newbobooks #387 - Playing and throwing sand
#387 - Playing and throwing sand
No matter the time, Yunyun always believed in one principle.
—Fight magic with magic.
Since Archbishop of Greed kept emphasizing his rights and demanding equality, Yunyun would use the same tactics against him, even more skillfully.
Relying on her sharp tongue, Yunyun, transformed into a verbal combat king, angered Archbishop of Greed with just a few words.
Although Archbishop of Lust was full of lewd remarks, her assessment of Archbishop of Greed was accurate. This guy always remained childish and arrogant, no different from an immature child.
“You bastard—”
“I'll freaking explode!”
Facing the furiously rushing Archbishop of Greed, Yunyun used Cherry Bomb without hesitation. Instantly, the world lost its sound, and a red light, accompanied by a shockwave, struck the cathedral.
“Oh, oh, oh—”
Natsuki Subaru tightly grabbed Emilia's arm, and both were blown backward by the gale, slamming hard into the cathedral's door pillar before falling to the ground.
“Subaru, are you alright?”
“I'm fine…cough, cough, cough.”
In the heat of the moment, Emilia created a magical barrier, but it was still a bit too much for Natsuki Subaru's small arms and legs.
“I think I said the same thing before…”
The cathedral had already lost its original appearance. The once solemn altar and murals at the front of the building had disappeared without a trace, connecting with the cityscape of Priestella at night.
The cathedral became incredibly drafty.
“That's an exaggeration, you idiot!”
Recalling when facing the Bowel Hunter in the royal capital, Yunyun also used this move to flatten the back mountain of the slum. This time, the power was much less, probably because she felt there were others present, so she didn't go all-out.
“Yunyun, don't you care about those people's lives?”
“Could it be that Subaru, you're the kind of person who cares a lot about beautiful women? It's better not to compare like that, Emilia will be jealous.”
“I forgot!”
Mentioning other girls in front of his girlfriend was a big no-no, and Natsuki Subaru could be said to have stepped on a landmine just now. However, the half-elf girl, who was disloyal to Archbishop of Greed, was incredibly tolerant of Natsuki Subaru.
“You should be concerned about those girls at a time like this.”
“Emilia, you're truly an angel!…That's right, Yunyun, you should restrain yourself a bit.”
“I don't need you to tell me.”
Before coming, Anastasia had pessimistically said that there was a high probability that sacrifices would occur to some extent during this subjugation of the Sin Archbishops, so they should be prepared and not hesitate when that moment arrived.
But the premise was that she was talking about them, not the girls kidnapped by Archbishop of Greed.
“I say—”
The cathedral wall collapsed, and Archbishop of Greed, standing on the rubble, looked down at the three. He straightened the front of his white robe, smoothed out his perfectly ironed jacket, patted his trousers, which were the same as his coat, and elegantly adjusted his bangs, his attitude indifferent.
“You're having fun after doing something so outrageous to me? Is there no limit to your lack of humanity? Or are you saying that you think my outrage is no different from stepping on a bug? Tell me, what is it!?”
Even after taking an explosion, his pure white outfit was spotless.
“Authority, huh…”
“You're not completely stupid, you can even understand my power.”
Archbishop of Greed first twisted his face in displeasure, glaring at Yunyun. Then, as if to show off his clothes, he stood proudly, puffing out his chest and introducing himself.
“I am Regulus Corneas, Archbishop of Greed of the Witch Cult, the most easily satisfied and most fulfilled man in this world. Remember well, you imperfect beings.”
“…All you guys are good at is self-introductions, did you receive employee training or something?”
Responding to him was Natsuki Subaru's extremely sarcastic venom.
“Subaru, your killing power is quite sufficient too.”
“I learned from you, Yunyun!”
He seemed quite proud?
But it was indeed the case. Sloth, Wrath, Lust, Gluttony, and now Greed, Natsuki Subaru could say he had encountered all the Sin Archbishops.
And even though these guys each had their own problems, their self-introductions were all very smooth.
“Witch Cult, Archbishop of Greed…”
Emilia lightly tapped her lips, pondering, “Um, Regulus, have we met somewhere before?”
“Huh? Out of nowhere? I don't know. Why, are you only now starting to regret our encounter? Don't give me that! It's rare for you to be so cute but fickle, I—Puh-ha!”
“You're so noisy, you annoying pest!”
Natsuki Subaru didn't hold back against Archbishop of Greed, who was disparaging Emilia, but even though his whip landed squarely on the other's face, besides causing him to turn his head, it didn't cause any damage.
“Just now, you have set your own death date, next I will…”
“Where do you think you're going?”
Provoked, Archbishop of Greed leaped up, about to pounce on Natsuki Subaru and Emilia, but Yunyun grabbed his ankle, then slammed him left and right, causing the cathedral floor to crack from the impact.
The sounds of thuds and the intense tremors made everyone present feel the power.
“Wah—!”
“Subaru?”
“Sorry, I accidentally seemed to see some green giant, slamming a conceited brat.”
“Subaru, Yunyun isn't a green giant.”
“Is that an indirect admission that Regulus is a conceited brat? Nice retort, Emilia! But—”
In the gap where the battlefield was constantly expanding, the man trying to steal the bride pulled the bride in the dress and ran towards the cathedral's audience seats.
“There's no time, we still have work to do. We need to find the key to that guy's invincibility.”
“Yes, I understand!”
Emilia responded. Yunyun nodded in satisfaction upon seeing Natsuki Subaru properly executing the agreed-upon plan. Archbishop of Greed seized this opportunity, forcibly controlling his weightless body, grabbed Yunyun's arm, and tried to break it.
But Yunyun, rolling her eyes, kicked him away, causing him to crash through the wall behind the cathedral's altar and fall into the empty street.
An ordinary person would probably have died on the spot, but for the invincible Archbishop of Greed, he wouldn't be injured at all.
Jumping out of the cathedral through the broken hole, Yunyun was greeted by a tiny grain of sand, almost invisible in the dim streets, but the oncoming wind made Yunyun subconsciously turn her head.
Tzz—
The sand emitted a sharp whistling sound as it brushed past his ear, deeply embedding itself in the cathedral wall, followed by a cracking sound, and then the wall began to crumble.
Yunyun didn't turn around, but looked at Archbishop of Greed, who was climbing up from the ground with a fierce look.
“I say—”
Opening his mouth, he was acting like the old Archbishop of Greed.
“Playing games and throwing sand. What, is this your friendly interaction? Doing this at this age, there's a limit to childishness, or are you actually just a child?”
“Annoying, annoying, annoying—”
In the darkening streets, Archbishop of Greed roared like a child throwing a tantrum.
He casually waved his hand, tearing up the road and collapsing buildings. The destruction escalated, spreading like an explosion, and the beautiful streetscape rapidly disappeared.
This guy's violence was unbridled, completely disregarding others. He kept saying he hated being ignored and denied his rights, yet he himself was the one who most disregarded the rights of others.
Sand filled the sky, rushing towards Yunyun.
A green orb floated around Yunyun, unable to deflect or blow away the sand, only barely able to shift its trajectory.
But that was enough. Seizing the opportunity, Yunyun stepped lightly and rushed towards the frenzied Archbishop of Greed with his twin swords. Archbishop of Greed raised both hands, one vertical and one horizontal, and swung them at Yunyun simultaneously, the vertical and horizontal forces attacking at the same time.
Close combat favored the more skilled Yunyun, but against overwhelming power, skill didn't have much room to play.
Facing the invisible attacks, Yunyun's eyes shone as he carefully observed the air currents, and then continuously dodged in bizarre but graceful postures, wielding the black light sword in his hand, slashing upwards at Archbishop of Greed's body, the beautiful trajectory knocking his body into the air.
Then he added a kick.
Looking at the black light sword in his hand, there was no feeling of hitting, probably because it was blocked at a distance of less than 30 centimeters.
Yunyun had taken it for granted.
The Dark Light Sword could sever blessings, and he thought it could smoothly sever Archbishop of Greed's authority, but now it seemed it couldn't.
Was there no way to cut the authority?
No, it was probably because it was being protected.
Without being able to cut the main body, the Dark Light Sword couldn't cut the authority. But to cut the main body, one had to break the authority. Unexpectedly, it had become a dead cycle.
Archbishop of Greed was also having a headache.
“Damn it, always moving around!”
Screams echoed through the Priestella as the sun set. Archbishop of Greed swung his hands downwards, still throwing sand.
From the start of the battle, all he had done was pick up the sand under his feet and throw it. Being sarcastically called a child who throws sand when he can't play was simply the truth.
But just as different people wielded swords with different effects, the sand, which should only have the effect of blinding eyes, turned into terrifying buckshot when thrown by Archbishop of Greed.
But it was ineffective against Yunyun.
For Yunyun, whose combat intuition was exaggeratedly sensitive to auras, Archbishop of Greed was no different from an amateur, no, even worse than an amateur, he couldn't do anything, he could only throw sand around aimlessly in impotent rage.
Frustrated and exasperated, Archbishop of Greed roared at the approaching Yunyun: “You! What the hell are you—!”
“Crimson Demon, Yunyun.”
Stepping on his face, the powerful impact caused Archbishop of Greed to fall with a thud, and a spiderweb-like pit about 10 meters in radius spread outward from his head on the Priestella floor below.
“I am Yunyun, the one and only Yunyun in heaven and earth!—Remember my name, engrave it in your heart.”