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Chapter 384: Lightning Did Not Fall from the Sky - 7

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Although most of Claudia's citizens had come out to watch, neither of them paid any attention. With only the other reflected in their eyes, they drew closer. In a standoff that seemed ready to shatter at any moment, the regressor spoke first.

"Enough! Can't you put aside your personal grudge for a moment? Seriously, everyone living here is in danger!"

Tyr snorted.

"How childish. Just as cold and heat cannot coexist, and light and darkness must drive each other away to claim their place, I and the Sanctum cannot occupy the same place without excluding one another."

"That's just stubbornness...! If it's to survive, you can do anything! Bending your pride a little isn't a big deal!"

"Really, is this solely because of my own obstinacy? If you want to know why I act this way, why don't you ask your precious Sanctum?"

"The Sanctum isn't here! I'm asking you right now!!"

The regressor vented her emotions and kicked off the ground. Jizan as the sheath, Skywarbler as the blade. Overlapping the two opposites, she aimed at Tyr and drew with all her strength.

Heaven-and-Earth Sword and Staff: Horizon Splitting.

Sword energy cleaved through the earth. Compressed space braced against the ground, scattering a razor-sharp edge. A distant blade of space that cut through all things bisected the Progenitor Tyrkanzyaka, along with the ground beneath her.

No matter how tough something was, it meant nothing. Tyr's body had been split apart, and that immense power had struck with such precision that it carved the vampire's flesh into pieces... For a moment, that was what everyone saw.

But the Progenitor Tyrkanzyaka was not an existence that could not be cut. She was an existence that would not die, no matter how many times she was cut. That was why she had once been called the Knight Slayer, but now that she had recovered her heart, she was even stronger.

Like the sea, her body swirled with immense authority, filled in the gaps, and returned to normal. As though the cut from moments ago had been an illusion.

'Getting her heart back didn't make her regeneration disappear. It's gotten even stronger! Tch, she's become even more troublesome to deal with...!'

While the regressor clicked her tongue, Tyr turned pale and unconsciously touched her chest.

It was not because she worried about where she had been cut. The number of times the Progenitor Tyrkanzyaka had been cut by a blade could not be counted on both hands.

Still, unlike before, Tyr now possessed an intact heart. Unlike the past, when she could use her body however she pleased, she now had to protect the heart she had regained with such difficulty.

'What a relief...! The card Hyu gave me isn't damaged. I must fight more carefully from now on. If it breaks...'

After breathing a deep sigh of relief, Tyr once again showed a quiet fury.

In Claudia, the mist flowing from Cloud Waterfall blocked out the sunlight. Thousands of Black Knights rose from Claudia's shadows and charged at the regressor all at once. The Black Knights were nothing more than minor soldiers, but in darkness, there were few enemies as troublesome as them. They still had to be dealt with.

'Light chases away darkness. I don't want to use the power I just obtained before I've fully settled it...'

Rather than deal with the Black Knights one by one, the regressor chose a simpler method.

She gripped Skywarbler tightly. She compressed the space even further and drew forth the flash hidden within that distant space once more. Space twisted, and lightning leaked through the gaps between her fingers.

'...But if my opponent is Tyrkanzyaka, it should be fine. Untamed lightning is more vicious.'

It was a technique she had learned from the Thunder Lord in the previous timeline. The regressor had not mastered it, but she had adapted it in her own way. The lightning sealed inside Skywarbler was unleashed.

In the blink of an eye, an entire unit of Black Knights struck directly by lightning vanished. The shadows faded, and the remaining Black Knights curled up. Piercing light tore through the darkness and spilled out.

A battle of the strongest. A clash between powers ordinary humans could not even dare to imagine.

The people who had thought of themselves as spectators gradually sensed the danger and fled screaming. The Thunder Guardians used lightning to erect barriers, preventing the aftermath of the battle from spilling outward. At least the two had been far from the crowd, so the chaos did not grow any worse.

Perru watched the two fight and muttered,

"...Why are those two fighting...?"

"Perru. Remember this. Even if you're not a man, there will come a time when you have to fight. Especially if you're a woman disguised as a man."

"...?"

Don't understand it. Feel it. It was difficult to explain anyway.

"...Aren't you going to stop them?"

"Me? How would I? Why would I?"

I could intervene, but there was no point in stopping them before they had fully let out their emotions, was there? If this was going to happen, it might as well come to a proper boil.

At that moment, Perru's senses caught something strange. Beyond Cloud Waterfall, something with a heavy mass was slowly descending, like a feather settling on the wind.

It could not be seen beyond the waterfall, but Perru's power, which corroded steel, precisely caught hold of its prey. Perru turned her gaze.

'...A pile of steel is falling from the sky? Slowly, on the wind...? No, this isn't the time to worry about that.'

No, somehow it felt like something we should worry about.

Just as Perru, puzzled, was about to lose interest, I grabbed her and spoke.

"What fell? Let's go check it out!"

"...Now isn't the time to worry about that."

"Exactly! Or what, are you going to step between those two while they're fighting? If you get between them, you won't even end up as minced meat. We'd be better off finding something else to do!"

It was not particularly logical, but Perru, who was not very assertive, nodded reluctantly. At the same time, she held one question in her mind.

'...How did he know something was falling beyond Cloud Waterfall...?'

This was how I knew. I wasn't going to tell her, though. Relying on Perru's senses, I headed toward where it was falling.

Cloud Waterfall flowed down silently. It was called a waterfall, but that was only a metaphor. In essence, it was water mist hundreds of meters thick. After walking for some time, I found myself in the middle of dense clouds.

Clouds so thick that I could not see an inch ahead blocked my view. The clouds touching the ground became water and flowed away, while the wet earth, heavy with droplets, clung to my feet.

"...Be careful. There are pits for storing water."

"You should be careful yourself. You can barely walk properly, yet you're worried about me."

Perru seemed wounded in her pride, but because it was true, she closed her mouth and walked silently. After we had gone some distance, I suddenly raised my head and looked around.

"Where is it? You sensed it around here."

"...Up there."

Perru pointed upward.

A shadow fell across the thick clouds. A steel structure was descending. It was less a fall than a slow drift. As though it were a fallen leaf, it swayed this way and that as it came down.

Despite being made of steel.

As I waited for it to reach the ground, I realized it was larger than I had expected and shouted urgently.

"Move!"

"...Ah."

I grabbed Perru and pulled her back several steps. Then, at a speed slower than expected but still dangerous enough to hurt if it hit us, it fell. The mass of steel buried itself in the mud. Parts broke apart from the impact and scattered in every direction.

"Scrap metal falls from the sky these days, huh? What is that?"

"...I don't know. I've never seen it before."

Fortunately, the ground was wet, so it did not bounce back up. I cautiously approached the fallen wreckage. A steel frame that looked like... ribs. If it were set upright, it might resemble a giant's upper body. An unidentified device sat where its head should be, while scraps resembling torn paper fluttered between the frame.

It was far too elaborate to be a mere ornament. Taking the risk, I searched through the wreckage for any clues.

Then I spotted writing on the uppermost section of the frame. I brushed away the mud and read it.

-Claudia Weather Alarm Version 11.6, Sleepless Old Man.

For a moment, I had no words.

What? A weather alarm? This huge structure was just an alarm clock? What a pointless...

"...This is?"

"It says it's a weather alarm. Did Claudia have an alarm clock?"

"...In Claudia, thunder rings instead of bells. We do have clocks, but... I've never seen one this large."

"Why did something this large fall from the sky in the first place? Did someone put it up there?"

Tch. I thought it was a clue, but it was completely useless.

I had been certain it would be here. It was not in the Thunder Lord's secret hideout, and this mysterious object that had suddenly fallen had nothing to do with it either. After finding nothing twice in a row, I kicked the wreckage for no reason and grumbled.

Where in the world was the clue about the lightning Demon God?

As I was deep in thought, Perru tilted her head, lifted her golden bell, and said,

"...I'll fix it."

"You said you didn't know what it was. You can fix things you don't know?"

"...No. But there are clearly damaged parts. If I restore them, maybe its original purpose will become clear."

She wanted to restore the missing and broken parts with the Lord of Gold's authority, then find out? Not a bad idea. Though I doubted fixing a broken clock a little would make it any more accurate. It might only lose its chance to be right twice a day.

Jingle.

Perru shook the bell.

The Lord of Gold sought to return all things to their original state. But its target had happened to be a nation, so it had become a monster that destroyed everything that did not belong to the Golden Kingdom.

Now that it had discarded all lingering attachments and focused on its original wish, the relic possessed only the power to restore objects to their original state. It left what and how to restore to Perru.

The Demon God's power displayed its full might. Alchemy restored, reforged, and joined the broken and worn steel. As the frame was reassembled, the structure gradually took shape.

The form restored through the Lord of Gold's authority... looked very much like something I had once seen.

Perru spoke in a trembling voice.

"...Thunder God?"

A massive upper body holding an iron spear in one hand. A face resembling that of an old man. It did not contain lightning, but now that it had regained its form, it was difficult to mistake it for anything else.

Anyone could see that this was the Thunder God who had reigned above Cloud Waterfall. The Thunder God who had looked down on everyone in Claudia and fired spears of lightning.

This was an alarm? Claudia's enemy had actually been an alarm clock?

Before I could fully process my shock, I noticed writing on one corner of the Thunder God's frame. I walked over and read it.

-Creator: Frang, the Lightning Thief.

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