Chapter 22 – The strongest combo

Chapter 22 – The strongest combo

"So, how do we defeat him?" said Cid. I replied very calmly, "We have to pierce his eyes or one of them, use our combined magical attributes and thus, fry his brain."

It's a good plan, a perfect and flawless one.

"That's so stupid!"

Or so it was until Cid discouraged me.

"How do you think we can hurt that monster, you haven't seen him! He destroyed several ships and defeated both sword saints with no problem!"

"... Well, what are you suggesting then?"

"Nothing, I was just saying it was stupid, not that it was a bad plan..."

He doesn't seem to know what to say himself and supports me so as not to be embarrassed anymore.

Don't worry Cid, it's normal to think my ideas don't work. Even my beloved Amy looked at me funny, but then not anymore.

Its shell and skin are very tough, it's true. In the game you had to attack him right in the eyes to defeat him.

The problem was that you used paid equipment that had more damage than normal equipment.

Now there is another problem, he walks almost like a turtle, but due to his big size, it is very easy for him to take big steps, thus reducing the distance.

Maybe... in about 41 or 44 minutes... No! Right now it would take 39 minutes to reach the capital.

I can see it now, but it's so far away.

I hate this world for a reason.

If it had been a super easy game world. I'd be getting rich doing nothing.

"Razel, but aren't his eyes too small to do that?"

"They certainly are, that's why we must make a very strong and fast combined attack."

"Let's go!"

I climbed into Cid's Pegasus, well it's Bellange's actually. Mine for some reason is fighting some feathered wyverns.

How does it move on its own?

There are more mysteries I don't want to know.

"I'll stand in a nearby spot and throw a spear at him from a branch. You just attack him with a cutting water spell, got it?"

"Sure!"

"Right."

Cid left me in a place where I could easily see when Xerxes bastard approached.

He was flying from very high up.

Cid reached as high as he could. On his hips he had a sword he took for the duel with Lambert.

He planned to fight, but his brain made him understand that he could never beat him.

So he opted for another way to beat him.

He breathed in and out repeatedly.

The strong, cold wind touched his cheeks.

His blue hair swayed like a flower in a field.

Drawing his sword, he recited a spell.

"Water creation magic..."

Cid's magical attribute was water, but not a normal one. But a special one that allowed him to perform miracles with it.

In other words, water transmutation.

The sword pointed downward, a magic circle of blue manifested in the air.

With all his might he shouted.

"Roar of the sea dragon king!"

The tip of the sword was covered by a large amount of water.

The magic power in the form of water covered the entire sword until it reached the handle and remained in the air.

It made a whirlpool in the form of a spiral.

It gradually formed the appearance of a Chinese dragon.

The head was in Cid's hands, a mouth opened so that the sword could cut its target.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

Cid shouted as at full speed he came down.

I watched Cid who was falling like a meteorite.

It was my turn.

I already had my spear ready from a dry tree.

Perfect for imbuing electricity into it.

Good.

"Lightning magic: harpoon of Zeus!"

The branch in my hands glowed with intensity until it became a real lightning bolt.

Being ready, with all my might I hurled it after taking a few turns to gain more speed.

It was approaching his left eye.

Now everything...

Wait...

Hey...

Cid, why are you falling on the right side?

"Aaaaahhh!"

"You idiot, the other side!"

He just remembered, I never told him which eye was the one to attack.

Stupid, stupid, me.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Cid watched the spear too late to change.

If they don't go in together, the damage will be there but it won't do much good separated.

Just as you can't make fire without oxygen, you can't electrocute someone without electric current.

My spear embedded itself in his left eye.

While Cid's sword in his right eye.

"ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Screamed the monster due to the damage in his eyes.

The spear was in its eye, it was closed, while Cid's... I couldn't see from my position.

Cid buried his sword in Xerxes' eye.

But because they both failed to synchronize their attacks. It only made him upset.

Water was coming in through his eye so Xerxes closed it.

The water was still pooling there, it was going down his insides to get to his brain.

Xerxes was shaking as the amount of water that came in, was the size of an Olympic size swimming pool.

While, in his other eye, he closed it due to pain.

He was now more annoyed than before.

"ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!"

He was advancing at a fast pace due to his large size.

Right now, in a few minutes he would make it all the way to the capital.

Cid walked up to Razel and shook him from side to side.

"You stupid idiot, you should have told me that beforehand!"

"Now he's faster and will go to the capital to destroy it!"

"Sorry!"

Razel cried as his perfect plan, was sabotaged by himself.

Xerxes was advancing at a great pace.

Until someone stopped in front.

"I'm so sorry to get ahead of you, instructor."

A wounded man was several meters in front.

It was Goredolph.

"You're not awake yet, so I'll have to take the fun for myself."

He stretched his hand skyward.

A huge circle was manifesting.

It was nearly 40 meters around.

"He asked me not to use it, but it's a very problematic situation."

His hand was bleeding from his fingertips.

It seemed to be burning.

"But... there's no other choice."

"Pillar of Ifrit..."

At her words, the skies lit up a deep orange color.

"Cruel..."

The orange color changed to red.

They both collapsed in that boat.

Xerxes was upset.

He was hurt and blood was pouring out of his body.

The culprits of this damage were obvious.

A couple of girls on a boat.

He was very upset.

He opened his mouth, it was bleeding. Several teeth were broken and knocked out.

But he didn't care.

He wanted revenge.

The magic circle manifested to finish them off.

Razel and Cid were even better, he couldn't get near them or do anything.

This attack was bigger than the previous one because of the size of the magic circle.

No one could save the girls... or so anyone would think.

Once again, from far away, at full speed, flew his steed.

Schwarz.

He was busy fighting the remaining wyverns, but they were killed by Goredolph's attack.

He was watching everything, deciding who to assist.

In the end, the answer was obvious.

With all his power, Schwarz was flying straight towards Xerxes.

He knew, better than anyone, that it was absurd.

But...

His heart did not falter.

(Even... if defeat is clearer than water. I will not give up. I swore that until the end I would fly and make my master win.)

(Also, I will protect his women.)

(Because I... am the fastest Pegasus in the world!)

His body was glowing.

That was due to the magic stone inside him that was overflowing the allowed limit.

Schwarz was planning to die.

It was the only possibility.

As he watched the girls go out into danger, risking their lives despite not being combatants. He thought...

(I know there is no other choice... but, even so, there is no one faster than me.)

(So I ask you to live your lives without regretting what you do. I did, I regretted being a good-for-nothing, but now. I understand that there was a reason for all that.)

(And this was it.)

(All this time I was in that place. For the master to find me. And so, to have my moment of glory.)

(How many Pegasus have done or would do what I did? Obviously none. For that reason, the lightning nothing will give its last flight.)

(I will crush that damned wretch with all my might!)

Schwarz was flying at such a high speed that his body was falling apart.

Xerxes was ready. His attack was fired.

(Come! I'll show you what the absolute champion is capable of!)

(Uwoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh!)

A shockwave was hitting Schwarz.

His body was generating a large shield of magic power by means of magic stone.

With that shield he could protect the girls, at the same time gaining speed.

The shield became a real Pegasus with Schwarz in the center.

It galloped in the most beautiful and gallant manner while its body was being torn apart part by part.

As if he was being slightly disintegrated.

Schwarz was a shadow of his former self.

His body now showed its mechanical parts.

He was meters away from Xerxes.

When he got close enough. He looked at Razel and Cid.

Razel's eyes and Schwarz's metallic eyes synchronized for a moment.

In that moment, it seemed Razel saw a smile.

Accompanied by a voice he should not hear.

(Farewell forever, master. Live happily and, remember, I was always your first Pegasus.)

"Huh?" Razel said as he mysteriously let out a tear.

When he was already facing Xerxes.

The blue colored hoof was raised along with a heroic shout.

Eat this! My ultimate attack! Rage of Chiron!

The moment the two touched, a pillar-shaped light was sent up to the sky.

As the light illuminated that place.

At its center two events could be seen.

One was Xerxes being torn apart, his skull was splitting open.

His brain was in plain view.

While in a smaller spot. There was what was a black steed.

It was slowly disintegrating until its core which was visible, was broken.

Schwarz's "life" ended like that of a champion.

Once the light disappeared.

Xerxes screamed in pain.

"ROOAAHHH!"

"ROOAAHHH!"

"ROOAAHHH!"

His pain was very evident.

He tried to escape now that he had suffered a very damaging attack.

But...

"We won't let you!"

Two voices in the distance were approaching at high speed.

Being close to his brain, the two people, who were riding a Pegasus, took a great leap.

The steed crashed into the trees as those two figures drew swords.

One of them was imbuing it with water and the other was materializing an astral sword.

It was covering with a very powerful lightning.

The weird thing was, those people had tears in their eyes.

"I don't understand why I'm crying, but I won't let you escape!"

"How dare you destroy my partner, you fucking son of a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitch!"

In a combined attack, they both shouted.

"Rage of elemental titans!"

"ROOAAHHH!"

Once the blades embedded themselves in Xerxes brain. Water and electricity coursed through him.

His brain was pink in color, but as seconds passed, it would turn black.

At the end of almost two minutes.

The brain was completely charred and fell to the floor.

A great earthquake occurred.

And so it was that the combined work of different people served to defeat a terrifying creature.

As they both sat on Xerxes fried brain. Cid said.

"Razel, don't relax."

"... ?"

"We managed to finish this monster off. But remember, today's main event was the duel."

"And?"

"You committed an insult against the imperial family. Me too, we both challenged the prince who is in the line of succession to the throne."

"..."

"... You still don't get it? Fine."

Cid took a big sigh before collapsing to rest.

In the distance, ships from the capital could be seen approaching.

"We will have to meet the most terrifying person in the world. To none other than the emperor himself. My father."

"... Huh?"

"No doubt explaining the reason for a duel will be the most annoying part. If it bored him or he finds it offensive. We'll both die instantly."

"Huh!"

That day ended leaving a great news throughout the empire.