Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken novel Chapter 178
I succeeded in freeing Veldora.
But the danger still loomed.
Basically, these were "Scorch Dragon" Velgrynd, the Emperor, and finally, the army uniform guy who had shot at Veldora.
There were several others who could also be placed under the label of "danger", and I wanted to get rid of them all at once.
But really, other than those first three, the others didn't feel like a "danger" at all.
My body, having transformed into that of a "True Dragon" with its Energy reaching the greatest heights, had yet again drastically exceeded in power in both quality and quantity.
So much that, now, I could probably pack a punch against even Milim or Guy.
But, I shouldn't get conceited, or something bad might happen; truly, negligence is sin.
I will finish off all of them, leaving behind not a single drop of blood.
That being said, the Black Numbers had already done quite a number on them, and it seemed like only the strongest of them remained.
Well, as long as there weren't any casualties......
Were they following my order to not die?
I'll worry about that later.
As there was an enraged Velgrynd approaching as we speak.
First, I think I should let Veldora come out using Storm Dragon Release.
My Energy wasn't always at full capacity probably because, I let Veldora roam freely.
But because Veldora's power was overflowing into me, the circulation had caused a revitalization effect on my body.
Before attaining the nature of a "True Dragon", I had been using a large portion of energy to maintain releasing Veldora but that neither caused me inconvenience nor did I particularly feel anything from it but now, I only needed to allocate around 30% of my energy for the upkeep.
Well, there weren't any problems using large scale magic despite that, so I didn't think too deeply about it.
Thinking that, as I was about to perform Storm Dragon Release,
(Wait. I requested that Wisdom Lord to enhance my Skills.)
Alert. Currently in the process of synchronization of Master and individual: Veldora's abilities.
Currently engaged in evolving Investigation King Faustinto Chaos Lord Nyarlathotep.
Please delay usage of Storm Dragon Release until completion.
Both of them stopped me.
Apparently it was Veldora's request.
She hadn't informed me, so that must have been the case.
I wanted to tell them to do it some other time, but it's probably something that can't be done after Releasing.
I guess it couldn't be helped, and would be harder to do later, but then,
Solution. From the analysis of individual: Veldora's Skills, ability to evolve Ultimate Skill Storm King Veldoraconfirmed.
Consequently, Ultimate Skill Covenant King Urielwill be erased.
Would you like to synthesize Ultimate SKill Stellar-Wind Lord Hastur? YES/ NO
Wisdom Lord Raphael informs me almost as a side note.
Good lord...... this Raphael-san doesn't intend to slow down at all.
To think of reconstructing Skills mid-fight, just how relaxed was she?
As if "Scorch Dragon" Velgrynd didn't matter at all.
For now, it's a NO.
Really, I did still have Gluttony King Belzebuth, but that didn't mean we should let our guard down.
Rather, to fight a "True Dragon" with only Belzebuth?
Aren't you overestimating me a bit too much? I kept thinking.
After this battle, along with my subordinates getting their Demon Lord ascensions done with, I guess I'll also undergo a massive Skill overhaul.
Just what was I going to be made to become, I decided to think about it later.
Now then, what to do about this "Scorch Dragon".
The quality and quantity of my Energy had increased, and so had my strength.
I was thinking of testing out these powers, and wanted to dive into battle, but as Wisdom Lord Raphael was in the process of refining Veldora's Skills, close-quarters combat seemed like a bad idea.
I guess it wasn't too bad to fight head on, but getting damaged on top of using up Energy for attacks could make things troublesome.
I didn't want any weird effects from damage.
Therefore, I wanted to maintain some distance, and finish this with ranged attacks.
This was strategy, not cowardice.
If I could win easily, I shouldn't hesitate and just do it.
Though I say that, I didn't really have many ranged attack options.
Covenant King Uriel's Severance Series abilities were powerful, but their effective range was rather small.
It was a fearsome power like Dimension Severance, so obviously it was restricted to a certain range.
So that leaves, Magic?
Among the Nuclear Magics, there was one emission type attack more suited to ranged combat.
"Nuclear Cannon", a type of laser cannon.
It was relatively easy to control, so human Great Mages seemed to prefer it.
That is to say, it was the easiest to control of the Nuclear Magics.
Furthermore, the cost-performance was pretty good too. Right now, my mana recovery rate was higher than its usage cost, so I could fire all I wanted without worrying about depletion.
That catch was, it definitely wouldn't have any effect on Velgrynd.
This was an emission attack that used concentrated mana particles, but at the end of the day, it was a heat based attack.
Against Velgrynd, who governed "Heat", it would be useless. Even if it was overlapped with the effects of Ultimate Skills, she could probably easily Resist it.
It was the most powerful of the Emission type attacks, but it was useless if there was no effect.
Really, what to do......
It suddenly came to me.
There was a new ability added to "Storm King Veldora".
Reconstructed from "Storm Blast", it was an ability called "Storm Lightning".
At present, it was in fact the strongest long range attack in my possession.
This may just work on Velgrynd from a distance.
I wanted to try out this "Storm Lightning" right away but
I happened to notice another thing I just had to try.
Bladed Storm: Crystallization, Transforming into a Blade Core...... ?
It'd been re~ally bothering me for a while now, what was this thing?
That said, I couldn't let my guard down around Raphael-san.
What in the world do you have to do, to evolve this overpowered Storm King Veldora into an Stellar-Wind Lord Hastur; I had not Idea at all.
Apparently it would integrate with Covenant King Uriel, but what about the usability?
Well whatever.
The Bladed Storm did seem interesting, but it looked like it was a non ranged power.
I'll ignore it for now. I don't even know what I'm supposed to crystallize in the first place.
Solution. Ranged attacks possible with "Bladed Storm".
Condensing the full spirit strength of Storm King Veldora, it is possible to launch a vectorized Energy blast.
Unlike Storm Dragon Release, which is being withheld to reconnect the Soul Corridor, it is possible to use this at present.
So crystallization means, the power from releasing Veldora, is directly injected into a sword?
Which would mean that this sword represented all of Veldora's power......
Solution. That inference can be considered correct.
Ok.
It's probably like Veldora and me attacking at once, so it's the most powerful attack I have right now.
Since I decided not to relax, I'll go for it.
I timidly attempted to perform the Bladed Storm.
Alert. Individual: Veldora's consent affirmed. Initializing Crystallization.
Right then, the handle of my sword crystallized with a purple glow.
I felt my hand connected to Veldora through the sword.
It seemed that the sword had become part of my body.
As expected, my Energy levels dropped by 30%.
As I thought, it wasn't the Summoning, but the Release that drained the 30%.
And the crystallization seemed to cause the same effect.
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