Chapter 33: God-King Zeus!
The captain in the cockpit was also wearing a look of utter bewilderment at this moment.
"What on earth is going on? Why was it clear skies just a moment ago, and now it's suddenly turned into a thunderstorm!?"
After inquiring with the aviation center, the captain received no concrete answer; no one could have predicted this sudden disaster. Moreover, the scene in the sky surpassed the limits of the captain's imagination—the lightning drifting within the cloud layers were not erratic, thin lines, but massive bolts of thunderbolt fire.
The deafening roars of thunder and the violent winds had transformed the sky into a nightmare far exceeding normal severe convective weather.
While the people were in a state of utter panic, Shirou and the others appeared remarkably calm.
"King, what should we do? It seems we've encountered a thunderstorm?" Erica asked with a hint of concern.
As witches whose strength was among the top in the entire world compared to ordinary people, both Erica and Liliana possessed magic that allowed them to fly. Therefore, they were completely unconcerned about the crisis of the plane potentially crashing into the sea.
However, compared to Erica, Liliana was more worried. She wasn't worried about herself, but about these ordinary civilians. Yet, as the situation didn't seem to have reached that critical point yet, Liliana could only wait quietly, hoping for a good outcome.
In contrast to Erica and the others, Shirou's gaze toward the window carried a trace of surprise.
"The domain of the sky... could it be..."
Right then, in the midst of that sky filled with dense clouds and flashing lightning, Shirou suddenly saw a humanoid figure flicker into existence during a flash of white day produced by the spreading lightning.
Seeing that scene, Shirou's pupils shrank instantly, and he stood up without hesitation.
The stewardesses, also noticing Shirou's movement, quickly spoke up.
"Passenger, please return to your seat and sit down, fasten your seatbelt, we will—"
Before the stewardess could finish her sentence, Shirou reached out and grabbed the cabin door.
Under the stunned gazes of the others, Shirou applied a bit of force, and the cabin door shattered instantly. With a gentle push, it fell directly into the sea.
In that instant, the change in pressure difference between the inside of the plane and the outside caused everyone to feel a massive suction force. If they hadn't fastened their seatbelts, they would have been pulled directly out by that force.
Just as the people inside the cabin thought they were dead, Shirou applied a spell directly to the cabin doorway; instantly, the pressure inside the cabin returned to normal.
Then, Shirou leaped out directly. In the moment he began to fall, magical energy ignited on his body like a deep blue flame, and with a sonic boom, he charged into the sky.
The people who saw this scene felt their worldview being overturned; each was shocked beyond belief, staring slack-jawed.
"What on earth was that!?"
"What happened to that person!?"
"Holy shit! Am I really not dreaming!?"
"God! This is a miracle!"
Some cried out in alarm, some questioned reality, and some prayed devoutly...
While the people were terrified by what they saw, Erica and Liliana stood up and cast magic on everyone. Including the stewardesses, they made everyone in the cabin forget everything they had just seen.
Perhaps after reaching their destination, the fact that this plane arrived safely without a cabin door and with no casualties would become an unsolved mystery. But compared to the plane crashing into the sea with no survivors, this was undoubtedly the best outcome.
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The wind whistled past his ears as Shirou's body flew through the air at high speed. Accompanied by sonic booms, the clouds were shaken into a ring by the shockwave produced by his instantaneous speed.
His maximum speed indeed reached the speed of light, but in a non-combat state, Shirou generally didn't deliberately fly at his limit.
Suddenly, Shirou saw a humanoid figure appear between the constantly spreading lightning within the cloud layers. Compared to a normal human body, his stature exceeded two meters.
As he accelerated and drew closer, Shirou finally saw the true face of the figure.
It was a handsome man with a waterfall of white hair. His physique was as perfect as a Greek statue. He was bare-chested, and his muscular arms caused the thunder to vibrate with even a slight movement. On his wrists, he wore exquisite golden bracers.
The moment he saw that man's silhouette, Shirou already guessed his identity.
"'God-King' Zeus! It's actually really him!"
Shirou was somewhat surprised because just half an hour ago, he was reading stories about Greek mythology, and the myth of the "God-King" Zeus had left a deep impression on him. But Shirou never expected that he would encounter Zeus, the God of the Sky, so quickly.
"Judging by the range of his authority... the sky of the entire world is under his control?"
Shirou frowned slightly, somewhat uncertain about Zeus's strength.
"Whatever the case, I'll find out once I try!"
Light constructed in Shirou's hand, and a pitch-black demonic sword appeared instantly in his grasp.
Shirou's speed also instantly surged to the speed of light, and in a flash, he charged toward Zeus, who stood atop the clouds!
At this time, the God of the Heavens with the waterfall of white hair also turned his pale golden eyes to look at Shirou.
The moment he saw the pitch-black demonic sword Twilightin Shirou's hand, the flowing golden patterns on the blade and that familiar divine power caused his pupils to vibrate slightly. Fury arose instantly, and his white hair fluttered.
"So it was you who killed Hephaestus!"
The moment he saw that pitch-black demonic sword, Zeus already felt Hephaestus's divine power. A portion of his son's divine power had been absorbed into that artifact. With the blessing of divine power, the quality of this artifact could be called unique.
Upon discovering that Shirou was the culprit who killed his son Hephaestus, the "God-King" Zeus was enraged. As his white hair billowed, the sky roared with deafening thunder as if echoing his fury.
Facing Shirou, who was charging at him with his sword, Zeus raised his right hand. A massive golden bolt of lightning was instantly born in his hand. That was no ordinary lightning, but represented the authority wielded by Zeus. In this world, only that was the strongest thunder, and only Zeus, the strongest in Greek mythology, could wield that 『Master Bolt 』!
The power of that thunder was more than a hundred times that of ordinary lightning. Its shape constantly changed in Zeus's hand: sometimes into jagged, branching lightning; sometimes into dispersing ribbon lightning; sometimes into intersecting forked lightning; and sometimes into sheet lightning with flickering charges...
While the thunder constantly changed shape in Zeus's hand, a dazzling blue-white flame erupted from his palm.
"I shall pull out your entrails and tear you to pieces, you foolish 'Godslayer'!"
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