Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

A crystal-like demonic dragon shot out from its body in an instant.

"Final Form Time! Wi-Wi-Wi-Wizard!"

Covered in a demonic dragon, Yan Ming transformed into a mage wielding a battle axe and clad in a diamond-like battle robe.

Decade: Infinite Style Armor

Without the slightest hesitation, Yan Ming leaped off Gorgon's body and pressed the button on the dial.

"Wi-Wi-Wi-Wizard! Final Attack Time Break!"

That's a weapon bigger than a mountain.

The battle axe in his hand shone with a diamond-like iridescent light, instantly breaking through to over a hundred meters, which he then gripped tightly in his hand.

And so, it slashed horizontally towards Gorgon's body from the base.

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Boom—!!

In the city of Eridu, everyone heard a tremendous rumbling sound coming from a distant region.

"What's that over there...?!"

The leopard-woman servant standing at the very top of the Temple of the Sun had a direct view of the distant scene.

From here, one can vaguely see... it seems that countless mountain ranges have disappeared.

Then even the clouds in the sky were blasted apart. She couldn't even fathom how far such a powerful force had affected…

At least.

Everything within a 20-kilometer radius should have been destroyed.

"I'm saying! Something really outrageous seems to have happened over there!"

"What…?"

This is Gates standing below the temple.

In fact, he and the two from Chaldea had only just arrived in this city called Eridu. It had only been two or three minutes since Yan Ming brought them here. He had even just taken out his watch to transform. Why was the fight already going on like this?

Could it be that this guy named Gorgon is more troublesome than we thought?

With that thought in mind, Gates shook his head and simply attached the watch face to his belt.

"Hey! What are you doing over there—whoa?!"

"RE·V·I·VE Goretsu! Goretsu!"

The orange-black Iron Wall Warrior, the resurrected Gates Grenadier.

He raised his head and leaped up about tens of meters, arriving directly at the top floor of the Temple of the Sun.

"Wow, what cool armor! It feels like we're filming a live-action tokusatsu drama!"

"What the hell are you talking about... Get out of the way!"

He pulled the leopard man behind him, and then—

Gates gripped the bottom of the giant axe with both hands.

It is said to weigh as much as an entire city, a weapon of god-like status, the legendary hand axe of Marduk.

"I see... It seems to weigh as much as a city. This is no joke..."

"What the hell! There's actually someone other than Kukul who can lift this axe?!"

Just as the leopard man saw, Gates did it.

With sheer, powerful strength, he managed to lift the axe.

However—the Temple of the Sun beneath his feet almost collapsed the moment he lifted it up.

However, Gates himself is still able to hold on.

By compressing space, he instantly gained immense power, making it no problem for him to lift an axe that could rival the weight of a city.

Next comes the last thing to do.

"Get over there!!"

Even space itself was trembling.

Gates used all his strength to throw the enormous axe above his head with overwhelming speed, like a shot put.

The sound of air being torn apart continued to explode, and Marduk's hand axe even broke through a hot barrier in front of it due to its excessive speed.

That wasn't simply a sound barrier or a heat barrier; because of its extreme speed, it even created a plasma zone around it with temperatures reaching thousands of degrees Celsius.

Mach numbers above tens.

Carrying such incredible speed, the Marduk hand axe, thrown by Gates, almost caused its structure to tremble.

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Then, Yan Ming, who was relatively far away, witnessed all of this directly.

"They've finally arrived."

He then raised his hand, and the Aurora Curtain instantly swallowed him, Merlin, and Anna together.

finally.

The axe, imbued with terrifying power, smashed directly onto Gorgon's last remaining head.

Not to mention the Blood Temple, everything around it was about to disappear.

Blazing light shot into the sky, and the world seemed to lose its sense of front and back. The shockwaves that erupted not only flattened the surface of the earth but also penetrated deep underground, with the core generating terrifying temperatures of tens of thousands of degrees Celsius.

This situation, which resembles a nuclear bomb, is far more powerful than a nuclear bomb by several times. Even the bizarre phenomenon known in history as the Tunguska event cannot be compared to it.

If this continues, not only will the surrounding area be swallowed up by this white light, but even Uruk will be engulfed.

In this critical moment, Yan Ming did not hesitate to take out another watch face.

"Stand firm."

In the next instant, a golden and silver light enveloped his entire body.

"Kamen Rider! Rider! Zi-O·Zi-O·Zi-OⅡ!"

The Demon King, who rules over the past and the future, has descended upon the world once more.

Then—time began to reverse.

It's not that the Gorgon was directly attacked that's being reversed... but rather the destructive phenomena that are generated by the reversal of its surroundings.

And so, everything gradually returned to normal.

The monster that was attacked head-on in the very center still has no power to fight back.

It seems that everything has been settled.

but--

The demonic eye, hidden deep within Gorgon, once again shone with an unwilling light.

Its name is "Jealousy".

Volume 8, Mesopotamian Absolute Monster Front: Chapter 346 You should disappear from my sight... forever

Yan Ming, Anna, and Merlin stood in the same scenic spot.

Thanks to Yan Ming's presence, the surrounding environment remained largely undamaged. Only the Blood Temple was destroyed by Marduk's hand axe, and Gorgon was also defeated inside.

"Have the Gorgons... been wiped out?"

Gazing at the destroyed Blood Temple, Anna couldn't help but ask a question.

"At least I can't see Gorgon in my field of vision anymore, so she must have been eliminated."

The one who spoke these words was Merlin, who possessed the ability to see everything happening at any given moment. Since even he couldn't see Gorgon's presence, then...

It seems the Gorgon have truly been... wiped out.

"Anna...?"

At this moment, Anna continued to gaze at the dilapidated ruins of the Blood Temple before her.

She seemed not to hear Merlin calling her; she simply stood there, gazing intently at the destroyed temple.

The girl's face wore an expression of relief.

"Are you alright, Anna—"

"...No, I'm fine."

Only Anna herself knows exactly how she feels right now.

Gorgon and she share a deep connection; they are all incarnations of Medusa.

One is Medusa's early, still-naive phase, and the other is Medusa's final moments as a fully transformed monster. Just as Anna dares not face this reality, Gorgon himself is probably also running away from the reality of being a monster.

Otherwise, how could she so easily allow herself to become Tiamat, the mother goddess of all beasts?

Now you can completely put your mind at ease.

With this person by my side helping me, everything has already been settled, and I no longer need to be afraid of anything.

only…

But even though things have been resolved... why do I still feel so uneasy?

What exactly is wrong with me?

Are you alright?

The voice calling Anna brought her back from her reverie.

She couldn't help but shudder and turned around. The warrior standing next to her, clad in gold, silver, and purple armor, was looking at her just like that.

Anna immediately opened her mouth, wanting to say "I'm fine," but then stopped in her tracks.

Why is this happening? I've already defeated Gorgon, so why am I feeling even more...melancholy?

"...Actually, I—"

"Actually, you want to defeat Gorgon yourself."

Anna was slightly taken aback by what she had said before she could speak.

She couldn't help but look at the other person, at Yan Ming standing in front of her.

Then a look of disappointment appeared on his face.

“I…don’t have the courage to face the Gorgon in person, and in the end I have to rely on the power of others to end this history.”

"Gorgon is the inevitable incarnation of Medusa in the future, which is me in the future. I... I'm sorry, I took on all the things that should have been my responsibility—"

Before she could finish speaking.

Yan Ming suddenly reached out and blocked Anna behind him.

"what?"

Both Merlin and Anna looked at Yan Ming with some surprise.

The surroundings were completely quiet, without any disturbance, and there wasn't even a single magical beast in sight.

"what happened?"

"There's nothing around here, and we've already defeated the Gorgon. What are you doing here...?"

Anna and Merlin both became puzzled by Yan Ming's behavior.

He slowly turned his head and looked around.

Before me, the silver pointer spun rapidly.

He saw it.

That was something only Yan Ming could see, a phenomenon that even Merlin couldn't detect with his clairvoyance... It was a "future" that was bound to happen.

The moment the pointer finished its rotation, Yan Ming suddenly raised his head.

At the same moment, Merlin's eyes widened in surprise.