Zester decided that he would be unable to move for a while from the damage, and left it at that.
　I came back.
　I returned to my original position before I was blown away.

　There was supposed to be a fierce battle going on at the scene.
　There are two other people left who attacked the Mithril convoy in addition to Zester.

Pigalo, the brave man with the "sword" and Altamir, the brave man with the "bow".

　If only those two were successfully subdued as well........

"I was naive as expected...?

　The situation had been reduced to the worst kind of confusion.

　Sesha-san and Satome, the two of them were at the mercy of the violent aura eruption.

''Kuohhhhhh!
''I can't even get close!　What is this aura!

　The one emitting the aura was none other than Pigalo, the hero of The Sword.
　Leaning on the cart loaded with mithril, a tremendous aura erupts from his body. Furthermore, he raised his sword........

''The ''Superpowered Splitting Sky''!

　An aura slash is unleashed from the blade.
　The scale of the slash was so large that it was worthy of being called the "Super King Splitting Sky" rather than the "Splitting Sky".
　The targeted Sesha-san Satome was just running away.

''Ababa-baba-baba...?
''Impossible!　If you hit that thing, your shield will break!

　Like this, no one can get close to Pigalo.
　All the while, arrows constantly fly from somewhere and try to pierce Pigalo, but the aura-spewing violent winds aggravate the arrows and prevent them from hitting a single target.

''It's like you're out of control...?

　I can't see Radey, but I wonder if he's fighting a 'bow' hero who is also missing?
　Anyway, I came back and rescued Sesha-san and Satome, who seemed to be having the most trouble.

How are you guys doing?
Chief! Mr. Mayor!

　The two of them were torn to pieces, as if they were about to fall down.

We're sorry...　You've been put in charge of this battlefield and yet...!
That guy ate up a lot of mythril...!

　I looked at it and saw that the pile of mithril on the cart had gone low in the air.
　It seems to have been eaten about ten percent of the time.

'If you've come back, then you've been defeated, Zester. You really are a shameless pile of uselessness.

　As he says it, Pigalo grabs one of Mithril's ingots again and gobbles it down.
　He chews it off and gulps it down with a good bite.

''He's doing it again...!
"He's been eating at an amazing pace...!　If we don't, we could really lose our mithril!

　The strength of the aura that Pigalo already emits is far beyond the other mithril ingested Zester and Altamir.
　First of all, it would definitely be in proportion to the amount of mithril he ate.

　If he continues to eat it, what in the world will he end up doing?
　The damage to Mithril being eaten isn't ridiculous, so we should stop it as soon as possible, but for now, we try to have a conversation first.

''You........are the least brave of the three of them.
Provocation?
"Only a twisted sense of self-worth. It's just a twisted sense of self-worth, looking only at yourself, glorifying only yourself. You are the furthest thing from brave.

　Pigalo's eyes still had the bright red light of brainwashing magic in them.
　A magic that interferes with the subject's mind and causes some emotions to run amok. It makes them lose their judgment and manipulate them at will, but........

　In his case, the ambition and mental interference must have meshed well together.
　Eating mithril and becoming empowered is now his own goal.
　The brainwashing magic was no longer just adding to his madness.

'Call it what you will. I've become the ultimate being, the strongest and bravest. I'm not going to let you and your mundane accusations get in the way of that.

　You show the margin for strength.

Or can't you just accept reality?　This is my vast aura. You have given me the most powerful aura. I could defeat the Demon Lord!　This will ensure that I'll be the best and bravest man who ever lived!
Did he or she tell you how to do it?

　The perverted power-up method of eating mithril and getting stronger.

'I asked you earlier, who is this guy?　Is that the same cloak that took you guys at Lasperda Fortress?　What the hell does this guy know?
You don't know anything about it.

　Wouldn't it be easy to tell me?
　After all, I guess I'll just have to beat him up and restrain him once and then ask him out in the form of an interrogation?

''Speaking of which, you just remembered. Didn't you use and show off your 'Great Emperor's Splintering Sky' and other ordinary people's skills?
Oh?
'I know you want to brag, but you need to stop making a show of it. You will be embarrassed when you meet a stronger and more capable person. Like this.

　Pigaro swung down the sword in his hand........

''The 'Super Emperor Splitting Sky'!

　An oversized aura slash was sent flying.
　The aura scraped right past us and slashed down a number of trees standing on the side of the street.

''You missed it on purpose?''
"How I gave you time to be sorry. Before you were cruelly murdered by me.

　He said happily, and then took another mithril and ate it.

He said, "There will be rewards for being an arrogant fool. There's no reason why the 'Great Emperor's Splitting Sky' that you can use against you can't be used against me, a true hero. The strongest person in the world, who has absorbed my mithril, can unleash the Sky of Terror, which surpasses you by far!
So?
You've picked the wrong fight. For insulting me, you will pay with your life...!

　Pigaro lowers his bare sword and comes towards me.

......

　He says I've insulted him, but I have no idea what he's talking about.

　But I can guess.

　For all I know, he was using the ordinary 'Rifted Sky' as the 'Great Emperor Rifted Sky'.
　Zeviantes told me this as a funny story.

　In other words, he originally couldn't use the ''Great Emperor Splitting Sky''.
　In front of him, I'm just a simple villager and I'm going to show him how to use the Superpowered Splitting Sky. The previous brave man was the most skilled at using it. A legendary profound technique.
　He said that the brave master's pride was hurt badly.

"Pathetic, a man with nothing but his ego.
What?
'I'm too busy trying to protect my pride. It's all you can think about. You don't even realize how pathetic you look to others for defending yourself without a care in the world.

　The expression on Pigalo's face doesn't change, as if it's not accompanied by any real feeling.
　But with his next words........

''You haven't been able to use the 'Great Emperor Splitting Sky' after all.'''
What?
''He's just eating the mithril and shooting out a forceful 'Splitting Sky' with his doubled aura. The scale of his geological power is larger due to his increased ground power, but it's simply a large 'Splitting Sky', not a 'Super Emperor Splitting Sky'.
''So what do you say...?''

　Pigalo's cheeks began to twitch.
　His eyebrows hung in a distorted manner.

''No matter if it's a big 'Splitting Sky', it's the same thing as the 'Great Emperor Splitting Sky'!　Well, I got it!　You're jealous of me that I can use the Super Emperor's Splitting Sky, aren't you?　That's why you're so stubborn and refuse to admit it!
Isn't that your M.O.?　Don't put us together.

　Hermes sword extended into sword form.

"I'll show you on the field. Go ahead and shoot me. You're the one who's left to your own devices.
''........Fine, I'll erase it with my deadly sword!''

　A tremendous amount of aura is released.
　I can see that he is pouring all the aura he can into his sword.

''Produced by the strongest hero, the proof of the strongest!　"The Great Sky"!　Only the chosen ones can use it!　So I deserve it!
''No, you're not. You don't deserve to be the 'Great Emperor's Splitting Sky'.

　At the same time, a blazing blast released from the two swords.

''The 'Supreme Emperor Splitting Sky'!

　The aura slashes released from the two swords.
　Both of them were huge.
　They were evenly matched in size.

　I fired the "Super Empty Sky". I'm sure you'll be able to find it.
　The two collided head-on....

　The two collided head on........

　I'm not going to be able to say that I'm not going to be able to do anything about it.

''Ugahaaaaahhhh!''

　Even though we won the collision, the power of the "Super Emptying Sky" didn't wane, it went straight ahead and hit Pigalo.
　I'm not going to be able to cut it in half, but it cut off his right arm and right leg.

It's not a good idea to have a good time.　Ughhhhhh?

　Pigaro writhes in pain.
　The shattered guy's aura slash turned into a thousand fragments and drifted through the air, eventually disappearing like a haze.

''It's just like Zester's unfinished version of the 'Super Imperial Rigor'. Aura is something that is inherently inhabited and effective in matter. If you shoot it out by itself, it will diffuse and disappear.

　This is no exception to the "Ryakkuu" which makes the aura itself a slash and sends it flying.
　However, the slash aura that forms the basis of the Ryakkuu is the second most concentrated aura after the sting.
　This is the technique known as the 'Splitting Skies' that utilizes this property to prevent it from spreading and flying over long distances.

But the larger the amount of aura, the more it tries to diffuse, and this exceeds the concentration effect of the slash. It's just too big to be used in a real fight.

　In order to solve this problem, we devised a solution and forged it to a level where it can be used in actual combat.
　No matter how big it is, it does not cease to concentrate and does not spread.

　That's why it's considered the representative move of the strongest heroes.

　I said to Pigalo.

'Just like you. They only make their appearance and name respectable and don't have substance. That's why we lose.

　The heroic title you wore, the 'Great Emperor Splitting Sky'........
　It was just a sham.