In a Different World with a Smartphone Chapter 422: Attachments, and Awakening.

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While creating an unpleasant noise like that of someone scratching a blackboard, the evil god flapped its huge wings.

From those wings, a glittery scale powder-like thing was released. Its probably the same kind of thing as the spores released by the giant golden tree that grew in Eisengard some time back.

Those were demonic spores that transform people who died while holding grudges, or people who had an abundant amount of negative emotions into variants.

Although its ineffective against us who are gods dependants, if we leave that alone, most of humanity will probably turn into variants before long.

Reginleiv!

I called my personal machine on the ground, and jumped off from Eisen Tower. Using [Fly], I got into the cockpit and set my smartphone up on the panel in front, starting Reginleiv up.

On the monitor, the evil god, seemingly having noticed my actions, turned its head towards me.

With a low hum, light particles began gathering between its large antennae. Dont tell me!

Kuh!

I made Reginleiv do an emergency acceleration, and got away from Eisen Tower while flying low above the ground.

Three seconds later, a giant ball of light impacted Eisen Tower, upon which an explosion the likes of which Ive never heard before in my life as well as tremendous blast wind assaulted Reginleiv, and me in it, from behind.

[Prison]!

I enclosed Reginleiv in a cubic barrier. Rubble and metal pieces that were blown away by the explosion hit the [Prison] and bounced away.

A mushroom cloud like that of a volcano eruption drifted upwards behind me, and rocks began raining from above.

I rose up while rocks continued to drop onto the [Prison], and confirmed the situation from the sky; the capital of Eisengard, Industrial City Eisenbrook has been obliterated.

It had already turned into a capital of death thanks to the golden skeletons, but now not even ruins remain.

That attack was far above an advanced-class particle cannon. I couldnt help but shiver when I thought about that being dropped on another countrys capital instead of Eisenbrook.

That thing probably cant be guarded against by [Prison] or [Shield]. And Im not sure if [Reflection] will work, too

Dilly-dallying here wont do me any good. In any case, guess Ill try attacking as well.

The twelve crystal boards on Reginleivs back broke off and merged together to form a single giant sword.

Mode change: Greatsword.

The huge sword, which could only be seen as a giant isosceles triangle, was held in Reginleivs hands, and had divinity injected into it.

Crystal material has a frighteningly high affinity for magic power, but its also a good material for conducting divinity.

I, who made a holy sword within moments, held that sword up with Reginleivs hands and charged at the evil god.

As if it was waiting for that, laser-like beams shot out of the tip of the six limbs attached to the evil gods torso.

While dodging the beams in midair, I continued heading towards the evil god.

Swinging the crystal greatsword, I cut off one of the thin limbs (even so, its still wider than the entire height of Reginleiv) of the evil god. Its a crystal sword with divinity clad around it, but I was still met with quite the resistance when trying to cut it; I somehow managed.

The cut-off limb dropped onto the ground and broke into pieces.

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When the evil god made an unpleasant sound once again, the cut-off limb began regenerating from the cut section. As expected, it also has regenerative powers.

[O Fire pierce through, scorching great lance, Burning Lance]!

A giant lance of fire appeared in midair and flew towards one of the evil gods feathery wings.

The fire lance penetrated the golden wing accurately, leaving a gaping hole. However, compared to the sheer size of the evil god, the hole is only on the level of poking a hole in a piece of paper with a cigarette. Its regenerated within seconds.

Magic isnt absorbed. So it doesnt have the magic invalidation trait of Phrases?

The Phrase is capable of absorbing magic power and using it for their own purposes, such as regeneration or making their body harder. I suppose the evil god doesnt have that trait; or rather, it doesnt need it.

Without needing to absorb something like that, it can use divinity to regenerate itself, and also fire lasers like earlier.

Its so big I have no idea how to kill it

If its a normal living thing then it should die if I destroy either its head or its heart, I guess. Areh? Wait, in the first place can gods even die? Oh, right, [Godslaying Poison] exists so they should.

As I sank into thought, six lasers were fired at me from the evil gods arms.

Oops!

I moved the control sticks and dodged them by a papers widthwas whats supposed to happen, but the large wings suddenly flapped, creating a turbulence in the air that unbalanced Reginleiv.

Not good! By the time my thoughts reached there, Reginleiv had already been hit directly by a laser, and was blown away.

Ku

The protective barrier has been damaged by 35%.

A voice notification came from my smartphone. Due to the protective barrier around Reginleiv, the main body hasnt received any damage. However, given the number earlier, itll break with another two more hits.

I put Reginleiv back into a proper posture, and stared towards the evil god. I dont think it can feel things like emotions. Its probably attacking me only due to instinctually labelling me as an enemy.

The negative emotions of tens of thousands of people congregated to form the evil god. Theres probably no personality that could lead them and appear on the surface.

Seems like that NEET god had truly been annihilated. He sure has no willpower Well, he is a NEET.

I doubt it had read my mind, but right at this moment, the evil god shot numerous lasers at me consecutively as if its enraged. Dangerous!?

This wont do, gotta get my mind back in gear; if I lose focus, I could get taken out easily.

This guy is like a boss fight on the first attempt. I dont know what kind of attacks it has, and what are its weaknesses. I have to proceed cautiously.

Inside my head, the final battle BGM of a certain famous RPG began playing Playing Areh? Its being played?

Eh? Its actually being played!? The music was coming from the speaker connected to the external mic.

I turned Reginleivs camera to the side.

Ha!?

Shown on the monitor, sitting still in midair and energetically strumming a guitar with built-in speakers taken from the [Warehouse], was Sousuke nii-san AKA the Music God.

Oh- oh- oh-. Thats quite a grand spectacle-no da.

An evil god of this caliber doesnt appear that often-no yo. This is a precious experience-no yo.

Theres also Suika AKA the Alcohol God floating in the air with a bottle in her hand, and Karen nee-san AKA the Love God beside her putting potato chips from a bag into her mouth.

They were both floating in the air and looking at the evil god.

Wai, why is everyone here!?

Field trip-nano ra. The Agriculture God went to the Sacred Tree, and the Martial God, Sword God and Hunting God were all fighting those gold plated things there too; were bored, you know.

Nihehe, went Suika. A field trip You know, this is supposed to be a fight with the fate of the world riding on it

I came to check if my younger brothers properly doing his job-no yo. In your world, I think this is called a classroom visit?

This is the most annoying one Ive had in my life!

What kind of a situation am I in, trying to fight with gods spectating me on a field trip!? How do you expect me to stay calm with this!

Since weve been told by World God-sama to stay out of it, we really will only be spectating- nano ra. He did say that we can give advices though.

What kind of advice can someone whose way of speech isnt even normal give me? I dont have any expectations. Youre just a drunkard, you know.

Suddenly, the tune being played on Sousuke nii-sans guitar changed.

The giant snake-like tail of the evil god was coming down towards us like a huge whip.

The three gods instantly teleported themselves somewhere else. Ah, not fai!

Kuh, [Teleport]!

Imitating Karen nee-san and the others, I used instant teleportation to escape from there.

The golden tail smashed into the ground underneath while raising huge tremors. If I ate that head-on, Id probably be flattened into a rice cracker by now.

How can I deal damage to that thing?

Evil gods are generally formed when a sacred treasure or something else left behind by a god merges with things like grudges and negative emotions from the lower realm. Theyre something like tsukumogami. As such, only the power of gods would work.

Karen nee-san, who popped up again, spoke thus.

The power of gods You mean divinity, right? But Ive been using it since a while ago

Thats divinity and yet not at the same time, yanno~. Touya onii-chan, you still have way too much lingering attachmenttt. Mixed in, mixed inn ya seeee. Its a brewed wine yanoo. Brewed

alcohols are nice, but distilled liquors are better~. You get it? Spirits! Spirits-nano ra!

Karen nee-san, translate.

On top of not speaking properly, shes even giving me weird metaphors. This damn drunk. Whore you calling brewed sake? Also, whats lingering attachment?

Basically, Touya-kun, youre currently in an intermediate state-nano yo. God and human. Magic power and divine power. Youre using divinity with impurities mixed in, which obviously wont be able to show its full power. If you become a complete god, youd become unable to interfere with the evil god like us, so you have to release pure divinity while keeping your physical body in the same state-no yo.

So What do I do?

Firm up your determination. To defeat the evil god, and to climb up the rank of the gods.

So thats what the lingering attachments meant

Its true that a part of me still wants to live on as a human. Although theres no way I would turn into a complete god right this instant, deep in my heart, I must still be scared of getting onto that path with no way of turning back.

No, thats wrong; Im already on that path. Although Im only near the start, Ive already begun walking down it. And even so, Im still constantly worried about what Ive left behind. Just like Suika said, Im full of lingering attachments.

I mightve even thought Its fine even if I cant defeat the evil god if it means I wont have to become a god somewhere in my heart That is nothing but a betrayal to everyone who had lent me strength on this journey to this point.

Make up your mind-no yo. Right now, youre like a wussy ex-boyfriend who keeps thinking back on the girl that already dumped him-nano yo. Youll become a stalker-no yo.

Stop it with the creepy metaphors! Well, its only somewhat, but I get what you mean. Thank you, Karen nee-san.

Fufun, of course-no yo.

Karen nee-san replied with a smug face, and Sousuke nii-san also strummed his guitar. Why did you play a level up sound effect? You mean I leveled up?

Not fair-! I was the one who gave the advice in the first placeee! Spirits! God spiritsss!

No well, I cant understand what youre saying, so.

As I was staring with amazement at the Alcohol God who was hugging a sake bottle and spinning in place, another rain of lasers assaulted us from below.

Just like earlier, Karen nee-san and the others teleported away.

Work hard-no yo.

Leaving that sentence behind, the three of them disappeared. Theyll probably be watching this battle while relaxing somewhere. To the gods, this might be something on the level of a community event.

Alright, then time to get this event going, I guess.

I released the divinity circulating around my entire body. Suika said that theres things mixed in my divinity. So basically, I just need to produce pure divinity that doesnt have my magic power mixed into it.

I used the World God-sama as a reference. My divinity has the same base characteristics as his. That godly (well, this is obvious) divinity that I experienced during that incident back in Ramissh Theocracy. Ill have to purify and distill my divinity until it reaches that level.

Strangely, my heart is calm despite the daunting task.

A spontaneous flash of light floated up in my mind. It felt like a small spark, and it also felt like a huge explosion; it was a flash of something being created.

When I came to, before I knew it, my whole body was overflowing with divinity. Its different from how I was clad in divinity on the outside before. This time, its flowing out from the inside.

I did it. It felt like that moment when you popped open the cap of a water bottle, or the moment when you pushed a part of a plastic model into the socket it fits in.

It was done so smoothly, I couldnt even understand why I didnt do it before this.

Without a doubt, I can accept that this is also me.

That power, through the ether liquid running throughout Reginleiv, spread across the entire frame and enveloped it.

An overflowing amount of divinity was also poured into the crystal greatsword held in Reginleivs hands.

Karen nee-sans divinity was pink, and Moroha nee-sans divinity was sky blue mixed with a tinge of gold, that kind of pale color; while my transformed divinity shone with a silver No, platinum light.

A divinity with a platinum shine. Different from World God-samas golden divinity as well, a color that belong only to me.

Another laser came from the evil god.

While dodging that, I once again cut the evil gods limb like earlier. This time, the sword went through it with a crisp feeling like cutting radish.

Gigigigigigigigigigii!

The cut surface of the limb began producing black smoke, and for the first time, the evil god writhed in agony. The limb I cut off did not regenerate, and fell off while melting down into a sludge.

Thisll work. I can do this.

Touya-san! Are you okay!?

Suddenly, Yuminas voice was heard over the comms. When I turned around, on the monitor, everyone was heading over here in their Valkyrias from beyond Eisenbrook which doesnt exist anymore.

At the same time, light particles began condensing between the evil gods large antennae. The speed at which the light condensed was faster than earlier. Oi, wait a sec!

The attack that obliterated Eisenbrook, instead of being shot towards me, flew towards everyone else as they were running this way.

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