“Im-Impossible…!? How can you use that technique—Raijin—without even forming a contract!?”
“Obviously, I just copied what I saw. Though, I couldn’t replicate the original version 100%.”
In reality, this form can only output about 20-30% of Zeus’s completed version. Still, the fact that Shin could recreate this technique by imitation shows just how immense his talent is.
Also, I didn’t know this technique was called Raijin.
But since it’s incomplete magic—
“——Raijin might not be the right name for it.”
I can’t call something this imperfect by the same name as Zeus’s technique. But—
“I should be able to defeat someone like you even in this form.”
“You… insolent…!! I will definitely kill you!!”
The evil god, wrapped in magic, charged at me even faster than before, but now, I can see his movements as if they were slowed down.
“I’ll never get used to this sight… It’s like something out of a comic book.”
In this world where everything flows so slowly, I pierce the moving evil god.
“——Gah…!?”
As his body bent in half and he was blown away, I instantly caught up to him, grabbed his head, and slammed him into the ground. A loud noise, almost like an explosion, echoed out, creating a crater far larger than the one the evil god made earlier.
“Guh… Damn it…! Cough…! What is with this strength…!?”
The evil god, staggering to his feet, shouted while drenched in cold sweat. I let out a sigh as I looked at him with cold eyes.
“You still don’t get it? I was stronger than you. That’s all.”
“Urgh… That can’t be… There’s no way I can lose to a human who’s lived for only a few decades——!?”
I closed the distance in an instant and thrust my fist into his solar plexus. The moment I touched him, lightning surged through his entire body.
“Graaaaaaaahhhhhhh!?!?”
“And this is just the beginning…!!”
I threw the evil god, who gasped in pain from the blow to his solar plexus, into the sky and fired a gun made of lightning.
“——Raikiri!”
A bullet of lightning, fired at lightning speed, pierced a hole right through his chest.
“Guh… Damn it…”
The evil god crashed into the ground, completely helpless. His body was already in shambles, and the hole in his chest wasn’t healing anytime soon.
Sensing an opportunity, I took a half-step back, lowered my waist, and placed my hand on my hip, assuming a stance as if preparing for a sword-draw.
“Raikiri.”
In that moment, as if it had always been there, a sword made of lightning appeared at my waist. This magic was entirely original, recreating a sword that was said to cut through lightning.
The nature of this sword is the fastest strike. Once it’s drawn from its sheath, the blow becomes unavoidable.
I kicked off the ground and quickly closed the distance between myself and the evil god. Sensing danger, the evil god fired a black magic beam at me.
“Die…! There can’t be a human stronger than me…! Your fate is to die here by my hand…!!”
“The one who will die——is you.”
With a smooth motion, I unsheathed Raikiri.
“——Takeru Mikazuchi——!!”
The strike unleashed from the quick-draw technique effortlessly sliced through the black magic beam and bisected the evil god’s upper and lower halves.
“Curse, curse, curse, curse, curse, curse, curse, curse, curse!! Why!? Why must I die in a place like this…!”
The evil god, collapsed on the ground with his upper and lower halves separated, repeatedly spat out curses in a voice filled with hatred. But his body had already begun to disintegrate, and it was far too late to save him.
“No… I don’t want to die…! I still want to kill more people…! Not in a place like this——”
“No, you die here, by my hand. There will never be a tomorrow for you again.”
I pointed Raikiri at him. Just that motion caused magic to gather into the blade, the lightning swirling around it more intensely and beautifully.
No matter how much he begged for his life, he had killed too many people for any mercy to be shown. And besides, I need him dead to fulfill my contract with Zeus and save Hera.
“St-Stop!! Please, stop!! I swear I’ll never attack anyone again!! I swear I’ll live quietly in a remote place where no one will ever find me, so please don’t kill me…!!”
As soon as my movement paused for a moment at those words—he began to run. Away from me, toward the opposite side.
“Hahahahahaha!! Foolish human! Falling for something like this————huh?”
The evil god looked at his body, crumbling beneath him, with a confused expression, as if he didn’t understand what was happening. Finally, as his consciousness began to fade, he seemed to grasp the reality of it.
…Ah… I was… cut down.
As he met my gaze one last time after I swung Raikiri, his expression twisted in despair, and he disappeared.
