Chapter 1257: Time for a New Master
"Boom—!"
The leather balloon instantly burst apart!
Six familiars roared as they emerged from the seafloor all at once—an amber bull-headed god, a silver two-headed dragon snake, a golden lion, a shimmering bicorn horse, an alluring snake-haired gorgon, and a monstrous bird.
In the pitch-black depths of the ocean, magical energy surged forth like a volcanic eruption.
The arena was shattered, and Kijima Kuroto fell back into the sea once more.
Sensing the killing intent emanating from Eiji, he instantly tensed every nerve in his body.
Magma reaching thousands of degrees, golden lightning, crimson shockwaves, destructive healing waters, and ice capable of freezing space and time—all converged toward Kijima Kuroto like rivers flowing into the sea!
"Change them all!"
The immense magical energy made Kijima Kuroto's scalp tingle instantly, forcing him to push the power of the Holy Annihilation to its limits!
The lightning and ice rapidly turned into flour and dissolved into the water the moment they touched his body.
"Damn it!"
Despite the smooth transformation, Kijima Kuroto's expression changed abruptly.
"My computational power is heavily occupied! At this scale... I can't block it all!"
He even thrust out his Hungry Wolf Fang Strike.
But against the vast ocean of attacks, his counterattack was as insignificant as a drop in the bucket!
The Holy Annihilation spell, being an alteration of the laws governing the world itself, not only required immense magical energy but also demanded extraordinary computational power to precisely manipulate material changes, physical laws, and life forms.
In other words, each use of the Holy Annihilation occupied a portion of computational power.
And when computational power reached its limit, the Holy Annihilation spell would also hit its limit!
He was currently utilizing the computational power of five supercomputers from Demon Island, but even those five supercomputers couldn't completely erase such a massive-scale attack!
"Go!"
Eiji pointed from afar.
A colossal diamond ram, a silver mist-like beetle, and a purple tiger with a scorpion's tail emerged together and charged forward!
Kijima Kuroto's expression was completely overtaken by despair.
Was this the power of the Fourth True Ancestor, who had even defeated Cain, the master of the Holy Annihilation?
Attacks of different attributes and immense scale were the bane of the Holy Annihilation!
All nine familiars swarmed forward.
Completely engulfing Kijima Kuroto.
In just a moment, the crimson glow faded entirely, and Kijima Kuroto's figure was devoured by infinite magical energy, leaving not even a speck of dust behind.
"This is your limit, Kijima Kuroto."
Eiji shook his head.
He looked down, toward the depths of the seafloor.
Gravity acted upon his body, while gemstone shields protected him on all sides.
He descended another hundred meters, reaching a depth of four hundred meters below sea level.
Here, Eiji spotted a submarine.
It was positioned directly below the Keystone Gate, perfectly aligned with the artificial island above in terms of coordinates.
On the surface of the submarine, countless ancient magical characters shimmered and glowed slowly, as if narrating something.
Eiji dismissed the other familiars, leaving only the immensely powerful bull-headed god.
The bull-headed god lifted the submarine and began ascending toward the sea surface.
Half a minute later.
The submarine returned to the fortieth underground level of Keystone Gate, docking in the half-destroyed room.
"Hiss—!"
The airlock opened, and a flashily dressed, fashionable girl stepped out.
"Thanks for picking me up, Fourth True Ancestor-sama."
Taking Eiji's extended hand, Aiba Asagi leaped onto the shore.
She pouted, looking somewhat displeased.
"What, you found out?"
Eiji chuckled lightly.
"Yep, not just about being the Fourth True Ancestor—I also learned everything about the Narcissus Incident back then!"
Asagi scratched her messy blonde hair in frustration.
"I was stuck inside all day, so out of boredom, I dug through the computer archives."
Though confined to the submarine—the Zeroeth Layer—she hadn't lost her hacking skills.
Using the five supercomputers aboard, she had been monitoring the situation outside.
After seeing the commune issue a full-island warrant for Eiji's arrest, she grew suspicious and combed through the computer archives, eventually uncovering the Narcissus Incident from five years ago and learning the truth.
"It's all in the past."
Eiji waved his hand, indicating he had long since moved on from those events.
"That submarine—it's the C Room, right?"
He pointed at the submarine and asked Asagi.
"Yeah, Cain's Coffin, commonly known as the C Room. It's the deepest secret of Itogami Island—even the mayor of Itogami City isn't allowed in. Very few know of its existence."
Asagi explained.
"What are those inscriptions on it?"
"That's... Cain's memories."
Asagi's expression grew complicated.
"Cain left his memories behind in the form of text, engraved on this submarine that can withstand even a nuclear blast. Later generations copied those memories and reproduced them in binary—that is—"
"Mokawai?"
"Exactly."
Asagi admitted frankly.
After her time in the submarine, she had learned too many secrets.
After all, Cain's memories were laid bare before her—she could peruse them freely, without any barriers, and naturally came to know many things.
In comparison, the fact that Eiji was the Fourth True Ancestor didn't surprise her as much.
The revelation that Mokawai, whom she had always considered a companion, was actually a reproduction of Cain's personality, nearly made her jaw drop.
"Cain's memories..."
Eiji stepped forward.
His passive language proficiency allowed him to instantly understand the meaning of the inscriptions, experiencing Cain's past as if he had lived through it himself.
"As expected, the Holy Annihilation is here too!"
Eiji's spirits lifted.
He could disregard everything else, but the Holy Annihilation—he absolutely had to obtain it!
"But this spell is far too complex!"
After seeing the memories of the Holy Annihilation spell, Eiji couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement.
When Itogami Meika used the Holy Annihilation earlier, he hadn't paid close attention.
It turned out that the crimson glow around him was an aggregation of hundreds of millions of microscopic magic circles!
Indeed, the so-called Holy Annihilation was a genuine spell that combined billions, tens of billions, even hundreds of billions of magic circles!
Its precision was tens of thousands of times more complex than any current technology!
No wonder it required such immense computational power!
"I'll take it with me for now!"
With a wave of Eiji's hand, the submarine vanished from the room.
"Where did it go? There were five supercomputers inside! Those are the lifeline of Demon Sanctuary Island!"
Azuha gasped in surprise and hurriedly asked.
"Don't worry, I've stored the submarine in the Prison Boundary. We can retrieve it anytime later."
Eiji straightened up and looked toward the sky, his gaze seeming to penetrate through layers of underground metal all the way to the top level.
"Even bringing out the Holy Annihilation... the commune must be at their wit's end. It's time to wrap this up—this island should welcome its new master!"