After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

As expected, Aize and the others were completely wiped out without even a trace of dust left.

“Hahahaha, haha ...

"I say, joking aside, can't you speak a little more sophisticatedly? You're a king after all, it's really too low-brow."

"What!?"

A mocking voice came from behind, and George, who was drinking champagne at halftime, almost bit off his tongue.

Turning around, he found Aize standing not far away from him, with his arms folded and a look of contempt on his face.

The black-scaled dragon that had carried him to escape had now disappeared without a trace.

Instead, there was an extremely huge rock-eating worm under his feet, with half of its body exposed.

The rock-loving worm is a super-large high-level monster that looks like a long strip as its name suggests, but has a hard shell on its body and a body length of at least 100 meters.

It has no fixed habitat and relies on its super digging ability to continuously mine and devour rocks underground to survive, which is why it got its name.

Therefore, this thing's digging ability is extremely abnormal. Its huge body can drill into the ground in less than a second, waiting for an opportunity to attack the enemy.

Just now, just before being attacked, Alicia dived into the water and quickly changed into this form.

Then he easily dug up the riverbed, dug a tunnel and escaped with Aize and Charlotte.

Then he reappeared to mock her.

"You've actually spent so much time just to deal with a few of us. Have you done a feasibility study on your plan to pacify the kingdom and conquer the world? No? I suppose so... Well, anyway, keep going~"

After saying that, he waved his hand, turned around, and gently jumped into the worm's open mouth.

The worm's body quickly retracted into the ground.

Accompanied by a slight vibration, it disappeared without a trace in an instant.

George was left standing there, looking confused.

Wasn't it a dragon just now? How did it suddenly turn into a rock-eating worm?

And is it really possible to domesticate rock-loving worms?

It turns out that it was that weird little girl who transformed. What kind of incredible ability is this?

Then George wanted to slap himself again.

What am I doing?!

No matter if it's a black dragon or a worm, why not just use your magic to smother the opponent and send them flying? Why waste time thinking about these things?

There was no choice but to grit his teeth and chase after Aize along the tunnel where he had just appeared.

But then, the nightmare began.

Sometimes it transforms into a flying dragon and engages in aerial racing.

Sometimes it would turn its head and become a worm, burrowing into the ground and making it impossible to track it.

Sometimes it even turns directly into a tree, performing the simplest "talking tree" disguise.

In short, using Alicia's abilities, Aize allowed her to switch between more than ten different appearances at high speed, using the terrain as the core to continuously pull and delay the opponent.

This went on for several hours.

In a matter of hours, the mountains were so severely damaged that the terrain and vegetation were completely changed, almost wiping them off the map.

Even so, George still failed to catch Aize.

It didn't even cause any real damage.

No matter how strong you are, it will be useless in the face of the ultimate torture of Aze's extreme micro-control.

Although the body does not feel tired at all due to the constant supply of power, the spirit, which is not much different from before the resurrection, has become increasingly exhausted.

To the point where I felt a little distracted.

But George still didn't want to give up.

The long-cherished wish of the Arte family for hundreds of years now rests in his own hands. As he is about to successfully ascend to the sky and realize the planned perfect aristocratic system,

If I can't even take down these little guys in the end, won't I be laughed at?

Besides, am I really the only one who is tired?

These bastards jumping around like that don't have an unlimited supply of magic power, so shouldn't they be more tired than me?

Exhausted!

Let’s see who can’t hold on first!

And now, finally, things took a turn for the better.

boom! !

Once again the ground shook, and once again the worm burst forth from the earth.

This time, Alicia did not continue playing hide-and-seek. Instead, she transformed into a dragon seed again without hesitation and flew towards the royal capital as quickly as possible in the opposite direction of her previous flight.

This is... they are tired of playing and can't stay any longer so they are ready to run away?

George didn't know.

George's brain, which didn't have much solid matter to begin with, was now completely paralyzed under the dual pressure of external stimulation and internal friction.

I followed almost mechanically.

Another round of aerial chase.

This time, George's mind was extremely exhausted. His brain, which could not keep up with the super-powerful panel, now seemed cumbersome, casual and ridiculous.

Throwing attacks, accelerating leaps, etc., were all easily dodged without exception.

He was completely unable to stop them effectively, and just left Aize and the others alone, and ran back to the capital again, continuing the pursuit and fighting in the sky above the capital.

——That’s how it should be.

The moment they passed an intersection near the safety zone, the ground and buildings beneath their feet suddenly began to shake violently in unison.

"What--"

George, who had no idea what was happening, watched helplessly as a super-giant puppet was quickly constructed using building materials.

At the same time, he stretched out his huge palm and grasped him tightly in his hand.

"I have been waiting for you for a long time, Your Majesty, by order of Aize."

Villian, who was ready, emerged from the giant puppet's shoulder and said this calmly.

"You are, from before... Hehe, I was wondering where you had gone to, but you turned out to be here?"

The unexpected change finally made George, who was almost numb, regain some feeling.

Then it became rampant again.

"You've been waiting for me for so long, and all you've got is this little toy? Are you underestimating the power I've gained after ascending?"

After saying that, he snapped his fingers lightly.

boom! ! !

The explosion occurred instantly, and the magic power turned into a shock wave that spread from the inside out, instantly blowing the giant hand that was intercepting him, along with the body of the puppet, into pieces.

After all, it was a thing made of materials found on the roadside. Although it was huge, it was fragile. It was expected that it would become like this in an instant.

And it's not over yet.

Ignoring Aize for the moment, George suddenly made a move amidst the flying debris and grabbed Villian who was falling because the puppet was destroyed.

With inhuman strength, he clamped her neck tightly, almost strangling it.

"Woo..."

The witch was in great pain due to difficulty breathing and showed a painful expression.

This made George, who had been humiliated until now, extremely proud.

"Just now in the ruins, you were the one who hindered me the most, so I'll start with you. Hehe, if you want to blame someone, blame that useless hero... Hmm?"

The late king was stunned.

Because he watched Villian's painful expression freeze on her face, and then it became completely fixed like a statue.

The feeling of being pinched by the neck also became extremely strange. It became harder and harder from being soft at the beginning. Even after he used a little force, the whole body was covered with cracks and then collapsed directly.

This, like the giant, is also a puppet.

Just to deceive herself a little longer at close range, the workmanship was extremely delicate, and even Villian herself directly connected it to the five senses to control it, striving for lifelikeness.

But what’s the point?

It won't hurt yourself.

Just as George was looking at the remaining fragments in his palm in a daze, a series of lights suddenly flashed in the distance.

Then:

"……Varied--"

Boom boom boom boom!

Dozens of rays of light hit the target at the same time, and dozens of explosions merged together and exploded simultaneously on the body of the late king that was supported by the blood wings.

This was an attack from the royal capital's defense facilities.

As the capital of the Kingdom of Arte, a country of martial knights, this city underwent an extremely exaggerated and almost extreme fortification construction when it was founded. It was then continuously strengthened under the hands of successive kings.

One of the most critical city defense facilities is the more than 20 artillery batteries distributed on the city walls, which were built using the enchantment technology of the Supreme God Realm.

These incredibly powerful magic turrets can easily defeat an entire army in an instant when fired in unison, and anyone can use them.

So, when he came out of the tunnel and was looking for ways to deal with George, Aize set his sights on these turrets, so he asked Villian if he could use puppets to control them.

Violet replied, yes, but not completely.

To aim precisely, one must pre-program the logic of action like the maids in Tafia's house, but there is definitely no time for that now.

Therefore, we can only make a simple trigger mechanism to first aim the turret at a specific position and then fire remotely.

Just now, Villian did not participate in the battle. She was just loading magic power into each turret and placing these simple puppets with only one hand.

The location that all the artillery batteries were aiming at was the intersection where we were at the moment.

The control problem is solved, but there is another problem.

Because George flew too fast, it was difficult to grasp the timing of firing, so he created a giant and his own puppet. The purpose was to ensure that he was in the position that Villian wanted him to be when the artillery fired a salvo.

As a result, George, who was tortured by Aize to the point of nervous breakdown and was trying to vent his anger on Villian, was fooled as expected. He stood there stupidly and became a target of the artillery.

"Wow... despicable... damn... damn——"

Because the power was too great, George, who was hit by the artillery salvo, showed a painful expression for the first time today.

Even the blood wings were torn to pieces by the violent impact of magic power and disappeared without a trace.

As a result, the late king himself lost his balance instantly and fell directly to the ground from a high altitude, smashing into the ruins. This was the second time he landed on his face today.

Extremely embarrassed.

However, this is not over yet.

"This bunch of... traitors... do they think they can kill me like this? Stop looking down on me!!!"

Amidst an angry roar, George stood up again.

The salvo from the city defense artillery finally broke through his defense, causing huge damage that could not be healed for a while, but it was far from enough to kill him.

If you can't kill the enemy in seconds without running out of magic power, it means that the damage you inflicted is in vain.

"Just watch, the damage you've caused is nothing to this king...huh!?"

He wanted to extract more magic power from the connected blood slaves so that he could recover from his injuries more quickly.

But after casting the spell, there was almost no response, and the magic power flowing in was pitifully small, not even a fraction of what it had before.

And this is what George relies on for his livelihood now.

This is when I finally started to feel panic:

"W-What's going on? What happened? What did you do?!"