Pick Me Up!-Chapter 297.2: Ragnarok (2) (2)

I turned my gaze to the glass window at the front of the command center.

Through the blood-streaked glass, I could see the Mobius and Niflheimr fleets exchanging fire in the skies beyond the field. Explosions and falling airships glittered like stars under the crimson-lit sky.

Crash!

I broke through the glass and leapt outside.

Flipping my body mid-air, I landed on the deck of the airship. The battle outside came into sharper focus.

「Kahaha! Is that all you’ve got, Seris? Disappointing! Truly disappointing! Puhahahaha!」

Boom! Boom!

Turning to my left, I saw two figures colliding atop the deck of a Niflheimr airship. One wore a black uniform, surrounded by a crimson blaze. The other...

[Mobius Inc.]

[Protector of Order]

[Karacle Titan Lv.999]

A Level 999.

His level had nearly doubled since I last saw him.

Karacle darted between the decks like a bolt of lightning, firing a rifle and swinging a massive axe.

Each step and swing of his weapon left deep craters and damage in the airship’s alloy deck. Seris skillfully dodged his attacks with minimal movements, inflicting wounds all over Karacle’s body. Yet...

「I am invincible! This is the power of the blessing bestowed upon me! No one can harm me! Don’t you understand that? Ahahaha!」

Seris’ flame, one that should nullify regeneration, couldn’t leave a single burn. That body... It had been engraved with something far beyond ordinary.

‘SS-rank, at least?’

Ridiculous. Likely a cheat-level power ordinary heroes would never have.

‘No doubt...’

If we’re going to bring him down, it’ll have to be me.

「You insects can struggle all you like, but you will never defeat me. Obey quietly and become food for my axe! Hahahaha!」

Karacle slammed his enormous axe into the deck.

CRAAACK! At that moment, the massive airship, stretching over a hundred meters, shook violently, splitting # Nоvеlight # apart along its center.

With a single swing, Karacle had cleaved the colossal airship in two.

「I will resurrect endlessly, and I will grow endlessly stronger! Hah! Hahahaha! You cannot defeat me—I am invincible! INVINCIBLE!」

“....”

His grotesque body started bulging—black, tumor-like masses swelling and then subsiding all over his frame.

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It seemed his body was collapsing under the strain of the overwhelming power coursing through him.

「Hahahahaha! The higher-ups have promised! When this battle is over, I will ascend to become one of Mobius’s executives, ruling over every dimension!」

I grinned.

‘You wish. That’s never going to happen.’

By the time this battle is over, there’s a 100% chance he’ll fall apart completely.

‘That is, assuming...’

He manages to survive this fight at all.

I slammed my foot down. BOOM! A powerful gust of wind erupted beneath me, propelling my body forward in an instant.

As I closed the distance, Karacle’s bald, grinning face grew larger in my vision.

「Huh? What the—」

“Hello.”

BAM!

I grabbed his face and slammed it into the steel deck with all my might.

CRASH! CRASH! CRASH! CRASH!

The ground beneath us shattered as I smashed his head into the deck five times in rapid succession.

CRAAACK! The steel surface gave way, crumbling into pieces.

“Master, how are you...?!”

Seris’s expression was filled with shock.

“Talk later.”

“You didn’t leave?! You broke our agreement...!”

“I don’t remember ever making that kind of promise with you.”

I kicked Karacle’s body, sending him flying across the deck.

He crashed into an airship, which exploded on impact.

“Master!”

Seris bit her lip, visibly shaken.

Her usual calm demeanor was nowhere to be found—quite a refreshing sight, actually.

“We’ve risked our lives for your sake...”

“I never asked you to.”

“Are you saying you won’t return to Earth?”

“I’ll do whatever I want.”

Seris pressed her fingers against her temples, looking utterly exasperated.

“This is just... completely absurd...”

“So, are you going to keep nagging?”

From within the flaming wreckage of the airship, Karacle’s silhouette emerged.

「You little...! You bastard!」

Karacle shattered a small airship in a single strike and landed atop the falling debris.

I see. I had only intended to half-kill him, but normal attacks don’t seem to work at all.

His body was healing rapidly, the gaping wounds closing almost instantly.

「Hah, hahahaha! So, it’s you. You’re the vessel the higher-ups spoke of. Perfect, perfect! You’ve come right to me!」

Karakle let out a loud, booming laugh, his eyes glinting ominously.

「Let me show you my true power! The power to shatter the universe and even slay the gods themselves... The power of ABSOLUTE DOMINANCE!」

[Mobius Inc.]

[Protector of Order]

[Karacle Titan Lv.1347]

Level 1347.

I’d never seen such a number before.

Seris turned to look at me.

“Master, what is that power you’re wielding...?”

Her gaze narrowed, her tone low and cautious.

“Explaining would take too long.”

“...Right now, though.”

“There’s no time for that.”

“...Understood.”

I pointed Bifrost at Karacle.

“That bastard’s mine.”

“You can’t harm him.”

“I know. That’s exactly why I’ll take care of him.”

“...Haaa.”

Seris let out a deep sigh.

Then, gripping her blade, she swung it down in a long arc.

“When this battle is over, I’ll have many questions for you.”

Her entire body ignited with flames.

“But for now, I’ll agree—there’s a bigger problem in front of us.”

“If it’s too much for you, step back. I can handle him on my own.”

“That’s something we’ll have to see for ourselves.”

Whoooosh!

Her blade burned a brilliant crimson.

Seris spun her blazing sword in a smooth motion, taking her place beside me.