up at him, only his head raised.
As the suspicious individual, yawning as if it were a boring job, prepared to deliver the finishing blow, Arthur-san clutched the Talisman he had received from Kazuma.
“Hm! Newcomer?”
Appearing between Arthur-san and the suspicious individual with a flash of light was the Azure Sky Knight.
He stood calmly between the suspicious individual and Arthur-san.
The suspicious individual measured the Combat Power of this new arrival, checking if he was a threat.
“…Five? His Gift (skill) is Transposition? Are you kidding me?”
The Combat Power displayed on the measuring device was 5, and the Gift he possessed was Transposition.
It was completely out of the question.
He understood that since the knight appeared suddenly, he must possess a spatial-type Gift, but of all things, it was Transposition.
It was a Gift that merely swapped the positions of objects, and frankly, it wasn’t suited for combat.
In short, the suspicious individual understood that the one who had come to help was a non-combatant, a person meant to help Arthur-san escape.
“I see. A plan to escape… In that case, even trash with a Combat Power of 5 can understand.”
The moment he said that and nodded, he felt something hard hit his cheek, and the suspicious individual was sent crashing into a nearby building.
“Ha, heh…?”
It wasn’t a fatal wound, but it was serious.
With just one blow, the suspicious individual’s body was in a state where he couldn’t continue fighting.
Even if he tried to pull his embedded body from the building, he had no strength in his limbs and couldn’t move until the Azure Sky Knight grabbed him by the neck.
“Thank you for coming. That was a close call.”
The Azure Sky Knight healed Arthur-san’s wounds and, while still holding the suspicious individual by the scruff of his neck, gave a thumbs-up.
The scene changes. In the capital of Egypt, the Sun King was engaged in a fierce battle with a suspicious individual.
The Sun King, having been attacked by the suspicious individual, immediately guided the citizens to evacuate and was now confronting the enemy with an intensity that threatened to turn the city into scorched earth.
“O Giant of Flame! Crush my enemy!!!”
The giant of flame, formed from an incredible temperature, melted the surrounding buildings and manifested in the middle of the city.
The giant of flame clenched its fist, reared back, and swung it down towards the suspicious individual.
The fist, swung down at the suspicious individual, impacted the ground, causing a massive explosion that blew away the entire surrounding area.
“…Unscathed, huh?”
“Magnificent refinement. To have mastered the Gift of flame to this extent!”
The suspicious individual, standing at the center of the blast, spread his arms wide as if praising the Sun King.
It was clear he was genuinely praising him, but to the Sun King, it sounded like nothing but sarcasm.
After all, the attack by the giant of flame hadn’t worked at all, and the suspicious individual stood there unharmed.
“We offer this to our god! O Sun God Ra! With your divine majesty, strike down our enemy!”
A condensed sphere of flame appeared above the Sun King’s head, and thousands of heat rays were unleashed.
As if the heat rays possessed a will of their own, they changed trajectory mid-air, raining down on the suspicious individual.
The heat rays, which were punching holes through buildings, would surely not leave one unscathed if they hit directly.
The suspicious individual was enveloped in a simultaneous barrage from all directions, with no place to escape.
“…Even this isn’t enough?”
The heat rays, which should have been direct hits, couldn’t even pierce the hem of his robe.
Whether it was made with incredible durability, or it was due to the suspicious individual’s ability, was unknown, but at least one thing was clear.
It was certain that the Sun King’s chances of victory were slim.
“O our gods! Grant us your divine protection…!”
As the Sun King raised both hands to the sky as if seeking salvation, a tornado of flame enveloped the suspicious individual, and a bird-shaped flame plummeted headfirst towards the tornado.
Another massive explosion. A deafening roar pierced the ears and shook the atmosphere.
The Sun King quietly watched the spectacular scene, one that wouldn’t lose to an explosion scene in a movie.
“Tsk…”
“What’s wrong? Show me more.”
The black smoke cleared, and in the center of the scorched wasteland stood the suspicious individual, wrapped in a spotless white robe, his arms spread wide as if pestering the Sun King to quickly show his next technique.
“I suppose I have to brace myself…”
Clapping his hands together with a pan, the Sun King used a forbidden technique he had sealed away as a last resort.
If he used this technique, the entire surrounding area might not just become a scorched wasteland but could even vanish from the face of the earth.
That was why, to give the flames directionality, the Sun King manifested a god sculpted from fire behind himself.
“Atem. Envelop that person.”
“Nuh!?”
The god manifested by the Sun King spread its hands wide and gently enveloped the suspicious individual in its palms, as if with affection.
An ordinary person would have burned to death at this point, but the suspicious individual hadn’t suffered a single burn.
“What are you planning to do?”
The suspicious individual wondered if he intended to steam him alive like this.
However, he had already proven how robust he was.
In that case, it wouldn’t be steaming, but something else entirely.
What could it be? He didn’t know, but he looked forward to it, the suspicious individual smiled fearlessly.
“Savor well the highest temperature created by mankind! Genesis Myth (Big Bang)!!!”
Within Atem’s palms, flames of an entirely different magnitude were born.
Flames of 5 trillion degrees, the highest temperature said to have been created by mankind—an unimaginable heat—enveloped the suspicious individual.
No matter what kind of creature it was, it wouldn’t escape unharmed if enveloped in flames of 5 trillion degrees.
The Sun King maintained the flames with extreme concentration, never ceasing the technique until the suspicious individual burned to ashes.
“Truly magnificent! I never imagined your refinement reached such a level!”
Cruelly, the Sun King’s forbidden technique was broken, Atem dissipated, and the suspicious individual landed on the ground completely unscathed.
“…You monster.”
Bathed in a cold sweat, the Sun King glared at the suspicious individual, gritting his teeth.
“Hey! Don’t you have anything else!?”
“…”
“…I see. So there’s nothing more.”
Sensing everything from the Sun King’s silence, the suspicious individual slumped his shoulders in disappointment.
He had wanted to enjoy it a little longer, but this was the end.
To make the creatures of this planet understand the overwhelming difference in power, the suspicious individual decided to kill the Sun King.
“It’s regrettable. To think I have to kill a warrior like you.”
“I’ve certainly understood that I cannot defeat you. However, there are still measures left to take.”
“Oh? You were still hiding your power? In that case, show it to me quickly!”
“I apologize for getting your hopes up, but this isn’t my power, you see.”
Saying so, he clutched the Kazuma-brand Talisman, and a light fell from the sky.
When the light faded, a knight clad in golden armor stood there with his arms crossed.
“What is this?”
He already knew that the Sun King’s only Gift was flame.
Because he had already finished measuring his Combat Power and Gift with his device.
However, the golden knight that appeared before him didn’t seem to be made of flame.
The suspicious individual recalled the Sun King’s earlier words and pointed his measuring device at the golden knight.
Then, the value displayed on the measuring device was 5. The Gift was Transposition.
The suspicious individual grew angry at the numbers, which he could only interpret as mockery.
“Are you messing with me! Apologize for getting my hopes up? In what way is this a warrior I can expect anything from!!!”
Towards the suspicious individual who was yelling at the Sun King, the golden knight delivered a delinquent kick.
Suddenly feeling an impact to his abdomen, the suspicious individual exhaled sharply and was sent flying.
“Kah… W-what happened?”
Clutching his abdomen, which throbbed with intense pain, the intruder was confused about what had just happened.
He could guess that the Golden Knight had done something, but he didn’t know exactly what had been done to him.
Above all, he couldn’t comprehend the fact that he had been injured by a small fry with a Combat Power of 5.
“Impossible…. No way, it can’t be…”
The thought of being defeated by a small fry with a Combat Power of 5 crossed his mind, but the intruder shook his head, denying his own idea.
The intruder, who had collapsed, got up, conveniently interpreting that he had probably been caught off guard and sent flying by the Transposition Gift.
“That’s right…. It must be! There’s no way I’d be beaten by trash with a Combat Power of 5!”
The moment he uttered those words, the Golden Knight suddenly appeared before his eyes and brought a fist down on the crown of his head. The intruder lost consciousness without ever knowing the reality that he had been defeated by someone with a Combat Power of 5.
“Is it over already?”
After a short while, the Sun King came to check on the situation.
Seeing the Golden Knight tying up the intruder, he understood that things had been taken care of.
“I’m truly glad you were here. Let me thank you properly next time.”
Still unable to speak, the Golden Knight simply gave a thumbs-up.