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

53. Deliver

Until I received a skill from the goddess, I led an ordinary student life.

I thought I would attend school, graduate, and get a job just like everyone else around me.

I had no special goals or dreams.

A plain, ordinary, modest, and peaceful life.

I wasn’t dissatisfied with it.

I thought it would be a good life.

But now──.

After meeting Lilith and Alice, and being influenced by them, I developed a strong desire to ‘protect people’.

With the power I obtained, I could accomplish that──.

That’s why I became an adventurer.

Therefore── I am.

Above me, Gregorio’s red light sphere was attacking Lilith.

It was a divine essence light sphere, fatal upon touch.

“Lilith!”

I shouted.

In an instant, memories from our time together flashed through my mind like a revolving lantern.

Her resolute expression when we fought together.

Her shy face at celebrations.

Her bashful smile.

Her embarrassed demeanor when we stumbled upon each other changing.

I don’t want to lose her.

I won’t let her be killed.

My skill exists for that──.

To protect people!

──Thump!

My heartbeat intensified again.

My whole body felt hot.

My blood seemed to boil.

Since confronting Gregorio, that sensation had been growing stronger.

Now, I clearly understood.

The ‘power’ within me was resonating with his ‘power’.

They called to each other, echoed, and sought to awaken even greater ‘power’──.

What I couldn’t do before, I might be able to do now.

No, I will do it.

To protect the person I cherish.

More vividly.

Bring it forth.

Manifest it.

My power──.

“Deliver!”

I thrust out my right hand.

Naturally.

No reasoning or basis.

But I had an inexplicable certainty.

I could use this ‘power’ now.

I could use a more powerful skill than before.

“Deliverrrrrrrrrr!”

I shouted, and at that moment.

──Suddenly, something appeared before my eyes.

An endlessly vast white space.

At its center was a temple.

Half-consciously, I stepped into that temple.

As I walked through the internal corridor, dazzling light overflowed.

Simultaneously, countless images emerged.

Angels soaring through the void.

A gem shining in rainbow colors.

A whirl of light.

A radiant dome.

A pure white shield.

Expanding wings.

A beautiful iridescent flash.

A multitude of images rushed through my mind.

“Ugh… ooooo… oooooooh… ooooooooh…!”

I groaned in pain.

My brain was overloaded, and my head felt like it was burning out.

Even so, I continued to let the images flow.

To protect Lilith.

To shape the power, to materialize it.

A moment later, my vision switched back.

To the original tower interior.

A dazzling light burst before me.

What appeared── was a ten-winged angel insignia.

“──Go.”

I quietly commanded.

The angel insignia transformed into a brilliantly colored light sphere──.

And flew to the upper floor.

“Huh…!?”

Lilith and Gregorio both exclaimed in surprise.

A fierce spark scattered before her eyes.

The light sphere of Gregorio, which couldn’t be stopped by either physical or magical means, was intercepted by my light sphere.

“W-What is… that…!?”

“The fifth form──”

I quietly said to the astonished Gregorio.

“[Wing Sphere].”

A defense skill that could move to any location and activate there.

So to speak── a ‘remote defense’ skill.

The defense skill [Armor Phase] deployed before Lilith continued to intercept the red light sphere until it eventually disappeared.

“…Tch, so you can even project skills.”

Gregorio clicked his tongue in frustration.

Then he glared down at me.

“But don’t think you’ve won. All you can do is ‘defend’. No matter how much you block, it doesn’t hurt me at all!”

“No, this ends it.”

I looked up at Gregorio coldly.

I could feel something dark and murky spreading within my chest.

Is this── anger?

Hostility?

No, it’s different.

Now, I felt the same emotion as him.

A clear── intent to kill.

To protect Lilith.

“Spout all you want! I still have plenty of shots left!”

A pattern gleamed in Gregorio’s right eye.

“Both your skill and mine have grown stronger. Ten, twenty── I can shoot as many as I want. I’ll keep shooting and shooting and kill you── [Reload]!”

Ten light spheres appeared around him.

“I’ll kill your comrades first! Even if you can project skills, can you defend against this many── try if you can!”

Frustrated by having his attack blocked, he seemed completely enraged.

Indeed, even if I could now control the skill remotely, I wasn’t sure if I could block all ten simultaneously.

If I failed to block even one── if even one touched Lilith, she would die.

But I spoke calmly.

“I told you. This is the end.”

Yes, everything ends here.

With this──.

“Scatter and fly, [Bullet]!”

Gregorio launched all ten light spheres at once.

──Fly.

I willed again.

Simultaneously, a rainbow glow enveloped Gregorio’s body.

[Armor Phase]── a skill that reflects all attacks.

“What the hell is this!?”

He shouted in frustration as the ten light spheres he fired rebounded and struck him.

“Huh…!?”

A stunned voice.

In this narrow space, at this precise moment…… he had no way to evade.

“A… ga…”

Gregorio collapsed with a small groan.

“The power to ‘kill’ anyone it touches── even you weren’t an exception.”

I coldly stated.

Coldly, I stated.