Clang! After sending Elysium flying, I raised my voice as I collided with him again for the umpteenth time, "You had numerous chances to win! Be it the saints or demons, there were a lot of people who would willingly sacrifice their lives for you!"
"Do you mean I should have relied on them? On those weaklings who were obviously weaker than me?"
"Yeah, that's right! Sure, you were stronger than any of them! But let me tell you, Shangarula's will to 'never lose' remained strong even as he drew his last breath, and Boreios, too, was able to suppress Phinis-sama's power with his tenacious willpower! From our standpoint, who fought them directly, the others are by no means 'weaklings', either!"
"Yet, in the end, none of them could follow me. Because they were 'weak'."
"No!" I strongly denied him and continued, "It's not that they couldn't follow you! It's that you didn't let them follow you! Don't play the victim when you were the one who threw them away, you arrogant bastard! Tirna!"
"Mm!"
—Blaze!
Tirna took shape, and then she pulled back her right fist, converging extremely condensed flames of purification around it.
After which.
"—Grand Prometheus Full Burst!!"
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!! She released the ultimate move that she had used to purify Shangarula in his Fantasy Form.
But.
"Don't get carried away!"
—SLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!
Elysium was forcing it back with a slash formed of his fighting spirit.
"What's wrong, Savior?! Is this the extent of the power of 'bond' you keep spouting off?!"
"If it seems that way to you, then I advise you to go get your eyes checked!"
—Blaze!
"Mgh?!"
The same extremely condensed flames of purification converged around the 'Fist' Hallowed Sacred Treasure wrapping my left fist.
"No way, you…!?"
Yes, the 'Fist' Sacred Treasure came as a pair.
This meant that its full power could only be displayed when the pair were used jointly.
"Grand Prometheus Full Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurst!!"
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG!! The second"Grand Prometheus Full Burst"stacked with the first one, becoming a super-large blow that swallowed Elysium's slash.
"Guoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!?"
It then continued on its course to swallow Elysium as well, seemingly going to return his existence to nothingness, but…
—BANG!
…he flew out of the torrent of "Grand Prometheus Full Burst"and tried to soar straight up to the clouds.
But.
"—Nuh uh, ya ain't goin' anywhere!"
"—!?"
Ophir—wielding the evolved 'Axe' Hallowed Sacred Treasure—was already waiting above him. She rapidly spun herself vertically before swinging down her axe with the strongest Combat Art she'd learned from Turbo-sama.
"—Grand Tempest Break!!"
—
–Zugaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!!
"Gh…!? You cheeky little brat… guoh!?"
Despite the power that Elysium possessed, it seemed like taking such a powerful attack without any preparation and so suddenly was too much for Elysium.
Although he managed to block Ophir's blow with his tachi—perhaps he had run out of energy—the impact sent him falling to the ground at a tremendous speed while scattering black feathers.
"Elma!"
"Yeah, I know!"
Next up was Elma.
It may be too late to mention this, but her specialty was thrust Combat Arts.
Therefore, clad in purple sparks of lightning, Elma roared, "—Grand Éclair Ballista!!"
SWOOSH! While tracing a zigzag trajectory in the sky, Elma rushed towards Elysium.
"—!?"
Elysium reflexively put up his tachi to try and block it, but…
—Clang!
"Gaha!?"
After receiving so many abuses from our attacks, his tachi finally reached its limit.
Elma's blow shattered Elysium's tachi into pieces.
Flames of purification didn't work on it, indicating that it wasn't made from 'filth'.
With that being the case, he shouldn't be able to recreate it at will.
In other words, he was now unarmed.
"Magmell!"
"Leave it to me! Goddesses-sama!"
"Yes!" "Yeah!" "Okay!" "Umu!" "Ou!" "Alright…!"
The six goddesses nodded in unison and combined their powers. The five major attributes plus the two attributes of 'light' and 'darkness' fused, sublimating into the strongest attribute, 'void'.
Magmell then swung the evolved 'Staff' Hallowed Sacred Treasure with both of her hands and unleashed all that concentrated power.
"Unending circle of transmigration! Phinis-Olg-Origina!!"
—BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG!!
"…Guoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!?"
Naturally, the exhausted Elysium couldn't dodge this blow, and his figure vanished into the blinding light.
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"…Gaha!? Impossible…!? How could I lose… to mere humans…!?" Elysium—his body covered all over in wounds—tried to get up while throwing up mouthfuls of blood from his mouth.
Magmell's blow had split the sea and sent him flying to some continent.
"How…"
"..."
I landed in front of him. After looking down at him in silence, I said, "Just give up, Elysium. You've cut off all your companions, you're now no match for us. Admit your defeat."
"What nonsense…! I have not lost yet…!" Elysium directed his bloodshot eyes filled with killing intent toward me.
I released a small sigh, "If you had put your trust in those guys and relied on them, you might have been able to find out the fact that Kaya-san bears the Phoenix Crest. If that were the case, we would have been the ones driven to a corner right now.
"But the reality is different," I shook my head and continued, "the one driven to a corner is you. You have lost."
"Shut up!"
BAM! Elysium shot a bullet of light at me, but I easily deflect it with my sword.
—BOOOOOOOOOOOM!
As the sound of an explosion echoed in the background, Elysium—bleeding from all over his body—stood up and said, "Not yet… our fight is not over yet…"
He then raised his right hand, converging black energy over it. I shook my head and said, "It's pointless. You can't defeat us with that level of attack. And you know that."
"…Yeah. Something like this is insufficient to kill you all…
"But!" Elysium hurled the converged black energy behind him with all his might.
『――Wha!?』
Far in that direction, there was—a 'town'.
"Even if it can't kill you, it is more than sufficient to kill everyone in that town!"
"Tch, you scumbag!"
As I kicked off the ground to go and stop it, he said with a big laugh, "That's your weakness! Savor what it feels like being held back by the humans you're supposed to protect!"