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Chapter 1305: Chaos Slash
「Jashin-chan, let’s do this.」
「Very well!」
Fran and Jashin-chan flew forward, closing in on the Evil God Fragment with superhuman speed. Despite our immense speed boost from Divine Beast Form, the Evil God’s Innocence kept up without issue.
Two black trails were emblazoned onto the sky in our wake, one of black lightning and one of evil-divine energy.
In this state, Fran could achieve speeds beyond human perception while still maintaining perfect control.
If not for afterimages of black lightning, few would have any clue of our current location.
「Seyah!」
「I’ll slice you up!」
OROOOOOOGH!
Fran and Jashin-chan flew circles around the massive fragment, delivering a relentless assault.
My blade radiating a divine aura and black lightning, alongside Jashin-chan’s halberd forged from evil-divinity. Our two weapons tore and carved into the fragment’s flesh, annihilating it bit by bit.
Those from afar only saw countless black flashes shimmering around the fragment, each resulting in a small portion of its colossal body vanishing.
The veritable storm of blades kept shredding the Evil God Fragment for what seemed to be an eternity.
「Haaaaah!」
「Nooojaaaah!」
The abomination’s regeneration could not keep up with our endless rampage, so each passing second resulted in additional damage.
The Evil God Fragment had been reduced to a shell of its former self. It resembled a ball of tar-colored clay that had been smashed into the ground and stabbed repeatedly with a spatula or something. The sight reminded me of abstract art.
But as expected of an Evil God Fragment...
「It’s still alive.」
『Yeah, what ridiculous vitality.』
「Of course! Though fallen, it is an existence on the same level as I!」
Perhaps “still alive” may have been an understatement.
「!」
『Is it... shrinking?』
The Evil God Fragment began shrinking at an astonishing speed. Its massive body condensed into a single point, as if getting sucked into a black hole.
It could no longer maintain its own body? No, it was consciously compressing itself, concentrating every bit of its power into a single point.
The fragment was now a jet black ball that emit a disgusting squelching sound. Black sparks spilled out of the ball, and I saw one spark fall on a boulder and instantly evaporate it.
「Watch out for the light! That is the manifestation of the Malice’s power! It is capable of distorting all in existence, turning life into death and form into void!」
This must be a special kind of evil-divine energy!
What will happen if it unleashes all of that energy on us?
It would easily engulf the entire battlefield and then some. Not even the combination attack that had leveled the capital packed this much power.
Which means our allies will suffer countless casualties.
Having realized this, Fran resolved herself.
「...I’ll cut it down.」
She spoke without hesitation as she readied my blade.
『Yeah, we’ve got this.』
「Indeed!」
「Nn!」
A split second of silence passed.
OOORGHOOOOOOOORRRGH!
The next moment, the fragment’s death throes rumbled as if to shake the very fabric of space itself. It had only just now realized its own end.
Blood dripped from Fran’s ears since the intense roar had burst her eardrums, but she simply glared at the fragment’s remnants with her eyes gleaming brightly.
Immediately afterward, a burst of light consumed us.
The fragment’s death had released an absolutely ridiculous amount of evil-divine energy, capturing us right in the middle of it.
「Kurgh!」
『Nugaaah!』
Fran attempted to brace herself in midair, but we were still getting blown away. Even our Guardian Deity’s Shield was falling apart at an alarming rate.
「Murgh...? Urushi!」
「Woof!」
『You saved us, Urushi!』
Helping us out of this critical moment was our most reliable companion, Urushi. By supporting Fran from behind, he assisted us in holding our ground.
That said, the explosion refused to subside anytime soon.
Eventually, chunks of evil-divine energy began crashing through our barrier and piercing Fran and Urushi’s flesh. They managed to protect their vital points, but each hit punched a hole in their body, resulting in a splatter of fresh red blood.
Nevertheless, the two grit their teeth and endured for a few more seconds.
「Is it over...?」
「Woof...?」
When the light finally subsided, we found ourselves in a giant crater. Well, I guess it might be considered small relative to the power of the explosion? The diameter seemed to be about 100 meters.
「Fuhaha, that was close.」
A tattered Jashin-chan staggered over to us.
「What happened to the Evil God Fragments?」
「All four are gone for good. They won’t be reviving again.」
My senses as a divine sword backed up her statement. The only remaining fragment in the area was Jashin-chan herself.
『Did you hold back the explosion from spreading?』
「Indeed. My intention was to absorb all the evil-divine energy, but that proved to be a bit too difficult.」
It seems Jashin-chan had absorbed a portion of the explosion, before applying some sort of barrier to weaken the rest.
「Thanks.」
「Don’t mention it, Fran! We’re friends, right?」
「Nn. Friends.」
「Yeah, that’s just what friends do!」
The delighted Jashin-chan nodded in agreement. It was only after seeing her smile that Fran finally realized the battle was over.
「So we win?」
『Yeah! We won!』
「Indeed. Victory is ours.」
「Woof woof!」
〈Congratulations.〉
〈You did it!〉
Upon hearing everyone’s words, the feeling finally settled in. Fran raised me up into the sky and declared our victory.
「Hooray! We win!」