The Whale copies continued to rampage upon our forces as I grabbed the pouch of bocco fruits from the back of the cart, and rushed onto Fulgenta as my plan commenced, and it sprung into action successfully.
Since there were five whale copies left, Reinhard and Wilhelm were each tasked with one. The Iron Fang held two off, with Subaru and Rem supporting them. Crusch and I held off another one, and it seems that we can probably take this one down as a joint effort after a while.
Cahya and Alchemis flew into the distance away from here to gather some mana, and they'll be back in a short while, considering that Reinhard used up all the mana here to kill a whale copy. The main thing here is to try to trick the Whale into thinking that we have fallen into its trap, but while it looks on the battle from above, I'm going to 'cross the sky' to defeat it.
Now, the question is how to cross the sky.
Thankfully, that part is up to me the moment they successfully diverted the White Whale's attention, which is when Subaru makes his move.
I continued to fire off El Jiwalds and Al Goas at the White Whale copy, and Crusch dealt the final blow to this one as the wind magic sliced it in half, making it disappear. By using wind magic, Crusch and a few other mages have cleaned the field clear of fog by this point, so that's good.
Crusch went to help the Iron Fang while I went to help Subaru and Rem, who were busily dodging attacks from a Whale copy. "Al Goa!" I yelled as the fireball swerved through the air, its trajectory curving as I directed towards the White Whale's copy.
It sensed it coming, and proceeded to dodge just like it dodged Rem's Al Huma before, but I've got a trick up my sleeve. "Il Goa!" I yelled as I remembered the first conversation with Alchemis when I arrived in this world: The ability of homing fireballs.
The spell curved in a beautiful parabola before it rammed itself into the side of the Whale, causing it to scream in pain before Rem's Ice Spear pierced its head, pinning it in place as I readied my second variant spell.
I carefully aimed for its eyes before I condensed the most powerful fire spell in my hands further and further, until it's at the thickness of a pencil. "Ol Goa!" Within that extreme moment, I unleashed the energy, and the formidable original spell shot through its eye before piercing its brain as well in the process, and the Whale Copy faded as I let out a deep breath.
Time to commence the plan.
Alchemis and Cahya came flying back as I put them on my shoulder, fully charged. Subaru was tied to Rem's morningstar as she threw him upwards, causing him to fly threw the air towards the true White Whale, who was hovering in the air high above us. An Al Huma was also sent its way, causing the whale to dodge before it noticed the strong fog of miasma coming from its horn.
"Hey... now that I see you up close, you really are ugly, aren't you?" Subaru said as he stood on the White Whale's horn triumphantly, sneering at the mabeast as it noticed his presence. "Try to keep up with me. Just so you know, I'm infamous for being so annoying that nobody can ignore me!"
Subaru jumped off the horn, and the White Whale merely looked at him before suddenly chasing him after he yelled. "Listen up! I'm doing a huge favour for you! Because of you, Rem died and I had to suffer a horrible trauma!"
Right after he said it, a horrid stench appeared as I saw the shadow figure envelop Subaru as it gripped his heart, before quickly vanishing like she was never there as the White Whale began to dive and chase him.
"Rem! Now!" Subaru yelled at the oni, and she nodded before shooting a giant ice spear at the White Whale, piercing its maw before using the morningstar chains to whisk Subaru off to safety.
And now, the stage was set as I plunged from the sky, and yelled my original spell as the White Whale noticed the immense mana concentration above its head.
The nitrogen atoms fused together and heated as they moved faster and faster, ionizing from gas into pure plasma, and the rumbling of thunder was heard as the lightning struck onto the giant mabeast that terrorized the world for 400 years.
You might be wondering... how did we get here?
3 minutes earlier...
Right after Subaru rushed off to complete his part of the plan, I rode Fulgenta towards Flugel's Tree, now having the attention completely diverted from us. As we approached the giant tree, Alchemis stared at me questionably.
"How are you going to get up there? Diamond ledges all the way up like a staircase?"
"Well, that's a beautiful idea, Alchemis, but I have a slightly different approach." I told him. And gathered mana as it flowed into my veins, muscles, nerves, and bones. "EL AKRA!"
A surge of power filled my body as I leapt up into the air, and began running at speeds that can match Felt's divine protection. I ran up Flugel's Tree vertically, almost ignoring air resistance as it bent around me, the mana forming as a thin layer of protection as I continued to rush up the tallest tree in this world. When I reached the top, I deactivated El Akra to save mana and stamina as I looked at the current situation.
Subaru was standing above the White Whale, since he just got up there. The moment he jumps is the moment I jump, but with force. "Wait!" Alchemis suddenly yelled as I was about to jump.
"What is it? If I mess up the timing, it's going to be your fault, you know?"
"Alchemis is right. This is more urgent than everything else." Cahya suddenly stepped up and took Alchemis' side, to my surprise. "It seems, that master has awakened."
"Master? You mean the former holder of my witch factor, Frakinedottir?"
"Yes. Frak-chan left a message before she was re-sealed. She said, 'The Deceit Factor is Hungry. Unleash your fifth power by saying 'Suitoru'.' I don't know the exact meanings, but it's best to follow her instructions. She has never been wrong."
"I see." I suddenly sensed Satella's presence as I realized the time, and I knew what to do immediately. "Well, that's my cue." I dashed off the branch with El Akra, and zoomed towards the White Whale from above while it had its attention on Subaru. Keeping my predecessor's words in mind, I took out the diamond sword I forged myself and coated it with the ionized nitrogen as the plasma coated the sword.
Yellow light shot from my sword as it attracted the attention of the White Whale, who just had its prey, Subaru, escape before its maw. It immediately turned my attention towards me, but it was too late as electricity sparked through the air, and the sound of thunder was heard as the bright light enveloped the mabeast. Thunder Magic:
"KILAT!" I yelled as the lightning struck the beast, frying its nerves and veins near the spot I struck. And for the first time in this world, people witnessed a power matching the Blue Lightning, number 1 of the Nine Vollachian Generals. The yellow lightning continued to paralyze the whale before the force exploded in the air.
I laid on the White Whale's tattered skin, exhausted as I used most of my mana from the spell I created. However, the 400-year old mabeast was not showing any signs of decline despite that attack. Instead, it flung me off as I fell, and it was about to eat me.
"No! Y/N!" Crusch and Subaru both yelled as they noticed my situation, but it was too late to do anything.
Just when despair hit me, the words of the witch hit me as I summoned Alchemis and Cahya, who nodded as I muttered the seemingly magic word. "SUITORU!"
The White Whale suddenly spasmed as it I shocked it with a tazer, but I noticed the difference when the magic purple circle on its head disappeared, and I felt my body become lighter as I noticed the same mark, but smaller, appear on my own back as I began to float.
"Well, well, how the tables have turned." I smiled as I gathered the spheres of elements I unlocked, each one forming at the tip of a finger, before I forcefully smashed them together as if my palms were a particle accelerator, and they fused together into a substance that I cannot even comprehend.
"Critical Overload." I said as I aimed my palms at the White Whale's jaw as it roared in surprise, fear suddenly dawning in its eyes for the first time. "DECAGENSO RUPTURE!"
十·重·元·素·破·裂
Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium, Beryllium, Boron, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Fluorine, and Neon all surged forth from my palm, and the beam on concentrated matter shot into the White Whale's mouth as it screeched in surprise, and the spikes shot out as if a grenade exploded, piercing all of the White Whale's skin parts that emitted the cruel Fog of Elimination.
Stripped of its powers, critically wounded, the White Whale fell onto the Lifaus Plains, declaring it as one my own victory. At the same time, I fell as well, the magical spell I imprinted upon myself disappearing, and I dropped towards the ground before closing my eyes in peace.
I've done it.
I beat the White Whale.
I just hope that that's enough to stop the deaths of many.
I fell towards the ground, with no mana to support my own weight, I drifted into unconsciousness, saddened by the fact that I could not witness the battle's end.
3rd Person POV
Subaru saw Y/N fall from the sky, and immediately ordered Patrasche to go and save his friend. However, he won't reach it in time, and Rem is too exhausted to throw her morningstar.
Luckily, Crusch rushed forwards onto her ground dragon, and managed to catch him before he hit the ground. She laid him on the grass just as the White Whale fell from the sky, its flying powers absorbed by Deceit, and Wilhelm approached the foul beast that killed his wife.
"This is for my wife, Theresia van Astrea!" Wilhelm yelled before unleashing a flurry of slashes at the defenceless White Whale, who could only watch as its being decapitated. Just as he jumped up to the head of the White Whale, Reinhard stopped him as he prepared to deliver the final blow.
Reinhard took out one of the Ten Great Swords, Dragon Sword Reid as he wielded it. "Let's avenge grandmother together, grandfather."
Wilhelm gave Reinhard a look that only the two conversing can decipher, but allowed his grandson to take his place on the Whale as well as they both struck down with their swords, sending a shockwave through the Whale's body. The White Whale let out its final shriek, and its eye closed.
The Mabeast of Fog was defeated.
"Sleep, for all eternity."
? POV
"EHHHH?" A horrid voice emerged from the undergrowth, surprised at their pet's death. "The whale is beaten? We thought it was strong enough to wipe them out, you know?"
"It doesn't matter. We will still follow the gospel." A voice, more dignified came from beside the boy. "It's time to move out. And also, please stop drooling. It's very undignified for you to do so."
"Ehh? Regulus-san, you gotta know that gluttony is never able to be fulfilled, right? To violate gluttony is to-"
"Fine, fine. Let's go, Baitenkaitos." The slim white man began to enter the Lifaus Plains, trying to keep his destruction to a minimum, while the hungry boy followed in excitement.
The Sin Archbishops of Greed and Gluttony, enter the stage.
Authority(ies):
Authority of Deceit (Commonly known as Authority of Elements):
-Vacuum Trigger: An innate ability stored within the tesseract-shaped Deceit Witch Factor, allowing the user to spring themselves from unconsciousness when the mana fluctuations around them changes drastically, as a built-in self-defence mechanism of the body.
-Critical Overload: A mysterious ability that protects the user of the Deceit Witch Factor, causing them to unlock their true potential while their actions are coordinated by ?, helping them avoid certain death. This ability only triggers when the user is about to die and has a 15 minute cooldown.
- Haywire Warp: A variation of Critical Overload that allows the user to warp the attack that will kill them, creating a tear in space-time to absorb the attack. Meanwhile, the abilities of the elements are unleashed and they will defy the chemical laws before the user decides to cancel their existence.
-Pure Truth: Y/N's knowledge of the future. Although he claims that he can only know up to a certain amount, it is only a cover-up to avoid suspicion. This ability also allows him to lie without being detected (e.g. Crusch's divine protection), as long as it is part of his knowledge of this world's future.
-Veritas Oneiro Chunyu: The 'Truth Dream Injection'. A sub-ability of Pure Truth that allows the user to show others fragments of Pure Truth to get a better understanding of a situation or past. This ability cannot show the future.
-'Suitoru': A magic spell that allows the user to absorb a certain ? of the enemy, making it their own and can be stored for later usage.
Elemental Masteries:
Hydrogen Mastery: Stage 2, 150/5000 complete. (Spells: Hydrogen Gas Formation, Hydrogen Gas Wall, Hydrogen Gas Mist)
Helium Mastery: Stage 2, 90/5000 complete. (Spells: Helium Gas Formation, Helium Hydride Acid Creation)
Lithium Mastery: Stage 1, 1895/2000 complete. (Spells: Lithium Hydride Solid Formation, Lithium Pellet Bullets)
Beryllium Mastery: Stage 1, 1925/2000 complete. (Spells: Beryllium Solid Creation, Beryllium Mirror)
Boron Mastery: Stage 1, 1550/2000 complete. (Spells: Boron Metalloid Creation, Boric Acid Creation)
Carbon Mastery: Stage 1, 1745/2000 complete. (Spells: Carbon Creation, Coal Creation, Diamond Creation and Manufacturing, Adamas Wave)
Nitrogen Mastery: Stage 1, 575/2000 complete. (Spells: Ammonia Creation, Ammonium Creation, Nitric Acid Creation)
Oxygen Mastery: Stage 1, 755/2000 complete. (Spells: Oxygen Gas Creation, Ozone Creation, Oxide Creation, Water Creation)
Fluorine Mastery: Stage 0, 45/1000 complete. (Spells: Hydrofluoric Acid Formation, Fluorine Gas Creation, ?)
Neon Mastery: Stage 0, 15/1000 complete. (Spells: Neon Gas Formation, ?, ?)
Spirits: Alchemis- fire spirit (Elder Spirit, turquoise), Cahya- yang spirit (Great Spirit, fairy)
Magic Spells:
Goa- shoots a small ball of fire from the tip of the user's index finger when imbued with mana.
El Goa- manifests three fireballs around the user, and shoots them towards the opponent at high speeds.
Ul Goa- The user fires a large amount of powerful fire bullets. A powerful flame scatters when the bullets land.
Al Goa- The user lets loose a massive fireball, scorching away everything in its path. The bigger the caster's skill, the fireball hotter and bigger the fireball.
Ol Goa-the user concentrates by making a giant fireball, before compressing it to insane densities, and shoots out the beam of fire from their palms
Il Goa- Al Goa, but the user applies a homing technique to the spell itself
Al Huma- The user creates a sharp ten meter long spear of ice.
Akra- A yang magic spell that allows users to enhance their physical abilities as well as sharpen their senses.
El Akra- A yang magic spell that allows the user to move extremely fast, almost becoming one with wind as they fill the user with mana in their nerves, muscles, bones, and veins. This technique is able to match Felt's Divine Protection of Wind
Jiwald- fires heat rays from the user's fingers.
El Jiwald- The user fires several rays from their fingers which are then brought down in a claw-like motion.
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