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Volume 5 Chapter 1 Part 8

However, as amazing as all of his abilities are, both by themselves and when bundled together, all of them were no match for the 『Bull of Heaven』. As far as potential enemies go, it was truly the worst possible matchup for Kouryuu.

 

The ability to literally call the ocean forth to wherever he wanted, the body of steel capable of piercing through mountains and scattering rivers apart with a single blow, the 「Host Master」Authority that granted him control over the ebb and flow of the moon and his gravity controlling power . . . . . . . . . all of them top notch abilities and Gifts, but sadly, in battle against the 『Bull of Heaven』, they would all be invalidated by its ability to break up the water’s composition at will. No matter how he would have tried to approach it and what kind of amazing moves and combinations he would try to pull, even the amazing combinations of all his powers would be useless as long as his core ability would simply get cancelled. When faced with such an opponent, even someone like him, who used his body as a shield in order to protect the weaker Communities must have been shocked that he ended up with wounds all over his body without really doing anything in ways of inflicting damage upon it.

 

「If someone as strong as Kouryuu was not enough to defeat that monster, then it just proves how big of a disaster it truly is. Is he at least safe now?」

 

「Yes, he sustained some very serious injuries, but thankfully his life is not in danger, all thanks to the presence of other people who were fighting 『The Bull of Heaven』 alongside him. Let me see, who were they again? Ah, yes, that is right. They were someone who called himself The Demon Bull King, who claimed to be Mr. Kouryuu’s brother-in-law, as well as some dragon girl who called herself The World King?」

 

As soon as he heard the name Demo Bull King, Izayoi’s expression turned sour, and he himself became incredibly moody.

 

「Demon Bull King, huh? That fucking bastard, who the hell does he think he is, leaving in the middle of our brawl to go and do such fun things while I am not around?」

 

「. . . .  ??? Do you happen to know Demon Bull King, Izayoi?」

 

「I do not know shit about this asshole. It is just that seeing him reminded me of one my old acquaintances, that is all.」

 

While waving his hand around, Izayoi urged You to continue on with her story. Now was definitely not the time to be thinking about Demon Bull King and the possibilities of his real identity. Now was the time to talk about 『The Bull of Heaven』 and what happened to it.

 

Agreeing with Izayoi’s silent suggestion, You nodded her head and continued.

 

「In the end, Mr. Kouryuu and that Demon Bull King fellow started fighting against it like best comrades, but right in the middle of their battle that dragon girl who called herself the World King was all like: 「Now that the incarnation of the Sun God the Sky God and the Earth’s Mother Goddess have been gathered in one place, their union has completely exceeded the capacity of Another Cosmology. Moreover, because that thing has been bestowed with Anti Cosmology, there is no way for me to fight it whatsoever. Kuu-chan has other important things to do, so I will be going back now. 」. . . . . . . . . and then with that being said she just grabbed the Demon Bull King and simply left. 」

 

「What the hell?! She really had the balls to be such a nuisance to other people while they were in the middle of combat?!」

 

「What she did was certainly a nuisance, but other than that, she really looked like a really strong girl. It was only later that I heard that when it comes to Divinity she is supposed to be on the same level as a Celestial Spirit class, so I wonder if she is on the same level as Shiroyasha or Queen Halloween?」

 

Celestial Spirits: one of the three strongest species standing at the very top of Little Garden’s hierarchy. They are the supreme existences that are capable of tearing the dimensions apart with their fingertips and crushing the boundaries between worlds simply because they felt like it. Many of them are so powerful that they would not be allowed to exist in Little Garden without Sun Authorities acting as their intermediaries, and even then, they are forbidden from exerting their power to its fullest extent. If it was really like You was saying and that girl who called herself the World King was really on the same level as other Celestial Spirits of Little Garden, then there was a very high possibility that she might be participating in the 2^nd War for the Sun’s Authority as an Investor.

 

「In the end, two of the members of the 『Heavenly Army』 have also been dispatched to aid us in battle: a person who claimed to have been the Avatar of Dyaus, a God of the Sky from Ancient India and Mr. Karyou. After these two joined in the fight, the four of us, including me and Mr. Kouryuu, finally managed to bring it down. 」

 

「Heee? So you are telling me that with the exception of the seriously injured Kouryuu, the three of you finally managed to defeat 『The Bull of Heaven』 for good? Talk about a fantastic first victory for our Community’s new head honcho!」

 

「Ehehe, what can I say? I just did my best.」

 

Since defeating a monster that was considered to be one of the greatest calamities that the world from 「The Epic of Gilgamesh」has ever seen was by no means an ordinary feat, Kasukabe You celebrated her victory over it with a wide smile and a double peace sign. Out of all three of the problem children who have been summoned to Little Garden on that fateful day five years ago, she might be the one who has grown the most across the last two years. Ever since she became the de facto leader of the 『No Name』 Community, she spent her days both managing it and facing all sorts of different trials and tribulations as the newly appointed 「Floor Master」of the East Side, tasks which might not have been on the same level as the history of their battles with the Demon Lords from two years ago, but they were most certainly difficult in their own, unique way.

 

If the role of the Community’s leader has been entrusted to Izayoi instead, he was unsure if it would be possible for him to be a good leader that everyone could look up to.

 

(But.. . . if 『The Bull of Heaven』, a monster born of the Star Particle Bodies has already been defeated, then was it really 「The Enemy of the World」. . .?)

Izayoi remembered Orpheus’s words from the other day.

 

Star Particle Bodies were supposed to be the answer to the power of 「Astras」, and be one of the means created in order to help humanity avoid its fate of ultimate ruin. But if that was really the case, then why did he said that at the same time they hold the power that would be enough to destroy the world?

 

(Astra, Astel, Stella and the like. . . . . these are all double meanings for the  new hidden Divine Arms. In that case, do they have anything to do with the stellas (stone monuments) present in the current Gift Game of the 2^nd War for the Sun’s Authority?)

 

The Victory Condition for this Game is to follow 「Heracles’s Stella」, but if what he heard during the previous conversation was true, they would not be that important, but definitely not irrelevant.

 

「By the way, do you know who was that other guy from the 「Heavenly Army」dispatched to help you?」

 

「He did not state his name at all. He only introduced himself as the Avatar of Dyaus, the God of the Sky from Ancient India, and that was it. But the matter of his name aside, I was really surprised at how tremendously strong he was. The final blow that he used to finally eradicate 『The Bull of Heaven』 was even more amazing than Kuro Usagi when she was throwing her spear.」