“I can win, with this I can win!! I have obtained the ultimate power!! I have become the true supreme existence!!”
What Tayuma desired was immortality and omnipotence, and finally overwhelming power to force others to obey him. They were the three required elements for a dictator to rule forever.
Tayuma's body grew stronger in accordance to his ambitions. The orange colored magical powered altered his body and made it larger. In that process, the armor he was wearing broke. However he no longer needed armor. He had gained a power that far surpassed his armor.
“Maya, what did you do to him?”
“I allowed him to freely use the magical power that had been gathered within Earth Dragon. Nothing more, nothing less. He's free to do whatever he wishes. His appearance is what he himself desired”
Elexis and Maya gazed at Tayuma who was transmogrifying together. Even as they talked, Tayuma's body swelled greatly. He was already over ten meters tall. Tayuma's desire for power didn't know when to stop.
“I see. But Maya... why did you feel like helping him again? I thought you didn't like the way he did things”
”I still don't. However, if he's going to take the risk himself it's not as bad. And besides, we've known each other for a long time”
“So it's something like your final parting gift?”
“Oh? Do I look like someone that is so considerate?”
“Yes. I also like that strange sense of obligation you have”
There, the two turned their back on Tayuma. They were going to leave this to him while they escaped. They already fulfilled their obligations to them. The rest was Tayuma's problem, and besides, the two had their own goals. Now was the time for them to leave.
“Are you serious? I'm sure you've tricked a lot of women with that side of you― what's this!?”
However shortly after the two had started walking away, Maya sensed strange presence behind her and hurriedly turned around. Her eyes shot wide open in surprise. She saw Tayuma, but his appearance had far exceeded Maya's expectations.
“What!?”
Noticing Maya's behavior, Elexis turned around as well. As he did, he too saw Tayuma's appearance. The light from Tayuma's body had at some point changed from an orange light. Though calling the light black might be wrong, that was the only way it looked like to Elexis. Inside that black light, the giant Tayuma was changing from human into something else, seemingly a four-legged beast.
“I don't know what he did, but Tayuma is summoning power from a higher dimension!”
”A higher dimension's power?”
“I think it's the power of a god or a devil! Or he himself might be trying to turn into one! Either way, this is dangerous, we should get away from here right now! Air!”
“Okay, let's go!”
Maya and Elexis turned their back on Tayuma again. They didn't know what he was trying to become, but it was clear that staying her could only have a negative outcome.