BOOM!!!!!
With a loud explosion, a golden shadow shot out of the fiery blast, looking like a giant, golden-haired cocoon from a distance.
At the critical moment, she had transformed her hair into a shield to protect her entire body. Otherwise, an explosion like that would have severely injured even her.
"Are you really just a human?" she asked, her shield dissipating back into hair. Her expression was more serious than ever.
"Yes, you don't have to doubt it. I'm really just a human."
"But I'm also the strongest person in the universe!" he replied with a grin, raising his hand and throwing another energy blast at her.
Though she acknowledged that he was stronger than she had expected, to call himself the strongest in the universe… wasn't he afraid of biting off more than he could chew?
With a cold snort, her arm transformed into a paddle, and she swatted the incoming blast away.
Her golden hair moved again, forming into several giant fists that shot towards him.
"So you can transform at will. A battle of fists this time, is it?"
Greatly admiring her ability, he found that he was liking this girl more and more. He unleashed his own power and met her fists with his.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
A dazzling display of flashing fists filled the sky with a series of explosions.
"Hahaha… it's starting, it's starting! Mikan, hurry up!"
Watching them fight, Lala had a look of excitement, as if she were watching a great show. She waved to Mikan behind her.
Still not proficient with her transformation bracelet, it took Mikan a while to catch up, holding Rhea and occasionally looking down at the ground with a fearful expression.
"Lala-san, is Sora-san okay?" she asked, worried, despite knowing how strong he was.
"Don't worry! Sora is the strongest! He'll be fine," Lala replied thoughtlessly, having complete confidence in him.
"That girl, Darkness… she's amazing…" Mikan said, her expression full of awe as she watched the distant battle.
The silver-haired loli in her arms glanced up, but quickly lost interest and went back to her taiyaki.
Though the fallen Valkyrie acknowledged Golden Darkness's abilities, she was still far from a match for that great demon. She could already see the outcome of this battle. No matter how much she struggled, she couldn't escape the fate of being captured and humiliated by him…
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
The battle in the sky raged on. With her transformation ability and keen combat instincts, Golden Darkness was holding her own against him.
But that was all.
As time went on, her frown deepened. She was gradually going all out, but he still looked completely at ease.
Her right leg transformed into a giant iron ball and she swung it at him, but he dodged and came back with a sweeping kick of his own. She quickly transformed her hands into a shield to block, but she was still sent flying like a cannonball.
Flapping her wings to stabilize herself, she finally landed on a telephone pole.
"Are you going to continue? I think you already know the difference in our strength," he said, slowly flying down to her, a smile on his face.
"As long as I'm not dead, I haven't lost," she retorted coldly, her hair transforming into several golden fists again.
"Heh… I don't dislike your stubborn personality. But before we continue, I think you should pay attention to what's happening over there, Golden Darkness," he said, a smirk on his lips as he pointed to a spot below her.
Though wary of a trick, she couldn't help but glance over, and only then did she notice a middle-aged human standing on the street below.
He was short and fat, with a shiny bald head, and the remaining hair was styled into a pair of devil horns. He was engrossed in a photobook by the side of the road.
It was the perverted, unkillable Principal!
"Principal, are you looking at those H things in a place like this again?" Sora called out, teasing him.
"Ah… who is it? No, I'm not!"
Startled, the Principal hid the photobook behind his back and looked around, finally spotting them in the sky.
Ignoring Sora, his gaze fell on Golden Darkness and froze.
"Wow, a beautiful girl! A beautiful, blonde girl!"
"Oh, oh… I can almost see it! I can almost see it!"
He cheered happily, and when he caught a glimpse of white under her skirt, he got even more excited.
"Damn it! Don't hide it! Give me your panties! Give them to me!!!"
"Hoo… hoo…"
He stared with all his might. He was so close to seeing the coveted object of his desire, but it remained hidden. He was getting desperate. He took deep breaths and started blowing, trying to lift her pesky skirt.
Stunned, Golden Darkness finally came to her senses, her face flushing with a deep shame.
She quickly held down her skirt, and her hair-fists shot towards the Principal.
"Ah, oh… panties…"
Even as he was being mercilessly beaten, the Principal was still fixated on the panties he had almost seen…
"I hate perverts!"
Seeing the Principal, who had been beaten until his eyes rolled back, Golden Darkness's anger finally subsided slightly, and she retracted her fists.
But just then—
"An opening!"
Sora's voice suddenly came from beside her.
Startled, she instinctively tried to dodge, but she was too late. Her vision went black, and she lost consciousness.
"Even the number one assassin in the universe can't overcome her most primal instincts," the great demon king said with a wicked smile, holding the girl in his arms.
If not for the Principal provoking her and lowering her guard, it wouldn't have been so easy for him to take her down without hurting her.
"Sora…"
Seeing that the battle was over, Lala and Mikan flew over.
"Sora-san, is she okay?" Mikan asked, looking at the unconscious Golden Darkness.
"I just knocked her out. She's fine."
"Mikan-chan, she came here to assassinate me, you know. And you're worried about her instead of me? I'm so hurt," he said, holding her in one arm and clutching his chest with the other, a wounded expression on his face.
"This girl doesn't look much older than me, but she's already an assassin. She must have had a hard life."
"As for you, Sora-san, you're perfectly fine. Do you really need me to worry about you?" Mikan replied, rolling her eyes.
"Don't be fooled by my appearance. I'm actually very fragile on the inside. I need to be cared for too," he grumbled, his childish pout making Mikan laugh in spite of herself.
Just as they were about to say more, a loud voice echoed from the sky.
"What number one assassin? I had to come out myself in the end. So-called Golden Darkness is nothing special!"
A huge spaceship slowly descended from the sky, the sarcastic and angry voice coming from it.
Without a doubt, the owner of the voice was the client who had hired her.
"It's getting late. Lala, blow that thing up. We're going home," he said.
He had gotten what he wanted. He had no interest in the so-called mysterious client. It was probably just another one of Lala's suitors, like Ren and Rocket-kun.
For guys like that, just blowing them up was enough.
"Okay…"
Whatever he said, went. Lala had no objections. She gathered her power and threw an energy blast at the spaceship.
"You detestable human! How dare you deceive my Princess Lala! Today, I, the great Lacospo, will expose your true colors and make you…"
BOOM!!!!!
The loudspeaker on the ship was still broadcasting the client's voice, but he never got to finish his sentence. The entire spaceship exploded in the sky.
A huge fireball spread out, looking like a beautiful firework…
"Sora-san, that… that…"
Mikan pointed at the sky, stunned.
"Just a background character who got his ticket punched. Don't worry about him. Let's go home, Mikan, Lala."
"Oh, oh, let's go home…"