That time I failed as an Author and got reincarnated in Tensura

Chapter 87: Emergence of True malice

3rd Pov

Zegion...an insectar shaped like a beetle, he is a warrior who descends directly from Ivarage.

But after a tragic incident, he had to flee from his own kind...at the door of death, injured and having someone to protect.

He met Rimuru who gave him a name, a home and a new purpose in life.

The unofficially strongest guardian lord, Zegion...trained by Veldora, his body reinforced by Rimuru (Ciel) and blessed with a soul sourcing from destruction itself.

Now facing a powerful being in a real fighting situation for the first time, the insectar backed by two of his colleagues along with the spirit queen met the most prominent blade of heaven.

Dino : To think some cryptid made themself home in Tempest, your bloodline is pure as well.

Narrowing his eyes, he briefly analysed Zegion...then Apito and Kumara, the three of them were powerful.

Enough to even shake off any primordial...and with Ramiris who can act as a support, not many would be capable of even walking out of here alive.

Yet Dino barely felt a hint of anxiety brush his skin, his external facial expression remained calm and cold...if not harsher.

He had completely ignored his own friend's downfall and focused on the battle ahead...his fist clenched around Excalibur and Caliburn's handle.

In a swift movement, the sound of a blade meeting steel echoed fashionably through the labyrinth.

Zegion : You intruder must be eliminated.

Cryptid against angel, it is a fight which stands from equal fraction...the creation of Veldanava against Ivarage's.

As the fight began, Ramiris quickly got up and relinked herself with the Labyrinth...gaining her full authority back, she remodelled the floor they were in to isolate it.

After realizing that she won't be able to influence Dino as much as she thought...this wasn't a world like imaginary space where she would reign as a supreme god after all.

Ramiris : Be careful everyone ! Dino is much stronger than any of us individually right now !

Her words brought a sense of unease to Apito, still they had the advantage in number.

With Kumara using her elemental power at a safe distance, Apito's sneak attack on blind spot, Zegion's close combat, his remarkable toughness managed to resist and repel the two mystical blades.

Dino was left with no time to even breathe, he naturally didn't need it but his brain had to work constantly to evade and counter each offense.

His two arms moved around irregularly, a flash of his swordsmanship soared along the wave of his blades.

Even so, he still held his ground against three, his eyes even took the liberty of surveilling Ramiris who constantly healed the three cryptids.

Dino : (She can't use a skill capable of damaging me...if she did, i'll just take one of those damn beasts as a collateral shield.)

A cold thought was processed, his pupils shrinking viciously before shifting right and left, up and down.

Taking every factor in account, he twisted his wrist...allowing his blade to fly past Zegion's head, Dino used the th gap to shift his position to behind the insectar.

Zegion : Where do you think you are goi-huh ?

He tried to turn around, continue the chase but couldn't...his shoulder in axis to his turn was blocked by Dino's elbow.