Chapter 5, Chapter 9 - Child of the Apocalypse
Though I had prepared the Gouten, I realized that I could only fire one shot.
Even if it hits, I'm not sure if it'll be enough to defeat him.
What an impossible situation.
Is running away my only option here?
But then again, I did say I wouldn't run away, so what should I do?
Watching the explosive dragon king Gouou battling the wyverns, I thought to myself.
In the first place, the opponent is way too overpowered.
As the wyverns desperately evaded the beams fired from Gouou's mouth, mushroom clouds rose beyond the capital city, Guerda.
What should I do?
This guy probably won't die from the Gouten.
At that moment, an idea struck me.
"No way, could it be... Leviathan! Have my brothers come to help?" I yelled.
"Brothers! Thank you!" Apollo also teared up.
"Brothers? What difference does it make to have another brother like you?" Gouou sneered.
"Shut up! Don't you dare mock our bond as brothers, even if we're connected as loners!" I shouted, then immediately fired the Gouten with determination, aiming at Gouou's feet.
Gouou flapped its wings to avoid the Gouten's explosion, but it was lifted even higher by the shockwave, tearing through the roofs of the royal palace and ascending even higher.
Gouou, soaring in the sky above the destroyed royal palace.
At that moment, a rocket flew from somewhere far away toward Gouou.
In an instant, sharp and fast.
It grazed past the soaring Gouou and exploded far beyond, causing a massive blast with a diameter of over ten kilometers.
What's this?
What's happening?
Isn't it incredible?
The blast's shockwave devastated the city of Guerda.
"What is this?" I asked Mitsuki and Aoi while facing them amid the tremendous blast.
"It's Leviathan's fierce bombing attack," Mitsuki and Aoi calmly replied.
"Huh? Is he strong?" I asked the others in surprise.
"He's one of the strongest monsters," Mitsuki and Aoi replied coolly.
King Sanshi and Queen Uraka and Duke Freitas had extremely serious expressions.
The distant city had vanished.
"What's with the 'brother' thing! Isn't it Leviathan!" Gouou shouted.
"We're brothers bonded by our shared loneliness!" Apollo shouted beside me.
"Loneliness?" Gouou seemed surprised.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"...I just thought, am I lonely too?" Gouou looked incredibly troubled.
Ah, I see.
When I think about it, he's also lonely.
"Yeah, you're also lonely if you think about it," I said.
Apollo, shedding tears, said next to me, "That's right, you're also lonely if you think about it."
"Let's stop fighting among ourselves, loners!"
I shouted.
"You're so annoying! Don't lump us together with you!"
Roared Bakuryuou Gouou, looking flustered.
"From now on, I will turn everything into ashes with my ultimate attack! Starting with Leviathan!"
Bakuryuou Gouou spread his wings to several times their normal size.
Everything was enveloped in red flames.
Uh-oh, Leviathan is a sea monster.
Probably on land for a fierce explosive attack.
I can't escape quickly because I'm slow.
I have to save Leviathan!
I thought about it strongly.
In front of me appeared the Guardian Deity, Fudomyoo, engulfed in flames.
[Let me lend you my power. Awaken the true power that only you can unleash with your armor.]
When I thought that, suddenly, all kinds of plants and vines emerged from the emblem on my right hand and wrapped around me.
It covered my entire body at an incredible speed.
And it grew to a body nearly five meters tall.
Then Fudomyoo's flames spread over it, and after the flames vanished, it became a black shining armor.
It resembled the body of a dragon.
It looked like some kind of powered suit.
And I was in the middle of that enormous body.
What is this?
I don't really understand, but I have to protect Leviathan anyway.
My dragon-shaped body spread its wings.
"I won't let you touch Leviathan!"
I shouted.
Suddenly, Bakuryuou Gouou stopped his attack.
"A Sacred Tree Armored Soldier? And it's an Original Type!"
Bakuryuou Gouou said with surprise.
"So, you are the
Bakuryuou Gouou had a face of astonishment like never before.
Mitsuki nodded to respond to those words next to me.
"I see, everything has begun, indeed..."
Bakuryuou Gouou nodded somewhat satisfied for some reason.
"Alright! Leviathan and the
Bakuryuou Gouou shouted.
"
Bakuryuou Gouou looked at me.
"Wait, lonely king!"
I inadvertently shouted, revealing my true feelings.
No, I shouldn't have said that.
"I'm not lonely!"
Bakuryuou Gouou shouted.
"Wait, comrade!"
Even Aporito shouted.
And it seemed that Leviathan said the same thing to Bakuryuou Gouou.
"You're noisy!"
"You don't need to be embarrassed about being loners."
"Indeed."
Aoi, Mitsuki, and Murasaki all nodded.
However, in the middle of the destroyed royal palace, with King Sanshu the First, Queen Uraka, and Duke Freitas all wiped out, they were watching our exchange with incredulous expressions on their faces.