Part 2
—— Airborne Citadel·Precipice.
Facing an assault from Maxwell that appeared in the air, non-combatants raised cries and started fleeing. The Citadel had many supporting personnel for the participants led by “No Name”.
If they were attacked by Maxwell, they wouldn’t last even a single hit.
Izayoi held the Geass Roll that recorded Sala’s defeat as he shouted at Croix.
“Hey, Shinigami!”
“I know! Since it’s like this it can’t be helped! Main forces! Divide into three teams for a counter attack!”
Croix used his finger to draw a line, opening an “Astral Gate”. Leticia looked at Roc Demon Lord.
“Affirmative! Karyou-dono and I will handle the Three Headed Dragon!”
“Okay. Don’t be a hindrance, Vampire.”
The two jumped into the “Astral Gate” prepared by Croix.
Kouryuu stood next to the cliff, watching over Kasukabe’s group.
“I will go to the surface. That’s where the Twin Headed Dragon with the Dragon Horn is. The Queen’s knight and Yō probably can’t handle it.”
“Please. As a God, I cannot battle against the Three Headed Dragon. Therefore ——”
“Let’s defeat that stalker! Come on Shinigami!”
Izayoi ran towards the place where Maxwell landed.
Leaving the Redeveloping City, Izayoi stood in front of the castle gate. Recalling the floor map inside the castle with his memory, he estimated where that guy fell.
(Willa did not participate in last night’s battle due to fatigue. Then that guy should be coming after Willa.)
The floor plane in his brain showed that the VIP room Willa was resting at and Maxwell’s landing point were different. The possibility of him rampaging around before finding Willa was not low.
There was no time to think about delaying. Lily and the others appearing before Maxwell is equivalent to death.
Coming to the conclusion of going to the place with a big commotion, Izayoi suddenly focused towards the Hall within the Citadel.
“…Wha.”
“Oioi, don’t just rush in without thinking! What do you think I am staying here for?!”
Facing the indignated Croix, Izayoi showed a reaction of realization.
“I forgot. You can teleport.”
“…I say, you get careless at important parts. Forget it, leave evacuation to me. You go stop Maxwell.”
“Thanks for that, but where is that guy?”
“I'm going to send you there now. I will follow up soon. Don’t do anything rash.”
Izayoi nodded, and changed his focus again.
At the castle top where Maxwell fell, there were no movements for now. Izayoi remembered Maxwell’s appearance just now and he realized that something was amiss with Maxwell’s mentality.
(From our encounter from before, he still had some sanity. Did [Ouroboros] do something?)
His attire was also different from Maxwell’s previous coat of red and white contrast, It now changed to a white-themed costume. Something like wings also grew from his back, radiating feathers of light.
If he were to describe that appearance, it would be like an angel.
“GE…RE…!!!” (Give me)
Letting out an obviously abnormal creaking sound..
Staring at the still Maxwell after landing, Izayoi clenched his fist.
“In the end you’re just a broken angel? It looks pretty if not for your stalker trait. But now is not the time to play with you…!!!”
Towards Maxwell who fell on all fours, Izayoi swung his fist. Maxwell’s handsome face simply crumbled from the impact.
Although there was feeling, Izayoi thought that wasn’t a fatal hit.
Maxwell immediately regenerated his crumpled face and stared at Izayoi as he screamed.
“GE…RE…WE——WEEEeeeeLAAAAaaaa!!!” (Give me Willa!)
“You got the wrong person, hentai Demon Lord!!!”
Maxwell stood up with his feet and charged at Izayoi with an expression so fearsome that made it look like his mouth was tearing apart. Izayoi swung his fist in reflex, but Maxwell teleported to his back and clutched Izayoi’s neck.
Izayoi did not react to the grip but struggled from feeling a rapid drop in body temperature from his throat.
“This, this bastard…!!!”
Even if Izayoi had a strong body, losing body temperature would cause cell decay and lead to death. Also, it was not directly stealing body temperature but directly injecting cold air into his mouth to steal heat.
Despite being in a berserked mode, this was a rather brilliant tactic coming from him.
Izayoi struggled to free himself from the clutch by twisting his joints while fracturing him and held him like that. But Maxwell continued to use teleport and disappeared from Izayoi’s grasp.
Maxwell floated around the collapsed ceiling. His arm regenerated with the same creaking sound like before.
Izayoi coughed once then clicked his tongue against this troublesome enemy.
(This is teleportation huh. This guy is more troublesome than I thought.)
Without a future sight ability like Kasukabe Yō’s, attacking him was not an easy task. Even if an attack hit, it would immediately regenerate. Nothing was more troublesome than this. Defeating this enemy requires the strongest attack.
Izayoi flexed his right hand confirming the degree of his recovery.
His right fist was shattered from the fight with Three Headed Dragon but greatly recovered thanks to the Gift from Unicorn’s horn. With this, it should withhold Izayoi’s power.
(Just the perfect chance to warm up before fighting the Three Headed Dragon. I can’t fight that Demon Lord without being in the best condition.)
His right hand began to radiate some rays of light. At this moment, a new question came to mind.
(“Another Cosmology”…is it? Since I have this, it means this pillar is the form of the Humanity’s outlook on the Universe…?)
Pondering for a while, he immediately gave up. Thinking too deep into doubts was his bad habit.
What exactly this power meant could be researched in the future. Because to Izayoi, the meaning behind this pillar’s existence was simply victory if it hit.
The question now was how he would make it hit, but Izayoi had a plan.
No matter what, he needed help.
However his opponent would not wait.
Maxwell bent his body backwards and screamed, he then started to steal the surrounding heat.
“WEEeeeeLAAAAaaaa!!!” (Willa!)
Despite losing sanity, he still called Willa’s name. Izayoi suddenly had a thought thought;“Why not just bring Willa here?”, but now was not the time to play around.
The Citadel was surrounded by cold air as if it was in a frigid zone causing ice pillars and icicles to appear on the stone walls.
In addition to that, Maxwell stored the heat that was robbed inside his body.
“Oioi…don’t tell me, he wants to concentrate the vast heat energy and self-destruct…!?”
Izayoi mocked in cold sweat. But this was the only conclusion. The self-detonation coming from the Gift of heat manipulation and super regeneration (nuclear meltdown). The resilient Izayoi might be fine, but the Airborne Citadel might very well crash. That also meant, Lily and others would be in danger.
While planning to raise his right hand without considering the consequences, Croix appeared out of thin air.
“Sorry, to have kept you waiting!”
“You took too long! Was the evacuation completed?”
“Of course! On the other hand, are you ready!?”
Izayoi raised his right hand in response. The two believed that they were thinking of the same plan.
When Maxwell radiated white heat from his body, he began to continuously teleport around the two. Although it was just random continuous jumping that left afterimages, it was a logical defensive method. Factoring the loss of sanity, the locations where he appeared were rendered totally random.
I must not let him buy time for self-detonation.
Croix=Baron abandoned his human form and reverted back to his shady Shinigami appearance, displaying wretched nature as he laughed sharply.
“Jihahaha!!! In conclusion, there is not enough time! The only chance comes after five seconds! One hit to decide the victor!”
The room full of rubble was covered in shade.
The "Boundary" that manifested as a planar darkness was the gate between life and death.
The eternal crossroad between life and death that became a divine spirit of the Voodoo group of gods.
This was the “Boundary Gate” that the “Tuxedo Shinigami”, the Divine Spirit of life and disordered love governed.
Different from Willa and Maxwell who could teleport but with limitations, he could maintain the unlocked condition of the gate. Opening that gate required teleport all the time, which meant that he could summon the target anywhere within that space.
As Croix had shown Izayoi before, he also understood that special trait.
In five seconds Maxwell would appear right in front of Izayoi. For the sake of that hit, he calculated the timing mentally. Despite the possibility of appearing anywhere, it was only a flash of moment.
Even with a tenth of a second timing off, it would be evaded and result in failure.
The two synchronized their breathing and opened their eyes.
“The prelude is over. Disappear, ‘Maxwell Demon Lord’ ——!!!”
Aurora lights filled the surrounding.
Maxwell maintained the vast heat energy while melting away in the light pillar.
Translator's Notes and Comments
1. ↑Yokkorase - The sound of someone standing up while putting some effort in it.
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