344: An Honorable King (3)

Chapter 344: An Honorable King (3)

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The battle started with a loud bang.

Quetzalcoatl's fist hit on Ozymandias' chin and sent her flying. Her body hit the wall at a great speed, and due to the durability of the wall, she received extra damage. 

"...Keugh!"

The Demi-God spat out blood and fell to her face, overwhelmed by the attack.

Before she could get back up to her feet, beams of light rushed at her. She couldn't react in time, as the energy exploded before her face and threw her against the wall once more.

The dust of the explosion cleared to reveal a pissed Ozymandias who was bleeding yet healing. 

The two Goddesses didn't care for her glares, though. Ishtar continued her barrage of beams, while Quetzalcoatl rushed forward.

With a soft grunt, Ozy summoned her staff into her hand. It appeared out of thin air, glowing gently.

Ozymandias spun the staff in the air and cast a spell.

"Protection of the Sun God!"

As Ishtar's light beams hit her next, they did zero to no damage at all.

"That's a fancy trick."

Quetzalcoatl commented, right in front of Ozymandias, and punched her in the face once more.

Ozy's body flew across the hall once again and hit the wall. When she got up, Quetzalcoatl was right above her.

This time, she was kicked in the knees, causing her to kneel, before the Dragon Goddess kicked her in the cheek and sent her flying once more.

Ozymandias flew and slammed on her own throne, causing it to explode into blisters.

Before Quetzalcoatl could come and attack her again, she yelled out a spell.

"Abu el-Hol Sphinx!!"

That was a summoning spell, used to summon creatures called sphinx, who were the incarnation of sky God Horus.

They were a mixture between a lion and an eagle, kind of like a Griffin, and wore an Egyptian mask.

Immediately, four of those creatures appeared in the huge hall.

One of the chimera creatures slammed Quetzalcoatl and threw her away, and two others rushed at Ishtar.

"Mindless beasts dare! Freeze!"

Quetzalcoatl rose and yelled, using her Rider Class authority, but the beasts didn't stop.

Ozymandias herself was in the Rider Class, too. Their class ranks were the same as well, and therefore Quetzalcoatl couldn't control the creatures that were under Ozy.

"Tch."

Quetzalcoatl dodged one of the beasts' attacks, and grabbed it by its tail, spinning it and throwing it away. The throw was so hard that its head burst when it hit the wall. However, the head began to grow back right away.

The infinite regeneration applied to the beasts, too.

Realizing so, Quetzalcoatl sighed. With a little hesitation, she summoned eight quetzalcoatlus dinosaurs. 

These creatures were used primarily for flight reasons, so they weren't the best fighters, but they could do the job.

The hall gleamed brightly as eight new beasts were summoned, as two each rushed to the four sphinxes.

…..

On the other side of the battle, Ishtar stopped trying to attack Ozy. Since her attacks weren't doing any damage. 

Ishtar was attacking the sphinxes and was easily clearing them. Though they were regenerating, at least they didn't meddle with Quetzalcoatl's assault.

Sadly, that's when a servant whom Ozy had summoned long ago appeared in the hall. 

Xuanzang Sanzang. Who, if she were to release her full power, was one of the strongest Casters.

She said, "I apologize in advance for the incoming pain."

That said, she launched at Ishtar just as the quetzalcoatlus launched on the four sphinxes.

…..

Quetzalcoatl was too slow to summon her dinosaurs, Ozymandias was ready to attack.

"Unleash: Curse!"

With her hand raised in the air, she shouted. The pyramid structure glowed, and Quetzalcoatl suddenly found herself choking out blood.

"Infuriating Goddess! Receive heavenly judgment!"

Ozymandias announced grandly, while on the side Ishtar too coughed blood.

Ishtar was quite injured from the curse since it was a curse that could hurt even those with special healthy bodies. As a servant in that mortal body, Ishtar was quite affected.

However, Quetzalcoatl got up as if it was nothing. The incident only worked to anger her.

"Grarr…!"

With a growl that released smoke out of her mouth, the Dragon launched forward with her hands glowing. 

Miniature sun's appeared in her palms, as she rushed forward. Sadly, all it took was a wave of Ozy's staff for the sun to vanish. Not that Quetzalcoatl stopped running.

Ozymandias could only dodge twice, out of pure luck, before Quetzalcoatl punched her in the gut and sent her flying.

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…At the rate things were happening, it would be Ozymandias' win if the fight dragged on for too long. 

'Unless I join. But even then, it'd be a draw.'

Neji sighed and concluded in his head.

Sadly, a simple draw wasn't any good. It wasn't beneficial if this long battle only worked to injure both parties.

It was better to end this as soon as possible.

So, even though it hurt his pride just a little, he had no choice but to play in a way he considered dirty.

"Everyone- stop!"

Neji shouted, and the room froze for a moment. Ozymandias who was about to cast a sun-beam spell at Quetzalcoatl also stopped, and slowly, all heads turned to look at him. 

It was certainly Ozy who looked the most shocked at the scene.

Neji was blue right now, having used the Tenseigan Chakra Mode, on top of Lightning Armor, and Eighth Gate. 

In truth, he could attack Ozymandias easily in this buffed state. Ozy was the same as Ereshkigal, in that both were not physical fighters. However, what was the point of attacking a person who could regenerate endlessly?

So, he did a low blow.

He was grabbing Nitocris, his left arm wrapped around her waist, and his right hand positioned beside her head. He had two of his fingers pushing against her temple, ready to shoot his Tenseigan ability, the [Golden Wheel Reincarnation].

"K-King Gilgamesh?!"

Ozymandias sounded shocked at the scene, her eyes wide in disbelief.

"What are you doing?!"

"Look I'm sorry, but It is what it is."

Neji sighed. Netocris was a Low-Tier 10, and she was a Caster. So it was easy to overpower her. As she was a future Pharaoh to Ozymandias, it would be expected of Ozy to protect her. So Neji had no choice but to threaten Ozy with Netocris' life.

He felt a little weird knowing she was the reincarnation of a possible daughter of his current body, but 'weird' didn't mean bad. He was fine with this, in the end, he had never been the nicest guy.

Ozymandias' eyes were special. 

They were no Mystique Eyes, but she could see a lot more than normal with those golden pupils of hers. She could tell Neji was not merely threatening. He was ready to kill Nitocris if needed.

An extremely disappointed expression formed on her face. 

"I see. Is this how you are? A coward who uses hostages? I can't say I am not disappointed."

Neji felt a little weird, in a bad way, hearing that. But as he said, 'it is what it is'. He maintained a plain expression and stared at Ozymandias.

"I can incarnate Amon within me. Are you aware of that? By sacrificing the Grail, thanks to Ra's blood that is flowing through my veins, I can become Amun-Ra. With that power, I can easily destroy everything this world has to offer. Including you. Yet, you dare threaten me?!"

Neji maintained a plain expression the whole speech, while Nitocris stopped her struggle in his grip.

Only when the silence stretched inside the hall for more than a minute, did Neji sigh and speak.

"Look, I have my moments, but I'm not an honorable man most of the time. I… need that Holy Grail you possess. It was all going well, but the two idiotic bitch goddesses attacked you. I apologize for that; I also admit you have done nothing wrong. Sadly, those two bitches are my bitches so I'll have to go with the flow. I am extremely regretful that our possibly sweet future was ruined like this, but I have no choice other than to demand the Grail. Other than my own personal agenda, world peace is at stake."

Unlike what Neji had expected, for Ozy to continue wearing a frown and look at him with criticizing eyes, her eyes widened just a little.

"Ah… how great."

"...?"

"To think I failed to see through your true intention…! To think I just judged you based on your outer action."

"...."

Neji stared at Ozymandias who wore a deep blush and fell down on her ass, just staring at Neji.

"Despite knowing how I'll react, and despite knowing how your reputation will be harmed, you didn't care. You went along with the mistake your two subordinates made because even if they were wrong, they shouldn't be punished here. It's only you who can punish them, and punish them you will, but not here in front of your enemies."

"It was clear you were interested in me, yet you didn't abandon your current women for me. That goes to show how committed you are! At last, you have already saved the world once, but now, knowing there is another danger– that I am not aware of– you are here for the Grail so that you can sacrifice yourself once more!"

"...."

Neji stared at the woman for a long time. Then he exchanged glances with Quetzalcoatl, Ishtar, Xuanzang Sanzang and even Nitocris.

Neji sighed. "Consider me surprised. In that case, may we stop fighting? I really wish we don't have to fight any longer."

Ozymandias cleared her throat and got up. Waving her hand, wielding the staff, she commanded a healing spell on all the people. The two quetzalcoatluses that had died stood back up, as both Ishtar and Quetzalcoatl stopped bleeding.

"Nitocris, please prepare a bath for the greatest King and his two spouses. After that, we will hold a banquet. Ah, fellow King, if you'd please release Nitocris?"

Ishtar and Quetzalcoatl who were still hesitant about all this, flinched hearing the term 'spouses'. With light blushes, they waved the matter off in their heads.

Simultaneously, Neji released Nitocris awkwardly. She landed and stomped on his feet intentionally. Shooting him a glare, she then nodded at Ozymandias. She left the hall right away, angry yet disciplined to follow Ozy's command.

Neji looked at Ozymandias, and then around the room where stains of the battle were remaining.

'Huh.'

He rubbed the back of his head.

'This is awkward.'

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