Volume 2 Chapter 4 (1/2)

Chapter 4 - Contract of Wings 1

The sky was burning red froht would coard where hu, crossed the deserted wasteland, and finally reached a corner of the giant country

「Kukukuku So you coiant wolves that fell frorey wolf let out a fa voice fro, but as expected from a beast with size that could be h the red sky that looked like fresh blood

The wolf's eyes that were shi+ning in eround surface

Toward Rokuhara Ren who got down frooat chariot and walked closer

「Very well, I'll introduce myself once more…… I am Dejanstahl Voban I have also called as marquis and some other nae of a 『king』 that has gone far ahead of you」

「Thank you for the polite introduction」

The wolf king's large body began to shrunk without waiting for Ren's reply

It was a transfor in total to a Caucasian young aze were intellectual yet ferocious like before However

There was stain at the black coat and business suit that the ht shoulder and the side of his torso

Most likely it was because of bleeding His seething killing intent was going strong, but it was slightly lacking in luster compared to when they met at the coast of Spain He was a wounded beast

(After all he had just chased Fenrirblow just now)

During that time he shouldn't even have tiht now

If he was going to have a fight against Mr Voban, then it was his chance right now……?

But, Ren felt a chill for so, a terribly irrational instinct reared its head

……It was the opposite The creature before hierous exactly when it ounded

It was because he was coed out the most atrocious power from the bottoic of this world──

And then, as though seeing through Ren's instinct,

「That's a good instinct, brat」

Marquis Voban spoke with sharp eye glint

It was enlightening, he was certainly a ”colleague” Rokuhara Ren and Mr Voban who introduced himself as Godslayer The two of the that surpassed the wall of culture or age

「And yet there is no way the two of us can become friend?」

「Obviously We are Godslayer you know? Even if the end of the world is co like take each other's hand Absolutely」

「Hahahaha」

Voban talked flippantly and Rne laughed In a glance it was an a more than a co There was not friendshi+p that was fostered in this ti isn't it」

Voban looked back and spoke in satisfaction

There the corpse of a black giant wolf, Fenrir who just gotten bitten to death was lying

「I can travel to search for a new battlefield followingfor eneht like this to h you weren't free until recently」

「……I wonder how many years it has been since then I suffered an e defeat in a battlefield and died for a while」

A sudden bombshell statement However, the marquis continued cale of annihilation However, I soth little by little──and performed the ceremony of reincarnation With that I was finally able to resurrect」

「By reincarnation you ain?」

「Indeed I also lost several ofreborn ht be balanced with the positive Well, it's a coination hit the bull's eye Ren grumbled

「For your information, that's a really uncommon story around me you know?」

「That's not true」

Voban denied Ren eirdly absolute conviction

「If you are also a colleague ofresurrected fro to life with tenacity that is even htly than the immortal Gods everywhere is how it is for the creature called ”Godslayer”」

「Hee So Voban-san is also like that!」

To think that the talk would get lively with this kind of sy even more fascinated into the conversation with the person as like a fierce beast before his eyes

「Could it be Voban-san, you are called so like 『marquis』, so are you soo? From your appearance, you aren't even ten years older than ap between us is at least three or four centuries」

「Fuh Even if you are actually correct, I have no obligation to teach you」

The person who kept sti Ren's curiosity seemed intent to stick to his own path to the end

Marquis Voban wore a s sreat noble of the ancient tiiant wolf Fenrir behind him vanished

It suddenly cru like mist

However, Ren's──Godslayer's sixth sense sensed it The divine poelling inside Fenrir's huge body and soul was being absorbed into his murderer

「Eh? That wolf, wasn't it a y──especially the bunch that play an active role in Ragnarok are said to be ”God's relative” Consequently, demon wolf Fenrir's authority is nowto suddenly test it First I'll face you with ”other power than that”」

「Uwa, so this is how it turn out」

Ren grumbled And then, Voban's body floated up to the sky

Suddenly an updraft occurred It brought the Godslaying marquis to the sky

「It's an authority that the people who once feared 》 Brat, show eneration is!」

The red sky of the sunset was suddenly filled with lightning cloud

Marquis Voban pointed his index finger to that cloudy sky Instantly lightning descended with thundering roar GOuuuuNN! It went toward Rokuhara Ren!

「Lightning attack!? That's the same authority with Zeus and Thor then!」

Ren used his specialty escaping feet even while feeling astonished

He leaped ten meter backward the instant there was only 50 c fro that !」

「I wish that you will beelse rather than , lightning, lightning, lightning He dodged everything with the escaping feet he stole from Goddess Nemesis

He used the footwork and defensive bodyat the past

Thanks to his innate sense of rhythhtness of his

But, evencloud toward Ren asaround

「Oops!」

「Kuku You're restlessly quick」

The h at Ren's footwork that prevented the lightning to even graze hi in ht noith the authority of retribution to shoot hi when he noticed

Furtherly cold, a wind that wasblizzard The force of the as gradually increasing that it ht that

And yet

Marquis Voban kept floating within the snoind

He earing black coat But, its long fabric didn't flap Thewind

As though it wasn't only lightning, but even the snow and ere also the marquis's servant

「Is he able to float in the sky by controlling wind or even air?」

(That's right, Rokuharsan!)

「Riona!?」

(That's most likely an authority that controls the air or weather!)

A whispering voice replied at Ren'sby at the rear along with Cassandra

(It's just like the fight with Zeus, I believe it won't be really effective even if you apply retribution to the lightning that a lightning user fired one by one That's ith my power──!)

It was more a communion betweento each other

Ren keenly felt the so that perhaps should be called as the ”power of bond” with her and then he yelled

「Go at full strength, Riona!」

(Of course!)

A golden sacred bird Yatagarasu flew above Ren and Voban

He poured his own s span of twenty ht after that

The soaring Yatagarasu's whole body instantly──blazed bluish white!

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Rokuhara Ren, his first authority was 《Nemesis's Retribution》

His second authority was 《Circle of Friendshi+p》 Then, what should his third authority be called as?

「I still don't understand the whole picture of this ability……」

Toba Riona who transforarasu co that was certain Due to the third authority's blessing, Riona=Yatgarasu's power leveled up by several stages!

「Secret words of fire and sun, purify and exorcist all kinds of sinful iolden body was burning bluish white

It wasn't the crimson flame that she had used many times until now, but a neeapon that surpassed it The power that defeated even that tenacious wolf head──

「Brat, so you also have a retainer!」

The de in the air narrowed his eyes Like a cat in front of a treat

Even the intrusion of Riona was nothing to hih ht toward the co bluish white to send hie phoenix ings span of 20 ht wasn't even 2 meter──it was a comical situation However Riona was convinced

That de wasn't so soft that he would be defeated with this!

「O wind, blow」

Voban chanted short words of power A headwind instantly blew

Yatagarasu who should be charging straight toward the floating deale

Gou-! Gou-! The wind growled and s of japan's sacred bird The advance of Riona=Yatagarasu was easily pushed back

Furthermore, Voban's words of power hadn't ended

「O rain, come Become sleet, and call for the snow」

Moisture was added to the blowing headwind, and it turned into a wind that was mixed with sleet

The water content immediately became snow crystal that transformed into a violent blizzard that attacked Riona The flahtly weakening

「Byfire and mine malediction, exorcise and purify!」

「I call the wind, subdue the rain, and gather the lightning Know that both the scorching wind and the freezing wind arewaves to this land!」

The fire's words of power, and storm's words of power

Someone who served a Godslayer and a person who arasu tried to flap her wings In order to advance forward and consigned the devil as far smaller than her to oblivion However she couldn't advance She couldn't reat ind that finally became a blizzard blocked her path and forced her back

On top of that she was badly pounded by the lightning attack fro kept raining down again and again, tor the sacred bird's enormous body with unequalled heat and impact!

「A──AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!」

Before she knew it, Riona's soul was screah with this- Pour more power to me!」

「Of course! Leave it to oshujin-saround responded to it

It was then, so up

It was like a puzzle piece that just wouldn't fit in until now, or key and keyhole interlacing together with the sound click

Instantly, Rokuhara Ren's will and mystical force melted into one with Toba Riona──

「Rin, Hyou, Tou, Sha, Kai, Jin, Retsu, Zai, Zen臨、兵、闘、者、皆、陣、列、在、前! O nine character of dharani, protectevil It dispelled all the descending lightning attacks

Even the blowing blizzard already felt like just a breeze Riona fully spread open her wings as the bird of guidance Yatagarasu

「All kind of misfortunes, be exorcised by the purification of fire!」

What responded to the prayer of fire was Riona's shi+kigaenerals

They were spirits of burning bright red flame, as the spirit of sun's servants──they manifested

Of course there were twelve of the as the sacred bird The spirits also soared, following behind Yatagarasu as starting to advance once more!

Of course Marquis Voban was ahead of the that suddenly appeared between the of demon wolf, the caller of storm

「O wolf born in the forest of iron O ho bite apart every binding chain」

Voban's chanting resounded a blizzard

「Your nanarok insatiably lust for theruin to arasu was shocked

Voban's figure changed in the air He was turning gigantic

It wasn't a transforly, he transforrave with his own fangs Riona muttered in a daze

「A wolf's──skull……」

Yes Marquis Voban transforiant skull

What's more it was a wolf's skull It must be the head of the de, leaving behind only a skull Even though it didn't have body let alone wings, it drifted in the air like will o' wisp──

And then

It was thrice as big as Yatagarasu with her wings spread out!

「Coulp!」

The wolf's skull opened its arasu and the twelve flame spirits whole!

Riona exercised her telekinesis and stopped the movement of the upper and lower jaws In addition she chanted the fire's words of power

「O spirit of fire and sun!」

Riona=Yatagarasu and the twelve flame spirits simultaneously emitted bluish white fla conflagration It was their desperate counterattack She wished she could grill the skull until not even bone was left However

「Hahahaha! An admirable resistance!」

「Kuh────!」

GI-, GI-, GI-, GI-, GI-!

The huge and powerful skull of Fenrir lowered its upper jaw and raised its lower jaw little by little in order to s the sacred bird Yatagarasu

She couldn't stop it anymore When Riona was about to despair──

Rokuhara Ren's whisper caeNemesis pass down the divine punishment to misdeed that jeopardize life……」

A Goddess spread open her white wings and descended

With ice blue hair and black mask and clad in red dress, it was the Goddess of retribution Nemesis When Rokuhara Ren wielded this authority, it ment of justice here!」

Rokuhara Ren chanted the words of power on the ground

The phantom of Goddess Nemesis immediately stretched out her slender beautiful hand and dozens of lightning attacks were released fro that Marquis Voban unleashed was sent back by means of retribution

「Oo!?」

The surprised voice of the arasu's flareatly sent the skull of the dead Fenrir backward!

It was the moment Riona and Ren surpassed the opponent in a direct contest of strength

「Fuh……」

Fenrir's skull grinned before it quietly descended to the ground

It headed toward the location of the Godslayer Rokuhara Ren The japanese youth was at the bank of the vast lake The lake water was blue and clear It was terribly beautiful if only that part was looked

But, the surrounding was a wasteland with rugged rocks The blueness of the lake water was spreading there

It looked pretty bleak in the eyes of Riona that was overlooking it from a bird's-eye view

And then, the skull of dead demon wolf caround it was already the figure of Marquis Voban in his black coat and business suit

「Kukukuku As I thought the respond fro Godslayer and Rokuhara Ren confronted each other once round in order to rush there

Marquis Voban exposed his joy in front of Ren

Riona who cairl for man in black coat stared at Ren and Riona who had returned back as a duo and muttered

「It seems──you're a prey that would be a waste to be snacked on while I'nize the strength of you and your retainer That's why I'll say this The conclusion of this will be for another day From here I ait for my wound to recover」

Marquis Voban's black coat had several blood stains

He continued fighting Fenrir for ry, and thirsty In fact, if he was in his best condition──would he avoid direct clash with Ren and escaped to the sky?

When Rokuhara Ren was a boxer, he was skilled in dancing like butterfly, avoiding direct clash with his enehter

He was a type that would rush the enemy with the resoluteness of a wild beast and beat the blow and nuhting against the perfect form of Voban」

「That's, I should say 'thank you for the feeling but I refuse' here」

In front of the adversary's fighting spirit, Ren──relaxed his shoulder's tension

There was no th He was soth That hy he said with a wry s to settle it anyway then it's better to just do it today like this」

「Exactly This is what they call nonsense We have no intention to do a philanthropic work like intentionally giving a powerful enemy tiht become his partner, Riona also spoke provocatively

In contrast Marquis Voban was──bursting out laughing

「Hahahaha, I have no need for you two to agree I'll just take it away forcefully!」

The silver haired green eyed Godslayer suddenly pointed to the sky

A vast ination was emitted fro things are equal Whether they are sinner or saint, commoner or hero, innocent child or their mother, they all will equally become the sustenance for my fire」

Riona was shocked as soon as she heard the chanting

「I allow you to carefully observe…… the dom of fire is bon!」

「That is words of power of fire! You, you have even killed a God of fire too!?」

The lightning cloud filling the sky──was vanishi+ng

The sun had set when they noticed The night of NorseBut it wasn't a jet black darkness Above Ren and Riona's head, a gigantic ball of fire was──e of the thunder cloud, this ti and covering the sky

And then it fell

The luround

It was like a cloud of flaered not only Rokuhara Ren, its scale would burn this whole area and changed it into a scorched earth Such cala froround in dozensnow Don't worry, you won't need to wait that long Know that our duel will happen in severalbehind this kind of parting gift is just too much isn't it!?」

「Haha If you are someone ill die just fro to bury you」

The demon wolf slayer irl in black dress appeared right beside hiriic power for Marquis Voban's sake

「Sorcery instant teleportation, chanting Your excellency, please accept the 」

「Very well, do it Farewell, brat」

The next instant Marquis Voban and the spirit of grimoire had already vanished

On the other hand, Ren and Riona had no leeway to chase the the saate it!」

「You can do such thing Rokuharsan!? Iffire that can burn down the whole Tokyo──it's a super extra large flame you know!?」

「……Ah, sorry It see」

Ren tried to use the retribution and noticed

「It's i the dead people at Troia No, even if there is time that fire is too powerful, it feels like the chance of failure will be fifty-fifty……」

「So it's coave a thumb up and called out

「It can't be helped so let's run away too using instant teleportation!」

「That's a troublesohest difficulty, it's necessary to prepare s at the destination! Also it's outside the expertise of onmyouji like me so I can't use it!」

「Eh, is that so!?」

「Here the way to escape is this way!」

Their surrounding started to shi+ne blue They flew to the sky along with that light

It was the flight ic that had helped thereat vortex that filled the sky, so they couldn't elevate their altitude They were flying in high speed at a height that grazed the ground──

「The lake!」

「It's a gah to survive ”that fla!」

Yes Fortunately they were at the bank of a lake

Riona and Ren becaht and leaped into the water

Several seconds later, the ground and lake surface were──covered by flame If Riona's prediction was correct, the radius of around 20 kreat the scale of the conflagration was

This was the best that they could do here

Ren ether with his co of justice I wish for the Goddess's divine protection for her good will……」

And then, Riona's apprehension came true

The flame not only burned the lake surface, it even penetrated inside the water, bringing scorching heat even to the people lurking inside the lake

Although, Rokuhara Ren was a Godslayer Actually he would be able to escape using Neainst sea God Poseidon underwater

However, this ti Riona into thatcloud that was called by the demon wolf slayer suddenly cleared up

「My? The sky is suddenly clearing up?」

「Stellsama!」

Cassandra sharply called to the sht frooat chariot

The two of theht distance away until the duel between two ”fellow Godslayers” settled down

「We can't stay any longer here! Let's depart!」

「Eh? Whhat are you intending to do princess!?」

The princess of Troia royal faoats ran

Rattle rattle rattle rattle! The iron wheels rotated fast

「Ren and the bird girl are still fighting that beast you know!?」

「I know- But, if we don't survive first then ill becoolden shi+ne elling inside Princess Cassandra's eyes

Noticing that, Stella guessed the situation The princess had seen the future with the spiritual power bestowed to her froht

And then, several dozen seconds later

A gigantic lump of flame descended fro conflagration──! To, to think that beast will unleash a ridiculous ree, what is the deal with him!?」

「Hurry! Please hold on to me firmly!」

「Ky, KYAAAAAAAAAH!?」

Stella noticed the flame's true identity with her sacred intuition Cassandra oats of lightning God Thor furiously rushed through the wasteland with all their reat fire that descended froht that could burn a territory that equaled a country to ash in one go

Even if it was the favorite chariot of the lightning God, their escape wouldn't irl! Anyone is fine just coentleman ill protect me, quickly──!」

The Goddess Aphrodite with the alias Stella prayed from the bottom of her heart

But, there was no one ould respond to her……was how it should be, and yet

GOuuuuuuuuNN! Thunder roared

「Do you call, Stella?」

「Oh my, Thor!」「Thor-sama!」

Stella and Cassandra were astonished The heroic figure of lightning God Thor descended to the center of the driver stand where the tere standing at Just now he descended fro

「How are you here!?」

Stella was struck with ad God that was too sudden

The authority Circle of Friendshi+p couldn't be used if she wasn't together with Rokuhara Ren In addition, su a God who had been called once would easily fail for a while

The youth who shouldn't coave a radiant s It was you who prayed to the card that I gave right?」

「Card?」

「!? This must be what Thor-sama mean!」

Cassandra took out Thor's picture card fro on her waist

It was a sacred treasure with the i Stella noticed the working

「So the divine grace of this card is the protection froht noe should prioritize escaping fro My sacred beasts the incarnation of lightning Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjostr──」

Thor called to the two goats dashi+ng in full speed before his eyes

「Now is the tiht!」

In an instant, the chariot that was boarded by two Gods and Troia's princess transfor

GOU──! Thunder roared and in addition the chariot pushed on in a straight light with the speed of lightning itself It ran through several kiloiant country instantly

It was truly a lightning escape

The sed to escape the fire like thus

「Ren──!」

Stella called his name in worry of the safety of the Godslayer as her other half

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Riona jumped into the lake with Rokuhara Ren

It was a really vast lake If couchi Lake or Yamanaka Lake nearto that

Most likely the depth was ht became unable to reach froration that attacked the lake surface penetrated until inside the water as though it was only natural──

Astonishi+ngly, the fire continued to burn as it was The flame evaporated the blue lake water, burned the plants, and burned to death the living things inside the water including the fishes

And then, Riona and Ren who escaped into the water were also sed by this great fire

(O divine spirit of wood fire earth metal water!)

Riona prayed

She had prepared the talis fire for this kind of situation Perhaps because of its miraculous effect, she somehow escaped the fire calamity and able to reach until the depth that the fla man who dived into the water with her was unconscious

Godslayer should posses an absurd resistance towardshould be able to run around like fish even underwater What happened to hihtened her instantly