Day 121-130/Day 124

Day 124 (NEEDS EDITING)

After spending the morning working out and eating breakfast, Minokichin and co had returned from their excursion. Immediately upon his return, Minokichi-kun ran to me, asking for a sparring match. I was wondering to myself, how much stronger had he become after his increase in rank, so of course I agreed.

Mystic Forest [Great Forest Kuderun]

[For 1200 to create a stored 4 [Heroes] of the "Stilburg Kingdom", and supported by 12 brave "Empire Ki Rica" in the forest that existed on these lands, passed the forest [divine ascent of creation (upgrade) ], [God of the Deep Green] aka [King of the Fairies Oberon] Gufusto Masutera genes was born, lived and died.

The effect of the use of [Divine Ascent of Creation (Upgrade)], Gufusto [Divine Power] after the lapse of 1200 years is still evident in the "Great Forest Kuderun". Due to the sensitive nature of elves, they found this place was very pleasant for resettlement and lived here in peace and quiet.

This explains some of the reasons why the alliance empires and kingdoms decided to invade the territory of the elves but with the help of the demons that were living in the same forest we were able to get them to retreat, returning it to the world.

The scars from these events can still be seen here and there but because [Divine Power] [God of Dark Green] still remained much of the destruction was healed in just a few months, the forest completely absorbing any traces remaining.]

At the corner of this forest was the base of the mercenary team Parabellum. Not far from this base, at a drenched field inside a structure similar to the Ancient Colliseums "External training ground", there stood two demons.

The first demon held a red spear to his shoulder, with a silver hand and three horns. The black demon [Apostle Lord] - Aporou, who also held the title [Night Sky's Child].

In front of him stood the new bull demon [Minotaur], Minokichi-kun, holding the title [Lightning Bull Emperor Keranus]. He held a spiritual axe [Axe Withering Verdict Shower] and spiritual shield [Tower Shield of the Thundering Bull]. One could sense the tense atmosphere between the two as their faces were adorned with evil smiles.

"Minokichi-kun, it’s been a long time since we've fought. In addition, it seems that you have become very strong."

"Yes, it seems fighting by myself in the center of that maze allowed me to gain additional strength and skills. I've became stronger than before. All in order to beat you, you Aporou, to become like you."

"Like me?

"I am getting closer to Aporou, I want to be closer. For the sake of reaching that goal, I obtained this power. "

"... "

They exchanged words.

The words of MinoKichi held no lies, these were his unfiltered thoughts and everyone who heard him speak could understand.

Perhaps, from a direct manifestation of such good feelings, Aporou felt somewhat ashamed, causing a strange smile and crisp like sound to be heard from his silver hand.

"Yeah, okay. Well then, you're just full of zeal, let us begin our conversation of the hearts, my friend."

Taking a deep breath and calming his feelings, Aporou took his stance, positioning his red spear close to his ear, aiming at MinoKichi’s heart.

In response, MinoKichi said something slightly different from usual.

"Move forward if you wish. But ..."

"But what?"

"If you go any further, victory is mine!!!"

"Ha ha, very amusing ... Well then, I’ll be using all of my strength"

They exchanged evil smiles. (TL: Think of Oga from Beelzebub when he tries to smile)

The  fight started with a thunderous roar from MinoKichi.

"" "" "" "" "" "[?] !!!"

The roar was like an explosive attack.

The force of the roar scattered all the surrounding land. Weak opponents would be left consciousness with a single roar, but even a strong opponent could be momentarily stunned. If the difference in power is too great, the enemy could even die, that is the power of the force carried by the sound of his roar.

Aporou decided to answer by using the same type of attack.

Of the many varieties of abilities he had, he selected and activated [Battle Roar of the Black Demon].

" "" "" "" "" "" [?] !!! "

If it was a normal being competing against Minotaur MinoKichi-kun in this competition of roars, MinoKichi-kun would quite simply have won easily.

As a representative of the Lord race, Aporou, due to the structure of his body, the sound leaving his body was limited. Winning in a match of [ Roar ] was impossible.

But the ability of [Battle Roar of the Black Demon] tore this logic in tatters, making it possible for such a force to be produced from his body.

His roar was like thunder.

A collision of powerful voices, exactly halfway between them, caused a crack to run across the ground.

This led to a cacophony of horror, accompanied by a variety of negative effects imposed on the body and the spirit of [negative status]. Among the members of the group to watch the battle of Aporou and MinoKichi, 50% had lost consciousness, and 40% froze motionless.

But for Aporou and MinoKichi and it was more like a greeting.

Although they themselves were not affected in the slightest.

Their attacks swallowed each other, reaching for the enemy.

"BOOM ~ O ~ O ~ oooooo ?? "

Stopping his roar, Minokichi-kun began to move.

Raising his golden shield in front of him and carrying an axe on his shoulder, he sprinted toward Aporou. Because of his huge body, from Aporou's point of view it looked like a giant wall was attacking him.

But this attack was familiar to Aporou. He managed to get used to it quickly because of it's simple and efficient reception, taught to him by none other than himself, Aporou.

Even if they call it just a method to shorten the distance, take a hit from the enemy shield and then press upon his shield, knocking him off balance, then follow with an axe. A simple sequence.

With a shield and axe, after some training, anyone can learn this basic technique.

Aporou already knew how to handle it.

True, in terms of strength, speed, weight and mobility this attack was completely different from the one he knew.

At his highest speed MinoKichi-kun exceeded the speed of sound. His attack proved to be more successful against Aporou than the blast from his roar.

Obtaining the power of divine protection, becoming a Minotaur, he was able to use such a fast attack.

"Faster than I expected"

But now, being an [ Apostle Lord ], as well as using [ Average Acceleration of Thought ] allowed Aporou to speed up his perception even further, now everyone without exception in this world moved very slowly. If a bullet was fired from a rifle, it would seem to almost stop in mid-air due to his perception, but MinoKichi-kun was able to move even faster.

Reducing a distance of 20 meters in a few steps in an instant, his huge body could do this thanks to the ability of his axes [All Destruction Blow]. The blow fell from above, like a huge rockfall. Aporou moved his red spear exactly over his head.

There was a mournful rattle from the collision of the two forces.

Aporou was struck by a axe covered in white flames, burning his head. He had several fractures from the blow and his whole body went numb. The force of the impact was so great that his legs were dug into the ground up to his shins.

If Aporou was not armed with the red spear and halberd made by Tanyashi-san, he would have been cut in half together with the halberd. It is due to the fact that he had the red spear in his hands that he was able to block the attack without being blown away. In a moment of surprise, Aporou grew excited for the battle.

"Ha ha, it's good that didn't work, you're the best MinoKichi-kun."

Slightly turning his spear, he directed the movement of the axes towards the ground.

He exited the ground with great force, scattering excavation shells and causing rocks flying at high speed and settled dust to collide with the skin of Aporou. He wasn't even slightly concerned. But accompanied by a flash of a golden axe, lightning opals all around and just for a moment, his movements slowed.

Currently MinoKichi-kun has 3 [ Divine Blessings]:

[Spirit of Fire Protection], [Protection of the Spirit of Battle], [God of Lightning Protection], this golden lightning was using a combination of [The Spirit of Fire Protection] and [God of Lightning Protection].

Aporou had also gained the ability of [The Spirit of Fire Protection] after eating the red bear, but even if he had used the duplication abilities, to produce such a strong fire attack would be difficult for him.

Why MinoKichi is able to use attacks of such force was due to him becoming a Minotaur and gaining the ability to control lightning. He also received the racial ability [A significant increase of attacks using axe (axe)], and the unique ability to [ carrier gleaming axe ] and a [significant increase of attacks using lightning], [ carrier lightning Godslayer ].

Also, his favorite axe has [ the axe sizzling shower series] unique abilities, one of which was [ scorching offense ], which adds a strong heat effect.

MinoKichi had received a precious gift, capable of bringing him to Aporou's level, in the battle in the maze, and now he was going to fully reveal it.

Normally this one attack could decide the outcome of a battle.

The impact of this axe was so strong that it could kill even if you evaded or blocked it. His power was so great now that out of the whole squad, probably only Aporou would survive this attack.

( * after this point the sentences were very unclear, took some guesses*)

Even if he could somehow protect himself against the shock of the axe, he had no way to defend against the gold lightning that followed, if he was lucky, he could go slip through it, but more likely he would be lying on the ground dying.

Many strong lightning attacks were created by the next wave of his axe.

Aporou activated [immunity to lightning attack] so even if he was hit in the center of the golden lightning it would not even burn. No matter how strong gold lightning is, as long as it uses the power of lightning it cannot damage him.

But with only [the spirit of fire protection], [ tolerance to the fire ], it was impossible to completely block the huge white flash fire.

He did not have immunity to this attack.

A white flash burnt the hair on his head, as well as part of the skin on the skull and the cheek under his left eye.

But after activating [ super fast regeneration ], the burned skin seemed to return to normal.

Stopping the attack of the enemy, Aporou moved to counter attack.

"Follow not only the enemy, but all of the battlefield"

Using his conventional weakness, Aporou decided to attack MinoKichi-Kun from the flanks with water lasso.

Pointing at the flank of the enemy with the water attack, he attacked head-on. It was his usual method of attacking him. MinoKichi-kun had many problems with this attack as it made it impossible to watch his back.

But that was before, now he has become much stronger, so much so that he has surpassed all Aporou's expectations.

"BOOM ~ O ~ O ~ oooooo ?? "

The whole of MinoKichi-kun's body began radiating golden lightning.

Lightning stretching up to heaven, instantly vaporized the water attack.

Along with this, a gold bull engraved on his shield was lit and began to move toward attacking his silver hand.

Aporou instantly jumped back creating distance, but MinoKichi-kun followed quickly.

With a jerk forward, the gold bull ingrained on his shield shot phantoms, capable of interacting with matter. It was a phantom gold bull, and its sharp horns were directed at the body of Aporou, intending to pierce his heart.

He could not evade the distance at such a distance. Instead, he thought to catch it by the horns using his silver hand, in his normal hand he still clutched the red spear.

True, it was not exactly easy, MinoKichi-kun's speed exceeded the speed of sound, and then there was the short distance between himself and the attack. Normally, even if he could catch such an attack, he most likely would not be able to stop the momentum of the blow, and the horns would pierce his body.

But Aporou still managed to catch them, due to the structure of his silver hand. True balance in such a position was not easy to keep as he was also hitting the shield with his spear.

Thus, the horns of the golden bull could not pierce Aporou, stopped by the silver hand and spear.

But with his body hovering in the air, he could not stop the movement of MinoKichi-kun.

" oooooooo !!! " Minokichi-kun rushed forward, his shield beat the air, creating a wall on his way. Aporou using [ Sense of Space ], saw him approaching from behind the wall.

It seems like Minokichi-kun this wall smudge. If he hits the wall, at the very least, MinoKichi-kun will get past and he would receive more damage from the bull. At this point there is no way he will remain unharmed.

Then his face blurred a smile.

"Apparently, there is no need to hold back."

Aporou activates one of his strongest abilities [Irrational Indestructible Force].

Because he recognized the power of Minokichi-kun, and instinct told him that this was necessary.

Naturally, noticing the changes, Minokichi broke into a cold sweat but he decided to commit to his attack. He could not back off now because he needed to in order to achieve his goal. In addition, the body of Aporou was still in the air, raised by horns taking him either way will not be easy. Aporou used [Gravity Control] to change his own weight because his feet could just touch the ground for a moment.

It was not enough to get up but for him, that was enough.

"Ii times" Activating [Irrational Indestructible Force], he could not stop now.

Then slightly bent, Aporou went flying into the body itself of MinoKichi-kun.

Somersaulting in the air, Minokichi-kun completely lost orientation in space, and could not understand what was happening. He hit the ground, his huge body had dug a solid trench in the ground.

And of course Aporou could not miss this chance to counterattack.

"--Shiii"

Using [Air Control] and [Gravity Control ] he collected air into a solid beam, he launched it into the body of MinoKichi-kun.

From the huge blow of the air hammer, a sound broke out of his mouth.

"Bumooo"

Although it was a blow that could easily bend steel, due to one of the racial characteristics of the Minotaur, his huge strong muscles perfectly protected his body, and he received almost no damage.

But the concentrated air strike had considerable weight and it affected him. During the time that MinoKichi-kun could not move, Aporou had shortened the distance and lunged with the red spear.

Through the air, the spear aimed at the left shoulder, a spark flashed as it hit the shield that was raised at the last second, but that did not stop the attack.

The first attack was quickly followed by the second. The red spear, dyed red, turned into a red flash, striking several tens of times faster.

[ Aporou: Night Sky's Child battle Reception [Arts] [ 100 colors 1000 copies ] ]

Due to the huge number of hits, the spear resembled something similar to a branch.

[Master of Spears] and [ 100 colors 1000 copies ], which is only deployed by chosen masters, a very strong [Arts], which uses a huge amount of stamina in order to surpass its own limit, inflicting 1000 shocks with incredible speed.

If such a method was used by a man that was injured or in a depleted condition- it would cost him his life, [ 100 colors 1000 copies ] A very powerful but costly technique.

But for the superhuman strength of Aporou, especially in his current heightened state, hardly needed more than a few seconds to recover from it.

Strong [ Arts ] attack; red flares turn into a red rain that merges into drone strikes that strike the shield of MinoKichi-kun.

Almost all observers froze, unable to look away from this battle. The reason for this was an incredible series of attacks by Aporou, each of which was fatal, as well as the incredibly durable defense of MinoKichi-kun that kept these attacks restrained. Another reason for it was the fact that for the first time ever, Apoporu had changed [Arts]

In this world, people could only use [Jobs] bestowed by the gods [ Fighting Techniques Arts ], etc. gives weak people power comparable to that of giants.

Non-humans, which can not own [Jobs], use [ Arts ].

But now, Aporou had completely ignored these laws.

The thoughts of the Dull Knight, Female Knight and the others in this moment were easy to imagine.

"How is this possible?"

These silent words were said by no one but the words echoed in my head as the muffled roar of spear clashing with shield.

"And now a little stronger!"

On top of the continuous blows that oppressed Minokichi, Aporou activates another [ 100 colors 1000 copies ], [Arts] and ability.

Simple addition of power, now Minokichi supported his shield with one hand and strewed in two more attacks.

If it was not for the huge body of Minokichi and his goal, he would simply have been hammered into the ground.

And yet, no matter how powerful the series of strikes from the red spear, all [Arts] sooner or later comes to an end. And after that, there was always a little opening.

The same was true of Aporou and Minokichi-kun could not miss a chance to attack.

( * Here roofing to*)

"Shiii"

Aporou activates another capacity [ Multiple attack ]

[Allows you to make a series of stabbing attacks], such a force had the ability to [ Multiple attack ], in place with [ 100 colors 1000 copies ], the combination produced an incredible effect, giving birth to a new attack [Original Combat Reception (original Arts)]

"Bumooo"

The number of attacks was impossible to count, it was more like a continuous stream of an endless stream of attacks. From this attack, even MinoKichi-kun let a groan escape.

Use the [Gravity Control] Aporou increased his own weight, which allowed him to afflict a huge blow to MinoKichi-kun.

" "" "" "" "" "" [?] !!! "

Suddenly he heard the already pressed to the ground MinoKichi-kun's roar and the area was lit by a golden flash. Lightning as usual, it had no effect on the immune Aporou, he still continued his attack.

True flash limited his field of vision for just a moment and the attacks stopped for just a moment. Taking advantage of the only moment when he disappeared from the sight of Aporou, MinoKichi-kun, using only the force of his own muscles jumped. And the spear went missing into the land of the enemy.

Aporou turned his head to the side with incredible force towards the enemy, and activated another ability of red spear's [Red Spear Piercing Army].

As a result, a dozen red copies attacked MinoKichi-kun.

The target of the attack was the legs. The attack was capable of the speed of sound. It is very difficult to dodge attacks directed from the ground. But MinoKichi-kun saw it and his actions were faster.

Once Aporou hit the ground, a 5 meter body leapt to the top of a few tens of meters, and Aporou began to plant mines on the ground under the shadow of MinoKichi-kun.

Aporou observed the attack on MinoKichi-kun.

He could imagine the power of the attack if he took a hit on the forehead, this attack is dangerous even for him.

Naturally he was not planning to fall there.

"Fine"

Controlling a pile of stones beneath his feet with [Control Gravity], Aporou sent them flying towards MinoKichi-kun. His goal was to change the trajectory of his fall. (*towards the mines I assume*)

On approaching the bottom, he reacted very suddenly. Using the shield as a surfboard and deftly balancing on it, he broke through the stone attack from below.

It was difficult to imagine that MinoKichi-kun had such skills, the fact that this is what surprised Aporou was nothing strange.

"MOooooo!"

Under MinoKichi-kun's feet reappeared the shining phantom of the bull, which reinforced by gravity, broke through a hail of stones, sending them towards Aporou standing on the ground. Broken stones, like rain, fell back to earth.

In response towards the rocks, with his thumb, Aporou used golden web. Collecting the falling rocks together in a bun, he accelerated them towards MinoKichi-kun's flank.

MinoKichi-kun's axe cut the gold bundle from the web, but that did nothing against the stones inside. *Once they hit his body, it   marked his alleged crash site.*

"BOOM ~ O ~ O ~ oooooo ?? "

He shouted in frustration and rage.

As if to gather all his rage, MinoKichi-kun spent all his energy falling into the ground, making a real explosion upon landing.

"Fool, think about the consequences."

At the moment of his landing, everything near the earth shook. The shield that had served as a surfboard was embedded into the earth, drawn by the force of gravity and the huge weight on top of it. Feeling the fluctuations in the earth, Aporou moved back.

If any living creature was caught under the shield, it would have been undoubtedly crushed.

But the problems were not over, *and logged on to half the land of the axe.*

Snakes of gold lightning began to come out in all directions, but this was not the end. Like the embodiment of rage, MinoKichi lit the whole battlefield with a huge flash, disappearing into the sky. The power of this attack was so high that from the center of the arena the edge of the flash would have reached their comrades who were watching the battle and could have caused many casualties.

But because most of the flash aimed in their direction had been absorbed by the body of Aporou, it never reached there.

After a couple of seconds the outbreak subsided.

(*"Gehohego but MinoKichi-kun, cool as a slightly head"*)

After being hit by this attack, Aporou had nearly died. *Golden zipper* was not touched, and the damage caused by the flash was healed by [ super fast regeneration ] without becoming a problem.

"It will be a little painful, so be patient"

Aporou was not angry at the pain from the attack, because he was having a fight with MinoKichi-kun an attack like this was quite natural actually.

The reason for his anger was different.

He was angry at the fact that, as a commander MinoKichi had, without thinking, used an attack that could have killed many comrades.

"Oops"

MinoKichi-kun let out a cry, realizing that he had screwed up.

Aporou used [Demonic Look of the Black Demon] and [Power of the Black Demon]. From the corner of his eyes, he could see MinoKichi-kun get up slowly.

He is now almost half way to where his shield fell. Usually, it was easy to get back up, but from the look of Aporou, his body was moving slowly.

With the same speed with which MinoKichi issued this sound, Aporou activated [Giant Hammer] on both hands, and [ smashing blows flesh destroying fist ?] on the silver hand.

After activating a lot of abilities on his hands, Aporou and Minokichi-kun disappeared. They moved with such a high speed, that it wasn't possible to see them with eyes..

Leaving his shield and grabbing his axe with both hands to increase his defense, MinoKichi-kun came under explosive attacks.

A huge fist was defended by MinoKichi, hitting the flank but the idiotic force of the blow easily crushed several ribs.

The left hand struck from the top, the edges weren't *bred?* but it did cause a few fractures. Most of the force of the impact was absorbed by turning his axe, if a man was in his place, he would have simply been squashed.

The final blow that hit his body easily sent MinoKichi-kun flying.

MinoKichi-kun's Body was in the air for a few tens of seconds, spreading blood bone fragments around the area, then he slowly fell somewhere beyond the training field.

How not Look in this state is not something that the fight continue to climb impossible. But MinoKichi-kun stood up as if nothing had happened.

From his wounds when MinoKichi-kun kun fell, lightning flashed for a few seconds but they were delayed, broken teeth almost immediately grew back and broken bones back into place.

The incredible recovery speed of the Minotaur, this force rivalled the regeneration levels of Aporou.

Just a few tens of seconds and Minokichi-kun had returned to the training ground and was standing clutching an axe.

"I'm still willing to keep you company," Minokichi-kun said with a smile.


 * "It's natural,"* replied Aporou with a smile.

Again the red spear and the axe lowered, creating blast waves.

These waves are like random artillery fire, tearing the land until its pieces were flying high in the air.

The two demon's fight had just begun.

Sounds of the collision of axes and spears spread throughout the great forest.

He became surprisingly strong.

After his return, he fought all day with Minokichi-kun and only stopped when the stars appeared in the sky. From his full strength, the column around the "External Training Field" was destroyed.


 * The night sky was now fine. I felt sad for the little battles in space.*