……T-Then, you are telling me he wasted that much stamina in the fight against Euclid……? “Oh well, let’s somehow overthrow Crom Cruach then.”
……You may be overflowing with confidence, but I think my uneasiness increased instead. Well, we still have the Two Heavenly Dragons gathered here now. I am sure that both our strengths have increased from the time against Loki! Crom Cruach smiles happily seeing me and Vali stand next to each other. “……This surely is amusing. For the Two Heavenly Dragons that had been fighting against each other to stand up in front of me side by side. I won’t get a better opportunity than this. —So I’ll have myself enjoy this as well.”
The ki around the humanoid Dragon has increased. ……He’s prepared to battle. I jump ahead from the spot, move through the air in a zig zag, and release a kick from his side! “Oryah!”
My kick which has its power increased along with my shout captures his flank—but he dodges it by doing a light step and releases his punch to my back! “Kaha……!”
I got myself punched in my back! I can feel plenty of shock even from above my crimson armour and got myself smashed to the floor! ……The damage isn’t that serious, but it carries so much impact just from a single jab which he did with his bare-hand! Isn’t this guy seriously the worst opponent to have? —Then, Vali who went behind this man creates a magic-circle within his hand. “—Take this.”
His incredible demonic-power is shot like a cannon! The man makes a giant Dragon’s wing appear on his back and envelops his own body! So he’s planning to guard against the demonic-power attack with his wings! Vali’s demonic-power hits his wings! Normal guys will simply be down with that! That’s how dense the attack was! After the dust settles down, what I witness is a man who blocked the attack with his wings. ……From the looks of it, he didn’t take any damage at all. Even Vali makes a sarcastic response seeing that and says, “Oh my oh my”. Oh well, let’s make our next move then! “Vali, I have a plan. Support me so my attacks will hit him.”
“Hou, that sounds interesting.”
Vali agrees to my suggestion. After he agrees, Vali flies ahead where he closes the distance with Crom Cruach right away and starts an intense battle with him. I fly close to the floor and point one of my cannons located in my left wing at him. I then transfer the power to the Ascalon equipped in the left gauntlet! Next I increase the power of dragon-slayer and transfer it to the cannon! Crimson Blaster that has the power of dragon-slayer added to it! It’s an attack that comes from only one cannon, but either way, I’ll see how far I can go with this attack! To begin with, this is a technique I came up with as a counter measure against Grendel during my True [Queen] form. A technique I was originally planning to shoot against that rock hard Dragon! Though I need to shoot it while I focus my energy and keep my aim steady in order to prevent this basement from being destroyed. Vali shoots a mass of demonic-power, but Crom Cruach simply swings his arm to the side without any effort and reflects it. —Then, the bullet of demonic-power that got reflected starts to draw an arc in the air as if it has a mind of its own, and this time it flies ahead from his blind spot. So that guy Vali is controlling the bullet of demonic-power! He sure is skilful! However, Crom Cruach even uses the force he creates from his spin kick to kick it away! But this is the part! He doesn’t have a proper stance since he has been blocking all of Vali’s attack! I grab the cannon with my left hand! I send my power to the cannon! “Crimson Blaster + Ascalon!”
[Fang Blast Booster!!] The crimson aura that has been focused is shot out from the cannon and heads directly to the opponent! I won’t be able to laugh if he has no damage, but how is that!? Crom Cruach makes a giant Dragon’s wing grow out from his back once again and makes it cover his body rock solid! My Crimson Blaster hits him! A cannon shot of aura where I didn’t hold back at all envelops the humanoid Evil Dragon. After the flash that was created when it hit him settles down, what appear in front of my eyes is—. Crom Cruach who has one of his giant wings torn from its roots! If I look carefully, there is crimson smoke coming out from the right side of his body. Due to the cannon shot, his skin is torn, and I can see black scales underneath it. The skin of half of his face is also torn, and what became visible is a Dragon’s golden eyes and sharp fangs. Well, taking off one of his wings is a huge achievement. I’m so glad. For the technique I came up with as a countermeasure against Grendel to be so effective. If it’s like this, I will be able to damage him the next time I fight Grendel. ……But I have realised it within this short battle. —This guy is an opponent who is in a different league from me. Even though it was a Crimson Blaster from one of my wings, he is still standing as if nothing happened even though he took a hit with the power of a dragon-slayer added to it……
So it’s exactly like Vali said. He’s an existence who’s clearly above me at this current point. I won’t even be able to become his opponent if I’m alone. He can even dodge the attack I just did. “Putting that Sekiryuutei aside, I guess the Hakuryuukou still hasn’t unleashed his full strength yet. Why don’t you unleash it? ……No, maybe you can’t? Just before, you did say you don’t want to waste your strength.”
I also question him by pointing my fingers at him. “Why aren’t you also revealing your true form? You are originally a huge Dragon, right?”
Yes, I am sure that this guy is simply taking the form of a human. His real form must be a giant Dragon. I can assume that he’s a Dragon who is the same size as old-man Tannin and Grendel. Crom Cruach laughs with his nose. “If you are asking me whether there is a difference in strength between my original form and this human form, then there isn’t much. This form is more convenient to use at small things. Though my original form is better in terms of intensity…… ……But that was a good attack. However, you still lack the firepower to break through me who is called the Darkness Dragon.”
……I also realise that really well. But even for me who is called a power idiot to be told that I “lack in firepower”. If that’s the case, I want to ask him how much power output I will need in order to fight him toe to toe. Vali then says. “Due to the interference of Christianity, I did hear you were destroyed due to the lack of the current people of your land believing in your existence, but I never thought you would get resurrected by the Holy Grail where you attained this much power.”
Crom Cruach puts on a dubious look at Vali’s words. “Destroyed? No, putting the other Evil Dragons aside, I have never once been destroyed. Though it is true I left that land due to finding the intrusion of Christianity an annoyance.”
This time Vali tilts his head. “You never were destroyed? Then what have you been doing till now?