Prologue
The shining divine spear was approaching the heart of the Three Headed Dragon. In the blink of an eye, the spear penetrated the chest and pierced the heart. There were no possible means to hit him, who was bound with the gift of "Serpent Bearer".[1]
However, there exists something that even the strongest demon lord, 「The Enemy of the World」 can't survive.
The spear thrown by Indra's follower will 「Bring Victory」 when it hits, and this was not a metaphor. It excelled in long distance fights and had a gift that brought an imminent death upon the one who is pierced.
With this, it's checkmate.
Everyone from the hosts, including the 「No Name」 were convinced of victory.
But, as if wanting to trample on their confidence, the Three Headed Dragon roared.
―Don't look down on the demon lord and on 「Absolute Evil」!!!
He then released a power befitting of a king that could even shake the sun. The restrictions of the golden dragon, bearing the mass that rivaled that of a star, were torn. But that wasn’t all.
Changing his whole body to astral, the Three Headed Dragon attempted to avoid the divine spear with speed that approached at 6th cosmic velocity.
No, he will avoid. He will definitely avoid it.
Sakamaki Izayoi believed that even by exhausting all their means, this determined demon lord would go even further. Because he said it himself at the very start of the battle:
Use all your power!
Use all your resourcefulness!
Show me your courage, and try to become a shining sword that could pierce through me!
Gift games; the entertainments of gods that tested one’s power, wisdom and courage. This was the first rule of the world he was taught when he came to little garden.
And to overcome this demon lord hailed as a 「Last Embryo」 (Last Trials of Humanity), one must become the greatest hero carrying those three swords in hand.
Strength is exhausted. Resourcefulness is exhausted. But with those alone, one sword was still missing.
A once in a lifetime chance, made possible at the cost of piles of corpses of heroes. Izayoi believed that if they showed even more courage at this moment, then they would be able to finally defeat this demon lord.
Izayoi got on Kouryuu’s back who became a moon dragon and waited just above the Three Headed Dragon in front of Kuro Usagi. On Izayoi’s body were only the gifts that made physical interference. He won't die instantly no matter what kind of spear hits him, even if it was the spear of a war god.
Thus, he caught the spear of certain victory with his whole body and attacked the Three Headed Dragon with its blade.
But even if the gifts do not work on him, the sharpness of the spear won't change. There were many exclamations about the importance of using such means. But if they don’t expect this much from the Three Headed Dragon, they won't be able to win.
He is the strongest demon lord. The giant peak that no one managed to overcome. And if they, as the challengers don’t show courage and make the impossible possible, then they won’t achieve victory.
(Come.......Divine Spear of Indraー!!!)
Prepared to give up an arm, Izayoi faced the matter.
Getting ready for his internal organs to be blown off the moment he couldn't catch the spear and mustering determination, he jumped.
A flash of light approached. Lightning traveling faster than light.
The gift capable of destroying a star, or possibly the whole Milky Way was bringing death upon Izayoi.
Futile determination. Cruelly pierced heart. Scattered blood. Field of vision dyed red from pain.
The Three Headed Dragon's ridiculing voice was heard, laughing at the foolish challenge.
Desperate screams of Kudou Asuka and Kasukabe Yo was heard.
In his consciousness that was about to fade───The facial expression of Kuro Usagi killing Izayoi was reflected at the last second.
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And at that moment, he woke up.
(............... ............... ............... ............... ............... ............... ............... ............... ............... ............... ............... ............... ............... .............................. Damn Bastard.)
Izayoi threw off his wet shirt and turned over on the bed, preparing to get back to sleep.
1 Furigana on the Kanji was Asclepius. ↩
2 2 夢 オチかよ、などとありきたりな悪態は吐かない。Basically it said, He did not throw a cliche complaint about the fact that it was "it was all a dream" ending. If someone has a better way to translate this, just drop it in comments. ↩
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