Story: I'm a Daemon, so what?
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Chapter 77: Against Milim Nava Part 1!
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- Felix -
"If you're that worried, I'll explain it to you." Of course, I planned to give a slightly altered explanation. I didn't want many people to know about my ability to travel dimensions.
I know that I didn't really owe Frey anything. Milim would take me at my word, but it wouldn't hurt to slightly explain things to Frey, Milim trusted her, so she had some of my trust as well.
Frey nodded. "Thank you, Felix. I appreciate your willingness to share your secrets. I do not wish for a fight between you two to bring us the attention of the other Demon Lords. Such a thing may be troublesome."
"Bahaha! No need to worry about that, Frey! I can easily mop the floor with them!" Boasted Milim.
"It's fine, Milim, I don't mind. I'm going to need both you and Middray to keep everything a secret though." I said to Frey.
Frey nodded. "I agree."
"I will not betray Lady Milim's trust." Middray stated firmly.
I believed Middray; he had no reason to lie, and it wasn't in his nature. Frey, I was less certain about but I was willing to trust her on this. Milim trusted her, and Milim was a very good judge of character.
I nodded. "Good. Basically, I am able to create dimensions with my Spatial abilities. With this, I can create a brand new dimension for Milim and me to fight in so that the damage we cause is isolated from this world."
The ability to create dimensions was honestly not that far-fetched. With enough data, Rimuru could likely do something similar with Uriel, Lord of Vows. Hell, Infinity Prison was practically an entirely different dimension of its own, so my little white lie wasn't that unbelievable. The area the Walpurgis was in was another dimension, I don't know if it was one Guy created or one Guy managed to find and connect to.
In fact, I could probably create a dimension just for this fight, but I'd rather just take us to an empty dimension that already exists out there somewhere, something like that seems more secure.
"That is a wise decision, Master. With my assistance, it should theoretically be possible to create a dimension powerful enough to contain both yours and Milim's power. However, it is best to play it safe in this scenario. I will continue to gather data to create a more firm dimension with Brahma, Lord of Creation."
'Thanks Othinus.'
"It is my pleasure."
Othinus is always so hardworking, truly the ideal partner to cover my ass since I'm lazy as hell.
Milim looked at me oddly as she quickly caught on to the fact that I was telling a partial truth.
Milim knew about my ability to hop dimensions. I literally did so in front of her when we fought the Chaos Dragon, and I also told her about it in the past.
"Truly?" Exclaimed Frey. "I did not think your Spatial capabilities extended so far." She mumbled.
Heh, she really only knows the tip of the iceberg.
Spatial Manipulation is the best, I don't care that Time is technically the superior attribute. Though, if you think about it, the two of them are different sides of the same coin.
"I see. That is quite surprising to hear, but I suppose it is expected of Lady Milim's best friend." Said Middray.
Well, that was easier than I thought.
"Well, if that's all, then let's go to this new dimension." I voiced out. "Middray said he wanted to watch, and Raiden will also be following."
"May I watch as well? Perhaps seeing this fight will allow me to realize new things." Asked Frey.
"I don't mind. Are you fine with that, Milim?"
Milim nodded. "Umu! That's fine, Frey!"
"I'll create a barrier around them so that they are protected from the effects of our battle."
Milim nodded.
"Before we leave, allow me to call Arc back so he can continue with all this work." Said Frey.
"Ah, right, I was wondering where he was at."
"He was taking care of some errands for Milim." Frey responded.
I nodded.
I felt Frey send out a Thought Communication, and a minute later, Arc appeared.
He bowed to Milim. "I have returned, Lady Milim." He then bowed to me. "Lord Felix." He said with reverence in his tone.
"Hello Arc." I remember asking why he seemed so reverent of me. He said the master of his mistress deserved at least that much. Despite serving Milim, Arcueid was still his Primordial, that obedience towards her had been ingrained into him.
Daemons and their loyalty, man.
"Now that he's here, let's go."
Everyone nodded.
"See ya later, Arc!" Said Milim.
"Goodbye, Lady Milim. I will begin sorting through all the various plans and requests the Dragon Faithful have sent you." Arc said.
Milim smiled happily. "You're really a saint, Arc!"
That's ironic to say to a Daemon of all races.
I snapped my fingers, creating a portal that led to an empty dimension. I purposefully chose one that had no life on it since I didn't want to disturb the ecosystem of any planet if I didn't have to.
Frey stared at the portal in astonishment. "Is that?"
I nodded to Frey. "It is. That is the gate to another dimension."
Middray casually walked past me and stepped through the portal. I could see him take a deep breath as he laughed.
"Come on! Let's go, Frey!" Milim said as she dragged Frey along.
I looked at Raiden. "Let's go."
Raiden nodded and walked forward with me. We both stepped through the portal, entering a new dimension entirely.
Raiden was looking around in curiosity. She went with me to the world of Jujutsu Kaisen, but stepping foot in another dimension is still a pretty interesting thing, especially since this one was so devoid of life.
The area all around us was just dirt and rocks. Bacteria and the like still lived, but I didn't really care for those. Other than that, there were no real animals in this world, not even bugs, just some plants that provided enough oxygen for the Non-Spiritual Lifeforms.
This was a world on the verge of death. In fact, it was already half a step there, which is why I chose this world as our battleground.
Milim looked around in curiosity. "This is different from before."
Frey's head snapped to Milim. "You've been to one of these dimensions?!"
Milim's eyes widened. "Oops! Was that supposed to be a secret, Felix?"
I shook my head. "No, that's fine." I looked at Frey. "When dealing with the Chaos Dragon, I transported Milim, the Chaos Dragon, and I to another dimension I created previously to restrict the damage to as little as possible." I said, keeping the white lie I told earlier.
Frey nodded in understanding. "I see."
Middray was grinding his feet into the dirt. "This planet feels… dead."
Ah right, Middray was very in tune with nature, he used the energy the planet naturally gave off and channeled it through him for some of his attacks so it makes sense that he would be able to feel the dying state of this planet.
Of course, I couldn't give off that this wasn't a dimension I had created.
"This is a dimension I created, so the earth under us isn't truly alive like the earth in the Cardinal World is."
Middray nodded. "I see. I suppose that makes sense."
There are ley lines running all throughout the Cardinal World, which is basically the world's lifeblood. This world has none of that. The magicules in the air are practically nonexistent as well due to this. Luckily, I have Magicule Breeder Reactor, as does Milim.
This world was also incredibly small, about the size of a small Kingdom in its entirety, so it was still somewhat believable that I could create something like this.
Huh, Milim's Magicule Breeder Reactor needs magicules from the air to breed with, right?
"That is correct. My previous incarnation had modified your Magicule Breeder Reactor to function solely off your own magicules. Milim Nava, however, will still need to rely on the magicules in the atmosphere to breed with her own."
Hmm, well, that would put a bit of a damper on our fight. It would be a shame if she ran out of magicules mid-fight.
'Can you modify Milim's Magicule Breeder Reactor through our Soul Corridor?'
"That is possible if I have her consent. However, do you wish to empower Milim Nava?"
'Yeah, that's fine with me. I doubt Milim will ever become an enemy, so it isn't a big deal.'
"..."
"I do not believe this is a wise decision, but very well."
'Great, thanks, Othinus!'
- Milim Nava -
Milim looked around in wonder at the new world before her, and she knew this was an entirely different world rather than a dimension that Felix created.
For one, Felix had told her about his ability to visit other worlds. She still had to get him to take her to a new world.
Not to mention Frey and even Middray's abilities were lacking when compared to her, they could not sense that they had moved to an entirely different Space-Time axis, they were no longer on the Cardinal World.
She guessed that Felix wanted to keep his ability to travel to other worlds a secret, something she could only say was a good idea.
If Guy found out, he would nag Felix to death about taking him to another world. He would probably want to see if other worlds had any other people with interesting abilities. She was also curious about that, but she could wait until Felix took her on a trip.
Then, there was the fact that his power had increased drastically. Her Milim Eye didn't lie, and she knew what she felt.
His total reserves were approaching her own level when she was not suppressing her power. If she wanted to give Felix a good fight, then she would truly have to let loose, something she hadn't done for two thousand years. She wouldn't deny that part of her felt nervous about letting her power run loose. Her strength was as wondrous as it was monstrous. She still remembered the screams of terror she heard when she rampaged around due to Gaia's death. She didn't want to go through something like that again.
But she trusted Felix, and his explanation was valid. They were in an entirely different world, one devoid of any true life. How would she kill anyone by mistake if there was no one to kill?
All of a sudden, she felt a connection reach out through the Soul Corridor that she and Felix shared.
"Milim Nava, I am Felix's partner. Do you give me permission to modify your Skills?"
'Ehhh? Who are you?'
She heard the voice audibly sigh somehow. "I am Othinus, the partner of Felix."
She looked at Felix. "Bestie?"
Felix nodded. "Whatever she's saying is true."
She nodded. 'Sure then, if you're Felix's friend, then I trust you!'
"Thank you."
She felt the mysterious being begin to change one of her most prized Skills, Magicule Breeder Reactor.
She felt her lips curl upwards as she felt the change. Felix really did spoil her.
"Hehe, thanks, Felix!"
'And thanks, mysterious partner of Felix's!'
"I am simply doing as my Master commands."
"Heh, no problem. We won't be able to have a fun fight if one of your greatest assets isn't as effective."
She no longer needed magicules from the atmosphere to breed with her own for Magicule Breeder Reactor to function. Instead, now her own magicules would breed with each other to create more magicules, which cut off her reliance on the magicules in the atmosphere.
Normally, that wouldn't be an issue since the atmosphere of the Cardinal World is filled with magicules, but in this world where the magicules were sorely lacking, this modification helped her out greatly.
- Felix -
I smiled as the transformation of Milim's Magicule Breeder Reactor was completed.
'Thanks Othinus.'
"It is no problem."
"Why don't the three of you group up to the side? Then I'll place some barriers around you three."
All three of our spectators nodded. Once they were far enough away, I snapped my fingers, placing tens of barriers around them. Some were meant to stop Fighting Spirit from penetrating, others to stop Magic from bypassing the Barrier. I even placed a Multi-Dimensional Barrier at the end. However, if one of us used stardust and it was headed in their direction, no barriers would be able to stop that, so we would have to be careful.
"Make sure not to aim any of your really strong moves in their direction." I said to Milim.
I still remember how my Stardust power Cero tore through the barrier that Velzard was maintaining.
Milim nodded. "Got it." Milim's lips curled into a smirk. "Fight now?" She asked with some excitement.
I nodded, a matching grin on my face. "Fight now."
"Hehe, let's go then, Felix!"
The moment she finished speaking she pulled back for a moment before vanishing as she flew as fast as she could towards me. Her speed left a sonic explosion in her wake as she coated her fist in Fighting Spirit, causing it to glow brightly with power.
She was almost like a meteor heading straight towards my face, yet I didn't even bother dodging. There was no need. I was confident that Infinity would stop her. Even if she had coated her fist in pure Spiritrons, she wouldn't be able to reach me now.
Just like I expected, Milim began to slow down the closer she got to me until her fist completely stopped some distance from my face. Seeing Milim's annoyed expression caused me to let out a chuckle.
"Pfft, you didn't think that would work this time, did you? How many times have you done the same thing?"
"Tsk." Milim pulled back her fist and pouted. "Mou, I had to at least try… stop being so boring!"
I rolled my eyes. "Fine, fine."
I didn't disable Infinity but I did decrease the range on it drastically so that Milim's fist would need to be nanometers away from my body for Infinity to activate. That way I could at least give her the illusion of almost hitting me.
"Yipee!" Milim pumped up her fist. Then, without a second to waste, she coated her fist in pure, rampant Fighting Spirit. Fighting Spirit so strong it began to distort Space itself around her.
I let go of the control I held over my own Fighting Spirit and allowed it to blaze out of me, destroying the land beneath me as well as causing Space to rupture.
This world was weaker than the Cardinal World since there weren't any Divine Artifacts around to keep this world stable, so it really wasn't difficult at all to distort this world, in fact Milim and I would have to be careful to not destroy this entire dimension by accident, if we stopped restraining our power this very dimension would shatter.
Actually, I should probably put up a few before we collapse the entire planet. I wouldn't want to leave Frey and the rest floating off into Space. Even if they could survive it, it was just bad manners.
I placed three Barriers, one over the entirety of this small kingdom-sized planet. One was meant to boost the planet's durability. And, another around the planet itself meant to contain our energies so the dimension didn't suffer under our power.
Milim looked at the Barriers with curiosity in her eyes before her eyes lit up in realization. "Ah, good thinking, Felix!"
I nodded in thanks as I coated my arms in my Demon Lord's Haki, creating a massive wave of dark Aura around them as I clapped. The moment my two hands collided, a massive burst of pure destruction shot toward Milim
Her body blurred as she shot to the left, avoiding my attack entirely as she sped up in a semicircle to get behind me. As she moved, I could tell she was getting more comfortable with using more of her strength.
The energy coursing through her became so massive that it was almost impossible to tell what exactly the energy in her body was doing. It was almost like staring directly at the Sun, and with her blinding energy, it would be difficult to see if Milim was charging up an attack inside of her body.
Once she thought she had finished getting used to releasing more power, she suddenly vanished as she shot towards me.
My body reacted instantly as I reached down to my stomach, catching her fist just in time to stop her. Yet, even then, I winced slightly as I felt her Fighting Spirit raging inside of me, attempting to destroy my body. But all it took was some focus on my part to push her Fighting Spirit back with my own power and durability.
I didn't use Anti-Skill to seal off her power since my goal for this fight was to let loose, to see what I was really capable of. If I just sealed off some of Milim's power I would not accomplish my objective, I'll save Anti-Skill as a trump card for this fight and in general. Not to mention Anti-Skill is far from absolute, chances were Milim could brute force her way through it.
Anti-Skill is best used as a last resort rather than a main hand. Surprise is key with it, and even then, it isn't all that good against high-level attacks. If one was relatively smart and strong, they would be able to see its flaws, and then Anti-Skill would become useless.
I pressed down on her fist, attempting to crush her hand, but before I could make any significant progress, Milim's eyes let out a sparkle as she opened her mouth, releasing some energy she had been secretly gathering.
My eyes widened as the beam approached me at speeds approaching that of light, but fortunately for me, my recently upgraded perception speed allowed me to react in time. A barrier appeared between the beam of magicules Milim released and my face, completely negating Milim's attack, but while I was distracted, Milim managed to escape my grasp.
She had used the massive amounts of energy coursing through her body to disguise the fact that she was gathering energy in her mouth, it was extremely difficult to tell where and when she was gathering energy when she just had too much energy to accurately sense the movement of.
We weren't anywhere near serious. Milim hadn't even taken on her combat form, yet she had already surprised me, as expected of her.
Milim quickly hit me with a barrage of punches drawing in my full focus. Each of our strikes was a blur of motion, unseen to the naked eye.
For all my physical power and durability, the impact of her blows still resonated through my arms as her Fighting Spirit and Dragon Ki rampaged around us, my own practically coming to life to counteract it.
I dodged, blocked, and counterattacked with every ounce of skill I possessed, Milim Nava was no brute, the amount of skill she possessed when it came to combat was staggering.
The sheer force of her attacks sent shockwaves cascading throughout the land, Milim might as well have had the Tremor-Tremor Fruit with the shockwaves her blows were causing, even Space itself was uprooted and shattered.
Though I gave just as much as I got, my own punches caused Milim to wince in pain as the shockwaves from it shook her very body as Space distorted under my blows.
The ground beneath us ordinarily would have shattered, but the barrier I placed earlier protected the planet from most of the unintended side effects of our battle.
Milim's eyes burned with determination, a fierce grin plastered on her face. She was enjoying this, reveling in the thrill of combat, I could feel a similar grin on my own face.
Milim and I were having fun testing each other, prodding each other for weaknesses before we truly let loose.
Sensing an opportunity, I summoned forth my own energy from deep within. I pivoted on my heel, narrowly avoiding a devastating punch aimed at my head. Using the momentum, I lashed out with a swift kick to her side. She blocked it effortlessly, but it gave me the split second I needed to create some distance.
"Hohoho! That was fun Felix!" Milim laughed out with her hands on her hips proudly, her clothing was the only thing about her that was damaged whatsoever.
Milim was durable as hell.
I smiled. "Yeah, it was. It's been a while since I've felt pressured in pure martial arts."
I may not train my ass off when it came to martial arts anymore, but I've still kept up on my training, just not at the same intensity as I trained at the start of my tenure in the Cardinal World, but I could copy and analyze the moves of those who are masters in their own right, with some practice I could merge those copied moves into my own martial style, so I had the combined experience of multiple martial masters, and yet Milim was still keeping up if not slightly pressuring me.
She may have acted childish, but when it came to combat, she was unmatched.
Milim nodded and resumed her stance, it seems she wasn't quite done playing around. Milim began sharpening her Fighting Spirit until it began taking on the shape of a blade, she was using one of the moves of the martial arts style she created, Drago Fist.
She lunged at me again, leaving a sonic explosion in her wake as she came at me at tens of times the speed of sound.
Her movements were practically a dance, I weaved left and right, joining Milim in her dance as we danced to the wondrous tune of death and destruction together.
I traced the lines of Future Attack Prediction, as a Manas, Othinus' Future Attack Prediction had become far more accurate and was even capable of partially predicting and calculating Milim's movements, making this fight much easier on me.
I could sometimes tell if Milim's attacks were faints, as well as read their trajectory which was a god send in this type of battle.
With a swift sidestep I managed to pierce through Milim's guard and land a solid punch to Milim's midsection, my Fighting Spirit rampaged within Milim's body as she grunted in pain, fighting off my Fighting Spirit with her own.
"Not bad Felix, why don't we get a little more serious?" Milim said with a confident smirk on her face.
"I couldn't agree more." I said with excitement.
I allowed Milim to enter her combat state, I went to Milim for a good fight, I didn't want to interrupt her shonen powerup this time.
Milim's energy flared, her hair began waving behind her as a surge of apocalyptic power began radiating from her, the very planet began to shake even with the barrier I had placed earlier.
I grit my teeth as I bore the brunt of Milim's power, this was just going to be the beginning, I knew Milim had more in store for me.
I smiled. "This is where the fun begins." I mumbled, quoting a certain skyguy in a galaxy far far away.
I couldn't afford to hold back.
'Othinus, you said you had developed a combat mode for me based on Milim's own?'
"Correct, did you wish to don this new combat mode?"
'Yeah, I need all the power I can get.'
I felt Othinus' agreement as I felt my own power begin to radiate around me, the intensity was far greater than anything I had ever released before.
Pitch black armor began taking shape around me as more and more of my Energy was poured into it.
Milim's own transformation was complete, she was just looking at me with curiosity in her eyes.
Her combat mode was actually her true form, she had purplish armor that glimmered with unseen power, a pair of Draconic wings extending out of her back as well as a single red horn.
This was the form in which she let her Draconic heritage out of the cage she always kept it in out of fear of breaking the cardboard world around us. The armor that formed around Milim was nigh-impenetrable and it conducted Milim's own power extremely well.
I looked down at my arm which now had a bracer on it made of the same material as the rest of my armor.
The material itself felt fairly familiar, I could instantly tell that it was at the level of God Grade Equipment.
"I was able to recreate the exoskeleton of the Insectars from analyzing Zegion, your armor is made of a superior material than Zegion's, Hihi'irokane, and is extremely resistant to practically all forms of attack due to modification I made."
'Huh, I didn't even think of that. Good work Othinus.'
"Thank you, it took quite some time to customize everything to be most useful to you." Othinus said smugly.
The entire armor was created with Brahma so it was most definitely incredibly powerful as well as durable.
I could feel that Othinus made it so that when I dismiss the armor, it will simply be stored in a bracelet on my arm so I can always recall it in an instant.
It wasn't quite like Milim's combat mode, as that was literally a part of her, but it was quite similar.
The Magic Resistance this armor granted me was far superior to the innate Magic Resistance of Daemons, but that wasn't all, even Aura would have a very, very difficult time breaching through this armor, not to mention I could feel that Othinus had imbued another one of my Skills into this, one of my Skills with the most potential if properly developed, Adapter.
I clenched my arm and felt the armor shift to accommodate the shift in my body, it felt practically like a second limb.
My wings had been tucked back into my body and were replaced by wings made of Hihi'irokane. The total EP that filled this armor was now accessible to me, basically increasing my own EP.
"Hohoho, what an interesting armor Felix, it looks kinda like mine." Milim commented.
I nodded. "It is inspired by yours."
The armor weighs nothing as well, so I won't be slowed down in combat by it, it's a boost to my overall power with no cost, the entire armor would be rather redundant if the downsides outweighed the benefits since my entire fighting style was based around no direct attacks actually hitting me. It would conduct and amplify my attacks while also protecting me to a greater degree.
I had Infinity, which was pretty hard to break through now that even Spiritrons couldn't break through it, and then there was Multi-Dimensional Barrier, which was also very difficult to break through, both of those combined made it rather difficult to land a direct hit on me, with my armor now even if someone somehow managed to pierce through all my defenses then the armor would protect me, though I had a feeling if Milim aimed a stardust powered attack at me, none of my defenses would hold up against it.
Milim nodded. "Then let's see how it holds up to the real deal!" Milim roared as she appeared directly in front of me with a flap of her wings.
Milim's incoming fist was coated with a layer of Fighting Spirit and then a layer of Divinity right over it, this singular punch of Milim's was powerful enough to even erase Saints.
I raised my hand and gently nudged her fist to the side as I counterattacked with a punch of my own, I used a subtle application of Blue behind Milim, which disturbed her movements.
My armor acted as a conductor for my Fighting Spirit and Divinity, amplifying both further as just before my fist hit Milim, I flooded my fist with as much Fighting Spirit and Divinity as I could, I managed to strike Milim right in the cheek, and the sound barrier shattered as the Space around us ripped under the force of my attack as Milim as sent flying away.
She crashed into a nearby mountain, causing an eruption that shook this very world. A major part of the mountain exploded, releasing chunks of dirt and rock across the air. And, thanks to the lower gravity of the world due to its size, the chunks of debris coated the entire sky. Each massive boulder or chunk of mud slowly falling around us as the dust dispersed.
We still hadn't even begun using the true power of our Skills or weapons, and yet I was still having a lot of fun.
Milim really was great. That subtle application of Blue that I used to disturb Milim's movements costed a lot of magicules, more magicules than even my Daemon Duke self had after consuming Footman, and yet I could only barely disturb her.
- Raiden -
She watched as Lady Milim got flung into a nearby mountain as she examined her Master from head to toe.
She hadn't ever seen the form he had taken on. Perhaps it was something new? Either that or he never saw a need to don that new form against them, which she would understand, the amount of power both Lady Milim and her Master were radiating was insane, even if all her Master's subordinates teamed up together, they would still fall short of him.
After watching the short bout between her Master and Lady Milim, she truly understood the gap between the ordinary and the extraordinary. She had thought she was strong, especially after her training with Sir Middray, which improved her foundations manyfold, and yet now she knew she was nothing compared to the true monsters.
She could barely even track their movements as they exchanged blows, only occasionally seeing a blur of movement, and she could perceive incredibly fast speeds, even something at the speed of sound was mediocre to her.
The only way she could keep track of what was happening was due to the laughter she would hear as well as the sonic explosions their movements left behind.
"Extraordinary." She heard Middray mutter, she could only smile smugly at his reaction to the greatness of her Master. "I had sensed the change in him, but to see him truly entertain Lady Milim in a fight is quite special, Lady Milim has never laughed like that when fighting me." MIddray said sadly. "I still have a long way to go." He said, a hint of defiance in his eyes.
Frey was still staring ahead blankly. "...I knew Milim was strong, but I cannot even see her moving, nor can I see Felix moving. Does Awakening increase one's strength that much? The amount of power both of them are releasing seems infinitely greater than my own."
Middray shook his head. "As if merely Awakening can allow one to reach the levels of Lady Milim, no, those two are far above mere True Demon Lords."
Frey clenched her fists. "I see… so even should I Awaken, I will still be prey to the strong."
Middray nodded. "That is simply how the world works, all that we can do is train to attempt to catch up." Middray said in a mentoring tone of voice.
Frey nodded with clenched fists.
"Hahahaha! That was a good one, Felix!" Lady Milim yelled as the mountain she was buried under exploded outwards.
Her Master tilted his head, an easy going smirk on his face. "Thanks, but I hope that's not all you got."
"Of course not!" Lady Milim roared as she flapped her wings and appeared directly behind her Master, her fist already aimed at her Master's face.
Her Master had already begun to move to block the moment Lady Milim's form had vanished from her view, he only just barely managed to raise his arm and block with his bracers at the last moment, but even then, her Master was sent flying backwards through the air.
He did not crash into anything so he was able to quickly steady himself in the air, but Lady Milim did not waste the opportunity she had created, she appeared directly on top of her Master and began sending punch after punch putting her Master on the defensive as he worked to block each of Lady Milim's attacks.
- Felix -
It felt as if my body was automatically reacting to each of Milim's movements, an intricate dance of instinct and precision, allowing me to block and counter her strikes without much conscious thought.
'Is this the power of Ultra Instinct?' I thought as my body moved once again to block another attack.
Each of Milim's powerful blows was quickly intercepted by an armored palm or deflected by my bracers, allowing me a casual grace in my defensive stance.
Each individual piece of this armor was filled with millions of EP, making it barely strong enough to ward off some of Milim's strikes.
But despite the armor's strength each of Milim's blows reverberated through my armor, just not piercing it.
Eventually, I had enough of Milim's neverending barrage of attacks, it's about time I shift the momentum of this battle. Warping Space I appeared on top of Milim and hit her with a crushing elbow strike that sent her crashing into the ground with explosive force. The barriers I had erected prevented her from plowing through the planet's surface, containing the devastation.
Milim quickly picked herself up after a moment and held her hand out, I raised a brow. "Getting more serious huh?"
Milim nodded with an excited grin. "Hehe, let's finally kick this up a notch, Felix!" Milim yelled excitedly as her scimitar took form in her hand.
Milim had told me about her choice weapon, it was a weapon created by Veldanava and was once Guy's own weapon before he gifted it to Milim.
It was created by Veldanava, so of course it had an absurd amount of energy in it and was also durable as hell. The amount of energy radiating from it was honestly absurd. It was far greater than Yamato, to the point that it should be in its own class. I'd have to coat Yamato in enough of my own energy to allow it to clash against Milim's scimitar without shattering.
Whenever I tried to analyze it to get a precise read it somehow rejected me, even with Othinus I couldn't get a read on that bullshit weapon.
I held my palm out as Yamato took form in my palm, it was always absorbing my Energy in my Infinity Space, allowing it to ceaselessly grow stronger.
It most definitely wasn't as strong as either Milim's, it wasn't even close really, but it would get there eventually, until then, I'd reinforce the shit out of it with my own Energy so that it doesn't shatter against those monstrous weapons. I could in theory create a stronger weapon with Brahma, but I had taken a bit of a liking to Yamato. I wasn't going to replace it just like that, I knew it would reach that level eventually, no matter what.
I could feel a faint feeling of approval emanate from the weapon in my hand.
Yamato's Aura began distorting Space itself due to its own nature, every single slight movement of my weapon would cut and tear apart Space, allowing it to do a tremendous amount of damage every attack. I channeled enough of my own energy into Yamato ceaselessly, powering it up further for the remainder of this fight.
I pointed the blade towards Milim, compressing Space at the tip. In an instant, I released the compressed space, unleashing a devastating beam of destruction, a pure manifestation of Space that obliterated everything in its path at a molecular level. The beam streaked towards Milim, but despite its speed, she didn't look bothered at all.
With a precise downward slash, Milim cleaved the beam in half, the split sections veering harmlessly past her.
I expected Milim to deal with that attack pretty easily, but she still chose a pretty dramatic method to do so, what a showboat.
In a burst of speed, she appeared before me, scimitar raised, I raised Yamato, blocking her strike before attempting to knee Milim in the abdomen.
Milim blocked my knee with the hilt of her blade before clenching her free hand and throwing a Fighting Spirit fueled punch at me. With a flap of my wings I flew upwards instantly dodging her punch and putting some distance between us.
Aerial combat had a lot of variables to consider, rather than just having to accommodate for front, back, and side to side, you also had to consider the fact that your opponent can move up and down, as can you.
Milim was an incredibly difficult opponent, most of my Sword Arts just won't be very effective on her due to her durability as well as her perception speed.
She should be able to spot my moves and then accommodate her stance to deal with them appropriately. Milim might not have the same absurd levels of Thought Acceleration that I have, but she can still perceive a lot. Before Othinus was born, I wouldn't be surprised if her perception vastly outstripped my own even with Odin. This fight would not be easy.
I slashed downwards with Yamato from a distance, manipulating Space so that the attack would bypass conventional trajectories and strike Milim directly, her eyes widened in realization in the last nanosecond as she realized what I was attempting to do, she may not be a master of Space but she could still pick up the subtle shifts in reality.
Milim winced in pain as blood spurted from the cut I landed on her shoulder, completely piercing through her armor.
"Tch." She clicked her tongue. "I guess I should have expected you to land a good hit on me Felix, you've really grown strong!" Milim said with a hint of pride in her voice.
I smiled in response. "Yeah, I guess I have."
Before, when I would spar with Milim, I would barely even be able to keep up with the speeds Milim was moving at, and she was holding back most of her powe,r which is something I could see now.
Infinity was one of the only things that allowed me to last against Milim at all because distorting Space was too troublesome for her. If she really wanted to, she could have slapped me around even back then.
Milim looked down at her wound which had not healed yet. I watched as her armor slowly repaired itself, yet under the armor the wound I caused her still remained.
"Huh, that's weird." She muttered. "I can feel some sort of Spatial effect, but that shouldn't be enough to disturb my healing."
I rolled my eyes. "Maybe if that was done by someone who wasn't as good as I am."
When my attack reached Milim, I created a subspace inside of the wound itself which halts all sorts of healing, from Skills like Infinite Regeneration, to Full Potions and the like, in order to heal, you need to get rid of the subspace I created first.
And not just that, over time, the subspace will spread throughout the victim's body, eventually enveloping them completely, killing the target in question.
Unfortunately Milim had realized something was wrong quickly enough so she was able to isolate the wound from the rest of her body, halting the subspace from spreading.
Still, the wound would remain until I erased the subspace or Milim overpowered it.
Milim nodded. "That's probably true." She wiggled her shoulder a bit, once she realized the wound wouldn't disturb her she resumed her combat stance, all of this took place within moments.
I began leaking a portion of my Demon Lord's Haki as Milim did the same, the world shook as our Demon Lord's Haki began to unravel reality itself. I quickly diluted the intensity of my Demon Lord's Haki further as Milim did the same.
I overestimated how much this dimension could handle, what a shame.
I began imbuing my Demon Lord's Haki into Yamato, coating my blade in a layer of it.
Milim and I both eyed each other, and as if coming to a mutual understanding we both dashed forwards, our blades clashing in the middle, causing shockwaves to shoot off of us.
Reality itself crumpled under our combined power. Milim stared into my eyes, a manic smile on her face as we both put as much force as we could into our blades, eager to overpower each other.
Realizing that we were in a stalemate, I warped our surroundings, appearing directly behind Milim. My katana moved downwards, carried by the momentum it gathered when it was locked against Milim's own blade.
I could see that Milim quickly realized what had happened, but it was too late, she couldn't reposition her blade quick enough to block my attack.
I grit my teeth as I pushed through Milim's Dragonoid armor, just as I managed to pierce through the armor and penetrate through a layer of Milim's body, she was able to move to disrupt my attack.
With a flap of her wings she gained some distance between us, looking at me with a light of seriousness that I had never seen come from her before.
I had a feeling that I would soon be finding out the true terror of The Destroyer, Milim Nava.
- Raiden -
She stared ahead wide-eyed as she watched the grace of the movements of her Master and Lady Milim.
It was as if she was reaching enlightenment from watching the sheer mastery they both showcased, they were moving with a level of ease that she did not think was possible, she thought herself to be a fairly good swordswoman, capable of using her techniques fairly easily, and yet compared to the ease both her Master and Lady Milim were showcasing, she might as well have been a rookie in the art of swordsmanship.
"It feels as if I am reaching enlightenment." Mumbled Middray.
It truly said something that the Divine Dragon had nothing else to say. He was so focused on the fight itself that he couldn't afford to be distracted for a moment, lest he miss an entire portion of the fight.
It hadn't been very long at all since the fight between Lady Milim and her Master had started, and yet it already felt like she had witnessed several phases of this battle come and go.
Frey was looking ahead blankly, following their movements with a fairly large delay, their fight had taken them all over this planet, so it could be troubling at times to keep up with the fight itself.
Raiden winced slightly as she felt the planet itself shake under Lady Milim and her Master's Aura, she was seriously beginning to worry that this dimension would not survive the battle between these two.
Frey was emanating an aura of hopelessness, she watched as Middray placed a hand on her shoulder. "I know it can be tough to see this lass, but this is the reality of our world." Middray said as he gazed at the ensuing fight grimmly.
"If anyone of their level takes action in the Cardinal World, us… weaklings will only be fodder stuck watching a battle between true gods. We will be mere statistics calculated at the end of the battle of gods if we are even given that honor. Our world is not a fair one, nor is it a just one." Middray stated neutrally. "In the end all we can do is never give up, never stop striving to become more than everybody else, never stop striving to match those so far above us and those who are so firmly engraved into the mythology of our world."
Frey nodded with clenched fists. "Yes, I must grow stronger." Frey stated with determination.
"I can only praise my foresight for submitting to Milim. I can't even follow a single one of their movements." Frey sighed.
"And I once called myself an equal of theirs, a Demon Lord." Frey said mockingly.
"No need to put yourself down, now that you have realized just how lowly you are compared to them, the only place to go is up!" Middray said cheerfully. "It is a quest I have undertaken for the last 2,000 years, and it is one I will continue to undertake." Middray stated with confidence.
"Could I perhaps join you in your training?" Asked Frey.
Middray smirked. "I thought you would never ask."
Frey nodded thankfully. "Thank you, Middray." Frey then turned to her. "You have a really scary Master, and to think when I first met him I thought with trickery I could take him on."
Raiden huffed. "It is foolish to think mere trickery is enough to take on my Master."
Frey rolled her eyes. "Yes, yes, I apologize for underestimating your glorious master."
She nodded smugly. "As long as you have realized the error of your ways."
"Fufufu!" Frey laughed.
"Fufufu." Raiden laughed along.
"You have changed quite a bit, Raiden." Said Frey.
She nodded. "Stagnation is the enemy. If I wish to be of use to my Master, I must always progress further. That applies in terms of ego as well. As Sir Middray had explained to me, the stronger the willpower, the stronger the soul, that had made me realize that I was unintentionally halting my growth to remain the same as I always was out of fear that my Master would not like the new me. But such a thought was foolish, I can feel through our connection that my Master will always accept me." She stated firmly.
That was a conclusion she had reached while training with Sir Middray, so she had stopped holding her development back out of misplaced fear, she would allow herself to grow into the truly perfect Maid.
Frey nodded. "The stronger the willpower, the stronger the sou,l huh?"
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Author's Note:
Hello everyone, in this chapter we have the much awaited fight between Felix and Milim, I hope you all have enjoyed the fight so far, it's a bit hard to write such high tier fights since there are just so many possible moves, and it is inevitable that I write something that realistically isn't the best move in that kind of situation, but in the end I'm no combat genius so hopefully everything was satisfactory.
Milim and Felix both are operating at super high levels of speed, so each and every thought/move you see both make happens within an instant, at one moment Felix will be thinking about Milim's moveset, in another he will be dodging an attack, everything happens very very quickly, to the point that they are casually moving at speeds tens of times the speed of sound.
Anyways, I hope you all enjoyed, peace.
Thanks to @Bonvoyage, @Salante and @Flowerman for beta'ing this chapter.