ACT 6: CHAPTER 35: TWISTED SPACE-TIME WORM HOLE

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「I am the oldest archdemon, directly created by the power of the Higher Being to oversee Locklore… I exist on an entirely different level from you inferior creatures! Don't you dare compare me to those filthy bugs that just happened to be born from the gaps of space-time due to the Higher Being’s mistakes!」

Lucifer lunged at me.

Urzottle moved to the right.

Lunaire moved in a way that sandwiched Lucifer between us as he pursued Urzottle and me.

「That black staff's anti-magic barrier… It doesn’t seem particularly fast to react. Kanata, let’s break it down with sheer number of attacks.」

I nodded lightly, agreeing with Lunaire.

Urzottle stopped running, turned around mid-air, and faced Lucifer.

I steadied my breath and wove two magic circles.

I split my thoughts into two, increasing the number of magic circles I could weave simultaneously in real time.

It was the 《Twin Mind Model》 taught to me by Lunaire.

「Fire Magic, 14th Rank《Inferno Ball》」

I shouted and raised my sword. Two massive spheres of red-black flames, each over ten meters in diameter, floated side by side in the air.

「Thunder Magic, 17th Rank《Indra Dhanush》」

Lunaire, positioned on the other side of Lucifer, closed her eyes and simultaneously deployed three magic circles in parallel. It seemed that she was capable of not just the 《Twin Mind Model》 but even the 《Triple Mind Model》.

Numerous streaks of lightning surged forth from the magic circles deployed by Lunaire, enveloping the surroundings in a white radiance.

I also unleashed both fireballs simultaneously, and as soon as they were fired, I immediately prepared the next magic circle.

Flames and lightning collided time and again with Lucifer at the center.

Lucifer emerged from the explosion as if fleeing from the flames.

「Blasting me with a ridiculous number of spells, huh?!」

Lucifer's body was scorched in various places, with patches of skin charred.

As Lunaire had predicted, the barrier of the 《Black Cane of Apocalypse》 was unable to keep up with our attack rate.

「You claim to be the administrator of Locklore, but you're not much, are you? Most likely, you've only ever used that advantage to trample weaker opponents and have never truly fought someone of equal standing. That's why you're good at overwhelming others with brute force, but… once you're forced onto the defensive, you start falling apart immediately.」

「Fucking bich… I'll make you regret this!」

Lucifer snapped angrily upon hearing Lunaire's blatant provocation.

「Time-Space Magic, 25th Rank《Mirror Wormhole》!」

A huge magic circle deployed with Lucifer at its center.

The moment I thought so, the surrounding scenery distorted, twisting the space in various places, creating black hole-like voids.

「What is that?」

I let out a gasp. The surroundings were covered in an eerie sight. The scale of the magic was simply too overwhelming.

「Be careful, Kanata! It's a spell that distorts the surrounding space and creates holes that only he can pass through! As long as the space is distorted… he can instantly and freely move to any location within the area!」

Lunaire warned me in a loud voice.

「You know about this magic, eh?」

「But just knowing about it doesn’t mean you can counter it.」

「That’s the terrifying part of this magic!」

Lucifer's position changed with each passing moment.

The difference from ordinary spatial teleportation magic was that, for a while after activation, he could move through space infinitely without any delay.

There was no way to stop this magic.

「Don't stop, Kanata! Even if we don't know where he'll appear, continuously casting magic should at least keep him in check.」

Lunaire had also maintained the deployment of multiple lightning magic circles, glaring intensely at Lucifer.

「Y-YES!」

When I deployed two magic circles using 《Twin Mind Model》, I sensed Lucifer’s presence behind me.

「I’ve been watching you closely, you bastard… When you use 《Twin Mind Model》, your focus is on the magic circles, and everything else gets neglected.」

By the time I turned around, Lucifer's claw was already looming right before me.

No matter how I looked at it, the spatial movement was far too fast.

As I stood there stunned, a magic circle deployed between Lucifer and me, and Lunaire appeared from within.

「Hah!」

「I knew you would appear on Kanata's side anyway. No matter how much you act tough… you don’t have the guts to fight me two against one, do you? No matter how grand your magic may be, it's obvious that your true target was Kanata.」

It seemed that Lunaire had secretly hidden a teleportation spell formula within one of the three magic circles she had deployed.

It seemed that Lunaire had anticipated Lucifer would aim for my blind spot and had placed all her bets on that prediction.

「Moreover, I won't allow your dirty fingers to touch Kanata, ever.」

「You little…!」

Lucifer, a moment late, swung his claws toward Lunaire.

Lunaire dodged to the side and struck Lucifer with the lightning magic she had prepared beforehand.

At the same time, I also unleashed a double blast of fire magic at Lucifer.

Lucifer raised his staff in front of him and deployed a magic circle.

Once again, the barrage of magic from Lunaire and me was blocked by the anti-magic barrier of the《Black Cane of Apocalypse》.

「I told you it's useless! Just give it up already…!」

「That ability… You shouldn't have used it at this close range.」

Lunaire spun vertically in midair. Her foot kicked up at Lucifer’s hand, which had carelessly raised the 《Black Cane of Apocalypse》 to defend against the kick.

《Black Cane of Apocalypse》 was sent flying high into the air.

「… GUH!」

Lucifer groaned in pain.

Lunaire used the recoil of her kick to jump back and landed beside me.

「Kanata…」

Lunaire signaled with her eyes, asking me to synchronize with her.

Instinctively, I knew which magic I should use.

Both Lunaire and I deployed magic circles at the same time.

「《Gravibomb》！」

「《Gravibomb》！」

Our magic was released at the same time.

Black light enveloped both the right and left sides of Lucifer.

「Damn… Gravity magic!」

Color drained from Lucifer's face the moment he realized what kind of magic was sandwiching him from both sides.

「Gravity interferes even with extra-dimensional axes… Escaping into the distorted space beyond 《Mirror Wormhole》 is meaningless. It seems you were able to brute-force your way through a single attack, but being trapped from both sides leaves you completely immobilized.」

「Don't mess with me…! I am the strongest being in Locklore! I won’t accept this, I refuse to accept this! There’s no way I could lose to the likes of you…!」

The two 《Gravibomb》 that engulfed Lucifer started to collapse.

Lucifer's body was torn apart to the left and right, each half compressed separately by the super gravity, triggering an explosion.

「GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」

Lucifer's body scattered into pieces, vanishing into the void.

Twisted limbs, torn flesh, and Lucifer's head fell into the void of 《Cocytus》.

「Alright, with this, even that guy surely…」

At that moment, Lucifer's massive arm came rushing toward me.

Even though his limbs had been torn apart between the 《Gravibomb》, the arm was clearly acting with intent, as if it still possessed a will of its own, targeting me.

「OH CRA-…!」

Lunaire teleported in between me and Lucifer's arm, cutting in just in time.

Lunaire caught Lucifer's arm strike with both hands, incinerated it with fire magic, and scattered the ashes into the void spreading beneath her feet.

「Thanks… Lunaire-san.」

I let out a sigh of relief, then turned my gaze to the scattered fragments of Lucifer's flesh dispersing into the void.

Lucifer's head, falling into the darkness, glared at us with a face twisted in resentment.

「Don't mess with me! I am the great Archdemon! I'm nothing like you puppets on a stage! This… this can't be happening…!」

Lucifer's head let out one final cry of resentment before vanishing into the darkness.

「AWOOOOOOOOO!」

Urzottle suddenly ascended sharply and, in the next moment, caught the falling 《Black Cane of Apocalypse》 in its mouth.

It was the very staff that Lunaire had kicked up earlier.

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