Chapter 86
Aries looked at the ever-increasing water and frowned in vexation.
There was no way to deal with it if the water could reform from mana no matter how much of it he evaporated or attacked. When a demon was killed, it would lose its form and revert to mana. It was the same with magic that had completed its task. However, this did not mean that they were completely lost.
Substances were transformed from mana. The mana that made up these substances would never decrease and always remained behind. Now, Mercurius had become a literally immortal monster. Even if his body was completely destroyed, he would still reform from the mana.
Aries had no way to disperse mana, so he was out of options. He would not lose as the overwhelming difference between their power was still there. But it was impossible for Aries to defeat Mercurius.
As far as Aries knew, there were only three people who could defeat this thing.
The first was Aries’ master, Ruphas Mafahl. She could condense the surrounding mana into a golden apple and stop the regeneration of Mercurius.
The other person was Aigokeros. He could use the mana to create his own illusions. In other words, he could use up all of the mana before Mercurius could use it to regenerate.
The last person was Parthenos. Her secret skill, Vindemiatrix, could simply disperse the mana, thereby cutting off the regeneration at its source.
But none of these people were currently here.
…No, it was not three, but four people. Aries glanced at Virgo who remained at a distance. If it was her…As the successor of Parthenos, she could destroy this monster too. But this was too dangerous a bridge for her to cross.
Aries would rather just abandon this country and leave instead of fighting such a pointless battle. However, he knew that Virgo would not agree to this. In that case, he had no choice but to support her while she played the central role. Strangely enough, just as he had been ordered to by Ruphas, Aries was now actually assuming a supportive role for Virgo.
“Vindemiatrix!”
As Aries pondered, a flash of light passed by him and struck Mercurius. The mana that was struck completely vanished. Virgo flapped her wings and came next to Aries.
“Has the evacuation been completed?”
“Yes. They have evacuated to the capital. Kaineko-san will probably think of something next.”
Apparently, Virgo seemed to be really motivated. Such an overly good-natured person, Aries thought, but he did not think badly of her. Although her power was limited, she was desperately doing what she could. This left a good impression on him. Her image somehow overlapped with that of his old self who struggled desperately to become stronger. This strangely made him happy.
“All right. Then, I’ll block his attacks, while Virgo, you try to disperse as much mana as you can. Even if it couldn’t be completely dispersed, it should reduce his power considerably.”
“Hmm. I’ll try!”
Aries, who decided to support Virgo, emitted a flame and spread his hands apart. He then put his hands together and thrust out his palms, releasing the flame that had converged there in an instant. Immediately after, hot air blew with his palms at the center, making Aries’ hair flutter.
The ground where he stood sank from the force as the torrent of flames released from his palms evaporated Mercurius. In coordination, Virgo dispersed the mana and shaved off Mercurius’ body. However, the rate of regeneration was faster than they expected. Mercurius was now a huge mass of water like a mountain and was steadily extending his reach towards the capital.
“If—If this continues, Draupnir will…!”
“Calm down, Virgo. The mana that constitutes this guy isn’t infinite. If you keep reducing it, the damage to the capital will be reduced.”
As he stopped Virgo who was trying to return to the capital city in a panic, Aries used his flame to evaporate an incoming water tentacle attack. As with the fight with Levia, he lamented that he never had a good match and was always facing opponents with incompatible attributes.
Why do I end up fighting enemies with Water attribute all the time?
At any rate, it was certain that this was working. The question was whether the capital city would be engulfed first or Virgo would completely wipe out the enemy before that happened. Well…he was convinced that the capital city would probably be safe, so there were some leeways.
For now, the top priority was to protect Virgo. With that in mind, Aries decided to use his full power.
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“What’s that noise?”
Having failed in her search for the Archer in the capital city, Dina raised her head and looked towards the mountain. In response, Aigokeros also looked towards the mountain and saw a torrent of water approaching like an avalanche.
It seemed that something had gone wrong in the mountain where Virgo was headed. If the water continued as it was, it would surely flood the capital city and inevitably drag them along.
However, Water magic was Dina’s specialty. She swiftly moved her finger, lifting the approaching water up into the air and directed it to collect in one place. Then, she activated the X-Gate.
With the destination specified as another world, it swallowed all the collected water and was then interrupted in the midst of the process. As a result, the mass of water had nowhere to go and was banished to the space between dimensions. It would never be able to get out on its own, forever drifting between Midgard and another world.
This Subspace Seal skill was established by exploiting the faults in the X-Gate. Even if another user could use the skill, they would not be able to abuse it unless the nature and nuances of the skill could be completely understood.
Even the Wisdom King would not be able to do this. This was a mystery that could be considered Dina’s unique skill.
“Hmph!”
Aigokeros unleashed a black wave from his hand to scatter the water. But the water, which should have reverted to mana, regenerated and approached again as if nothing had happened. Seeing this, Aigokeros understood at a glance. This unusual water was able to immediately regenerate itself from mana.
Normal magic would revert to mana after losing its form and that would be the end of it. Yet somehow, this magic was able to transform back into water after reverting into mana. This seemed like an impossibility. It was as if the caster was nearby, recasting the magic each time it ended.
But it was too early to speak of it transforming back from mana. In short, he just had to use up the mana first.
Once he made his judgment, Aigokeros used the mana in the surroundings to create an illusion. His figure grew quickly, creating the illusion of an enormous devil which was even larger than the one he used to fight Luna.
More than ten meters, more than twenty, more than thirty…Finally, the devil grew to a size that reached the heavens. The incarnation of evil had descended upon Draupnir.
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