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Chapter 165

「Hahahahaha, shatter!」

Lenia swung her right arm with an extremely cheerful laugh, attacking the pitiful Christina before her eyes with the thought of destruction.

In this situation, where there is no need to conform herself to the standards of humans, Lenia was exerting herself to the utmost of her ability, and the blow she delivered had more power than the explosion of a supernova.

「Dreadnought!」

『Understood!』

Thanks to Dreadnought’s enhanced reaction speed, and Christina’s own divine power, she was able to deal with Lenia’s faster than light strike.

Christina received Lenia’s downward swing with Dreadnought gripped in her left hand, then took the absurd destructive power packed within that blow, and scattered it into the limitless parallel worlds and universes that are connected to this world, just barely managing to stop Lenia’s attack.

This back and forth offense and defense continued on for thousands to tens of thousands of times, until who knows how much time had passed.

If it was just Christina by herself, then this battle would have been long over, but it was precisely because she had Dreadnought, that she was able to endure, but it also made her fully realize just how powerless she really was.

She thought she understood that already, in her head, but Lenia’s ability, the ability of an existence on the level of a Great God, far surpassed anything she ever could have imagined.

If it hadn’t been for Dreadnought, then the five people on this side would have shattered into tiny particles in an instant, from the very beginning.

But in reality, Dreadnought power output was increased due to Christina’s own spirit and magic, and since Dreadnought’s creator had set a limitation on her so that she could only show her power if she had someone to wield her, Christina was not actually as useless as she thought. But she had no way of knowing that.

On the other hand, Dreadnought was also bewildered by the difference in combat ability between the Lenia who she had once fought together with Semto, and the Lenia of right now, but she was doing her best to be of assistance.

Lenia is an individual who possesses a strong factor of the Great Evil God Caravis, and while she was certainly evil and ferocious, the kind of emotions that show her true nature are not hatred, anger, or resentment.

Maybe no one would think this because she is the child of an Evil God, but for Lenia, and also for her mother, Caravis, the situations in which their powers grow the strongest are when they are closer to their so-called “positive” emotions.

It’s when they’re thinking for the sake of someone else, that they display the uppermost limits of their power.

Is that really a characteristic that an evil existence would have? Many would shake their heads while wondering that, but a more accurate description would be that they are strongest when they get “caught up in the moment.”

At this time, Lenia had been blessed with the opportunity to wipe away the defeat and the huge disgrace she had suffered in her previous life, and with the beloved and revered father of her soul watching over her, she was displaying a power even further beyond her full strength.

Since Christina has known her for a while now, she could tell that Lenia was getting carried away, but she also understood, as her friend, that this was when Lenia would be at her most powerful, when she gets like this.

That is exactly why she could sensitively perceive Dreadnought’s bewilderment, and dispel the feeling of helplessness welling up inside her chest, as she continued to face Lenia head on.

While Christina was desperately trying to control the limitless power pouring out of Dreadnought, she forcibly interrupted Lenia’s barrage of attacks.

Christina’s intentions were immediately conveyed to Dreadnought, who couldn’t help but think how forceful her master’s thoughts were.

Semto was also a bit reckless and unreasonable, but Christina’s tendency for that was much more obvious and pronounced.

Dreadnought was not sure whether this was due to Christina’s experiences during her rough childhood, or due to the influence of her short but intense relations with Dran and the others.

That is why Dreadnought has no doubt in her mind, that she wants to keep on accompanying her current master, from now and in the future.

(How bad for my heart she is, this master!)

Christina caught the cleaving force of Lenia’s tail with Dreadnought, and then she spun her body around and landed on top of that tail.

From there, she stabbed the tip of Dreadnought through Lenia’s armored plates, and swung it upwards in a single go.

Dreadnought absorbed Christina’s divine power, mixed it together with an infinite amount of heat energy, and she released a slash of light.

A slash of white light, fierce enough to burn the retina, ran over Lenia’s tail and went straight up her back, and sliced through to the nape of her neck. However—-

「She’s unharmed, even though that should have had quite a lot of power!」

Without a single scar on Lenia’s body, Christina spat out those words with a hint of bitterness, as she looked up at her outrageously strong opponent.

Christina realized that Lenia was stronger than she was in her previous life, as conveyed to her by Dreadnought, but she thought that so long as she had Dreadnought, she would be able to put up a little more of a fight, but…

「What’s wrong, when I’m in perfect condition, you have no chance of winning against me, sword that killed my father!」

Lenia, in her Divine Beast form, opened her mouth wide and then without a moment’s delay, a torrent of rainbow colored light shot out toward Christina.

She released the torrent of light without even caring if her own tail got caught in the blast, and Christina swung her two swords from within the dream realm in order to intercept the attack.

『Christina, this is a breath attack that can wipe out a third of the galaxies in this universe, isn’t this crazy!?』

「Hiyaaah!」

『You’re not listening!』

No more, I’ve had enough of this master, what a brute! Dreadnought screamed this in her mind as she infinitely divided and scattered Lenia’s breath attack into an infinite amount of worlds, and at the same time the Elspada pierced and carved a path through the breath attack.

Without showing even a hint of fear, Christina charged through as fast as she could along the path that Elspada had paved.