(This is incredible…And to think he’s still just in his third year)
While watching the boy toss around the golden giant controlled by the Dwarf King, who is delivering relentless attacks that steal one’s breath, Philip inwardly exclaims in admiration.
No matter how much it hits the ice block, the best it makes is shaved ice. The lump of metal just has poor compatibility with it. If they keep on fighting, Philip’s mana would’ve run out first, and he wouldn’t have any moves left to make.
But Alec, gripping and swinging the mass of metal the dwarves had bombarded with both hands, defeated the Dwarf King repeatedly and one-sidedly.
Yes, in both hands. Holding one tank each on both hands, he was making a new fighting style. As for Alec.
「What the hell is with you?! Don’t you make fun od me!! How is this happening!!!」
(Seriously, that’s some ridiculous arm strength. There probably aren’t any other people who can swing that metal piece that easily)
If the weapons weigh the same, perhaps some may be able to lift them.
But there must be no one other than Alec who can swing a tank without a handle, with a center of gravity position that is utterly chaotic, and which wasn’t even anticipated to be tossed around from the start, as if it were a mere stick.
The result is this situation. The formidable enemy that should be targeted by the total fighting force of the northern territories is being brutally beaten without a chance to fight back. The sheer ridiculousness made a smile almost appear on Philip’s mouth, and remembering that they were currently in a battle, he quickly pulled himself together.
(Is the deepest part of the residence of the stone-eaters, deep inside that big hole? I have to prepare too, but how much can I last with my remaining Mana)
When Alec slammed the giant into the big hole, the inside of the pit has become a steep downhill slope, and rolled down right it.
「Let’s go, Alec-kun. Continue pushing that in」
「Understood, Philip-sama!」
Philip who understood Adon’s plan, runs down the slope with Alec. Following the two, Mira continued, and the Kiryu who could move chased after them to witness the conclusion.
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The bottom of the earth. The dwarf village, illuminated by the inexhaustible radiance of the sunstone, had become the scene of hellish uproar.
The great dwarf king, who possessed both strength and wisdom, had his golden, giant armor rolling down from the top of the slope.
Moreover, if you look closely, the entire suit is full fo scratches, missing pieces and dentsーIt’s in utter ruin. Those who remember the shining splendor before the deployment were shaken by the change.
ーThere’s a terifying enemy that can defeat the mighty weapons forged by the dwarf king.
The women and children of the village were terrified, wondering if the dragon they challenged was such a powerful and terrifying creature. The men who can fight already left the village riding their tanks. The dwarves of the village were powerless to fight, and they can do nothing but tremble.
Bang! Bang! Crash, boom! Boom!
Then, the sound of striking metal echoed through the village.
Unfortunately, the nearby dwarves saw it. A small shadow appeared, rolling the golden giant rhythmically with the two tanks held in both hands.
A small evil dragon gallops along the wide avenue, which was built to allow the massive tanks to pass through. While playing with the weapons the dwarves expended their strength on, one advances towards the sacred land where the God of the Dwarves sleep, deep in the settlement.
「Aah, no, it’s over… Our village…It’s over…」
This is the end of their world.
The world of the dwarves was about to face destruction now.
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「Your Majesty, Ah, why? what happened?」
Right beside the Sunstone, shining brilliantly red, and on the rooftop of the forge, the sacred ground of the dwarvesーFreja, the shrine maiden was consumed by despair. The great king, the golden giant whom they dedicated their life to, she watched as her dream is about to be shattered before her eyes.
「Alec-kun! The red stone! You can melt the divine iron, keep hitting until the divine iron armor melts away and disappears!!」
「Okay!!!」
Gyaaaa!!!! Gan gan gan gan gan gan!!!
Finally, the golden giant collided with the sunstone and Alec, who stood in front of it, relentlessly struck him so he couldn’t move.
While bathing in the intense heat that burns even dwarves and dragons emitted by the sunstone, dripping sweat from his entire body, he continues to swing the great hammer. Alec’s body was covered in thick armor of ice.
「Kuu, as expected of the sunstone, my ice won’t last long」
Philip, who had completely left the fight against the giant to Alec halfway through, used all the remaining Mana to maintain the ice armor. He came up with the idea of using ice magic as a countermeasure against the heat emitted by the sunstone.
However, the sunstone is the God the dwarves revere. The heat emitted by the sunstone isn’s ordinary heat. It melts ice created by magic, even if it’s made to not melt.
It’s like putting ice on a hot plate. Philip’s mana is being consumed at an incredible speed.
But, through the efforts of Alec and Philip, the end of the giant was about to come.
The golden armor covering the entire body is red-hot, reflecting the light of the sunstone, shining dazzlingly. Just a little more and the armor will melt and disappear. Or before that, the Dwarf King inside dies from the heat.
At that time, Alec and the others, even Freja who was on the roof of the forge, thought that way.
「OOoooooooooh!!!!」
A mighty roar erupted from the shining giant.
「Mother! Our God! Please mourn this inadequate form of flesh! But grant us this life in exchange! Grant us the power to strike down and annihilate those hated enemies!!」
He laments with a bloody vomit. It was the voice of a single man’s soul, lamenting his own powerlessness, mourning the crisis he had brought upon the village, and above all, lamenting that he could not defeat the enemy before him and was about to perish.
ーClick.
And in response to that voice, the surface of the sun stone—a stone that had not sustained a single scratch no matter what means were employed until now—cracked.
「Uooooooooooooooooohhh!!」
Red and gold brilliance bursts from inside the sun stone, pouring down upon the Dwarf King’s golden armor.
「Woah?!」
Alec jumped back because he’s so close he almost bathed in it. A single drop instantly melts the armor of ice and made a ton of steam, so he pushed it away.
「Uooooh!! Oh God! I’m grateful that you listened to my wishes!!」
The dwarf king appears from the torrent of super high heat. The giant is the same size as before, but the magnitude of overflowing mana is different. The body of metal, gleaming with gold, was burning red, and as if a human-shaped sunstone had appeared on the spot.
「Fearsome dragon. You’re a powerhouse, incomparable to the ice dragon whose mana is running low」
Holding the blazing golden axe, its red, glowing eyes stare at Alec.
「I’ll kill you! Even if my life runs out, I’ll definitely kill you!!」
The ice armor melts and disappears. Although he was exposed to the heat all over, something cold ran down Alec’s spine.
「My name is Surut! The Guardian of the Dwarves and their King! Declare yourself, fearsome dragon!」
「My name is Alec. I’m just a Zatsuryu, but I’m the one who will take you down」
While illuminated by the radiance of flames and gold, the final death struggle between the two cut the curtain.