Young God Divine Armaments Chapter 30

Chapter 30 – 3rd Passage of the Legend: The Hymn of Heroes (2nd part)

“Good work holding out this long. Even though the duke is already turned into a monster like this but you two still able to keep up fighting with him this long is definitely a great feat. The Prince is strong just as expected but you there, did you use body strengthening magic? Or is it a kind of secret martial arts skill? Your power and your speed are easily surpass that off that a normal human by several folds. But just that much of strengthening is not enough to beat the duke and you must also close to your limit right?”

(Nope, I still can continue this exchange for a year or more if I want. I was only wondering what I should do to wrap this mess up in the most perfect way)

“GROOAAAAAAAAA!!”

“Prince Gerard!”

Renya suddenly jumps in front of him while holding his sword overhead. Seeing that, Gerard instantly understands what Renya going to do.

If it can’t be avoided…… then just make it don’t hit!

Renya sword smashed into the giant’s big sword side, Gerard also imitate Renya and smash his own sword into the giant’s big sword from the same direction as Renya.

And they managed in forcefully repel the giant sword attack. Gerard also managed to avoid getting smashed into grounded meat. Instant judgment and instant team play, how much miraculous feat that one bizarre exchange was only King Bernard alone in this place that can understand.

But even though they manage to repel that big sword, the force behind it still not negated fully and it made Renya and Gerard blown off by the tyrannical power. But that was not much of a trouble for the two of them as they easily rolls on the ground to negate the impact.

Beside by rolling back in the ground, they can take some space from the giant. After they got far enough from the giant, the get back up and get in their fighting stance.

But as expected Gerard breathing is already getting rough. He can’t help getting tired because he had been facing those one hit kill slashing attack for more than ten times already. The mental strain also strangles him making his fatigue worsen that in the end making his body feel heavier.

Looking at the two who doesn’t know how to give up, Darvis can only shake his head, pitying them.

“And then next you will go to the outside and give a blood fest to the people right?”

“If that the way it is then how could I choose to let myself die in a situation like this. And I also won’t let the duke get out from here. But if you insist, then do it over my dead body”

“Che, a dreamer young prince really is such a pain. It was already decided that your life is forfeit, why do you still resist if that only meant to give yourself more suffering?! Do you not understand that it will be easier for you to just give up?!”

Gerard ignores the giant that stands before him and glares at Darvis.

The light of tenacity that burns bright in the depth of his eyes, added with his natural dignity as a royalty made Darvis falter involuntarily.

Even he express this battle in which he risk his life is just as a ‘this much of a trouble’.

Seeing Gerard declares that, Renya can see a glimpse of a true king in Gerard profile.

This is the perfect chance! Renya’s instinct tells him that. With that, he secretly put the ‘thing he prepares before’ into action.

Between Gerard and the giant, a blazing light suddenly manifested. The blazing light blinds everyone present. Even the giant let out a pained howl from having it eyes burned by the blinding light.

It was only Gerard that can see something being born inside the blazing light. He is the only one who is unaffected and keeps on gazing straight inside the light.

A white world spreads in his surroundings. When Gerard comes to his sense, he is standing in a white world devoid of anything. There is nothing here… except a sword that stuck in the ground in front of him.

[You don’t have to think about that kind of thing]

Gerard reflexively readying himself in the instant he heard the voice that comes from nowhere. He examines his surrounding with full awareness but it was all in vain. There really is nothing else here.

“In front of… my eyes?”

In the first place, a sword is a symbol of royalty. Gerard had saw many sword that is offered to the royalty and almost all of them is luxuriously decorated with gold and other precious material. Those swords don’t have any function as a real weapon as they are just a decoration.

[Can you put an oath to me?]

[If you were to brandish me, a power that surpass human imagination, what do you want to achieve with it?]

[The trial that hinders your path is an impossible one. It is not something that can be broken through by your will power and spirit alone. For that reason, if you can give me an oath that can impress me, I shall lend my strength to you]

“That’s right. Put your hand on me and say your oath”

“What I want to achieve with this sword is…… to use it only for facing hardship that can’t be dealt by the hand of a normal human. I swear that I will never use this sword for other purpose even if my own life is at stake or even less for my own benefit”

“By borrowing your power, I make an oath that I will definitely never yield the ideal that I have now in my heart. This time, I need to borrow your strength to defeat my adversary that surpasses the realm of humans. But next time…… I will swear that I will never yield to my own weakness and build my ideals with my own power”

“That’s more than enough. Well then let’s go back to the battle field…… my friend is waiting for my return”

The light ceases out.

Gerard doesn’t know how much time had passes when he was inside the white world.

But he was sure that was not a dream…… the sword that stuck in the ground in front of him is the prove.

Without any hesitation, Gerard grabs the sword and pull it from the ground. According to his oath, he will use it now.

The sword that is stuck in the ground is pulled out by a king.

This was the most dramatic stage direction that Renya can think of for the moment. He forcefully remakes that overly famous scene from his previous world.

But even so, Prince Gerard’s back when he wields that shining sword directly towards the giant…… gives off the dignity aura of a king that everyone in that room can definitely feel.

With the sword bestowed by the god in hand, the young king declares the birth of a new hope.

Gerard kicks the floor heading straight toward the giant while silently wield Eckesachs.

The giant is also, like preparing for receiving Gerard’s attack, get its stance ready.

Its consciousness is already not that of a human.

And its body is also a grotesque one.

Even if the duke had transformed into a monster now, it still respond to this one to one aspect.

It is like that thing somehow still perceives that this is a fight between two people who aim to be the king even if the kingdom that they envisioned is different.

But it was not something that other people can understand. Even the one confronting each other in the forefront does not understand.

A flash of exchange between the prince and the duke sparked.

They both only release one strike. It was a strike that shows how much they believe in their own ideal, that it will create an even better kingdom than what the opposite party thinks.

After a few seconds that seemingly like eternity.

The black giant collapses forward with one straight slash that gauge him from his left shoulder to his right flank.

It dies without uttering any word, not even a glimpse of regret expressed in its face. Gerard looks down to the duke that had transformed into a lump of black meat with pity. It is because he know that if he were to fail even one step in the process of reaching his ideal, it might be him who lying dead by now.

It was all thanks to the people that accompanies him that he can go this far without making any mistake. He is not alone.

He is like admonishing himself with that word. Yes, this is all goes well is not because of his own power. He then gazes deeply at the sword Eckesachs that radiates light silently in his hand.

“A…… A…… Impossible…… How…… GAHK……!?”

“Hee, so you don’t even put that ‘blessing from god’ whachamalit to youself eh?”

“I don’t have any responsibility to answer your question nor I’m willing to. But if you run back to your whatever sect that is and report the thing happening here then it might cause more troubles in the future so forgive me but please just die”

“Well, who knows? God really is a unique being you know? I don’t know about the god you believe but I have a feeling that even he won’t always be a being that will wipe your ass whenever you want”

“Well, I am supposed to only work on the shadows for today. I leave the brilliant main stage to you prince, leave the clean up to me”

Gerard looks at Renya with a complicated gaze for a while but then he just shakes his head and act like nothing happened.

“No need to worry, look!”

“Renya, I really have defeated the duke right……?”

“Is that so…… Then there are no other way left than resigning myself to fate and listen to her nagging with my all right?”

Towards Renya word, Gerard can only let out a powerless smile.

Angelica then comes up to Gerard after Renya left. She shouts out angrily at Gerard while crying and after some time pass, she ends up hugging him. Looking at that scene, Renya can only admire how deep Princess Angelica love is toward the Prince. He then silently leaves the place.

While seeing back at the audience room, Renya can only feel glad that things has been neatly solved.

He still feels weird with himself for staging that kind of scene using the sword to help Gerard but in the end he is also glad that his divine armament won’t become a weapon that will be used carelessly by a mortal rather, it might become the symbol of the new kingdom to come which is good. Human will someday dies and then their position will be taken over by another. He was afraid whether his divine armament would fall to the wrong hands and it will create another tragedy like today. But thanks to Gerard’s oath as the brakes, such scenario would never happen ever. Good job Gerard!

Gerard magnificently answers to Renya’s expectation.

A feeling of fulfillment grows in Renya’s heart. That feeling is the first time for him. He never felt it before since the first time he becomes a god. With that feeling warming up his heart, his awareness as a god grows up also.

While glancing at Eckesachs, Renya let out a whisper to himself.

Author note: The sword name is a last resort that the author can come up to. Well, that scene is also similar in that aspect.

Well, that sword name is totally famous right? (smile bitterly)

And then as usual, the mastermind fleeing flag is destroyed without mercy (lol)

Eros Notes: The sword dialogue (the one inside bracket [] ) is in an archaic form of thou, thy, and such old vocabulary which I can’t reproduce it correctly in English (yet). My vocabulary in those old english language aspect is still too low compared to the Japanese one as I read more Japanese novel than English lol.