
"Ugh..., where am I...??"
As soon as he opened his eyes, the pain all over his body assaulted him mercilessly. The whole body feels squeezed by something mysterious, then there is nothing to do but to be still and enjoy the pain it suffers.
"Finally you've regained consciousness, Hero Ozaru." exclaimed one girl.
Ozaru looked at him, finding Natalia, Garfiel, Odin and Gahdevi with him. They should not have been in place, considering Rigel was commanding them away from the location. It should be very unlikely for Natalia to break Rigel's orders, unless something holds her back or maybe, the fight is over??
"How long...., am I unconscious??"
"It should have been half an hour since you fainted and right now, it seems that Hero Rigel, Hero of Spears and the middle bow are fighting White Tiger. They were fighting evenly, each looking for a gap to each other."
Which means everything is not finished, yes. If so, then he could not relax here, a place that strangely had nothing but purplish walls. He doesn't remember any of these places in the Region or around, so where is this??
"If you're curious about this place, I'll explain. Right now we are in a dimensional gap, a small space between the entrance gate and the exit gate of my Spatial magic."
To a degree, Ozaru understood to a certain extent. In short, this was a small space between the portals that Natalia had created with her Spatial magic.
"I see, so can we conclude we're safe here??"
"Yes. But we can't get out of this place. For whatever reason, I cannot connect the exit portal, only the entry portal can I use. I hypothesize that there are barriers in this place, like the Territory."
Let's be clear, although the exit portal leads to the Region and the entrance portal is inside the White Tiger fog. So, for some reason Natalia can not open the exit so that at this time they appear only in front of the exit, rather the middle between the entrance and exit.
"In addition, this mist reminds me of my hometown, a giant valley that has long since been destroyed. My hometown also has a similar mist, but it only serves to mislead intruders. But the white fog belonging to the catastrophe seems to also be useful in dispelling various magic like Teleportation and Spatial gates" Gahdevi added.
"I agree, but when I look back on the Hero Scepter fight, there is something strange about the monster. He seemed to be unable to die at any cost," Odin also shared his opinion.
It was true that the White Tiger really did not die with Ozaru's great attack. Perhaps it would be the third time he had escaped death, if adding to Rigel who had killed the White Tiger in the early beak. However, the fact that they watched his fight unnoticed was quite admirable. The security of this place is guaranteed.
"You mean, immortal??" leo asked, clearly horrified on his face.
"Yes, but that doesn't mean there's no way to kill him."
Natalia and Gahdevi nodded towards Odin's statement. If indeed the White Tiger was immortal, then there was no need to doubt that he would actively damage the world without any worries. But he didn't do it, there must be something holding him back so he couldn't do it.
While hearing their talk, Ozaru began to remember about the big tree that was in his place. Whether true or not, but he believed there was something there. His trap was not without foundation, he remembered that the White Tiger often appeared from near the tree.
It was worth suspecting, then at the last moment before his consciousness floated. As Ozaru observed the tree, the White Tiger seemed to prevent him from investigating further. Instead it becomes a reinforcement that there is something there.
"You.., try to tell this to Rigel. Perhaps, it can be a mystery solver, behind its immortality."
"Tree?? You mean the big tree that was at the battle site??"
"Yes.., somehow, I can hear the heartbeat coming from there. Try to pass that to Rigel..."
Satisfied that he had said what he wanted to say, Ozaru finally fell asleep. Because it is no longer able to maintain awareness and pain that torments his body.
[***]
Clang!!
Takumi and White Tiger struck each other, letting their sharp weapons meet each other. The fight was no longer halted, only death could end the dispute between them.
Their fight was so fierce, Takumi even tried his hardest to match the White Tiger's unreasonable speed. Just a little bit of concentration, not inevitable if he gets a bad enough wound.
Yuri and Rigel provide support from behind. The reason Rigel did not come to the forefront was because he might hinder Takumi who needed a strong focus to keep up with the White Tiger without using a curse.
Well, that doesn't mean Rigel is in a condition of not being able to keep up with their fight. But under these circumstances she is more suitable as a remote helper, while protecting Yuri who is very vulnerable to melee attacks. In addition, Rigel also chose to replace the role of Hazama to withstand all attacks and let Takumi fight freely.
"Puncture streak!!"
Takumi sent out four quick stabs, but shrewdly avoided White Tiger, without much difficulty. White Tiger was about to issue his attack, but with proper cooperation Rigel and Yuri managed to disturb White Tiger from using his attack.
The White Tiger clucked in annoyance, but Takumi would not give it time to utter a curse-clothed attack. Without the slightest pause, Takumi twisted the spear and swung it vertically. Although White Tiger was able to avoid it, he chose to go forward and beat Takumi back by giving a powerful kick to the chest.
"Ofrighten!! You okay??"
Rigel immediately took a defensive step against Takumi who was pushed back and full of gaps. From the looks of it, it seemed that the White Tiger punch was not playful and extremely dangerous, even without its claws.
Takumi held onto his chest while groaning in pain, his own face seemed to be suffering greatly from the pain he had suffered. He could hardly stand up for it, yet he did his best to get back up and fight.
"Yes, it seems that some of my ribs are broken, but this won't interfere with my fight."
What was okay, he wanted to say that. But given their condition like this, rib fractures are still tolerable.
But still, Rigel was curious why the White Tiger did not appear to be weakened or exhausted in the slightest. He has faith that Ozaru fights in earnest and should be more than capable of inflicting heavy damage on him. However, the strength of the White Tiger was completely no different from the start, instead it seemed that his attack was much stronger.
Although the White Tiger was no longer as fast as light, it was still fast. The advantage is that his current speed can be followed by Takumi and Yuri, it is worth being grateful for.
"From all of those exchanges, he seemed fine. What are we supposed to do??"
Yuri also noticed the monster anomaly that was in front of her. He knew that Takumi was not weak, yet he seemed to be nothing in front of the White Tiger. Not to mention, Rigel should have given him bad damage at the beginning, but it seemed that the traces of fatigue did not appear on the White Tiger.
Killing him was harder than Tortoise, it was irrefutable this time. However, somehow Rigel did not agree too much with the idea.
"Because of that I hate humans who are as hard to get rid of as you. Then there was no more hesitation to unleash its full power."
"Dam!! From the beginning you said to be serious, but in fact you never came seriously," Takumi scoffed while putting up offensive horses.
Rigel was about to warn that his words just now could evoke an unnecessary flag. Unfortunately, it was too late.
"No, like. This time I'm really serious, try not to die."
Then as he said, hundreds of tiger troops emerged from the big tree behind him and were ready to tear their bodies with their sharp fangs. Although they appeared to be weaker, but one of them was likely equivalent to five novice adventurers.
"You're satisfied after raising the flag of destruction??" yuri asked with a hint of cynicism and fury.
"..., I'm pulling back my words."
Well, even pulling it off won't change anything that's already happened. At least now they need to deal with his troops.
"Well, I don't want to do it, yeah. Then, get up."
A cold voice accompanied by orders was called to the death squad who were always waiting for his master's call in the afterlife. The black corps, the strongest army of the death army that Rigel had, the mixed Dragons. Although the number is less than the army of tigers, but for now it is enough.
Surely Rigel had an even stronger one, but the stronger one summoned the more Mana one needed. Although he called out to Hydra, there was no energy for him to join the fight. It would take him at least 15 minutes to gather natural energy, but surely the White Tiger was not that stupid as to let it go.
"This.., the soldier you used during the demon invasion, yes," Takumi muttered in surprise.
"..., where did you get this kind of power, Rigel??"
Even if he asked, Yuri would never get the desired answer. The same is true of the one-year question Rigel went through at the bottom of the ravine.
"Undead Knight.., I see, Necromancer. As a Hero who is considered holy by humans, you have a terrible power. You'll never go to heaven, you'll be with us sinners to hell. It seems that it's not wrong for you to be the top priority to be killed."
"I never said I was holy, it's wrong for them to think that way."
After all, Heroes are men who stain their hands with blood for the sake of other humans, then there is nothing that should be considered holy other than the noble purpose.
"Not once did I consider myself holy, not even once did I think of going to heaven."
Because heaven is a place for holy men who are free from sin, in contrast to hell which is a place of ignorance. Then Rigel who knows himself better than anyone else realizes that he has absolutely no qualifications there. Therefore, the final goal was determined.
Even though he knew his end goal was hell, why did he still fight? why is he standing on the front line?? though he would not obtain a place as beautiful as heaven, so there should be no one to push himself to fight further.
"Because I know it's inappropriate to go to heaven, then I will accumulate more sin and happiness before going to the next place.., now Takumi!!"
"Thank you for the time!! Judgement Spear!!"
A gigantic spear capable of cutting through the dimension of space fell from space and fell straight towards the White Tiger. Although he escapes to far away places, Takumi's Spear of Judgment won't let his prey escape, even if it has to catch up to the end of the world.
"Hand Of Midas.," Rigel used his golden Mana hand to restrain the White Tiger, preventing it from running towards Rigel and the others to commit suicide together.
"Earth of Destruction!!" Yuri on the other hand shot out a gigantic light arrow and exploded instantly the moment it touched White Tiger.
"Fuck, something like this won't be enough!! King's anger!!"
He roars, unleashes Mana Rigel's hand and intends to destroy Takumi's attack directly with full force. If he managed to do so, then deadlock was already his plan and only left using Yuri's full strength alone.
Kergh!! If only the Missile and Nuclear were able to penetrate the Territory.
It was a pity that he could not send modern weapons because he was in the Territory and also, his current coordination is unknown. Besides it's too risky to use it, maybe it exploded right where the Hero was.
White Tiger extended his hand to the path of the spear's fall, energy accumulated in great numbers between his palms. With such a great strength, there was no doubt that his attack would fail. In addition, his tiger troops did not stay silent and gathered around to minimize damage. Rigel thought it was strange, because they did not appear to be protecting the White Tiger, but something else.
Rigel suspects a large tree behind the White Tigers, as it makes barricades to protect them.
"Catch him!!"
The girl's voice came from the other side, so turned she found Merial coming with Ray and Petra. Truly surprising reinforcements and coming at the right time. The merial swiftly wrapped around and pulled one of the White Tiger arms to avoid him destroying Takumi's spear.
Damn you!!"
The White Tiger rebelled to the end and remained steadfast in order to destroy it. The meter alone was not strong enough to withstand the mad might of the White Tiger, then all it could do was buy a few more seconds.
"Gravity Down!!"
Another shout echoed again and this time the last squad containing Marcel, Nadia and Aland joined. By smashing his hammer, Aland made the gravity around the White Tiger stiffen to the point of making him kneel.
Takumi's spear split through the space dimension, until it finally appeared right above the White Tiger's head and shook the entire Territory, until it was strong enough to inflict great damage to this foggy Territory of immortality.
It's a rare opportunity. Before the Territory is restored, it's good Rigel destroyed it. Ozaru, after all, has been absent from the fight, so there is no need to worry about the moonlight.
"Then we do this..," with his right hand, he gathered the entire Mana realm with insane speed and extended a hand to the sky.
A smile formed on his lips, then he would use the Mana Manipulation technique that he rarely used, "Mana..., Explode!!"
The big explosion happened again. One thanks to the spear that hit the earth and the other thanks to the Mana ball that hit the Territory wall.