Chapter 55: The Giant of Light’s Second Coming
Chapter 55:
The Giant of Light’s Second Coming
THE BLACK ARMS that came down from the sky towed Yomotsu Hirasaka at breakneck speeds.
“Oh, come on! You can’t be serious!”
All eyes were on Nerv Japan’s Eva, the giant whose body was half made of light. He was fighting off a Gaghiel Angel Carrier. Aglow, Shinji grabbed the larval Angel’s gigantic jaws.
Endo could only watch the strange sight through the eyes of the JSSDF Akashima.
“That Nerv Japan Eva isn’t just glowing…it’s getting bigger! It’s almost like—”
Final Model continued expanding as he held onto Gaghiel’s jaws. The Carrier shrieked in pain. Now, the only part of the Eva that wasn’t glowing was the Time Brake on its back.
<<More than half!>>
That was the amount of life span he’d used. Final Model grew to Armaros proportions, swinging his shining battle axe.
The frozen time was released in the whirlwind, resuming the paused power of the Third Impact. Could Shinji control it?
CRACK!
The sound reverberated across the island. Final Model’s four shoulder pylons had fractured from the inside, wings sprouting out of each of them.
<<Break!>>
Razor-sharp winds blew from the north of the island all the way to the south. Swinging his axe, the brilliant Final Model chopped Armaros’ gigantic right arm off.
<<Another half!>>
The power he required was beyond words. The cost would drop his remaining life span to zero.
The giant of light stepped to the other side of the island. The ground wobbled. Shinji swung his axe through the air again. It sank into Armaros’ left arm. Everything felt like it was moving in slow motion.
Shinji wondered if he had any regrets.
He was seventeen. Fresh soil. Infinite potential. On the other hand, one could never fulfill that potential. He’d suffered through anxiety and was terrified of death, but he was past the point of feeling regret.
Still, he was sick of his life.
He’d been chosen as a hero, and yet he could only squeal like a desperate animal.
His remaining leg pulled up to his knees and over the mountain to catch up with the rest of his body. The upper half of the giant of light spun, the battle axe chopping the black giant’s left arm again.
<<What?!>>
The battle axe had found its mark, but it was buried in something that looked like a black serpent, wrapping the arm.
Shinji saw a ray of light in his peripheral vision. It came from the direction of Armaros’ squirming right arm, tangled in the roots. He turned to face it…and something pierced his heart.
<<Gah… Longinus!>>
Shinji had cut off Armaros’ right arm, effectively chopping down the roots of the World Tree. Freed from this labyrinth, the spear had immediately sought its prey. The Lance of Longinus had returned to our world.