Campione! - Volume 21 - Chapter 4.3

Part 3
Rama who unsheathed his divine sword and the barehanded Kusanagi Godou.

The distance spanning between the two was around five meters.

Godou couldn’t predict at all how this last decisive battle against this great hero would develop but──only this should be absolutely necessary.

Godou called the name of the divine sword.

「Ama no Murakumo」

The divine sword that was a national treasure of Japan appeared in Godou’s right hand.

The length of its blade was a bit more than a meter. The color of the blade was jet black. The blade was curving gently, it could be classified as a curved sword so to speak. Looked from the side it was the very picture of a Japanese katana.

But, that was because the grip’s workmanship imitated Japanese katana.

The period when Ama no Murakumo no Tsurugi was “active” was the era of ancient Japan. Japanese katana’s still didn’t exist then. But, the sword that would become its prototype, 『Warabitetou』 was created at that time. (TN: Warabitetou = type of iron sword with curved pommel (Nara period))

The imperial court of Yamato commanded the blacksmith of Emishi to forge the ancient katana. (TN: Yamato is the ancient name of Japan. Emishi = Historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan)

The battle of Japan’s unification that united the different races including Emishi. As though to symbolize the blood soaked military tactics, Ama no Murakumo no Tsurugi possessed a “black blade”.

It was truly a marked contrast with the Divine Sword of Salvation that Rama owned which was shining divinely.

Godou didn’t take a stance with this black sword, instead──

He stabbed the ground of the schoolyard.

「We will go with that one, let’s go. Do the 《Black Blade》.」

『Ou!』

Ama no Murakumo no Tsurugi responded bravely. The aura of magic power was rising up from that blade.

The color of power that was surging out from the black blade──was purple that was nearly black. Furthermore the ground was starting to rumble. Shaking and *GOGOGOGOGOGO-!* such heavy bass sound were transmitted from the depth of ground.

The secret technique that was bequeathed from two goddesses, the witch Circe and Athena.

It could even be called as the greatest trump card of Kusanagi Godou.

Seeing that activation, Rama grinned fearlessly.

「As I thought, you’re releasing that great technique.」

Rama lifted the tip of his beloved sword toward the sky.

Above his head, a platinum──halo appeared. Its size was around the size of a globe, but it should enlarge immediately. That too was the certain kill weapon of the hero Rama.

「O light of salvation, shoot down my arch enemy!」

「So you also go with that as expected!」

Godou howled.

Now that Rama couldn’t use the Great Law of Covenant, the lightning strike of salvation was Rama’s greatest weapon. Including the time when Lancelot wielded the holy lance Excalibur, Godou had been tormented several times by it.

The most certain method of defense was by using the incarnation of Raptor to escape.

However, Godou didn’t do that.

「The name of mine father is Vayu──」

In exchange he chanted words of power and swung his right hand.

A sudden violent gust of wind was suddenly created from Godou’s back. It blew toward Rama.

「What the!?」

The shocked Rama was greatly blown away. That was how strong the gust of wind was.

However, although he fell on the ground back first, the noble youth who was an expert at using every kind of weapon showed a brilliant recovery technique from the fall while his mantel bellowed behind him.

It wasn’t even ten seconds of him falling before he immediately got up and stood on his feet.

His body motion looked like a smooth flow. A martial art that could only be called as beautiful. However Rama focused hard on Godou with wonder and compliment surfacing on his dignified handsome face.

「Kusanagi Godou, that authority, could it be──」

Rama lifted up the Divine Sword of Salvation while muttering.

The globe of platinum color appeared once more above Rama’s head.

It steadily rose in altitude and the sphere that was about as big as a globe inflated in the blink of eye. It immediately grew into huge luminous body with diameter that reached a hundred meters.

Furthermore, this ball of light began to discharge electricity and scattered platinum lightning at random!

The manifestation of White Star that Godou had seen before several times.

Its activation time was far shorter than Godou’s Black Sword. However.

「Until now that thing has thoroughly become a bother for me, but!」

Godou yelled boldly.

Next what he chanted was, as expected, the words of power of the wind god──

「The name of mine father is Vayu. Mine name, his child, is Hanuman. Oo, I seek for that far away light and heat, now I dash up the celestial path!」

The authority that he usurped from the white monkey god of wind, he used it for the first time.

Wind was born from Godou’s back and it blew fiercely. With strength that was incomparable from the gust of wind before this, it became a roaring storm.

*Gou, gou, gou, gou, gou, gou, gou, gou, gou!*

The raging storm was starting to turn round and round counterclockwise just like a typhoon as though to surround the giant ball of light Rama summoned. Furthermore it wasn’t just a storm.

There was even a giant shadow in the form of monkey manifesting and clung on the White Star!

This shadow was──sucking thte electricity. The lightning of salvation that was scattered at random by the platinum ball of light was completely sucked in.

Rama looked up at the “shadow” that Godou summoned and he whispered.

「My vice general Hanuman was said to attempt to steal the sun at his childhood. He flew up to beyond the sky aiming toward the sun, but he was struck down to the surface by the hand of the angered lightning god Indra……. This is like an authority to reproduce that tale.」

「Though other than sun, this authority feels like it can also used at fire and also lightning──basically at anything shining.」

Godou summoned storm and Hanuman’s shadow and made them absorb the heat energy.

To summarize it, it was that kind of authority. One day someone from the Witenagamot something surely would think up of an exaggerated name for it.

But, well, Godou himself felt that a temporary name like『Hanuman’s Shadow』 was enough.

「If it’s with this guy, then your lightning attack can be suppressed for a while!」

「Then, I’ll commence with my own hands!」

Rama lightly dashed and closed the distance.

He swung down the Divine Sword of Salvation from upper stance. The sword should bisect Godou into two from his head. The sharpness, speed of that slash caused “that” to become usable──.

「Fear of the winged!」

Verethragna’s seven incarnation, Raptor was invoked.

Obtaining the movement of godspeed, Godou dodged the divine sword while circling to Rama’s back.

But, the great hero who was able to easily use even the mind eye wouldn’t lose sight of Kusanagi Godou with just that much. He swung his sword in a horizontal slash while turning around──.

Godou dodged it too with godspeed.

Rama’s sword, sword, sword came chasing after him. Dodge, dodge, dodge.

While doing that, in the air above Hanuman’s Shadow became unable to absorb the lightning attack completely and it was tragically terminated. The fiercely raging storm also stopped.

But in exchange──the darkness colored sphere manifested in the sky.

Finally the Black blade’s activation was beginning.

That darkness was a giant sphere that rivaled Rama’s White Star, the wind that sucked in all creation──it caused a gravity storm.

From the storm of monkey god Hanuman to transformation of absorption power of darkness that would swallow everything.

However, there was nothing unusual from the『storm』 that Kusanagi Godou caused. In order to escape from its effect, Rama burned magic power through his whole body and brushed aside the absorption power.

「Fufufufu」

Rama smiled for some reason.

「How strange. Right now, my confrontation against you is unbearably enjoyable.」

「That’s not the case at all for me. No way I can enjoy something like a match against a guy whose strength is a magnitude higher than me.」

「Is that so?」

「Obviously. You are a guy who says strange things huh.」

「No. In that case, why are you also smiling?」

「…………」

「It seems, both of us unexpectedly reach the same state of mind. To be able to share this kind of hard to obtain experience with you, I’m feeling happy from the bottom of my heart.」

「In that case, I won’t mind even if you go easy on me!」

「That’s a talk that I cannot agree with!」

Above, huge black and white spheres collided.

The White Star was randomly scattering lightning attack. The black star swallowed all creation and scattered gravity storm.

Both the stars emitted energy that shook heaven and earth.

The clash of black and white, the rivalry was mostly equal. But, as for Godou and Rama who were fighting on the ground──

「Haa!」

Rama unusually let out a yell of fighting spirit and cut in.

With a shuffling feet that was like sliding on the ground, Rama approached Godou who tried to escape using godspeed and hammered in slashes after slashes that were like raging waves.

Rama wasn’t fixated with upper stance anymore, he also slashed from middle stance. He also aimed at Godou from low stance.

There wasn’t even an instant of rest, Rama’s slashes and thrusts were repeated.

Whether it was his sword handling or body handling, everything was like the flowing of a great river. It was splendorous and elegant. Several hundred sword strikes were unleashed toward Godou, every single one of them was exceptionally powerful──.

As for Godou, he couldn’t do anything except continuing to dodge earnestly using godspeed.

He also thought of escaping to a distance that the sword couldn’t reach, but if he did that, that troublesome bow and arrows might come after him. Rama was a warrior who mastered bow even more than the sword.

He wanted to avoid that──in that case!

「Ooh!」

Rama was in admiration.

Because the two-handed sword thrust aiming at the throat, its tip was blocked by Godou using his left shoulder. Not the vital spot of throat, he deliberately made the sword thrust into the shoulder──.

「Upon my mighty self……I shall bear the symbol of the raging camel!」

「Nuuh!」

Along with the words of power, Godou dealt a powerful blow on Rama’s torso with a right spinning kick.

As expected even the great hero couldn’t endure it and let out an anguished groan. He was sent flying back for seven, eight meters. Furthermore the Divine Sword of Salvation was still stabbed on Godou’s shoulder.

Finally the shining divine sword was separated from Rama’s hand──.

The incarnation of Camel that increased the kick power and endurance, this result came from that.

「Take care of this okay!」

Godou wasted no time to pull out the divine sword from his shoulder and threw it to the sky.

Riding the wind of gravity storm, the sword that had thoroughly tormented Godou was getting sucked toward the dark star of Black Sword…….

Well, it might come back immediately but, he was able to buy time for a while.

Godou glared at Rama once more.

The King of the End who became empty handed threw off his white mantel at that time.

「My bare handed fighting skill──isn’t poor by any means. Allow me to exhibit my fist martial art.」

「Of course, I thought that you are going to do that.」

It was already a pre-established harmony. Godou smiled wryly. Rama also smiled.

A Campione and the hero of devil king extermination, both walked toward each other empty handed then at the same time, both sides unleashed right spinning kick aiming to the head!

The legs of the two rivals──shin and shin clashed. They crossed each other depicting the shape of『X』.

The second round was starting.