A wind of incredible vigour began swirling with Shiva and I at its centre.
Of course, it was something that he had made with his Wind God power.
(Now that I have learned that you are Entropy, I can’t go easy on you. I will be going all out to defeat you!) (Quasar)
The wind encircling us was letting out a howling sound and was annoying my ears.
But with this much noise, our voices are also erased, and it won’t reach Karen-san and the others who are spectating on the outside.
“Wind God Quasar, it is true that I didn’t properly understand you.” (Haine)
You, who I thought had the weakest presence within the four Base Elements, held such tenacity.
“In that case, I as one of the six Gods of Creation will accept your challenge. Those 1,600 years you say you have accumulated, throw them at me. But my dark matter is not half-baked, you know?” (Haine)
Dark matter gushes out from both of my arms.
That was practically like black smoke, but in this ring where a storm is raging, it wasn’t dispersing like smoke against the violent wind.
It is because it is dark matter after all.
A destructive matter that erases all four basic elements. It was natural for it to not be blown by the wind and still maintained together.
“I don’t know how much effort you have put since the time you became human, but the affinities between divine powers is absolute. Especially the affinity between my darkness and you four Base Elements. Now, how will you be overturning that natural order of things?” (Haine)
The Wind God grinned with his human vessel.
“Wind Twin Guns, Fuuma Koutarou.” (Shiva)
That weapon again huh.
Shooting compressed air from the hole of its cylinder, it is a weapon that pierces the targeted enemy. But those bullets should have already proven that they can’t stand against my dark matter barrier.
One breath faster than the guns pointing at me, I wave both hands to the side and set a dark matter barrier.
Now then, with this, you shouldn’t be able to harm me, Quasar.
“[Crumble]” (Shiva)
I could tell that the trigger of the gun had been pulled.
At the same time as this happened, my body was blown away.
“Guuugh?!” (Haine)
A dreadful impact as if I had been punched through my whole body.
Both of my legs parted from the floor, and I was blown away with good momentum.
“What?! What happened?!” (Haine)
I couldn’t tell at all.
The dark matter shield was covering everything with no gaps. There should have been no openings for even a needle to pass through. Are you saying he went through that and was able to hit me?!
“It is exactly because you are strong that there are many things you overlook.” (Quasar)
Quasar—Shiva was slowly walking towards me.
“What is it I rule over? Just what is the name of the church I govern? It looks like you have completely forgotten that.” (Shiva)
“What are you saying? You are the Wind God, and the Wind Founder, right? And while at it, you are also the wind hero.” (Haine)
“True. But you haven’t fully comprehended wind. It is because an absolute strong individual is able to do everything with just one power, that it only sees all things in one dimension. They don’t try to learn about it deeper. That’s the opening that the weak can use.” (Shiva)
Are you greedy or modest? Settle on one please.
“Wind is air. And air exists anywhere in the world. You simply can’t see it. It exists right in front of us, and it is in constant touch with us. At your hands, legs, face; at all your body.” (Shiva)
“?!!”
“I can freely control that air with my divine power. You are already touching that air. That’s equal to already being in contact with me. No matter what firm barrier you have with no gaps, it won’t change.” (Shiva)
“In other words, that attack just now was—?!” (Haine)
“I explained it before, right? This weapon called gun, by detonating the air that has been compressed in the chambers of it, it is able to shoot them as bullets. But this is a Wind God divine tool. By controlling the divine power, I am able to expand the gunpowder reaction towards the outside as well. Even the air that you are in contact with right now.” (Shiva)
“That means…!” (Haine)
My surroundings have completely turned into this thing called gunpowder, and by pulling the trigger, it explodes.
That was the identity of the attack just now?!
“Wind Twin Guns’ technique, dispersion of matter ‘Crumble’. The one just now was just a simplified explanation though. It is actually quite the advanced technique.” (Shiva)
“Thanks for the kind explanation. But is it okay to be blabbering about your technique?” (Haine)
“If you know what brought you to your defeat, the sense of defeat will be more deeply edged. The way of thinking that the more information one has, the more the advantage they hold, is something that only the weakest among the weakest possess.” (Shiva)
“Is that something the Founder of the secretive church is supposed to say?!” (Haine)
I rush towards Shiva.
As long as he has that technique called ‘Crumble’, it is in a state where he is always in contact with me via the air.
He is able to deal attacks at point-blank.
All barriers are pointless, probably as long as I don’t completely cut off the air between him and me.
In that case, being far away will simply be disadvantageous for me.
I will close the distance and force it into close combat!
“…Is what you would think.” (Shiva)
Shiva easily allowed my approach.
A fierce exchange of punches and kicks began.
“Hoh~, quite the sharp moves you have there. Where did you learn that way of moving your body?” (Shiva)
“From my father, or should I say, the forest and my father?” (Haine)
“Ha, no wonder your moves are sharp, yet unpolished. Dark God Entropy, just a while ago, you asked why I incarnated as a human, but you as well, why is it that you incarnated as a human?” (Shiva)
Both my hands and legs were already releasing dark matter, so just by grazing Shiva, it would stick onto his body, and would eat away on his divine power.
Once that happens, he would be defenseless and won’t be able to do anything. Once that happens, it will be my win.
That’s all I have to do, and yet…
“There’s not even a need to ask. We are talking about you, a God that caused a battle of Gods with the simple reason of ‘loving humans’. You probably just purely wanted to try being a human. Your views are already simplistic. Because you were an absolute power, it in turn also made you unable to see things deeply. That’s why you didn’t notice the possibilities of possessing a human body.” (Shiva)
With his hand still holding his gun, Shiva grabbed my wrist and pulled me.
I tried to resist, but for some mysterious reason, I couldn’t bring out strength, and my balance crumbles.
“What pathetic moves. Your center of gravity is totally visible!” (Shiva)
The other hand of Shiva strikes my chin at lightning speed with the gun barrel.
A gun is a lump of metal. Using it as a blunt weapon gives decent amount of damage.
“Wind Twin Guns’ technique, first form. The many moves that can be made in close quarters combat is what makes the twin guns truly shine.” (Shiva)
“Gugh, Quasar…you—!!” (Haine)
I am being overwhelmed in close combat too.
And what is deciding it is the level of technique. Quasar in that human body has polished the way of using his body in leaps and bounds better than I do.
“6 internal organs, spread to 12 meridians, 15 collaterals, and reaches to the 660 openings – what passes through is ki blood. Different from the ki in the atmosphere, the one filling the body is ki blood. In other words, the total of 114 meridians in your body become the path for the wind to pass. Knowing that important point, and being able to freely control it, you can become wind itself.” (Quasar) <I honestly just did some light research and everything was chinese, so I might be wrong here.>
That is…
“That is the essential point of our wind martial art that my Wind Church has taken centuries to polish. Dark God Entropy, it is true that defeating you purely with divine power would be impossible no matter how many hundred millions of days I pile up. That’s why I endured the shame, and decided on gaining a different power. Even the human power…that you loved so much and went so far to protect that you even tainted the superiority of the strongest God.” (Quasar)