Chapter 199: One Punch

Chapter 199: One Punch

(3rd person perspective)

Thirty large airships moved in the skies, which even on Gaia could be considered massive vehicles........

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[System Notification: A barrier has been detected to block divination, clairvoyance, observation, precognition, espionage, and preview skills. The energy 'Rasen' and the skill 'Stand: Libera Me From Hell' have broken through the barrier. The skill 'Mythomania' has hidden the traces of the skill 'Reader's Perspective']

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Each airship carried two hundred magic artillery tanks, a thousand anti-magic combat robots, five thousand magic knights with magic weaponry capable of destroying most magic spells, two magic cannons with the power to hurt gods, and enough explosives to destroy the entire Elven Forest should the forest show more resistance than expected.

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The leaders of the human nations had decided that the hero Seiji was too dangerous, so after a discussion with the sponsors who have been giving resources to humanity, the king of the Human Empire decided to send his elite troops to eliminate the plague who has been protecting the Inhumans...

To ensure victory, the agents of the racist faction of the P■■■ decided to send the greatest trump card they had in this world, a combat-type Higher Entity specialized in combat within worlds with strong restrictive laws.....

The agents of the racist P■■■ faction had obtained information about the identity of the hero Seiji and at first, it seemed unheard of that a newborn hero could face an army of heroes even if those heroes were defective products.

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The agents of the racist faction of the P■■■ had at first theorized that the hero Seiji was the agent of another high-level organization comparable to the P■■■ and that is why the hero's strength was so abnormally high, but after discovering that the hero Seiji was the descendant of the 'Unbeatable Hero' they understood that the hero Seiji was a tool that they had to obtain or destroy...

The Higher Entity that was sent to confront Seiji had two purposes.

If Seiji was weak and was killed then that was the end of the problem, but if Seiji managed to confront and kill the entity then the agents of the P■■■ racist faction would start creating plans to lure the hero into the racist faction which he would be an excellent weapon to completely overcome the idealist faction as the idealist faction would be unable to hurt a hero with lofty ideals....

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Inside the main airship was a beautiful little girl who was sighing in boredom....

Next to the girl was a serene-looking man who exuded a sense of intimidating authority.....

This man was ■■■, the main representative of the racist faction within the Human Empire, and even though his body was just a puppet, his combat skills were comparable to a veteran hero.....

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Behind the man was a group consisting of a muscular man, a beautiful girl with pink hair, a woman in men's clothing, a chained man who seemed to be on drugs, and a cute little girl with an arrogant face.....

This group was the royal heroes of the Human Empire.

Originally this group would not be that strong, but due to the intervention of the P■■■ an unexpected mutation occurred in the abilities of this group so now this group had enough combat power to match the Champions.

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In addition to this group, there were three people who were sitting with expressions full of hate, excitement, cruelty, and contempt...

The three surviving Champions had joined this extermination mission since revenge against God Orthus and the Traitor Hero was the only thing on the minds of these three people.....

"Your Holiness..." – The man spoke respectfully towards the girl who seemed to be bored. – "When the combat begins you must face the deity that protects the hero while we deal with the hero"

The girl sighed and nodded. She was aware that her position was a sham and she was just being used as an experiment to test the hero's strength, she was even aware that her own life was irrelevant to her so-called allies...

The girl did not complain about this as she had no choice either, she was an entity with low levels of holy energy to the point of being no different from a low-ranking human magician in a lower world, in fact, if it weren't for the fact that she was born in the P■■■ then she would never have become a Higher Entity.....

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As the airships approached the new coordinates provided by the Northern Kingdom soldiers, the serene man frowned...

There was an unpleasant feeling that someone was watching him which should be impossible since the barrier that protected the airship was created with P■■■ technology and no entity in this small world should be able to pass through said barrier...

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Proving that a lifetime of experience was not in vain, the man concentrated his energy in his right hand and launched a blow into the air causing a beam of light to pass through the armor of the airship and out beyond the barrier... ..

The man frowned as he noticed that there was no enemy at the place where he attacked, but the feeling of being watched lingered over his body making him furious.....

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"Lord Archon, what happen?" – The girl with pink hair and big breasts asked her with anxiety and fear about the man's behavior.

She was a royal so she knew the terrifying identity of the man, an entity above the gods....

Ar..Ar.......Arc....Arch....Archo... Archon frowned as he felt that the gaze on his body had begun to explore its secrets and even though this body was just a puppet, it had a trace of his true consciousness, name, and appearance so some of his secrets were linked to this body, that was the risk of using a puppet.

Archon was unable to respond as something beyond his wildest thoughts occurred ........................ ..................................

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Before any entity in the airship could react, a man appeared in the center of the airship...

Archon and the girl with great strength were about to attack him, but then they noticed a big problem...

In the boy's hands were two small steel spheres that were emitting an intense light.....

Archon didn't have to think too much and immediately formed a light barrier in front of him. The girl ran in front of the group of heroes and stretched out her arms to protect them........

In a fraction of a second, the two spheres emitted opposing energies. One energy was a sea of blue flames capable of destroying everything in its path, the other energy was purple flames that restricted everything they touched......

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When both energies collided, an incompatibility occurred between the energies which caused matter, magic, and space to become unstable creating an implosion that absorbed all matter from the airship....

Archon extended his hand and released a beam of light to hit the vortex of destruction....

Organizations that treat weak members like trash are idiots as they are only creating people in need of affection or enemies filled with resentment.

This girl is too kind and doesn't feel hate despite all the mistreatment she suffered, she just wants friends.

[System Notification: The entity 'Kanata Amane' has signed the 'Welcome to Harmonic Paradise' contract.

The user will now be in charge of the 'Kanata Amane' entity for a period of 10 years. If the 'Kanata Amane' entity performs well in that time, she will be the user's subordinate.

As long as the entity 'Kanata Amane' does not break the rules of the Harmonic Paradise, the user will receive a bonus of Positive Karma and merit points for the achievements made by the entity 'Kanata Amane']

[System Notification: The user has been awarded 1000 merit points for recruiting an entity with Positive Karma. Merit Points can be exchanged for Harmonic Paradise rewards. Current Merit Points: 1000]

(Author's Note: Kanata Amane from Hololive)

As Kanata continued to cry with happiness, my eyes met the royal heroes of the Human Empire.

When I kidnapped Kanata, she insisted on bringing the royal heroes. A dark-skinned man with big muscles, a girl pretending to be a man, a pink-haired girl with big breasts, a pink-haired brat, and a chain-bound boy pretending to be brain-dead.

Apparently, this group has treated Kanata with respect since Paradise passed Kanata off as a deity so she wanted to protect them both out of kindness and gratitude.

The group of heroes looked at me warily and aside from the one pretending to be a vegetable, the other heroes seemed to be waiting for an opportunity to attack me.

Without Kanata seeing me, I smiled at the heroes as my eyes turned black as the abyss due to using an inferior version of [Reader's Madness]'s mind-shattering effects.

The muscular man began to sweat as if a beast was about to devour him, the girl who pretended to be a man knelt down in fearful submission, the girl with big breasts fell to her knees while urinating, the brat directly fainted, and the boy who pretended to be a vegetable seemed to want to laugh out of desperation and amusement.

A group of strange people...

If I'm not mistaken this boy is the Healer Hero and the culprit that the heroes are being reprogrammed at the neural level.

I can see a lot of hatred, insanity, and desire for revenge choking his mind... With a little training, he will be a good pawn.

I had to push Kanata aside since I still have an idiot to deal with.

Even if Archon's current body is just a disposable puppet, that puppet still has the power to defeat me in direct combat so I need to take advantage of him being hit by the magic cannons.

I took out a slave scroll and forced the heroes to sign it. Kanata didn't complain as even though she has some gratitude towards the heroes, she understands that they are part of the enemy group.

After signing the contract, the Healer Hero stopped pretending to be a vegetable and started smiling like a mental patient as he glared at the other heroes with hatred.

I hit his head and sighed. – "Don't do stupid things, but if you really need to hit someone, hit the muscular idiot"

The boy kept looking at what should be the princess of the Human Kingdom to which I sighed and put my hand on her shoulder while activating [Sadism].

Using acupuncture I forced his body to stay still so Kanata wouldn't notice the torture method.

After two seconds I removed my hand from his shoulder and smiled. – "Don't cause trouble"

The boy looked at me with resentment, but nodded, although he is already starting to plan how to get back at me.

I sighed internally, revenge-obsessed idiots are a nuisance.

I opened a Rasen portal and had the group of rescued heroes led by Kaito take the heroes away, then I will interrogate them.

I also wanted Kanata to enter the portal, but she insisted on helping me.

"I'll prove myself useful" – Kanata clenched her small fists as she looked at me determinedly.

She looks like a hamster that wants to fight with a cat...

Well, she won't die easily and even though she lacks special skills or powerful spells, her physical strength is no joke.

Kanata had small white wings on her back which grew to help her fly as her low energy level prevents her from using levitation techniques.

I had Ortro form a pair of wings on my back and we both headed towards the racist puppet.

Before facing the puppet, I told Kanata that she should keep it a secret that we are working for Auriel to which she nodded seriously, this girl is kind of adorable.

My brain keeps regenerating from the damage caused by [Reader's Perspective] so I'll have to finish this quickly.

"Kanata" – As we approached the target I spoke to the girl using telepathy as the wind pressure blocked the sound. – "When the magic cannon attacks stop, hits Archon with all your might"

Kanata could only nod as she doesn't know how to use telepathy.

My arms were covered by two steel gloves with sharp points on the fingers, weapons suitable for using hand stabbing techniques.

I prepared the same combination of skills and energies that I used to destroy the system user.

The power of the magic cannons was limited so they stopped attacking Archon.

Although the puppet had expended a lot of energy, his body remained intact while the three reincarnated were covered in magical burns that were being healed by the 'The Fallen Goddess'.

I used more power to increase my speed and attacked the puppet head-on while using energy to make my voice reach his ears. – "Stupid firefly! I'm going to kick your ass!"

With [Reader's Perspective] I saw that Archon's weakness was his pride.

Archon was so furious that when he saw me he didn't even try to use a defensive skill and directly rushed to attack me with a sword of light.

I prepared myself to pretend to die to hide that I am a Higher Entity. In this way I allowed the sword to pierce my chest destroying my heart and letting the light energy invade my body which destroyed all my internal organs in a fraction of a second.

[System Notification: The skill 'Heroes Never Die' has been activated. User has lost 0.1% Positive Karma]

My body was covered in holy light causing my injuries to recover instantly as the lightsaber shattered into thousands of light particles.

Archon's eyes widened in surprise and hatred. – "Auriel damn bitch!"

The skill combination I prepared activated in my hands as my fingers acted like stakes to pierce through Archon's chest.

The puppet has a few seconds delay when communicating with the main body so I used my mind-eating ability to destroy the memories of my skills so Archon won't know that I have the power to restrict the consciousness of a Higher Entity, he will get information about Auriel's presence but he will not know that Seiji Ichijo was the one who explored his secrets and true name, Archon Lucien.

As Kanata approached us, I crouched down as my hands continued to traverse the puppet's chest.

Kanata didn't slow down her own speed and directly hit Archon's head.

Because I left the last few seconds of the puppet's life intact, Archon will have a severe headache from the sensation of his head being totally destroyed on a molecular level.

The sound barrier was destroyed, there was an explosion of air, and the clouds in the skies were dispersed.

Since the use of special energies is indispensable in the larger context, Kanata is seen as a useless entity, but her strength is enough to destroy the physical body of Higher Entities with low combat power. That blow would have been enough to destroy System Goddess's body.

The puppet was totally destroyed by Kanata's blow and the shock wave destroyed the surviving airships.

Considering that the blast wave was enough to destroy my bones and most of my internal organs, I'm glad I didn't fight this girl since even if I'm sure I can kill her with various tricks and traps, one hit from her will give me a terrible migraine.

I smiled and patted Kanata's shoulder. – "Good job, I feel calmer with you by my side"

Kanata flashed a bright smile at my praise. It's hard to imagine that this pretty girl could sink Japan with one hit.

Good, one down, two targets to go.

My organs and bones finished regenerating so I took Kanata, Coco, and Rushia to destroy the rest of the enemy reinforcements, I can't wait to see Seraph's face when she knows I recruited the angel that was supposed to kill me.

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Author's Note:

Archon Lucien from the video game Darksiders II