[Chapter 39] gunslinger umu (nods sagely)

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~Time Skip (2 Months)~

[BGM: Show Your Style by Miracle of Sound]

"Sir, you shouldn't." A commanding soldier said as he looked at Alex.

"Why? I'm bored waiting around." The golden-eyed boy said as he gazed down, quickly spotting the enemy tanks. "Also, Nero wants to test her guns."

Behind him, a particular emperor nodded her head. "Umu." She unholstered her twin pistols. "This emperor got bored of waiting around."

"Also, I doubt those bullets will even pierce me," Alex said as a spear that appeared in the air shot down an anti-air missile. "Even those."

The commanding officer looked at the duo. While Alex was wearing white and golden armor, Nero was donning red and green armor.

"Well, let's go in." Alex pulled the red emperor to his chest. "Three, two..." He counted, smiling towards the woman before jumping out of the plane. "...One!"

"WOOHOO!" The blonde emperor shouted with excitement, enjoying the wind touching her face.

An enormous shield appeared beneath the falling couple, radiating a golden aura.

Svalinn, the shield that protects the Earth.

BANG!

The ground trembled as they made contact with it, releasing a shockwave that destroyed eardrums.

Nero quickly escaped from Alex's clutches and spun her guns with her fingers.

"Umu." With a nod, the woman dashed out, leaving the white-haired boy alone.

"Sometimes, violence is the answer." He murmured before a red spear appeared on his hand.

Longinus, the spear that tasted the blood of Christ.

The red spear with two blades suddenly glowed, separating from each other.

One of the spears abruptly vibrated, releasing a bloodthirsty aura.

Then, the other one vibrated as well, releasing a holy aura.

"What a weird weap–" Before he could finish his words, a tank shot at him.

"For fucks sake." He sighed before jumping up above. "Why would you even resist?!" He said with annoyance, kicking the shell down. "It won't tickle even if you threw a nuke!" The bloodthirsty spear in his hand sucked in a dark aura.

The holy spear, however, was thrown back, levitating behind Alex. The red spear then turned silver and multiplied with a wave of white light.

One of the now silver spears shot out, piercing a helicopter up above. The empty area it left behind was quickly filled with another silver spear.

That was the genuine form of the Longinus, the holy spear.

With the red spear in his hands, the boy dashed forward.

SHLING!

A tank that happened to be on the way was brutally pierced, staying stuck to the spear until it got ripped in half from the wind pressure.

BRATATATTATA!

He reached Nero, who was shooting her guns like a machinegun.

The silver spears behind him pointed in different directions before shooting out, piercing several vehicles and soldiers.

Piercing the red spear to the ground, the boy did a 180 turn, feeling the back of Nero touching his.

"Show-off." She said upon seeing the trail of destruction Alex had caused.

"You gotta show your style." He explained his reasoning as the silver spears formed a protective wall around them.

"Good point." The red emperor agreed with him. "Would be pretty cool if those spears got out of my way, though."

"Mhm." Nodding, Alex opened a path for her. "Do you like them?" He asked.

"Yep. These babies are perfect." Nero nodded as she spun her pistols.

"What about accuracy?" He asked further.

"Imperial Privilege." Hearing Nero's answer, Alex suppressed the urge to facepalm.

"Right. Your whole existence is a cheat, isn't it." He chuckled.

"Umu." Nodding at him, the woman dashed out, shooting a few soldiers during the process.

They were immediately melted into a liquid-like substance.

After turning his expression into one of neutrality, Alex thought about what had happened within all those months. (A/N: Info dump ahead.)

After the group photo, he continued to expand his influence throughout the world, many countries joining it.

The opportunity to travel to worlds they thought were fictional was too good of an opportunity to pass up.

Well, he might have had to force some of them, just like what he was doing right now.

Some people just couldn't understand that they didn't have a choice.

BANG!

Kicking the ground, the boy dashed towards the capital.

Moving onto personal matters, nothing serious had happened within these two months.

The conflict between Myrddin and Jeanne was resolved, with both of them coming to an agreement.

Merlin was kicked in the balls by Scathach, every single male Servant (him included) paying respects as a result.

SWOOSH!

Alex cut a car in half, swiftly moving through the buildings.

Artoria didn't act as inhuman as before, thanks to him forcing some sense into her stupid head.

Lastly, the relationship between him and Scathach wasn't as bad now. Good, even.

He didn't understand what had happened, but maybe going along with her 'training' was attractive to her.

Each woman was different. For example, Nero liked him because she thought that only he was worthy of her.

Eresh liked him because he had "saved her," not that he agreed to it. All he did was do some wizard shit, and she appeared in front of him.

BANG!

Stepping hard to the ground, Alex stopped his sprint, his eyes examining the white building in front of him.

"Come out!" He amplified his voice with mana, making sure the man he was searching for heard him.

Yet, all he got in return was a bullet to the head.

"I just went through an army of tanks and helicopters, mostly alone." He took a deep breath to calm his nerves. "Yet you think a bullet will hurt me?"

The silver spears behind him moved to his right side, forming a sea of steel. "I gave you a choice, not a bad one too." They glowed as Alex took a throwing stance, Red Longinus in his hand. "Yet, you refused." The red spear started to release an ominous gas.

"You want to stay in control?" The red gas gathered on the hilt of Red Longinus. "Fine, I hope you will be able to control your next life."

Boosting his senses with mana, the boy used Infinity to teleport every ally and civilian back to a safe distance.

Moving his arm back, the boy threw the red spear towards the white building. 'Longinus!'

The red spear destroyed the sound barrier, the silver spears following behind it. Their formation looked similar to the tip of a lance.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

The white-haired boy watched as everything around him got shrouded with fire.

Not just any fire, but the cursed fire of Red Longinus combined with the holy fire of Silver Longinus.

He didn't know what the fire was exactly, yet he knew that it was powerful.

'I teleported Nero out, thankfully.' He sighed in relief, praising his past self.

Unless Nero somehow cheated death with Imperial Privilege, he doubted that the red emperor could survive the explosion.

Afterward, the golden-eyed boy walked to the middle of the explosion.

After arriving there, he noticed a red spear impaled in the ground, dozens of silver spears around it.

It looked beautiful. Now, if only all of this fire and smoke disappeared.

Grasping the shaft of the red spear, he pulled it out of the dirt. Surprisingly, not a single piece of filth was on the weapoın.

Feeling his connection to the silver spears returning, the boy smiled. "Your job is done." He commanded the spears to fuse again.

With a barely noticeable vibration, the silver and the red spears fused back, becoming the Longinus.

Then, he put the red spear back into his soul, teleporting out of the blast afterward.

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"That's a lot of destruction," Alex said after noticing the giant mushroom cloud that formed at the place he was on.

"Well, I don't want a huge fire and radiation on farmable land." And, just like that, he teleported the explosion to outer space.

Then, he used [Brahma] to fix the land, giving it a boost. "That should do it." Smiling, the boy teleported to a particular emperor of roses' side.

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The first thing that the boy heard was Nero explaining their trip to the others.

"Of course, this glorious emperor charged headfirst into the battle." And praising herself.

'Classic Nero.' Nodding at himself, Alex walked behind the unsuspecting emperor.

Just like that, the duo conquered the last country that opposed their rule.

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gunslinger umu.

Good night.