Chapter 169: The Goddess’ Awareness (2)

The earth snakes, which Seiya invoked before, jumped at the enemy but were disabled by the magic circle. Naturally. However…

「…Full Heister. 」

Seiya activated Egzation’s special skill. For the first time, he reached Wolf’s back with an astonishing speed combined with the Crazy Warrior state.

「Fast…! 」

Seiya’s agility surprised Wolf. And Colt looked shocked as well.

「He managed to reach Wolf’s back after Wolf sharpened his intuition when he became a beast. So he was still hiding that skill.」

「…It wasn’t just this skill that was hidden.」

「Eh? 」

Seiya’s words astonished Colt…I grinned in the inside.

…This timing!! He waited for a ripe moment!! C’mon, Seiya!! This was the right opportunity to shot the enemy from a close distance!!

Nonetheless.

「…State Berserk 2.8. 」

The familiar berserker aura diffused from Seiya’s body. Seiya did not take out a gun, and instead, raised up the level of his Crazy Warrior state.

…!? The…The speed and power have been increased to the maximum!! I felt like the right moment was already too ripe!! It would rot if he stretched it further than this!! Go, Seiya!!

However, Seiya swung down the holy sword Egzation against Wolf. Then, Wolf crossed his arms and protected himself from the greatest power of Seiya’s sword. A high-pitched sound echoed around…At the same time, my patience vanished.

「No way, why aren’t you using a damn gunnnnnnnnnnnnn!!」

Colt quivered his body a little and looked into my face in a suspicious manner.

「Wha…What’s wrong? Why did you yell so suddenly? That surprised me, really…!」

「Ah, no, I was thinking out loud. Oh, oh, oh.」

Just moments ago, I thought to myself “I’ve finally understood Seiya’s actions”. But…But…It seems that I didn’t understand that guy after all…!!

I gazed at Seiya and Wolf while gritting my teeth. Wolf was smirking wickedly with his arms crossed after he prevented Seiya’s attack.

「That’s a great sword. But it’s powerless against this armor.」

What a frightening defense! He even refracted Egzation’s power! I knew it; no attack could defeat a Supereon unless it was an attack fused with magic and physics! Seiya, please use a gun now, fast! Stop it already! I’m getting too frustrated!

I stared attentively at Seiya. Even though the attack was unsuccessful, Seiya looked at Wolf with sharp eyes.

「Your armor is certainly hard. But it’s still not as hard as Ardama’s skill.」

I exhaled quietly. Seiya was trying to swing the sword once again after the ineffective strike.

…Come on!! That primitive attack won’t work against this enemy!!

However, contrary to my thoughts, a dull sound echoed high! A red-blackish aura spread from Seiya’s body, and the ground under his feet collapsed! That attack was actually a “crush” rather than “slash”! There was a crack in Wolf’s arm!

「Ugh… 」

Wolf showed an impatient look for the very first time. Perhaps, he tried to change the course by shooting at Seiya. He pulled out his deformed arm that was assimilated with a gun and…it didn’t work. His arm couldn’t support the power of Seiya’s attack. Astonishing! Egzation crushed one of Wolf’s arms faster than the reload of the armed gun pointed at Seiya! With this ongoing momentum, Seiya’s sword then pierced right through Wolf’s torso!

「You…Bastard…! 」

Upon receiving Seiya’s sword on his torso, Wolf moaned angrily and fired the bullets. However, the trajectory was unstable because half of his arm was destroyed by Egzation’s attack. All of his bullets flew randomly in the direction of the “day after tomorrow”. On the other hand, sparks scattered from Wolf’s torso, which was pierced by Egzation.

Seiya breathed low when he put all of his power into Egzation. At the same time, the aura of the Crazy Warrior diffused from Seiya’s body and spread widely around. Then, Seiya made a short, but rare and enthusiastic sound from his mouth “Uhm”. At that moment, Wolf’s body divided in half, between the upper and lower body, with a fierce slashing sound that did not seem to have slashed a living organism.

When I glanced at Wolf’s upper body that fell to the ground…I lost my own words.

「Ah…Eh…? Wha…What happened just now…? 」

He…He….He…He won!? With the power of the Crazy Warrior along with Egzation’s special skill…!? But, a moment ago, he couldn’t defeat the enemy with physical attacks and pure magic, right!? I…I couldn’t understand what was going on…!!

In the end, Seiya never used a gun. Or rather, he didn’t even take one out from his pocket. If so, then why did he create so many guns in the Underworld? Was there any reason for the machine gun practice where Celseus and I suffered as targets?

I got mentally exhausted. Next to me, Colt changed his complexion as well.

「I can’t believe it. I am so surprised. 」

「Yeah…I’m also incredibly surprised… 」

However, Colt’s astonishment seemed to have a different meaning than mine. He spoke with great excitement and a cheerful face.

「He managed to defeat a Supereon with only pure attack power. It’s more than I imagined. As expected of an Artema-class.」

Beyond Colt’s feverish gaze, Seiya was still holding the Egzation while looking down at Wolf, who only had his upper body intact.

I got out of the barricade made by Seiya with earth magic. I tried to run up to him in order to hear why he didn’t use a gun. Wolf returned to his human form and exposed a large amount of blood and vivid guts from his torso. My eyes spotted this scene and I froze immediately. At the same time, Celseus’ voice echoed behind me.

「Hiiiiii!! What the hell is that!! Gross!! I’m gonna vomit!!」

Celseus was in shock when Seiya brought him to the Twisted Exfolia by force, but it seemed that he finally returned to his senses.

I began to move again and approached Seiya in a hurry. Then, I pulled Seiya’s arm as he kept staring at Wolf silently.

「Let’s go. Seiya. 」

「But… 」

Seiya looked anxious while staring at Wolf’s grotesque corpse. Seiya probably wanted burn the corpse or drop it into the abyss of this planet. However, as the goddess in charge, I didn’t want my hero to destroy this human any more than he already has.

「It’s already enough. Okay? Let’s go now. 」

I pulled Seiya’s body with a reluctant face and we walked away. Then, Colt passed by us and approached Wolf’s corpse.

Nevertheless. Colt kicked Wolf’s half-body with an unflinching smile.

「Co…Colt!? 」

I was surprised at the sudden outrageous behavior, and shouted at him. However…

「…Argh! 」

What on earth! Wolf moaned painfully even with his body cut in half!

「No way!! I can’t believe that this human is alive after being left in such a state!?」

「Superior are people with outstanding abilities. Don’t let your guard down until a Superior is completely dead.」

Then, Colt took out a silver gun from his pocket and pointed it at Wolf. The space around Colt’s gun was distorted in a swirling manner. Colt said before that he applied his wind characteristic magic on guns in order to increase his accuracy. A gun with magical power that distorted the surrounding space must be the result of that specific combination.

Wolf opened his eyes wide and glared at Colt with a devilish expression.

「“Wind Vortex”…! Are you…a terrorist…! 」

…!! Te…Terrorist!? Colt, he said!?

At that moment, Colt fired a bullet. He aimed at Wolf’s forehead and the bullet penetrated through the head. Wolf stopped moving with his eyes and mouth wide open. This time, he must have died for real. However, Colt continued to shoot bullets at Wolf’s corpse. Every time Colt shot a bullet, Wolf’s body convulsed and deformed even more. I felt scared and moved my eyes away from this horrid scene.

「A Supereon needs to be annihilated firmly like this.」

After firing six bullets, Colt inhaled the smoldering smoke with gusto. Right now, instead of being terrified by Wolf, I was now more terrified by Colt’s ruthless actions. He killed a person with a plain smile on his face.

「Well then, let’s proceed to my hideout now.」

…Was…Was it okay? Were we going to follow Colt after what he did to Wolf…?

In the original world, Colt was a member of Seiya’s party. There was no doubt that Colt, as a fellow hero, had a passionate intention to save the world at that time. However, this world was now a twisted world. As Seiya usually said before, it would be wiser for me to doubt everyone we meet during the saving quest of the Twisted Exfolia.

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Hmm, it seems Lista is getting wiser…well I hope so, since I’m tired of seeing her stupid self.

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