Chapter 294 CH 264:TITAN

The moment Nent stepped on the battlefield, the balance that was already in favor of the Dragon fell completely on their side.

Nent being powerful was an understatement.

While she did not possess a large-scale destruction zone like the other Dragon King, she had something even more dangerous.

Pure elemental transformation.

At the core of their existence, Phoenixes were closer to the spirit than most divine beasts and their true form allowed them to become nearly invulnerable to physical attacks by transforming into their specific element.

As a lightning Phoenix, even without her zone, her most basic ability was to become Lightning.

As for her zone?

[Godspeed]

In essence, this was a rather basic zone that most lightning users could bring forth. But no one, not even a storm wolf-like Setsuna could truly transform into lightning.

This was further increased by her King name.

When all of this accumulated, this brought a sublimation effect to her zone.

Her zone [Godspeed] stopped being a simple element-type zone and changed into a conceptual one.

...The concept of pure speed...

—

The moment Nent used her power, she let out a sigh of profound joy.

This was a view of the world she had nearly forgotten since she had not fought in a long time.

But now this was it.

This was the feeling she had missed.

Looking at the world that seemed to slow down infinitely, Nent let out a bloodthirsty grin that clashed deeply with her usual elegant and ladylike expression.

There was no lady here.

Only a warrior.

A cloak of lightning covered her body and she moved.

Nent was fast...Too fast.

“Begone! With the roar of a thunderclap!”

She moved...

...Thunder roared.

...And people died

It was that simple.

No fancy tricks. No mysterious power nor exquisite technique.

It was the result of pure and unadulterated power and speed.

If Sol could observe the current scene, he would certainly be tongue-tied. After all, in his perception, Nent was weaker than Lilith.

And technically he wouldn't be wrong in a way.

Lilith had reached the summit in the concept of <<cutting>> through her understanding of swordsmanship and her King’s name. She could cut through space, time, and even souls. No one could match her when it came to this concept which means that she was one of the King with the most potent attack power. Perhaps only matched by a few singularities like Siegfried and Sun Wukong.

But in the same way...Nent had reached the summit in the concept of <<Speed>>.

Had she not been born a phoenix, with her current understanding, Nent would have surely become a demigod long ago.

This time the woman seemed a little calmer. In distress, she might be, but she still held hope.

“Adam! We still have a chance. We can still ***”

The same woman was crying and trying to stop him from doing something he could not understand.

“Adam, is it really time for the twilight of ***?”

In the same end, the same woman looked at him with sorrow while seemingly giving up.

Different images flashed and in each of them, the joy and innocence of the woman seemed to slowly fade until all that was left was grief and grim resolution.

“Adam....I am sorry.”

The last image was a fight his mind could not process. But despite all the laws moving crazily around him, the only thing of importance was the tears of the woman who was facing him.

[Sigh...Is this Fate? Or should I say, as expected of Him...]

When all the images vanished, a calm but emotionless voice sounded in his ears. But this voice alone filled him with the desire to succumb to madness, hatred, and chaos.

It was a voice he did not recognize but he recognized this effect.

Only one kind of being could affect the psyche of people below them so easily.

It was...A goddess.

—-

On the outside, Sol’s body was convulsing like it was being wrung by someone.

His bones were broken, his flesh torn and his skin was burning.

One did not need years of experience to know that something was going seriously wrong and once Tiamat probed him with her divine sense, her expression immediately grew unsightly as she screamed.

“Ymir! You dare!?”

The world trembled under the wrath of the demi-goddess. She would have never thought that after all their preparation, rather than attacking her, Ymir would fall so low as to directly strike someone who was not even a Duke.

‘Why?’

Tiamat could not understand but she did not bother to try to understand either. She had to do something!

Sadly, just as she was about to act...

BOOM!!!

Cracks immediately filled the space of the starry sky and though those cracks were immediately repaired, Tiamat’s eyes grew grave.

[Oh, hear ye, my former enemy.]

A voice sounded in the void as a hand that could only be called gigantic seemed to cover the sky. In that hand was a flaming sword.

His voice seemed to come from everywhere and nowhere at the same time. Be it in the territory or those fighting outside, all of them stopped at the sight that surpassed their understanding.

The light of the stars seemed to be pushed away by a destructive crimson light and the heat in the surrounding rose so much that even dragons were affected.

[Upon my name as Surtr, the King of fire Giants.]

The sword rose high before pointing down, at the territory of Tiamat. Then...

[I shall bring you Fire and Destruction]

...The sword fell.

—-

Meanwhile, somewhere at the end of the world, a man was walking leisurely while observing the stars.

Even though he was but a minuscule speck of dust in the immensity of the universe, all those who saw him would marvel at his devilish beauty while scorning the stars for trying to shine brighter than him.

Seemingly feeling something, the red eyes of the black haired narrowed before a smile lit up his entire face and the light of the stars seemed to dim.

“Well. It seems like I won’t be too late.”