This ominous premonition... From the moment Tsukasa saw that Ainz Ooal Gown's arrangements had completely fallen through, she knew where her unease came from. It turned out that the 'Demon God King' was actually tactically behind the opponent; the situation of this battle was being completely controlled by the other side. Then she saw the scene of self-explosion and the summoning of the angel. Although she could understand the principle of this summoning technique, she still found it somewhat hard to believe no matter how many times she watched it—how could the Fire Spirit summoning technique become like this? Those angels were not false creations, but existences truly possessing divinity. She completely couldn't understand why the Fire Spirit summoning technique could summon an angel. (If Eidor were still here, perhaps she would tell her that Spirit summoning itself could summon gods.) Seeing that one massive entity now, Tsukasa knew she had to go all out; she couldn't let the Goddess Cult continue their sacrifice, as something very serious would happen. At this moment, her power was still increasing.
'I'll deal with that angel; you guys find a way to eliminate the ritual during this time.' After saying this, without waiting for Ainz Ooal Gown and the others to reply, she used Spatial Transfer to arrive in front of the Archangel's face.
Although it was a creature possessing divinity, the angel before her eyes didn't seem to possess an independent consciousness, mean-
ing even if it looked like it had a personality, that was not the case. Unlike the Fire Spirit she summoned, this angel was merely a Giant God Weapon formed from accumulated divinity and mana. It only acted according to its master's commands; while it might possess high combat calculation capabilities, it lacked the thinking ability of an independent consciousness.
'However, if you did have consciousness, it would actually be a troublesome matter for me. This situation is better instead, because you will strike at me without hesitation, and I can eliminate you puppets without any lingering regrets.' Tsukasa activated 'See-Through Domain' under the Sword Saint State. Even a perfect creature like an angel still couldn't withstand her gaze; its body structure was exposed to her vision without reservation, and its Magic Circuits could be seen clearly.
'First, let's seal that annoying magic of yours. I didn't expect you to even steal this move of mine; to be honest, I'm quite surprised.' As her voice fell, a gash was sliced across the angel's face, and at the same time, a certain part of its Magic Circuits was completely damaged; its finishing move was sealed.
To what extent was Tsukasa's current full power? To be honest, even she herself didn't know; her attributes were rising like a rocket as the Goddess Cult was being destroyed. Furthermore, her full power in the Sword Saint State was also terrifying, because the see-through world could analyze all of the opponent's states. After her power reached a certain level, she could even easily do things like sealing the opponent's skills and taking them as her own. That's right, it wasn't just simple copying, but Plunder—seizing the opponent's skills. In practice, the operation wasn't that easy and was very meticulous work, but the effect was indeed so.
Actually, being able to achieve such an effect was just because her learning ability was too strong. As long as she possessed the aptitude herself, she could copy the opponent's skills. Then, because she could see through to the root cause, she could know all the flaws in the opponent's skills. Even if the skill itself had no flaws, she could create such a flaw in the opponent's body to seal their skill. For example, if a skill required communicating with the fire elements in the air to be cast, then she would find a way to interrupt that, making the opponent unable to do it. It was essentially different from true Plunder.
Although the principle sounded low-end, because of this, Tsukasa wouldn't speak the truth. This skill was Plunder; as long as she didn't explain it clearly, how would the enemy know her true methods?
However, this further demonstrated the power of the Sword Saint State. Such fine work was something a normal person simply couldn't do, let alone analyzing and operating simultaneously during combat; this processing power was no joke.
The angel was actually very easy to deal with.
Because, in the end, it was just a summoned object, a puppet formed from a mass of mana. It was like machinery, or similar to a computer; every single Magic Circuit in its body was irreplaceable. As long as the accurate Magic Circuit was found, the angel's skills could be easily sealed, and then this big guy could be worn down bit by bit. However, this kind of operation was something only Tsukasa could do, because trying to find the key Magic Circuit among the nearly infinite Magic Circuits inside the angel was no longer a matter of skill or the like; it was simply impossible to do. Rather, it would be strange if one could do it!
If Tsukasa's 'matter-of-fact' thoughts were known to others, they would surely treat her as a monster—though it seemed there was no difference now anyway. Because the battle they were currently engaged in was something extremely unrealistic to others, as if they were dreaming.
Although Tsukasa sealed the angel's finishing move, because of her actions, the angel suddenly began to go berserk. The halo that suddenly appeared above its head was like a Space-Based Weapon, firing lasers continuously. The entire plain was undergoing terrible destruction. Under the protection of the Platinum Dragon Lord, the Allied Forces looked at the cratered ground, everyone's faces turning pale. Just one of those things coming down and hitting would be enough to blow a person to pieces; they didn't think their flesh could be sturdier than the ground.
The Platinum Dragon Lord witnessed the battle above, his heart filled with worries that others could not share. Although the power displayed by the Sword Saint was heartening, because that power was so excessively beyond the norm, he couldn't help but think—it was possible that the Sword Saint was the vessel chosen by that Evil God. Perhaps even the Sword Saint herself didn't know this; otherwise, she would have no need to do this. Originally, he thought the Evil God's vessel could only be a believer of the Evil God, but it seemed he had guessed wrong; the Evil God might be able to freely choose the vessel for its descent.
After all, that Evil God was the highest-ranking God of Destruction; it wasn't strange that it could do such a thing.
'Dragon Lord, we'll leave things here to you; we're going to destroy the ritual!' Suzuki Satoru ignored the laser attacks. Although the damage from those things was terrifying, since the main target wasn't them and they were just stray shots, it wasn't hard to dodge.
And the strength displayed by the Sword Saint allowed him to regain his confidence. Although he didn't know if the Sword Saint could withstand that one move from that one angel, the current situation was that the Sword Saint had the upper hand. Even if she couldn't win, it didn't matter; as long as the Sword Saint could stall this one Boss, they could take the opportunity to head to the final Leyline Node and destroy the ritual. At that time, the angel would also be eliminated.
The Platinum Dragon Lord spoke: 'You'd better hurry. I have a bad premonition; I'm afraid the goal of the enemy's plan this time isn't that simple.'
Suzuki Satoru had some questions, but time was pressing, and since the Platinum Dragon
Lord didn't seem to intend to speak, he didn't wait any longer.
The Platinum Dragon Lord watched Suzuki Satoru and the others leave in silence. It wasn't that he didn't want to speak, but that no one would believe him even if he did. After all, he had no evidence in hand, and right now, besides the Sword Saint, no one could block that Archangel of Judgment. Although Zesshi Zetsumei's World Blessing and his Wild Magic should be able to eliminate that angel, those were originally Trump Cards meant to deal with the potentially descending Evil God; the current situation was not optimistic, and it was very necessary to keep this hand in reserve.
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