Chapter 142: The Resolution to Fight an Evil God (2/2)

“Eh? What a nice jacket you’re wearing. I thought it’d be a decisive blow.”

“You’re truly a monster in many ways…”

Luxuria hadn’t seemed to put that much strength into the kick; he hadn’t even pulled his leg back and just kicked out. But he was able to send flying aside not only Loren, a well-trained, large build man, but also the heavy greatsword he was carrying. The power Luxuria kept hidden must have been unthinkable. Just like Luxuria had said, without the jacket, that kick would have ended him. Loren understood that very well.

“I should aim for some place that jacket doesn’t cover next.”

Luxuria said. Whenever he put strength into his legs, the muscles there could be seen twitching under his tight pants. Loren thought of how he would hate to be kicked by those legs and lost composure for a moment, but then straightened his stance again.

Just then, Gula, whose approach he hadn’t realized at all, placed a hand on his shoulder.

“I’ll help you a bit. Do the same thing you do when using self-boost.”

From her hand, something poured into Loren’s body with such force that made Loren wonder if it was even alright to receive such a thing. He believed it to be the magic Gula possessed, and immediately sensed its flow throughout his body.

“What’s that supposed to mean? You should explain things more clearly.”

Not understanding Gula’s instructions, Loren muttered. No matter how much boost Loren got from an Evil God, the only thing he could do was attacking head on. Loren stepped forward with that thought in mind. But the speed of his step was different from before, and he was bewildered for a moment when he noticed.

But Luxuria was closing in, and Loren couldn’t stay bewildered forever. He put off that sentiment and swung the greatsword down towards the Evil God.

Luxuria moved to catch the blade in his hand like before. Yet his expression somehow stiffened momentarily, and he turned to dodge the strike instead.

Having lost its target, the blade hit the ground. Wondering why Luxuria hadn’t caught the blade, Loren pulled the sword upwards in a diagonal slash. The Evil God once again chose to dodge instead.

“Amazing. You’re already this powerful with just a bit of help from Gula-chan. You’re so wonderful.”

“I don’t understand what you’re talking about!”

Loren stepped forward and swung the sword down again. This strike also couldn’t touch Luxuria’s body, but at the same time, it also wasn’t repelled.

Not giving up, Loren took one more step forward and made an upward slash from Luxuria’s crouch to the top of his head. The Evil God dodged again. It seemed like since Loren had borrowed Gula’s power, Luxuria could no longer stop his attacks barehanded or swat them away.

Noticing this, Loren tried to change into the offensive. But then Luxuria gave Loren a casual kick to the stomach, sending him flying backwards. The ground shook with the force of the impact.

“You need to come up with something better if you plan to hit me.”

“This guy is such a monster.”

That kick was meant to be a counterattack and targeted Loren’s abdomen. It made him feel slightly nauseous and lose his breath. The kick contained so much power that without his jacket, all of his internal organs probably would have ruptured.

“Bastard! I can’t touch him at all!”

“Shouldn’t you just give up? I’ll invite you into my love nest then.”

“I’d rather die!”

Loren truly believed from the bottom of his heart that death would be better than joining that love nest. He raised his sword again for that very reason.

Just then, Lapis, who was standing beside Gula, looked at Luxuria in surprise and asked.

“If Loren loses, that thing and him will…?!”

“It’s kind of late to react at this point!”

“N-no, I don’t like that, Loren! I don’t like that!”

“Neither do I!”

Loren answered and decided to try one thing he hadn’t yet. It was probably the last option for him. He didn’t know whether it would be successful or not until he tried it, but if he didn’t, the situation would just become worse and worse, and there would be no way to break the deadlock.

“Your eyes look like you’ve made some kind of resolve. Very well, come!”

Having noticed the look in Loren’s eyes, Luxuria invited him and gave him a fascinated flirty gaze.

Feeling his resolution crumbling, Loren braced himself and began to focus on the remnants of Gula’s power inside him once more.