And while the Anti-Entropy group was preparing to fire the silver bullet, the exchange between the First Herrscher and the Second Herrscher continued.
"Your condition seems a little better than I imagined," the Second Herrscher said with a smile. It was an adorable smile, possessing a stunning, dizzying charm.
As his words fell, the surrounding air grew as viscous and suffocating as a swamp.
He gave a simple wave of his hand.
Like an avalanche or a tsunami, terrifying Honkai energy erupted from him. A deafening explosion ripped through the empty plain. Crimson flames, like a ravenous beast, tore at everything in sight.
That wasn't a so-called Herrscher Authority; he had merely converted Honkai energy into a tangible form—flame. But even without the boost of an Authority, the blaze still possessed the ferocious power to melt steel in an instant, a truly terrifying display.
What a monster.
Welt, who had been at an absolute disadvantage from the first exchange, watched the Second Herrscher turn the ice plain into a sea of fire with a mere gesture, a dull ache spreading in his chest.
No, this was beyond what the word "monster" could describe.
While controlling gravity to levitate and dodge the terrifying flames, he sized up the Herrscher who seemed to have never been serious, yet had defeated him so effortlessly.
This person... was practically a god!
Anyone would despair when facing an enemy who was like a god.
But Welt's expression was surprisingly calm.
When you have already made your decision, what need is there for rallying cries to bolster your own spirits? To advance in silence is enough.
Mechanical cannons emerged from the void—or rather, an entire army was emerging from the void.
It was a force composed of all sorts of levitating warships, fighter jets, rockets, and armored vehicles, even Titan armors. A quick glance revealed armaments like the Shenying-400 rocket system, B-2 bombers, Dreadnought-class battleships, SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft, and even Aegis combat systems.
Weapons from various nations were reconstructed, forming a legion.
"If you are the high and mighty god who denies humanity's right to exist, then allow me—Welt—to challenge you in the name of all humankind!"
The man's eyes blazed with a fiery light. He stared at the distant 'god' and shouted at the top of his lungs, as if to rip his own throat raw.
Even if he was outmatched, he would fight to the very end!
"God! Come and test whether humanity is worthy of survival!!"
That cry was the trigger. An innumerable barrage of fire streaked across the sky, the light so dazzling it was impossible to look at directly.
The target: the high and mighty Second Herrscher.
BOOM————!!!
In no time, light and flame soared. The earth burned along with the fire, and a conflagration fanned out with the raging winds.
The nearby mountain remnants exploded as if from a demolition, and the heatwave that surged out reached the ground, instantly blasting the trees, soil, and even the bedrock into the sky.
Theoretically, such an attack would be enough to destroy any city.
But even an assault this ferocious was intercepted.
"Interesting."
For the first time in a long while, a fighting spirit ignited in the boy's eyes—one that was utterly crude, completely without elegance, and absolutely bestial.
Hands made of Imaginary energy reached out from the void, snapping the components of the steel fleet as if they were biscuits.
Ornate Imaginary Gates, lined with circuit-like patterns, continuously devoured the instruments of humanity's glorious legion, then redirected them back toward the army.
"Have a good taste of humanity's own weapons."
The man, unleashing his Herrscher Authority to its fullest, roared loudly, then cast an imperceptible glance into the distance.
His comrades were there.
Herrschers were gods.
Ordinary weapons could not kill them.
To kill a god, one must use a "God-Slaying Weapon."
Now, I'll provide the cover so Einstein and the others can unleash the god-slaying weapon.
The man, whose purpose in creating the army was never so simple, coughed violently, then continued to construct his seemingly invincible legion.
He had to hold on until the moment Einstein and the others fired the silver bullet.
Perhaps things like telepathy truly existed in this world.
In the distance, the Anti-Entropy scientist named Tesla began the countdown.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
And then—
Fire!
The nuclear weapon known as the silver bullet rose into the sky, then mixed in with the combat legion created by Welt.
It was a nuclear weapon. Even with a yield of just ten megatons, the temperature at the core of the explosion in the first five seconds would far surpass that of the sun.
It might sound incredible, but the intensity of the weapons created by humanity was terrifyingly high.
A hydrogen bomb operates on the same principle as the sun, but the reaction rate of the weapon is hundreds or thousands of times faster than the sun's. The only reason their power seems laughable in comparison to the sun is the insufficient mass of their reaction material.
The Tsar Bomba—whose shockwave circled the Earth three times, whose fireball reached a diameter of 4.6 kilometers, and whose mushroom cloud towered 67 kilometers high (seven times the height of Mount Everest)—had a mass of only 27 tons.
Yet in the 39 seconds of its detonation, its power output exceeded one-thirtieth of the entire sun's.
If one could survive unscathed at the core of a nuclear explosion, swimming in the core of the sun would also be a simple matter.
Clearly, the life-form known as a Herrscher had not reached the level of being able to swim in the sun.
If caught in the core blast zone, even a high and mighty Apostle of God would be severely wounded, if not killed.
The prerequisite—
Was a direct hit.
"Do you take me for a blind man?"
The boy, who had previously used his Herrscher of Reason Authority to drop a small hydrogen bomb in the Campione! world and nearly blew up all of Europe, sighed as he felt the familiar presence of a nuclear weapon.
Was it really that interesting, trying to fight him with tricks he'd already grown tired of?
Besides, could a superweapon that could only destroy the real number world truly hit a spatial manipulator? The only one it might work on was a fool like Sirin who couldn't even use her own powers properly.
He cheerfully opened an Imaginary Gate, preparing to leave.
And then—
A hand suddenly seized his own.
It was Welt's hand.
After realizing his feint had failed, the man tore through space and appeared beside the Second Herrscher.
"O, God, come to hell with me!"
The man unleashed all his power, releasing an overwhelming gravity that threw space into chaos, making it difficult to control.
He smiled, the expression on his gentle, refined face was unbelievably ferocious.
The Second Herrscher was a true "god."
An intelligent being like him would never be foolish enough to charge straight into a nuclear blast.
So, he would just have to drag him into it.
The Herrscher of Reason gathered all his power, reinforcing his defenses.
No matter what kind of attack the enemy unleashed now, he would not let go.
He looked up at the Second Herrscher, wanting to see if this god would also feel panic and despair in the face of imminent death.
He saw a pair of utterly bored eyes.
A chilling sensation, like a snake coiling around his skin and licking it, crept into Welt's heart as he met the Second Herrscher's gaze.
But he had no time to consider it further.
The terrifying projectile was already descending.
Just before it landed, a gust of wind blew.
And then—
A blaze of light consumed everything.
Author PS: The power of Ideal Fluid is so awesome, how did Wendy manage to use it to just summon a big wind wolf?
I don't get it, I really don't get it.