Starting in Type-Moon, but an A Certain Magical Index Magician

If something actually went wrong, she would just go find Apollo and have Apollo figure it out—that was her only option.

Right after, not waiting for Medea to object, she also gave chase, darting into the earth through the fissure Mephistopheles had punched open.

The underground was pitch-black, but soon grew illuminated again.

That was because flowing magma lay down there, countless torrents of lava pouring from the monster's physique, continuously converging and accumulating its own power as it awaited the day of eruption!

Hundreds of dragon heads glared menacingly at the human figure in midair, their massive bulks making it no exaggeration to call them an island!

That was a colossal dragon-monster exceeding ten thousand meters in length, a pure dragon-beast!

Even after all this time, looking at Typhon in this posture, Artemis still felt immense pressure!

This was the monster that had faced Zeus directly and nearly truly brought an end to the Age of Gods in Greece!

And it was a compatriot, sharing the same origin as her!

Machine God Typhon!

Looking at this giant monster, the corners of Mephistopheles's mouth curved up slightly; even such terrifying coercion could not cause him a shred of fear, inciting excitement instead!

It was just like returning once more to the final stage of that ritual carried out by the cultists, feeling the moment of the evil god's descent as his blood began to boil!

"I announce my magical name here and now; my name is Veritas000, meaning the one who pursues truth!" At that moment, Mephistopheles shouted out his magical name, formally issuing a declaration of war to the king of monsters: "Typhon, who once chased the gods, come on—fight me!"

Chapter 31: Theogonic Zeus

The Primordial Dragon Typhon, though praised as a pure-blood dragon, was an absolute extraterrestrial species. Sharing the same origin as the Machine Gods, Typhon transformed into the dragon kind upon descending to Earth in order to counter the form of the gods.

The mechanical giant dragon with its original three heads existed conceptually on Earth as this exaggerated entity boasting a hundred heads, having shed its mechanical shell to become a total mountain of flesh!

It was rumored that in the Type-Moon world, this hundred-headed dragon was the source of all Western wyvern kinds, and precisely because of that, the moniker of Primordial Dragon existed.

The dragon's roar shook the heavens and earth, one that would inevitably make even the gods change expression at this moment. If it broke free, it would bring down a reign of blood and terror, and since this era still belonged to the world of gods and humans, it might face destruction once more!

Perhaps what the white giant had failed to accomplish in the past would be completed by this monster!

A hundred dazzling beams of light launched from the dragon's maw, shooting toward Mephistopheles as he charged through midair. That was dazzling lightning, divine power originating from Zeus!

Having cracked Zeus's functions, it then acquired Zeus's blueprints via hacker methods, replicating Zeus's authority and turning it into its own power. In other words, Typhon today inherently possessed Zeus's thunderous might!

Such feral thunder could easily destroy even a city, and could annihilate even towering peaks.

This was power capable of rivaling the gods, the might that had scared the deities fleeing to Egypt!

Even though it had been greatly weakened, the destructive force displayed now was still not something mortals could match.

There would be no issue calling it the main battery of an interstellar warship!

Facing such feral power, even Artemis wore a look of shock and was even planning to grab Mephistopheles and flee this place in a hurry, only to see him simply open his book.

That book forged by the blacksmith god, into which he had crammed a pile of things!

Since the opponent was the adversary of the Greek gods, he would use the power of the Greek gods to deal with them!

"Typhon, bombard its body with thunder and fire; winds belong to Typhon, and thunder belongs to Zeus."

In that instant, a dazzling figure appeared around Mephistopheles, its entire body muscular and looking as though coiled with dragons.

Snakes of electricity coursed over him, and lightning flashed within his illusory eyes!

Feeling the aura of the phantom appearing on Mephistopheles from behind, Artemis was instantly startled: "That's the aura of Zeus? No, wait, it's a bit different. Is it the counterfeit Mephistopheles spoke of—a fake Zeus created by him?!"

That truly was the aura of Zeus, but it carried some differences. It was a Zeus unfamiliar to Artemis, a Zeus she had never laid eyes upon; he resembled a real human more—an immensely robust human—rather than the figure she usually beheld!

That was Zeus derived from the theogony written down by Mephistopheles, the Zeus recorded in the ur-text!

At this moment, resembling the reenactment of myth, Typhon's terrifying thunder slammed into Mephistopheles, who blocked it easily without even activating his clothing's defenses!

At the same time, thunder gathered in ever-greater amounts around Mephistopheles. At this moment, he resembled lightning descending to the mortal world, having transformed into a pure golden humanoid bolt!

"That is Zeus's thunder!" Typhon emitted a muffled voice. It could sense the power contained within that mortal, yet even so, it felt no fear. It had defeated Zeus in the past, so why fear a mere mortal who had merely acquired Zeus's power now?

It only needed to unleash its true power, and this mortal would be reduced to ash!

An even more terrifying might began to assemble, causing even space to tremble. The next attack would unfailingly be a blow capable of affecting even spacetime!

"O sky, tear apart! O stars, shatter! All things above are me, and all that rule the stars are me!"

Accompanied by the incantation, a massive pillar of light emerged from the front. The world was distorted at this moment, and the true form of this attack was finally revealed!

"I am the thunder that rends the stars!"

A Noble Phantasm originating from Zeus, Zeus's most formidable strike, yet displayed now from Typhon's hands. Artemis had to admit that the might of this blow looked on par with one personally executed by Zeus.

However, Mephistopheles did not panic in the slightest. He simply allowed this terrifyingly formidable attack to land, his flesh remaining unharmed as though the assault were nothing more than a phantom.

Thunder attacks had no effect on the primordial Zeus!

Now, it was time for his own counterattack, and Mephistopheles chanted another passage once more.

"He thundered, fierce and heavy. The surrounding earth gave back a terrible echo, as did the high and spacious sky, the sea, the ocean, and Tartarus deep within the earth."

At this moment, everything around them shifted. The volcanic environment vanished, the surroundings grew vast and boundless, and one could see the earth below, oceans in the distance, and even the sky above!

"A Reality Marble?" Artemis watched this transformation, muttering softly to herself as she voiced the possibility in her heart that came closest to this situation.

What she did not know, however, was that the surroundings had turned into a temple at this moment; from the very second Mephistopheles opened his book, this myth's erosion of the surroundings had already begun.

Since he wanted to fight freely without causing a massive disaster, a temple sturdy enough was an absolute necessity!

Now, transformed into a specialized space inside this temple, the earth within this small world disintegrated, magma flowed, the ocean boiled, and the sky burned in tandem!

All of this stemmed from that thunder of Zeus that had not been unleashed at full strength!

Every deity between heaven and earth seemed to tremble in terrified fear of this terrifying might!

Typhon's hundred eyes widened to their limits, locked firmly onto Mephistopheles at this moment, especially the increasingly dazzling golden light upon his adversary.

"Who on earth are you? You are definitely not human! And while the power you wield resembles Zeus, it possesses an essential difference from him!"

It issued a challenge. Even as the king of monsters, it sensed terror, because that continually gathering power imposed an extreme counter on it from every single aspect!

And Mephistopheles chanted the final sentence.

"Zeus grasped his weapon, and with lightning and thunder struck a fierce blow that burned all the terrifying monster's bizarre heads!"

At this moment, the thunder around Mephistopheles surged wildly. By now, he had transformed into lightning itself, and a spear composed entirely of thunder appeared in his right hand—resembling the divine thunder in the hand of Zeus within myth!

"Boom!"

Feral thunder swept through everything. This was lightning mixed with divine power, striking Typhon's hundred heads simultaneously with terrifying force that destroyed everything. Every single head was shattered and melted by the blow, leaving it unable to even use its regenerative abilities!

Thunder represented the divine power of Zeus, and this divine power was now completely manifested on Mephistopheles. His physique transformed into a thunder giant; one hand grabbed the dragon's tail, gripping it tightly to prevent escape, while the other clenched into a fist and slammed viciously into the headless dragon's body.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Continuous roaring echoes rang out, the earth issuing wails of anguish. Each strike triggered a violent earthquake whose tremors could reach the abyss deep underground!

Under this relentless bombardment, Typhon's flesh cracked everywhere, fire spewing continuously from the fissures without causing Mephistopheles a scrap of damage.

This was the divine might of Zeus from the ur-text; even bare-handed, he could beat the father of all monsters, Typhon, to a pulp!

Had Zeus not imprisoned Typhon within the abyss instead of killing him in myth, Mephistopheles would have slain him right here and now.

Even without that depiction in the myth, however, it could be achieved through other methods!

Amidst the giant dragon-beast's wails, Mephistopheles chanted the content he had engraved upon his book once more.

"Zeus is Aether, Zeus is Gaia, Zeus is Uranus! He is all of this, the one above all!"

Supreme divine power began to congregate, the spell formula undergoing drastic alterations as the world itself came entirely under Mephistopheles's grasp at this moment!

Sensing this terrifying power, Typhon had fallen into extreme terror. It struggled frantically, but to no avail; it could not shake off the arm flickering with thunder—or rather, composed of thunder—and that immense strength was unshakeable even by dozens of giants!

As for Artemis, she had fallen into a daze because of the incantation Mephistopheles had just chanted.

Zeus was Aether, earth, and sky—these corresponded respectively to three different Titan-class warships, but why did he claim all of these were Zeus?!

Moreover, this situation reminded her of one specific scenario: the flagship Zeus absorbing the authorities of the other warships along the way!

The omnipotent Zeus!

"Sure enough, writing it down and actually casting it are two different things. For me right now, trying to unleash the full power of the omnipotent god Zeus is an absolute impossibility. The true omnipotent god Zeus should be able to reach a level roughly comparable to angels, or perhaps even a bit stronger... A unique god appearing within polytheism? Ha..."

Mephistopheles felt the magical spell formula he currently controlled; it was difficult to master to the extreme. From the perspective of magical formulas, this was an utter failure!

Had he not relied upon the book forged by the blacksmith god, he could never have cast this spell formula at all.

Even so, Mephistopheles, having gained a portion of the omnipotent god's power at this moment, already possessed the capability to slay Typhon!

The thunder light finally gathered in Mephistopheles's hand, dazzling enough to disintegrate the entire world, represented the essence of all things and the thunder of doom that ended everything!

"Boom!"

The world collapsed!

The temple was destroyed!

As for the king of monsters, Typhon, under this blow, its physique completely dissolved, turning into basic Aether that slowly dissipated into the surroundings!

Chapter 32: Trap

Even though many of the battles were obscured, by utilizing her own authority, the combat between Typhon and the magician calling himself Veritas000 was still observed by the magic god of Solomon lurking in the shadows.

That magician summoned feral thunder with a single punch, every bolt resembling the full-strength strike of the principal god Zeus as they bombarded Typhon's head. The lightning scorched everything, cutting off regeneration abilities that surpassed even Hydra's!

Following that, punch after punch beat Typhon to the brink of death, and finally, through bizarre magic, he caused a qualitative transformation in his own spell formula, completely disintegrating Typhon's body, which ought not to have died!

"This is already entirely beyond the strength humans of this era can display; compared to the gods, they can be said to be evenly matched... No, if I speak seriously, the strength displayed by this human named Veritas000 has surpassed the vast majority of gods I know...

"Compared to the King, however, the King should still be much more formidable. After all, the King is the true King of Mages, someone who has received the blessing of God!

"What's more, casting this kind of magic here is essentially just because today's environment is more relaxed and better suited for unleashing powerful magic; if it were in the future... it wouldn't be this simple."

Loritz—or rather, Flauros—thought secretly to himself, leaving this era behind.

However, the figure of the magician called Veritas000 had been completely engraved into his mind, impossible to dissipate.

"Phew! What a simple job indeed. Look, isn't it fine this way? The terrifying king of monsters, the father of all monsters Typhon, is gone. You could say it reduced a ticking time bomb for this world; my merits are truly boundless!" Hands on his hips, Mephistopheles put away his staff and other items with a grin.

Artemis no longer knew what to say at this moment. From her perspective, it was simply: "Typhon appeared, Typhon attacked, Typhon's attack was blocked, Typhon taunted, Typhon used his ultimate, Typhon was done for!"

Although described simply, the power Typhon displayed during this process was terrifying in the extreme; if such a dreadful power descended upon the outside world, it would inevitably cause horrific natural disasters, leaving tens or even hundreds of thousands of people destitute and homeless!

However, Mephistopheles easily handled all these forces. Even when facing the authority Typhon stole from Zeus, the lightning belonging to the King of Gods failed to cause Mephistopheles any injury, and instead, Mephistopheles utilized a power similar to Zeus's to blow the opponent apart!

The scene of those punches slamming into Typhon, which could entirely be called primitive hand-to-hand combat, made Artemis's blood boil with excitement!

This was entirely the display of the most primitive violence, yet it held a supreme existence hidden within, as if it were recounting a fundamental truth.

Lightning is everything, and everything is the almighty Zeus!

Yet the rationality within Artemis's heart told her another matter entirely.

As if Zeus is that impressive!

Enduring this sense of contradiction, the young girl complained, "Couldn't you have told me beforehand?! You scared me to death; I thought you'd gone crazy and wanted to commit suicide!"

"It's fine, aren't Hades and I pretty close?" Mephistopheles smiled, though even he wasn't sure if there was a problem with that statement. Being familiar with Hades didn't mean one could just walk out of the Underworld, let alone that if he died here, would his soul truly belong to this place?

Once souls became involved, matters grew rather complicated.

Then, Mephistopheles thought once more of the soul of that young girl who had already died, but whom he had protected using Sariel's power.

So how is Olga Marie's soul doing right now? Although I had Sariel's power protect her, after all, it wasn't making her directly stay in other Phases; theoretically, she'll still be affected by other forces.

She should be in the Fuyuki City Singularity right now. As expected, I'd better finish analyzing the time-space travel magic quickly and head back soon.

Thinking up to this point, Mephistopheles grew somewhat anxious, though this anxiety lasted for less than a second.

As long as he kept steady, once he mastered time-space magic, he could return to whatever time he pleased!

"What are you thinking about?" Artemis looked at Mephistopheles and asked with some confusion.

Mephistopheles shook his head. "Nothing, just letting my mind wander."

"Are you thinking about other women?!"