Julius-"The magnum opus huh?"
Prince Magnus-"That's right, and now I will prove it to you. Eradicating light skill: giant death ray"
A giant beam is launched by Magnus with a loud "bwaaamm" sound towards Julius.
Julius-"Special skill: particle accelerator"
Julius narrowly dodges the giant laser.
Prince Magnus-"You can't keep dodging forever! Eradicating light skill: death ray rave"
Citizens of the kingdom look up and see constant bursts of light in the sky. A blue light that is created by Julius using his particle accelerator skill and golden lights created by Prince Magnus.
Julius(in his head)-"Am I not able to go any faster?"
Voice-"You have a speed boosting skill, however the laws of physics prevent physical objects from moving faster than the speed of light"
Julius(in his head)-"Yeah I know that"
Prince Magnus-"(laughs maniacally) behold my elegance, my glorious creation of light"
Julius-"light skill: laser beam"
Prince Magnus-"Eradicating light skill: shining wall"
A barrier disintegrates the photons Julius shot at Magnus.
Julius(in his head)-"Something that I don't understand when something as large as Magnus travels at the speed of light wouldn't he be causing explosions everywhere due to his collision with the molecules in the air"
During this conversation between Julius and the voice Magnus is still shooting lasers at him and Julius is continuing to dodge.
Voice-"Ordinarily yes, however the spacial properties of his abilities allow him to negate those side effects of the speed"
Julius(in his head)-"So he is erasing most of the air in front of him while moving to prevent the explosions"
Voice-"That is correct"
Julius(in his head)-"So how do I get past that defense"
Voice-"Out of all of your skills, the best skill to use for attacking in your gravity skill"
Julius(in his head)-"My gravity skill... that's right! Gravity is able to bend both light and space"
Voice-"Correct. With your gravity skill, you can warp Magnus's defenses to allow you to attack him directly"
Julius(in his head)-"But the amount of gravity required to bend light and space is an insanely high amount. Way stronger than the gravity I have used so far"
Voice-"You need to focus your gravity skill on a single point"
Julius(in his head)-"Understood"
Prince Magnus-"How long are you going to keep on dodging? I know you'll run out of mana eventually"
Julius-"I'm sure those attacks must use up a lot of mana. Are you sure you won't run out before me?"
Prince Magnus-"Running out of mana used to be a problem for me, but after starting my hobby a while ago that has no longer been a problem"
Julius-"Your hobby?"
Prince Magnus-"Hunting large magical beasts for sport of course. From golems to trolls to wyverns, I've gotten more successful hunts than everyone else in the kingdom combined. Defeating those creatures raises my power every time"
Julius(in his head)-"That means creatures that me and my group struggled to defeat like that lightning wyvern he hunts for sport? Helping defeat that one wyvern raised me by ten levels so he must have an insane amount of mana"
Prince Magnus-"Well come on then. I know you have a lot of rare skills so try using another one on me"
Julius-"If you say so, gravity skill: pressure beam"
A nearly invisible beam of gravitational waves is charged up and launched towards Magnus. The attack looks like a minor distortion in the air like an arrow of glass and travels at the speed of light.
Julius(in his head)-"I'll aim to attack his neck with the goal of damaging his nervous system. It will leave him paralyzed with me or somebody being able to heal him later"
Prince Magnus-"A gravity spell this time..."
Prince Magnus is interrupted as the attack moves through his aura and nicked him in the side of the neck causing a small cut.
Prince Magnus-"You hit me?"
Julius(in his head)-"That's off from where I was aiming"
Voice-"It seems that while the attack was able to get through the aura. It's trajectory was thrown off in the process"
Prince Magnus (shocked)-"You dare land a scratch on me"
Julius-"You wanted me to hit you with a different attack"
Prince Magnus(angry)-"Yes, to show you how pointless it is, not for you to actually succeed!"
Julius-"You should have known that it was a possibility. You challenged me to a fight and in fights most of the time you get hurt even if you win"
Prince Magnus(furious)-"You dare lecture me!? Getting hurt is for commoners, not for gods like me! You'll pay for harming my perfect form"
Prince Magnus's aura glows brighter and brighter sending waves of energy surging through the clouds.
Julius(in his head)-"I'm going to need to use some more gravity beams"
Voice-"Since the distortion of Magnus's aura offsets the trajectory of your beams, I recommend aiming for his center of mass so you are more likely to hit a vital part of his body"
Julius(in his head)-"But what if I hit a vital organ that kills him"
Voice-"Killing him would be the most effective way to solve this conflict. And you are already aware of the kingdom having a person with revival magic so she can revive him afterwards"
Julius(in his head)-"I know, but killing people isn't exactly something I'm cut out for. Even if he is a bad person and even if he can be revived afterwards. I just don't have the ability to do that"
Voice-"Looking through your skills you have the ability to kill him however it would not be an easy task"
Julius(in his head)-"You know that's not what I meant. Somehow you have the ability to use humor but when it's a moral dilemma suddenly you're all analytical"
Voice-"My primary directive is to keep you alive. Eliminating Magnus is the second most effective way to do that. The most effective way would be for you to escape from here but I'm already aware you wouldn't do that"
Prince Magnus(frantically yelling)-"Once I'm rid of you, I'll take those two elves and that curesborn and execute all three of them! I don't care if execution was outlawed by that old geezer atlas! This is my kingdom and I make the decisions!"
Voice-"His aura has increased. It will be even more difficult to make accurate attacks on him now"
Julius(in his head)-"He's threatening all my friends. I can't let that happen but I just, I don't know what to do"
Voice-"You're indecisiveness in this situation is resulting in the chance of your death increasing"
Julius(in his head)-"I'll uh, I'll..."
Voice-"You seem to he struggling more than normal"
Julius(in his head)-"In my old world I wasn't a fighter, it's been fun using these magic powers but seeing my new friends get hurt and facing against a crazy person with this much power I..."
Voice-"You are in no position to protect yourself at the moment, would you like me to engage the preservation protocol"
Julius(in his head)-"Preservation protocol?"
Voice-"My primary directive is to ensure your safety and right now the preservation protocol is the best way to do so"
Julius(in his head)-"But what is it?"
Prince Magnus-"Eradication light skill: execution rave times ten!"
Thousands of lasers start cascading towards Julius.
Voice-"Do you accept the preservation protocol"
Julius(in his head)-"Yes!"
The yellow lasers are about to make contact with the glowing blue dot that is Julius. Suddenly Julius begins glowing red instead of blue. A giant flash of lights occurs from the lasers hitting each other.
Prince Magnus-"(laughs) That's what you get. Specks of dust like you should have stayed sitting on the shelves. You should have known better then to mess with a god like me hahha-"
Prince Magnus continues laughing but is cut off by a cut appearing on the side of his face. A red glowing dot is now floating behind Magnus.
Prince Magnus-"You hit me again?"
Prince Magnus's eyes start shaking in anger.
Prince Magnus-"Are you the same speck or a different one, if you're the same one do you think red is a more intimidating color?"
The red dot continues floating silently.
Prince Magnus-"I think gold is a much better color, and it will be the last thing you ever see"
Voice(aloud)-"Gravity skill: pressure beam rave"
Multiple cuts appear all over Magnus's body.
Prince Magnus-"...what?"
End of chapter 32.