[“On the burning earth, the victorious gods, the defeated apostles, the forces of light and darkness, everything fell into a deep sleep along with the world, waiting to be revived in the next civilization.”]

[“We are the survivors of the last civilization, and the initiators of this civilization. We were once the favorites of the gods, but were later abandoned by the gods, and are now the favored ones of the gods.”]

[“I will only use this record to ask God for forgiveness and wait for the next awakening.”]

[“But, thousands of years after the gods fell asleep, we sinners who hoped to atone our sins were not greeted by the return of the gods, but by the coming of another disaster.””]

【“He, descended from heaven.”】

[“It is the death that devours everything. It is the end of all life. His coming announces the end of the world and the destruction of civilization. Everything is corroded by it, and darkness is the throne.”]

[“Those whose lives are corroded will become its apostles. The chief of the apostles is ‘Golden Darkness’, who controls disease and disaster and is also the first apostle.”]

[“We call him the Apostle—Gurungi.”]

[“Gurongi, the mortal enemy of our Linduo, the apostle of disaster who descended from the sky, holds a sacrifice in the name of killing, and is named Kikiru.””]

[“Kikiru, a ritual that invites disaster, uses life as a sacrifice, blood as a prayer, and calls upon the disaster that devours all things.”]

[“The name of the disaster is——”]

[“… “Ultimate darkness”.]

[As Yukinoshita Yukino recited these last few words, she suddenly felt an indescribable coldness creeping up from the soles of her feet to the top of her head, so cold that it seemed as if even her soul was frozen.]

[An inexplicable fear made her involuntarily reach out and hug her arms, her body trembling slightly.]

[——The eternal darkness hidden in the super-ancient civilization has finally revealed a corner of the truth to mankind.]

[“What on earth is this…”]

……

[The red beam of light gradually dissipated, and finally turned into faint stardust that drifted away with the wind, but the sky did not return to its original appearance.]

[The surrounding dust had already dissipated when the beam of light shot up into the sky, and that figure appeared clearly under the sky.]

[The scarf that originally looked like a mixture of reality and illusion has now become real, swaying in the wind. A trace of flames is attached to the surface of the red scarf, creating faint sparks in the air.]

[Zaimokuza’s current appearance is basically the same as its original all-powerful form, but the color is already very different. 】

[The originally red body was now charred like burnt charcoal. The black armor surface was covered with red lines that emitted a red glow like lava. They became brighter with each breath and dimmed with the next exhalation. The scene around the body was faintly distorted at this time, proving that the glow was not a fake thing with only a superficial appearance.]

【“…”】

【Zaimokuza raised his head, his red compound eyes that had returned to normal reflected Gamego, and he slowly clenched his fists.】

[Empty Self, All-Powerful Destruction, Amazing Sublimation.]

[This form is not the expected almighty form after being strengthened with spiritual elements, but another form that is similar to it, but in essence is completely different.]

【A form that should not exist. 】

[When this form appeared, the surrounding space seemed to solidify at this moment, and an indescribable sense of oppression emanated from Zaimokuza, dominating everything in this space.]

[The weeds in the corner of the factory stopped swaying at this moment; the faint chirping of birds around was now as silent as a cemetery; the air around seemed to be constantly fleeing, madly fleeing from this place, making Gamego feel that breathing was gradually becoming difficult.]

[And all of this is just the aftermath of this form appearing. ]

[Zaimokuza didn’t say anything. After changing into this form, he quickly assumed a horse stance and raised his right foot.]

[Zi——]

[A faint flame burned under his feet, and Zaimokuza started running towards Gamego who had already stood up. Each step left a dark footprint on the ground, as if it had penetrated ink, and there was faint white smoke rising.]

[This scene is really too unusual. It’s not that the momentum is terrifying, but on the contrary it is too weak. ]

[Even before he gained the power of spiritual elements, every time Zaimokuza activated the awakening mode of the omnipotent form, the impact was enough to raise the temperature of the nearby streets by more than one degree, and the flames filled the surroundings endlessly, and the temperature of his body was high enough to melt steel. ]

[But at this time, the attack, which should have been even more powerful after being strengthened, performed mediocrely. Apart from the high temperature of the soles of the feet burning the ground along the way, leaving a dark footprint, there was no other strange phenomenon.]

[But for some reason, Gamego felt that every step Zaimokuza took was like thunder, shaking his heart and oppressing his spirit. An indescribable sense of horror rose from the tail end of his spine, causing his whole body to become paralyzed and stiff.]

[Gamego’s sixth sense of danger kept reminding him of one fact: if he was hit by this move, he would surely die.]

[But even so…]

[“——Come on!!!”]

[A fearless roar came from Gamego’s mouth, and it suddenly stood up straight, opened its arms and straightened its chest, and stared at Zaimokuza with its eyes wide open. 】

[It is a warrior who is proud of its unparalleled defensive power. When faced with an enemy attack, it always chooses to face it head-on and defeat it. How could it choose to run away!? ]

[Even though I have to bear the weakening of many attacks and cannot call upon any elemental power, my defense shines and is invincible in the world! ]

[A defeated general who has been defeated by me twice is nothing to be afraid of! ]

[At this moment, Gamego looked from behind. His back inexplicably carried a sense of sacredness and indomitable spirit, and even a strange sense of greatness, like a warrior in mythology who chose to use his body as a wall against the raging waves, with the lights of thousands of homes behind him.]

【Faced with Gamego like this, Zaimokuza also gave it full “respect.” 】

[He jumped up with his legs together, flipped his body in mid-air, and kicked out with a roar.]

[“——What the hell!!!”]

[『Destruction: Amazing Knight Kick』]

【——————】

[When the kick hit Gamego’s chest, a blazing golden flame burst out, and the spreading shock wave swept across the surrounding ground, stirring up a huge cloud of dust.]

[The next moment, Gamego, who seemed indestructible, didn’t even have time to utter a muffled groan before his tall body was kicked away. After flipping dozens of times in the air in a slightly comical manner, he fell to the ground more than a hundred meters away.]

【”Well–“】

[Gamego, who was lying on the ground, used his hands to prop up his upper body with a somewhat stiff movement. He looked straight at Zaimokuza who was half-kneeling in the distance, and opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something.]

[Even though they were a hundred meters apart, Zaimokuza could clearly see its eyes. Those dark eyes were shining like two black beads, and it was difficult to see anything from them.]

[But at this moment, even ordinary people could clearly feel that Gamego’s dark eyes were revealing a kind of human-like emotion of ‘death’. ]

[Then, a strong red light bloomed from its body.]

【–boom!!!!!!】

[The earth-shattering explosion, the spreading flames and shock waves instantly completely enveloped the scene in front of Zaimokuza.]

……

[At this moment, anyone in a city like Tokyo, no matter which area they are in, can see a huge column of flames suddenly rising from the direction of Itabashi District.]

[After this pillar of fire pierced into the sky, the incomparable heat ignited the air and clouds together. With the pillar of light as the center, the red pillar of fire swept everything in all directions into it, and its volume continued to expand.]

[In the end, the range of this flame pillar expanded to almost half of the Itabashi District, and the sky in the entire Tokyo area became extremely red as if it was burning in a raging fire. The flames ignited the sky, and bright red became the only color. ]

[The air in the entire city heated up rapidly at this moment, and everyone living in Tokyo stared blankly at this scene that could not be described even by words like a natural disaster, and they were completely unable to speak.]

[As time passed, the pillar of fire that had expanded to its limit began to shrink gradually. However, in contrast, the color of the pillar of fire became darker and darker, from red, orange, to yellow and white, and then to blue-green…]

……

[Satellites from many countries suspended in outer space captured a marvelous scene on this day. ]

[In the satellite lens, on an island in the Pacific Ocean near the mainland, a small red ‘flower’ suddenly bloomed in the middle of the long and narrow island. ]

[After more than a minute, the ‘flower’ gradually dissipated, revealing the original view of the island below.]

[Today, the temperature in Tokyo, Japan suddenly rose by several degrees. 】

[——Other than that, nothing happened.]

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Chapter position: 209 / Chapter price: 25 / Word count: 5409 / Update time: 2023-08-17 23:19:20

29. Before Darkness (5K)

Click!

The glass filled with water fell to the ground and shattered. The water stains spread slowly with a clear and echoing sound, until they soaked the slippers at the feet.

But Togashi Yuta, who was unaware of this, still maintained the posture of holding the cup, staring without blinking at the crimson “flower” of the Japanese archipelago on the light screen, which was clearly visible even from outer space, with a dull expression like a mental patient.

“Ha ha……”

He laughed dryly, but there was no smile in his voice, only interference as inorganic as the desert and fear that was difficult to conceal.

“What is this? Mr. Zaimokuza’s attack…planted a flower in Japan? This is too funny!”

“I didn’t realize he had such a hobby. He is truly a man with a girl’s heart. He is a role model for my generation. I must learn from him. By the way, where is my plane ticket at home…”

He spoke incoherently, opening the drawer of the table next to him and groping for the non-existent plane ticket in the empty cabinet without even looking.

In fact, Togashi Yuta himself didn’t know what the hell he was talking about.

Because his mind had been completely shocked by this scene and his brain’s ability to think had completely stopped, so there was no logic at all in what he said.

Not only him, but countless people in the world, especially those living in Japan, had their ability to manage their facial expressions completely deprived when they saw this scene. Their facial features were distorted in an incredibly wonderful way, like a silent film image of an absurd large-scale abstract expression painting exhibition.

The information broadcasted by the story on the screen this time is so much that it is dizzying. Whether it is the G1 belt that surpasses the scientific level of the current era, which is enough to make “Kousaka Kyosuke”, an ordinary person, have the strength to compete with the GO Group’s Gurongi, or the series of meaningful words said by Baruba after treating his injuries, and what Yukinoshita Yukino translated from the Alpha Obelisk about the Gurongi clan, the truth about the demise of the super ancient civilization, and the so-called gods and wars…

The information revealed by these intelligence reports far exceeds any previous ones. Just one of them is enough to become a topic of conversation for people for a long time after dinner, let alone all of them put together at once.

Just now, the whole world was filled with discussions about this information, and users of various online chat software were struggling with each other, and in the end they just started cursing at each other. However, because even administrators and governments were discussing it with each other, no one was managing it, and for a while the global network appeared unprecedentedly “free”.

But at this moment, not a single message popped up on the chat software… because all the chat software were overloaded and crashed.

The reason is the scene presented on the light screen.

The power displayed by “Zaimokuza Yoshiki” in this battle completely shattered everyone’s previous impression that the battle between Kuga and Gurongi was at most a ‘daily arms display by residents of Florida, USA’ or a ‘small-scale local anti-drug war in Mexico’. It can be said that with this kick, the combat system and performance were directly elevated to a global strategic level, and the spiritual shock to people can be called a modern version of the ‘Black Ship Entry into the Country’.

This strange silence lasted for about a minute around the world, and then…

Public opinion exploded directly.

Especially in Japan, specifically the citizens living in the Tokyo area, the commotion at this moment is far more intense than the “Map of Ruined Tokyo” that was played when the light screen first appeared last time.

No matter how the authorities tried to dissuade people, the number of people running away this time only increased compared to last time. Cars carrying people filled all the roads in the city, and the horns of cars and the angry curses of pedestrians echoed throughout the city.

There are even some politicians and tycoons who have quietly fled with all their belongings on their private jets without the government noticing. No matter how much the government kowtows and begs, it is of no use. The staff members of the financial sector can only cry in despair as they face the records of the continuous withdrawal of domestic and foreign capital from the city displayed on the computer screen.

If last time people only knew that Tokyo would be destroyed in a future war between humans and unconfirmed life forms, and only knew the result but not the process, then this time they felt that they had seen the truth.

——The aftermath of each battle is comparable to a nuclear bomb explosion. It would be really strange if Tokyo could still withstand it!

It should be said that even ordinary nuclear bombs are not so outrageous. The energy generated by the explosion of the 30th even formed a horrifying phenomenon in outer space that can be seen directly by the naked eye. This is probably not a Tsar bomb. In this case, if you continue to stay in Tokyo stubbornly, it is simply like an old man hanging himself, because he thinks his life is too long!

Not only Tokyo, but even some people living in areas close to Tokyo have begun to react.

Kyoto Prefecture, Kitauji High School, Musical Instruments Department.

“…Reina, I want to ask you a question.”

Looking at the “flower” that was gradually disappearing on the light screen, Kumiko Huangqian turned around and asked Reina Kousaka beside her without changing her expression. The serious tone that was completely different from her usual lazy tone made the black-haired girl suspicious, and she always felt that this person had bad intentions.

“whats the matter?”

“Does your family have any property or anything abroad?”

“Well… Dad has a villa in New York that was given to him by a friend. He used to live there when he took his orchestra to perform in the United States. What’s wrong?”

Snapped!

Kumiko Huangqian suddenly reached out and held her hand, which scared her.

“——Let’s get married, Reina!”

“Oh—ha!???”

She expressed her request very seriously and earnestly, and Kousaka Reina didn’t react for a moment. Just when she wanted to nod and agree subconsciously, she came to her senses after hearing what her friend said, and her fair cheeks suddenly turned red. She immediately waved her hands to shake off the other person’s hands.

“No! What nonsense are you talking about! I, we are all women!”