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Chapter 357 A Freak Among Godslayers
Eye of Sodom, Greedy Wolves, Gale and Raging Waves, Cage of Death's Servants... These are Vauban's four most well-known powers, and the powers he uses most often, which he has been using since his debut.

But at that moment, Vauban was shocked to discover that all four powers had been sealed.

He couldn't activate them anymore, and he couldn't even feel them.

"The golden sword that seals power..."

The old marquis, covered in wounds, suddenly looked up at the golden sword hovering around him and instantly understood everything.

"This is Vereslana's power!"

"The power you usurped from Veleslana is not some slash that can burn everything, but the golden sword possessed by the 'warrior' incarnation?"

“How is it possible…?!”

Woban's astonishment was written all over his face, completely devoid of his previous haughtiness.

The countless golden swords that had been hovering around him flew into the air and gathered in Aize's hand, forming the most dazzling golden sword, which he held tightly.

"Why isn't it possible?"

Aize looked down at Vobon, who stood atop the watchtower, and his voice reached Vobon's ears clearly even amidst the storm.

"I never said that the power I received from Vereslana was a slash that could burn everything, did I?"

The whirlwind-swept pursuers and the lightning-encircled banishers traversed the storm and returned to Azer's side, their forms rapidly shrinking to short sticks only a meter long.

“The pursuer and the exile are the powers I took from Mekal.”

“The Golden Sword is the power I seized from Vereslana.”

"As for the slash that burns everything away..."

In Aize's other hand, a pitch-black magic sword appeared.

"Is this what you are talking about?"

The jet-black patterns swirled along the black sword, flowing downwards and eventually flowing into the red Universal Essence Crystal, causing a crimson glow to emanate from it.

The intense heat emanated from the blade, evaporating the torrential rain, disrupting the storm, and distorting the air.

Woban suddenly understood that the slash he had always believed could burn everything was the power of this sword.

"That's also your power?" Vobban's expression shifted between anger and uncertainty. "The power you seized from Odin, is this it?"

It doesn't make sense.

There doesn't seem to be any necessary connection between Odin and this power, does it?
Even if the power that a god-slayer takes from a god that does not belong to that god is not necessarily the god's original power, and may undergo unexplained changes, or even become unrecognizable, this power will not be completely unrelated to that god.

Odin is neither a sword god nor has there been any legend of him manipulating fire or high temperatures. How could he have given someone the power to wield such a demonic sword that can burn everything?
Even if there is some reason I don't know that led this kid to take this magic sword from Odin as his power, what about this kid's steel body?

Woban was completely baffled.

"Don't even think about it. You're not the type to be good at using your intelligence. No matter how much you think about it, you won't come up with anything."

Aize's calm voice interrupted Woban's thoughts, making Woban's expression turn ugly.

“Let me tell you.” Aize looked at Woban and suddenly smiled, saying, “Neither this demonic sword nor my current body possesses power.”

"Impossible!" Woban denied without hesitation, saying, "Whether it's that demonic sword or your steel body, both are divine-level powers!"

"That demonic sword is one thing, but perhaps it's some kind of divine artifact I don't know about?"

"But your body is absolutely not something a human could possess; it could only be an immortal body that you usurped from the Steel Sword God!"

In response to Vauban's rebuttal, Aize simply shook his head.

"That's why I said you shouldn't think about it anymore; you won't come up with a solution."

Aize landed in front of Vobban and stood back on the watchtower.

"Nothing is absolute. How do you know this is impossible?"

"If my body is truly an immortal body usurped from some Steel Sword God, how could I possibly avoid you with just those divine beast-level servants you released?"

"Compared to Salbatore's Steel Protection, my physical abilities may not be inferior at all, but I don't have his ability to not need oxygen and food, to survive in water or a vacuum for years, and to enter a state of suspended animation to avoid fatal attacks."

"Therefore, my body is simply powerful, not immortal."

Of course, this refers to the physical body alone, without taking into account the immortality granted to Azer by the Hogyoku.

This immortality is ultimately a property of the Hogyoku, not something inherent in Azer's own body.

Now that his body has undergone a complete transformation, both inside and out, Aize's most superhuman feature, besides his sheer strength, is probably his recovery ability, which rivals super-fast regeneration.

If we take this into account, then Azer's body can indeed be regarded as having power no different from that of the gods.

However, this strength only comes from Azer's own body, not from the power itself.

"Before I became a god-slayer, I possessed several divine artifacts capable of killing gods due to my unique nature, and the Black Furnace Demon Sword was just one of them."

"And my body, before I became a god-slayer, also had skin that was like a layer of armor due to special reasons, and it was very hard."

"After successfully killing a god, I underwent a reincarnation ritual. The special characteristics of the god-slayer's body and my own characteristics merged into one, ultimately resulting in a qualitative transformation."

Aize spoke calmly.

"Therefore, this body is not something obtained through the power of God, but rather it is my own property."

Hearing this, Woban finally understood why this brat, who had been king for less than a month, would immediately rush to the next battlefield after successfully killing a god, and bravely slay two pillar gods in Sardinia.

An ordinary god-slayer could never do this; only someone who was originally extraordinary and exceptional could accomplish such a feat.

"By the way, I didn't kill three gods, but four."

Ignoring Woban's astonishment, Aize grinned.

"Before killing Vereslana and Mekal, I killed Poseidon, the god of the sea, at Nemo Point."

"Furthermore, when I returned to this country yesterday, I also indirectly murdered a subordinate god."

"If I include that, I've killed five gods, and I've gained five powers, right?"

Aize's words silenced Vobban completely.

Five powers...

This is a level of power that even that despicable Salbatole does not possess.

It is common knowledge that Salbatole Tony has four powers. The American Pluto and the British Black Prince also have around five or six powers, only slightly more than Salbatole Tony.

The junior who had become king less than a month ago already possessed power and influence comparable to the three of them, and was even more unique and powerful.

"Hmph... Haha... Hahahaha...!"

After a long silence, Woban suddenly laughed.

His laughter grew louder and louder, until it turned into unrestrained, maniacal laughter. Aize simply watched him silently, offering no response.

Under these circumstances, Vauban laughed and shouted.

"I never expected this, I never expected that a monster like you would emerge from among us. What is this?"

Woban's gaze toward Aize had completely changed. It no longer looked like he was looking at a junior, a fellow human, but rather like he was looking at those disobedient gods whom he regarded as enemies.

"Even I, who have lived for hundreds of years, have never encountered a freak like you before!"

"How could someone like you become a god-slayer? What kind of hellish joke is this?"

"Pandora must have lost her mind, right? Otherwise, why would she do something as absurd as reincarnating someone like you into a god-slayer?"

Woban laughed so hard that tears streamed down his face.

"Have you laughed enough?"

Aize's attitude was extremely cold.

“I’m praising you, kid.” Woban wiped away his tears and said with a stern smile, “You should feel honored. Even among the Godslayers, only Luo Hao has been treated like this by me. Now there’s another one like you.”

"Any idea what this means?"

"This means I consider you to be an equal to me!"

Aize responded to Woban's remarks with an expression as if he were looking at an idiot.

“What’s so honorable about that?” Aize said bluntly. “I’ve never thought that being equal to you is something to be honored about.”

"Are you just praising yourself?"

"You're about to be defeated, how thick-skinned do you have to be to say something like that?"

Upon hearing this, Woban was no longer as enraged as before when he heard Aize's sharp tongue.

"A defeated opponent?" Woban shouted loudly, "I haven't lost yet!"

Suddenly, astonishing magical power erupted from the disheveled old demon king.

"My powers are not limited to just four!"

Although the four powers of Sodom's Eye, Greedy Wolves, Gale and Raging Waves, and Death's Servant Cage were sealed, Vobban discovered that his other powers were not sealed and were still in a usable state.

The golden sword capable of severing divinity is the strongest spear and shield for gods, capable of cutting through even their bodies and divine power. However, it is not so fatal to a god-slayer who only possesses authority but not divinity.

When the opponent is a god-slayer, the golden sword can only be used to seal the god-slayer's powers, and it cannot seal all powers at once, but can only seal one power at a time.

The original protagonist, Kusanagi Godou, is an example of this. When dealing with a Godslayer, unless there are special circumstances, he can only use the Golden Sword to seal one of the opponent's powers.

Of course, because Aze did not obtain the power of the Ten Incarnations, but only the Golden Sword he possessed when he was in the "Warrior" incarnation, the restrictions he faced were not as great as those faced by Kusanagi Godou.

Kusanagi Godou can only seal one power of the Godslayer at a time because each of his avatars can only use it once within a certain time frame. Aize, on the other hand, does not have such a restriction.

Furthermore, Aize enhanced the power of the Golden Sword with his own authority, allowing him to wield it freely.

However, when faced with a god-slayer who lacks divinity, Azer could only use the Golden Sword to seal away the powers the opponent had used.

As for powers that the opponent has not used, the Golden Sword will not consider them as targets for attack.

The Golden Sword, also known as the Sword of Wisdom or the Sword of Knowledge, is a weapon that grows stronger the more you understand the enemy god, and the more knowledge you acquire about the enemy god, the more powerful it becomes.

The understanding and knowledge of the enemy god will itself become power, used to forge the golden sword and make it even sharper.

When wielding the Golden Sword, Azer also gains the ability to see the true nature of enemy gods, which greatly enhances the sword's threat.

However, the Golden Sword cannot recognize the Godslayer when it does not use its corresponding powers. Even if Azer knows of its existence and information through the original work, he cannot seal it with the power of the Golden Sword before it uses its powers.

As the god-slayer who possesses the most power in this matter, even if four of his powers were sealed, Woban would still have more power remaining than that.

Even if the loss of his four powers does have an impact on his strength, it is not enough to determine the final outcome.

If he still wanted to fight, he could at least have fought Aize for a while longer.

But... Aize didn't want to waste any more time with him.

"You think you haven't lost yet because I'm not capable of defeating you immediately?"

Azer sheathed the Pursuers and the Exiles, and also the Golden Sword, reclaiming all the powers he was currently using.

"Don't you want to know what powers I took from Odin?"

Aize slowly raised his hand.

"Now, I'll tell you."

As soon as he finished speaking, a gun suddenly appeared in Aize's hand.

The gun barrel is made of a branch of the World Tree, which exudes a strong sense of life.

The spearhead is made of the strongest steel, engraved with runes.

Ancient divinity appeared on this spear, instantly filling the entire world.

"------"

Woban, whose body was burning with astonishing magical power, stopped moving when he saw the gun.

He stared intently at the ancient divine spear, uttering its name word by word.

"Gungnir, the Eternal Spear!"

The legendary shot that always hits and wins is so famous that even Vauban couldn't possibly be unaware of its name.

"That's it...that's it..."

Woban stared at Aize, then at the gun, as if he had just understood something.

"Is this what you rely on to simultaneously slay two of the highest-ranking gods?!"

This old devil has once again misunderstood everything.

But it doesn't matter.

Aize was too lazy to explain anymore.

"With this gun, I am invincible from the very beginning."

Aize said this.

"And you, from the very beginning, were destined to be a defeated opponent."

(End of this chapter)