Volume 9 Chapter 58 Thunder Vs Flame, Part Four
When Tsukiko uttered that name, the world was engulfed in darkness.
Contrary to the brilliant power before, a darkness engulfed Leon along with the wasteland.
"What? Magic Domain?"
Tsukiko's magician was supposed to be about generating and controlling lightning.
Forming a Magic Domain is no easy task. Magician like Lisha's 'Sanctuary,' Finn's 'Gajou (My Castle),' and Sakaki's 'Fairy Graffiti Notebook' are originally specialized in forming Magic Domains.
Forming and maintaining a Magic Domain without any preparation is an extremely difficult task. To make it possible, one would need the 'Spiritual Penetration Art (Shinrei).'
"I don't see that happening."
The magician Tsukiko is using is not 'Shinrei.'
It is something similar to it.
Compared to Tsukiko a few minutes ago, she is definitely getting closer.
However, this is not 'Shinrei'.
In short, this is the real magic that Isumi Tsukiko can use.
At this moment, she has taken her first step as a magician.
──Are you kidding me?
That's just impossible.
Magic starts with giving a name to the ambiguous source of oneself.
With a name, there is form, and with form, principles are born.
The magician of Kinraishou (Golden Thunder) that Tsukiko has been using so far is no longer magician, but just a skillful handling of magic power.
Tsukiko held the Golden Thunder Spear in her hand, and it floated up into the sky smoothly.
The sky and the ground are all black, and the sense of distance is distorted. Even though she is visible, it's hard to grasp her exact location and distance.
"Alright, sorry for the wait. Let's get started."
"You finally got the engine running. Don't think you can beat us with such a half-baked plan."
Leon calmed his nerves, switched his focus.
No matter what magician it is, it doesn't matter. There's nothing that can't be cut by the 'Holy Sword of Radiant Glory.'
"Can you escape this time?"
With a swing of his sword, Leon unleashed dozens of 'Falling Sun' attacks.
Small suns shining in the dark night surged towards Tsukiko.
At the same time, Leon jumped up.
It doesn't matter if she's in the sky. The 'Holy Sword of Radiant Glory' surpasses the speed of light in an instant.
No matter how much distance she tries to put between them, it doesn't matter—
"Huh?"
The 'Falling Sun' wilted and disappeared.
It wasn't blocked or countered.
It just dissipated as if naturally fading away.
At the same time, he realized.
The distance between him and Tsukiko didn't close at all.
She was looking down at Leon, the same size as when she appeared.
"No way, you──!?"
At this point, Leon saw through the true identity of 'Golden Destruction Thunder (Konkakyūrai).'
He realized the purpose of this Magic Domain along with a sense of understanding.
'Golden Destruction Thunder' is truly a thunder magic.
Thunder is a symbol of ancient gods' anger, mystery, and awe believed by people since ancient times.
It is the strongest hammer that descends from the dark sky, untouched by human hands.
This Magic Domain reproduces that.
In other words, no attack can reach Tsukiko in the sky. It's not about physical distance but the concept of inviolability.
And even that is a byproduct.
The main blow released from there is 'Golden Destruction Thunder.'
Tsukiko spoke.
"'Roar.'"
Just a two-note chant.
With that alone, the sky responded, resonating.
The golden thunderclap tore through the darkness, leaving white scars.
"DAMN IT ALLLLLL!!!"
The "Holy Sword of Radiant Glory" cuts through the darkness with the force to burn down even the thunder.
The power of the spirits surpasses human wisdom.
Even when facing the fierce forces of nature, it blazes with an unstoppable momentum without flinching.
I won't lose.
I can't afford to lose.
As someone chosen by the strongest spirit, the Phoenix, there's no way I, who have been chosen, would lose to a girl from the Far East.
He thought so in his mind.
"GAAAAHHH!!!"
The Phoenix's wings deflect all the thunder.
With scars from lightning strikes all over his body, Leon raises his sword.
Regardless of the concept of invincibility, he wields the strongest blow to cleave through this Magic Domain in one fell swoop.
Compressing the 'Holy Flame' onto each feather, he completes the ultimate 'Holy Sword of Radiant Glory'.
"Let's go!!! Isumi Tsuki, ko..."
His voice, full of vigor, faltered.
In the sky, a girl looks down at Leon, holding a spear in her hand.
A three-pronged, twisted spear of light.
The spear alone illuminates the eternal darkness, making it white.
Her magic does not pierce the heavens.
It pierces from the heavens.
She swings her arm. Fiercely like a thunderbolt, gracefully as a maiden, and majestically as if housing a god.
"'Tensen Shinsou (Heaven-Piercing Divine Spear)'"
As it approached, Leon stopped swinging his sword.
No matter how stubborn he was, struggling against this would tarnish the match.
He thought so.
Instead, his mouth moved quietly.
"Sorry, Pii-chan."
Those words, along with everything, were engulfed in a golden lightning.
* * *
Seeing the blue sky, Leon took a moment to grasp the situation.
Alive, he is alive.
He thought he was definitely dead, but he is alive.
His fingertips were numb, unable to move properly, and his magic power was only circulating minimally.
Yet, he was still alive.
"Have you regained consciousness already? Impressive resilience, huh. Or maybe, is it thanks to Pii-chan as well?"
Tsukiko's voice sounded above his head.
Even struggling to move his gaze, Leon could only listen.
"I made sure the numbness would wear off by the time limit, so if you crawl, you should make it to the door in time."
──Why show such mercy?
No words came out.
Yet, perhaps Tsukiko understood what Leon was thinking.
Her voice was heard.
"I am an Anti-Demon Official, it's not my job to take lives... though saying that might sound like sophistry. There are still people fighting the weight of lives even now. I will bear his burden as well, on my own terms."
Tsukiko's voice faded away.
"I have no intention of adding even one more from now on."
The words seemed to be sucked into the door.
Leon looked up at the artificial sky, feeling strangely refreshed.
──It was a total defeat.
As Tsukiko had said, he could have passed through the door if he had exerted all his strength. The previous Leon would have done so.
Burning with the desire for revenge, he should have risked his life.
But it didn't turn out that way.
Only one person was welcomed by the door in the wilderness.
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