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Chapter 34 - Chapter 34: Reversal: The Clown Turns Out to Be Me?!

A 50-meter giant wasn't intimidating to Verethragna.

In the age of gods, when he rampaged across the land as the War God, he'd fought countless giants.

Even the god-king Melqart had been one.

If they wished, many godly beings could expand their forms to 100 meters, or even several kilometers.

Fifty meters was nothing.

But size wasn't the issue.

What mattered was the power surging within the Giant of Light before him.

Verethragna could feel it clearly.

The being before him possessed seemingly infinite light energy.

Though much of it remained untapped, the light already released surpassed even divine levels.

Not just him—even if the god-king and several other deities joined forces, they might not equal even one-tenth of that power.

Recalling Hajime's earlier words…

Verethragna began to doubt everything.

"This is the power of a warrior of light?"

He looked at the majestic Tiga, divine and overwhelming.

Then looked down at his own youthful form, wielding only a golden sword.

The gap between them in light energy was clear.

In both quality and quantity—he was utterly outclassed.

Realizing this, the War God who once looked down on Hajime found his expression growing more complicated.

He looked up toward the sun.

"Mithras-sama… if he is a warrior of light, then what does that make me?"

As the War God and guardian of the Zoroastrian Myth, he was meant to serve the light. Mithras, the sun god, was essentially his superior.

He once believed Mithras had gifted him a powerful light.

But compared to this giant's light—it was laughable.

If not for the fact that this being's power was clearly not divine in origin, he might've mistaken him for a sun god himself.

Same title—Warrior of Light.

But clearly, one was serving light, while the other commanded it.

And unfortunately, Verethragna realized he was the former.

At that moment…

Hajime, noticing that Verethragna had yet to attack, began moving.

He didn't know what the god was thinking.

But he knew time was limited.

After being strengthened in the world of DanMachi, Hajime's time in Ultraman form had increased.

Still, for battles on a god-tier scale—it was far too short.

Usually, fights between gods and god-slayers could drag on for a week of probing and attrition.

Hajime didn't have that luxury.

He needed a swift victory.

Without delay, he used the technique that once defeated the monster Melba.

"[Ranbalt Light Bullet!]"

After charging, a blue-white arrow of light—overflowing with explosive energy—launched straight toward Verethragna.

For Tiga, this was a beam attack that sacrificed a bit of power for high speed and accuracy.

It was most effective against weaker monsters.

Against stronger or more heavily defended foes, it rarely dealt decisive damage.

However, to Verethragna, the god facing Hajime, this beam—Ranbalt Light Bullet—had an entirely different impact.

"So strong!"

Verethragna's face was filled with shock. The torrent of light cut through the atmosphere like an arrow, shaking even space itself. It was clearly just a lightly charged, casually fired attack—yet it held power on par with the full might of a sun god. Vast, scorching, terrifying—an unstoppable force.

Feeling the overwhelming energy surging toward him, Verethragna instantly realized—he couldn't block it. Not even a god known for defense could withstand this.

It looked light and simple, but it compressed an enormous amount of light energy into a focused beam that could instantly annihilate a god.

Naturally, Verethragna wasn't going to try and take it head-on.

Fortunately, he had prepared for this fight in advance.

Activating his [Raptor] form, he unleashed divine speed.

"Fear the one with wings! Be they wicked or mighty, all tremble before me! My wings carry curses—evil shall not touch me!"

With a chant, his body transformed into light, boosting his speed dramatically.

It was just enough to narrowly evade the Ranbalt Light Bullet. Even so, as the terrifying energy passed close by, cold sweat ran down his back.

Too terrifying! That attack…!

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