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Upon returning to Sasha's villa, Asta and the others greeted me with a very wet look. Everyone was so convinced when I went out and looked around for Raphae but reported a lie that I couldn't find her. In the end, the search stopped when everyone concluded that "Raphael had returned to his home".

And it was night, when everyone was asleep. I leaned back on the bed in the room, staring at the ceiling without doing anything in particular. All that rain that had fallen until the evening had now stopped completely, and from among the clouds the stars were peeking into their faces.

"... it's time to go"

I shrugged and woke up slowly. I didn't know you were going to fight Raphae before Kiel... No, I didn't envisage fighting Raphae in the first place in itself.

The option not to fight Raphael never existed in me from the beginning. Stand from the front, whoever you are, more than challenged to fight. That is my reign as king.

But this battle is not what it used to be. Until now, it was just a battle to ravage your opponent with overwhelming force.

This battle is a battle to "save" your opponent.

Leaving the room, there was also a figure of Sasha arming herself against the hallway wall.

"... are you going"

With a face like I understood everything, Sasha said so. Did you know that this was going to happen in [Prediction of the Future], or did you hear me and Raphae talking in [Thousand Miles] again?

"... oh"

But I thought it was wild to ask, and that's all I replied.

"... right"

Sasha gave it back, too, and she didn't say anything later.

Normal people would hang restful words like "good luck" or "win" here, but it's Sasha. With that in mind, I walked past Sasha.

"Well..."

After Ut left under Sasha. Sasha shifts her eyes out the window and looks quietly at the top of the mountain, which soars nearby. It's like a hunter setting a goal for his prey.

"Shall I do my part..."

When she whined so, Sasha walked out quietly.

Leaving the villa, I head to Raphae's waiting wilderness on my own feet as a human being. I don't use [Moment Move] because I wanted to keep my feelings organized during this time.

Perhaps Rafael will do everything in his power to bring me down. For the annihilation of sin to Seal, and to erase the remorse that swirls within itself.

The various words and expressions of Raphael come to my mind and disappear. I thought maybe I could tell with Raphae. But in the end, I wonder if it was just me.

A few minutes walking in the darkness of the night, I arrived in the wilderness. In the center of it was Raphael waiting for me. From its eyes comes a strong readiness for clarity.

"... you're still here, Mr. Ute"

The atmosphere Raphae, which I didn't rely on anywhere, isn't there anymore. That was undoubtedly the style of one warrior.

"... I'll just ask you one last thing. You're seriously gonna fight me, aren't you?

"My will remains the same. I will defeat you!!"

I'm about to be pressured for a moment by the intimidation that comes from Raphae's entire body. This is what Raphae looks like as a seven-star angel...!!

"Shall we begin, Mr. Ute? No - the King!"

"... oh"

Then I will have to be prepared to fight. [M] Believe me, that will save Raphae.

"Spell [Flame torrent (Fire Trent)]!!"

A flame emanating from Raphael's right hand literally comes at me like a torrent. I calmly pressed my right index finger and middle finger.

"" Destruction Blade "!"

Shake those two fingers with momentum from the bottom right to the top left, thereby aiming to put out the flame with the wind pressure generated.

"Become...!?"

The exclamation was mine. [M] Raphael's flames did not take the wind pressure for a thing, but almost killed the momentum and struck my body.

The power of this flame, when we confronted each other in "The Seven Stars of Mitsukishi" before, was as if it were different. Rafael didn't really have the will to fight me then, so naturally, it was unexpected that the "ruin flash" that cut off Yeg's [spider gold thread] easily would not work. Is this the one called the difference in readiness?

Had it been for heavy rainfall like the day, Raphae's spell would not have demonstrated its power so far. Apparently the weather god is on Raphae's side.

"What's wrong!? Why don't you fight like a king!?"

Saying so, Raphae rolled out [flame torrents] again. I jump to the side and squeeze my right fist. [M]

"Destruction Blow!"

I kick the ground and push straight to the line in order to pack my distance from Raphae and slap my fist in.

"Spell [Flamewall (Firewall)]!!"

But the appearance of the flaming wall made Raphae disappear from my sight, and reflexively I stop. At the next moment, when I felt signs behind my back and flipped my body, there was a Raphae figure at close range. I didn't know you'd go around behind my back in this instant...!!

"Spell [Flaming Sword (Fire Sword)]!!"

A flaming sword was held in Raphael's right hand, slashing and tearing my abdomen apart. Despite the sword produced by the flames, it strikes me as if it had been slashed by an actual sword. I quickly jumped backwards and distanced myself from Rafael.

"If you're a regular person, you'd have been in two... boulders"

Raphae whines as impressed, but his expression remains unchanged.

I move my eyes to the slashed abdomen. [M] Although HP wasn't so shredded, the clothes were firmly torn apart.

When Yeg and I fought in The Evil Dragon Cave, we were able to overwhelm ourselves as human beings all the time without ever using a spell. Apparently, however, that's not the case with this opponent. My instincts also told me that it was difficult to overwhelm without a spell.

"Come on, get serious!! Like Mr. Uriel and Mr. Seal, try to kill this me too - King!!"

Raphae unleashes a third [flame torrent]. The scope of the flames has further expanded and there is no longer room for deflection. In response to the flashy attack, I quietly put my right hand forward.

"Spell [Absolute Barrier (Absolute Barrier)]!!"

I make a barrier appear in front of me. The barrier completely prevented the flames and burned down only my surroundings.

"... disrespected. Apparently, the rest was looking too sweetly at your readiness."

The tone does not already belong to Yuto Akumi. Activating the spell lifted the [Transformation] and I exposed Raphae to the appearance of the king for the first time.

"You've finally peeled off your tempered skin, King..."

With a miserable grin, Rafael looks to me as king. I swung my right arm wide horizontally and scratched out the flames that burned all around me.

"From here on out, as a champion, let's assume your opponent"