Countless sea urchins floating in the sky.
In the center, a massive triangular pyramid.
Honestly, this is the kind of scene that really makes me want to say "go fight in outer space."
But there's no outer space.
Sorry, folks living in this world.
You guys really tried your best.
Well, with a pervert out there getting all excited about floating things like that, the energy you save up is never going to be enough.
I was wondering how much energy a single sea urchin was hoarding, but with this many of them, a world or two could've already been saved.
In fact, it's honestly impressive this world even managed to survive getting exploited so recklessly.
That's proof of just how hard the inhabitants of this world worked.
Yeah yeah, they worked hard, they worked hard!
...Well, that doesn't change what I'm about to do, though.
"All units, full retreat!"
I issued the retreat order to all departments via telepathy.
Even the vampire girl and the oni guy would struggle against those sea urchins.
If even the Queen couldn't handle a sea urchin without my help, and there are so many floating up there they're not even worth counting, running is the only smart move.
Besides, if I get serious, I might end up catching bystanders in the crossfire.
Mera is excellent when it comes to that.
He'd already pulled the army back before I even gave the retreat order.
I had told him beforehand not to push it if something unexpected happened, but still — the decisiveness was something else.
Withdrawing the moment you sense danger... when you think about it, Mera might genuinely be the best military commander among us.
I secured the reincarnators through the Gastric Acid Sisters.
Dumped them into alternate space.
Two of them had gone off on their own, but I tracked them down and secured them as well.
Good.
Now I can turn this whole area into a battlefield without any worries.
Well then — shall I get serious?
Ugh.
I'd really rather not reveal all my cards, but I don't exactly have a choice here.
While I was steadily making preparations, the tip of the triangular pyramid began to glow.
A Railgun?
It IS a Railgun!
Just as I predicted, in the next instant the light became an ultra-thick laser beam fired straight at me.
Yes yes — emergency ejection into alternate space.
Wriiiight back at yoooou!
The massive laser beam headed my way was sucked into the gate to alternate space that materialized in front of me.
And from the exit of the gate that appeared right next to it, a laser beam shot out heading straight for the triangular pyramid.
Any space user would think of this!
Connecting space and sending a ranged attack right back at the enemy!
The laser they fired themselves struck the triangular pyramid.
But — perhaps unsurprisingly — it seemed the triangular pyramid had a barrier set up, and the laser was deflected with a blinding flash.
Probably a barrier combining anti-magic and reflection?
The laser bounced off the barrier and scattered in all directions.
And wherever those beams landed... the ground was gone.
...The power is insane.
What the hell was that?
The ground at each impact point just disappeared!
They're not craters — they're holes clean through the earth!
Are they trying to physically destroy this planet?
Turns out what I thought was a Railgun was actually something more like a Super Laser Cannon.
How much energy did they burn just to fire one shot?
Good thing I didn't even consider trying to block it head-on.
Nobody could block something like that.
Hmph, but ranged attacks won't work on me!
I'll reflect every last one of them back!
Of course, I'll sink them before they can fire a second shot.
I steal a quick glance at Black.
Black is being escorted away by the oni guy.
Did Black notice my gaze? They looked back, but quickly turned around again and resumed evacuating.
For now, it seems they have no intention of interfering in this battle.
That's fine, but the downside is it means showing my hand.
But when it comes to surviving this without going all out... that'd be tough, honestly.
Well, given enough time it might be possible, but if I took it that slowly, this whole area would be reduced to scorched earth and then some.
*sigh.* Then, let's begin.
Having said that, I myself said goodbye to alternate space.
Heh heh.
No matter how powerful the beam, it can't reach me if it doesn't cross through space!
What's dirty about being a space user?
You can do whatever you want to someone without spatial abilities. Completely one-sided.
Well, that's exactly why spatial ability is essential for a god.
And among gods, I seem to be especially specialized in it.
Now then — shall we lift the lid on the cauldron of hell?
The sky where the triangular pyramid and sea urchins float.
Even higher above, cracks appear in space.
The cracks spread in a web-like pattern, eventually covering the sky above the forest where the elf village lies.
And from those cracks, countless eyes peer down at the ground.
Ten million eyes gazing down upon the earth.
The Gluttonous Evil Eyes of my clones.
The Gluttonous Evil Eyes activated simultaneously by the teeming, writhing clones devoured and scattered the energy of the triangular pyramid and the sea urchins.
Both the triangular pyramid and the sea urchins fired anti-aircraft attacks, but blocked by the web-like spatial barrier, not a single hit reached the clones.
Well, duh — they're cut off by a spatial barrier.
Of course it won't reach them.
Before long, the sea urchins drained of energy began falling from the sky to the ground.
This is my trump card.
I use my spatial abilities to the fullest, hiding countless clones in the alternate space "My Home," and then use the Gluttonous Evil Eyes to drain their energy one-sidedly.
A god is nothing but an ordinary creature once their energy runs out.
The absurd amount of energy that normal creatures could never possess is what makes a god a god — so once you steal that, a god is no longer a god.
This is the combat strategy that I — a newly born, half-baked god — developed to stand against Black.
Actually, this was the only strategy I had.
If I fought Black head-on, I'd definitely lose.
So I had no choice but to thoroughly expand the cards I already had.
Honestly, this is all I can do.
In terms of being a god, you could say I'm barely qualified — there's so little I can actually do.
Even so, this new My Home strategy is something I've continued to refine in order to defeat the superior god, Black.
There's no way something like elf weaponry could break through it.
I check on Black one more time.
Whoa.
They're watching really intently.
Stop it. Don't look.
This is all I can do, so if you see it and come up with a counter, I'm finished.
That's why I didn't want to do this.
Please, for the love of everything, don't come up with a counter!
As I silently prayed for this, every last sea urchin fell to the ground, and finally the triangular pyramid too came crashing down, powerless.