Leveling with the Gods

Side Story 91

Kyaaaah-!

Ananta's roar echoed in Tartarus.

He shook his head, dismissing the fear that countless creatures felt towards him.

No.

On the contrary, he exhaled an even more powerful aura, as if he himself had been attacked first.

-No matter who you are!

Kyaaa-!

Craaack-le-!

The countless dragon heads gathered breath in their jaws.

The breath possessed by the entire Dragon Race.

It was said that its destructive power surpassed that of any ability, and Ananta had prepared it in hundreds of bursts at once.

-Anyway, I will devour you soon.

"What do you ask and what are you angry about? What do you want me to do?" YuWon asked incredulously.

Ananta's breath headed towards YuWon.

Kwaaaaah-!

Kwarrrrung-!

The colossal electric breath, cleaving through the sea of Tartarus, engulfed YuWon's body.

In an instant, a darkness deeper than that of Tartarus obscured YuWon's view.

['Foolish Chaos' faces 'Breath']

The breath and chaos clashed, creating a deafening explosion.

YuWon, still in the same stance as before, extended a hand that did not grip the sword forward.

"Do you trust your destructive power?"

With a mocking smile, YuWon mocked Ananta's breath.

"It makes no sense against this."

At that moment...

Huaaaauu-!

The breath of the hundreds of dragons dissipated along with the darkness colliding in front of YuWon.

-...!

Ananta's eyes widened.

The impetuous aura he had shown until now had completely faded.

What had happened before his eyes was so shocking.

-What... have you done...?

It was as incomprehensible as drinking water while fighting an enemy.

If it had been nullified with brute force, he would have understood.

Even if he had been surpassed in strength, he would have accepted it with consternation.

But to fade away?

This was not a matter of winning or losing.

"A disagreeable Name."

Tsutsu-.

YuWon murmured as he felt the name engraved on the tip of his finger.

Among those types, that bastard was the one he hated the most.

Nyarlathotep.

That was the Name by which he was most known among his peers, 'Foolish Chaos'.

However, that Name was not his true Name but only one of the Names possessed by Outer Nyarlathotep.

'The Name of Chaos is special.'

Azathoth especially valued Nyarlathotep.

Although he also appreciated Shub-Niggurath, who had traveled with him for a long time, he gave Foolish Chaos the most important Name.

Thanks to that, Nyarlathotep, who was once a small and scrawny being, became a being with power comparable to Yog-Sothoth and Shub-Niggurath.

'If the power of Amorphous Chaos is to devour everything, the power of Foolish Chaos is annihilation.'

Hwaaaaah-!

He felt the disagreeable Name on the tip of his finger.

As disagreeable as it was, he also knew the power that this Name held.

That's why...

"I guess I can lose a few heads."

Just enough so that he wouldn't die.

YuWon extended his hand with the intention of erasing Ananta's head.

Hwaaahk-!

Pahaa-!

Foolish Chaos enveloped Ananta's head.

The unsuspecting head was devoured by Chaos without a trace.

As if it had never been there.

Kyaaaah-!

Ananta's head flew towards YuWon.

It seemed to have decided that fighting at a distance was disadvantageous for him.

However...

Frrr-.

YuWon was also quite confident in close combat.

['The Flame of Death and Decay' is infused into the 'Heavenly Demon Spirit'.]

['The Dancer Who Dances With The Flames' is infused into the 'Heavenly Demon Spirit'.]

Heavenly Demon Spirit.

And furthermore, The Flame of Death and Decay, and the Name of what controls it, The Dancer Who Dances With The Flames.

When one ability and two Names combined, a colossal flame giant appeared behind YuWon.

In addition to that...

[The strength of the Giant is infused into the 'Heavenly Demon Spirit'.]

Even the strength of the real giant, infused into the body of the flame giant.

"Let's collide."

Kwaang-!

The colossal dragon and the flame giant collided.

The flying dragon stopped with a sound similar to that of a solid rock colliding.

And in that state...

Boooooom-.

The giant, grabbing the dragon's head, threw it with all its might.

Boooooaaah-!

The dragon's body, tearing through the Arcane Power of Tartarus, flew out.

Ananta spread his wings abruptly to stop and looked at the giant that had appeared behind YuWon.

-Giant?

The formidable aura emanating from the flame giant was palpable.

He could feel the abilities and Names mixed in it.

Gigantification, Heavenly Demon Spirit, and the two Names related to fire.

And then...

Craaack-le-!

['Uranus Heart' creates 'Lightning Bolts']

Countless lightning spears were created around YuWon.

Ananta's eyes widened at the sight.

-Even Zeus's techniques...?

Hwaaak-.

Numerous heads opened their jaws.

Ananta intended to counterattack with an attack of the same attribute if YuWon launched a Lightning Bolt.

And in the next instant...

Bzzzt-!

Along with a blinding light, the Lightning Bolts created around YuWon began to rain down on Ananta.

Kwaaaang, kwaaaang-!

Kwaaawooong-!

The Lightning Bolts and the Breath clashed one after another.

The battle between the ceaselessly firing Lightning Bolts and the new Lightning Bolt spears being created and flying was tense, but gradually tilted in one direction.

It seems you have relied too much on your abilities.The Breath was gradually closing in on YuWon.

For the first time since the battle began, YuWon was starting to be pushed back.

No matter how many abilities YuWon had, he couldn't dominate Ananta with electric attribute skills.

However...

If you give me that much space, I appreciate it...Tsutsu-.

While speaking, Ananta felt a different aura among the falling Lightning Bolts.

A faint black color mixed in between the two clashes of bolts that had turned white.

Tsutsuutsu-!

In no time, the black light grew rapidly and swallowed the white light.

A black spear that was activating in YuWon's hand.

Seeing it, Ananta murmured with a mocking smile.

Was it a bait?The Lightning Bolts were a bait.

No, they were just a means to buy time.

The Arcane Power emanating from the spear was formidable, as it took time to activate.

Being directly hit by that would be a big problem.

It was a fact that he himself knew.

However, knowing it didn't mean he could dodge or block it.

Geugeugeug-.

Since YuWon had already completed all his preparations.

Thud-!

With a sound like an explosion, the spear that YuWon held in his hand flew towards Ananta.

Fwoosh-!

The longer it took to activate, and the more skilled the user, the more powerful Nir became.

Kiiing-.

Ananta's body, pierced, emitted light for a moment, and then his body shrank.

Ananta turned into a man with bronze skin and vomited blood on the ground.

"Guh-aaagh-!"

There was a small hole in his abdomen. He had transformed into a human to try to reduce the damage caused by Nir a little.

Even so, being pierced was a mortal wound.

Ananta, who had been vomiting blood for a while, looked at YuWon, who had retrieved the spear with his hand from a distance.

Just one step.

But that single step was more powerful than any technique Ananta had received so far.

'It's stronger than Zeus's technique.'

Astrape was the most powerful technique Zeus possessed.

When he first received it, Ananta felt a sense of crisis for the first time in his life. There was a time when he thought he might be defeated by Zeus, who possessed the same Arcane Power affinity as him but with overwhelming power.

'If I take one more hit, it will be dangerous.'

The power of the spear he received this time was greater than that. It truly pierced his body, and the wound he suffered was not easy to heal even with his recovery power.

'What should I do?'

He found himself in the same dilemma as Son OhGong, who had fought against YuWon before.

At close range, there was the fire giant, including Gigantification.

At long range, the powerful spear was flying towards him.

Both at close and long range.

YuWon had the best means for it.

In addition to that.

The power that surpassed them all.

Beeeeeh-.

The Names.

A bleat echoed from behind.

Ananta snapped out of it and diverted his gaze from YuWon to look around.

Large and small goats surrounded him, drooling and staring at him with bright eyes.

Beeeeeh-!

Unlike their timid bleating as herbivores, there were monsters within those small bodies.

Ananta, who already knew it, wasn't fooled by the appearance of the goats.

"Annoying insects..."

Clenching his teeth, Ananta extended both hands.

Kwaang-!

The Lightning Bolts that sprouted from his fingers swept away the goats. Some small goats went flying, but still about half remained.

Beeeeeh-!

Sizzle~

The goats opened their mouths and ran towards Ananta. If he couldn't push them, there was no other choice. He had to push them himself.

Bang-!

Ananta's fist hit the chin of a goat.

Pfft-!

The goat's head exploded, and blood sprayed in all directions. Ananta, covered in purple blood, rushed into the herd of goats with his golden eyes shining.

Crack, bash-!

Lwaaah-!

With fists full of lightning, he dove into the fight. His two eyes moved quickly, watching the goats running towards him from all directions.

At that moment.

['Magnum Innominandum' is infused into the 'Black Woods Goat'.]

Beeeeeeeh-.

One goat started growing in size.

In an instant, the goat became so large that the other goats looked like ants, and it stared at Ananta with red eyes.

A vastness reminiscent of Shub-Niggurath.

Bam-!

Grabbing the goat's legs with both hands, Ananta clenched his teeth.

What are you doing?

Ananta was attentive to what YuWon was doing, hidden behind the goats.

Is he wasting time again?

He couldn't discern his intention.

Just with the abilities he had shown so far, he was a difficult enemy to face.

However, for some reason, he felt that it was not over yet.

Crack-!

Lifting the goat's legs, Ananta began to make his way towards where YuWon was.

If YuWon reactivated that spear from earlier, then it was better to dodge it than block it.

However...

Isn't he there?

The figure of YuWon, who until a moment ago was on the other side of the goats, had disappeared without a trace.

It was a place with no kind of terrain.

Hiding in Tartarus was impossible.

Where did he go?

Several dragon heads emerged from his back like wings.

Ananta's eyes quickly scanned the area, but he saw nothing.

It was as if he had sunk into the ground.

Down?

It can't be.

At the same time as that thought, Ananta looked down.

And down there...

Sizzle-.

['Amorphous Ch■os' bares its teeth.]

Something indescribable was opening its mouth to devour Ananta.

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