418 # 418 Craving and the power of the "king".








 He ran through the earth. The vernier on his back and waist further accelerated the dragon knight 《Dragoon》.
 He pulled out a small sword made of two crystal wood from his back and released it. The fake knight 《Fakes》 that Zeno rides also brandishes the dark golden sword in his right hand against the dragon knight coming across him.
 Gaaaaaah! There was a dull and heavy sound, and the sword and the small sword collided with each other.

''Mu........!

 Ende was inwardly surprised. A crystal material made from a piece of Frase. He hadn't expected to be able to receive the small taiji, which was strengthened by Fuyuya's ridiculous magical power, so easily.
 I'm not going to be able to get it right. Apparently it is made of the same material as the sword.

''Those swords and shields aren't ordinary, are they?
"Hmm. That's right. It's a special edition with a few alterations from Yura. It would be a shame to owe him a favor.

 Indeed, Ende's eyes also found a strange 'ki' or something like that drifting from the sword and shield. I can sense an evil power from that flickering shimmering shimmering aura.

''........I didn't have this kind of power before, but.......''

 Ende can't help but murmur with a bitter smile. Is this what Fuyao was talking about [Military Characteristic]? I was taken aback by myself.
 If this is the [Military Characteristic], then it is definitely the blessing of his master, the god of war. Savoring a subtle feeling of happiness or not, Ende distanced himself from the fake knight.

''We have to drag that guy out of that junk first.

 Ende throttled the dragon knight to full throttle again and went on the attack. Slashing and retreating, slashing and retreating hit and away.
 Attacks that utilize mobility are the true essence of the dragon knight. Little by little, she is aiming for an opening to inflict damage.

''Ha! It's too warm. That's too warm, kid! Can't you cut me with that kind of chippy attack?''

 The arm of the attacking dragon knight was struck hard by the shield at the right moment. Instead of catching the sword with the shield, the arm was struck hard before it could do so.
 Aiming at the neck of the dragon knight who lost his balance due to the sudden impact, the dark-gold sword is swung sideways at the neck of the dragon knight.

''Kook!''

 Quickly sinking the aircraft, Ende ducked the sword. No, he couldn't exactly duck and the tip of his right antenna horn was severed.
 He crouched down and put both gears of his legs in the back and moved backwards at high speed.

''Let him escape!

 The false knight riding Zeno threw a shield at the fleeing dragon knight. The thrown shield spun at high speed and became a sharp weapon, shattering one of the right wheels.

''Tsk!''

 Suddenly, only his right leg became inoperative, causing the dragon knight to lose his balance and fall to the ground. Without a moment's hesitation, Xeno's false knight rushed in there and swung his sword down from above his head.

''Kook!''

 He quickly paid it off with a small sword, but the dragon knight's wrist frame screamed at the power of the attack.
 Originally, in order to maintain its mobility, the dragon knight had thin armor and its basic frame was not made sturdy. The hit and away shown earlier is the basis of the fighting style, and it's not the kind of aircraft that will strike each other.

''What's the matter! It's not over yet, is it? More fun!
'Gila and this guy, the fighting species are so tired to deal with.... I'm sorry, Mel. Can you give me a hand?
'Of course. This is my fight, too.
Hm?

 The dragon knight dropped both of the small swords in his hand to the ground.
 In the next moment, crunch crunch crunch...........A crystal of crystal appeared at the end of the dragon knight's elbow and covered both of his arms. It was like crystal-clear ice, and in the blink of an eye, it wrapped around the dragon knight's arms, forming a gauntlet with two sharp tips at the ends of both fists. In the same way, from the knees down to the shins, even the shins are coated with crystal.

''【Crystal Armament】? I'll have to do that.''

 The dominant species of Frase could crystalline enhance its body by switching its spirit into combat mode. Normally, this was something that only the 'king' could do, such as inflicting it on others, much less on inorganic objects.
 If it was simply to create a crystalline body or trap an opponent in it, Xeno could do it too. However, they cannot change it into a suitable shape, grant it various powers, strengthen it, etc.
 The genius of the 'crystal art', the ability to manipulate crystals that the dominant species possesses, is Mel, the 'King' of Freys.
 Since the time he served under the "King", Xeno has always had a small flame burning in the back of his mind.
 His brother had a desire to capture the power of the King and become the King himself, but not Zeno.
 You will be able to find out the best way to get the most out of your own personal life. You're going to be able to show off your power and crush the nucleus of the war until it's all gone.
 It is not hatred. It's more like a longing. A supreme being. That's why Zeno had a twisted desire to destroy it himself.
 However, all of a sudden, "The King" disappeared from the 【Crystal World【Frazia】. The loss of that time is indescribable.
 The fact that I was able to meet the "king" again, for that I am truly grateful to Yura for the opportunity to meet him.
 I have to get rid of any obstacles to the fight against the King. We must first eliminate the little boy who rides this plane.
 The false knight that Zeno rides on swings the sword in his hand down to the unarmed dragon knight.
 Gakkiin! And with a high-pitched sound, the fake knight's sword was caught by the dragon knight's gauntlet.

''Mmm!
Now, from now on, I'll use my master's direct skills to deal with you.

 He grabbed the hand holding the sword with his left hand as if to entangle it, and while pulling it back, he smashed the elbow with his right hand from directly below. With a dull sound, the right elbow of the fake knight controlled by Zeno was destroyed.
 Even for a fake knight, the thin part of the armor is still the joint part. In order to move like a human, the moving parts have to be so.
 Even so, as long as they are fellow mutants, they can still regenerate. In the case of the normal fake knight 《Fakes》, the rider, the golden skeleton, is the keystone of its ability, but the spiked fake knight that Xeno and the others ride was carried by the dominant species that rides it.
 Originally, the mutant species was the 'mutant species' of the Frays. There was no reason why the dominant species couldn't do what the golden skeleton could do.
 But, however, Frays and mutants were not similar. It wasn't going to regenerate as smoothly as his own body.
 And he was not a disciple of the Martial God who would miss the gap.

''The secret technique of the Martial God Style [Fushinryu], the Shinra Spiral Palm.

 The dragon knight's palm, which was filled with the slightest amount of divine Qi, attacked the fake knight's cockpit with a spiral light.

''Nugu!

 Quickly, Xeno blocked it with his remaining left hand. It was an instinctive action due to the sense of danger, but that decision he had developed on the battlefield was correct.
 Although the sound was only loud, it only felt to Xeno as if he had been lightly struck. However, the fake knight's left arm, which he had prevented, was destroyed like a sugar candy crumbling.

''You missed........''
What's that power...!
Don't tell.

 For Ende, who is only a novice at becoming a divine family member who controls the divine qi, this power is like a borrowed one. It is not enough to manipulate it at will. Even so, as a warrior god, a god's family member skilled in controlling chi in battle, he is thoroughly trained in this aspect. It's disgusting.

''By nature, I'm not good at fighting with a weapon. It's just that with this dragon knight's fighting style, that way of fighting is the most efficient.

 If you fight in the Bushin style with a weakly struck dragon knight, the fists you strike will be crushed and rendered useless.
 Else's Gerhilde, which is a plane that specializes in fighting, and the Dragon Knight are different. If they were to engage in the same type of combat as Gerhilde, significant modifications would be needed. Ende liked this dragon knight in Ende and thought that there was no need to go that far, so he refused to modify it.
 Normally, he was a dragon knight who couldn't punch each other, but thanks to the 【Crystal Armament】 by Mel, he was able to fight in Ende's original style. On top of that, it's durable enough to endure even if you pour out the divine energy.
 Ende decided that with this, Ende could do a little recklessness. However, with Ende's ability, he is only able to knead the divine energy one more time.
 The shattered right arm of the fake knight 《Fakes》 was regenerated into the shape of a sword. It seems that he tried to simplify it and increased the speed of regeneration.
 The right arm that turned into a golden sword attacks the dragon knight. The dragon knight received it with the gundlet of 【Crystal Armament】 covered by his arm, but then an attack was added from a direction he had not expected.

''f*ck it!''

 Suddenly, a dazzling light was emitted from the fake knight's visor-like eyes.

''Kook!''

 The monitor in the cockpit was suddenly covered in light and Ende lost sight of the false knight for a moment.
 Next, the false knight appeared on the monitor as the screen switched, and the figure was now trying to stick out its right arm sword like a spear.
 His aim was definitely the cockpit. As Ende sensed this and took evasive action before being pierced, the false knight's sword pierced deep into the dragon knight's left shoulder instead of the cockpit.

''Tsk.''

 Xeno tried to pull out that sword that he stabbed into, but for some reason, he couldn't pull it out. When I looked, I saw that the tip of the sword that pierced through it had crystallized and was fixed to the dragon knight. It's the power of 【Crystal Armament】 by Mel.

''This time it's my turn. Take it.
SHIT!
The secret technique of Bushinryu, Shinra's Spiral Palm.

 Once again, the palm clad in divine spirit is slammed into the rattled body this time.
 Even though it was a light smack, it left the fixed right arm on the dragon knight, and Xeno's false knight was blown apart backwards as it fell apart.
 The false knight that bounced and shattered a few times didn't move from then on.

''It's not fair to blindfold them, is it?

 Having run out of divine energy, Ende languishes alone among the battered dragon knights. This battle, perhaps, or definitely his master, the god of war, would be watching this battle as well. No matter how you excuse the current battle, it doesn't seem to be a top-notch one. There is no doubt that a hellish training course awaits him. When he thought about it, a gloomy feeling came into his mind.
 But this is not the end.
 In the monitor, I saw Xeno crawling out of the false knight who had stopped moving. He seemed to be unharmed.

''O 'King'! We have abandoned the Crystalline Realm of Freesia, King of the Flaze! Quench my last thirst!

 The red crystals that covered Xeno's entire body multiplied. It wrapped itself like armor and transformed into a stinging, vicious, vicious figure.
 It was Zeno's [Crystal Armament]. His battle was not over yet. Fighting with a fake knight [Faux] that wasn't his body in the first place was just a prelude for him.

''I'll take it from here. Please watch me, Endemuon.''
'How about we leave it up to the girls in the end...'

 While saying that, Ende, who knows he can't stop it, honestly opened the dragon knight's cockpit hatch.
 With a thump, Mel lightly kicked the hatch and made his body leap into the air.
 She landed dangerously on the ground with a swooping, slow descent, as if controlling gravity.
 Nay and Lise come running up beside her.

'Nay, Lise. You guys are not to be messed with. Let me do all the work!
But, Master Mel.
"Even if I am the former 'king', there is no way I can accept the challenge and run away. Besides.........I'm a little excited to fight for the first time in a long time.

 Smiling lightly, Mel walks out. In front of her, a 【Crystal Armed】 Xeno was standing in front of her.
 Mel's body as she walks slowly is covered in ice blue crystals. She wears an armor that has a delicate and elegant form, as if she is wearing an ice dress, on her body. In addition, her entire body was wrapped in something that looked like a thorn in the side. It's like a blue rose incarnate.
 Mel stops. The red and blue face off against each other.

No more words are needed. I will break your body, 'King'.
If you can. I have renounced my title and name as King, but I have not renounced my power. I suggest you savor it while it shatters you.

 Mel tells Zeno, who smiles wryly, without changing his expression.

'That's the way it has to be!'

 Laughing as if touched by insanity, Xeno charged at him. Both arms took the form of swords and Xeno's red blade, which leaped, charged at Mel.

''【Rose Crystal Spine【Prisma Rose】''

 Ybarra, which was wrapped around Mel's entire body, began to move and became a defensive net of several strands, stopping Xeno's attack. This Ibarra was both a weapon and an armor that could move freely at Mel's will.
 Tangled in Xeno's arm as it flowed, Ibarra swung wide and slammed him mercilessly to the ground.
 Zeno's right arm was shredded. The freely moving Mel's Ibarra threw away the shredded right arm as if it were throwing away garbage.

''Kuhahahahahaha!''

 Laughing, Xeno stands up and shoots several red crystal arrows from his remaining left hand.
 Without changing his expression, Mel knocked them down with the manipulative crystal Ibarra. However, the dropped arrows pierce the ground and suddenly cause a huge explosion.
 With a roar, the ground with Mel in the center is blown away. A cloud of dust rose and the area was obscured, but a rushing wind quickly blew it away.
 When the dust cloud had cleared, there was Mel, unscathed and unscathed, standing in plain sight.
 Xeno, whose right arm had been regenerated, rushed toward that Mel again. The regenerated right arm became a large spear and flew in a straight line to pierce the "king".

''I got it!

 Just when it seemed that a spear would pierce its chest, Mel's figure is drowned out.
 In an instant, Mel appears behind Zeno and is instantly restrained by the countless ybaras that restrain Zeno. Long thorns flew out of the ybara wrapped around Zeno's body and pierced the red crystal body.
 A single Ibarra is swung up high.

''[Crystal Cutting [Prisma Guillotine]

 A heavy blade like a large machete appeared at the end of the thorns and slashed the whirled xeno in half.
 It was cut in two halves and once again Mel threw it to the ground like trash.
 As his body was crushed, Xeno's heart was filled with fear and joy. The fear of being crushed by the overwhelming power of the 'King' and the joy of being able to taste it.

''Kuhahahaha! Like this! This is how fighting should be done! The joy of facing death, the joy of facing an opponent stronger than you, and the hunger for victory! Excellent! My life is here!
I don't understand.

 The lower half of his body regenerated from Zeno's waist, standing with only his arms. Mel didn't even try to attack, she just watched it.
 In just a few seconds, Xeno's entire body was completely regenerated, and he grew even larger, transforming into a crystal beastman. The presence of a glowing red 'core' could be seen at its throat.
 Xeno's eyes were already bloodshot, and he was not in his right mind. This man may have been looking for a place to die, Ende somehow felt that through the dragon knight's monitor. Perhaps even that Mel also sensed it.

''[Polar Crystal Armament]........ It's fine. I'll accept and stand.
Gaaaaaaaah!

 With a wild, beastly yell, Xeno jumped at Mel.
 The core of his throat glowed a dazzling red glow. All the power that Zeno possessed was being released. Hence, it was a strike of kenkon iyoku, a strike that put physical strength, mental strength and even life force into it.
 A high-pitched sound of destruction could be heard around them.
 It's a very good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for when you're ready to buy.
 There was not a single crack in that hand.
 Mel slowly clenched Zeno's fist as it was and crushed it to pieces without changing his face.

''Are you satisfied?''

 Xeno has nothing to answer to. 【Polar Crystal Armament】 is a death armor that is worn by the dominant species of the Frays, cutting life down to the limit. He would have already lost consciousness.
 From behind Mel's eyes closed, a spear of Ibarra shoots out from behind him and pierces Xeno's throat. The marble-red 'nucleus,' or 'it,' shatters into pieces, and with it, the being that was once called the General of the Frayze physically disintegrates with a rattle.
 One dominant species that could only fight ended its life.
 Turning on his heel, Mel begins to walk down to his friends. The former 'king' of Frase never once looked back at the corpse of the man who had once been his subordinate.