*Boom!!* *Sriiiitch!*
Gradims body slide back for some meters before coming to a stop. A large dent was made on his Mythical Armour thanks to the Kick from Elizabeth. He could feel eight of his ribs and sternum practically disintegrate as the bones pierced his lungs.
*Cough!!* Blood splattered on the ground as he knelt to stabilize himself.
"He survived?" Elizabeth asked in shock, she had used half her base strength in that kick which she believed was enough to kill the Cat. To her surprise though, it seemed he was stronger than that, well barely.
"He won't be for long. Let's deal with the other one, I have other things to do." Adrigal chimed in as she prepared her Holy Ray.
'Shit. Shit shit! Why are they so strong!!? I thought only those Demon Lords were the top dogs. How the fuck are these nobodies so strong!? '
Tatsuya cursed his luck in his head as he struggled to comprehend why such powerful beings were so easy to meet? It should be known that People of Special S ranked are rare and should be counted in Two Hands!
Why are they appearing so casually now?! Did the world suddenly become stronger? Are special S ranks now no more special?
'Is the information wrong? No, the empire would have known if any beings like them emerged. Yes! That's it! They hid their powers!'
He came up with an excuse. Maybe this was the full might of the Orion Empire, Leaving Bael maybe all the truly strongest was here.
Looking behind him, seeing the devastation Shah el Ru, Roku and then Adrigal and Elizabeth caused, he was now convinced that Orion has no other Special S ranks remaining to guard the Capital except for Bael.
What he didn't know was that in the Capital, leaving Bael, there were still Six more Special S ranked beings.
'I just need to escape this encirclement and this information can be given to Feldway Sama. But how?'
This was the hard part he was stuck on. The barrier he was on was stronger than his skill Remover. Meaning this magic was cast maybe using an Unique Skill or even an Ultimate.
"What are you thinking dead guy? You are already dead so stop thinking and simply try to remember all those you cherished before I kill you." Adrigal said as she finally released her Holy Ray.
The ray was a large cylindrical beam that quickly reached Tatsuya in half a second, fully engulfing him.
'Am I Going to die now? But I don't want to!
Someone...save me!'
Such was his last thoughts before the light engulfed him. He closed his eyes finally accepting his fate. He waited for a few second for the imagined pain to course through his body. But..
The pain never came as he expected it to when he saw the Light Beam, instead he saw a familiar room, adorned in gold to the brim white marble on every ungilded floor, wall or ceiling, pillars holding the grand ceiling on either sides as he faced that Androgynous face.
"Feldway Sama....did you die too? Is this heaven?" Tatsuya for some reason seem to have gotten his mind mixed.
A tick formed on Feldway's forehead as he chopped Tatsuya's head.
"What nonsense are you spouting kid? You are in the Capital Nasca right now, I teleported you before that Light Ray could disintegrate your soul." Feldway explained.
Using spatial Domination it was easy for him to transfer Tatsuya in the empire even from the Barrier which just prevented basic teleportation.
"What!? Really!? Thank you Feldway Sama! I don't know how I would repay this debt but I will do my very best!" Tatsuya bowed his body 90° as he thanked Feldway.
"Well, you could fulfill that now, by providing your body." Feldway spoke.
"Huh?...you want my...body?" Tatsuya spoke as he slowly backed away from Feldway hugging his body tightly.
"?...!!..Don't you dare imagine that kind of thing you idiot!!" Confused as to why Tatsuya was acting strange so suddenly he recounted the words he spoke just now and finally realised his slip up.
After years of observing the humans in the empire he came to know that words had many different meanings to the way you use and enunciate it. He was weirded out by this strange ability of humans to interpret these kinds of meanings.
"What I meant to say was I want to use your body as my vessal to channel my power into it, so that I can use it to fight. This Body I have right now is needed for something else."
He explained.
"Oh...but that doesn't help the situation rather it's worse.." Tatsuya spoke.
"I don't need your opinion." Feldway spoke as he casually mind controlled Tatsuya into submission as he transferred part of his consciousness inside the body via Parallel Existence.
'Now, Let's see who these Ministers of Orion truly are.' Feldway thought as he disappeared from the vicinity.
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Back to the moment when the beam hit the "target"
"Huh? He escaped?" Adrigal spoke as she cancelled her attack. The Area where the beam landed was scorched and was covered in lava and molten glass.
"No, he probably got teleported by someone." Elizabeth corrected her as she walked to the cube, deactivating the barrier and storing it inside her spatial pocket.
"Hmn. Well, the fight here has ended. Let's see how the two boys are doing." Adrigal spoke as she flew in the sky followed by Elizabeth.
Back in the battlefield, the Eastern Empire's soldiers were getting decimated as a quarter of their forces remained. Engrossed in dealing with the threat of instantly dieing made them unaware that their leaders had long perished.
Or maybe they were clinging to a hope that a miracle might happen but alas. When the army saw Elizabeth and Adrigal land in the middle of the battlefield, it was clear that their leaders have been defeated.
"Tatsuya sama?... Retreat!!" The second incharge after Tatsuya quickly issued a Retreat. Knowing that continuing this meaningless fight will only cost them more than they had already suffered.
"Should we chase them?" Roku asked as he approached Adrigal.
"No, one of my Blood Familiars has spotted a guest arriving here. He might be more important than these ants." Elizabeth answered.
A few minutes of waiting later with Rimuru joining the Quartet after seeing that they were still stood on the plain now filled with corpses slowly getting turned to undead.
A strong Magicule pressure descended upon the group. Rimuru struggled a lot to even strand up as his human body transformed into his slime body. The quartet were also suffering in various degrees with Adrigal and Elizabeth faring better than Roku and Shah el Ru.
As the figure's features became apparent, the still retreating army noticed him.
"Tatsuya sama?!" Joy and happiness could be felt from the army as they gained their confidence back.
"Hmphf, useless critters."
"Tatsuya" spoke as he raised his hands at them. Instantly the army fell to the ground as if their strings were cut. Condensed particles floated from those bodies as "Tatsuya" absorbed them.
'What the hell is happening!!'
Rimuru screamed in his head as he held onto Adrigal's horns preventing his slimy body from getting blasted away by the Magicule blasts that person was releasing.
[It is hypothesized that the individual who is "Tatsuya" has gained a power up by consuming the souls] Raphael answered for Rimuru.
'Like a DemonLord Awakening?'
[Yes, and I am also sensing that this individual is not really Tatsuya.]
'What do you meant?' Confused, Rimuru asked.
"Because he is Feldway. The one Lord Bael spoke about." Adrigal spoke as she made a barrier protecting the group from the Magicule blasts.
'Did she read my mind?'
[No, she likely guessed we were conversing.]
'Oh..' as Rimuru and Raphael-sensei conversed in his mind, another conversation was going on outside, in the material world.
"You are quite sharp." Tatsuya or Feldway answered.
"It was quite easy. Your's and Tatsuya's soul signatures were different. And how could I forget that You were the one that tried to ambush us though you failed." Adrigal mocked.
"....At that time I was caught off guard but now I am ready. Your master will be dead alongside you all." Feldway spoke as he charged a Magicule bomb.
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