Against the World II: Transgression
Chapter 19: Xavier vs. Shiva, part 5
“It's your business to reveal it,” Shiva said as he landed more than twenty meters in front of Xavier. The plain-faced puppet also landed beside its master. “Which is clear, I lied about controlling Nirvana was difficult. Well, now, do you want to run away or continue the fight?”
Xavier screeched, narrowed his eyes at the surroundings before then refocusing his gaze on Shiva. “Don't be too satisfied just because it managed to surprise me,” he said while raising his right hand with the palm open position—api various colors are immediately created and dress each other to form a blob of energy. “You will die, it will not be—”
—Xavier spontaneously jumps to the left, thinly avoiding Shiva's punch. It could have made his body untouchable, but it would have made the Null Turn half-finished to collapse. Although jumping still makes his concentration disturbed, but he can still maintain his energy ball.
“I can't let that destructive attack happen here,” said the emperor on the sidelines of his attack.
Xavier is in a defensive position; he cannot counter-attack while holding the energy ball with great damage. And annoyingly, Shiva becomes increasingly fast and aggressive as time passes. Then, when Nirvana suddenly shot towards him, Xavier had no choice but to teleport away.
…But Nirvana had already teleported in front of him when Xavier appeared tens of meters behind Shiva. Xavier spontaneously Grand Order-kan Nirvana to stop, at the same time he releases the would-be Turn Null from his control. The black energy ball shimmered, and instantly concatenated. However, before Xavier's body was swallowed in the explosion, he had already teleported right before Shiva.
Shiva was not surprised by Xavier's sudden presence. Coinciding with the impact of Shiva's arm and Xavier's arm, the Null Turn is perfectly concatenated. The air shock was so great that it blew them both away. Of course the effect cannot be matched with Turn Null, far different. However, it was enough to destroy everything within a radius of one kilometer from the center of the explosion.
Xavier doesn't know if Shiva was affected by the explosion, but he apparently teleported before the intense heat swallowed everything. Xavier was kneeling on one foot a dozen meters from the blast area. The situation was still not calm, Xavier could see nothing but chaos. He could indeed eliminate the effects caused after the explosion disappeared, but he did not want to waste any mana.
Shiva was a troublesome opponent, and Xavier had a feeling that he was still not completely serious. If so, the situation was unfavorable for Xavier. It has drained a lot of mana. If Xavier can't finish off Shiva in one strike, he no longer has a chance to win. He can only retreat. Bitter is in the mouth, but even more bitter if he allows himself to be the moons of the man.
However, how do I finish Shiva in one attack?
Shiva has shown that he can break away from the shackles of [Reverse Law]. He didn't know how that guy could do it. Given their fight so far, Xavier has two pieces of information:
First, although Shiva could break away from the influence of [Reverse Law], his puppet was not. Second, Shiva can shift the [Reverse Law] effect from the doll to himself—and this explains why when Xavier uses Reverse Reverse Reverse on Nirvana, instead he switches places with Shiva.
The second information may relate to the lotus symbol on Shiva's forehead, but Xavier has no answer to the first theory. How could he break away from the Grand Order— command the highest level of ability [Reverse Law]?
Among the six Crests of Hope, only the Mother of Nature had a high level of resistance to [Reverse Law]. Hence Xavier was sure that not the Soul of Sacred Waterfall was the cause. According to Eleithyia, the usefulness of Soul of Sacred Waterfall was to make the [Divine Insight] user able to use that magic to its highest level.
However, what if the information from Eileithyia was incomplete?
Because, even though he knows all the secrets of the world, it is not impossible that nothing escapes his knowledge. [Divine Insight] is Supreme Magic, Mother of Nature is just a Crest of Hope. In theory, isn't [Divine Insight] superior? It makes perfect sense that the Mother of Nature's ability could not fully know about the Soul of Sacred Waterfall because it was blocked by [Divine Insight].
Xavier had no time to continue his thinking as a sudden wave of high-intensity wind blew the remnants of the explosive effect towards Xavier's left.
There, about fifty meters in front of Xavier, Shiva blasted into the air from what was left of the previous explosion. No more robes wrapped around Shiva. Shoes and pants are what's left of her clothes. Shiva's slightly muscular strapping body is clearly visible to all eyes looking at—if any.
It happened so fast. Shiva was already in front of Xavier before Xavier perfectly heard his words. When his eyes were about to widen, Xavier's body was already bounced in Shiva's leg. Xavier was thrown strong. The energy his body received was so great that Xavier's distress reduced the momentum.
Xavier senses Shiva's existence, reflexively performing Space Reversal with a grain of sand tens of meters away from him. However, just as Xavier appeared there, Shiva's fist had already landed on the commander's stomach.
Xavier was knocked back, his mouth spewing out saliva, but at the same time he was able to sacrifice some of the remaining mana to stop Shiva with [Reverse Law]. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean. Still in a crashing state, Shiva was suddenly in front of Xavier.
…The dark green-haired emperor slapped Xavier's right cheek with the back of his hand—which spontaneously made Xavier bounce to the left. It was so painful, and embarrassing. Xavier will never forget this treatment for the rest of his life, even though it's no more shameful than what Rossia did.
Before Xavier fell into the sand, a kick landed on the commander's body, pushing him upward. Unfortunately Xavier was not pushed far. Two meters into the air, Shiva's hand grip found a spot on Xavier's neck. Not enough there, Shiva slammed his knee on Xavier's heart, then banged his forehead with Xavier's forehead.
…Since her first defeat at the hands of Nizivia, this was the first time she received this kind of pain—ia could even feel blood flowing down her forehead.
“I won't kill you. Defeat and pain make a person grow stronger, I expect you too. However, I will give you pain that is not bia—”
…Xavier's body suddenly disappears from Shiva's hand.
Shiva's expression purely implies confusion. His mouth was about to open to voice the confusion, but a footstroke on the head instantly made Shiva's body fall and sink into the sand. Only his head remained. It was not because Shiva stopped himself, but the sand below him solidified and gave an upward thrust until his body stopped.
“You've grown arrogant, haven't you, Shiva Rashta? Your arrogance far surpasses that of Gadra Rashta, but I can understand because you are indeed much stronger than her.”
That arrogant voice came from behind Shiva. He was about to turn his body to face the owner of the voice, but his intention was void when a pair of legs landed thirty centi in front of him. And, as the emperor's gaze tried to look up, the right leg smashed into his face full of disdain.
“Go to bed, Shiva. Weak beings like yourself should not be looking for trouble with Islan, much less Xavier. Fie's self is kind of gentle with yourselves, but I'm not. Once again you seek for Islan, I will make Veria the new territory of Vampire Kingdom.”
…Shiva can only growl, but he can't do anything. It was only when the foot that stepped on his face disappeared with the owner that an angry tantrum screamed out of Shiva's mouth.
Vermyna Hellvaross. Shiva will never forget what that bastard woman did. Not only did he prevent her from taking a bit of Xavier's soul, he had also humiliated her. He's already trampled on his face.
Shiva will never forget a moment that has just been missed. It never will.
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