Then, Son of Man, I bless you, reborn as the Godslayer King. You are the first to usurp the authority of the great Progenitor of All Monsters: Typhon! From now on, you will be stronger than any god!
Hehe, but don't forget, this is the blessing of an evil god, the power of a demon god. The Son of Man, whose mind is unstable, will eventually be perturbed by evil. Keep that in mind.
"The Evil God will always be watching you".
The lowly divine words of Typhon resonated at the moment of his final dissipation.
"If you ever meet that bastard Zeus in the future, hit him hard for me!"
When Kaito woke up from his lethargy, the intense pain before his fainting had disappeared completely. A strong smell of blood filled his nose. He sat up halfway in the sand, with his entire body covered in dry bloodstains.
His gray tracksuit was stained with intense red, and the blood had coagulated. His pitiful state showed how terrible his physical condition had been before.
However, at this moment, Kaito felt better than ever.
Both his physical strength and mental state had reached unprecedented levels.
Kaito knew that he had completed his transformation, from a lucky transmigrant who obtained a Godslayer Equipment and the Book of the Witch, to instantly jumping to the top of the world.
"So, this is what it feels like to become a Godslayer?"
He looked at his hands, which seemed even more beautiful than before.
Did it even come with a whitening effect?
Kaito carefully felt the power within his body.
The half-full magical capacity within him was now full and abundant.
It was the difference between a cup of water and an ocean compared to the past. Not only that, but he also possessed great resistance to magic.
In short, no mortal magic in this world could harm or affect him; even the most powerful Balance Breaker would be greatly weakened if used on him.
The main reason mortals cannot face Godslayers and Heretic Gods is their magical resistance.
Imagine this: you've prepared a Balance Breaker for three days and three nights, and when it hits a Heretic God, its effect is as strong as a punch to the chest. What would you think?
The improvement of a Godslayer is integral.
In addition to magical resistance, their physical condition also improved significantly. Their flesh seemed soft, but it was extremely hard. If Kaito remembered correctly, according to the context, the hardness of his bones already surpassed that of the most resistant alloy in the human world.
Of course, he was still within the human realm.
After all, Godslayers are, strictly speaking, a group of powerful magicians.
"This smell is worse than falling into a black hole."
Kaito smelled his arm and turned his head in disgust.
If he hadn't faced Typhon at that moment, his body would have collapsed and failed, but the result was always good.
The immense power of the curse had given Kaito a longer duration for his Balance Breaker.
He could even touch a corner of True Idea with a bit more effort.
Once he reached the point where he could use True Idea flexibly, even if he faced multiple gods at once, he wouldn't be at a disadvantage.
"Let's go back first."
Kaito stood up, more like a monster than a monster, and walked alone through the desolate and scorching desert.
Around him was yellow sand and strong winds. The impact of Typhon's arrival, the Heretic God, could last for a long time.
When the exhausted Typhon tried to escape from the Sicilian Sea, Zeus, the King of the Gods, pressed Mount Etna completely over him.
Finally, after the demon god, severely injured by a lightning bolt, was defeated, flames erupted from the dark and rocky valley, and a terrible heat burned the earth, melting it.
Typhon, completely deprived of combat power, was thrown into Tartarus to be sealed eternally.
However, the suppressed Typhon gave rise to fierce winds that ravaged the human world: one type that ravaged the sea, overturning ships and drowning sailors, so that anyone who encountered them couldn't escape the disaster.
Another type caused havoc on land; they flew through the infinite and flourishing earth, destroying the farmers' crops, covering them with dust, and emitting cruel cries.
The storm on the outskirts of Milan would last for at least half a year before subsiding, and the desertified land would never return to its original state.
This was the calamity that the arrival of a Heretic God brought.
However, none of this mattered to Kaito. In high spirits, he arrived at some ruins in the desert and found the young knight hiding inside.
Her golden hair was as beautiful as the morning sun, and her impressive appearance made it impossible to guess that she was only fifteen years old. Her figure, much more developed than that of her peers, and the low-cut neckline of her intense red dress were mesmerizing.
Erica's beauty was admirable, but her usual elegance and nobility were nowhere to be seen. Half of the young girl's body was buried under the yellow sand.
For a girl caught in the war of the Heretic Gods, simply surviving was a great fortune.
Kaito controlled his breathing, cast a simple healing spell, lifted her up, and slowly left the sandy area.
After the demon king Typhon returned to myth, the sandstorm that ravaged Milan was subsiding gradually, but the distant and gray suburbs were still very visible.
The sirens of ambulances, police cars, and fire trucks resonated one after another throughout the city, and the chaotic metropolis slowly returned to order.
For ordinary people, this disaster was simply an unpredictable natural calamity, for which no one could be blamed.
But for magicians, the arrival of the Heretic God Typhon brought immense pressure on those who possessed magical powers.
They didn't know what happened in the sandstorm.
But judging from the constantly trembling atmosphere, it seemed that a war between Heretic Gods was being fought inside.
Later, the storm subsided gradually. Although magicians longed to know who won or lost, the Heretic God had no intention of allowing mortals to admire his magnificent figure.
In the headquarters of the Cruz de Cobre Negro in Milan, the lights shone brightly, and the commander of the Magical Society, Paolo, walked anxiously back and forth. The knights and magicians he sent had been searching for Erica's whereabouts since morning.
However, when the Heretic God arrived, the search operation had to be temporarily suspended.
Since Erica's parents left, this girl had grown up under his protection and education. The mischievous girl had become the Great Knight she is today.
Paolo considered Erica as the apple of his eye and was willing to do anything for her.
However, when facing a Heretic God, he could only prepare for the worst.
"Commander, Miss Erica has returned."
A knight entered quickly from outside the door, with an agitated expression.
Erica was not only the commander's beloved but also the object of admiration of all the young talents of the Cruz de Cobre Negro.
Has she returned? Take me to her quickly.
Upon hearing this news, Paolo, who usually appeared calm and serene, also took a step forward anxiously.
Erica lay quietly in her room at the headquarters. The most skilled healer of the Cruz de Cobre Negro had already visited her. Except for some minor damage to her consciousness, her body was fine; she just needed a few days of rest.
This good news brought immediate and immense relief to Paolo.
Then he left the room, leaving her to rest alone.
He then asked the knight beside him: "Did Erica return alone?"
—No... I heard that the Eastern magician rescued her from the storm.
"From the storm?"
Paolo reflected for a few seconds; his previously relaxed mind tensed up instantly.
Under the dark night sky, the clamor after the chaos still resonated in his ears.
Under his feet, there was sand blown by the strong wind. Kaito looked down; his limited-edition sneakers had become a pile of rags, and his clothes were torn, giving him the appearance of a street vagabond.
Of course, Milan was still in a state of emergency, so no one pointed at him with their finger.
Everyone was like him, and there were many who were in worse conditions.
Kaito returned home. Luckily, he hadn't lost his key.
And the first thing he did when he got home was to throw away his clothes and head straight to the bathroom without looking back.
The moderately warm water washed away the dirt from his body and also took away his physical fatigue.
After filling the bathtub, Kaito sank into it, letting out a sigh of comfort.
Wrapped in a bath towel and lying on his bed, Kaito closed his eyes and remained silent.
Everything was quite peaceful, with only the news anchor's voice coming from the television.
"A Godslayer is a supreme lord, a Divine Artifact, a king of men who stands at the top of the human world".
Kaito felt the latent power within him.
Just a few hours ago, he was a simple ruffian wielding a weapon, but now he had suddenly become a Godslayer, beyond the reach of mortals.
And as a Godslayer, the most important thing was undoubtedly the authority usurped from a Heretic God.
With the influence of Pandora's Godslayer ritual, Kaito was able to fully understand the function and use of his authority without much thought.
However, gods wield many authorities, and a Godslayer does not acquire all the authorities of a Heretic God.
The authority that a Godslayer usurps is related to their own characteristics and personality.
Therefore, even if they killed the same deity successively, different Godslayers would acquire different authorities.
However, Kaito, who killed Typhon, acquired three different authorities unexpectedly.
Strictly speaking, these three authorities are simply extensions of Typhon's inherent power and divinity; ultimately, they are still one.
Like the ten authorities of Kusanagi Godou in the original work.
"I originally thought I'd get an authority related to storms, but it turns out there's no connection at all".
Kaito's previous assumption was completely wrong, but this was a good thing.
After all, the authority of storms was too common.
Typhon was the son of the Earth Mother Gaia and the god of the deep underworld, Tartarus.
Therefore, Typhon, as the Progenitor of All Monsters, also inherited a part of the lineage and power of the god of the Underworld.
And one of the authorities that Typhon obtained was related to Tartarus.
Tartarus is synonymous with hell, the embodiment of the underworld, the destination of souls after death, connected to the human world by the River Styx.
In Hesiod's "Theogony", it is written: "Beneath the earth of broad paths lies the gloomy Tartarus".
The underworld is surrounded by triple darkness and three bronze walls, which often serve as a prison for gods.
There, the giant Titans, Cronus, the father of Zeus, the Hecatonchires, and the Cyclopes were imprisoned.
So, Kaito's first authority was to invoke the deep Underworld and seal his enemies.
As for the specific process and power, since he hadn't practiced it yet, he didn't know how far he could achieve.
The second authority is related to Typhon himself.
He is the demon god of Greek mythology, presiding over countless powerful monsters. Therefore, this authority allows Kaito to invoke monsters from Greek myths and legends, each with a strength intermediate between that of a demigod and a Heretic God.
Of course, there are certain restrictions: he can only summon three monsters at a time to fight for him.
Spamming monsters is basically out of the question.
And the third authority involves the god Set in Egyptian mythology.
The ancient Greek scholars believed that Typhon was the same as Set of Ancient Egypt.
Because the dismemberment of Osiris by Set and the subsequent resurrection of Osiris to seek revenge against Set were extremely similar to Typhon's battle with Zeus, many people considered these two evil gods to be the same deity.
Set is the god who presides over strength, war, deserts, storms, and foreign lands.
And his most common epithet is "Lord of Strength", sharing a common trait with the incredibly strong Typhon.
Kaito's third authority is related to strength, and its function is to grant him extremely powerful strength.
Simple and rudimentary, but very practical.
"First, I need to think of an incredibly cool name".
After confirming his three authorities, Kaito lay on his bed, lost in thought.