Kays Translations
Just another Isekai Lover~
Chapter 120: Contract
The entity that was the Fairy King spread its wings and hovered.
Even in the vast space of the tower, it seemed cramped, as it twisted its body.
Its body, made of red light, became even more radiant.
Its presence increased like a first-magnitude star shining before dawn.
It could only be called a serpent-dragon, exuding intense solemnity and severity.
“It’s magic power is still rising. Is there no limit?”
Lucius’s right hand trembled slightly.
He gripped it tightly, as if to suppress the trembling.
—There’s no other choice. I must overcome this.
Lucius firmly fixed his gaze on the left and right eyes of the serpent-dragon.
In response, the central third eye of the serpent-dragon, which had been closed, slowly opened.
It was an eye with a red gleam like a gem.
“…It’s coming.”
A thunderous roar.
The serpent-dragon flapped its twelve wings once.
A tremendous sound, unlike the flapping of wings, reverberated.
As if riding on the sound, red light surged forth.
A gigantic meteor.
It felt as if it was flying straight towards him.
A direct hit would mean certain death.
Evaporation.
Not a single fragment of bone would remain.
Through the core of the White Eye Monster, it was clear that Chi You was prepared for self-sacrifice.
It’s impossible. I want to run. I don’t want to die.
Primitive emotions flooded his mind.
This instinct acquired during the process of evolution was correct. That’s why it still resounded in his chest.
But…
He should have experienced death already.
Not once, but twice.
—Overcome it!!
Lucius denied his instincts.
“Evil Dragon!”
As Lucius commanded, the Evil Dragon unleashed its full-force breath from behind.
Red and black lines mixed together.
The clash of power.
A shockwave swept through the surroundings, causing the magma to evaporate due to the released residual heat.
“…Is it no use?”
It wouldn’t stop.
Like a mountain stream pushing upstream, the red serpent-dragon advanced, pushing back the Evil Dragon’s breath.
The Evil Dragon’s breath ran out.
From the shimmering space of the heat haze, the red serpent-dragon appeared.
—Not a single scratch.
Lucius’s and the Evil Dragon’s gazes met.
The Evil Dragon sensed his intention and quickly stepped back.
A shield suddenly appeared in front of the advancing serpent-dragon.
—Remote Control Ability.
He had become so proficient in it over the four years in the spiritual world.
Now, he could activate spells from a distant place as easily as breathing.
The shield clashed with the red serpent-dragon.
And the shield shattered.
The shield, which had protected Lucius many times before, shattered like glass.
It was only slightly lessened in momentum.
“Futile.”
Ignoring the Fairy King’s words, Lucius immediately generated a new shield.
—Remote Control Ability.
The shield clashed with the red serpent-dragon, and the shield shattered.
—Remote Control Ability.
The shield clashed with the red serpent-dragon, and the shield shattered.
—Remote Control Ability.
The shield clashed with the red serpent-dragon, and the shield shattered.
Despite closing the distance, the destructive power of the red serpent-dragon showed no signs of diminishing in the slightest.
An immense mass of magic power.
The embodiment of death drew near.
“Even now… you’re just… a mere human.”
Also, the head of the snake dragon, a few pieces of the fangs of death will arrive in a few minutes.
Yet Lucius continued to stare straight at the red serpent-dragon.
“No, it’s exactly as planned.”
Behind Lucius.
In front of the central neck of the Evil Dragon, a sphere of darkness floated.
It was a concentrated mass of power, using every last ounce of strength.
The left and right necks restrained the outburst, making creaking sounds.
Lucius raised his left hand.
In front of the Evil Dragon, about ten spheres of black floated.
These were Lucius’s spells.
The blacks were arranged in a circle.
“I’m betting on this.”
In response to Lucius’s words, the Evil Dragon released the accumulated black breath.
He unleashed it.
The black sphere released by the Evil Dragon passed through the circular pressure black created by Lucius.
The pressure blacks repelled each other while attracting.
As a result, the pressure black’s breath rotated rapidly.
It shrank infinitely, drawing a spiral of negativity.
This was an application of the repulsion and attraction ability.
His father Robel had used the repulsion of spells to create a tornado.
Lucius had turned the pressure black’s breath into a rotating tornado.
The red serpent-dragon smiled.
It seemed intent on crushing him head-on.
But the pressure black’s breath didn’t touch the red light.
It passed right by.
“………….”
Changes appeared immediately.
The straight path of the red serpent-dragon began to deviate gradually.
No, it was being pulled in.
Toward the rotating black breath.
The red serpent-dragon struggled desperately, shining its body.
At that moment, flames danced around the serpent-dragon.
“Thinly spread flames…?”
—Application of Expansion and Contraction.
The flames breath, previously scattered thinly by the Evil Dragon, were suddenly compressed.
Then, flames were pushed out from the side of the red serpent-dragon—towards the rapidly rotating pressure black breath.
The red serpent-dragon approached menacingly.
“Not yet!”
Lucius manipulated magic, and countless magic spears were drawn to the flames, piercing the spot where the flames surged.
These were magic spears duplicated in advance when they pierced the bodies of the tower masters.
During the four years in the spiritual world, Lucius had used the repulsion and attraction ability the most.
Manipulating magic power and spells to attract or repel had a wide range of applications.
Numerous magic spears protruded from the red serpent-dragon’s body as if sprouting from within.
While many magic spears were torn apart by the violence of light, the spears that pierced the ground slightly slowed it down.
The red serpent-dragon approached closely.
Lucius raised a shield of defense magic.
And he infused as much magic power as possible into the shield.
—Steel Armor Ability.
The shield, charged with all available magic power, made contact with the red light.
“Guhhh!!!”
In an instant, cracks appeared.
The destructive power was nothing short of annihilation.
He felt an intense heat.
Whether it was heat, magic power, or his nerves overstimulated, he couldn’t tell.
One thing was clear.
If he failed, he would die.
Naturally, it wasn’t just about himself.
Family, friends, comrades. And loved ones.
All of them.
Despite the pain coursing through his entire body, Lucius continued to push magic power.
The pain that surged through him turned into a nosebleed.
“This isn’t enough! The pain back then was…!”
He leaped up with all his might, deflecting the spiral breath.
The violence of the red light passed by.
And the red serpent-dragon collided with the wall of the tower.
Explosion.
After it passed, the earth lay deeply, deeply torn.
And then, a fierce wind blew.
As Lucius emitted smoke from his whole body, he turned around.
—There was a hole in the tower wall.
A huge hole in the tower made of indestructible material.
And beyond the hole was the red glowing serpent-dragon.
Floating in the sky outside the tower, it stared at Lucius with its three eyes.
Lucius released the manifestation of Chiyou and the Evil Dragon as if at his limit, wiping away the blood that had dripped from his nose with his clothes.
“I endured. Not a single step moved.”
In the end, it was only a slight delay for one person.
Although the magic spears had pierced, the red serpent-dragon had already sustained no injuries, so it might be an exaggeration to say he had endured.
But.
“I’m alive.”
The red glowing serpent-dragon said nothing.
It continued to stare at Lucius silently.
Lucius extended his right hand, adorned with the “Shackles of the gun monster,” forward. As if inviting.
The form of the serpent-dragon contracted, once again taking the form of the Fairy King with twelve wings.
And then, it approached and touched the chain hanging from the “Shackles of the gun monster.”
Instantly, a vast amount of magic power flowed into his right hand. It felt as if he was forcibly cramming a huge entity into Lucius’s magic core.
“It hurts!!!”
The injection of magic power was like a raging torrent.
A sensation as if the magic core was bursting from within.
Unable to contain the massive entity flowing into the gun magic core.
What was necessary for the contract was compatibility and a balance of magical power.
And the balance of magic power was far from hopeless.
The scales with a small stone and a large rock would never be level.
—Is it impossible, after coming this far?
“Master… I’ll help…”
The puppet Sol placed its hand on Lucius’s right arm.
Sol’s expression clouded as she absorbed the overflowing magic power, channeling it into the fake-core.
It was evident that the fake-core was screaming.
—The Fairy King’s magic stone…
Perhaps it was because Sol was moving as an entity with the Fairy King’s own magic stone as its core.
It controlled the flowing magic power.
And when the vast magic power slackened slightly, Lucius understood.
The wish of the red glowing serpent-dragon.
“Reject the fate of constant humiliation…”
—Ah, the compatibility is good.
For the first time, they were in agreement.
Their thoughts. Their wishes.
They would deny any fate other than destruction, no matter how much pain they had to endure.
Lucius’s magic power and the red glowing serpent-dragon’s magic power intertwined.
They were two things that were now mixed together, never to be separated again.
Within the gun magic core was an overwhelming presence.
The contract was complete.
At the same time, the false-core, which had absorbed too much magic power, stopped, and Sol collapsed as if the strings had been cut.
Lucius caught Sol with his right hand.
It was probably something like temporary overheating.
“Fairy King… What’s your real name?”
“…”
“Fairy King?”
“Lucifer, Samael, Satan. Call me whatever you like. A name is unnecessary for the one and only me.”
“Lucifer, the Morning Star… That’s similar to me. So, should I call you Samael?”
Samael didn’t respond.
Perhaps it truly had no interest in names.
But there seemed to be a slight sense of discomfort.
—Perhaps it’s because someday, we’ll…
It was a being that lived as a half of another. There was no rush.
Anyway, there was a lot to do.
He had to move on to the next thing.
With Sol in his arms, as he turned back, he felt magic power.
The tower masters, six of them.
“There were still some left?”
It seemed like they were confused.
They probably hadn’t expected their master to become a human vessel.
“Return to your respective places.”
When Lucius waved his hand, they all disappeared in an instant.
—Did I drop something?
Turning Sol, who had stopped functioning, sideways on the ground, he approached the place where the tower masters had disappeared.
Where the tower owners had been, there were enormous black, red, indigo, blue, brown, and yellow magic stones.
They were so large that he couldn’t hold them with both hands alone.
The fairy king had probably summoned the tower masters through these magic stones.
“So, this is the ‘Heart of the Tower Masters.’ With six of these, it should be enough, right, Melania?”
Shouting loudly, Lucius waved his hand.
There was a group of Kyrgz people standing frozen near the wall.
“……”
Old and young, men and women, all widened their eyes as much as possible, staring at Lucius, seemingly forgetting to blink.
Melania was the same.
“Melania?”
“Yes, yes!?”
“You said before, didn’t you? If you have the ‘Heart of the Tower Master,’ you can leave the tower. You should come to my domain. Now we know that you can have both familiars and puppets. If there are six, it should last quite a while, right?”
“Uh, yes. Huh? Wha…?”
Her vocabulary had died.
“We also have a lot of excess false-cores, so everyone can have a second one, and with this—”
When Lucius tried to approach the Kygrz people, a magic circle lit up.
From within it emerged a big man wearing worn-out leather armor.
He was a “Hunter.”