A seemingly bottomless sea. No any form of land within sight. This was the place I chose for our battle.
Cloud-like fog appeared beneath the Monkey king, making him fly. As for me I just use aura to levitate on my own.
[The God of Lightning Indra is watching his apostle]
[The God of Giants Ymir is watching his apostle]
[The primordial God of Void have found out where the other two primordial gods went]
[The primordial God of Void is greatly interested at you and have decided to watch along]
I'm not a television you can watch. Ugh.
Ever since the other gods found out about the fact that 'this' world's time was continuously being rewinded they started to gather around here. How annoying.
"Earthen world: Create"
The Titan king who was falling activated his special skill.
The seemingly endless sea was immediately covered with earth created by the Titan king.
The more powerful my enemy is the bigger this dueling ground becomes. And right now I am about to fight two kings at that.
To think that he easily covered it with land even though I've already activated
"How sly of you"
"Is there any problem with what I did? I'm sure that you were planning on attacking me at the same time, so this is just for insurance"
"And you call 'environmental advantage' as a mere insurance for a fair fight?"
"I don't think I understand what you are saying"
I deactivated Abyssal world.
-Pandora focus on using magic for protection.
-Understood.
The two of them are highly resistant to magic so using it as offense would only be a waste of time.
"Phantom World: Void"
With a diameter of twenty meters, a pseudo black hole was created.
"System, I will use twenty chaos points to make this black hole independent for the next hour"
[Request is acceptable]
[Remaining chaos points: 299]
Chunks of the land that the Titan king created got suck into the pseudo black hole. Now he can't recklessly create forms of land to his advantage.
After going closer to the Titan king, the Monkey king pulled out strands of his hair and toss it around creating clones of himself.
The troublesome ability of his.
"Go my clones! Go kill..."
Warstyle.
Fourth form, dissonance.
A form where the vibration generated from the body is release and creates a lethal sound. Which then affects the internal organs especially the brain.
I never got to use this since the only one who won't be affected while using this is the user.
If the user doesn't have enough aura protecting the body, then he/she will die before striking due to the immense energy generated from vibration. However, if one does have enough internal energy to to do this form, anyone within range, ally or foe, will be hit which makes it a forbidden technique.
Poof!
The clones vanish one after another. They weren't able to handle the force coming from Michael's attack.
"H, How did you do that when both of us have such high resistance towards magic?!"
Yelled by the Monkey king whose ears are bleeding.
"That's because I wasn't using magic!" I yelled while enhancing my voice with aura so that they can hear me.
Just because you have high resistances doesn't mean that you can let your guard down.
Thousands of golems started to form from the ground. They then raise their hand towards me.
With the signal from he Titan king, the golems fired.
-Buy some time for me.
-Understood.
I started to fly around while Pandora was continuously casting protective spells to block the bullets enchanted with mana from the golems.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
-Bullets coming from the golems seems to have explosive powders inside which is designed to explode once they come into contact with anything. Asking permission to use wind based spells to change their trajectory.
-Go ahead.
Not only are the bullets made from compressed metal, it also explode creating a two stage attack. What an interesting way to use his power.
"Expand!"
Ack!
Pandora release a blast of air from the right side, forcing my body to change direction which barely dodge the staff of the monkey king.
[The Monkey king and Titan king have drank a bottle made by the Alchemy king]
[Enemy stats have been multiplied by three for the next five minutes]
What? Oh, right! The alchemy king also serves under Kavon so it only makes sense that they would have something like that. Especially since they are planning to fight the kin of slaughter.
"Elemental world: Absolute rule"
[Due to the Monkey king's power, pseudo black hole has been negated]
I look upwards and saw the black hole fading away. While I am surprised that the black hole was neutralized it already have accomplish the minimum of what I need.
"Grand magic: Mountain fall"
I wondered why things got dark suddenly so I look up and saw... a meteorite? How is the Titan king able to cast such magic with little time?
-Using strongest-
-Stop. I'll handle it. Focus on defending against the bullets.
Phantom World: Teleport.
I appeared beside the falling meteorite(?) and started to gather aura to my right hand.
Warstyle
First form, impact.
The huge meteorite(?) which was supposed to hit me now went towards the Monkey king who seems to be concentrating about something.
Looks like this gauntlet is having such a grand debut.
While it is possible to change the trajectory of the meteorite(?) using impact, it is thanks to the gauntlet that the speed of the meteorite(?) accelerated even more.
The Titan king went towards the Monkey king to protect him.
With a wave of his hand, the meteorite(?) disappeared.
"How did he do that?"
[Answer: Everything he makes with magic or skill can be cancelled anytime he want with his Unique skill
Does that mean that the title 'Titan king' is a hereditary title?
Lightning crackled from the direction of the two kings.
The Monkey king started to glow with bright light, his hair turned gold. Even his tail and clothes became shiny.
"Outburst"
-Mana has been depleted.
-That's fine I'm already done anyway.
"Outburst"
Again?
-Should I help, master?
-It's fine. Just watch from where you are watching, Pori.
Unlike spells which needs casting time and mana, a skill only has what you would call a "cool down" where you can use it again and again.
The Monkey king's skill
[Reserved spell
The lightning that was shot towards Michael slightly turned right, evading Michael.
Whew.
The requirement this time for the reserved spell to activate was [If an elemental based attack is going to hit me which can kill me at the time I have no mana, it will then be activated]
Originally, this reserved spell was meant for a water or ice based attack since Michael's affinity towards water and ice spirits are higher.
Since the attack was lightning based, instead of vanishing the trajectory was change. Another factor that made this happened is that the sheer force of the lighting was too strong to be cancelled.
"Goodbye!"
"Outburst"
Before the lightning strike hit Michael, he already went inside another isolated space using Babel's key.
"Where the hell did that bastard went now?!" The Monkey king exclaimed while panting.
"Wait for a moment, I will find-"
Kaboom!
Four explosives detonated simultaneously which then produce smoke.
Meanwhile, inside the library where Michael is at.
"Master, how will you beat the two kings if you stay here?"
"I've already beat them though"
"Eh? How?"
"Carbon monoxide and lack of oxygen"
I was busy planting those bombs that I made. Once I enter another space using Babel's key, the aura that I was using to hold off the ignition of the bomb would vanish thus setting off the bomb.
The contract that I made to obtain
But in a virtual world like the dueling grounds, it doesn't affect the environment. It only affects my enemies since I can just escape using Babel's key.
"The bomb itself won't damage the place but the chemical composition that I've use would create small fragments and release a lot of smoke. The smoke itself is extremely lethal. Once the smoke dispersed to the area it will be contained since the dueling grounds is only a finite space.
While fighting I figured out that the dueling grounds was about five kilometers in diameter. If my calculation is correct, then the two should die from suffocation within eight hours.
Even if they were to use their skills, unless they have something that can purify air or create their own oxygen they will die. Not to mention, the pseudo black hole I created suck quite a lot of air earlier meaning that the poisonous gas will spread even faster"
There is no way that the two of them would be able to live without having to breathe.
"What if they had skills to create plants like the Titan king?"
"That won't work. Because I made sure to remove all the spirits in the dueling grounds while I was setting up the bombs"
Spirits are the definition of 'environment life' in this world. Without spirits, no matter how rich a land, no plant will grow there. So for me, who is the King of spirits, making the spirits go back to the spirit realm is easy.
"Go back with the rest. I doubt that the dragon king would make any sudden moves since he and Kavon's clone are not enough to beat Troy"
"Understood"
I'll recover for now.
Just as Pori left, messages came in.
[The God of War is displease to you for using such petty tricks]
[The Goddess of wisdom is delighted to see your meticulous plan]
[The primordial God of Void is greatly entertained watching you]
[The God of Giants and God of Lightning says "Are you not ashamed of you actions?"]
"With all due respect, I am a soldier not a warrior. I possess a soldier's will to live using his wits not a warrior's chivalry. So yes, I do not feel ashamed at all.
Maybe next time, you guys should think what you'd say first"
I don't think that I would be able to recover in peace.
...
The Dragon king and Kavon's clone was still in front of Michael's spirits.
Porphirios appeared.
"Ruler of destruction, my master have already beaten the ruler of elements as well as the ruler of land. What will you do now?"
When the Dragon king ask Zoe he didn't believe her since a mere mid rank spirit saying that her master will win the match with great confidence did not hold any meaning to the dragon king. But now that the one who is saying it is a superior rank spirit, an evil spirit no less, have its own weight on the Dragon king's mind.
The Dragon king clicked his tongued but then he grinned.
"I don't mind at all" He said with a delighted smile.
The Dragon king whispered onto the ears of Kavon's clone and left the area like nothing happened.
...
After some hours, Porphirios went back to where Michael is and reported what happened.
Kavon himself can just go kill Troy easily, though it will take him some time, probably. Then why go all the way to create a war?
I stood up to go back to the dueling grounds much earlier than I anticipated to speed things up as I feel something is amiss.
Phantom world: Creation.
"I'll use 10 chaos points to retain this for the next hour"
[Request is acceptable]
[Remaining chaos points: 289]
I opened the door leading to the dueling grounds now that I am fully recovered with air to breathe.
"....."
Amazing, they somehow created plants instead. It must have been the monkey king seeing that he is the one who looks more tired between the two.
"It's a surprise to see you two still alive"
"Coward!"
I walk nonchalantly towards them who were having a hard time to breathe.
"Metallic hail"
Now that I am a hundred meter away from them.
Warstyle.
Sixth form, distortion.
The magic that the Titan king casted was cancelled.
Their hearts bursted apart.
A brutal one-hit-kill technique that can be use to kill anyone in a vulnerable state by crushing their heart from a distance that leaves no trace. In comparison to other forms, this is the one I mastered before the rest since I am familiar with spatial coordination.
Though it is a one-hit-kill, you can only target people that aren't moving, unless you can predict where they will go that is.
"Pori"
"Yes, master?"
"Go to Maigrema immediately. I feel like something will happen there"
"...Understood"
After Pori went away, I pick a perk from the blessing that both kings received. They are also apostles so taking something out of their blessing is only natural. The downside is the fact that I know that it will be gone once time rewinds again.
From the Monkey king I chose
If the Dragon king really did went back means that Kavon have already finish curing the novel king. The woman in the paper. Kavon's revenge. Troy's involvement. And this war.
I pulled out their souls and crystallize it and then stored it away inside the library. After putting the monkey king's body inside my inventory I carried the Titan king outside.
[You are now exiting the dueling grounds]
"How are things here?"
"Everything is alright, master"
I can only summon a spirit using a method once, meaning that I can't go kill Vepar's minions or the ones in the soaring mountain outbreak as a sacrifice anymore. Not to mention, I'm back with a limit with a maximum of [20] spirit familiars.
After putting another reserved spell, I started on creating a magic circle.
"My name is Michael Santiago. At this moment, I now open the gate to the spirit realm"
The magic circle glowed
"With the corpse of this king. Heed my call to you who lives in the land, abundant of power"
The Titan king's body started to disappear.
"I offer a drop of my blood"
Whoosh.
Dark brown smoke began to ooze out from the magic circle.
"And here, the Gods shall be the witness of this summoning"
A superior rank spirit emerge from the smoke.
"King of spirits, I am Soliare a spirit of the land. And I would like to be your familiar"
"So there is no need for any condition or fights?"
She knelt down in front of me gracefully, not letting her dress to touch the ground.
"No. I'd be satisfied with anything to see this world. It is getting boring in my place after all"
So she wants to be my underling out of boredom.
"If that's the case, then good! Here!" I gave her two books that I made "Those books contains all that I know in terms of architecture, of building structures such as houses, centers, etc"
She look at the books with a confused expression and then look back at me again with the same expression.
"...You want me to become an architect?"
"Yes. You can control dirt and metals, right?"
She nodded, still confused.
"That's great!"
This way I don't need to spend so much time on building our base.
["He wants a superior ranking spirit to build... houses? What kind of master did I end up to?"]
[Are the thoughts of Soliare]
That's normal. Even though she is a superior rank spirit, all spirits summoned by the skill
Naturally, this includes Gwen.
...
After two hours the ships that Troy was leading arrived. They had it easy on arranging their equipments since I've already prepared a several docks for them, as well as temporary lodgings.
We entered a tent so that I can tell them on my progress and the current situation on the field.
"You killed the monkey king and the titan king?"
"Yeah"
"A, are they really dead?"
Ask by a court wizard who leads the second magic assault battalion of Maigrema.
I pulled out the body of the monkey king and showed it to them.
"The titan king's body is gone since I already use it for personal use. I believe that this is already acceptable as proof"
Bang.
He bowed down, hitting his head on the table.
"I'm sorry for having doubts, Spirit king"
"It's okay. If I did fought the two of them in a classical fight, there's no way I'd win"
"So you lured them into something which gave you the upper hand?"
"Isn't that the norm in a war"
"Indeed so"
Though two kings have been eliminated, Kavon is the bigger problem. I told them that he'll make his move very soon after he cures the novel king.
Seeing his special skill first hand made me think that, even if Troy and me were to team up against Kavon, our chances of winning is at most 17 percent.
The thing is, is that I can't help Troy fighting the gambler king since I signed a sort of non-aggression pact with him. Troy will have to find a way by himself to beat the gambler king.
"I'll be leaving for a while. I have some matters to attend to"
"Hmm? And that is?"
"Putting a reliable bodyguard for Gwen"
"But you've already sent your spirits as well as the infamous phantom king though"
"Yeah, but I have this bad feeling that I can't quite say what it is"
"A premonition?"
"Something like that"
I left the tent and went somewhere else, far away from Troy. I had Soliare make a temporary cave along the shore for my business.
"Forbidden magic: Resurrection"
After putting back his soul, the monkey king was revived.
"You- Ow!!!"
"I resurrected you but that doesn't mean I completely healed you. Now, sign this slave contract if you don't want me to torment you"
"As if I would lower myself to such state! A slave? Me?! I am a king! Someone who have greatly contributed at the holy war at that!!! Don't you dare act arrogant in front of me just because you won using such cheap tricks! Torment me all you want, my unbreakable will shall not waver!"
"We're in a cave so be quiet, will you. Your voice is echoing"
I had Soliare went out to guard the place. After making sure that Soliare was outside I forcefully make the monkey king drank an aphrodisiac using phantom world I then took off his clothes.
"What are you doing?! By torment, could you possibly mean.... assault?! You madman!"
"Please stop shouting. And for your information I'm asexual so zip it"
I pulled a jar from my bag which contained a very 'special' type of worm inside.
"Sign the contract or I will put this worm on you. Just so you know, this worm secretes a type of mucus which causes excruciating pain"
"Ha! You think a measly worm would be able to hurt me?"
"Well... my answer is 'yes' to what you just said. You are a man, right? The let me see your unbreakable will, kay"
Using a wooden tong, I drop the worm between his legs.
Yes, right there.
"Stop this! Aaack!!"
"Hey now we're just getting started. You did said that you had an unbreakable will, no?"
I flipped the jar, dropping the all little worms between his legs.
After an hour he gave up. I stored the worms away and he signed the slave contract that I made after I healed him.
"You really held it in much longer than I expected. I honestly thought that you'd give up in less than ten minutes"
"You... demon.... ugh"
He fainted.
I can't believe I actually used 30 chaos points just to get him to my side. Well now that he signed it, he is no longer bounded to the Dragon king which makes it a huge win for me.
-Pandora how long will it take for his memories to be copied?
-Estimating... Five days, milord.
I have to prolong this war for another five days, huh.
By the time I got back it was already midnight. I barged into Troy's room, waking him up.
A dummy?
He left a dummy in his bed, beneath the blankets? Why?
And it came to me, that Troy has the arcane attribute. He probably went back to Maigrema after creating one and then destroyed it after passing through.
"W, where are we?!"
"Oh, you woke up"
I toss him to the ground.
"Why did you- Ack! What is this?"
A book?