Volume 6, Chapter 29 – The Rampaging Original Sin

Boom boom boom boom boom—!

The battlefield, which had already been a complete mess, became even more devastated. Places that had been flat were blasted into pitted craters under Seles’ magic.

Up in the starry sky behind Seles, countless magic circles shone like small suns, directly lighting up half the sky.

Because of that, the night that had just fallen now looked like broad daylight.

“A magic attack or two I can still deal with… but this kind of map-wide super attack that carpet bombs everything without distinction, ahhhhhh… right now besides dodging I really can’t do anything against Seles!”

Granted, Tianyin had Throne-tier strength. But in reality, Tianyin’s power was not on the same level as her own life force.

In her earlier battle with the Black Dragon King, Tianyin had already lost half her HP from a single strike. So Tianyin knew very well that even if she was powerful, she could not just take Seles’ magic attacks head on.

“Wuu… of course, I do have an absolute defense skill, Hug-Your-Head Crouch Defense. That skill’s defense is practically bug-level. But if I use it, then other than defending, I basically can’t do anything else.”

On top of that, Tianyin had no way to guarantee what Seles would do to her while she was stuck defending…

After all, Hug-Your-Head Crouch Defense was a defensive skill, but what it defended against were techniques or damage caused by weapons.

In other words, when Tianyin used Hug-Your-Head Crouch Defense she could only reduce or cancel damage. If Seles did anything to Tianyin that did not count as an attack… then Tianyin really would only be able to watch with her eyes wide open while Seles did whatever she wanted to her…

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So using Hug-Your-Head Crouch Defense to guard against Seles’ magic attacks and the like was something Tianyin had already ruled out right from the start.

「Xiaoyin… the power of Gluttony should be able to devour magic attack power, right? Did you forget?」

Just as Tianyin was fretting over what to do, Samael’s voice sounded in her mind at a very timely moment, offering a suggestion that made Tianyin’s eyes light up.

『Wuu! R-Right, the power of Gluttony really can deal with magic attacks… I just remembered too!』

Tianyin’s little face flushed slightly, and she felt a bit annoyed at her own carelessness inside, but outwardly she still wore a look that said she had already thought of it too.

「Well, I know Xiaoyin had thought of it as well… but now isn’t the time to feel pleased with yourself, hurry up and deal with Seles, Xiaoyin.」

『Mm-mhm, dealing with that damn Seles in front of me is more important!!』

As Tianyin’s words fell, the magic circles lighting up half the sky once again unleashed all sorts of magic attacks toward Tianyin.

But this time, faced with those almost eye-searing magic attacks, Tianyin just stood where she was, without showing the slightest intention of dodging.

“Mm? Why aren’t you dodging?”

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Seles, who was already slowly floating in midair, stared fixedly at the silver-haired loli standing motionless below. Her brows knitted, and puzzlement flickered in her eyes.

“Hmph… if you won’t move, all the better. I’ll just beat you, take you back, and train you properly!”

Seles did not think for long. In just half a breath, she decided she would defeat Tianyin.

At the same time, the countless magic attacks released from the magic circles also arrived right in front of Tianyin.

“Gluttony!”

Although Tianyin had already gained experience using the power of Gluttony in her battle with the Fortress Emperor, when facing Seles this time she still felt somewhat afraid that Gluttony might not work.

However, Tianyin’s worries were completely unnecessary. The instant she began to stir the power of Gluttony to deal with the magic rushing at her, the power of Gluttony that had awakened inside her went berserk the moment it sensed that energy.

And then… at a speed that left even itself astonished, it began to devour the countless spells hurtling toward her from the magic circles behind Seles…

In Seles’ eyes, what she saw was her own magic attacks causing the air around Tianyin to twist the moment they drew near, and those radiant spells began to vanish the instant they touched Tianyin.

“Mm? What’s going on?”

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A strange blood-red light flashed through her eyes and vanished. Seles’ expression changed slightly, and there was a trace of confusion in her voice.

“The magic disappeared… wait, it doesn’t quite feel like it disappeared… If Xiaoyin used some unknown method to make my magic vanish, then in theory I should be learning Xiaoyin’s move at this moment too…”

Yes, what puzzled Seles was not that Tianyin could use some unknown method to negate her magic attacks, but that after Tianyin used a skill or move to cancel her magic, Seles herself was unable to copy it…

Of course, Seles did not know that her own ability came from the Seven Original Sins, and that the method allowing Tianyin to negate her magic was also the effect of Gluttony, one of the Seven Original Sins.

So… because they were both powers of the Seven Original Sins, Seles’ original sin power was unable to copy Tianyin’s Gluttony.

Naturally, Tianyin had no idea what Seles was thinking. At this moment her thoughts had already shifted away from her fight with Seles and onto Gluttony, the original sin power…

『Uwawaa… wait, why did the power of Gluttony suddenly go out of control…』

Although Tianyin kept using the power of Gluttony to absorb Seles’ magic attacks, by now she was completely unable to control the power of Gluttony rampaging inside her.

To be precise, the power of Gluttony had begun running wild the moment Tianyin first activated it to absorb Seles’ magic.

『No good… uwawaa, no good, I’m so full! Samael, I feel like I’m going to burst!』

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Normally Tianyin used Gluttony’s powerful capacity to consume to keep eating her favorite cakes nonstop, so in daily life Tianyin had basically never felt what it meant to be “stuffed”.

But… At this very moment, Tianyin finally felt what it was to be stuffed.

The feeling came very suddenly, so suddenly that Tianyin felt a bit helpless.

Of course… even though she was panicking inside, on the outside Tianyin forcibly maintained a very calm front as she kept absorbing Seles’ magic attacks.

And precisely because Tianyin still looked so calm, Seles in the distance did not dare do anything besides controlling the magic circles behind her to keep bombarding Tianyin.

But in reality… Tianyin was actually panicking like crazy inside.

『Uu… Samael, why is the power of Gluttony running wild… no matter how I try to push it down now I can’t suppress it…』

「Don’t panic yet, Xiaoyin. Calm down first, I’ll mobilize Wrath to help you suppress Gluttony…」

Although Samael also felt a bit helpless, at this point the only thing she could do was help Tianyin forcibly suppress the rampaging Gluttony inside her.