Chapter 156.1: Black Rose Garden
◆Dark Knight; Kuroki
A giant undead made of countless corpses was right before us.
The sky ship we rode on looked like a mere dot before this humongous undead.
One hit from that creature would destroy this sky ship for sure.
「How about this, Dark Knight? Behold, the true power of Modegal!」
Exclaimed Zarxis with a laugh.
Sure enough, I felt an extremely powerful miasma from it.
Every time it took a step, Modegal's body fluid spilled on the ground, containing within it miasma.
Every time it moved, the countless human faces on its surface moaned in pain.
It was as if hell itself was moving.「TAKE THIS! MODEGAL'S THOUSAND STRIKE – ACID WATER SPLASH!」
A lot of body fluid sprayed from Modegal along with Zarxis' shout, each in the form of a water sphere with a poisonous color.
「NINE FOLD MAGIC SHIELD!」
Kuna deployed her magic shield immediately.
Maybe because the liquid had magic properties in it, it dissolved the magic shield upon the touch.
Kuna didn't let her guard down and enhanced her magic shield again.
「Hou! Not bad! How About this! THOUSAND WHIP FEELERS OF DEATH AND DESTRUCTION!」
Countless feelers came out from Modegal, rushing at once toward us.
Kuna already had her hands full dealing with the powerful acid.
That's why I had to take care of this one.
「WHAT?!!」
I flew outside and covered the sky ship with a black flame.
The sphere of acid water went through my black flame, grazed my Dark Knight armor and even went through the gap of my armor, burning my skin.
It was painful, but I grit my teeth to endure it.
「THOUSAND BLADES OF BLACK FLAME!」
The blades made from black flame stretched from my sword and sliced all the incoming tentacles.
And then, I held my sword overhead, pulled it back completely for a swing of maximum range, gathered my black flame, and swung it down.
「DECAPITATION OF DARKNESS DIVINE BLADE!」
The black flame stretched and cut Modegal. It was the combination of a slash and black explosion. (TN: Maybe reference for "Desperado Blaster" from Hiro Mashima's Rave Master.)
But, it only made Modegal sway a little, it wasn’t enough to defeat it.
I returned to the deck of the ship.
Though I couldn't defeat it, the water spheres stopped coming.
We used that chance to take some distance from it.
The army of reapers might go after us but, at least we had a moment of respite.
「Are you okay, Kuroki?!」
Kuna and the others rushed at me.
She asked worriedly. Well, I did get injured but it wasn't a big deal.
「It's okay. My wound aside, have we managed to give it some damage?」
I looked up at Modegal.
And saw an unbelievable sight. Modegal's wound recovered.
「 It's a futile atte~mpt. Modegal can recover as long as there's miasma in this la~nd.」
Clown spoke happily as if enjoying this situation.
But, why did he seem to enjoy this situation?
Oh forget it, that might be his character.
「CORRECT! THOUGH NOT MANY KNOW, YOU'RE NOT BAD FOR KNOWING THAT! MODEGAL IS INVINCIBLE! NOW DIE! TRUE SPIRIT OF DECAYING WOUND BLUE FLASH!」
A huge mouth formed at the headless top part of Modegal’s humanoid form.
Modegal then opened its giant mouth. Inside, I saw countless larvae just like the inside of Zarxis' mouth on his abdomen.
「WATCH OUT! DARK FLAME WALL!」
「NINE FOLD MAGIC SHIELD!」
「RIBBIT! RAINBOW PROTECTION!」
Heqat, Kuna, and I deployed our respective defensive magic at the same time.
Right in the next moment, a torrent of larvae spurted from Modegal's giant mouth.
「Kuh! That's!」
「「KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」」
「RIBBIT!」
Kuna and and the others raised a scream.
The defensive magic wasn't strong enough.
A strong attack hit our sky ship, blowing it away as it was.
「GLORIOUS!」
I held on to Kuna and jumped on Glorious’ back.
Then we went ahead of the sky ship's course.
「What the!」
I raised my hands and held the sky ship along with Glorious.
Thanks to that we managed to slow down the fall to the ground, preventing a crash.
「That's a close call… Dark Knight. This is a difficult situation.」
Heqat descended from the ship with an unsteady gait.
Even the witch lost her composure in this situation.
Then the sky ship descended to the ground and wouldn't rise again, it wouldn't float, maybe it broke.
「FIX IT UP QUICKLY!」
I shouted at everyone in the ship.
The people on board the ship should be able to do the bare minimum of maintenance.
We had to fix the ship as fast as possible.
「WE MUSTN'T YOUR EXCELLENCY! LET'S LEAVE THE SHIP HERE! YOU SHOULD ESCAPE WITH YOUR DRAGON AND WE WILL FOLLOW YOU WITH OUR WYVERNS!」
Guno came to my side and told me the situation.
Surely, that was the best option. Heqat and the others could ride on Glorious' back.
Alas, not everyone could escape.
「No. We must not do that…」
I shook my head.
I couldn't do anything about that.
And I knew that Modegal was inching closer as I was thinking about it.
「RibbitRibbitRibbit. What shall we do, Dark Knight? Trying to fight that thing is a fool's errand. This attack only came from Modegal, but the next attack might come along with Zarxis and his kin’s attacks, too.」
Heqat was absolutely right.
Zarxis and his minions were only watching during the previous attack but they might participate in the next attack.
Moreover, the Reaper’s kin have started to gather in this place.
By then, even if we try to escape with Glorious, it might be close to impossible.
But, we're not done yet.
「It's okay, Heqat. I'll use that.」
「Ribbit? That?」
「Yes. I still have an ace in the hole. Right, Kuna? Let's use that.」
Kuna nodded in agreement.
「No problem, Kuroki. But, it's still incomplete. And it uses a lot of magical power you know?」
「That's enough, Kuna. Let's use that. It's time to use that.」
I took out the soul orb as I spoke.
There was a vast amount of magical power inside this orb. That should be enough to allow me to use that technique.
「RIBBITRIBBIT. What are you going to do with that soul orb, Dark Knight?」
「I'll use the magic that I developed with Kuna, Heqat-dono. Can I ask for your assistance?」
I asked Heqat.
I felt it during the battle against Alphos. There was another method to become stronger.
Then, I did some research with Kuna.
It should be usable right now.
It had yet to reach the stage of completion alas, we should be able to somehow use it using the soul orb.
「Ribbit? I don't know what you're trying to pull here but, leave it to me.」
Now all the cards were lined up in my hand.
I had no idea whether this was going to work or not. But it was better than nothing.
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◆Death God; Zarxis
We were chasing after the Dark Knight and co with Modegal who transformed into a giant God.
I gathered my kin in this place.
They might be no match for the Dark Knight alas, they could at least stop him.
「Dear Father, I have a request.」
Zaffrada descended from the ghost sky ship and came to my side.
「What's the matter, Zaffrada?」
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