YGDA Ch 51

Chapter 51 – The Silver War God


Translator: Erothur
Editor: Deus ex-Machina


Author notes: Warning! For this chapter, read it with your favorite execution BGM.
When the author writes this chapter, the execution theme that he use for the BGM is the Battle Knight Blazer from Wild Arms 2.
Eros notes: Author, you are so savage lol. In my mind, an execution song is definitely Sephiroth FF7 theme song.
Editor: Ok, try playing Yorozuya Blues while reading this

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[GRUOOOOOOO!!]


The black miasma akin to the darkness that swallows everything condensed together and took the form of a dragon.
From being in a gaseous state, it formed a body that with substance.
A dragon clad in ominous looking miasma and scales that were as if dirtied with mud appeared there.
Just as the dragon said itself, it really still hadn’t had enough time to recover his body. Foul smell was coming  from the rotten flesh in several places all over it’s decomposing body. Its appearance was the mainstream concept of an undead dragon.


[…… EVEN WITHOUT A COMPLETE BODY, I STILL CAN ERASE YOU EASILY……!]
“Hmm, an undead dragon eh? I see, so that must be why this thing can only say boring jokes like that”
[…… I DARE YOU TO SAY THAT AGAIN……]
“It seems you are still unaware just [who] it is standing in front of you. No wonder your nose is all rotten. Even your senses are all dull. If you don’t try recovering your body and run away quickly instead, there still might be some ways for you to survive ---- but well, I don’t intend on letting you run though”
[……DON’T BE SO COCKY…… YOU PUNY LIVING BEING……!]


Seeing Renya act all calm and composed before him, enraged Niezgund. The evil dragon then swung down its gigantic claw that could easily crush anything the size of a human. It was  literally a showdown between someone who looking down and someone looking up.


The dragon sought respect befitting its high station and it should have been right but...


But Renya easily repelled Niezgund’s gigantic claw with his right hand. Seeing how his giant claw got repelled by a human’s thin hand, for the first time, Niezgund started to wonder what kind of being was standing before him.
The evil dragon felt that it has a higher point of view, higher physical strength, and higher rank of existence when compared to the puny being in front of him.
Niezgund kept on believing that,but finally, it started to wonder whether his judgement is wrong.
Renya and the evil dragon stood still  at their respective positions.
Renya was looking up while the evil dragon was looking down. Those postures remained unchanged as well.
Yet Niezgund actually felt that the one being looked down upon was actually itself.


[…… WHAT THE……?]
“Weak, just too weak. Elvira’s attack when we  first met was  even stronger than that”


From his body, Renya’s divine powers were released like a typhoon. From within Renya standing at the eye of the storm, his divine powers was overflowing much that it consequently disrupts the physical laws around him.


“You were just freed from the seal that imprison you, and you don’t have a clear information about the changes in the world nor your own condition. From your long slumber, time had flown too long and everything in this world had left you behind. Yet, you think that you are still at the top of all beings and only thinking of slaying your own race. You say ‘Aren’t you getting carried away?’ but that’s my line. I don’t really like acting this way you know but well ---- Who the fxck do you think you are Evil Dragon!?”


Renya isn’t really fond of using words to express contempt for his enemies, but of course there are some exceptions.
And that exception is the time when he feels the need to show his fortitude as a god.
Times when his enemy is looking down on his dignity as a god or the times when his family and friends would meet harm, Under those circumstances, he will definitely stands and fight.
And then ---- the matter that he prioritizes the most is…
When he doesn’t need to do anything else besides extermination. He will act like this when he judges his enemies are unworthy of his compassion.
He would act as a war god who won’t give his mercy or compassion.


“You just gave me the perfect opportunity to test out my new authority. Repent! All the choices that you took are wrong!”


Renya’s whole body suddenly began to shine.
The divine power overflowing from his body started to construct an unclear figure.
It was just like how Niezgund mysteriously reconstructed his own body with his evil miasma, Renya’s divine power also knitted itself into a figure.


“I, clad in my god’s garment, will bring forth my authority as a god! Godly Transformation!”
(Eros: The Japanese is kinda neat. God’s garment is read as kamui and the authority as a god also read as kamui. And he also does a henshin or morphing scene like those of kamen rider but instead of the normal henshin [変身] or [metamorphose], he used henshin [転神] which from the kanji mean [transforming into a god] and for the English… I’ve tried orz)
(Editor: Fucking chuuni author played with words.)


The flickering light transformed into a suit of armor.
The emitted light transformed into authority.
Those two meld into one ---- within the body of this god.
It was a silver full body armor that has a faint streak of blue decorating it.
It was not a full plate armor type that covers his whole body, it only covers his chest, forearms, legs, and other places that is deemed important for protection. It was classified as a light armor equipment type which design emphasis more on mobility rather than protection.

Besides the armor, another great change that happened in Renya’s body is that, his hair had turned silver and shining bright from reflecting the lights around.
That hair color is the hair color of the previous war god, and also Floria’s hair color. With this transformation, it shows that Renya had made another step closer to godhood.

A red muffler is wrapped around his neck and is fluttering away from the blowing wind.
On top of a tall slim pillar.
Or on the edge of a steep cliff.
With his look after transformation, those are the best places for him to stand as he look down upon everything underneath him while crossing his arms, standing tall and firm.


“This [armor] and [authority] is the [divine armament] that is meant to help even the inexperienced me to achieve victory in fighting!”


This is exactly Renya’s new authority that was granted to him by the thunder god Alberg.
Renya is yet able to wield his full power as a god except when he is inside the god’s realm. His body has not evolved enough as a god to enable him to wield his divine power to its full potential. But when he is in the god’s realm, the environment helps to support his body, enabling him in using his full potential. And all that supportive abilities that the god’s realm has are all manifested into this armor.

He took a glance to his armor covered body and gave a nod of satisfaction.


(So it becomes like this eh? In the end, this is the only image that I have when I heard what kind of authority it was)


In truth, when Renya heard the explanation of his new authority from Alberg that day, the only thing that appeared in his mind was only about those tokusatsu heroes who turned into a giant of light to fight against those giant monsters from space back in earth.
Or those heroes who receive remodeling operation enabling them to transform into masked riders.
Or the group of heroes who morph into different colored rangers and combine their weapon into one to defeat the threat of calamity from outer space.
(Eros: Tokusatsu: life action hero movies with lots of special effects ie: Ultraman, masked rider, and power rangers)
Whoever he is, as long as they are a guy, they would always have a special kind of feeling towards the word transformation.
And Renya is not an exception to that. It can be said that his actual motivation was not to subjugate the Evil Dragon in front of him but to try out this new authority of his. Looking at his own self right now, even when he has become a war god, he still screams out loud like a young boy inside his heart.

Feeling the burst of divine power in the air getting stronger with his own skin, Niezgund finally started to realize just what kind of being was standing in front of him.


[…… AUTHORITY…… YOU SAID?...... YOU BASTARD…… DON’T TELL ME……]


It was a low terrifying grumble sound like usual, but this time, the color of fear and unrest clearly mixed in with it. Renya can only sigh in his heart ‘so you realize just now?’. He looked at the evil dragon with a pitying gaze and whispered:


“So you finally realize just what kind of [being] I am? But too late. If you want to blame someone then blame that retard who unsealed you because he tried to put his dirty paw on my Elvira!”


Because if it was not for him making this mess, then there would be no reason in particular for Renya to visit the dragon’s village. Or maybe if he doesn’t have his fateful encounter with Elvira and fell in love with her then Niezgund might safely revive from his sealed condition. All of those chance encounters stacks up and bring misfortune to Niezgund which make it seems pitiful, but even so, Renya don’t intent to give any mercy to it.
Because this fool of a dragon had also tried to put it’s dirty paw on Elvira, that offense is only punishable by death.


“Silver War God, Renya Eastle. As of now, I will become the blade which will slay the evil dragon!”




Renya release a strong killing intent and pressure from all over his body. His cold gaze towards the evil dragon showed a strong glint of his resolve to kill.
The evil dragon was overpowered by Renya’s aura and unintentionally took a step back. A giant dragon like itself, a being that stand atop other living beings in this world, actually felt fear from a being that doesn’t even have half its size and actually took a step back.. Niezgund is bewildered by the unintentional action that it took.
Renya lift his left hand in front of him and with that, a part of his gauntlet slide aside automatically. And what appears from inside is a sword’s handle.
He then grabbed the handle with his right hand and pulled it out as if pulling it out from its scabbard. And then a sword appeared in his right hand.

It was the raging tempest god’s dragon slaying sword, the ‘Ame no Habakiri’.

It was the dragon slaying sword that he used when dueling Elvira the first time they met.
Actually, he can manifest his divine armaments by just willing it to appear out of thin air but now, he summoned it by doing a series of cool pose instead. The reason behind it was actually to taunt Niezgund even more by giving him a show of his strength. Well, we all know that it was actually just Renya wanted to act cool.
Having weapons hidden inside a secret compartment inside his armor and showing off his enemies how he drew out those weapons, that actions really tickles Renya’s fanboy heart and he also thought that this pose was really matched for his image as the war god who mainly uses divine armaments.

Feeling pleased with his action, he calmly readied his sword and silently moves one step forward.


[……… WHA……… JUST WHAT IS THAT……!]
“This? This is a sword that has a similar power as you, the power of a [dragon slayer]. So, how does it feel having the menace that you usually point toward your own brethren now to be pointed at yourself now?”


Just one sword. Because Renya held this one sword in his hand, his dangerous aura rose up by many folds that it finally made Niezgund realize just how menacing the opponent standing before it actually was.
It then tried to overwhelm Renya back with the pressure from its noxious miasma and its natural oppression aura as a dragon but he just simply stood unaffected by it.
In exchange, even with just a simple one step forward from Renya, Niezgund feel like getting an invisible giant blade pointed at its neck and ready to sever its life anytime.
Niezgund finally starts regretting its action.
It blamed itself for not realizing how his senses got dulled after being sealed for so long.
Because if it realized it, it might be able to detect this menacing threat faster and might not opted to open hostility with it.
Why, Why, Why!? That is what filled its brain now.
As the silver war god approached it closer, the evil dragon is getting drown deeper and even deeper in its own regret.
Renya of course couldn’t read a dragon’s expression. But even so, as a war god, he can still read the emotion and the subtle feelings of his opponents. And what he can currently feel from Niezgund is that it got frozen from fear as if a frog being glared at by a snake. When the evil dragon lost its absolute confidence for its own bloodline and power, the position of the two had already been decided at that moment.
Its fang and claws had psychologically broken. Against this dragon who had felt the sense of absolute loss, Renya heartlessly announced his judgment.


“Your next sleep will be for eternity ---- if there is a next life, then live the next with a better way of life choices!”
[UUUOOOOOOOO!!! I WON’T LET YOU! I WON’T LET YOU KILL ME EASILY!!!]


With a do or die resolution, Niezgund let out a heart rending howl in desperation to struggle against this inescapable fate.
Maybe the evil dragon acts this way because it still has its last shred of pride as a dragon. Even when the death god’s scythe approached it closer and closer and it definitely couldn’t do anything to defy it, it still refused to obediently die without giving resistance.
Even under the absolute despair, the evil dragon still refused to let go of its pride as a dragon until the very last of its breath. Seeing the evil dragon’s reaction, Renya felt that it deserves a praise for that.
Whatever one’s race is, their heart would definitely get swallowed by the darkness under this kind of absolute despair situation. And those who refused to succumb to the despair and still chose to give out one last struggle are in the rarity.

After giving out the howl to rouse itself from its own fear, Niezgund immediately acts out. It then charged forward with its open giant mouth to swallow and crunch Renya inside. But Renya returned fire by doing an uppercut with his bare handed left hand aimed at the evil dragon’s chin. A counter attack! This uppercut counter might seem casual but even with only that, the evil dragon’s head bent up in an exaggerated position from receiving the blow. Renya’s face is the very picture of calm and serene condition on the surface but he is actually very surprised with the power of his own punch.
He already knew that theoretically, in his current state, his body strength is amplified by many folds but even he didn’t expect it to be this much. So this is how it feels to have a complete godly body, as Renya came to an understanding while he immobilize Niezgund who unyieldingly still tried to struggle despite just receiving a painful counter.
Renya immobilized the evil dragon with the familiar black rope. Yes, that godlike apprehension tool which he also used against Elvira.
The evil dragon got strangled by the [Night Crucifixion] and strained, unable to move. Renya still has the Ame no Habakiri in his hand yet he also uses Night Crucifixion at the same time. He uses [two] divine armaments [simultaneously].

Renya is surprised how smooth the process became that he can also use both with ease.
He felt good from having his power rise but he also remonstrated himself not to be carried away by the almighty feeling that he got.
Be passionate with power, be greedy for power, yet at the same time, don’t get drowned in it or get haughty because of it.
It was his oath when he first ascended to godhood. And with his resolution refreshed anew, he unleashed his new power to the world.


“Dual Liberation!”


At that instant, a crimson flare that could even scorch the dragon skin to ash, and intense lightning that could even pierce through the dragon flesh struck Niezgund hard at the same time. Niezgund whose freedom of movement had been robbed can only scream in anguish from getting its flesh destroyed under the war god’s tyrannical power.Such crude use of brute force of using simultaneous divine armaments is possible now for Renya who is in the almost perfect god body condition from using the silver armor.
Usually in his normal condition, even if he concentrate hard for it, it will still be difficult for him to use multiple divine armaments simultaneously like this. The Renya now is just the very picture of the divine punisher avatar that had descended to the mortal plane.
If it was just destroying an opponent, then there are no one that can do it better than the war god. It was his main stage to shine after all.

Niezgund already couldn’t exert anymore power and just laid there on the ground. Renya kept his calm walking pace since the start, and finally reached Niezgund’s powerless head.
No more words were needed. Just like what Renya said before, this evil dragon had made many wrong choices since the start.
It had failed to see through Renya’s true power as a god and it was over-confident with his strength, thinking that there are no other being, even the dragons in the village, that can be a threat for it so the evil dragon took its sweet time reviving.
It was too proud of being a dragon that stood atop other beings and neglected information gathering even when that time is very crucial for the evil dragon to plan for every kind of scenario that might arise after it regained its freedom. And the reward for the evil dragon for its carelessness is not a re-sealment but a complete destruction of its existence. The evil dragon’s fate has been sealed as many bad choices piled up one after another.

Renya swung down his sword to Niezgund like as if to blow away the air polluted with the evil dragon’s miasma along with its source.
A flash of sword arc danced in the air. And in that instant, everything was already over.
Living up to its name, with a swing from the raging tempest god’s dragon slayer sword, it let out a stream of refreshing wind that purified the surrounding air while the dragon slaying power cleanly severed off Niezgund’s head.
At that moment, the evil dragon’s body turned into black ash and blown away by the wind.

After a long slumber, what awaited for the evil dragon when it awoken at last was actually its ultimate demise.
The majesty of the evil dragon’s horrible legend which has been passed through the generations of the dragon kin had left behind nothing in its demise. And all that leads to its demise was just because a war god is by chance having a relationship with the village it got sealed in.
After beating his enemy with ease, Renya is saying something towards the deceased once again.


“A dragon that has an evil nature would bring great disaster in the world. Your existence itself is already a death flag for many other beings. However, I am ----- the god that is famous for breaking any kinds of flag”


Even if Niezgund were to hear that, it is unclear whether that evil dragon would understand what Renya meant by that.
Renya then looked up to the sky. It was a clear weather without any speck of cloud like it was giving its blessing to the coming peace in the village.

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Author notes: Transformation is a good stuff right? …… (In trance)
Eros notes: This. chapter. is. hard. orz. Damned author getting high with himself lol.