To become a king and a magician

"You're really confident, aren't you? This is going to be the death of you."

Xia Chuanhu stretched his limbs, walked up to him, and took a deep breath—

"Zheng—!"

With his magic circuits fully activated, a vast amount of magic power erupted from his body, and the flickering magical light rose up on his body like flames.

Will the fire fairy enter my body again?

(No, this is just a simple release of magic, but such pure magic...)

Nero's icy expression finally softened slightly: "Your vitality is remarkably strong; even magical beasts and phantom beasts probably don't possess such intensity. Besides your summoning magic, is your very existence an anomaly?"

"It's just that you're full. Once you're full, the strength will come out naturally."

Click!

The ground beneath Xia Chuanhu's feet suddenly collapsed, and the magical flames that had been burning quietly paused for a moment, then, as if fuel had been added, the burning momentum suddenly surged!

Like a volcanic eruption.

"Thump—!"

Swift as thunder!

Magical flames flashed across the space in an instant! But before the thunderous sound of the earth striking the ground reached Nero's ears, Natsukawa Torato had already surpassed sound and arrived right in front of him, inches away!

When you throw a punch, it should feel like you're shooting out magic power—

"Pfft!"

A lightning-fast punch pierced through Nero's chest in an instant! Rather than calling it a fist, it would be more accurate to describe it as a spear thrusting out at full speed!

(An even more swift and powerful attack than last night.)

What happened to him overnight?

Nero wasn't going to think about this in detail; no matter how amazing the attack was, in the end it was just feeding him.

"roar----!"

His pierced chest instantly transformed into a majestic lion!

(Next comes the petrification magic, which petrifies my body and then detaches me—)

"Bang------!"

A punch, delivered with lightning speed, landed on Nero's face without warning! It knocked his entire face to the side!

(The same hand?!)

Did he retract his punch in an instant and throw it again? How could he retract it so quickly after piercing through his body?

He hastily retreated several steps, and the darkness beneath Nero's clothes suddenly unfolded, unleashing a horde of hundreds of ferocious beasts that surged towards Natsukawa Tiger like a tidal wave! Regardless, his only means of attack is his fists, at least for now, so let's seize this opportunity to bite him to death!

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Dozens of magic cannons fired from behind Xia Chuanhu instantly wiped out the horde of beasts!

Blowing away a non-existent plume of smoke from her fingertips, Aozaki Aoko laughed, "Don't pretend I don't exist, okay? Honestly, you're working so hard, I feel like all I have to do is assist you."

"Miss Aoko, I can probably manage on my own now."

"Good luck then. Arcueid, let's go over there and buy something to eat."

Despite saying that, Aozaki Aoko's fingertips still pointed forward as she spoke, and dozens more magic bullets shot out, shattering the pythons that flew out from behind Nero with incredible precision.

Nero's stern expression crumbled.

(The magic bullet technique is quite precise, and even though the scale is small, the destructive power is still strong. It seems that it will take some effort.)

"Hey, what are you looking at?"

Natsukawa Torato's voice, like a relentless ghost, abruptly jolted Nero awake! In the instant he regained his senses, a massive gash had been slashed across his face by a scythe-like kick! Almost half his head had been severed!

"Sizzle—!"

(This guy—!)

His previously expressionless eyes flashed with an instantaneous sharpness! A repulsive and nauseating murky magical power erupted from Nero's body! Natsukawa Torato, standing at extremely close range, immediately tried to decapitate him, but at the last second—

"roar----------!"

A deafening roar erupted without warning! The terrifying sound wave instantly brought physical impact and a raging wind, directly causing Xia Chuanhu to take two steps back!

In the span of those two steps, Nero vanished from Natsukawa Torato's sight.

In his place appeared a synthetic magical beast—a chimera—that he had only seen once the previous night.

"A magical beast synthesized from four hundred beast factors is really making a mountain out of a molehill to deal with a mere human."

Flying through the air and looking down at Natsukawa Torato, Aozaki Aoko, and Arcueid, Nero thought for a moment, then released another two hundred Beast Factors from his body—

"hiss------!"

A massive, three-headed, jet-black serpent suddenly descended from the sky! It flicked its blood-red tongue, and a strange black mist swirled around it!

A slight stinging sensation came from his skin, and Natsukawa Tora frowned: "Poisonous fog?!"

"Chimeras, plus Hydras, while they may not compare to the true prototypes, should be more than enough for this moment," Nero sneered. "Enough. Let them perish here together with the princess—"

"boom--------!"

Before Nero's words had even finished, a blinding burst of flames erupted! They didn't even last a moment longer before the Chimera and Hydra were reduced to ashes in the dazzling flames—no, not even ashes remained!

At the center of that blazing inferno, wearing a fiery red eye patch and a blazing feathered robe, Natsukawa Torato looked at Nero.

"Excuse me, what did you just say?"

"I have hearing problems and can't hear what others are saying very well, so I easily get things mixed up."

"Say it again—who will perish here?"

29. Ryougi Shiki: I'll just poke you once.

Nero thought he might be seeing things; in all the long years of his life, he had never seen anything so outrageous.

The two monsters were burned to ashes in an instant!

Although the magical beasts he created were merely imitations and not as powerful as the real chimeras and hydras, they were still magical beasts! How could mere humans and magicians defeat them so easily?

No, rather—when did modern magic develop to such a level?!

Unlike Nero's surprise, Natsukawa Torato now felt incredibly comfortable all over, with magic power surging freely within his body and the power of the fairy mutant filling every corner of his body.

Ultimately, it's because we're full.

Looking at Natsukawa Torama who was engulfed in flames, Arcueid suddenly spoke.

"I'm afraid that until now, Tiger has been fighting with incomplete power. Aoko, you just said that Tiger ate almost half of the restaurant by himself, right? The things that Tiger ate are now being converted into magic power at an astonishing speed."

When magicians use magic, they first use the power of the Great Source. Compared to the negligible magic power converted from a personal Small Source, borrowing directly from the world itself is more effective.

But Natsukawa Tora is different.

Because of the perpetually activated Soul-Eating Demon Eye, the small source within his body is constantly being consumed. His body has long since become accustomed to using the small source's magic power, while the large source is given a lower priority. As a result, Xia Chuanhu has always been in an incomplete state of constantly losing magic power.

But now, having completely filled his stomach and converted that large amount of food into magic power, the rate of magic power generation has kept up with the rate of magic power consumption of the Soul-Eating Eye, and there is even a surplus. The surplus magic power has now been converted into power that Xia Chuanhu can squander!

Having been a magician for nearly four years, this might be the richest battle he's ever fought!

"But how long can you maintain this state?"

Completely abandoning his previous ease, Nero released the beast factor that had returned to his body and instantly synthesized it into a tiger with wings on its back and a body as huge as an elephant!

It's Warcraft again!

(It's just that I'm in peak physical condition right now. One minute? Two minutes? I don't care how long you can last. I'll win when you're exhausted. Humans are so fragile.)

"boom--------!"

The flaming fist that shot into the sky directly burned away Nero's thoughts and the victory that was already in his hands. The huge tiger immediately followed in the footsteps of the Chimera and Hydra and was buried in the flames!

Time limit?

"Yes, there are times when I'm too tired to even throw a punch, or when I can't squeeze out any magic power at all. That's true."

"But that has nothing to do with you!"

Flames erupted like a whirlwind beneath Natsukawa Tiger, propelling him high into the sky like a volcanic eruption. Even though Nero was watching intently, the fist, wreathed in light and flames, slammed heavily into his face before he could react!

You'll be dead before I even collapse!

(That's the meaning behind this punch, and then—)

"collapse--!"

Like the sound of a bullet casing being ejected, without any leverage, relying solely on the directional burst of magic power, Natsukawa Tiger forcefully changed direction in mid-air, and then slammed a fiery kick heavily onto Nero's shoulder!

Sizzle—!

Half of his body was instantly torn apart by a kick! Flames roared at the severed area, instantly charring it completely!

(This guy burned my wounds, suppressed my regenerative abilities, and since I'm not dead, I can't immediately—)

"Bang----!"

The punch that struck Nero's temple instantly cut off his thoughts. Natsukawa Tiger's speed was simply too fast, so fast that he didn't have time to react!

Does he think his magic is free?! If he keeps squandering it like this, even the most vigorous life force will eventually run out! It's only a matter of time before he weakens and dies!

Staring at Nero, who was being relentlessly attacked in mid-air by Natsukawa Torato and couldn't land at all, constantly taking a beating, Aozaki Aoko was dumbfounded: "Junior-kun... before he said he could barely suppress Nero, I thought he was being arrogant, but it turns out he was being modest?"

"Won't it be really awkward for me to stand here like this!"

"That's true to some extent. Aoko seems like the kind of useless person who wants to help but gets left out because she's incapable of doing so."

"He's a mage, after all. Calling me trash... it's an inevitable consequence of having too much power, I can't help it!"

Natsukawa Tora's answer was that he could barely suppress Nero, so Aozaki Aoko suggested that the two of them deal with Nero together to avoid any accidents. However, what she didn't expect was that Natsukawa Tora was too modest. He could overpower Nero by himself, which made Aozaki Aoko, who had come along, seem like a busybody.

If you can beat them, just say so!

“However, I don’t think Tiger did it on purpose,” Arcueid laughed. “Besides, Tiger’s current state can only last for a few minutes at most. His magic power consumption is quite severe, and he also needs to reserve some magic power, so it will only last for a few minutes at most.”

"That's more than enough—she's already here."