While the Kraken and Lasty were blocking the statues, I stood in front of the Lily Statue, facing her.
The Lily Statue was about 5 meters tall, dressed similarly to me, holding a spear in one hand, with an aura that felt similar to, or slightly stronger than mine.
‘This won’t be easy.’
It might not be as intense as with the Black Lily, but I felt like I’d at least need to use either Annihilation or Sacred Transformation.
Behind Lily, white wings spread open, and on one wing, faint traces of counterfeit magic remained.
It seemed she attempted to harness magic somehow to use both powers.
‘In the end, she failed.’
[So huge]
[Great Lily]
[Lilha]
[Super Big Lily lol]
[lolololololololol]
[Is Lily’s only enemy Lily?]
“Can we communicate… hello?”
-……
“If we can communicate, could you tell me what condition you’re in…”
-The Roar of the Spear.
KWA-BOOM!!!
As I took a step closer, the Lily Statue immediately unleashed a storm barrage to crush me.
I shattered the spear’s roar with the power of my hammer and slung it back over my shoulder.
“Looks like that won’t work.”
Seeing those cold eyes and her emotionless face, it seemed that there was probably no real ego present.
It could be seen as brainwashing, but it didn’t feel like anything mental was really at play.
It was as if she was programmed like a machine to use certain techniques in specific situations.
Realizing that conversation was pointless, I activated the Roar of Acceleration.
The blunt techniques of Teshiniria are quite useful.
With just one technique, it shows formidable power, and the special part is that as long as my body and soul permit, it can be stacked repeatedly.
Generally, powerful Teshiniria warriors can stack it maybe a few times at most, but I’m different.
I layered the Roar of Acceleration about ten thousand times, pushing my body’s speed to the limit.
As a consequence, my body felt a slight strain, but it would recover quickly with just a bit of rest.
Before I even blinked, I shattered the head of the Lily Statue and detonated the explosion I had stacked hundreds of times right there.
KUGUGUGUGU!!!
The entire altar shook.
At that moment, the Kraken, which had been creating a sea and blocking the statues in the distance, trembled and fully opened its second eye.
My beloved Kraken shuddered as it fully opened its second eye.
Even Lasty, battling Gemelynus, was startled and turned around.
It was so shocking that, despite being sliced apart by Gemelynus’s twin blades, she casually manipulated her blood and regenerated her body again.
Swoosh! Swoosh!
Lasty continued to regenerate her body despite Gemelynus’s numerous slashes.
She even looked somewhat comfortable.
“Impressive, sis.”
“That’s not something Lasty should say…”
Swoosh!!
A spear imbued with holiness brushed past my neck.
Despite countless explosions, the Lily Statue recovered its body and attacked me again.
The attack landed, but since it continuously absorbed my power, its resistance seemed to have drastically increased.
[Is this alive?]
[This can’t be living????]
[Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!]
[As expected, it’s giant Lilyda.]
[Wow.]
[That’s impressive.]
[Is this not dead?]
[Looks like I’ll have to use Annihilation.]
[Lily Jr. is immortal too, haha.]
The back-and-forth continued.
The Lily Statue wielding the spear couldn’t catch up to me.
Even if it used the roar of the spear or techniques like the spear’s gaze, those wouldn’t inflict meaningful damage since they just spread out rather than being shot at a single point.
However, the more I used my power, the more it seeped into the Lily Statue, and our battle dragged on indefinitely.
‘It’s not unbeatable.’
The Lily Statue, absorbing and supplementing my power, had some use, but that was about it.
Since it lacked a clear subjectivity and power like the Black Lily, if I delivered a strong blow like Annihilation, no matter how much my statue was, it wouldn’t be able to withstand it.
Despite this, the reason I wasn’t using Annihilation right away was simple.
‘This can’t be the end.’
It seemed like all my power was being sucked into the Lily Statue, but part of it was flowing in a completely different direction.
There was no need to stop it since there was nothing good about the Lily Statue getting stronger, but there had to be some scheme behind it.
‘The Masters of the Altar are all confined. Immensus hoped for liberation from his situation, so there’s no guarantee that the master of this place wouldn’t feel the same way.’
No, they might be hoping for escape even more than anyone else.
If that person I was thinking of was correct, they wouldn’t think positively about this situation at all.
“The hammer isn’t being used. Is that a deliberate choice, or can it not be used?”
-……
Thud thud thud…!
The spear of the Lily Statue began to stir.
Trembling.
I nodded my head as if I had received an answer after seeing her reaction.
“Not usable.”
Using a hammer is just my preference; if you have the same specs, using a spear is much more efficient.
The Master of the Altar probably knew that and had me use the spear.
Clang!
I slowly lowered the hammer resting on my shoulder.
A Unique Weapon hammer acquired after becoming a Holy Mage.
I enveloped it with the properties of the White Guardian, temporarily merging the two weapons.
The hammer amplifies the power of Teshiniria’s ‘bludgeoning technique.’
Reaching transcendence level, the White Guardian can transform into any shape and copy attacks.
I infused it with the divine destruction, activating all additional buffs and magic, causing the momentum contained in the hammer to start amplifying enormously.
I merged the weapons, but I hadn’t checked whether these abilities would activate “overlapping.”
No matter how much the White Guardian changes shapes freely, some weapon techniques are also based on the System.
In reality, even if I draped the White Guardian like armor, I didn’t trigger defense or counter twice.
There’s no certainty, but…
“Well, it seems the power is increasing nicely.”
-……
“Then, here we go.”
I swung the hammer, layering countless explosion circles, and the statue Lily used something akin to annihilation.
And.
The altar partially crumbled.
■
Kugugugu…
“…Every time I see it, it’s a hellish ability.”
Watching the entire lowest level of the altar shake violently on the screen, the Master of the Altar, Intio, let out a hollow laugh.
It was an explosion.
The explosion created by one woman shook the entire altar, and the statues that had blocked her were left in dust.
The ancient creatures facing the statues disappeared at some point and likely returned to their original positions.
Even the statue of Gemelynus, confronting the Bloodsucker, was not intact; it managed to maintain its shape, but combat was no longer possible.
The two wings symbolizing them were already shredded to pieces.
“I still can’t comprehend that ability after thousands of years…”
It wasn’t just the sword god they created during the thousands of years trapped in the altar.
Lily, who had pushed him to the brink of destruction, was also an Impossible Being, and naturally, there was no reason not to include her as a subject of the experiment.
wasn’t there.
Despite countless efforts to create her, I ultimately couldn’t produce anything worthy of being called a successful work.
That statue too wasn’t something achieved by my own abilities; recently, for some ‘unknown reason’, her statue was placed on the altar.
All I did was make a usable weapon by maximizing the statue’s abilities and absorbing Lily’s power for use.
The statue itself was beyond Intio’s abilities.
“The spear techniques were created by beings of the ‘left’… but where does that bizarre power come from?”
The spear techniques were abilities Intio was already well acquainted with.
Most of the techniques Lily learned could be acquired among the Celestial Race, which Intio, being of the same race, could understand.
However, the power emanating from that hammer was utterly incomprehensible.
It seemed to lack any special skills or tremendous authority, yet it radiated an abnormally destructive power.
Since the past until now, Intio had been trying to draw out the hammer’s power consistently, but he ultimately achieved no special results.
At best, he reached a decent level in the intermediate class, but couldn’t pull off destruction at Lily’s level.
The same was true when investigating Lily’s statue.
“It’s as if the hammer’s power is her ‘unique’ strength.”
No matter how great a clone he made, it didn’t permit powers beyond that.
“…Well, that level of ability should qualify to be called an impossible being.”
Intio nodded, confirming the power flowing in as if he was convinced.
It was slightly lacking, but with the attack just made, he met the threshold entirely, and now he just needed to finish creating his substitute developed over thousands of years.
If it had come to this point yet didn’t show up, then a little more action wouldn’t hurt, right?
Intio chuckled at the sight of Lily, who stood before the statue of her resembling Gemelynus.
“Such abilities would be impossible without ‘bloodline.’ I had my suspicions…”
That existence was one even Intio, who had acquired knowledge at the upper and near the highest levels, couldn’t handle.
He couldn’t even casually utter their true names, so he refrained from mentioning them.
Just guessing was all he could do.
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