Chapter 207 (2) (2/2)

“Leave the Evil God to us.”

“……Zzz.”

“We’ll go first.”

Freud and the others said each of their pieces for me before getting past Shiro, heading towards the depth of the grotto.

Shiro, looking at their figures, call out to them.

“Oh, that’s right! The Goddess of Darkness is waiting inside, you know~!!”

『Yosshaa~!! I’ll definite destroy her~!!』

Most of the goddesses raised their voices, breaking into a run in fiercely high spirit.

When I look in that direction, the spot looks so pitiful that it’s scary……

“Now, with this, the hindrances are all gone.”

“Hindrances? You sound as if this is all going according to your plan, but….. Well, it really is, actually…… So it’s as you say. Then, what do you have in mind for leaving us alone in this 1-on-1 meeting?”

“Isn’t it obvious!? Of course to fight!! I told you, didn’t I? We are [similar but different]….. We can never recognize each other’s existences, we can never come into understanding…… That’s why we always strive to destroy each other!!”

While saying that, Shiro shows an amused laughter, clenching both of his hands to make fists, then clash those fists against one another, beckoning while looking at me as if saying ‘come if you dare’.

“……Are you not going to use any weapon?”

“Weapon? For beings close to deities like us, no weapon in this world would be worthy!! You understand that much, right? Moreover, you often said from a long time ago, that a fight between men has to be done with their fists!!”

The moment he finished saying those words, Shiro threw a punch at me.

I instantly avoided the fist, but Shiro’s speed of drawing closer to me was faster than my normal self.

I leaped behind right away to dodge his pursuit.

“That was way too close…… Fuh~…… It seems that you’ve reached a state where you can go through apotheosis. Your Status seems to be high, huh?”

“Obviously!! I don’t want to die, so I went through proper training, you know!! But nevermind that, you could still dodge, huh?!! Even though I’ve ended up killing countless people who looked negligent…… I can’t say anything except as expected of you!!!”

“Er, thanks for that, I guess…… Right, you reminded me, it was your fault that we’ve been dragged into a lot of troublesome things…..”

The incident of the elven village, Marnbondo royal family, Meru’s kidnapping, Haosui’s turning into a demon king, beastkin kingdom’s uprising, and when Princess Eris was captured in the Imperial Capital Iscoa….. Most likely, he had also done a lot of things on places where my eyes couldn’t see…… Honestly…… What a really troublesome jerk……

“Ahahaha!! Have your fighting spirit roused a little?”

“Yeah, I want to send you flying, and while I’m at it, I wish to send the Evil God flying too!!”

For the second time, Shiro spurred on me, throwing his fist forward. But I grabbed and stopped that fist and threw a punch to him in return.

Indeed, Shiro is fast, on the same level on my normal self.

However, it means that I’m taking it easy by staying at my normal self. If I exert a bit more strength, I have some room to be on the stronger side.

Shiro, whom I knocked away, hit against the wall and have some blood spurt from his mouth. But he never stops laughing like that.

“Ahahahahahaha!! As I thought, I couldn’t stay in this level, huh…? No matter how far I thought about it, I wasn’t originally built for combat after all…… If we’re in the normal states, I can’t cross our gap.”

While wiping the blood from his lips, Shiro stood up then murmured, “Watch me,” and went through apotheosis.