Knights of the Digital World

"What will happen? I don't know, it depends on what Lord Suzakumon decides. Perhaps her consciousness will be erased and she will revert to the purest form of evolutionary light? Or perhaps she will be spared to continue using her evolutionary light? Well, in any case, I won't let her run around anymore."

Monkeymon was quite patient. He could tell that Wizardmon, unlike Guilmon, was a Digimon that evolved through human intervention, so his attitude was relatively friendly.

However, his answer made the wizard beast tremble with anger:

"Erase its will, or imprison it to use as a tool? You actually want to do such a thing to AncientBeast? And you still expect me to give it to you?! Let me tell you, don't be delusional! I will absolutely, positively not let you take AncientBeast away! Thundercloud!!"

Wizardmon raised his staff, and suddenly thick layers of dark clouds appeared above them. Golden lightning bolts fell from the clouds, striking Monkeymon.

Monkeymon was caught off guard by Wizardmon's sudden attack. However, he was very agile and dodged Wizardmon's attack with a few nimble flips.

"Why, Wizardmon? Why are you attacking me?! Because of Gullmon? You should know, she is just the Light of Evolution!"

The monkey beast remained expressionless and blank, but its eyes widened considerably, with its pitch-black pupils almost filling its entire eye, making it look extremely frightening.

Monkeymon was truly angry. He was peacefully engaging with Wizardmon, and Wizardmon wanted to strike him with lightning—that was going too far!

"Gurgle... Wizardmon, he seems to be an Ultimate level. Are we no match for him? Should we run away?"

Gulemon sensed the aura emanating from Spiritmon, poked half its head out from Wizardmon's arms, looked at Wizardmon with worried eyes, and whispered a suggestion.

"It's alright, Gu Le Beast. Leave everything to me. You can just stay in my arms."

Wizardmon gently patted Gullmon's head, whispered a few words of comfort, then glared fiercely at Monkeymon and said coldly:

"This is just a warning. I will not give you the ancient music. Now, leave! Otherwise, I'm not sure what I might do!"

"How arrogant! It's just a stage of maturity!"

The monkey beast grinned, revealing its snow-white teeth; it was truly enraged by the wizard beast.

"Since you refuse to hand it over voluntarily, then I'll take it myself! As for you, defying God's will will not end well!"

The Monkeymon issued a declaration, and with a flash, rushed to Wizardmon, reaching out to grab the Ancient Musicmon from Wizardmon's arms.

The Wizard Beast remained calm and slammed its staff into the ground, instantly creating more than ten figures that surrounded the Spirit Monkey Beast.

Then these figures raised their staffs together and fired dark beams of light at the monkey beast.

"A magical game! A terrifying illusion!"

The agile monkey beast reacted quickly, immediately throwing out more than ten precious gems to block the incoming light. The gems shimmered, sealing away the beams of light.

"Baoyu!!"

Of the dozen or so gems, only one was successfully sealed by the beam of light emitted by Wizardmon, bouncing back into Monkeymon's hand. The remaining dozen or so gems all lost their luster and fell to the ground.

"Over here! Baoyu!"

The monkey beast immediately identified the location of the wizard beast, and with a snap of its fingers, it produced a new gem and hurled it at the wizard beast, intending to seal it within the gem as well.

The wizard beast snorted coldly, forcefully swung its staff, and directly channeled several bolts of lightning from the air, striking the precious jade and sending it flying.

"Tsk. Inugami! I've spotted the light of evolution! Help me out!"

After realizing that Wizardmon's strength was no less than its own and that it wouldn't be easy to reclaim the Light of Evolution, Monkeymon immediately called out to Inugamimon.

He doesn't really care about things like saving face. Besides, he's not a combatant. Isn't it normal to call for backup when you can't win?

Inugamimon was still locked in battle with Asuna and Priestmon. Suddenly, it heard Monkeymon calling for help and glanced over to see Monkeymon and Wizardmon fighting in the park not far away.

"Can't even defeat a mature-level monster? The Spirit Monkey Beast is too lax in battle. I'll have to keep a closer eye on him when we get back."

The Inugamimon muttered to itself, then transformed into a giant hammer and slammed it down at Wizardmon from a distance, sending a powerful energy wave hurtling towards Wizardmon.

"The Treasure Hammer!!"

The attack came so suddenly that Wizardmon was sent flying.

He clung tightly to the ancient beast in his arms, rolled around on the ground several times, and coughed loudly.

Wizardmon's strength may have reached the Ultimate level, but its physique is still at the Adult level. Taking such a blow nearly killed it.

"Gururu! Wizardmon! How are you, Wizardmon?!"

Gulemon was so anxious it was almost crying. Its little hands were stroking Wizardmon's chest, and a light was gradually flashing from the triangle on its forehead.

"Wizardmon, I can tell you're not one of those pathetic Digimon tamed by humans. I'll give you one more chance. Hand over the Light of Evolution, and I might spare your life!"

The monkey beast remained expressionless, but its words carried an arrogant and domineering air.

"Cough cough cough... You're dreaming! I've said it before, I will absolutely not give Gu Le to you! I've said it before, I will... protect her!!!"

Wizardmon roared, and the ancient beast in his arms covered its mouth, tears finally streaming down its face.

At that moment, the triangle on Guromon's forehead lit up completely, emitting a beam of red light. Under the illumination of the red light, Wizardmon's entire body suddenly shone with a white light:

Wizardmon, Mega Evolution!!!

"—Baalmon!!!"

Chapter 5, Baalmon!

As the white light of evolution dissipated, a tall, humanoid Digimon stood in place, wearing a loose white cloak, with blond hair haphazardly wrapped in a long blue cloth, exceptionally long hands that even extended past its knees, and its right hand hidden beneath a wide sleeve. It stared coldly at Monkeymon.

This is Wizardmon's Ultimate form, Baalmon!

"Gurgle, Baalmon is so cool!"

Gulemon was held in Baalmon's right arm, its two little hands tightly gripping Baalmon's right sleeve. It looked at Baalmon with joy and excitement, its eyes practically sparkling.

"Evolution... How is this possible? No, the light of evolution is in his hands, it truly is..."

Monkeymon muttered to itself in confusion. Wizardmon's sudden evolution caught it off guard, and the aura emanating from Baalmon filled it with apprehension.

He was already struggling to defeat the opponent when it was still a Wizardmon, and now that the opponent has evolved, it's even less of a match for him.

"No, I'm no match for him. Let's retreat first and wait until Inugami and the others are free before taking the Light of Evolution!"

After a brief period of confusion, the monkey beast quickly regained its composure and turned to flee.

"Where do you think you're going?! Divine Strike!"

Baal Beast let out a shout, reached behind his waist with his left hand and took out his weapon, the "God-Slaying Whip," which he swung at the Spirit Monkey Beast from afar. A violent lightning strike was released from the God-Slaying Whip and chased after the Spirit Monkey Beast.

The agile monkey noticed the lightning chasing from behind, and a hint of disdain flashed in its dark eyes.

He's not very good at fighting, but his dodging ability is maxed out!

But just as the agile monkey was about to demonstrate its agility, a dark green beam of light shot into the sky from the center of the Twin Towers. After a brief silence, the sky suddenly distorted, and glimpses of another world could be seen.

The annihilation plan has been launched once again!

The human world has once again overlapped with the digital world!

However, this wasn't the main impact of the annihilation plan. The most significant impact was that the data of the Digimon active in West Shinjuku began to leak out, absorbed by the power of the annihilation plan, inevitably causing their movements to pause for a moment.

The pause was brief, probably less than a second. But for the Monkeymon, who was trying to dodge Baalmon's attack, this pause was deadly.

As expected, Baalmon's lightning struck Monkeymon, causing damage and instantly paralyzing him.

A charred electric mark appeared on the back of the agile monkey beast, and tiny arcs of electricity appeared all over its body. It knelt on the ground, its body trembling slightly involuntarily.

"Wait! Baalmon! Perhaps we can talk again! I am a messenger of God, you cannot..."

Monkeymon realized he could no longer escape, so he turned his head and tried to persuade Baalmon.

His expressionless face, coupled with his incessant chatter, sent a chill down one's spine.

"Sin symbol".

Baalmon had no intention of engaging in conversation. Having learned of the plans of the Twelve Emperors and the gods behind them against Gullmon, he had become utterly opposed to them.

Baal simply uttered two words, and as he retracted his God-Slaying Whip with his left hand, he flicked his cloak, and the amulets hidden inside the cloak detached one by one, appearing in front of Baal, emitting a shimmering light.

Baalmon glanced at Monkeymon with cold eyes again, and uttered another cold word:

"go with!"

Dozens of talismans shot out instantly at his command. The spirit monkey beast, which had been expressionless, finally showed fear of death and let out a sharp cry.

"Boom boom boom!"

After several explosions, a large crater was blasted into the original location of the spirit monkey beast, and the spirit monkey beast was completely annihilated, turning into countless data points.

Baalmon closed its eyes, silently absorbing the data of Monkeymon into its body, then exhaled a long breath, reopened its eyes, and its aura became much stronger.

"Gurgle! Baalmon, you're so strong now! What should we do next?"

The ears on Gulemon's head stretched out, and she struggled to break free from Baalmon's embrace. Her ears flapped vigorously, lifting her body into the air, circling around Baalmon's head, and she said excitedly.

"Next... let's go provide support! First, let's help Priestmon and the others take down Inugamimon, then we'll help Rabimon fight Dramon, and finally, we'll deal with Boarmon once again."

Baalmon reached out its right hand and pulled the flying Gullmon back into its arms, rationally analyzing the situation:

"Although we don't know the reason, it's clear that the annihilation plan has been restarted. The data in our bodies is being absorbed, and our strength is decreasing."

Boarmon and Dragonmon are too large, with a lot of data, making them more resistant to the weakening caused by data loss. Prioritizing them would waste too much time, leaving us without the strength to fight. That would be very bad.

While Inugami is quite strong, its size and stats aren't particularly exaggerated. The extermination plan will have a significant impact on it. Furthermore, it's currently fighting two opponents alone; defeating it will free up more combat power!

"Yes, Baalmon, you're right! Besides, he ambushed you before, so we must teach him a lesson this time!"

Gulemon didn't quite understand Baalmon's analysis, but it still nodded vigorously in support of Baalmon.

Baalmon felt inexplicably happy. He patted Gulemon's head with his left hand and gave him a few more instructions:

"I'll take you to the woods where we used to train. You need to stay hidden and not wander off, okay?"

"Huh? Can't I come with you?"

The ancient beast's ears tucked back near its head, and it became depressed.

"I'm sorry, Gulemon. It's too dangerous to take you to the battlefield. You're also their target. I can't take the risk."

Baalmon said earnestly, "Actually, leaving you here alone is already a bit risky. Who knows if any of the Twelve Emperors have sneaked over... But Takato and the others are fighting, and I have the power to help them again, so I can't just stand here and watch. I'm sorry, Gullmon."

"Gurgle... Baalmon doesn't need to apologize. Takato and the others are also Curamon's friends, and Curamon wouldn't want them to get hurt or anything. Baalmon, don't worry, Curamon can take care of itself!"

The ancient beast's emotions quickly rose again, and it clenched its little fists, speaking earnestly.

Baalmon smiled again, picked up Gulemon, and leaped back to the grove where they had always trained.

"Go for it, Baalmon!"

Gulemon flew down on its own, turned around and waved its little fist at Baalmon, cheering it on.

"Ah, Ancient Music Beast, I've received your sentiment! Now watch my move!"