Gilgamesh in DxD

Chapter 194

The whole standoff lasted a brief second before the beam began to wobble as it destabilized.

The eruption that immediately followed made Crom Cruach feel as if he were in the heart of a sun. Everything around him disappeared, swept away by a sea of flames, leaving him surrounded by it. It split around my hand like liquid fire, falling to the sides as if it contained the waves of an ocean.

Crom Cruach made the best choice in his mind and used his strength to hurl the beam of energy away, which nevertheless continued to advance.

The line of light, so high that it reached the clouds behind Crom Cruach continued to advance as it pierced the sky itself.

Crom Cruach turned his gaze back to see the damage of the technique, yet what he saw impressed him.

The mountain range that existed behind him simply no longer existed.

It didn't crack with his touch, it didn't melt, it was vaporized, disappearing into a blur of mist. The crimson light continued to descend over the mountain range, breaking it entirely in two, leaving behind a molten sludge that burned a red fire at the edges of its passage.

It did not stop at the mountain.

The beam of crimson light continued forward, literally stretching out toward the horizon, disappearing somewhere in the distant sky where even Crom Cruach's eyes could not see. Then, as if the sky itself had been cut, a tear in the sky crept after the beam as the beam managed to cross the boundaries of the artificial dimension they were both fighting in, allowing them to catch a glimpse of what lay beyond. An endless landscape, iridescent ripples appearing and disappearing - the Dimensional Gap - a sight that hurt just to look at.

Fortunately for the combatants, the artificial dimension seemed capable of repairing itself and fixed the damage. The tear in the sky faded almost as quickly as it appeared when the fabric that formed the boundaries of the dimension recomposed itself.

And what about everything in between? Gone, mown down by crimson energy. Nothing had slowed down. From the nearby mountains to the distant hills, everything gave way to the narrow beam of light with equal ease, instantly evaporating at its touch.

All around him, Crom Cruach noticed that everything was overheated by the power released by Gilgamesh.

The clouds had overheated, the air around Crom Cruach was scalding hot, scalding his throat so that it almost hurt to breathe. He wasn't sure if it was caused by the attack or not, but the air temperature was hot to the point where he would have died completely had he been a human. As it was, the heat still irritated my lungs.

He was a fucking Dragon and yet the heat was bothering him.

Crom Cruach realized that at that moment Gilgamesh's power was at the level of a Heavenly Dragon.

Yet even in the face of this an excited smile crossed his face.

"Here I come" said Gilgamesh as his wings spread.

"Come" said Crom Cruach with a huge smile.

Gilgamesh's wings extended and he shot at Crom Cruach.

The speed was such that the Evil Dragon could not see and only reacted by his pure instinct defending Gilgamesh's blow.

Seizing the opportunity Crom Cruach delivered a powerful punch to Gilgamesh's stomach that caused his armor to crack a bit before it concerted itself.

Gilgamesh quickly elbowed Crom Cruach who was flung flying backwards.

They both advanced again against each other entering into a huge fight.

Crom Cruach's blows were coated by his aura while Gilgamesh attacked with a mixture of [Penetrate!] and his Dragon Slayer aura.

Both advanced against each other at extreme speed across the battlefield sweeping everything in their path.

Blows and more blows were exchanged across the entire barrier that trembled as their powers were unleashed across the battlefield.

The atmosphere itself trembled when the two combatants met.

Gilgamesh had more speed and magical power that together with his techniques increased his power, while Crom Cruach had more physical strength and destructive power.

Gilgamesh's speed was such that Crom Cruach was not even able to see him, but his immense instincts easily covered this and allowed Crom Cruach to defend himself against Gilgamesh's blows.

Waves of flames and auras were released all over the battlefield that annihilated everything it touched.

Gilgamesh quickly managed to land a blow on Crom Cruach's chest imbued with [Penetrate!] that caused the Evil Dragon to spit blood as he was sent crashing to the ground.

Gilgamesh was not finished when he raised his hand upwards and dozens of orbs made of scarlet red energy appeared around him.

[Boost! Boost! Boost!]

Quickly they all grew increasing in size until they were the size of basketballs.

They were not as powerful as the first one, but their quantity were more than enough to suppress this.

[Penetrate!]

Gilgamesh imbued them with his [Penetrate!] to further increase their destructive power and in a wave of his hands he fired them at.

Crom Cruach who had recovered watched everything in surprise before a huge smile appeared on his face.

All the spheres fell like crimson raindrops of pure power towards the ground where Crom Cruach stood.

The energy spheres rained down on Crom Cruach who dodged them at high speed as he felt their power.

They were created with great power, each one had enough power to vaporize an entire city.

When the orbs hit the earth everything around them was immersed in a sphere of flame and destruction while being reduced to nothing.

Crom Cruach kept deflecting or rebounding with his aura, but he reached an impossible point.

In one small swipe one of the spheres hit Crom Cruach causing him to lose his balance momentarily.

And that moment was more than enough for Gilgamesh to direct all the spheres against Crom Cruach, which exploded when they met the Evil Dragon.

Everything exploded as Gilgamesh's power collided with Crom Cruach sending everything into the area.

When the dust settled, it was revealed that the landscape had been reduced to nothing more than rubble filled with destruction.

Surprising Gilgamesh, Crom Cruach stepped out of them.

Crom Cruach burst through the rocks that buried him and blood poured from his mouth and forehead. His back was clearly burned and with smoke pouring from it, he had just lost one of his wings! Although it can be raised again later, perhaps, but this wound is clearly still important!

Yet despite the pain, he can't help but smile. That pain ... How long had it been since he had felt that pain? How long had it been since there was someone who could fight him like this?

How long has it been since he felt this exciting?! This is fun!

A low chuckle escaped his mouth before it turned into a laugh.

"Hahahahahaha that's right! It's been a long time since I've fought like this! You are a true Sekiryuutei Gilgamesh opponent!" roared Crom Cruach in pure joy.

Even Gilgamesh couldn't help but smile, he felt like Crom Cruach.

Whenever Gilgamesh fought, he had to restrain himself in order not to kill his enemies, or at least to have some fun in battle.

But against Crom Cruach this was not necessary, the Evil Dragon could take whatever he commanded.

How long had it been since he had fought like this?!

"But I know this is not your maximum! Come with everything Sekiryuutei and I will respond with my maximum!" said Crom Cruach in glee.

An immense smile crossed Gilgamesh's face.

"Let's do it Ddraig" said Gilgamesh to his host.

[Come on partner, let's show the true power of the Dragon of Domination] roared Ddraig in agreement.

Gilgamesh crossed his arms in front of his body and an immense threatening aura began to emerge around him making even Crom Cruach recoil unconsciously.

"I, who am about to awaken"