Chapter 1263 I Know of the Wind More Than I Know of the Light Part 2

No, that’s not it! This is!!!

「Uwaaaah!?」

「–––––– Wha!?」

I felt like I could hear Sigma’s voice behind my back, but at the current moment I really did not have the time to pay that much attention to it. I’m sorry, Sigma, but I really can’t afford to look back right now……… That’s just how focused I need to be on what’s right in front of me!

The last trump card of the “Golden Age”, one last attack that compresses all of the Magical Power remaining in its body……… Super Long Rage Laser Ray that would burn everything in its path to dust! A laser sword that attacks at the speed of light……!!!!! And there is not one muzzle, but two, in fact!

「Here it comes!」

I used both my intuition and reflexes to sort out my thoughts, and jumped in the air to avoid the first shot, which aimed to cut off my legs and to leave me helplessly crawl on the ground However, the second shot would reach me before I was going to land safely, a fact that I was able to understand only because I was able to observe it with the help of True World Observation!

Then what to do!? How am I supposed to move!? No, not yet! There is also a swing of the claws that comes at super high speed, giving me the feeling of super déjà vu! And once again, it was only thanks to the True World Observation that I was able to see it, and only for a split of a second! But that’s right, this attack, its slower than…… No, longer than……!!

「Why, you little shit……!!」

The answer that my brain was able to calculate consisted of two skills. In other words, a circle with a radius of about one point eight meters is drawn in the air by Hermes Boot that enables aerial maneuvering, and Orbital Movement that allows movement to draw a circle wherever you can run!!!

In other words, one rotation that turns me around like the needle of a compass with my head as the center point of the circle. However, if you move like that, the position of the torso will change even for a moment, which will capture the result of avoiding the literal “rays” of light swinging down in a trajectory that cuts at my chest right beside the remaining right arm.

「Nnhh ~~~~~!!」

My entire field of vision shakes at that moment.

It’s natural and familiar feeling, but no matter how much you get used to it, you’ll still be dizzy. And by the time that moment passed, the shadow of death that followed me had swelled to the largest scale ever.

There are three damaged parts of the “Golden Age”. There are three parts where the laser rays could be stored. The attacks it have just released were two, all with the claw-scissors. Then, there is one last shot remaining.

「Kuh, oooh…… Ooohh!!」

The sky was torn apart at that moment.

No, that’s not it. The deadly laser emitted from the tail stretched straight towards the heavens, shining brighter than the stars at night, splitting the night sky right before of my eyes in half. And that light isn’t just a line that divides the sky into right and left, it literally left me at the border. I’m about to be cut by that exact border that was left.

In this situation, there could only be one possible answer.

I point towards the last possible move, as it was going to be the move that would settle this whole battle once and for all!

「And that’s a check right there!」

It was not a sword. It was not a spear. It was not the ax. But it was something that could effectively protect its user, even if they had only one hand available to them at the given moment. And it was that shield brought from the depths of the sea all the way up here that was currently reflecting the last rays of night and projecting them right back at the “Golden Age” that spat it out in my direction.

So, since we are already on the subject, here’s a simple problem for you all to solve: what is going to happen if you are going to shine the source of light directly onto the surface of the mirror? Any volunteers? Yes, Your Highness! Please give us the answer!

「……………」

At the current moment Mirror Shield Dis Pater was letting out extraordinary huge amounts of smoke from its surface. Of course, all of that smoke was because of the huge amounts of Magical Power it managed to absorb…… The part of the Mirror Shield that reflects Magical Power is only the central part of the circular shield, after all. As for the rest of it, the surrounding area is a part of the Exceed Charge Mechanism, and the more the whole thing is getting hit, the greater the amount of the Durability that is going to be lost. This is something that we all know.

「…………… Ah.」

However, there is also a very peculiar part of the mirror…… The part of the mirror made by processing the lens of Atlantic Reaperorca that certainly bounced off the light of the laser line that separated the night sky for a split of a second. On top of that, that ray was definitely swung down from top to bottom……

「Ahhhhhhhhh, oh shit! That was close! Way too close for comfort……」

The Mirror Shield Dis Pater certainly reflected the condensed ray of light and protected me. Among the shields that can be handled with one hand, the circular shield, which is the second largest after the tower shield that I own, prevented the slash from the sword of death that would otherwise split my torso and crotch in half, and the light that escaped from the shield’s defense range penetrated the air exactly five centimeters from my crotch area. If it was just a few centimeters up…… Just looking down, the light that passed through the inseam landed on the ground, leaving a strange line carved in it according to the trajectory of the swing down.

And then,

「…… Haah,」

The unintentional sigh that leaked from my mouth just now was filled with all the tension that continued to support me throughout this battle, and was now escaping from inside of me.

Right about now I was so weak at it was actually hard for me to continue to stand, so I just kneeled on the spot, and right in front of me…… there was the figure of Golden Age crumbling away, after it managed to destroy itself with that last laser attack that got reflected from the Mirror Shield “Dis Pater” and returned to sender.

「Shit, I don’t even have enough energy left in me to raise a victory cry or anything else like that……」

And just as I was saying that, what was displayed right in front of my eyes was ––––––

「EXTRAORDINARY MONSTER…… BATTLE CLEARED!」

「SUBJOGATION TARGET: “GOLDEN AGE” –––––– CONFLICT RESOLVED.」

「THE EXTRAORDINARY MONSTER HAVE BEEN DEFEATED.」

「YOU HAVE OBTAINED THE TITLE OF “GOLDEN REVOLUTION”.」

「YOU HAVE OBTAINED THE TITLE OF “SHINING GOLDEN NIGHTLESS SKY”.」

「YOU HAVE MASTERED THE SECRET EXTRAORDINARY SKILL “GOLDEN AGE”.

It was a system announcement that proclaimed without a shred of a doubt the victory of the player.