“There’s someone fighting in the spectator stands!”
The sudden flash of lightning caused the riled up crowd of spectators to shout and scream in surprise as they jostled and scrambled to get away. Although fights breaking out weren’t a rare sight, this particular fight seemed to be of a different scale.
The Divine spear was emitting a large amount of heat and the pressure from its presence had also caused the atmosphere to suddenly expand from the heating. Thunder continued to boom as a series of explosions went off. It was no wonder that the spectators would be terrified.
—However, Kuro Usagi was much more startled than all of them.
The divine spear of Indra hadn’t been able to pierce through the back of that boy and it had been merely bounced off.
(This is……the spear being unable to pierce? What kind of —)
“I guess it is the incompatibility of the elements. Against such weapons, I’m just naturally resistant to them.”
A smile continued to hand on his face while the lightning continued to hammer away at him.
Even if the divine spear was unable to pierce through him, just the mere excess of heat emissions should have burnt him to crisp. But all those were still ineffective against this youth.
His Highness spun around lightly to face Kuro Usagi.
“I’m actually only here to observe the situation today. It’s unfortunate that things have progressed to this point, O Goddess of the Moon.”
“Jin-bocchan! Run now—!”
Kuro Usagi shouted at the top of her lungs but sadly, it was too late.
His Highness casually knocked away the spear with a fist before jumping into Kuro Usagi’s midriff to launch a strike. Kuro Usagi who was knocked off-balance still managed to twist her body aside to narrowly dodge the incoming fist.
Making a full somersault in mid-air and utilizing the centrifugal force to rotate the spear, she swung down the spear on His Highness. However, His Highness did not even bother to defend himself against the strike but merely blocked it with his neck.
(As I thought…… it must be a Gift that revolves around the concept of being ‘Impenetrable’……)
There was only one weakness for the holy Spear of Indra.
This holy spear was imbued with the fates of ‘assured victory of piercing the intended target’. Hence, it would be unable to display its full strength when used against an opponent who cannot be pierced.
(But, since we’ve figured out that aspect about him now, it would be much easier to get a grasp of his real identity later…!)
Kuro Usagi did a rapid scan of her entire memory bank.
That is because for a person to be protected by the power of such a strong concept, it can only mean that the Gift existed only through the handing down of inheritance and accomplishments till date.
By means of elimination, she quickly narrowed down the candidates who could be the true identity of the youth to just three. However, His Highness wasn’t that lenient to allow her the leisure of time to think deeper into the matter.
Grabbing the handle of the spear, His Highness continued to smile leisurely in that spine-chilling manner.
“I shall give you a second. If you do not wish to die, summon your ‘armor’.”
“Ugh, You….!”
Hearing that declaration of a killing strike with a tinge of generosity and kindness, Kuro Usagi abandoned her thoughts.
According to the original rules, the [Spear] and [Armor] is not supposed to be used simultaneously. But the next blow of the youth would be impossible to block for she had already calculated all the other risks involved. Besides, her instincts were also screaming at her that the next punch would shatter her bones and body.
Kuro Usagi drew out a yellowed ancient piece of the annals— [History of Poetry· Mahabharata's paper], to summon the Sun Armor that shone glaringly. With that, she who now wore the armor of immortality would be protected from death.
Confirming the radiance of the armor with his own eyes, His Highness channelled his strength into his other fist—
“Good bye then, I didn’t expect to have so much fun with you, O Goddess of the Moon.”
And let fly the punch. Kuro Usagi, who had been hit through the protection of the armor, was trying to steady her stance by exerting force into her legs and feet. However, the brute strength of His Highness was monstrous to the point of absurdity and it punched through the armor’s torso.
(How can this……?!)
*Kluack* The fist had sunk itself into the Sun Armor and with the absurd power from the fist of His Highness that would have shattered Mountains and Rivers—Kuro Usagi was sent flying at the speed of the Third Cosmic Velocity.
“Kuro Usagi-dono!”
Jack, who had been a silent bystander watching the events unfold, made a move to hug Kuro Usagi who was sent flying to decelerate the force.
However, the force that could break Mountains and quake the Earth was too great for the both of them to decelerate and they crashed into the spectator stands together. The spectator stands had then completely crumbled due to the impact and a loud explosion boomed across the arena. Smoke and dust billowed like a cloud from the point of collision. Shattered debris were sent flying into the air and cries of alarm and pain started to spread.