Chapter 296 You Should Be Ashamed
────Clang!!!
The moment that metallic sound echoed, the [Evil God] turned around.
At the source of the sound, Aaron Gale's body, literally cut in half, lay on the ground.
The upper part.
The side still connected to the head was wrapped in a pale blue aura──no, it had become the pale blue aura itself.
"────Huh?"
For the first time, pure surprise escaped the [Evil God's] lips.
Her mind went blank. Her body froze.
The reason she watched the events unfold without interfering wasn't just due to the shock.
Even a being like the [Evil God] was frozen in fear in front of an incomprehensible phenomenon.
Slither.
From the cross-section of Aaron Gale's bisected body, tendrils of aura emerged.
Whoosh.
With a speed that cut through the air, they reached out to the lower half that was lying a short distance away.
The tendrils plunged into the cross-section of the lower half, and from there, they began to seep the aura into the entire body.
Before long, the lower half, filled with a light blue glow, was dragged along by the aura tendrils.
And then──thud.
The two cross-sections pressed against each other.
Thump!!
The heart that had stopped began to move.
"────Cough!!"
Breath escaped from Aaron Gale's mouth, and he resumed breathing.
After gasping a few times──Aaron Gale stood up, breathing heavily.
"That was close...!! It was just barely...!!"
He faced the frozen [Evil God].
"Even I would have died if it weren't for the vital points being missed...!!"
He hold his sword──"Black-White."
"Hah, hah, hah, hah...!! Don't mess with me!!!!"
Finally, the [Evil God], who had been frozen in place, shouted.
In response to the absurdity in front of her.
"What do you mean by 'just barely'!? It missed the vital points!? Hah!? The heart is the vital point for humans!! If you get your heart split in 2, you die!! So why are you still alive!? What was that revival about!? What kind of alien do you think you are!? Enough already!! Knowing that you're alive after having your heart and body cut in half, you should be ashamed as a human!!!"
"Heh, your mask has finally come off...!!"
Seeing the [Evil God], who had not lost composure until now, unleash a torrent of insults, Aaron smiled.
However, the [Evil God], panting and heaving, seemed to have calmed down a bit after shouting, and managed to show a smile. ...Though it was quite strained.
"I, I have... shown a disgraceful side of myself. But... yes, but! I can't help but wonder why you, who lost your skills, can still handle aura... well, that's fine. But even so, you cannot attack me or Fiona! Isn't that right!?"
"......"
"Hehe, just as I thought! Then, Aaron, you have no chance of winning! You've only extended your lifespan a little. Considering the nature of [God's Body], it doesn't mean your wounds are healed... In other words, if you lose your magical energy, that body will revert to a corpse!!"
"...That's completely true."
Aaron poured his aura into the "Black-White."
He returned the aura stained with heavy attributes back to himself, spreading it from the grip, through his hands, and throughout his entire body.
──[Chaos Strength: God of Calamity]
With the black aura patterns covering his body, he pointed the tip of "Black-White" at the [Evil God].
"I'm done talking with you. ...Come at me."
"────!!"
There was still no way to save Fiona.
But Aaron had no intention of giving up.
It wasn't a way to save Fiona, who had fused with the [Evil God], but there was a last resort that Fiona and Lucia had left behind, considering the worst-case scenario.
And for that, it was absolutely necessary for Lucia to be here.
If Lucia and the others had lost to the Chronosphere, everything would be pointless.
However, Aaron believed. His friends would definitely win against the Chronosphere.
(If Lucia doesn't come here, we're really in trouble. ...I'm counting on you, perverts and idiots!!)
Meanwhile, the [Evil God], fearing that the desperate Aaron might take Fiona down with him, commanded all the fake goddesses.
"Kill that man!!!"
* * *
The fake goddesses and Cain, who had been standing still, suddenly charged at him.
In that moment, Aaron took the initiative and swung his sword.
My unique sword technique──[Calamity Absolute Flash Blade: Star Eater]
A long blade of aura raced through the sky, leaving a black slash in Space. The aura on the seat spun around as if wrapping itself into a point, crushing the fake goddesses and Cain's group who were nearby.
However, of course, it didn't wipe out all the enemies.
At best, he took down a quarter of them.
The remaining fake goddesses and Cain's group attacked from a distance. Slashes from Space magic rained down from all directions.
Dodge──wasn't possible in time.
My unique battle technique──[Calamity Steel Body].
His whole body was covered in black aura, deflecting the magic blades with his skin.
The attacks from the fake goddesses were no problem. But──just a moment after the fake goddesses' magic attacks, the two surviving Cains unleashed [Dragon-Slayer Flash].
"──────Shh!!"
In its path, Aaron released [Calamity Continuous Blade], lining it up like a shield.
The [Dragon-Slayer Flash] collided with the huge black shield, turning into a platinum light and then into particles of light.
But──he blocked it.
(I really can block it like this...!!)
The [Dragon-Slayer Flash] was too fast to dodge after seeing it. However, if he knew it was coming in advance, he could time it and set up an obstacle.
A weak obstacle would probably get pierced, but with the strength of [Calamity Continuous Blade], it seemed to function as a barrier.
(That said... this isn't good at all...!!)
Aaron deflected the attacks from the fake goddesses with [Calamity Steel Body] and blocked Cain's [Dragon-Slayer Flash] with [Calamity Continuous Blade], but he couldn't move from that spot.
The heavy aura was weighing him down, and activating [Calamity Steel Body] made his movement speed extremely slow, but that wasn't the only reason.
"Hehe, uhuhu!! Oh dear! What's wrong, Aaron!? You seem to be moving quite sluggishly, don't you!? Yes! That's to be expected!! You can't possibly not be weakened after losing your Jobs!!"
Keeping her distance, the [Evil God] laughed happily from behind the fake goddesses.
And just as those words suggested, Aaron was indeed weakened now.
Losing his Jobs had lowered his physical abilities, and even his reflexes and senses were dulled. Now, Aaron was mostly just reacting to the enemy's movements by instinct.
He hadn't relied solely on his physical abilities in battle before, but still, the loss of the Job had a huge impact on him.
On top of that──the fake goddesses and Cain that he had eliminated with his first strike were quickly respawning and returning to the battlefield.
The attacks were becoming more intense, and he couldn't shift from pure defense to counterattack.
No, to be precise, he realized that even if he forced a counterattack, it would only make the situation worse.
(At this rate, I'm going to run out of options... then, I have no choice but to take a gamble!!)
At the moment he blocked Cain's [Dragon-Slayer Flash] with [Calamity Continuous Blade], Aaron drove "Black-White" into the ground at his feet.
He expelled the black aura that had been circulating throughout his body, slamming it into the ground through "Black-White."
My unique sword technique──[Calamity Sealing Sphere]
A small black dome, big enough to imprison only Aaron, unfolded around him.
In that instant, Cain and the others’ [Dragon-Slayer Flash] came crashing down, and the dome was soon engulfed in a platinum-colored light.
The dome would soon disappear. But he had bought a few precious seconds.
During that time, inside the dome, Aaron sheathed "Black-White" into its ring, replacing it with the wooden sword of the Light Elemental Treant──"Dawn." He poured his aura into the sword.
Without a moment's delay, he returned the light-imbued white aura into his body, circulating it.
──[Chaos Strength: Sun God]
"""───!?"""
The next moment, from inside the dome, which had scattered into particles of light, a single beam of light shot straight into the sky.
No──of course, it wasn’t a beam of light. It was Aaron, fused with the light-element aura.
My unique battle technique──[Sun God Flash Strike]
The light attribute is light, yet swift.
And with his body infused with the light attribute, Aaron’s reaction speed, which had diminished after losing his Jobs, suddenly skyrocketed.
At a speed even the fake goddesses couldn’t react to, he darted through the air, free and unrestrained.
"OOOOOOOOHHHHHHH!!!"
My unique sword technique──[Sun God Splitting Light Flash]
While racing through the gaps between the fake goddesses, he mercilessly slashed at them with the light-imbued blade of "Dawn."
Even the fake goddesses couldn't keep up with Aaron's speed, and the magic slashes, along with Cain's [Dragon-Slayer Flash], only cut through the air uselessly.
No, even worse, the fake goddesses were disappearing from Cain's [Dragon-Slayer Flash]. They were so worried about hitting each other that they couldn't even use [Dragon-Slayer Flash] properly.
However──Aaron wasn't completely in the clear.
He noticed that the fake goddesses he had cut down were regenerating their bodies without any issue.
(Tch! So I can't take them down completely like this!! And...!!)
[Sun God Splitting Light Flash] has high heat. Because of that, the cut surfaces were burned, and the fake goddesses' regeneration speed was slow──but they could still regenerate.
And no matter how many simple slashes he threw at them, he couldn't defeat the fake goddesses.
But if he tried to use a sword technique with enough power to take them down, his movements would definitely slow down.
No, even if he managed to take down a few fake goddesses, they would just keep coming endlessly.
And then──the [Evil God] noticed it right away.
"What are you doing!! It's just about moving fast, so just trap him in a barrier!! Block his attacks with a shield!!"
"Tch! So you noticed, huh...!!"
In that instant, the fake goddesses began to deploy [Space Barriers] in front of themselves and tried to trap him with a huge [Space Barrier].
Aaron's slash was easily blocked by the barrier, forcing him to run around to avoid being trapped in the barrier.
With attacks other than heavy attributes──except for the platinum sword──he couldn't cut through the [Space Barrier].
No, in the current situation, where he was surrounded by various fake goddesses, a sword that couldn't deal with Space magic was pretty useless.
And then──
"What the──!? That was close!?"
Suddenly, a wide area of magical energy was emitted around Aaron, who was moving at high speed.
Feeling a sense of danger, he desperately escaped the area filled with magical energy, and right after that, he saw the fake goddesses trapped in the area where the magic was activated, frozen in place.
Pseudo Time Magic──[Time Stop]
The [Evil God] activated magic one after another towards Aaron, who had avoided his own magic.
──[Time Stop][Time Stop][Time Stop]!!
A chilling fear ran down Aaron's spine at the thought of being caught by that deadly magic, where victory or defeat would be decided in an instant.
If he used [Chaos Strength: God of Calamity], he might be able to resist the magic, but then he would be stopped in his tracks. Besides, it was impossible to change the attributes of [Chaos Strength] while running away.
Aaron desperately dodged the [Time Stop] from the [Evil God] and the cage created by the fake goddesses' [Space Barrier].
On the other hand, it seemed that Cain and the others understood that if they just let [Dragon-Slayer Flash] go, the fake goddesses would use it as a shield, so they changed their tactics. They closed the distance with [Sky Drive Instant] and Aaron had to keep dodging their attacks like [Flying Dragon Sever] and [Destructive Wave].
There was no time to pause, and he kept flying through the midst of over 300 enemies.
It was a desperate game of chicken, either running out of his magical energy or getting caught.
But then, eventually...
(────It's here!!)
From somewhere, a sudden burst of magical energy shone down onto the battlefield filled with fake goddesses.
"──No way!?"
At the same time as Aaron, the [Evil God] shifted her gaze to where the magical energy was coming from.
"Are you saying you abandoned your comrades who lost their jobs, Lucia!?"
The [Evil God] tried to interfere with Lucia's teleportation.
If it were against a regular Space magician, she might have succeeded.
However, against Lucia and Aron, she was just a bit too late.
In the sky above the battlefield crowded with fake goddesses, a silver-haired, golden-eyed little girl──Lucia appeared with her teleportation.
In that moment, Lucia unleashed a blade of magic towards the surrounding fake goddesses.
Space magic──[Air Slash Dice: Cage Box]
Centered around Lucia in the air, blades of Space Rupture spread out in an orderly manner, leaving no escape for those around her.
The many fake goddesses around Lucia were cut through the barrier as if it was nothing, their bodies sliced into countless cubes, falling down with fresh blood.
However, without witnessing that, Lucia shouted towards Aaron on the battlefield.
"Aaron!! Stop the [Evil God]'s movements!!"
"Got it!!"
Aaron's right hand had already switched his sword from "Dawn" to "Black-White."
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