[21st Round] Immortality
In the world of Fantasy, the dead could return to life, but there were certain conditions for it.
They had to be a student or a teacher’s aid.
They formed the backbone of the institution. Therefore, even if they didn’t like it, even the best teachers had no choice but to become part of the system to be reborn.
▷ Astonishment: Junior! What have you done?! Did you kidnap them alive just so you could kill them all at once? Now that you’ve done that, they’ll become part of the system, and I won’t be able to pick them up anymore…
‘Hahaha! Perhaps you’ll have to be content with Teacher Morals, Fugitive Senior.’
With this, my agreement with him came to an end.
If the pathetic former music teacher had contacted me a little earlier, I wouldn’t have had to travel all over Fantasy doing this nonsense.
But I didn’t regret it.
[Spinal Cord]
[Human]
It reaped an unexpected harvest.
The teachers didn’t want to teach me. Hence, as Master Mollan’s disciple, I awakened these forces myself.
Since human possibilities were limitless, my combat power was also limitless.
This was the essence of the divine power [Human].
Nevertheless, such attacks couldn’t be executed without any repercussions.
PSSS!
The skin on my right hand peeled off like a snake shedding.
“… And its regeneration is too slow.”
“I think that’s a small price to pay for such a powerful offense, handsome husband.”
“It’s just a little bit frustrating.” I frowned as I watched the planet Fantasy revert back to its normal state as if time itself was being rewound.
I needed to be on full alert.
CRRGGHH!
My dear comrade easily broke through the barrier I installed, coming straight at me at a time when I could only use my left hand.
“Noebius.”
He landed before me.
“Have you prepared yourself?”
Judging by the expression on his humanoid face, he seemed to be enraged.
The God-Creator of Fantasy’s wand didn’t resurrect him. He survived my attack, which pulverized the planet.
“I’m surprised you lived through such a powerful blast.”
“I couldn’t save my children…”
“And I only survived because I was next to him during your onslaught.”
Two dragons, madly in love with each other, stood before me.
Divine Dragon Queen Erdanti, hiding behind her husband, mourned the loss of her children.
“Hey, wait a minute, I…”
Bang!
They didn’t leave any room for conversations.
The jet-black dragon, formerly known as the Supreme Dragon of Oblivion, also loved surprise attacks.
Not having time to defend myself, I had already flown far into space before I could use dark matter to stop my momentum.
“Well, if this what you desire.”
I wanted to explain myself since I was at fault here, but they preferred heading straight into battle, which I didn’t mind.
I had been hoping to test my abilities against a powerful being!
[Spine]
[Darkness]
Compressing space, I quickly closed the distance between us and thrust my weapon forward, reinforced with dark matter.
“You rely too much on strength.”
“What…?”
Fshuh!
With the back of his hand, Noebius hit me on the wrist and changed the trajectory of my attack, causing me to miss.
I was left with no other choice.
I used my right hand, which hadn’t yet recovered.
[Spinal Cord]
FSH!
My right shoulder, arm, and back muscles swelled up.
Faster! Even faster!
Noebius aimed his sharp claws at my eyes, but that wasn’t enough to get ahead of me.
“Haah!”
Noebius couldn’t avoid my offensive.
SKRRR!
I immediately felt my right hand’s bones shatter.
However, Noebius suffered far more.
I had broken his spine, after all.
No matter how good anyone’s defenses were, my attack couldn’t be avoided.
“Give up… Huh?”
“I admit, I’m a little surprised.”
At that moment, I witnessed how much potential Noebius had.
Body reconstruction.
As soon as his spine stopped functioning normally, the pitch-black scales covering his entire body took over its role.
His motor and sensory nerves were now connected directly to his cerebral cortex, bypassing his spinal cord.
That was made possible by the dragon race’s ability to freely customize their dragonian form.
However, it was surprising that he responded so quickly without even knowing about my divine power.
“I should’ve expected as much from my comrade.”
“Go to hell!”
We ended up on Moon B, linked to Moon A.
In its current state, my body wouldn’t last long, so I activated a long-sealed ability.
Dragon scales.
I got it from Noebius at the end of his life, and it was far superior in quality to the young Noebius’ scales in front of me.
However…
Dark scales covered my entire body like armor, forcing the hair all over my body to fall out without exception.
“Show me everything you’re capable of, foolish traitor. In gratitude for what you did 2,000 years ago, I will not finish you off with one blow.”
“Ha! Do you see me as a weakling?”
My right arm, which had previously become vulnerable, was now covered in scales, serving as my gauntlet.
I had an idea that I wanted to try.
[Human]
Due to his broken spine, Noebius was forced to support his body with his scales.
If I were to deliver a blow to his lower back strong enough to shatter his defenses, he would no longer be able to stand.
I just needed to find the perfect timing for it.
“Come at me.”
“I was going to do that even if you didn’t tell me anyway.”
Noebius advised me not to rely on strength alone, but I had absorbed the skills and experience of many heroes from Fugitive Senior’s house.
In this regard, I had everything under control.
But something was still amiss.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Moon B’s surface, which was hit by the shockwave from the collision of our limbs, cracked.
Why couldn’t I win?
On the contrary, I even felt that I was being pushed aside.
If so…
Bang!
“I got you.”
Noebius, thrusting his tail towards my chin from below, smiled contentedly.
But that was my line.
My trap caught young Noebius!
I assumed from the very beginning that he would attack that way, and I was right.
He moved exactly the same as he did when he was at the end of his years.
Hup!
I grabbed Noebius’s tail with my left hand to prevent him from escaping. Its sharp spikes scratched my palm. However, protected by my scales, my arm wasn’t badly hurt.
Noebius defeated me with a combo attack at the end of his previous life, but his current version hadn’t reached that level yet.
[Human]
In theory, the physical force that I could apply to a blow was infinite, but my body had a limit.
That was the problem.
How hard should I hit Noebius?
It was time to find out.
“Take this!”
“Kh?!”
With my right hand, I hit young Noebius in the stomach.
Since its area of effect was large, the power of my attack that destroyed Fantasy weakened. Now, however, I concentrated all of it on one point.
Noebius’s scales were crushed into powder, and a gigantic shockwave swept through all of his organs.
PSSSS-!
My right arm was also damaged.
My fingers, with their scales peeling off, were hanging on like stretched snot.
This wasn’t luck but the result of an accurate calculation of strength based on my experiences.
I limited the force of the blow to a desirable level.
However, the impact couldn’t be said to have been weak, as Moon B was nearly blown out of orbit by the shockwave alone.
“… How are you still alive?”
“You’re too careless.”
Noebius gave me an unusual response. Soon enough, his body began to recover very quickly.
Not only his scales but also his spine!
That could only be explained by another divine power being activated.
[Divine Dragon]
Divine Dragon Queen Erdanti!
The green lizard possessed divine power, albeit an insignificant one.
Normally, such a regeneration wasn’t possible, but Noebius’s immense life force, coupled with his wife’s ability, easily overwhelmed my divine power.
“What kind of cheat is that?”
However, I still had my left hand.
I wanted to solve this myself, but I would have to rely on my cowardly wife.
“Enough.”
Noebius grabbed my left arm and wrapped his tail around my waist, then began to squeeze.
“You have become stronger. If not for the current circumstances, we could become friends.”
“… Don’t talk like you’ve already won.”
[Human]
I would make him regret fighting me while relying on his wife’s healing abilities.
Fshshsh!
Noebius’s strength was ridiculously great, but he couldn’t become infinitely stronger like me.
I overpowered him little by little.
And then…
[Taekwondo]
[Purity]
[Colossus]
[Rebirth]
[Indestructible]
[Chaos]
He unleashed numerous divine powers sealed within his humanoid body.
“That’s insane!”
“Traitor, your power is impressive, but I haven’t been idle for the past 2,000 years either.”
“What do you mean? You literally slept through it!”
“And?”
But I didn’t waste my time either.
I activated my powers.
[Darkness]
[Spinal Cord]
[Human]
Quality was better than quantity.
And at this moment…
“Enough. This is where your games end.”
“Sir Noebius…”
Ssosia easily defeated the Divine Dragon Queen Erdanti.
However, she didn’t use force.
Erdanti’s body was translucent as if she could disappear at any moment.
She used the system.
“God-Creator…”
Noebius immediately gave up, unwrapping his tail around my body.
“Phew!”
It was really dangerous!
If I continued to try my best, I would hardly have lost, but my body would’ve suffered terrible consequences. For the rest of the day, Ssosia would’ve had to carry me in her arms.
“Noebius, your children have been safely resurrected. So you can stop fighting.” My cowardly wife informed him.
“… Did you intend to do this from the beginning?”
“Look at the planet. Not only your children, but all of its other inhabitants have resurrected.”
“If you said that right away …”
“You hit my handsome husband in the face without even letting him speak!”
“… Right.”
Noebius dropped his gaze and stepped back.
Erdanti immediately flew up to him and hugged him, trembling all over.
“I was so scared… I thought I was going to disappear…”
“…”
Noebius said nothing.
Instead, he silently returned to his original form: a pitch-black dragon.
“Grrraaaahhhh!”
Fshuh!
He uncurled three pairs of wings and disappeared instantly, returning to Fantasy.
He was so huge it looked like another moon had appeared in the sky.
I immediately felt it.
“It was a warning…”
If I wasn’t mistaken…
[Black Dragon]
He was a god.
***
My best friend Noebius distracted me a little, but it was time to get down to business again.
“What kind of business are we talking about, handsome husband?”
“Think about it.”
I completely cleared the planet Fantasy by destroying it twice.
“I don’t know if it’s worth calling it a sweep, but all the residents except Noebius and Erdanti did indeed die at least once.”
But what about the director?
“… Hmm?”
“If she, hiding somewhere in Fantasy, died, then we would’ve gained absolute control over the system. However, nothing’s changed.”
“I see where you’re going with this now.”
“Right.”
The director was on the moon, as we were.
