I Was Reincarnated with OP Invincibility, so I’ll Beat ’em Up My Way as an Action-Adventurer

162. Offer Them Up

A deafening roar echoes.

Jack-san suddenly slams his fist straight down.

Cracks spread across the floor, and it collapses.

“What on earth are you──!?”

Puzzled, I quickly realize.

“Don’t tell me, Jack-san…”

“Sink…!”

Jack-san rains down a barrage of punches on the floor.

The stone floor shatters explosively, revealing the ground beneath.

The barrage of punches continues, digging deeper and deeper into the ground──.

“I’ll bury you alive at the bottom of the earth. Do you think you can still survive…?”

The bluish-black dragon warrior stares at me.

It sends a chill down my spine.

No attack can touch me.

But if I’m buried deep underground, I’ll eventually run out of air and die.

“Now, sink.”

“It’s no use, Jack-san.”

I calmly declare.

I’ve been waiting for this moment.

The moment Jack-san stops moving and directs his attention to something other than us──this instant.

──[Alter].

──[Void Seal].

I switch the type of defensive skill.

I remove the barrier surrounding us and instead cast a ‘destructive energy nullification’ skill on Jack-san.

The dragon warrior’s entire body is enveloped in a rainbow-colored aura.

“…What!?”

Jack-san’s movements halt.

Even if he punches the ground, he can no longer dig.

A skill that nullifies the target’s destructive power──[Void Seal].

“Now, you can’t destroy anything.”

Until now, Jack-san’s movements were too fast, and I couldn’t find the right moment to use this skill.

The instant Jack-san focused on digging the ground was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for me.

“I see… So this is another way to use your skill.”

Jack-san groans.

“Just stop this already.”

“I… must destroy everything…”

Rejecting my words, the dragon warrior trembles.

A dazzling red light bursts from the cracks in his armor.

As if showing the rising impulse to destroy.

“Jack-san, you fought alongside me before. To protect people. So why are you trying to hurt them now!?”

“Something inside me is saying… destroy everything, annihilate it all…”

“What are you… saying…!?”

As I mutter, I suddenly realize.

The curse left by Levin, who possesses a domination skill.

Sephiria said she had healed it, but it seems it wasn’t completely removed.

Is that what’s corroding Jack-san, driving him out of control──?

“Your defense is impenetrable… but it must have some ‘usage limitations.'”

The ferocious dragon’s face stares at me.

As if seeing through my power.

As if searching for any weaknesses.

“When we fought the demon general before, it was the same… You can’t completely defend every area… Then, there must be a way to break through it…”

“Why are we fighting? Wake up.”

“I’ve been awake for a long time…”

Jack-san declares in a heavy voice.

“…All who bear the taint of demons must be annihilated… And all who interfere with that…”

Is it some kind of brainwashing?

Is the domination left by Levin that powerful?

It might be impossible to stop Jack-san with words.

Then, what should I do──?

“That’s enough, both of you.”

Suddenly, a voice echoes.

A black stain-like thing spreads across the space ahead.

No way, is this…!?

A figure emerges as if seeping out from it.

A blonde beauty dressed in a luxurious rose-colored dress.

Vanessa Millet, a skilled teleporter──.

“That woman from before… What happened to Sephiria, the woman who was with you?”

Jack-san glares at Vanessa-san.

“This uneasy feeling I have… Is it her doing?”

“It was unexpected for me too. What Sephiria did.”

Vanessa-san twists her elegant beauty into a bitter expression.

“Her petty whims and playfulness ruined my plans──but dealing with her can wait. Right now, I need to stop you.”

“If you get in my way, I’ll just destroy you too.”

The dragon’s gaze shifts from me to Vanessa-san.

“I have no intention of fighting you head-on. My abilities aren’t suited for combat.”

Vanessa-san smiles charmingly.

She appears calm, but a faint sweat beads on her cheek.

That’s how much pressure the dragon warrior before her is exuding.

“Before coming here, I saw it. Your goal is to defeat those who bear the taint of demons. And that──refers to those two girls, right?”

Vanessa-san points at Lilith and Alice.

“Us…?”

Lilith bites her lip.

“If they’re the trigger, then offer them up.”

“Huh?”

I stare at her, dumbfounded by her calm declaration.

“If we kill them, Jack-san’s impulse might subside.”

“Th-that’s impossible!”

I can’t help but shout.

Don’t mess with me.

A boiling anger rises from the depths of my chest.

“Otherwise, he won’t stop. You can defend against him with your skill, but you can’t stop him, or in the worst case──you can’t even kill him.”

“Kill him? Don’t be ridiculous.”

I vehemently oppose.

Vanessa-san continues to smile.

But her eyes are terrifyingly cold.

There’s no sense of human compassion in them.

“I’ll stop him myself.”

With all the power granted to me by the goddess.

I will──definitely stop him.