Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken (LN) - Volume 21 - Chapter 3.18

Zelanus was upset.

Zegion, who was supposed to be his son, had shown unexpected power. It had long surpassed Zess and reached a level that even Zelanus could not ignore.

The same chills that he had felt against Diablo had struck Zelanus again.

（He had exceeded my expectations. This is no threat to me !) Zelanus is very cautious.

Zelanus is very cautious, so he is not easily fooled, nor does he make the mistake of overestimating his enemy and losing the game.

I guessed that Zegion's extraordinary power-up has some kind of a trick to it. Otherwise, there is no explanation.

And I calculate that the burden of maintaining such an increase in power would be immeasurable.

All we have to do is to fight the battle without exhaustion, as we did against Diablo. Then, Zelanus will win soon.

After that, he can slowly explore the secret of Zegion's power.

Zelanus, with this in mind, repeats his monotonous attacks without hesitation.

Zegion responded in a calm manner, and for a while, a simple attack and defense continued.

Neither of them was on his guard, and neither of them made any big moves. It was a mechanical attack and defense that could have been a thousand-day move.

Zelanus reflected on the situation.

He tried to eat Zegion with "Devastator Virus" out of the blue, but it was a mistake.

He should have weakened Zegion more and made sure to finish him off. Determined not to make that mistake again, Zelanus tries to hunt Zegion down.

But, but...

Zelanus' silver cilia flowed, and he was about to cut Zegion into tiny pieces. Zelanus' silver cilia flow and try to cut Zegion into tiny pieces, but Zegion's new power, "Kuzuha", prevents them from doing so.

The pair of wings vibrates at divine speed, shattering the molecular bonds of all matter. It can even be made directional, cutting down anything that comes within its sphere of influence.

The silver cilia of Zelanus have been touched by this. However, since Zelanus' cilia were not weak enough to be shattered by the touch, they were only repelled.

Still, it was true that Zegion prevented Zelanus' attack.

Zelanus looked astonished for a moment. Zegion did not miss the opportunity, and he fired his fist as a follow-up attack.

Of course, Zelanus could not take a direct hit, and he evaded it with a • • • • • • margin. The fist grazed Zelanus lightly, but it did not even scratch hihiirokane's exoskeleton.

"Cheeky!

"Cocky. You should know you're shortening your own life span by trying to defeat me with such a stupid trick."

"What are you-"

Zelanus tried to retort, but felt a sharp pain in his side and jumped back.

"'Veldora Style Killing Arts™' - 'Void Fist Veldora Style Killing Arts™" "Veldora Style Killing Arts™." That was Zegion's response.

It was his answer to Zelanus, asking what he had done.

By compressing Energy to the limit in his fist, Zelanus creates the power of Insta-kill. Ideally, Zegion had been told, a glancing blow would be fatal, even if it was evaded.

Such a feat is an impossible fantasy, but if 'Spacetime Manipulation' is possible, as Zegion's is, then it is no longer a pipe dream.

Zegion was able to transmit energy just by making contact with a part of his body. The destructive Energy of 'Nihility Collapse' stored in his fist was struck into Zelanus, who had thought he had evaded it.

Then, it becomes a wave that travels through Zelanus' body. Even if the exoskeleton was made of hihiirokane, it could not prevent it. Starting from the flank where he had been hit, a destructive energy raged through his body, accompanied by tremendous pain.

Zelanus howled.

His eyes turned red with anger.

It was humiliating.

He had failed his son, whom he had thought was so insignificant. In the face of this unbelievable reality, Zelanus was consumed by an irresolvable rage.

"You are not mature enough to be emotional on the battlefield.

Zegion tells him plainly.

This is nothing but a declaration that his position has changed.

From that point on, Zegion's fierce counterattack began.

Clearly, Zegion's power was increasing.

Zegion's entire body glowed in rainbow colors, indicating that almost all the exoskeletons covering his body had evolved into hihiirokane.

The power of his fists is overwhelming.

It rips the sky and shatters the earth.

The speed of his fists is accelerating rapidly, so fast that it easily surpasses even Apito's 'divine speed'.

Zelanus was also amazing in dealing with it, but Zegion's onslaught was divine.

The reason for this is that the Energy of the 'Nihility Collapse' was circulating in his body.

It was an extremely dangerous power that ran through Zegion's body like blood, a power that could destroy the world if it were to be mishandled.

The power it produced was fear itself.

Zelanus' reaction speed becomes too fast.

Little by little, fist by fist, kick by kick, Zelanus begins to hit... and then, at one moment, the balance is broken.

Zegion strikes.

Zegion kicks.

Zegion breaks.

Zegion pierces.

Zegion throws.

Zegion strikes.

Zegion slams them.

It is one-sided violence.

Zegion, the monarch of destruction, was exerting his overwhelming power...

Zelanus' power was real.

As the Insect Lord, he had reigned for all eternity.

And yet he was no match for Zegion.

"No, no..."

Zelanus did not understand.

Zelanus' consciousness was in a state of confusion and he could not grasp what was happening to him.

Then Zegion stopped.

"Gopaaa !

Zelanus is crouching down, vomiting blood.

Zegion looks down at Zelanus coldly.

Zegion is not so naive as to think that Zelanus hesitated to kill Zelanus because he is his parent.

It was because Zelanus had treated Zegion and the others as expendable pawns that they had fled to this Cardinal World while protecting Apito. I had no intention to take revenge, but since the situation had come to this, it was my destiny.

Even though we have hurt Zelanus so much, it is not a mortal wound. It will come back in time. Zegion understood this and tried to release him with all his might to finish him off.

With all his might, he tried to unleash a "dimensional storm," a force that would bring all existence to nothing.

Zelanus did not have the power to stop it now.

Wait!

Zelanus, his exoskeleton shattered and ripped, his limbs shredded, uttered these words with all his might.

Hearing this, Zegion is unmoved.

"If you're begging for your life, it's not worth it."

"No my son, you've won. I accept and I entrust you with this..."

Zelanus entrusted Zegion with his life, the Sephiroth. Since he could possess the power of his household, he could do the opposite. But only at the moment of his death, the moment of his extinction. For Zelanus, now is the time. Now is the time for Zelanus to admit his defeat and transfer his right to be king.

It's like a coronation ceremony for a new creator god.

"Nonsense! I'm offering my body to the god Rimuru-sama. I have no intention of succeeding to the throne. Your ambitions will be crushed here." Zegion responded indifferently.

But Zelanus laughed happily.

"I don't care. Live your life as you wish my son I am satisfied. My wish to surpass my parents may not have come true but my son has surpassed me and my wish is fulfilled."

Those were the last words of Insect Lord Zelanus.

Zelanus, who had maintained his vitality through his power of authority, ended the inheritance of his wish as if to break the "curse" with his own hand.

"Foolish. Father, please let me rest in peace."

Although death does not absolve all sins, Zegion forgave Zelanus.

Apito also joins Zegion in silent prayer.

The chain of karma between father and son was thus neatly broken.