「『You’re in the way』.」
Cutting the tentacles off, I rushed toward Shinn, who had taken a giant red slime form this time.
[Whoopsie, your opponent is not me.]
Saying so, he once again submerged into the ground.
[Eris, tell me where Shinn is.]
[Right there.]
[Good, that will do. Be careful of Myne, as she has lost herself in the Wrath skill at the moment. When the timing is right, I’ll support you with Phalanx and Phantom bullets.]
[『Counting on you』.]
[Meanwhile I’ll also make sure Shinn won’t interfere too much, so it’s better to take the fight to a more open area to make my work easier. That’s why…]
[『Don’t get in your line of sight, right?』]
[You guess it. Ahahaha, I can easily tell that the Crossing is in effect. Your voice is overlapping with Greed’s]
Two minds in one body. And the black sword itself felt like it was part of my body.
Each of our clashes emitted a shockwave that caused the surrounding buildings to start crumbling.
For the first time since the fight started, I was on the dominating side. Being able to push Myne back because she grew slower with each axe strike.
[Myne, I’ve grown stronger as well.]
Even with Eris still standing behind me and Shinn around, Myne’s gaze was only locked on me.
The mind synchronization finally completed. In short, I could demonstrate the full effect of Crossing now.
[Here I come, Myne!]
The bullet hit the black axe in the handle. I didn’t miss that the shot caused Myne’s grip to loosen a bit from the handle.
I came here with the intention to fight with all I got. I’ll apologize as many times as I need to when everything is over.
[Guh!]
Myne emerged from the rubbles with ease, as if nothing had happened. She made those heavy debrises look as light as feathers.
This time it was me who ended up buried under the building debris.
[I knew it… unlike me, she’s a natural.]
(Indeed, this Me is very confident when it comes to battle. However, Myne was genetically made for that sole purpose. And her compatibility with the mortal sin skill is even greater than me. That’s why she didn’t end up like Luna.)
[Luna and Myne have different skin tones…. The reason why they considered themselves siblings…]
(You already know. They’re born at the same laboratory… in the test tubes. They were created from the same base gene. However, each of them were subjected to different kinds of operation. Therefore, despite being genetically identical siblings, they looked different physically. By the way, this Me was in a different laboratory back then)
Since our thoughts were synchronized, I could see parts of Greed’s memories in my mind.
(Oii, don’t peek at something needless like that.)
[If Greed’s memory leaked in the middle of battle, it’ll be hard for me to concentrate]
(That’s why I told you that you lack mental training)
As for me, it’s great to learn something about the usually secretive Greed. But in this situation, the enemy won’t be lenient.
[We’ll have to stop Myne first.]
Her timing was also still precise now that I looked back.
[Myne!]
If that’s true, then there’s gotta be a limit somewhere.
If Sloth manages to accumulate weight to the very limit, just how destructive it would be…. I just couldn’t imagine it. Not to mention that Greed pointed out to me that during the Haniel fight, Myne only used the bare minimum required to execute the secret.
So in other words, I need to push her into slowing herself down, while making sure that she had no window to use the secret.
[Tsk, she’s already used to the timing.]
A gunshot rang from afar, changing the trajectory of the axe.
[Eris!]
5 illusions were created. Not half bad!
I too, am in a state of Crossing with Greed.
Therefore I had complete control over my stats now.
Dodging the black axe once more, I swung my sword at Myne’s flank.
[Greed! Adjust!]
I wondered to myself, it shouldn’t be that easy, right?
[Are you forgetting that I’m also here?]
The black axe on Myne’s hand had reached an extreme weight. Ground would sink under her with each step she took.
Watching the current situation, Shinn, still in his slime form, laughed.
[Alright, the preparation is finished.]
Shinn proceeded to look around.
[Why do you think I was under the ground all this time? Do you think I was hiding? You’re wrong.]
Even the artificial sun on the ceiling was engulfed.
[Now, this underground city is mine. It’s as good as my own body now.]
The ground started collapsing, replaced by reddish walls.
