Knights of the Digital World

Baalmon gave Gurumon a thumbs-up, drew its Godwhip again, and charged towards Inugamimon. A fierce bolt of lightning shot out from the Godwhip:

"God beats!!!"

Chapter Six, The Fall of the Emperor Demon

Just as Inugamimon was about to bite Priestmon, it keenly sensed the sound of lightning coming from behind it.

Without hesitation, Inugami abandoned this excellent opportunity to attack and quickly retreated, avoiding the lightning bolt from Baalmon.

"Baamon? Did Wizardmon evolve? What about Monkeymon? You... killed him?"

With a nimble flip, Inugami landed to the side, looked up at Baalmon charging towards it, and said with a sharp, cold gaze.

“Of course. The moment you tried to take Gulemon away, we became enemies. What’s wrong with me defeating him and absorbing his data?”

Baalmon turned around, its gaze equally cold and sharp, meeting Inugami's eyes without fear, and answered with a cold laugh.

"Baalmon? Wizardmon evolved? That's great!"

Priestmon recognized Baalmon and was delighted.

Unlike Inugamimon, who had the spare energy to respond to Monkeymon's summons and launch attacks, Priestmon, despite teaming up with Asuna, was still struggling to keep up. Now, with the addition of Baamon as a powerful ally, they could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Priestmon, is this our partner? I've never seen him before?"

Asuna arrived beside Priestmon at this moment. Although she possessed Decade's power, she lacked training and could not actually unleash her full strength; she was essentially at the level of a normal Perfect level.

However, thanks to Decade's basic defenses, she looks to be in pretty good condition, except for being a little dirty.

"This is Wizardmon's evolution! With his help, things will be much easier for us. Inugamimon is really strong; we are no match for him."

The priest beast looked at Asuna, and Asuna nodded in realization.

She recognized Wizardmon, but they didn't interact much. After all, Wizardmon spent all its time running around with Ancientmon, and they rarely bumped into each other unless there was something going on, so they weren't very close.

Inugami completely ignored the two who were talking, and continued to stare intently at Baalmon, his expression somewhat unpleasant.

"The Spirit Monkey Beast must have said that we are messengers of God. What you are doing is defying God's will! You don't have any human aura on you; you must have brought this upon yourself, right? Then you should be on our side even more! Why are you helping humans?!"

"You guys are so long-winded. You keep talking about gods. I've never even heard of this unknown thing! There's only one reason I'm your enemy, and that's because you want to harm the Ancient Music Beast!"

Baalmon was getting impatient. The extermination plan was still slowly whittling down their stats and weakening their strength. He didn't have time to waste talking to Inugamimon.

Baalmon yelled, "Priestmon, and that's Fakeno, right? Attack together! Take him down! Sin Talisman!"

Priestmon and Asuna exchanged a glance, and without hesitation, they immediately followed up with Baalmon's attack.

The priest beast raised a finger, several talismans held between its fingers, infused with energy, and flung them out with a backhand: "Fox Seal Talisman!"

Asuna also pulled out her "Cardcaptor Shodown Sword - Pistol Mode" and fired repeatedly at Inugami, firing light bullets continuously: "decadebst!"

"Insulting God...this is an unforgivable sin! I...Dog God Beast! I sentence you...to death!!!"

Inugamimon was also enraged by Baalmon's words. He opened his mouth, revealing his fangs, his eyes burning with fury. He leaped into the air, his body transforming into a giant hammer as he spun, and slammed it down towards Baalmon:

"The Treasure Hammer!"

In a fit of rage, Inugami attacked, disregarding the damage the Annihilation Plan would cause him. He abandoned any resistance to the Annihilation Plan and unleashed his full power. The giant hammer fell, shattering Baalmon's Sin Symbol, Priestmon's Spirit Symbol, and Asuna's Light Bullet in succession, before striking Baalmon with still considerable force.

Baalmon was somewhat surprised by the large power difference between Inugamimon and Monkeymon, but its reaction was swift. It immediately raised its Godwhip, with lightning crackling along it, and intercepted Inugamimon.

"God beats!!"

"boom!"

The energy on both sides squeezed and exploded, creating a cloud of white smoke.

Baalmon was propelled backward by the immense force, its feet carving two long furrows in the ground. Its aura had clearly weakened.

In addition to the injuries caused by the collision, the annihilation plan took advantage of Baalmon's injury to deplete a large amount of his data energy, making his injuries even more serious.

However, Baalmon was seriously injured, and Inugamimon was even more so. He was thrown back by the force of the explosion, transforming back into his canine form in mid-air. A large amount of red data was lost from his body, and his aura weakened several levels, making him roughly equivalent to a Perfect-level monster like Monkeymon.

That desperate attack earlier cost Inugamimon dearly. If it weren't for being blinded by Baalmon's arrogant words, Inugamimon would never have done something so reckless.

But it was too late to regret it now. Although Priestmon was more inclined to support due to her racial characteristics when she was in her Ultimate form, and her combat power was relatively lower, she was still a battle-hardened warrior and immediately seized the opportunity.

The priest beast pulled out its weapon, a giant brush, from its long sleeve. With one hand, it flung several talismans at the dog-god beast, sealing its movements. With its other hand, it gripped the brush and began drawing Sanskrit characters in the sky while chanting incantations:

"Sanskrit—brush—flash!"

Asuna wasn't as experienced as the Priestmon, and her ability to seize opportunities was a bit weaker. However, her reactions were quick. Seeing the Priestmon's movements, she immediately followed suit, taking out the "Final Attack Ride - Decade" card and inserting it into the "Decade Driver." The belt's sound effect automatically played:

"fattackride! de-de-de-decade!"

Asuna leaped into the sky, and ten holographic card-shaped light walls appeared between her and Inugami. Her right foot, imbued with golden energy, pierced through the ten light walls and kicked straight at Inugami:

"dinsionkick!"

As Inugamimon watched the attack hurtling towards him, he foresaw his fate. He gave up struggling, using his last moments to look at Baalmon and issue a threat similar to that of Monkeymon:

"You will surely be punished for defying the will of God! Just wait, Baalmon! You will regret your choice now!"

After uttering its final harsh words, Inugamimon was first hit by Priestmon's attack, and then its body was pierced by Asuka's kick, exploding and scattering into data.

Perhaps it was something Inugamimon did before it died, or perhaps it was the effect of the annihilation plan, but its data quickly dissipated into the air, making it impossible for Baalmon and the others to absorb it.

However, tomorrow, there were still some Digimon cards belonging to Inugamimon. But she glanced at them and then disgustedly put them back in the card box.

The Inugami is totally not her type; she would never use this card, not even if you killed her!

Baalmon had recovered by then. He looked at the spot where Inugamimon had disappeared, shook his head, and snorted, "The lament of a defeated dog... Well then, next up is Dragonmon."

The Celestial Dragonmon, which was locked in a stalemate with Rabimon, suddenly shuddered, feeling a chill run through its body, and a large "danger" character seemed to appear on its forehead.

"I have a bad feeling about this."

The Celestial Dragon Beast thought so.

Chapter Seven, The Vermilion Bird Makes Its Move

There's not much to say about how they defeated SkyDragon. SkyDragon was able to hold its own against Lavimon because of its superior defense, which allowed it to largely ignore Lavimon's speed.

However, he was now facing the combined power of four Ultimate-level Pokémon. Even if Rabimon and Priestmon's attacks were somewhat weak, the combined power of the four was enough to break through Dragonmon's defenses.

"The Celestial Dragon Beast has also been dealt with... Now only the Boar Beast is left."

Baalmon stood there, leaning on the God-Slaying Whip, his face somewhat pale.

Of the four, Tomorrow was unaffected by the annihilation plan, only suffering some injuries from the battle, and was in the best condition. Priestmon and Rabimon, thanks to the support of their tamers, maintained good condition despite leaving their tamers sweating profusely and exhausted.

Only Baalmon was immune to the annihilation plan, and he had no tamer to share the burden. After three consecutive high-intensity battles, and without absorbing much data, he was already starting to feel the strain.

"Baalmon, why don't you go and rest for a bit? We can handle the rest."

Rabimon looked at Baalmon with concern.

“It’s alright, I can still hold on. Boarmon isn’t so easy to deal with. Rabimon, you can feel it, right? Under the extermination plan, even with the support of your tamers, your strength has been diminished. But Boarmon’s aura hasn’t changed much… He’s too big, and he’s been able to hold out for long enough during the extermination plan. If we don’t concentrate all our strength, we probably won’t be a match for him.”

Baal shook its head and straightened up.

The amount of data on the boar beast exceeded his expectations. He had originally thought that after dealing with the other two Demon Emperors, and with the boar beast's strength largely diminished under the annihilation plan, the five of them working together would surely be able to easily defeat their opponent.

But now it seems that his wishful thinking has failed.

However, this would require all five of them to exert their full strength. And they couldn't delay any longer; if they did, he wouldn't be able to hold on.

…………

"Chief! A powerful Digimon has suddenly appeared! Inugamimon has already been defeated. It seems that Tenryumon won't be able to hold out for much longer either."

However, according to 'Hippos' monitoring, the Digimon named 'Balibon' has become very bad due to the extermination plan.

Furthermore, monitoring data shows that Groudon, Rabimon, and Priestmon all experienced varying degrees of decline in their condition. Boarmon also showed a decline, but it was not significant.

Based on the current situation, continuing the annihilation plan would have a far greater impact on our combat capabilities than on the enemy, and the disadvantages would outweigh the advantages.

"Chief, should we terminate the annihilation plan to avoid further harm to friendly forces?"

A long-haired woman and a short-haired woman sat back to back, wearing high-tech glasses. Their hands were constantly typing on a keyboard, operating the machine, while they were also reporting the situation.

"Friendly forces... Sigh, I never imagined that Digimon would one day become my allies. I always thought they were beasts..."

Yamaki took off his sunglasses, fiddled with them in his hand, thought for a few seconds, and then gave the order:

"End the annihilation plan!"

"Yes!"

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"Grooolmon, hold him up! Aaaaaaaaah!"

Takato let out a loud roar and struck the same pose as the Great Guramon.

He has become one with Groudon, their senses connected. Now, his power is Groudon's power!

With the support of its tamer, the Great Guramon became excited and roared loudly. It hugged the Boarmon tightly with both arms, and the thrusters attached to its shoulders sprayed flames backward, giving the Great Guramon a powerful boost.

Digimon are wondrous creatures that can respond to human desires. Under the onslaught of GrandGromon, Boarmon was forcibly stopped in its tracks.

At that moment, the beams of light shooting into the sky from the Twin Towers suddenly disappeared. The annihilation plan, which had been absorbing their data, had come to an end!

Baalmon instantly felt a relief, his complexion improving considerably. He pointed his God-Slaying Whip at the Boar Beast and shouted:

"This is our chance! Charge! Sin Symbol!"

This time, Baal held nothing back, flicking his cloak and throwing all the remaining runes at the boar.

"Priest Beast, go all out!"

Ruki also entered a state of spiritual unity with the priest beast, assuming the same pose as the priest beast.

The priest beast narrowed its eyes, pulled out a bunch of talismans with its left hand and threw them at the boar beast, while its right hand gripped its giant brush and wrote Sanskrit characters in the air:

"Fox Seal!! Brahma Brush Flash!!"

"Rabimon!" Kenryo shouted, calling out to his companion.

"Don't wait any longer, Jianliang! Watch me! The Golden Triangle!"

Rabimon raised its hands and released a powerful beam of light from its body.

"Then I'll try again..." Asuna muttered as she inserted the card into the driver and leaped into the sky.

"dinsionkick!!"

"This is the last one! Mega Groudon! Atomic Blast!!"