No matter how many highest rank magic Grey Ryuuga used, I countered with ultra-highest rank magic
The new magic, which are not being added to the game until ăBeast Fantasy 9ă, are something beyond the understanding of Grey Ryuuga, a character from ăïŒă
While both our magic have the same nature, mine is superior in term of power so in a head-on collision, my magic wins
The not-offset part of the magic hit Grey Ryuuga directly
ăGaaaaaaa!?ă
However, itâs surprising that far from causing fatal wounds, they couldnât inflict any big damage
The reason is due to the hardness of the dragon scales covered his body
Beast mode is not just for show after all
ăâŠâŠWell, actually, Iâm thinking you are really a big deală
I honestly think so
ăBeing able to fire off highest rank magic in succession is an example. Magic, which is originally a product of intelligence, has bad affinity with beast aura created by beast god Beastă
Thatâs why while cladding the beast aura, magic-related efficiency always becomes worse
The power of practically used magic is reduced, the learning speed is also slow
ăEspecially, the intelligent in beast mode is extremely low, you shouldnât be able to use any magic at all. Being able to use magic in that form is the proof that you still have a prominent intelligence even after being eroded by beast demonă
Looking at the entire ăBeast Fantasyă series, Grey Ryuuga is one of the few who can balance beastification and magic-usage by brute force with his intelligence
He is the owner of such amazing talent
At the same timeâŠâŠă
ăYou are not being controlled by the raging instinct of the beast auraă
ăBeast aura is always accompanied with spirit erosionâŠâŠFrenzy, cruelty, mind becoming more beast-likeă
Until a while ago, Forte, Gashi and even my sister Selen were suffering from that
Right after they received the beast pieces, if I didnât treat them with Holy wisdom art then their mind would be dominated by rage and they would change into the evil big bosses
ăYou even control it and keep your own reasoning. Being able to use magic in that form is the biggest proof. If your mind already became beast-like then the idea of using magic wouldnât appeară
ăWhat do you want to sayâŠâŠ? You are flattering me now?ă
Oh right, my way of talking is a little roundabout
In other words, what I want to say now isâŠâŠă
ăYou tormented Selen a while ago is not due to the rage from beast aura, Iâm sure itâs from your own willă
Right
ăTormenting my cute sister, it is your sin. You canât push the responsibility to the beast aura. I wonât forgive you. I will continue to hit you until you cryă
ăâŠâŠ!?ă
ăis what I want to sayă
Then, the fun starts now
Itâs just small battle with magic until now. I havenât showed the real power of Holy beast mode. He wouldnât know for what reason I get the holy beast mode unless I beat him after all
ăâŠâŠKu!ăKuhahahahaha!ăAhahahaha!!ă
Whatâs with that sudden laughter?
ăFine, letâs admit it! Jirat, you are a strong warrior, far surpassing my imagination! Not only in power but also in your knowledge and heart! I already canât consider you as low-ranking anymore!!ă
That judgment is slow
ăFrom now on, I am the challenger! I will challenge you with all my might! Look! This is the strongest power I struggled to achieve after gaining the ădragonă beast piece!!ă
Grey Ryuuga became huge
ăTransform even more, huhâŠâŠ!ă
ăThis is beast mode 2nd form! The power of me who have unleashed the beast nature is incomparable to the previous form! This is my genuine final trump card!!ă
Right
This guy has a 2-step transformation
This is extremely troublesome in the game, just when I thought ăHeâs defeated!ă, he came back with more power
The battle against boss with 2-step or 3-step transformation is always a long one
After one round of battle ended, all buffs are cancelled and player canât heal
The point is, they are hateful enemies!
Grey Ryuuga, who had finished the 2nd transformation, had lost the human appearance and was approaching that of a monster
Although he barely retained the limb-having silhouette, he became thicker and larger, giving off the appearance of a giant
Both the membrane wings and the tail lengthened, his front face pushed out while his mouth stretched to his ears and contained countless sharp fangs
It was close to the appearance of his symbolic animal ădragonă
ăNormally, if someone releases this much beast nature, their sense will completely vanish and they canât never return to the old self againă
Grey Ryuugaâs force of will can reverse even the irreversible
The empireâs strongest is not just for show after allâŠâŠhow many times did I say that?
ăThe hardness of the scales covering my body has increased! All kinds of attack from you canât go through it anymore!ă
ă<Riama Hestia>ă
ăHoooot!?ă
I see
Even the super-highest rank flame magic <Riama Hestia> is only as effective as lightly grilling meat
That is the result of the 2nd transformation
ăThe power of ădragonă you had is effective. Even if we think about other beast modes, none of them are as hard as yoursă
ăIâm honored to receive your praise. Then, can you breakthrough these scales? Next is your turn, show me the power you are hiding!!ă
Right
I havenât exhibited the true power of holy beast mode. While in holy beast mode, I mostly used the power of âwisdomâ
ăIf you have the power of ădragonăâŠâŠă
ăn?ă
ăThen I also received a symbolic animal. The power of ămouseăă
ăRight. It is as pity as it soundsă
Ah, did he just make a fool the mouse?
Shall I make him regret that?
ăSpeaking of mouse, itâs a very small animal in this world. Mice are incompetent animal which can only slip into houses and secretly eat food. What is the meaning of having the power of such small things?ă
ăThat is exactly why the prince canât understand the sorrow of the commonersă
I spoke, full of sarcasm
ăArenât they the most harmful animal? Mice stole humanâs food and caused enormous damage. Perhaps mouse is the most harmful, troublesome animal to humană
ăâŠâŠ!?ă
ăHow can you govern the country without knowing that?ă
Each of the Twelve Apostles has a symbolic animal
Among them, perhaps the mouse is the one with the most ăharmfulă point
ăThat power of mouse is given to me, so you guys should be more desperate ă
I hold my palm out
I gather a suitable amount of pale holy beast aura covering my body on my palm and knead it
ăWhat are you doingâŠâŠ!?ă
ăI have made ită
I adjusted the shape and gave the holy beast aura a tangible form
The shape of a small mouse
ăBy manipulating the holy beast aura, I created a pseudo energy lifeform. Should I call it spirit beast?ă
Now, go
The spirit mouse jumped from my palm
It ran quickly like a real mouse
The target is the terribly looking, gigantic Grey Ryuuga
ăWhat are you trying to do!?ă
Grey Ryuuga stepped on the spirit mouse and crushed it under his feet
As expected
ăAre you kidding? Did you mislead me with this kind of play? I really donât understand what you are doing!?ă
ăI am not kidding, you will understand soonă
From now on, you will suffer a gory experience
ăHave you heard of the word âmultiply like ratâ?ă (1)
ăAh?ă
ăIt is the word describing the terrific breeding power of mice. About 10 mice per childbirth, and those children can give birth to more children within a month. They continue to multiply no matter how many times you kill them, making it impossible to eradicateă
Hey, look carefully at your feet
The squashed spirit mouseâŠâŠă
It became two mice after revival, you know?
ăWhat!?ă
ăThe spirit beast is created using the power of ăMouseă I had, its trait is the infinite multiplication. If it is cut into two, each of those fragments will regenerate and revive as 2ă
Crushing, breaking
They multiply while reviving, so the state of affair always becomes worse
This is how dreadful the spirit mouse I created is
ăGrey Ryuuga-san. The ădragonă you received is certainly the strongest. Not only its power is high, the outside is also hard, itâs correct to call it strongestă
However
It is not the only kind of strength
ăWhether they are hit or killed, they will multiply into a flock with their excessive fertility. Number is a great strength. Even if each individual is weak, with the number of 1000 or 10000, they can destroy even the strongest lone enemyă
That is also humanityâs strength
Human gathered as a group and helped each other to survive in the nature. But despite being born as a human, you were too obsessed with power of individual
Thatâs why itâs natural that you lost
ăUwaaa!?ăStop!ăDonât cling to me!?ă
Meanwhile, Grey Ryuuga ignored my warning and attacked the clinging spirit mice over again
They are killed
However, each fragment revives as a new mouse
There was only 1 mouse at first, but in a blink there were already dozens of them
Itâs already a flock of mice
All of them headed toward Grey Ryuuga
ăOf course, not only they can multiplyă
I am the one who created the spirit mouse
Therefore I can produce more of them too
From the holy beast aura covering my body, small spirit mice appear one by one
ăInfinite fertility. As long as my holy beast aura is activated, a threatening colony of 100, 1000 or 1000 will continue to increase. The beast demonâs power becomes more threatening with the sacred power of wisdomă
To defeat the one and only strongest dragon, how many thousands of mice are needed, I wonder?
(1): ăășăçźÂ means âmultiplying like ratsâ, basically a mathematical geometric progression. First appeared in an arithmetic book from the Edo period, describe as follow
On New Yearâs Day, a pair of mice appears and gives birth to 12 offspring. And there are 14 animals including their parents. In February, the children will give birth to 12 children each, so the total number of these rats will be 98 including their parents. In this way, once a month, when parents, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren give birth to 12 offspring each month, the number of animals in December is 27,682,574,402.
(2): ééć„éŒ ç„è” (read as ăăȘăŠă»ăăĄă ăăăăă)
éé = iron/steel, also can mean sturdy/durable (like iron)
ć„éŒ = rushing mouse
ç„è” = god/sacred warehouse (refer to the aura releasing the mice like keeping it inside a warehouse