>>5334959“Do not engage, I repeat; Do NOT Engage!” you call down to them as they all rush about, preparing for taking another Explosion. They all stop as they see you flying overhead, you quickly taking command. “We will handle this, everyone remain on standby!”
You then fly down over your crystal wall, seeing the same cloaked figure standing there alone and landing on the ground outside the fortress. Megumin almost leaps from your arms the moment you step down, passing you your staff as she steps forward.
“Wolbach!” Megumin declares, the woman starting and turning her gaze from the wall towards your wife. “My name is Megumin, she who will one day master Explosions! And I have come to stop you.”
“You....Did the two of you do this?” she asks, almost sounding offended as she gestures to the wall you'd built. So you step forward, activating your staff and creating the usual scythe blade from its end. “You. Do you understand what you've done? You undid weeks of hard work! I've been out here using Explosion every single day, and you wasted it all! Now I have to start all over!”
“You don't have to worry about that. Because today is the day I prove that I've surpassed you.” Megumin declares, reaching up and tossing her eye patch aside, crimson eyes glowing. “I challenge you to a duel of Explosions, Dark God Wolbach!”
“Hmm. Very well.” she declares, tossing her cloak aside to reveal the woman's figure. And she's prepared for battle, drawing a small wand from a holster at her right side with a small blood-red gem in the tip, matching the one embedded in the goddess's forehead. Which reminds you of Raven honestly, and you wonder if there's any sort of connection there? “I am Wolbach, Goddess of Violence and Sloth. And upon my name, I shall not lose!”
As she makes her declaration, a flame-like aura suddenly blazes up around her body. You can't sense anything different from her, but the pressure she's suddenly exerting feels all too familiar. You'd felt the same aura next to the former Time Patroller Ace when he went Super Saiyan God, and to a lesser extent that slimy Kai Kars who'd stopped you from killing that worthless god. Looks like she is ready to do battle.
