Tensei Shitara Slime Datta

Chapter 173: Veldora vs Velgrynd

Velgrynd waited until he confirmed that the fleet of planes behind him were retreating to safety.

Once he confirmed their retreat, he would make a move.

「It's been too long, Veldora. I'll ask just in case, aren't you going to come to our side?

If you do, I'll teach you how to use your power properly, you can even go berserk with all your heart, you know?

Naturally, the location will be handed over to us. 」

「Kuhahahaha! My dear sister, the old me is no more.

I have perfected my control of my powers.

Besides, just running amok is no longer fun.

I am an adult now, my sister! 」

「It was naughty words you said ……

Okay then . If that is the case, then I will test how much you have grown! 」

Words they exchanged a little.

After all, Velgrynd knew that Veldora would pay no heed to any negotiations, so he prepared to go to war without any hard feelings.

Originally, the plan was for Rudra to Dominate and control Veldora, so persuasion was useless.

Therefore, he needed to quickly weaken Veldora, and suppress her until Rudra arrived.

Thinking so, Velgrynd carried out a preemptive attack by releasing his Burning Breath.

It was a single thin beam of concentrated light, a super high-speed Breath that attacked Veldora.

Normally, due to Veldora's heat-cancelling effect, she would not receive heat damage. However, without hesitation, Veldora avoided the Breath Velgrynd.

「Oh? I don't think you'll avoid it.

This might just be my personal opinion, but is your skill slightly improved perhaps? 」

「Kuahahaha! Your breath attack might have an Accelerated Destruction effect.

If I receive a direct hit, my magic will go wild, and I will weaken trying to regain control over it.

Of course I'll avoid it. 」

At that moment, Veldora's intuition felt that Breath Attack had the effect of Ultimate Skill added to it.

Analysis of Veldora's Ultimate Skill 『Investigation King Faust』 has also confirmed this.

While Veldora was surprised at being able to understand his own attacks very well, Velgrynd fired his next attack.

And simultaneously moving at instant speed, he occupied a position above Veldora.

While dodging several Breath attacks simultaneously, at some point, Veldora noticed that she was now facing Velgrynd from below.

He is fast as always, Veldora thought. If it was Veldora from before, he would have failed to notice her.

On the other hand, Velgrynd had already skillfully gained enough distance to deliver his KO punch.

At this distance, he could perfectly face Veldora, and was confident he could maintain his lead.

「Let's end this, Veldora.

In the end, you can't escape my clutches! 」

Stating this, several Burning Breaths were released simultaneously from above.

Several columns of flames bound the heavens and earth. This is known as the Flame Cage.

But, Veldora could see through the attacks, and beautifully dodged them.

Despite being entangled in the Flame Cage, let alone a direct attack, he did not suffer a single scratch.

「Kuhahaha! If it doesn't happen, nothing happens, and it does! 」

Veldora happily shouted the words she had memorized.

Hmh! The irritated Velgrynd clicked his tongue.

Of course, not being able to land a single attack at this stage was unpredictable. It's not that he underestimated Veldora.

Yet……

(I just did a warm-up!)

He still had an absolute advantage.

Velgrynd decided to stop holding something back, and end this in one go.

"Is that so? But you know .... You've fallen into my trap.

I will seal your movements with this, Embrace the Hugs !! 」

There was a reason Velgrynd had placed himself above Veldora.

Beneath them was an ocean, which the burning Veldora avoided would naturally come into contact with seawater and cause a steam explosion.

Even with the force of the explosion, Veldora would never receive any damage.

However, the evaporated seawater will become water vapor, and surround Veldora.

It would, impregnated with Velgrynd's abilities, become a small drop of red rain.

The Cardinal's cage used to capture Veldora was, at the time, complete.

Thanks to Highest Expertise 『Charity King Raguel』

It could exponentially increase the heat energy in the target, in other words, it was an ability that strongly increased the kinetic momentum.

To some extent, it can increase physical abilities, but going too far, will push the body's energy consumption beyond the limit.

And, when its ability is greatest, it can accelerate the production of heat in the body, causing the body to burn into nothingness.

In other words, it was an ability that could freely manipulate the energy composition of the target body.

As if to embrace Veldora trapped in a cage, the red rain gently produced a membrane around her.

For those in the Burning Hugs, their right to survival lay in the hands of the Velgrynd.

The result was the same even for Veldora who was a "True Dragon" similar to her.

Velgrynd, who was confident of his victory, would order Major General Xam to fire Magic Canceller ―― but quit.

The presence of the imprisoned Veldora has disappeared.

(What just happened?!)

Velgrynd felt perplexed at the rare feeling of losing his composure.

Towards that Velgrynd,

「Kuhahahaha! I told you before, right?

If it doesn't happen, nothing happens, and it does! 」

From behind, he heard the sound of Veldora's triumphant laughter

In reality, Veldora actually did not have much breathing space for him to be that arrogant.

Just when the Cardinal Cage was on the verge of completion, Ultimate Skill 『King Faust』 King Hazard Investigation Capability sent out a maximum danger warning.

It was not something he could handle abruptly by blowing it off with the "Storm of Ruination", that was obvious.

(Junk!)

As soon as he thought so, King Faust's Investigation of "The Investigation of Truth" had produced an optimal solution.

To only use such a "Storm of Ruination" the chance of escaping was less than 1%.

However, by focusing the emissions of "Storm of Ruination", the result is "Storm Blast (Roar of Ruination)". As a result, it was obtained that the chances of escaping would greatly increase.

But even so, the chance of escaping through the "Storm Blast" was only 50%.

This is where "Probability Manipulation" is activated.

This escape action that should have a 50-50 chance of success, was now rolling in favor of Veldora thanks to the Investigation of King Faust.

In this way, Veldora escaped danger.

Velgrynd was fascinated in the true sense of the word.

His younger brother (Veldora) whom he considers inferior to himself, whom he looks down upon due to his reliance on brute force, he had amazingly escaped.

He had no choice but to admit it.

Veldora has reached her level.

Velgrynd recognized Veldora as an enemy of equal standing.

This is when he decided to get serious.

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On the big screen, a decisive Kaijuu battle was being projected.

No, this is not a joke, this is the only way to describe it.

If it was only the fleet of the Airship Empire, then Veldora's victory was nothing to worry about, but it was quite a shock when the Crimson Dragon suddenly appeared.

It was one of Veldora's older sisters, probably “Scorch Dragon” Velgrynd.

However, despite the large clash of energies, the level of control was excellent, and it had become a very complicated battle.

When Velgrynd used a bold move, and it looked like the match would be decided soon, I was worried that Veldora might lose.

Although, since it is possible to revive her even if she dies, I am not worried …

It only got to the point where I ordered Wisdom Lord Raphael to map out their spatial coordinates.

I was going to go save her by teleporting, but then I remembered Veldora could be taken using my Skill.

Because of this memory, I was able to watch the battle casually.

The battle has reached a dead end.

They are the same in speed.

Veldora has a high level of control, allowing it to move at high speeds.

Even when fighting against the fastest of the "True Dragons", Velgrynd, he did not miss a single step.

The results of his own stealth training had appeared.

I can't determine this because sound can't be reproduced, but I really hope he doesn't start saying cool, arrogant lines, and end up in an emergency.

That said, limited to what I see, everything Veldora has started to benefit from.

If you look at strength alone, Veldora has the edge.

Even though he was extremely weak at one point because it was sealed, right now, he seemed to have recovered completely.

Veldora's magic energy was above Velgrynd, but it felt like his magic control was inferior.

However, his Expertise, the Investigation King Faust, seemed to have a higher performance compared to Velgrynd.

Well, it does seem like a complete all-purpose skill.

Frankly, "Probability Manipulation", "Investigation of Truth" and such, aren't those elusive Skills quite broken?

To be honest, once he mastered the skill, would anyone be able to defeat him? I think it's at that level.

Veldora's newly created move, a convergent storm attack (Storm Blast), appears to have inflicted damage on Velgrynd.

Traveling at an inescapable speed using waves, the effect only materialized after a delay.

In short, they are "invisible waves" like electromagnetic waves, and traveling at a hypersonic speed of ―― is estimated to be over Mach 100 (EN: more like Mach 100,000 ??) ―― if the evasion time is even slightly off, it is practically impossible to prevent the effects of Storm.

In any case, since you already received the blow, it was impossible to dodge or endure.

For the sake of Gods, he developed an unreasonable Skill.

As expected of Veldora, I thought with a little respect.

If this continues, it will be Veldora's victory, just as I'm sure about this—

The situation quickly changed.

Ow is heading in the worst direction.

Suddenly, the fleet of 100 retreating Imperial Airship units began to move.

Facing them was a big mistake.

Several individuals wearing shining armor appeared on the bridge.

With the barrier completely defending against the effects of the storm, they walked leisurely.

(Hm? What's wrong with them?)

When I think about this, it happens.

The only man without armor, a man wearing an Imperial Japanese military uniform, fired his small pistol.

Huh huh? For a moment I was at a loss for words.

Bullets should not affect the strongest known as the "True Dragon" ……

However, I stiffened at the speed of that bullet.

Reach pairing speed with Veldora's Roar―― In other words, above Mach 100 ―― and penetrate Veldora's body.

Penetrating its body, the bullet released some kind of magic within it.

Veldora stopped moving, and began to feel pain.

Soon after, Cardinal Cage swallowed Veldora once more, and the 100 Airships of the Aerial Fighter Legion activated the Magic Canceller with maximum power.

All it took was a moment, for them to successfully seal Veldora's movements.

The man wearing shining armor raised both his hands towards Veldora.

Just then, a sharp pain invaded my soul.

As if they were tearing my soul out ――

《Warning. Master (Rimuru) and Individual: Veldora's "Soul Corridor. Key Expertise 『Storm King Veldora』 Storm Dragon Summoning? The Storm Dragon release is now unusable. 》

Suddenly, I was told the reason for my pain.

Whatdidyou say?

Are you saying they took Veldora from me?

Veldora ...... from me?

A feeling of dispiritedness, and intense anger arose within me.

Shion and Diablo who were by my side tried to restrain me in a hurry.

「Please wait, Rimuru alike! It is dangerous to leave now !! 」

Shion's words didn't get into my ears.

With angry thoughts, I broke free from their grasp, and stood up.

There is not a single existence within the Tempest that can control my power indefinitely by anger.

Now you (Empire) have made me angry.

As you wish, I will give it.

A blessing called destruction.

They have sparked my anger.

I, in my anger, teleported to Veldora.