Chapter 1013: Chapter 769: Ugly Yet Wishful Thinking
Their destination was the rooftop garden of that detached villa.
It was nearly as high as the palace on the forty-something floor, surrounded by several tall towers, with stone slabs covering the ground seamlessly.
Those stone slabs seemed to be made of special minerals, and when bathed in the moonlight hanging high in the night sky, they emitted a faint, pale halo.
Then, at the center of such a rooftop garden, an altar surrounded by long stone pillars absorbed the moonlight, radiating an especially intense glow.
"Is it there?"
Reiger continued to murmur.
After a while, he suddenly smiled.
"It seems the first shot of this war must be fired by me."
Uttering such words, Reiger extended a hand toward the direction of the rooftop garden of the villa.
Magic Power gathered in his hand.
But, swiftly, Reiger stopped his actions.
Because—
"Gwooooohhhhh...!"
Accompanied by a ferocious roar, unlike a battle cry, a massive black shadow leapt down from atop the palace.
The moonlight was blocked by its enormous body, causing its shadow to cover Reiger’s entire body, making him feel a sudden darkness overhead.
And beneath him, the shadow on the ground rapidly expanded, indicating to him that the enemy was crashing down from above.
The heavy battle axe swung down with force, raising a sonic boom.
Reiger stopped his actions, unflinchingly tapping his toes, gracefully drifting backward.
"Boom!"
In the next second, the black shadow heavily slammed onto the ground, the heavy battle axe also shattered the ground, causing the earth to tremble violently, roaring with explosions.
The floor was effortlessly shattered, turning into countless fragments, splattering in all directions.
The dust spread, transforming into a storm-like shockwave.
Reiger lightly landed, bathed in the fierce dust wind coming toward him, his gaze turned forward, looking at the burst crater.
"[Limit Breaker]—!"
With such a loud shout, the true form of the massive black shadow appeared.
A giant-like torso, short limbs, a frog-like face, although the skin was brown, it did not at all appear like an Amazon, but rather a beastwoman giantess.
It was the only first-level adventurer of the Istar Clan, the Lv.5 [Man Slayer]—Filini Jamil.
"You did come to interfere, didn’t you, bastard!"
The frog-like giantess’ roar was like a monster’s intimidation, with this shocking anger, not to mention the air was trembling, even the ground was slightly shaking.
"Did you guess I would come?" Reiger smiled calmly, saying, "Ishtar, that foolish goddess, made a rare intelligent move this time."
Last time he deliberately caused trouble in Fengyue Street and sent Haruhime away, even if Ishtar was stupid, she should have realized that Reiger had long known about Haruhime mastering the most powerful Demon Art.
Now, she was preparing to execute her sinister plan, sacrificing Haruhime on the altar, in such a situation, it was only natural for her to guard against Reiger’s attack again.
It’s just...
"Just you alone?"
Reiger glanced around, feeling somewhat surprised when he found no one else.
No way.
"What can you do by yourself?"
Reiger stated the fact, causing veins to bulge on Filini’s forehead.
"Stop looking down on people!" Filini roared furiously with a twisted face, "You’re just the pretty boy raised by that ugly [Sword Princess], looking up to such an eyesore, what makes a man like you so great...!?"
Hearing that, Reiger lifted his eyelids and gave Filini a glance.
This glance was so cold it seemed like it could freeze.
"...!"
Filini suddenly felt a chill surge in her heart, causing her to involuntarily take a step back.
Realizing her retreat, Filini immediately became enraged again.
But what made her angrier and even hateful was Reiger’s next words.
"If Ais is an eyesore, then what are you?" Reiger said indifferently, "Non-human? Half-beast? Deformed mutant monster? Or a chimera?"
"Don’t tell me, you really think you’re beautiful?"
"A toadwoman so hideous it makes people want to vomit."
If these words were deliberately spoken in an insulting tone, Filini might have thought the other party was jealous of her beauty.
She is so confident, thinking she is the most beautiful person, much like her god, who is self-important to the point of self-hypnosis.
No, compared to Ishtar, Fulini is the real oddball.
At least, although Ishtar is jealous of Frey and doesn’t think she would lose to Frey, she doesn’t consider Frey an ugly monster.
That is a Beauty God of the same rank. How could she be an ugly monster?
Filini is different. She truly believes everyone else is ugly, including Beauty Goddess Freya and Beauty Goddess Ishtar. No one could be more beautiful than her.
But when Reiger spoke these words in a calm, indifferent, and detached tone, anyone would believe he really meant it.
In his eyes, Fulini is an ugly monster.
In his eyes, Fulini isn’t even human.
"Killer of Men... You should be called Killer of Sentient Beings instead, right?"
"Whether human or god, as long as they possess intellect, they’ll be disgusted to death by your appearance at first sight."
"Fortunately, monsters and beastmen don’t possess intellect."
"In their eyes, you might actually look beautiful, huh?"
"So, could you please kindly roll to the underground city, mate with beastmen and monsters, and stop scaring people and making a fool of yourself, alright?"
Reiger rarely uttered such highly insulting words.
"Seeing you assume you’re a beauty with that face, I’m really afraid I’d laugh before throwing up."
——— Splat.
The thread of reason in Fulini’s mind snapped.
"[Limit Breaker]——————!!!"
The enraged frog woman giant wielded a pair of massive battle axes, stomping on the ground beneath her, and charged at Reiger.
In short, it was like a meat bullet tank.
The round meat bullet came rushing like a tank, pressure indeed full.
Perhaps because of intense fury, Fulini’s speed even surpassed Lv.5.
No, this female giant is currently not at Lv.5.
Reiger keenly noticed the faint light particles fluctuating around Fulini’s body.
Undoubtedly, it was a miracle known as "Level Ascendancy".
Before charging here, Fulini had already received the power of "Level Ascendancy".
So, she wasn’t Lv.5 now, but Lv.6, just like Reiger’s current status.
But—
"Boom!"
When Fulini charged in front of Reiger, angrily wielding her massive battle axe, Reiger’s figure flickered, easily dodging into her arms and delivering a fierce kick to her abdomen.
The shockwave exploded on Fulini’s abdomen, causing her frog woman giant eyes to bulge as her whole body was kicked flying.
"Swish!"
Reiger’s figure flickered again, swiftly leaping to Fulini’s top as she flew backward.
"Boom!"
Accompanied by a sonic wave, a punch straight to Fulini’s torso center.
"Gagha...!"
Fulini let out a strange cry like a squashed frog, her entire body was slammed into the ground, shattering the floor and embedded into the earth.
Reiger landed on top of this female giant, stepping on her body, looking down at her lightly.
"Lv.6 and Lv.6 are different."
"I’ve fought even Lv.7. Do you really think you can threaten me as a half-baked Lv.6 relying on ’Level Ascendancy’?"
"You look ugly, but your thoughts sure are pretty ambitious, huh?"
Ugly, but your thoughts are pretty ambitious...
This sentence shattered Fulini’s pathetic self-esteem.
Unfortunately, she could no longer be angry.
"[Flame Volt]."
The heartless magic chanting sounded from above, letting thick Flame Thunder crash down.
"Boom!!!"
The explosive flames appeared before the goddess’s palace.
That was the smoke of war.