Kisuke's whistling sword arc smashed through the barrier and instantly reached Tiamat, causing it to immediately sink into her skin from her right shoulder to her left flank.
But at the same time, a bombardment from the sky came down hard and there was no space for Kisuke to dodge. As if multiple high-yield bombs exploded at the same time, the world instantly lit up in blinding light.
Yoruichi and Serafall who escaped the range of Tiamat's attack first immediately looked back while thinking it'd be hard for them to survive this sort of destructive attack. Although both of them were capable of very destructive attacks themselves, it's not the same story for their defenses.
Serafall swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked nervously, "He'll be able to survive that, right?"
Worry couldn't escape Yoruichi but she still reassured her, "Unless it's instant disintegration, he won't die that easily."
The blinding light ceased and the world instantly darkened due to their eyes still not being able to adjust. However, they could still see what was happening despite the poor visibility that a white shadow was flying around Tiamat who seems to have transformed.
With red lines running along her entire body, Tiamat grew another two pairs of giant horns on her back that seemed to act as her wings as she started floating above her black mud. She also grew a Dragon's tail behind her and her entire lower body transformed into that of Draconic too. Thankfully, even though her shackled arms had been released from her neck, her left arm was already missing and there was a long cut across her entire body that didn't seem to be healing.
The white shadow, on the other hand, was attacking Tiamat from various angles with his sword that was being held by his remaining arm. Kisuke looked like an injured small bird flying around Tiamat.
"He can't heal himself?" Serafall asked. Aside from the missing right arm, his left leg was also nowhere in sight along with one of her horns and the multiple lacerations on his entire body.
Yoruichi's heart sank when she saw this and hurriedly turned to Serafall, "Serafall! The black mud! That's the source of Tiamat's authority over this space! We have to take back control!"
Serafall looked down and saw that the black mud had already expanded yet again. There's supposed to be a large and deep crater because of the earlier explosion but it only still looks like a slightly wavy sea.
Serafall took a deep breath and said, "I probably won't be able to do anything if I start contesting that."
Yoruichi knew what she meant. Since it could reanimate the dead, there's probably going to be a resistive force. She worried about Kisuke being all alone but what was important right now is to break Tiamat's field advantage, "Alright. I'll protect you."
Serafall closed her eyes and her ten Devil wings turned to dust.
Yoruichi's eyes widened because this was the first time she had done this, 'But why? Their wings are their pride.'
Serafall's transformation didn't just stop there as her white hair grew longer until it reached her feet and a blue and white glistening robe materialized around her body. Soon a crown of ice that looked like a halo with multiple rays around appeared floating above her head. Along with that, several large rings also appeared behind her with twelve blade-like icicles connecting them.
Serafall finally opened her eyes and her former blue eyes had turned purple, giving a contrast to her overall appearance.
Demonic Power exploded from her and it almost physically materialized when she swung her right arm at the same time. In an instant, mountains of ice 'sprouted' all around the black mud, forming a gigantic blooming flower that spanned several kilometers. Immediately after, these petals the size of mountains started encroaching upon the black mud and freezing it, which was equivalent to Serafall freezing and halting Tiamat's authority itself.
Though despite the intense cold that the ice was releasing, Yoruichi didn't feel any of that.
Tiamat immediately noticed this and ignored Kisuke for a while to release a shrill scream. But instead of controlling the energies around them, it was a call for help.
Eleven spots on the black mud began bubbling and eleven black, humanoid, winged beings with a single horizontal mouth full of omnivorous teeth for their heads emerged.
Yoruichi prepared herself as this was the resistance that she was already expecting. What she was not expecting however was their creepy echoing laugh and sudden acceleration several times the speed of sound and them instantly surrounding her and Serafall.
Yoruichi saw their tentacles-like limbs go rigid and become sharp blades that all aimed at Serafall, "No you don't!"
Yoruichi turned into a flash of lightning and went through all of Tiamat's spawns, cutting through their abdomens and necks before blasting them away. Naturally, Yoruichi knew that it wouldn't be that easy and she was right when she saw them regenerating and reconnecting the cut parts.
"This won't be easy, huh?" Yoruichi muttered while remembering the moment when these humanoid beings' blades were about to land on Serafall but the latter didn't even move a muscle and just focused on her task, 'That trust is heavy... But it's something I'm willing to carry.'
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As Yoruichi and Serafall have guessed, Kisuke's regeneration was severely suppressed and the only thing he could do right now was to heal small wounds and close the big ones. Nevertheless, he wasn't too concerned with his injuries since it was something he'd already taken into account when he decided to go for mutual destruction, 'The wound I inflicted on her is still a lot worse than my current wounds.'
With the 'poison' he embedded within his attack, it'd be hard for Tiamat to physically recover, 'Well then... It's a shame that Sera-tan had to reveal her cards this early, but I only have to wait until the 'poison' fully takes effect and finish this in one go.'
Kisuke looked into Tiamat's eyes and although there was no emotion behind them, he could tell that she was ready, 'Time to cast the biggest bait in history!' To avoid revealing anything he was planning to do, Kisuke didn't tell anyone, including Yoruichi and Serafall, what sort of deal he signed with Tiamat.
'First step, fulfilling the contract of killing Tiamat.'
Editors:
28th00: Pulling a Great Red, huh?
Although the eleven spawns of Tiamat only had physical abilities, each one of them is at least on a battle-oriented God level. But the worst part about them was their unpredictability due to their freely transforming body and durability that seems to stem from the black mud below them.
Kisuke saw that Yoruichi was having trouble against them to the point that she had already taken several hits that caused injuries since she also had to defend Serafall. However, he couldn't help them. Even though he'd struck a deal with Tiamat beforehand, to avoid any suspicion from Chaos, both of them were going at each other's throat for real and even if Kisuke were to die at Tiamat's hand, the latter would only consider that the deal had fallen apart.
Kisuke took some distance from Tiamat and kept firing his high-powered Ceros, causing massive explosions on each hit, but Tiamat's natural defenses had strengthened further after her transformation.
As a form of retaliation, Tiamat would have her now freed arms cause various phenomena like Kisuke's arm suddenly catching on fire or the space around him solidifying for a second or two. He was fascinated and wanted to figure out how she's doing this because there was no rhyme or reason for these abilities. In other words, there was no logic behind her 'Magic' that he could find as it would just spontaneously happen without any regard to the cause and effect.
'If I were to categorize it, it's in the realm of 'Creation'.' Kisuke thought while dodging the expanding air within his chest and the invisible blade that nicked the side of his neck.
Since all he has to do is to wait, Kisuke's only focus was to understand Tiamat's abilities while also keeping her attention only on him since any attacks from her to Yoruichi could spell fatal for the latter.
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Zeus, Odin, and Ouranos were discretely trying to get away with Fels' help and they soon reached a dense forest. But as soon as they entered the forest, two people came into view.
"Yo~ Three old men and an old skeleton. Where are you going?"
"Loki," Zeus muttered and also saw Riveria behind her.
"Are you planning to sneak in?" Loki asked another question, but instead of the casual demeanor from earlier, there was a threatening aura manifesting around her now, "You've got a death wish?"
Odin stepped forward and said, "Move aside Loki. Tiamat mustn't die."
"Tiamat. Is that her name? What do you guys know?"
"It doesn't matter. What's important is that Tiamat cannot disappear from this world." Odin didn't comply and his fellow Gods also didn't give an answer.
Loki's narrow eyes opened and there was obvious fury within them, "Even if it means letting that giant lady lay waste to the entire Lower World?"
The three of them became quiet for a few moments before Ouranos stepped out and said, "We could safeguard the souls of the children back to Heaven. And within a few millennia, life could start within the Lower World once again."
"Stop messing with me!!!" Loki yelled at them, "Who are you to decide that!?"
Zeus sighed, "Like how you and Freya sealed your children's memories, it was also the same for the Gods. It's hard to explain since those who were able to recover from this seal were bound by a curse of 'silence'. If you want to know more, escape the seal first."
"W-what?" Loki was stunned and even Riveria behind her was surprised.
"You heard me. Everything you know about this world's inception was a sham." Zeus added.
Concerned, Odin grabbed Zeus' shoulder, "Zeus... Any more and the curse will flare up."
Riveria pulled that silenced Loki to the side and spoke up, "Then what do you plan to do, Lord Zeus? Are you planning to stop Kisuke and the others with your Divine Avatar sealed?"
Zeus reassured his comrade before answering, "Since we have a way of escaping the seal, don't you think we also have a way to go over the current restriction?" And as soon as he finished speaking, streaks of lightning started flashing in and out of his body.
At the same time, Odin and Ouranos looked at each and sighed while shaking their heads with wry smiles on their faces. Soon after Zeus, Odin's thin body began to bulk up and an incredible heat started emitting from him. Although not as affluent, the air around Ouranos grew heavy to the point that no normal person would be able to breathe around him.
"...You guys..." Loki muttered with an unbelieving expression, "You're already in your Divine Avatars!"
"Even if it means destroying ourselves, we can't let Tiamat disappear no matter how low of a chance that is." Zeus added and looked towards Riveria, "Are you going to stop us?"
"Yes." Riveria nodded before turning around to the ongoing battle, "Is what I'd like to say. But it's already over."
Zeus, Odin, and Ouranos were shocked at her words and hurriedly conjured a floating screen, only to see five 100-meter tall stone pillars that were connected to each other via chains on top, surrounding Tiamat.
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Kisuke dodged a blast of the high-energy beam and finally saw Tiamat's forehead cracking, 'It's the time!'
Tiamat also noticed the crack and knew that she wasn't hit by any attack on it. In fact, Kisuke avoided attacking her head for some unknown reason so she had no idea what the crack represented.
Kisuke looked down and saw that the ice had already controlled the majority of the black mud and thought, 'Thanks to that, this will be a lot easier. Just like we've planned. I'm leaving the rest to you, Benihime.'
Kisuke immediately threw his sword towards a certain spot and Benihime was instantly submerged in the black mud. Thanks to Serafall's ice, however, Tiamat's authority over this space had weakened and it became a lot safer for Benihime to traverse the chaotic and corrupting black mud.
A few seconds later, the spot where Benihime disappeared briefly lit up before five towering stone pillars connected by a chain emerged from the mud and surrounded Tiamat.
Tiamat didn't know what was going on but she knew that those stone pillars were not good for her and decided to destroy them. However, before she could gather enough power, a suppressive and compressing force suddenly came smashing at her from all sides, causing her whole body to contract and become immovable.
She tried to struggle by commanding the energies around her but that too was instantly suppressed within the space of the stone pillars.
Naturally, Benihime, who took control of the formations that Kisuke had left in Orario, wouldn't give her a chance and immediately activated the second phase of the seal as hundreds of half meter wide white cloths emerged from the mud and started wrapping around Tiamat's whole body.
Editors:
28th00: This is a “You’re too late!” moment for those 3, huh?
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