The clown, Burum Rohal Ga who devours corruption, twisted his face. Intoxicated by the power recovered in the chaos, he had momentarily forgotten that Osian was the greatest danger to him.
It was largely because his attention had been focused on the other insects who were desperately struggling. But now, Osian has returned to the battlefield.
Burum Rohal Ga felt the unprecedented power emanating from Osian. Even though it was an avatar body, it was a power that made even the main body shiver—a power whose end could not be fathomed.
Burum Rohal Ga concentrated all his nerves on Osian. He couldn't let even a single thread of perception slip away from this fellow. The moment he did, this one would slip through the gap and thrust a sword into his throat.
But the more Burum Rohal Ga concentrated his senses on Osian, the more he felt an indescribable strange feeling. A feeling that hurt his eyes and stung his skin the more he looked, disturbing all his senses.
It was because of the brilliant light that Osian was emitting.
Sun, moon, and stars. The aggregate of the sun, moon, and stars.
That light symbolized hope. Just look at it now. The convulsions of people who had been paralyzed with fear stopped. Their gazes were fixed as if entranced by Osian's light.
The confusion subsided. That, conversely, meant that Burum Rohal Ga's power was diminishing. Just by glowing quietly, he exerted tremendous influence on his surroundings. It was similar to the erosion of outer gods.
Craaack.
The clown's mouth, which had been made only of drawings, tore open lengthily. The front of the airship split open. It looked like a snake opening its mouth to swallow prey.
The difference was that it was for the purpose of spitting out, not swallowing.
Kuwaaaaa!
As if vomiting everything inside, enormous vomit spewed from the clown's mouth. It was Ultima's weapons that had been eroded by the clown's power.
Armor-piercing shells, aerial bombs, high explosives, magic bullets, capsules. All the weapons loaded on Ultima to erase one sector had been transformed by 'erosion.'
All those weapons transformed by erosion had been modified to be ridiculous and bizarre to match the clown's taste. They were toys.
Buzzzz.
Propellers spun making the sound of insect wings. Countless bombs rode the propellers and rushed toward Osian.
Kekekekekek! The bombs had mouths attached. They were structured to fly at their targets, bite and tear, then detonate their built-in explosives.
The bombs weren't just that.
Choo! Chooooo!
Some bombs that fell to the ground emitted intense steam. And toy trains ran without rails. Like thousands of snakes moving in unison, toy trains rushed along the ground toward Osian.
Toy boxes tumbled down from the sky. The lever on the side of the box turned, and grotesquely made-up clown heads popped out with springs from inside. The clowns in the jack-in-the-boxes grinned wickedly.
In addition, marionettes and toy robots joined in. They were all toys that high explosives had been transformed into through erosion.
All of them rushed toward Osian alone. Looking at the sky and ground, there was no space to escape.
Osian watched this scene quietly, then drew his swords.
In one hand the Starlight Sword and in the other the Sun Ring Sword. Stars and sun, the two lights interlocked and rotated, drawing a beautiful sword dance.
[Stellar Solar Rotation Sky]
Two gears meshed together, drawing an infinity line reminiscent of infinity.
Power caused the phenomenon of explosion. The explosion contained light, and the light contained power. Light encompassing heaven and earth swallowed all of Burum Rohal Ga's dolls.
It was firepower that could erase one sector. Moreover, it was weaponry with erosion added to existing bombs but that weaponry which could erase a region was annihilated by a single being.
The clown gritted his teeth. He tried to act strong, but his spine chilled again.
It was different from when he had seen him before. This time he had clearly thought it would be worth trying, but that was his mistake. Osian's true power wasn't just something like Starlight or Run Ring.
Even Burum Rohal Ga hadn't expected that he would mix those two into one. And the result was much stronger than he had imagined.
Burum Rohal Ga felt himself being overwhelmed without knowing it. He was an outer god. He regarded humans as beings worse than insects and was an existence that received the reverence of all life forms.
But Burum Rohal Ga was not at the pinnacle of the world. He had ultimately bowed to the Star Devourer and gone under him. It wasn't that the Star Devourer had called him. He had bowed his head himself to survive. It was a cowardly choice for survival.
Through that he had survived, but Burum Rohal Ga always had the memory of that time remaining like a lump. The humiliating day of bowing his head to another being.
He never wanted to feel that humiliation again. He thought such a thing would never happen again. But now, the nightmare of that day was trying to resurface again.
The human before his eyes, Osian, was a being of different caliber. He wasn't the kind of human he could look down on and dismiss. He already possessed transcendent power and had the qualifications for ascension, and was a being who would pioneer the future of the world.
That brilliant light stood at the opposite pole from the Star Devourer who returns all of the world to nothingness.
Burum Rohal Ga widened his eyes.
That couldn't be. There couldn't be another being equal to that monster in this world. Especially not in a place full of such lowly humans.
Though Burum Rohal Ga wasn't bound by the laws of fate, at this moment he had to seriously consider that thing called fate's tricks.
But the reality that had already unfolded couldn't be taken back.
Ultima, eroded by Burum Rohal Ga, bared its fangs at Osian. Sharrrrr!
The rails that had been connected to units 2 and 3 changed targets. Rails shot toward Osian like tentacles, and roller coaster cars rushed along them.
Osian watched this and made changes to his swords.
In his right hand the Moonlight Blade and in his left hand the Sun Ring Sword.
[Lunar Solar White Blue Wave]
Beautiful blue-white waves spread in beautiful spherical patterns.
There was no sound. The rails and roller coaster that touched the Lunar Solar White Blue Wave instantly turned to powder and disappeared. Not stopping there, the power of Moon Scar and Sun Wheel swept even the completely eroded Ultima Unit 1 like a wave.
When the wave imbued with mystical power swept past, Burum Rohal Ga screamed.
Conversely, the screams subsided in Ultima Units 2 and 3 where erosion had been progressing.
"Wh-what is this?"
"The erosion has stopped. No, it's even being purified."
Units 2 and 3 had been rapidly spreading with erosion. The soldiers inside desperately fought back, but there was no way to counter erosion in an unprepared state.
If just a little more time had passed like this, Ultima Units 2 and 3 would have also fallen into the clown's hands but that plan completely fizzled out thanks to Osian's intervention.
Osian's attack didn't stop there.
Sun Ring and Moon Scar. The power of fire and ice faded and what replaced them was Starlight and Moon Scar. Stars and moon. The two powers harmonized and merged into one.
[Wish Power Star Mist Sword]
The power of starlight spread small, thin, and far like fragments of Moon Scar's crystals. As it became countless fragments beautifully embroidering the void, it was truly a Milky Way spread on earth.
That Milky Way flowed with tremendous power. Burum Rohal Ga was startled and tried to evade. But no matter how high Ultima Unit 1's output was, it couldn't avoid Osian's attack that encompassed a wide range.
Kuwaaaaaaa!
Beautiful masses of blue-white light swallowed Burum Rohal Ga. Burum Rohal Ga raised the power of erosion and his own energy to try to counter Osian's power.
Techniques that were only wide in range usually had their power considerably reduced anyway.
Burum Rohal Ga's judgment wasn't wrong.
It's just that Osian's power was much greater than imagined.
Sizzzzle!
The airship began to be cut away from the outside at high speed. Even concentrating on defense and curling up his body was useless. Like a huge boulder becoming a pebble in rapid currents, Ultima Unit 1 began to shrink rapidly.
If it had been an ordinary airship, it should have already been shot down with an explosion, but the eroded Ultima was different. That had already become one body with Burum Rohal Ga and was no different from a living creature.
But that living creature was now being cut away by the enormous mass of light. The pain was beyond imagination. Even if his body's extremities were sliced with a blade at each thin joint, it wouldn't be this much.
Burum Rohal Ga screamed. It was a shock great enough to affect even the outer god's deep and vast mind. Even that scream was swallowed by the Wish Power Star Mist Sword and didn't spread outside.
"Wow."
"My goodness."
The people gathered on the ground could see that spectacle.
The Milky Way that started from the ground soared toward the sky and soon, teared even the night sky's clouds and embroidered beautiful light on the pure black canvas.
"Beautiful."
Even Greta who had been fleeing watched that spectacle with her siblings.
Due to pollution and smog, Tirna could no longer see the stars. No matter how beautifully they were drawn in pictures, that beauty never reached them directly through their skin.
They thought it was like that now and would be like that in the future too.
But now, a miracle they thought they could never see even if they lived their whole lives was unfolding.
Light rising from the ground embroiders the sky. That was the light that the sky should originally have. The light that had fallen to earth was finding its original place again.
Those masses of light could be seen by the people of District 45 too. Even criminals and gang members who had only been intoxicated by drugs couldn't close their gaping mouths at the light embroidering the sky.
"Master Successor."
Asmer muttered in a voice soaked with emotion.
"Oh my goodness."
Grace, who had been slowly retreating with Aaron, also saw that spectacle. It was so beautiful that Aaron reduced his flight speed even without being told.
"I should have come with the other siblings so that they could also see this beautiful spectacle."
"I have no choice but to agree with you this time."
Aaron also honestly agreed. The sight of the Milky Way rising from the ground touching the sky wasn't something you could commonly see anywhere.
Grace's gaze became calm.
"With this, there's no need for us to help anymore. Aaron. Let's go back now. We've been sufficiently repaid for our help by seeing that beautiful spectacle."
Aaron nodded and accelerated his flight speed.
The massive warship eroded by Burum Rohal Ga had changed so miserably that it was hard to find traces of its original form. Its size had shrunk to one-third, and even the remaining parts were torn to shreds and ruthlessly destroyed.
Red liquid reminiscent of blood dripped through the broken gaps, and inside the torn airbag exterior, wrinkled flesh resembling a brain pulsed faintly.
Considering that the ship's front had been the clown's face, it was no different from a skull being cracked and brain matter flowing out.
Burum Rohal Ga gasped for breath. The power he had somehow recovered was instantly exhausted.
And that with just 2 attacks! Especially the impact of the Wish Power Star Mist Sword that Osian had unleashed at the end was great.
Wide-range attacks usually having low power was common sense, but Osian's attack wasn't like that. Countless star clusters like sharp blades tore through Burum Rohal Ga's body, cutting flesh and burning bones.
Power. More power was needed.
KABOOM!
But Burum Rohal Ga's thoughts couldn't continue long. It was because of the flames spewed by Ultima Units 2 and 3.
Ultima 2 and 3, which had escaped erosion with Osian's help and gained a safe distance, spewed fire toward the ship that had once been Unit 1.
A grand explosion occurred, part of the exposed brain burst, and the skeleton composing the body collapsed. Burum Rohal Ga had become weak enough to be affected by the shells Ultima fired.
Burum Rohal Ga thought this wouldn't do. His survival-specialized instincts were crying out.
He might die if he stayed like this.
Burum Rohal Ga tried to make an escape. But Osian already knew what this fellow was aiming for.
"Trying to run away again."
Unlike with Rose, Burum Rohal Ga had become seriously weakened. He was truly like a candle before a storm. That said, he had no intention of being careless and letting the fellow escape.
Osian merged the two swords in his hands into one.
The three emblems floating behind his back rotated rapidly.
Starlight, Moon Scar and Sun Ring, the three powers achieved balance and harmonized beautifully.
[Sky-Piercing Light Sword]
The noblest sword of heaven was completed. Burum Rohal Ga was paralyzed with fear. The outer god who should devour fear was instead consumed by it.
Toward Burum Rohal Ga, who was trying to flee as much as possible to survive, Osian's judgment fell.
A massive pillar of light soared toward the sky then it fell down, splitting Burum Rohal Ga vertically from the crown of his head.