Akuto's "Holy Lance That Pierces the World" possessed terrifyingly strong "anti-barrier" and "anti-world" properties.
Of course, at the very beginning, the Holy Lance's "pierce the world" authority had been bestowed by its first master, the God of the Bible.
But back then, the Holy Lance was nothing more than a gold-tier weapon.
After that, the possibilities belonging to other worlds were something Akuto grafted onto the lance himself, through the worlds he had conquered.
And when he bestowed those other-world possibilities upon the lance, Akuto also added something else.
Under the system's integration, an Explosion spell with anti-realm power was fused directly into the Holy Lance.
...
Once Akuto had empowered the lance, Saint Raphael also gained permission to use Explosion magic!
Of course, that was only the secondary point.
The most important part was this: the Holy Lance that could now cast Explosion magic had already split into four holy arrows, each one embedded in Perseus and Pegasus!
From the very start, Saint Raphael's goal in using the Holy Lance had never been to break Perseus's divine protection barrier.
Her goal, from the very beginning, was to stick the Holy Lance into Perseus himself!
And Perseus, in order to prevent the holy arrows from flying away only to circle back and hunt him down again, chose to let them remain lodged in his body.
That all-in gamble sealed his defeat.
"O spear, now is the time to bring down my lord's radiance!"
[explosion!]
"BOOM!!"
The instant-cast Explosion magic triggered. A pitch-black orb, shimmering with wildly iridescent colors, swallowed Perseus and Pegasus whole in a heartbeat!
At the same time, Saint Raphael's golden sword was being forged into its final stage!
[A man from the East, a dragon-slaying hero, a sun god twisted by confusion, a man who gained wealth and beauty, that is your essence!]
[Now, in my lord's name! In Sparta's name! I sever Perseus's shackles!]
"Boom!!"
In the next second, [Sun Horse] manifested. Just like Perseus, Saint Raphael mounted the solar god's steed and charged straight at him!
With dragon aura and the golden sword forming a drill-shaped, golden storm, the distance between Saint Raphael and Perseus was pulled down to the critical point in an instant.
And only then did Perseus's figure finally reappear from within the Explosion magic's shroud!
"Boom!"
The drill of sword-rain and dragon aura punched through Perseus's body, blasting the blond youth hundreds of meters away!
...
"The outcome is decided."
Akuto watched the slightly excited Saint Raphael calmly, declaring her victory.
"Yes, Lord Akuto. Your vassal has not failed you."
Saint Raphael approached Akuto with utmost reverence, dropped to one knee, and presented the gold-and-silver Holy Lance back to him with both hands.
Normally, to show closeness with Akuto, Saint Raphael would address him as Akuto-kun.
But now she had gone to battle as Akuto's knight, so naturally she had to address him as her liege.
Although this battle was not some intimate act between a man and a woman, after it ended, Saint Raphael's affection for Akuto still rose noticeably.
It was obvious that, to Saint Raphael, the act of "[using the name of her overturned throne to stand in for the Holy King and slay a god]" carried overwhelming significance.
Saint Raphael was a Christian believer, and also the guardian of David's Words of Power. It was only natural that she would care so deeply about something like this.
"Mm. Saint Raphael, well done."
Akuto nodded and took his Holy Lance from her hands.
"Next, the experiment will enter the next stage."
As he spoke, Akuto used the power of "Vāmana" to draw the distant remains of Perseus over to him.
Akuto did not deliver a finishing blow. He simply waited for Perseus to disperse completely on his own.
"Hah... Hahahahaha!"
After Akuto moved him over, Perseus let out the most unrestrained laughter he had ever produced.
Because he had already obtained the answer he wanted from that Holy Lance's "Explosion magic."
"So that's how it is... [So you're an existence from another world. No wonder you wield such a bizarre divine tool... cough, cough...]"
Even as he was about to fade away, Perseus's mood was not bad.
After all, Akuto was not a Godslayer, and he was not defeated by a Godslayer's subordinate. He had simply been set up by a so-called "otherworld invader" named Akuto.
"Oh, Perseus, this sorry state of yours really is delightful to both body and soul," Athena, beside Akuto, twisted the knife at just the right moment.
Clearly, the goddess was very satisfied that Akuto had defeated a god by sending out only a vassal.
Since she had already been tricked and there was nothing she could do to undo it, she might as well add a little icing on top and enjoy herself.
"Hmph. Is that so? Athena, no matter what, a warrior's defeated posture should be far more satisfying than a woman's conquered posture, shouldn't it?" Perseus pointed straight at the fact that Athena had been conquered by Akuto.
In his eyes, Athena had already become a "conquered goddess," given that she had offered Akuto a kiss of her own accord and even signed some kind of contract with him.
"Oh? And yet... I do not see it that way," Athena said with a smile, licking her red lips. Because she did not believe she had been conquered, Perseus's words carried no sting for her at all.
"In my view, rather than being toyed with by fate, rather than letting the myths of the human world dictate my posture... it is nothing to me even if I fall, so long as I do not take the other party as my master."
"After all, even our divine standing, when you dig down to the root, is nothing more than something granted by the myths of the human world."
Athena already knew she had been played by Akuto. With no way to descend in her true body and whip him properly, she could only acknowledge Akuto's dominant position for the time being.
Besides, letting Akuto lead for a while was not a big deal. Athena had already achieved her bare-minimum objective.
"..."
Hearing Athena's reply, Perseus fell silent for a few seconds, then sighed helplessly.
"Indeed. We are all gods shaped by myth... If cooperating with him can let you transcend that identity, then for a goddess like you, so used to depending on others, it may not be a bad choice."
Perseus agreed with Athena's logic, but he still could not resist lacing it with a jab.
"Otherworlder..."
As he was about to disperse completely, Perseus shifted his gaze to Akuto.
"I greatly look forward to seeing just how far you can go. Considering your ambition, perhaps we will not meet again in the realm of gods."
"When that time comes, I would gladly fight you with all I have."
"As for now, let us first grant the slayer of gods his reward."
Perseus spoke of "collecting the debt in the realm of gods" because he understood very clearly that, based on the fact Akuto had defeated him by merely granting a weapon to a subordinate, Perseus would almost certainly be unable to defeat Akuto with an unyielding body alone.
So he could only seek his revenge in the divine realm. Down in the human world, no matter how many times he came, he would probably only lose.
"Ah. I'm looking forward to it."
Akuto replied calmly.
He was not lying. He truly did look forward to meeting Perseus again.
Only, what he looked forward to was not the "Perseus" divinity, but the "Chief God Mithra" divinity.
Mithra was not a weak god. In fact, in parallel worlds beyond the Godslayer main world, "Mithra" was a top-tier god who could attain the standing of the "Last King."
In Universe 492, there existed such a Mithra who became the Last King.
In that universe, Mithra used the Savior-God Blade to erase unyielding gods, achieving the feat of preventing the birth of a Godslayer for more than four hundred years.
However, the enormous consumption destroyed even Mithra's body four hundred years ago, despite him being an undying god-king.
In the end, Mithra used Zurvan's authority, stopping his own time at the final moment before death, as a precaution, so that when a new Godslayer was born, he could personally summon a qualified warrior, entrust the destiny of the "Last King" to that warrior, and then have Zurvan drive the time of his supposedly dead self once more.
...
And, by the way, that warrior was Veleslana of Universe 492.
After Mithra vanished, the warrior who inherited his Last King standing was Veleslana. Of course, that was a matter for another world.
In any case, Chief God Mithra and War God Veleslana were both top-tier gods qualified to become the Last King. Their strength was terrifying, and their position was extremely important.
And precisely because of that, Akuto believed they were destined to meet eventually.
Because the "Last King," and everything it represented, was also part of Akuto's plans...
...
Elsewhere.
After witnessing Saint Raphael slay a god, the leaders of the various magic societies were so shocked they could barely speak.
A Godslayer killing a god was not rare.
As long as it was not a top-tier god, most people in this world believed Godslayers could kill gods.
But the Godslayer killing a god, and a Godslayer enabling his subordinate to kill a god, were two completely different concepts.
It meant Akuto had already become an existence towering above Godslayers!
Earlier, when they saw Akuto's dragon-aura barrier block the other Godslayers outside, they had only been suspicious.
Now that Saint Raphael had slain a god, they no longer had any doubt at all that Akuto stood above the other Godslayers.
If they did not know Akuto probably disliked it, and if this situation were not so important, they truly would have started groveling on the spot.
And besides those magic society leaders, Erica and Liliana's eyes were also shining with strange brilliance.
Erica had believed from the start that Saint Raphael could slay a god, but seeing it unfold before her was still deeply shocking.
Liliana, meanwhile, looked at Saint Raphael with envy.
If possible, she too wanted to fight for Akuto like Saint Raphael did, and earn Akuto's praise.
"Lili, do you know? Next, something very important is going to happen," Erica said, staring at Perseus's dispersing form with a heavy, solemn gaze.
"Something important? What is it?" Liliana raised an eyebrow.
"This... has to do with fate."
Erica knew that this moment was the time to prove Akuto's claim.
(End of Chapter)
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