Seiya - Crossed Thanatos Regeneration

Despite my relief, Seiya is looking at the bisected God of Death with a piercing glare.

“Rista, what are you doing? Create a gate.”

“Huh? B-but—”

“Now. Create one and open it.”

“O-okay.”

When I finally create a gate and open it, Thanatos’s severed torso slowly rises into the air before his lower half instantly regenerates. To make matters even more surprising, his severed lower body creates a new upper body as well.

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After  sliding  in  range  of  Thanatos,  Adenela  swings  her  sword,  creating afterimages of the blade just like Seiya’s Double Eternal Sword or maybe even greater! Adenela repeatedly slashes his body in the blink of an eye.

Whoa...!  I  guess  that’s  the  real  thing  for  you!  Her  speed  and  power  are incredible!

But  each  slash  splits  Thanatos  into  another  monster.  Two  bodies  becomefour. Four bodies become eight. Eight bodies become sixteen. Sixteen become...

Unable  to  take  any  more,  I  yell  out  to  Adenela:  “You’re  creating  moremonsters! Stop!”

But  Adenela  continues  to  attack  as  she  looks  over  at  me  with  a  troubled expression.

“I—I can’t...stop...h-halfway through...the move...”

Seiya pats me on the shoulder.

“She’s useless. Just as I expected. Come on, let’s get out of here.”

H-how rude can you be?! I think that to myself, yet we leave Adenela behind and start to run off. Concerned, I look back—only to find her being crushed byso many Death Gods that they almost fill the entire hallway. But eventually, the Thanatos in the middle absorbs and merges with the others before coming after us again.

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The  aura  enveloping  Valkyrie’s  body  instantly  expands  as  it  gathers  in  her right hand, which is holding Thanatos’s head.

“First Valkyrja: Shattered Break!”

Whoaaa!  So  this  is  the  Goddess  of  Destruction’s  special  attack?!  I-it  looks strong!

...But  nothing  happens.  After  a  few  moments,  Thanatos’s  body  turns  into smoke, only to slowly disperse like mist. Escaping from Valkyrie’s grasp, the God of Death materializes a short distance away from her.

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Volume 2, Chapter 37