The Max Level Hero Has Returned!
chapter-395

Davey had estimated that Aeria's death had happened around fifteen minutes at most. Just in case, he tried to cast some recovery magic, but it did not work.

“Her body doesn’t accept recovery magic? This is why they have bad luck…” Davey mumbled bitterly as he puffed up his half-numbed lips.

The Final Magic: Resurrection existed in the divine world. However, using it was a choice that should never be made. It was a spell that could reduce Davey’s life expectancy, and it did not work by simply dying seconds, hours, days, or months earlier than his fated death. It meant that the flow of fate around him would change. In other words, all of the situations and circumstances that were related to him would change.

Everyone’s fate might seem simple, but it was very complicated. In fact, each strand of fate was intricately intertwined with each other. Davey had broken away from the flow of fate and had run wild. Now look at him; Goddess Freyja had been grinding him non-stop.

Aeria was not someone who was supposed to die here. Davey did not know about others, but he felt sorry for this girl. For some reason, he wanted her to live happily on whatever path she chose. She was a pitiful child who had lost her appearance, something that was considered to be the most important thing for the women of this continent, ever since she was a child.

Although Davey had treated plenty of people so far, he had grown a bit attached to her as a patient. Compared to other patients, he had been checking on her condition periodically. He was actually unsure if this was proper behavior between a doctor and a patient.

Davey couldn’t tell if this was because of how grateful she was or because she showed pure affection toward him. But whatever it was, it wasn't appropriate.

‘Choice… What choice should I make?’

Once he made his choice, he would not be able to reverse it. With the time limit set, Davey knew that there was only one obvious answer.

In the end, he pushed his hands inside his pocket plane. He suddenly wondered if this was the reason why the goddess gave this to him. Even so, he still used it without any hesitation.

Vwoooooooong…

A bright light flashed as the stone slowly disintegrated, releasing the small fire from the embers deep within it. Then, the flames dripped down and permeated Aeria’s collapsed body, quickly healing the fatal wound that she had sustained.

Davey placed his hand on her chest and felt her heart. The heart that had once stopped had slowly begun to beat once again.

[Highness Heal]

After using recovery magic to stabilize her condition, Davey slowly stood up and turned his head. Most of the knights here had died, except for one person, Sword Master Belross.

Thanks to his sturdy and exceptional physical prowess as a Sword Master, he was able to barely cling onto his life despite having received a blow that could have killed him instantly.

Davey silently approached the man and used high-ranking recovery magic on him. After that, he planned to send those who survived and could endure being transferred, except for Aeria, to the Heins Territory using transfer magic.

“Rinne. It’s me. Place the entire territory inside a defensive barrier. We’re in an emergency. If you lose contact with me, set the red alert.”

An urgent voice rang from the other end of the communication device, but Davey did not care. He casually threw the device back into his Pocket Plane.

‘I don’t need to crush her.’

The woman, who had her red whip around Davey’s neck, watched him with interest.

“You’re Urd?”

“Who knows?”

“Ah… That’s right. It doesn’t matter who you are,” Davey said calmly as a blue light flashed brightly.

[Heavenly Destroyer]

[Mystical Speed, Quick Draw]

[Piercing Moonlight Sword]

The entire area was ruined by the blue sword aura that split into dozens of swords. Each sword aura covered and destroyed dozens of meters of the land around them, yet they did not reach any of the recovering knights, as well as Kathryn and Aeria.

Shiiiiiiiing…

With a somber and firm expression on his face, Davey pointed the tip of Blue Ribbon’s blade forward. Then, he raised his left hand and supported his right wrist, his left foot pushing back as if he were gaining momentum. He looked like he was about to push something.

Crack, crack, crack!!!

The force on his foot broke the ground even further, creating several dozens of meters of cracks behind him. However, it did not matter. The entire area had already been demolished, so what did it matter? Besides, Davey planned on leaving no trace for anyone to see in the future.

Not long after, a huge amount of mana particles began to gather on the blade of his sword. Seeing that, Davey used his swordsmanship skill without any hesitation.

[Transcendental Longsword]

[Cleaving the Heavens]

Shwaaaaaaaa!!!

The sword aura rose high up in the sky, its tip touching the clouds before slashing down with all its might. The overwhelming weight of the sword fell down, looking as if the attack would split the earth in half.

Of course, it did not end there. Davey immediately followed it with another attack, targeting the still dazed Urd.

Blue Ribbon’s sword blade trembled and flew out from the impact. However, with just one swift movement, a very familiar long spear was in Davey’s hands. The spear was none other than Divine Spear Longinus in the form of a woldo.

[Paladia-style Galactic Spear]

[Tearing the Mantle]

Scratch, scratch, scratch!!!

A sharp blade in the form of a claw appeared and scratched the ground several times, turning the earth upside down. The attack looked so violent and fierce that it seemed like it could truly cut through the mantle.

Just a single one of Davey's attacks was enough to inflict severe damage. However, he still did not let his guard down. If the opponent was someone at that level, then the fight would never have turned out this way in the first place.

Davey's attacks created a cloud of smoke that blocked his vision. He had no choice but to raise his senses to the extreme, with both hands holding Longinus and Blue Ribbon.

However, he did not see or feel anything specific. Nevertheless, his instincts were telling him that a huge amount of something was moving toward Aeria. That something was the power of the Abyss.

Davey immediately hugged Aeria and jumped into the air the moment the space warped and distorted, creating a black hole. And what surprised Davey very much was what he saw sticking out of the darkness behind the crack in space.

Whooooooooooosh…

A gigantic monster with a snout that was hundreds of meters long appeared and opened its mouth to devour both Davey and Aeria. This creature was none other than Behemoth, the Tyrant of the Undersea and the third King of Mythical Beasts.

Megalodria, hailed as the current king of all Mythical Beasts, was a very wise and rational creature. That was why it was not easy to erode his spirit and consciousness. However, that was not the case for Behemoth.

Behemoth had been living on instinct since birth, following his instincts and attacking Davey faithfully. Just the thought of his limbs getting torn apart in an instant made shivers run down Davey’s spine.

Davey had used a short-range spatial movement magic, a magic weak enough that Aeria's still unconscious body could endure. However, subjecting her body to the same magic twice would not be good for her.

“This damn b*tch.”

Urd was good; she was aiming to defeat him, but she pointed her fangs at Aeria.

“You’re quite delicate. You’re different from other humans. You also look quite good,” Urd stated calmly as she appeared through the thick cloud of dust. Then, she smiled brightly as she brought out her bright red whip. “Don’t resist. I don’t have the hobby of causing pain while I’m killing someone.”

A flash of red light appeared, turning over the already ruined place once again. Right now, this area was the only one that had been destroyed. However, Davey could tell that there was a high chance that this place would be completely removed from the map if they continued to fight here.

In the end, he was left with only one choice: quickly come up with a solution and finish this quickly.

Davey put down Aeria as he pulled out Red Ribbon and dug into Urd’s defenses. The moment her red whip wrapped around Red Ribbon, Davey immediately and without any hesitation punched Urd in the stomach.

[Fierce Abdominal Strike]

Booooooooom!!!

The sound created by the collision of Davey’s fist and Urd’s stomach was so loud that it made Davey wonder if he truly hit skin and flesh. Davey stared at his stinging fist in silence and immediately called for Blue Ribbon, who was floating in the air.

“It’s disgustingly hard.”

“Don’t do something so meaningless. Stop resisting.”

Davey stared at the sky at Urd’s words. Milpieu had mentioned to him that Urd’s powers came from the full moon. And it seemed like her powers were being amplified now that the full moon had gotten closer, bigger, rounder, and brighter than before.

‘If that’s the case, then…’

Then, Davey had no other choice but to drag Urd to a place where there was no moon. The moon was currently up in the eastern part of the continent. It was also time for the sun to set on the edge of the western part of the continent. So… this place was not really a viable place to fight with her.

Davey immediately gathered mana in his hands, throwing a tracking artifact on Aeria before digging into Urd. He grabbed Urd’s neck and tried to twist it away from her shoulders. And with familiar ease, he silently cast the 8th Circle Space Movement Magic, Warp.

Bzz, bzz, bzz, bzz!!!

However, Urd twisted her body and flicked the magic away before the warp could even form. Urd instantly broke the spell and attacked Davey, his body flying in the air from her attack.

Thwack!!!

The attack was nothing but a light punch. However, Davey could feel that the blow had broken a part of his body.

‘Wow. This is much more than I thought.’ Even though this was the thought that flashed in his head, Davey still began to try and quickly figure out a way to deal with the woman in front of him as he slowly tried to stand from his position.

However, he couldn’t do it so quickly. He watched as Urd approached him.

“You’re out of luck. I really need to eat something. Also, there’s something that I need to find in this place quickly before going back.”

Davey looked around him as he listened to Urd’s spiel. Aeria was quite lucky; she did not receive any major injuries yet. However, the surrounding area was not so lucky—it was already completely ruined.

With the night going deeper, the moon would also grow bigger, which meant that Urd’s powers would also grow stronger. Davey slowly moved his broken arm and pushed it into the air.

Davey was confident that his software was considerably higher than Urd’s. He could tell that her combat skills were quite lousy. This meant that there was a way for him to win this fight right away.

However, Urd’s hardware was just far too overwhelming. Davey could tell that it would be hard for him to win right away. In fact, he could only guarantee his victory if he could undergo another metamorphosis right this instant.

He currently had twenty-four stacks of metamorphosis with him. Since there was no mention of him undergoing metamorphosis, there was a high chance that he needed to gather more. In the end, he had to cancel the idea of trying to win this fight by undergoing metamorphosis.

That meant that there was only one method left—a place where there was no full moon, or a place where even though there was a full moon, they would still be very far away from it. That was the place where he could blow her away.

Davey mindlessly and slowly reached his hands out to her, as she sat on top of his body, looking at him with excitement. Thinking that Davey had found resistance to be futile, Urd reached her hand out and touched his cheeks.

“You… As expected, you’re really amazing. You look quite delicious, but I feel like I want to keep you. Let me introduce myself. I am Urd, the princess of the Abyss. Although I’m not the strongest among all of the princesses, I’m still strong enough to protect you.”

Urd, who did not care why Davey grabbed her arms, continued on calmly, “My hometown is currently undergoing a transition period, and that is why we need a stronger power. A potential puppet. So, why don’t you become my pet? You will either be of similar position or higher than the three Mythical Beasts Kings that I have obtained earlier.”

Davey, who had grabbed her arm, moved to grab Urd’s collar firmly. “Did you think it would go the same way as before? You don’t know me as much as I don’t know you.”

“Huh?” Urd mumbled in surprise, her eyes growing wide as she looked down at Davey, who slammed the key that he had taken out of his Pocket Plane on the ground.

“Open. Sesame.”

Vwoooooooooong!!!

Swoooooosh!!!

At the same time, huge cracks appeared on the ground. Just like that, Davey, together with Aeria and Urd, whom he was grabbing by the collar, were sucked into another dimension.

“You have been staring at the full moon for a while. Why? Is there something good there, huh? You damn b*tch?”

“…”

Then, they began to drift away from the moon. Davey had no need to mention to Urd that Milpieu had betrayed her. However, he still needed to mention what he knew about her to keep some tension in her. That way, she wouldn’t dare to touch him so recklessly.

‘I know more about you than you thought.’ Davey was very good at bluffing like this.

Urd’s eyes widened imperceptibly, her pupils shaking as she lost the light of the moon on her body. Davey immediately reversed their positions, his body now towering over her as he raised his right fist. He had already healed his broken arms by constantly activating his holy mana.

Urd was a beauty? She was beautiful enough to topple nations? Well, Davey did not care! If someone hit him on his left cheek, then he had to pull out all his opponent’s teeth on the right side of their face for him to be satisfied. It did not matter if the opponent was a man or a woman; he would do the same to either of them.

In fact, Davey did not want to rush and confront the woman named Urd. He knew that she was strong. However, since they had been forced to fight, it was not in Davey’s nature to act all scared and stall for time. His creed and motto of eliminating his enemies by any and all means would never change.

Urd, who felt the enormous power in Davey’s right fist, realized that the boy in front of her had hidden his power. On top of that, her strength began to weaken too.

“You better grit your teeth, you f*cking b*tch.”

“W-Wait!”

Baaaaaang!!!

Even though they were still in the process of being sucked inside the crack in space, a fight had already broken out between them.

Davey’s fist finally slammed into her face, forcing Urd to shake and tremble. As if on instinct, Urd made her body scatter until she disappeared from the place where she was currently in.