Boom, boom—BOOM!!!
The usual tactic: continuous volleys of magical energy blasted from the Eyes of the Dark Star, carrying terrifying destructive force as they roared toward Hassan Sabbah and Xiang An, the two Grand Servants.
"Hah—!"
As he fell, Xiang An nimbly evaded two blasts. The enormous weapon in his hand smashed directly into another, forcibly splitting that terrifyingly dense magical energy in two.
The First Hassan, Hassan Sabbah, transformed into a ghostly flame and flickered through the air. The greatsword in his hand looked battered beyond repair, yet in terms of sheer destructive power, it was no weaker than the massive beryllium weapon in Xiang An's hands. It too easily cleaved apart the magical cannon fire Tiamat had unleashed.
"Listen."
"The evening bell—"
Bzz—
Hassan Sabbah became a blue flame and vanished into the air. When he reappeared, he was already before Tiamat's massive head.
Tiamat had been incomprehensibly huge from the very beginning. Now that she had devoured Abzu and once again become the Mother of Creation, she had expanded to an utterly unimaginable extent. Before Tiamat, Hassan Sabbah was not even the size of a fly.
But—
Facing the enormous, grotesque, utterly terrifying Tiamat, Hassan Sabbah's tone remained calm, even the hand gripping that greatsword—
"What I name is thy death."
Whoosh—
A bone-chilling flame had already wound itself around the battered greatsword, reflecting the flames burning in Hassan Sabbah's eyes.
"Wings of Death—"
"[Azrael]!"
The greatsword came down, like a mayfly shaking a tree—
Yet Xiang An, who had landed on the ground before Tiamat with one hand raised before him, smiled.
Hassan Sabbah's sword, huh?
—BOOM!!!
Though the difference in their sizes was absurd beyond belief, Tiamat was struck by the tiny Hassan Sabbah's sword as though a far larger monster had punched her. Her