"BOOOOM—"
The instant the last word left Achill's mouth, a towering blaze erupted from the western streets of Crocus, surging skyward with an ancient, searing heat!!
In scarcely the blink of an eye, the terrifying heat spread mercilessly outward, reducing every street and house within a radius of over a thousand meters around him to ashes—
Like a scorching cocoon of radiant gold tinged with red, like a fire phoenix awakening through rebirth, Achill was completely enveloped in ancient Golden Flame that burned and gushed around him!!
Like an invincible fire god from a primordial age—
"That—" Everyone's eyes went wide.
"What is that?!!" Their pupils contracted sharply. Across both Flare Corona arenas, almost every gaze converged on the image of Achill wreathed in flames!!
Their eyes were filled with disbelief, fear, and horror—
"That—that form! There's no mistake! I remember it!" In the spectator stands of the "War" Flare Corona arena, a middle-aged man who had come from Magnolia to watch the competition stared at Achill's flame-shrouded figure on the magical projection. His hand trembled, spilling the drink he had been holding. He shot to his feet, his face stricken with horror, and bellowed, "There's no mistake! I remember it! I remember this form of Lord True God of Death!! Without a doubt—"
"It's exactly the same Requip Magic he used when he accidentally destroyed all of Magnolia!! His truly strongest form—Fire God of Death Requip!!!"
An uproar swept through both arenas in an instant—
"H-hey, um, Mr. Yajima..." Chapati wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with a trembling handkerchief and stammered, "Is this really all right? Letting that gentleman use whatever magic he likes—is that really a sensible arrangement...?"
"Um, if I remember correctly, wasn't the True God of Death's 'Fire God of Death Requip' officially classified