LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 275.2
Chapter 275.2. Reason
The girl, clearly disappointed, dropped her shoulders and sighed.
“I thought I would be able to fight a strong opponent, but…”
“That is not Nature. The concept of Reason is just a set of rules decided by your lizard kin. Go back to your well.”
“W-what…”
Even when mocked, the dragon-persons did not get angry, instead retreating from the girl.
The girl watched them retreat with a sneer and laughed derisively through her nose.
“Is this what you call reason? The kind of reason where, once you realize the enemy is strong, you simply retreat. A reason that backs down so easily. So you’re really just lizards, huh? Is ‘god’ just some kind of paper? A rule written on paper by your lizard gods?”
“Ugh! Let’s all attack together! This one is no ordinary foe!”
One of the dragon-persons yelled, and they all moved in perfect unison, thrusting their hands forward to activate their magic.
[Truth Flames]
Flames are imbued with a principle that incinerates anything they touch.
[Truth Ice]
Ice imbued with a principle that freezes anything it touches.
An absolute principle in this world. The invincible power was unleashed.
The dragon-persons launched their magic, ensuring there was no way for the girl to escape, blocking any paths of retreat. One of the dragons gathered mana in its mouth, waiting and observing.
The girl remained motionless, gazing at the approaching magic with an uninterested look, and her body was enveloped in flames and icy winds. Normally, the fire and ice would cancel each other out, but instead, they tried to burn and freeze her simultaneously.
Yet, despite being subjected to the magic of absolute principles, the girl showed no signs of being affected, and her body neither burned nor froze.
“I get it now. One of you created me. But we’ve already parted ways and exist in different worlds. I told you, I can’t understand lizard language. I don’t know your rules.”
With a light flick of her arm, the magic that was about to envelop her vanished like a gentle breeze. The girl tilted her head and gave an innocent smile.
“So, show me your pure combat abilities without relying on your rules. I trust you won’t just back down, unable to fight without your favorable rules, right?”
“Ugh…”
[Administrator privileges activated. Executing erasure of existence]
[Erasure of the target is ineffective]
One of the dragon-persons attempted to erase the girl directly, trying to alter the world’s principles. However, the girl did not vanish, instead stared at him with a bored look and laughed through her nose.
“Your rules don’t apply to me. So, after gaining self-awareness, you’ve become a lizard who uses cheat codes. How disappointing. I would have enjoyed fighting you when you didn’t have self-awareness, it would have been a more pure battle.”
“T-that…”
Until just moments ago, the dragon-persons had exuded confidence, but now they fell silent and retreated even further. After witnessing the power the girl unleashed with a mere flick of her arm, they realized their own power was incomparable. They couldn’t respond to her words either.
After gaining self-awareness, attacking based on the principles had always been enough to defeat their enemies. One of their kind had been defeated by humans in the past, but that had been the last desperate struggle of humanity. It had been the final counterattack from humans who had gathered all their strength.
They had never lost elsewhere, and they gathered as a group in case they encountered humans with similar power.
They had never fought without relying on the power of principles. They had always used their self-serving rules to win, never considering that there could be a pattern that wouldn’t work.
“It seems I hit the nail on the head. You were just children playing with your own rules in a game, weren’t you?”
Sighing deeply, the girl showed her disappointment and turned her bored gaze on them.
“Such a waste of creation power. Well, then, goodbye.”
[Core Accelerator]
With those words, the girl vanished in an instant, moving so fast that the dragon-persons couldn’t react.
The girl aligned her fingers and, with her hair flowing, spun in the air, swinging her arm wrapped in golden particles like a dance. Though it was a simple chop, her movement was like a sword dance, the cutting power of her strike cutting through the dragons effortlessly.
[Battle Dance]
In an instant, a platinum streak passed through the dragon-persons, slicing them apart, and turning them into fresh blood and meat fragments. A technique that appeared to be a basic martial art, but its power was overwhelming.
“Dammit!”
[God Flame Breath]
Judging that attacks based on principles wouldn’t work, the dragon switched to a divine-level attack, releasing platinum flames. The girl smiled faintly, flipping in mid-air to avoid the flames. As she gathered mana in her hand and touched the platinum fire, she slid effortlessly toward the dragon.
While the dragon exhaled its breath, paralyzed, the girl gently grabbed its head and looked at it with quiet eyes, smiling mockingly.
“It seems you cannot be my opponent.”
[Necking Screw]
Still holding the dragon’s head, the girl flipped upside down and spun rapidly, twisting and tearing the dragon’s neck apart. The spinal cord was ripped out, and the dragon screamed in its death throes before collapsing.
As blood splattered out, the girl landed lightly on the ground, her body stained with blood.
“You were just lizards playing with your own rules. That was a boring fight. I’m disappointed.”
With a swift flick of her arm, the girl’s body glowed faintly, the blood vanishing, and she returned to her original beautiful form.
“The nature of the world I have watched is struggle. Struggle is my nature…”
Golden particles began to leak from the fallen dragons and dragon-persons, and the girl absorbed them into her body. Despite the power filling her, the girl murmured without showing any joy.
“By the way, I left the dragon’s corpse behind. I wonder if someone will make good use of it. I’m looking forward to it.”
With a delicate smile, like that of a flower, the girl began to take control of this world, replacing the fallen dragons.