Against the World II: Transgression
Chapter 43: Ascension, Part 5
Xavier rose quickly after [Reverse Law] restored his body condition to its prime condition. He was about to open his mouth to comment that Nueva had said similar things before. However, before his mouth had time to release a word, an energy in an amount that exceeded the total amount of mana Xavier exuded from the emperor's body.
Not only the surface of the mountain is vibrating, the air is also vibrating. The snow that fell was even held up in the air.
“Dragon Force.”
And just after those two words were thrown out of Nueva's mouth, all the energy that filled the air seeped into the Emperor's body quickly. And a moment later, an unusually strong shockwave unleashed Nueva's body in all directions. If Xavier had not reversed the direction of the shockwave, his body would have already bounced back to fall from the mountain.
As soon as the shockwave disappeared, Nueva's body had been filled with dragon scales. A pair of white dragon wings had appeared on his back. His two fingernails had also elongated to form claws. And most obviously, his strength was no joke. Looking from his sensory magic glasses, Xavier seemed to be right in front of a giant bonfire.
“Before defeat strikes you, let me confirm one thing here: I am stronger than Thevetat in all its splendor. You have no chance of winning. Rather than suffer and end up being killed, I suggest you surrender and let me take the [Reverse Law] in peace. That way, you don't have to feel excessive pain.”
Normally Xavier would return those words with ridicule, but now he was silent. He doesn't have time for that. The situation is different now. He needs to be fully focused. Xavier created two dimensional swords in hand and a dozen others in the air. He wanted to dress his body with [Space Magic], but Xavier was not yet proficient enough for it. He can only rely on what he can do.
“Your answer?”
Xavier instantly darted across the distance between them. Grand Order, his mind while swinging both swords, Disintegrate!
Immediately, after several milliseconds of Xavier's loss of mana, Nueva fell to her knees with blood coming out from all over her body. His blood vessel broke. His internal organs are destroyed. The disintegration effect that his body received was really severe.
However, Nueva still lives—ia has very high resistance. And the emperor still caught both of Xavier's slashes with both of his claws. More than that, Nueva's body smoky terrific—aura hot wrapped her body.
Xavier who understood that Nueva was rejuvenating his body immediately tried to use the Grand Order once again. However, the amount of mana is not enough—padah Nueva is injured! Xavier turned to try to reverse Nueva's blood flow, but he was also unable to. His resistance to [Reverse Law] had grown to a higher point.
Realizing the situation before him that had spread the smell of danger, Xavier immediately teleported away. However, the two swords of his dimension did not get carried away. The grip of the emperor's claws on the two dimensional swords was so loud that teleportation was unable to take them off. And because the supply of mana was cut off, the two dimensional swords shrunk and then vanished.
“This is dangerous,” muttered Xavier while creating two other dimensional swords. “At this second, I don't pu—!”
Nueva was in front of Xavier before the commander could finish his speech. He did not even see when he stood, knowing that he was in front of Xavier. Xavier's reflexes were fast enough, the two dimensional swords he had positioned crossed to block the emperor's blow. However, kraaak, his dimensional sword cracked and disintegrated after Nueva's sharp claws hit him.
Faster than his body reacted, Nueva's left hand had gripped the commander's neck.
The cold spread quickly. Xavier felt a loss of feeling in his neck. He just used Space Reversal to avoid further impact. Trial succeeded. However, before he could smash Nueva's neck with his grip, Xavier's left hand froze and was crushed in Nueva's right hand. Not stopping there, one of the emperor's legs hit Xavier's right shoulder in the next millisecond.
Xavier crashed to the surface of the mountain flat—exclude some craters and cracks that have formed.
Again Xavier wants to use Space Reversal. However, Nueva was already in front of him. At the same time, Xavier again lost his sight due to the freezing. And when his gaze returned, Xavier had slid straight down from the impact of Nueva's foot.
Xavier had no choice but to return to try to use Space Reversal, but once again the world froze and he lost sight and control of his body. And when the situation returned to normal, Xavier was already lying in the middle of the crater between the two icebergs. This time both his legs had been crushed to the thighs.
The first thing Xavier did was, of course, restore his foot to its original condition—, as he had done with his hand earlier. Even so, Xavier did not let his vigilance disappear. His eyes did not move from Nueva, which floated hundreds of meters in the air with both wings of the dragon expanding.
Xavier immediately sat down after his legs returned to normal, and at the same time Nueva landed roughly a few meters in front of the commander—he was very fast.
“I will give you one more chance,” said the emperor as he sat himself on the icy throne that had materialized in an instant. “But before going there, I want to say what I want. I'll let you know why I did what I did. Knowing this could be a consideration for you to give up and work together.”
Cih, forget it. I have no intention of hearing you. Whatever you want, it doesn't matter to me.
At least, that was what Xavier wanted to say. However, he had lost quite a lot of mana. To continue the fight, he needed additional mana. Listening to Nueva speak is a great opportunity to gather mana. He also needed to try to use [Magic Container] to absorb all the wasted mana into the air. Her sensory magic sensed a lot of Nueva mana scattered into the air.
“I will be kind to listen,” said Xavier, starting to maximize [Magic Container] to absorb the mana in the air. “Say, what's more important than your own daughter until you kill her.”
“If you don't know yet, I was the one who made Eden get the nickname ‘City of Paradise’ Garden. Right, as you already know, I've lived in the past. I managed to escape my soul from the pull of the realm of death. But I'm not going to tell you about what happened; you just need to know what the underlying reason for my actions is.”
Nueva paused while closing her eyes, before then opening her eyes with a serious expression and returning to talk, “This world is a unity of all forms of decay that exist, a nightmare for the weak and helpless. You who were born in a village that became a battlefield of conflict between two countries must understand. There is no peace for the powerless in this rotten, corrupt and unkempt world. I want nothing but to change that. However...”
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