Thanks to Fate's power, the Human-Demon Allied Forces' side had
quickly gained the upper hand, and the progress of the battle started
changing at an alarming pace.
In the first place. It was originally impossible for a battle of beings
possessing power of this level to quickly end. After all, the Supreme
Gods, the Six Kings and people who have abilities equal to them are
basically immortal.
Even if their bodies are wiped out, they can resurrect themselves by
twisting the law of causality, or just by regenerating their own bodies
from nothing.
Thus, in addition to direct combat, battles of this level also involve
indirect combat… where one needs Null: Regeneration and attacks that
pierce through defenses.
In addition to clashing with each other's bodies, using one's abilities
when clashing with others is also very important. Determining what
cards your opponents have and how to suppress them… The most
important key part of the high-dimensional battle was, surprisingly, the
part that doesn't appear on the surface.
However, in the end, the victory condition for the Human-Demon Allied
Forces had remained the same. They will continue to fight in order to
quickly eliminate Life, the key member of the Gods and their leader,
Chronois.
But at the same time as such a battle is happening… a battle of a
different dimension from this one was also raging.
Multiple worlds are created and then erased one after another. With a
single swing of a hand, galaxies disappear, with a single step, multiple
dimensions bend, and in the aftermath of that battle, space collapses.
It is truly a duel of Gods beyond human imagination… The battle
between the world's God of Creation, Shallow Vernal, and her half-body,
Kuromueina, was also reaching its climax.
[…Kuhhh.]
The one who had the advantage on the course of the battle so far… was
Shallow Vernal, holding an overwhelming advantage against
Kuromueina. Kuromueina is clearly beginning to take damage, but she
has yet to mount any kind of counterattack against Shallow Vernal.
In terms of simple combat power, such as attack and defensive power,
the two are evenly matched, or perhaps, Kuromueina could even be said
to be slightly superior. In fact, in the "fights" that they've had,
Kuromueina has won more often than not.
However, that's only when Shallow Vernal "meets her in battle head-on,
straightforwardly fighting against her".
There was a clear significant difference between Shallow Vernal and
Kuromueina. One point of such difference is that "it was Shallow Vernal
who created the being called Kuromueina".
Kuromueina is indeed a woman of diverse powers, and her abilities
even rival those of the world's God of Creation. However, by no means is
she omnipotent… She's a being who had things "she couldn't do".
Meanwhile, Shallow Vernal is someone who was almost omnipotent,
and this was what made the difference between victory and defeat in
their battle.
Shallow Vernal, who created Kuromueina, knows "what she can't do.
Thus, she knows what way she could be advantageous in her fight
against Kuromueina.
Kuromueina isn't capable of instantaneous teleportation between
worlds and dimensions. In order to achieve such a thing, she would
need a huge teleportation magic circle.
Hence, Shallow Vernal created one world after another… trapping
Kuromueina in that world and from another dimension, she would
repeatedly attack her, trying to wipe her out together with the world
Kuromueina was currently in.
Kuromueina has no way to counterattack, while Shallow Vernal can
one-sidedly attack her… This is the strategy that Shallow Vernal judged
to have the highest victory rate. In fact, up to this point, Shallow Vernal
had been able to carry out the battle with an overwhelming advantage…
yes, "up to this point", that is…
(…Shiro really is strong. I knew that this would happen when she
seriously fights but… but this is harder than I thought it would be.)
Yes, Kuromueina knew that this would happen if they fought against
each other. Even though they are close in terms of combat power, there
is too much of a difference in the cards that Kuromueina and Shallow
Vernal have. On top of that, Shallow Vernal knew all the cards in
Kuromueina's hand. Thus, this result was inevitable.
(…You're quite desperate, aren't you? I know how you feel, Shiro. It may
not be the same as mine, but at this core… it isn't that different from
what I feel.)
As she was repeatedly exposed to the explosion that engulfed her entire
field of vision, Kuromueina quietly closed her eyes, not caring how she
would be left defenseless.
(However, Shiro's choice is wrong. Even though you know that… You
still won't stop, right? Then, I'll stop you. For Kaito-kun's sake… and for
Shiro's sake…)
Shallow Vernal certainly was aware of all of Kuromueina's abilities.
However, it is only limited to "the abilities that Kuromueina has had
since birth".
Yes, there are things Shallow Vernal didn't know. She doesn't know why
Kuromueina has been growing in power so rapidly as of late, and she
also doesn't know how Kuromueina was able to completely outperform
Eden's perceptions when they once engaged in a mock battle…
Deep in her heart, Kuromueina had always been aware that she was
half of Shallow Vernal. However, this perception was changed when the
being named Kaito appeared, as she is no longer "Shallow Vernal's half
body", she is now the being named "Kuromueina".
Yes, Shallow Vernal didn't know about it. That the moment when
Kuromueina's perception changed… the "inherent power" laying
dormant within her for so long has awakened…
[I can't beat Shiro at this rate.]
The words she spoke held definite power. And thus, activating the
power that was the embodiment of her true essence, she spun out the
key words.
[…In that case, let's start things, right at this moment! "The story of my
reversal"!
And thus, the story unravels.