Chapter 148: Because I Really, Really Like You!!!

Chapter 148: Because I Really, Really Like You!!!

Looking at the giant mecha with its huge wheel-like meteor hammer in the sky, the Wizards rubbed their eyes hard—Wasn’t that thing made of paper?!

It was real?!

What was going on? Didn’t those idiots from the Ministry of Magic say that junk robot had been moved away?!

Damn it! There must be a traitor!

“Those damn Muggles, what kind of Magic did they steal! How could it fly so fast!” the Red Queen cursed loudly: “What are you all standing around for! Get that stupid Golem down and tear it to pieces!!”

“Idiots! What are you waiting for!” the King also shouted at the Court Wizards.

These two roars snapped the many Wizards on both sides out of their daze. The Noble Wizards, in their rage, all raised their Wands towards the sky. The Court Wizards also hurriedly stretched out their arms.

For a moment, the glow of Magic almost lit up the sky as two forces began to pull at the Son of Lant. A stream of bloody light and a surge of power from a Magic Mirror also flew from the stands on either side towards the Son of Lant.

The material of the Son of Lant itself offered high resistance to Mana. It had been difficult for Louis to enchant it in the first place.

Furthermore, Louis had previously used up much of the power from the Array Crystals at the base to cast many Magic Spells on the Son of Lant, making its Magic resistance surpass that of a dragon.

Now, the power of Frankischko’s Magic Mirror and the various protective Magic Spells from the Court Wizards were also cast upon the Son of Lant. This left a large portion of the Noble Wizards helpless against it! Only a few, like the Red Queen, could penetrate the Son of Lant with their Magic, but with the combined interference from Louis, Frankischko, and others, none of their spells took effect.

After missing their strike, the Wizards changed their approach. They began to burn Mana and use powerful telekinesis to drag the Son of Lant. With so many people, even a ten-thousand-ton Battleship would likely be pulled into the sky. But when the Wizards tried this, a strange scene unfolded.

Those Noble Wizards attempting to control the Son of Lant suddenly felt a buzzing in their minds. It was as if they had suddenly grabbed onto a speeding high-speed train with their hands. They instantly felt the psychic Strength they had just used to lock onto the Son of Lant get ripped in two by the terrifying steel beast flying at extreme speed.

Wizards with slightly weaker willpower spat out a mouthful of blood with a Pfft sound and fell straight to the ground. Those with strong willpower also turned pale.

Dozens of people in the stands collapsed instantly. Seeing this, the Red Queen’s eyelids twitched wildly: “What kind of monster is this!”

Before she could finish her sentence, a violent crackle of electricity suddenly rang out in the sky. The Son of Lant’s speed increased dramatically once more, exceeding Mach 8!

Over a hundred Wizards instantly spat blood and fell to the ground.

The Son of Lant was no longer moving in a circle. It began to fly in a straight line. But strangely, it didn’t fly out of the arena. Instead, it kept flying from one end of the arena to the other, then suddenly appearing from one end and instantly flying to the opposite side.

As it kept accelerating, its speed became faster and faster. Friction with the air caused it to burst into flames. It looked like a fiery meteor!

The Wizards were stunned. Everyone suddenly realized this runaway horse could no longer be controlled.

[Have you ever heard of a palm strike descending from the heavens?] A voice suddenly rang out from speakers all around the arena. The audience seats erupted in waves of enthusiastic cheers.

The Noble Wizards, who had been laughing not long ago, could no longer laugh. They looked at the fireball in the sky and the air currents constantly churned up by its speed in the arena, all turning pale and breaking out in cold sweat.

The hell with the Son of Lant, that’s a meteor!

This lunatic!

This was the posture of seeking mutual destruction with the Dragon Slayer Gundam!

Thank goodness I didn’t go into the arena, otherwise there’d just be more mush on the ground.

This is unfightable. Why even bother fighting? At that speed when it comes down, the Dragon Slayer Gundam would be blasted to bits.

The people on the royal stands also had their eyes twitching. Prince Nephar, who had earlier clamored to enter the arena, clutched his hair, his eyes bloodshot. Even the Witch Queen’s mouth twitched.

Only the Mages kept talking calmly, explaining the principle of this palm strike from the heavens and why Louis wouldn’t be destroyed along with it to the worried Ocris and others.

The Witch Queen and the Court Wizards secretly craned their necks to listen, but looked utterly confused, unable to understand.

At this moment, in the entire arena, only the raging two-headed green Gronn was still roaring stupidly on the ground, seemingly not yet understanding the situation.

Seeing that foolish giant didn’t even know to flee, the Red Queen’s pupils suddenly narrowed into slits. She stretched out her hands towards the Dragon Slayer Gundam. Immediately, the massive figure began to slowly melt, turning into a pool of pus and blood, starting to burrow into the ground.

The Red Queen knew that after this Magic, the Dragon Slayer Gundam would surely die. But the Son of Lant would die first when it smashed into the ground, so she would definitely win.

And in this state of the Gronn, blades, guns, and cannons could not harm it in the slightest. But as she looked at the massive object in the sky accelerating faster and faster, she couldn’t help but feel her heart pounding wildly.

“What are you still standing around for! Hurry up and set up the Barrier!”

The Wizards jolted awake, scrambling to their feet, gritting their teeth as they raised their Wands. They poured out Mana wildly, setting up a protective Barrier around the Dragon Slayer Gundam.

Just then, the fireball in the sky, without slowing down at all, suddenly flew upwards, then plunged down at extreme speed.

The audience seats erupted in shocked cries, seemingly worried for the pilot. Many covered their faces, unable to bear to look further. Some had already shed tears—Our Ace Pilot, to take down this great Demon, was going to be destroyed along with it.

In that split second, the diving Son of Lant suddenly made a sharp-angled turn, flying back up into the sky. But the Meteor Hammer in its hand was thrown down with immense force.

The audience, not understanding the principle, thought the Son of Lant had performed a skilled dive and pull-up under the pilot’s expert control. They all blushed and began to cheer.

For a moment, the cheering in the arena was deafening. And the next instant, an earth-shaking boom drowned out all sound.

…

One second earlier.

Amidst the cheers from the audience seats, the Son of Lant suddenly pulled up sharply. The massive Meteor Hammer it had thrown down slammed into the protective Barrier with a supersonic Boom.

Instantly, the minds of the thousands of Wizards maintaining the Barrier buzzed. They all collapsed to the ground, foaming at the mouth.

A cracking boom was heard. The Barrier shattered instantly. The fiery Meteor Hammer smashed into the ground.

A thunderous Boom rang out, drowning the cheers from the audience seats, followed immediately by the earth shaking violently.

Dust billowed up, forming a small grey mushroom cloud and a powerful shockwave in mid-air. The shockwave whipped up a terrifying gust of wind. For a moment, it seemed like a hurricane mixed with a sandstorm had erupted in the center of the arena. The fierce wind swept up dust and blew towards the stands.

The labyrinth magic array trembled, blocking the dust and gale.

The Red Queen felt a sweetness in her chest, almost spitting out blood. She looked at the arena in disbelief—the Dragon Slayer Gundam was gone.

Gone in the truest sense.

Or rather, it was now everywhere.

As the dust gradually settled, the scene in the arena was revealed—a terrifying crater now covered more than half of the arena floor. The crater was filled with red-hot stones.

What Dragon Slayer Gundam, what pus and blood… not a single speck remained. It had been blown everywhere with the dust.

The stands fell into silence. Some spectators suddenly cheered excitedly, pointing at the sky. Gradually, everyone looked up. They saw a massive, burning figure hovering in mid-air.

At this moment, under the sunlight, the raging flames on the mech’s body were constantly blown backwards by the wind, like the burning wings of a Seraphim!

The crowd roared, the cheers like mountains and seas.

Only the Wizard stands remained dead silent.

“My little treasure… my little treasure turned to ashes…”

Sensing the faint scent of blood lingering in the air, a sickly flush suddenly appeared on the Red Queen’s pretty face. She suddenly looked at the burning giant in the sky and began to bite her own finger hard, making it bleed profusely.

A strange smile twisted her beautiful face into a grimace. Her whole body trembled, her toes curling tightly inside her high heels.

She no longer wanted the Parliament Building that the Witch Queen loved so much. She wanted this thing. She wanted this pilot. She wanted to slowly, piece by piece, cut off his hands and feet, then keep that bleeding stump in her Blood Pool, torturing him every night before bed, making him tell her stories, stories of his pain.

Otherwise she wouldn’t be able to sleep.

Because she really, really liked him.

He was just too interesting.