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“Gha-!”

Surtr’s body made of fire was cut down by my hand, his defenses nullified by the abilities of my Divine Sword. He collapsed face down on the ground.

“…Is it over?”

Didn’t Sakura promise not to ask something like that?
Mika hurriedly clamped a hand over her sister’s mouth, but it was likely too late already.

“Gah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Crazy, that took a huge chunk of MP!! Well… not like it matters.”

Surtr, who should’ve been defeated, stood up as if nothing had ever happened. I could feel that his MP hadn’t decreased at all… On the contrary, his magic power had risen. Although my sword certainly had absorbed MP judging from what was contained in it…

“What did you do?” I asked.
“Oh~!? You want to know? Guess I have no choice! I shall teach you, Alim, the strongest opponent I ever had.”

…That’s weirdly generous.

“This is the world of the end, created by Ragnarök,” Surtr continued his explanation about this world matter-of-factly.

Sounds like he’s going all chuuni now like Kanata, but I’ll stay quiet for now.

“I strengthen the original stats of my host hundredfold. The power of the skills they have is also raised by three ranks.”

Wow, that’s pretty mean. But I’m all decked out in stat-raising equipment, so I’m not one to talk.

“As I said, I am currently amplifying the stats of the body I‘m possessing by a hundred times, you get it? So… to the main topic. This realm keeps amplifying MY stats even more. Do you understand MY meaning?”

I get it, I do, but I can’t help feeling that these calculations are getting more and more childish. If I say something like “higher values aren’t necessarily better”… Mika will probably call me out on that, so I’ll suppress that urge for now. This feels like… inflation of power, I guess?

“Y-Yep, I get it.”
“Right. Additionally, it constantly fully restores MY HP and MP in here. In other words, it makes ME unbeatable.”

Oh, yep. Sure. I can no longer make heads or tails of what’s going on.
Let me think, almost all of Shuu’s stats were over 100’000, right? He should’ve been roughly at Kanata and Sakura’s level.

Nevertheless, that sure is an awfully chuuni-ish ability. Moreover, unlike experienced chuunibyous like Kanata and me, the beginners just tend to make the numbers bigger. Well, this isn’t some crazy fantasy, this is reality.

“So, you’re saying that you’re strong?” I tried to confirm.
“Isn’t that obvious? Besides, there’s no water in this world and the skin of normal people would’ve already been burned to a crisp by the hot ground. It all adds up… As a matter of fact, this is the first time I‘ve used this on several people… Now, can we start already?” Surtr commented, as he drew his sword from its scabbard while showing another grin.

The moment he drew Lævateinn, it was enveloped by burning heat, demonstrating the height of the evil god’s power.”

“Understood.”
“Ah, aaaaah, aaaaaaaah, even knowing you’re at a disadvantage, you will still face off with ME!! Good, great, this is THE BEST…!”
“Well, behind me are my precious fiancée, my little brother, and the girl said brother loves. Of course I won’t just pull out,” I said, trying to sound cool.

When I shot a glance filled with fleeting anticipation at Mika, she was looking at me with an adorably spellbound expression.
Heh-heh, I’m suddenly motivated.

“Then… I shall bestow another trial on you!”

Surtr didn’t grin, instead he put on a refreshing smile, as if he was Shuu instead, and sat down with his arms crossed. It was utterly surreal.

“…What are you doing?”
“Well, I get how you feel… Just watch and see.”

Surtr, still in his sitting position, quickly rose into the air, as if being levitated by Psychic Magic. When he had risen 10… no, it was closer to 20 meters, he suddenly stopped and what felt like a large earthquake shook the ground. At the same time, either due to the earthquake or because it had been spouting out from the start, magma rose from the ground and gathered around the Black God.

“Gah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Ragnarök, Ragnarök, RAGNARÖK!” He roared loudly enough for everyone in this realm to hear. “I shall be the winner! I shall defeat you! I shall be the one to survive! I shall burn everything until there is nothing left! At the side of the Black God Surtr!”

Before long, the magma had transformed into the shape of a human’s upper body.
Is that a Daidarabotchi…? No, it’s more like a sea giant… or, in this case, a lava giant¹.

Before I knew it, such a being was towering imposingly over us.

“Gah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!”

1. In the original, Alim compares him to ダイダラボッチ (Daidarabotchi), a giant youkai, so tall his footsteps created lakes, and then 海坊主 (Umibouzu), a giant, black, human-like being appearing on the sea.

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