Ultimate antihero 3 th.., p.1
Ultimate Antihero 3 – The Eastern Grand Subjugation,
p.1
Ultimate Antihero 3 – The Eastern Grand Subjugation
Written by Riku Misora
Translated by bakapervert
Illustrations by Nardack
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Prologue
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Race, religion, ideology… with the calamity that the
At the center of the capital of such zealous believers of the
St. Peter’s Basilica.
As the headquarters of the
It was once a flourishing and splendid church as a sightseeing spot, but right now the general public was forbidden to enter as it was now a government facility, a solemn silence spread out even when the sun was high in the sky.
However, that church which was usually didn’t have people coming and going to it, unusually had a visitor today.
Amidst the silence that made one feel the solemnity, there were three people walking with loud footsteps,
The president of America Joseph Franklin.
Britain’s prime minister Leti Cline.
And then the secretary general of China Republic Union Wan Tairon.
“By the way have you heard both of you? About the details of that fairy uproar.”
A great man with his body wrapped in a dazzling white suit, Wan Tairon talked to the other two walking with him inside the church with a hoarse unpleasant voice.
The stylish man with brilliant blonde hair and sparkling white teeth, Joseph Franklin returned a nod.
“It’s the story about how the
“Right, that’s the one. That gramps kept it secret even to us who were in that place and moved as he pleased. Do you know? That guy Alfaro, his ass got dug up by
Towards Tairon who guffawed loudly from the ineptitude of the
“However it’s incomprehensible.
“That’s probably because of the power of that Onjouji girl. That girl was on the actual scene at that time, so she should be able to calculate accurately the coordinates. And then even transmitting that information to the
Leti knitted her eyebrows toward this answer of Joseph and exposed a discomfort.
“…For a human that can attack us no matter where we are in the world if he feels like it to exist. How aggravating that is.”
There was an existence that threatened the life of them who had become the leaders of the world which had overcome the great calamity brought by Typhon.
It was a matter that was hard to tolerate.
In this, Joseph also showed his consent.
“Really. However…――that too is only until today.”
Joseph removed his gaze from Leti and raised his face.
What was reflected in his eye was the Gloria(golden angels) that shined from receiving the sunlight shining in from the skylight.
The innermost place of St. Peter’s Basilica, Cathedra Petri(Throne of Saint Peter).
Joseph stood in front of the throne and touched a part of the throne’s pedestal with his hand.
Instantly, the spot that he touched became a cube block and sunk inside with a thump, with a sound of motion the floor under the pedestal of the throne slid aside.
A stair that continued down was revealed.
Ahead of that stair was the place that these three were heading for.
The sanctuary where their messiah was sleeping.
Correct. They were not gathering in this place today by accident.
The thorn in the side of the
In order to oppose the abominable
The
(Just how long we have waited impatiently for this day?)
While descending down the dark lengthy stairs, Joseph listened to the throbbing of his own heart.
Until now the
If he felt like it then it was possible for him to exterminate the
If he didn’t exist, then whether it was government or even the human race, it couldn’t be preserved.
As it were, they were in a situation of dependence towards Homura.
But, with the awakening of the
According to Innocentius who took command of this plan, the power of
In other words as long as they just have the
They could kill him and grasp the real power of this world for real.
That could be said to be exactly the dearest wish of they, the
It could be said that it was only obvious for his heart to throb hard like this.
And then when they reached the deepest part of the underground sanctuary, that throbbing reached its peak.
In the middle of a small hall without lighting.
Cables and pipes of various sizes were stretching out from the surrounding walls that were filled to the brim with machinery, towards a cylinder shaped water tank.
Inside the nutrition liquid filling the tank that was emitting luminescence like a firefly, the figure of their hope possessing a pair of wings was visible.
“…So this boy, is the
“What a beautiful boy…”
Joseph, Leti and then Tairon, those three were astonished from the boy’s shapely modeling.
It was absolutely beautiful.
A sacredness that surpassed gender which made one felt like that was gifted to that boy.
However――Tairon suddenly noticed when he was looking above.
“Oi, ain’t his eyes opened there. He had woken up already?”
Correct. The eyes of the boy inside the water tank had already opened when the three of them arrived.
Tairon showed his discomfort of this.
The awakening of the messiah would be performed in a place where all members of the
That was the promise.
But this discomfort was denied by the person approaching them from inside the darkness.
“Don’t worry. He is awake physically, but that’s all. Only his eyes are opened. There is nothing reflected in it, he is not thinking of anything. At the present he is nothing more but an empty vessel.”
The one who appeared from the darkness was a thin man that gave an impression of a crafty snake.
He arrived in this place earlier than the three, the supreme ruler of Soviet, Gregorio Rasputin.
“Empty vessel you said?”
“Affirmative. A flesh vessel created from the blood of an angel collected from this holy relic. By making the soul of the
“Or rather I think something regarding this procedure had been explained before this, but I wonder if you are forgetting something this important?”
Tairon spouted out with a loathsome expression towards Leti who was pointing that out in scorn.
“Shu, shut your trap……! Just who was gonna remember all that trivial details one by one!”
And then he kicked at the pedestal of the water tank
defiantly and said.
“What’s more important than that, is whether this guy is really usable or not. If this guy cannot win against that brat(
Tairon threw his question at Gregorio, but the one who answered that question was not Gregorio.
“A needless worry, Wan Tairon.”
Showing his appearance next after Gregorio from the darkness was an old man wearing white priest’s robe with a long beard, pope Innocentius XVII, he was the one who answered.
“Your grace……!”
“The divinity rank of angel
Using the defective human flesh that only possessed lowly soul rank, an angel’s power couldn’t be fully manifested by possession.
No matter how excellent the software was, but if the hardware’s ability was low, it was only natural for the hardware to be unable to move in satisfaction.
However, the artificial messiah floating inside this water tank was made with the DNA that was recovered from a holy relic as the base, going through several procedures――an authentic flesh body of an angel.
If this was used as the hardware, then the software that was an
“No matter how powerful the
“ “ “…………-!” ” ”
Listening to that command from Innocentius, the expression of the three other than Tairon increasingly turned serious and they scattered to the five pedestals around the water tank.
“Chih-. I ain’t gonna accept it if what comes out is just a small fry.”
Tairon was a violent man, but at the same time he was a cunning man.
For the sake of their current selves to oppose the
There was no other way than to borrow the power of heaven… a god different than the evil god.
Because he understood that, he moved on top of a pedestal even while making a threat.
After that, Innocentius moved to the designated location for the last――
――And that was started.
{Look, he arrives embarking in lightning.
The people that stabbed him will look up to him.
Everyone of all races above the earth will also be touched and lament due to him.
Aah, god.
Thy art the now, thy art the past, the person who should come before long, the principal god the almighty who commands.
I am the beginning(Alpha), I am the end(Omega) ――}
The
It was the letter of prophecy that was recorded at the end of the New Testament. (TN: Don’t know which one it was, tell me if anybody know. Though maybe I’ll just stick to my crappy translation. I’m gonna get too scared to copy a bible verse for LN like this.)
It was the words of Johannes’ Revelation.
It was the warning about the prophesied destruction of everything that was expected to come in the future.
And then――it was the elucidation of power that came from heaven in salvation from the destruction……!
{Holiness, holiness, holiness. The almighty principal god.
Thy art the now, thy art the past, the person who should come before long――}
{The day that should come, the seven envoys carrying the seven trumpets, they prepared to blow those.
The first envoy played the trumpet loudly.
Thereupon, hails and fire mixed in blood appeared, raining down on earth.
A third of the earth was burned, a third of the trees were burned, even all the green grasses were burned to ash.}
{The second envoy played the trumpet loudly.
Thereupon, something like a large mountain burning in flame, was thrown into the sea.
A third of the sea became blood, a third of living beings which grow in the sea died, a third of ships were wrecked.}
To sum it up it was a revelation of salvation.
Reading that out loud, singing it, they wished for the fulfillment of the great lord’s promise.
The promise was etched on the book, their sound scale was a concealed voice that was not a voice.
This Revelation itself was a ritual prayer, for the gate that separated between sky and earth, between salvation and destruction, and then between the world of man that was heading to ruin and the heaven, to open.
{The word of prophecy of this book cannot be sealed. Because the time is nearing.
The immoral person will carry out even further immorality, corrupted person will carry out even further corruption.
Righteous person will carry out even further righteousness, sacred person will carry out even further sacredness as it is.
I will soon come. Carrying retribution in one hand, I will recompense according to each one’s deed.}
{I am α, I am ω. The beginning, and the end.}
The ritual prayer went through the several brass resonance tube from deep underground, being amplified, being magnified, rising up to aim at the exactly highest place right now at the skylight of St. Peter’s Basilica.
For the sake of reaching the ear of the lord that was right there beyond even the stars and nearer than even the neighbor.
And then as the ritual prayer progressed, the flesh of angel inside the water tank began to shine gold.
*throb*, *throb*, like that, quickening that was like the rumblings of the ground hit everyone’s earlobes from inside the reinforced acrylic glass.
Before long not only the air but the earth also shook.
The machinery overheated one after another and shutdown.
The many clusters of cable squirmed while scattering sparks.
From the pedestals that were directly connected to five dragon veins, wind of ether(magic power) to the level that it could be confirmed by sight blew violently.
And then finally――
{ { {Aah lord, come! So that blessing will be together with all of us!} } }
The moment the ending of the ritual prayer was spoken.
With the flesh of angel as the center, an explosion of sound and light and magic power occurred.
The hall was overflowing with blinding light, everything, even color and sound were blown away.
And then, that destruction passed away, finally the eyelids of the five people were raised… what was there was,
A smashed up… empty water tank was the only thing that remained.
“Wha, e, eee!?”
“O, oi, what happened!? There ain’t nothing there!”
“Don’t tell me, it exploded to pieces just now……”
Leti, Joseph, and Tairon’s faces paled from the sight in front of their eyes and fell into confusion.
That was only natural.
The messiah that would descend from this ceremony was their only trump card.
For that trump card to explode into pieces… it was not a good situation by any means.
But――it was a needless worry.
The reason was,
“No. ……Above.”
Gregorio that was relatively calm among the members lifted his head.
Right above the smashed up water tank, there was a large hole gouged out.
That hole bore through the bedrock that had several layers and passed through the sanctuary.
