" There's no way..., "
" I... Lost... " Adrian says as his consciousness decides for him to talk things inside his own mind.
[ Inside Adrian's mind. ]
" Why the hell did I lose? I am the 'God of Gifts' now? " Adrian still proclaims the title.
" I was born for this, this entire world is MINE, the stage for my story... " Adrian tells himself that.
" Every person that I've met, every person I've defeated, devoured... "
" They're all side-characters, or NPCs in the game. "
" Those guys are losers, meant to be disposable, killable... "
" Those guys live and die for my success and for me to reach the end of my story. "
" I AM, THE MAIN CHARACTER! "
" I WAS BORN TO BE ONE...! IT IS SAID SO IN MY DIVINE BLOOD! " Adrian recounts everything.
" My father was from the Divine, my mother actually came from a rich family, I had powers, weapons, men at my disposal, I'm even more wealthy than the likes of Hayden Wayne, or even Bruce Wayne in the fiction world! "
" I'm entitled, rich, strong, powerful, and Gifted. This is the status that gave me the right to own everything, everything is meant to be MINE! "
" But then, the bastard came! " Adrian remembers Ragna, from his previous battle with him until now.
" My greatest challenge, yet ever since despite whoever that brat is... "
" Judging from every battle we've been through, that brat is the Boss the Universe gave to my very existence, I could see it now. "
" He is the Demon King that was meant to trample on my story as the Main Character, the strong and talented Demigod! "
" An obstacle I must devour, DEVOUR! "
" I MUST DEFEAT HIM! " Adrian says while trying to be conscious again.
...
" Is the white-horned thing dead? " Tristan says while some others also begin to wake up inside Yukino's barrier.
" Finally, phew! " Yukino says as she felt good that everything is alright.
" Is everyone alright? sorry, I was in deep slumber!? " a Healer Nurse awakes.
" You are? "
" I'm Healer Nurse, Heal Marrie from the 'Hunter Medic Hospital'. "
" I'm sorry if I was late, but I like to check on your conditions if you may," she asks as she asks the others to let her do her duty after she has just woken up from her fainting condition too, just like them.
" Please, check the others first Nurse Marrie. " Yukino says as she tells her that the others need to be prioritized before her.
" Thank you, I will compensate for my off-duty earlier. " Nurse Marrie says as she quickly does her job.
As she did it, Yukino and Tristan see the battle again, witnessing the battle that happened with their own eyes.
" Eyes sharp Yukino! " Tristan says to her.
" We're the S-Ranks here, we need to witness what just transpired for we should have the answers if we had to go to the press. " Tristan tells her.
" Agreed, I must also witness this till the end. "
" Especially that guy whose black armor just cracked and... " Yukino's eye widened as she sees Ragna's whole Black Cocoon Armor crack in full.
" His armor, he's... " Yukino sees it and feels ashamed as Ragna's black armor fully breaks, revealing his new body to her while the skies light censored his 'WANG'.
" Oh my, what the hell do we have here? " Tristan says as he and the others who witness this sees it too see Ragna fully naked as he is now out from his cocoon.
" It seems we just see something divine, it blesses all sexualities with its greatest display of physical performance. " Adrian sarcastically comments on Ragna's body, a chiseled-slim-muscular-glowing-white-skinned body.
Not just him and Yukino, but the others who witnessed it, especially the girls begin to enjoy the great sight to behold.
" By the gods, the pantheons... " they said as they all saw Ragna.
Ragna notices their screams of satisfaction from afar, he sees them looking from the right side of his body, making them didn't see his left.
"( Thank goodness they didn't witness my left eye, it is still damaged... )" Ragna says, feeling grateful that the people are looking at him from the angle he wants the to witness.
As he realized that, Ragna then equips something from his inventory, something he asked from the Battle Maiden through Ragna 69*.
< Equip: [Divine Aegis Blindfold (S) ] >
Ragna equips the blindfold, covering his left eye with it as he ties it around his head while leaving the right eye open in order for him to see (feeling like a one-eyed pirate I see).
"( This is better... )" Ragna says for he descends into the ground gracefully, just about meters from Adrian, maintaining his distance since he's not stupid.
" You can hear me, didn't you? " Ragna asks Adrian, he knows Adrian is still in there, he can see some of his muscles moving.
As he sees it, Adrian's body slowly recovers, being the a$$hole opponent he is he tries his best to stand up from his slumber.
" He can still move!? " Yukino says as she sees Adrian.
" Just what kind of a thing, is he? " Yukino asks herself as she bare witness to this scene, she never sees someone or something this relentless, so 'refusal' to accept their defeat.
" Demon... King... " Adrian says to Ragna.
" You're a Demon King..., I must devour, defeat... " Adrian stands up.
" I'm the demigod here, I'm already a god now even... " Adrian stands on his knees.
" I was meant to reach more heights..., but here you are... brat..., "
" You came to my life as the greatest obstacle... " Adrian says as his Crown Item glows even more.
" And now, I must defeat you. "
" To become... " Adrian suddenly remembers his past, all things he went through in his life among the humans, he recounts every event that led him here, every plan executed, every path is taken, every motivation that pushed him.
" Only the strong who can reach everything, reach everything they desire with their every whim... " Adrian remembers one line, from some event he entered.
" Oh yes, this is why I'm so greedy in the first place. "
" I want to be like him, like... " Adrian says as he recounts the person who says it, it was the god Poseidon, he watched his very interview in some event he entered in the past. It motivates him.
" Right, THIS WHY! " Adrian says as he also remembers all his wrongdoings, the things he takes from other people.
" This is why I did those things, those people are a waste of resources, worthless, losers! "
" Unlike me! " Adrian shouts in front of Ragna as he hears him, already knowing everything Adrian just did before the [Twelve Eye of Time] goes hiatus.
" I see, you really have no regrets, then... " Ragna says.
"Regret is for the weak, only losers feel pity for other losers' death! " Adrian replied to him while shouting so hard.
" Fine then, if it's that what you stand firmly for... "
" Then I too, have no regrets. " Ragna says after he can finally confirm this himself, immediately casting large skill to bring out retribution onto Adrian.
" Let this be your final judgment! "
" This is your Ultimatum! " Ragna says to Adrian.