CH 86

[God of Thunder and Destruction]

“Hahaha! What’s wrong, human! You’re never going to beat me if you keep on defending!”

As the figure of Fluga-sama was flying freely in the sky like a flash of lightning, I desperately tried to perceive and predicted her moves.

But as expected of the god of thunder—her movements were so fast that I couldn’t follow them with my eyes.

Even when I intended to meet her with a counterattack,

“—Giga Eclair!”

――Shiiiiing!

“Guaaaaaahhh!?”

She’d released an unavoidable lightning magic from a distance, causing me to be able to do nothing but to helplessly receive her attack.

If that was all, I might be able to wait for an opening by relying on my regenerative power but,

“Why are my wounds closing up so slowly…?”

Yes, my regenerative power which supposed to have been enhanced was practically sealed.

As I was bewildered, confused about what was happening, Fluga-sama put her hand on her waist and said with a smile on her face, “—You didn’t fight Turbo, did you?”

“What?”

“If you did, you would’ve realized it. Igniver’s regeneration isn’t omnipotent.”

“What do you mean by that…?”

Fluga-sama answered my question with a composed look, “The powers of gods are all fundamentally equal. Even if Igniver’s power makes her immortal, Turbo can counteract it. Why? Because she’s the god of death.”

“……”

“And I’m the god of ‘destruction’. My power can destroy literally everything. For example—your ‘regenerative power’.”

“You can destroy my regenerative power…!?” I was shocked.

However, Fluga-sama said in a manner as though she found it unfortunate, “But not only you possess Igniver’s power, you also have Terra’s, Turbo’s, and Sinus’s powers, so I can’t completely destroy it. I can only temporarily weaken it at best. You’re fortunate that you’ve went to get their powers first.”

“……Yes, I suppose.”

I see.

This was why Terra-sama told me to visit Fluga-sama last.

She knew that the only way I could resist against Fluga-sama’s power was by combining the powers of the goddesses.

But it didn’t change the fact that I was still at a disadvantage.

I couldn’t rely on my regenerative power, I couldn’t keep up with her speed, and I couldn’t dodge her Magic Art either.

Now what should I do?

She proved to be a more difficult foe than I had expected.

But.

“What’s wrong? You’re not going to attack? You haven’t landed a single hit on me yet.” Fluga-sama laughed fearlessly.

I heaved a sigh and said, “—Well, that’s because you never get close to me. You’re afraid of me, aren’t you?”

“……What?” Fluga-sama’s smile vanished.

However, without paying it any heed, I shrugged my shoulders and said, “But I get you, I am like a mass of fire, after all. I suppose it’s reasonable for you to feel scared despite being a goddess. I mean, look—”

BLAZE! I closed myself in 《Prometheus Execution》.

“You can’t do anything to me when I defend myself like this, right? This is the Magic Art I used to produce Hihiirokane. But faced with this sort of scorching flame, even a god would be afraid to jump in, I guess.”

Right then.

“Bastard, you better shut your trap! There’s nothing I’m afraid of in this world!” Perhaps my words terribly offended her, Fluga-sama immediately lost her temper and plunged down.

As such, I completely activated 《Prometheus Execution》 but,

――BANG!

“!”

Fluga-sama broke through the scorching wall and closed in on me.

That’s the goddess who governed over ‘destruction’ for you.

Elysium could only escape by cutting open the space, but she could open up big hole in the wall with just a thrust of her lance.

“Oraa!”

Stab! Just like that, the lance pierced me in the torso.

“How’d you like that! This ought to teach you a lesson, human!”

I guessed she could get in this scorching cage because of the lightning covering her.

No, gods were indestructible, so attacking her might be meaningless from the beginning.

Then how do you beat her?

There was but one way that came to my mind.

I mean, I had encountered a similar situation before.

[You’re merely a—dirty woman]

Yes, it was back when Magmell was still fastidious and hated men (plus a big masochist).

At that time, I had followed Arca’s suggestion and forcibly made her mine, and I somehow felt that method would also work on Fluga-sama.

If it didn’t work, well, I’d literally get torn from limb to limb, that’s for sure.

But I couldn’t think of another way anyway, so I’d got no choice but to do it.

As such.

――Tug!

“……Ah? ——!?”

I forcibly took Fluga-sama into my arms and kissed her.