Chapter 154: Mantis and Vulture
Chapter 154: Mantis and Vulture
——The Sealing Stone that presides over the "Ultimate War" that affects the evolution of the race can act according to his will.
After realizing this, Kawahara vaguely understood something.
Although he still didn't quite understand why the situation suddenly turned out like this, was it because of his thoughts at the time, or because the power in his body was absorbed into the past, or because the Time Coming Card affected the world...
If it had something to do with the power within him, the destructive power of his current Sublimated All-Powerful Kick from his newborn Kuuga didn't really seem to be squeezed out.
If not, he just reached into the sealing stone and indeed felt his own breath from it.
In short, it seemed like something incredible was happening quietly.
Until humans say that sentence——
Kawahara suddenly woke up a little: "The power of creation? Is it in me? What is that?"
Then he asked three soul-searching questions.
Both the human and the wolf spider looked at him in silence, then looked at the seal stone in unison, and then turned to look at him again. The meaning was self-evident.
Kawahara raised his hand and pressed it on the stone slab, and he could also feel the thoughts of the ancestors of those races sealed inside.
They were born from here. Although there are not only these 52 races in the world, they are still one in a million. They are species that were chosen by the "Creator" in the early days of life and were specially given the opportunity to evolve.
The dozens of monster phantoms that flashed before his eyes in the darkness at that time were selected from his "memory".
So, are so many beetle races corrupted by the image of the "stag beetle" because of him?
After Kawahara finished criticizing himself, he looked back at the human and said, "Okay, I can help you win in the end."
The human's eyes immediately lit up when he heard this, and there was a pure smile in his dark and clear eyes, as if he was surprised but also expected his decision.
Because he looks like a human.
……
Although he promised humans to let him win.
But Kawahara did not directly use the sealing stone slab to seal those races.
He reached in and took out the JOKER card that did not belong to any card suit and even the surface of the card had a dark and dead color.
The card features a heart-shaped, green emblem with sharp lines, resembling a cockroach with its claws and fangs retracted.
Kawahara pretended to slide the card across the Agur Spirit Stone (although there was no place to insert the card on the belt), and then felt the Sealing Stone of Will, which dropped a whirlwind of dark particles that enveloped him.
wow——
When the dense dark particles dissipated, the newly born Kuga's appearance had transformed into a green JOKER.
Kawahara raised his hand and clenched his fist, feeling the fighting spirit rising in his body.
"Yes, it would be somewhat unfair to seal them directly. In this case, defeat me and get a chance!"
JOKER's green crystal-like face turned towards the forest, and Kawahara said this with a smile, and the next moment he disappeared from the spot.
Wow…
The trees in the mountains were swaying, and lines of birds were fleeing from the forest filled with murderous intent.
The man and the monster on the coast looked at the forest in silence.
After a long while, Wolf Spider couldn't help but speak: "So... is there any difference?"
The human rubbed his chin and tilted his head and said, "I don't know either~ But the Creator is probably trying to adapt to our world."
"Huh?" Wolf Spider looked at him puzzled.
“Everyone has a first time.”
The human spread his hands and smiled, "This is my first time as a human, Wolf Spider. This is also your first time as a Wolf Spider, so what were you before this?"
Wolf Spider: ...lost in thought.
The human then formed a tiny wolf spider creature out of it, allowing it to climb and spin freely in his hand.
He continued with a gentle smile: "Look, before you became a Wolf Spider, maybe you were like this too. So what was I like before that? - But in fact, these are not important, because we were all born to make our own race evolve and become stronger."
The wolf spider creature is originally a small spider, not a hideous and huge body like the wolf spider Undead. Other Undeads are also different from the original appearance of the race.
It's just that Undead represents those races.
Only humans...
Man is no different from his race.
And now, humans also have the same appearance as the "Creator".
……
……
The atmosphere was heavy in the endless dense forest.
Because in a short period of time, the Sealing Stone has flashed above the mountains and forests several times, which means that several more Undead have been sealed, and there are only a few races left that can fight.
"This battle should be over soon, and by then, the winner will be between you and me!" Undead, a vulture with a golden bronze body and iron wings, whispered in the dense forest after watching the Sealing Stone appear in the sky again.
The other Undead next to it just said: "Don't take it lightly. The battles have suddenly become so frequent. Maybe there is a stronger guy..."
Before it could finish its words, they both noticed something, turned around suddenly, and saw a dark green figure appear on the hillside.
"JOKER?!"
Vulture Undead exclaimed in astonishment: "How is it possible? Weren't you sealed before?!"
They went to the beach not long ago to watch and saw with their own eyes how JOKER was sealed by something they had never seen before!
JOKER didn't answer him, but just focused his eyes on the Undead next to it.
It was an Undead with golden and red patterns on its body, crimson eyes, a pair of antenna-like horns on its forehead, and an appearance style that particularly resembled Kamen Rider.
——"Chalice?"
Kawahara looked at it and spoke.
Chalice's card type is Ace of Hearts, her race is Mantis Undead, and her name is Chalice.
The reason why Mantis is not named "Mantis" like the general race is probably because it looks more handsome. And in the modern times ten thousand years later, it is also active as "Kamen Rider Chalice".
So it is actually an undead creature that looks like "Kamen Rider".
Kawahara's voice surprised both the mantis and the vulture. Although they were not surprised that JOKER could speak, they were surprised that JOKER could actually communicate with them!
Isn't this guy only interested in fighting?
"Wait - those Undeads that were sealed just now were actually done by you?!" Mantis suddenly realized something.
"You guessed right. Now you are the last two. How about you fight among yourselves first?" Kawahara, standing on the hillside, looked down at them.
"No! You're not a JOKER!"
At this moment, Mantis suddenly shouted again with certainty.
Kawahara looked at it meaningfully: "How could it not be? JOKER exists to bring destruction, so even if it is not Undead, it is the only one who can seal you by itself."
After other Undeads defeat their opponents, the Sealing Stone will need to descend to complete the seal.
But JOKER has a seal card on him and does not need the help of the seal stone at all. In this war, he is equivalent to being given the authority to "seal".
It is tasked with cleaning up the world.
Vulture was already in a fighting stance at this time: "Kallis, let's get rid of this guy together first!"
"Be careful……"
The mantis whispered something to it, then quickly retreated a distance and came to an open area without too many trees blocking the view. At the same time, the vulture flapped its steel wings and flew into the air.
Kawahara saw how familiar they were with each other and guessed that this was not their first time working together. They probably formed a team just like humans and wolf spiders, hitting it off.
Hmm… a team of birds of prey and insects?
It seems quite reasonable.
The vulture's wings are made up of steel feathers, and it can even fire the feathers as a means of attack. Kawahara, who was standing on the hillside, did not actively pursue, but a series of extremely fast feather arrows attacked it first.
shhhhh--
The feather arrows fell on the hillside and exploded into flames. Kawahara quickly leaped forward, avoided the attack, and then rushed towards the mantis on the ground without stopping.
The sharp blade at JOKER's arm became the best weapon. Mantis immediately raised his hand to block it, and the sharp blade and the metal wrist guard on its arm made a clanging sound.
While blocking the sharp blade, Mantis suddenly kicked sideways, and Kawahara quickly slashed the sharp blade and took a step back.
The next moment, the feather arrows in the air fell towards the position in front of him - "Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
As Kawahara kept backing away to avoid the arrows, Mantis suddenly rushed out from the rising smoke and dust, and chopped him down hard with the bow in his hand!
"Bah—!"
Sparks flew from the chest where the blade had slashed, and Kawahara was knocked back a distance, but his heels quickly pressed against the ground to stabilize his body.
The mantis on the opposite side did not continue to pursue the victory for the time being, but just held the weapon in a vigilant posture.
Mantis's weapon is called "Awakening Bow", which is a double-headed sword-shaped bow. The sharp blade can be used as a melee weapon, and the bow also has the means of long-range containment.
Looking at the weapon-wielding Mantis Undead on the opposite side, Kawahara had an inexplicable sense of déjà vu that he was fighting with Kamen Rider, and as JOKER, he was the villain monster that had to be eliminated.
However, as an insect species, mantises also have a wild style in their fighting habits, so they are all monsters.
"I'm a little interested."
Kawahara smiled and raised his hand, and an Undead card appeared out of thin air between his fingers.
He swiped the card against his belt buckle.
The sword and shield of the giant beetle appeared in his hands.
……
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In fact, ignoring the strange slips and gags and the grumpy old man in the play, "Kamen Rider Sword" is quite interesting both in terms of setting and plot...
(End of this chapter)