[EnigmaticAxiom]

A very very very rough translation.

Spoiler for Ladies and gentlemen, we may have a new Gar:

「I, It's useless! There's no way everyone can escape!」

『I will not allow any back talk! That is a Maou of the strongest species! Subjugating it is for those in the Heavens! Do not tell me you are so immature that you cannot tell the difference in ability!!!』

You remained silent, having been scolded in such an intense manner. Though she wanted to argue, all thoughts of doing so ended as she saw Kuro Usagi laying about the rubble in the periphery of her vision.

「Not good. Why is she over there alone...!」

Kuro Usagi had not noticed You. Rather, she looked up at the three-headed dragon, her lips trembling.

「Ah... Ah...!?」

A memory of Kuro Usagi's youth revived within her.

Her home was filled with agonized shrieks as it burned. Herds of beasts filled the woods.

Monsters had destroyed the home of the “Moon Rabbits” in a single night.

「It... can't be, that Maou... is the one that defeated Canaria and the others...!?」

One step, two steps. She walked unsteadily as if in a daze. It was the enemy.

As soon as the eyes of the three-headed dragon noticed Kuro Usagi standing atop the rubble, it let loose a cry.

「---GYEEEEEEEEEEYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAaaaaaaaaa!!!」

A large crevice appeared with its scream, as lava poured out of a volcano formed. The pendant lamp shattered into pieces as the city of glass stared at its end.

Kuro Usagi blankly stared as the three-headed dragon rushed toward her, as if it were not her problem.

--- Ah, I'll die here.

「--- away, Usagi---!!!」

Two screams were heard as the sound of the atmosphere breaking was heard.

Guchu, the sound of a fist breaking. Fresh blood dyed Kuro Usagi. Her white skin and lustrous dark hair were stained in red like make-up as vast amounts of blood overflowed from his internal organs.

「... Iza, yoi-san...?」

It was a mortal wound. The nails of the three-headed dragon gouged through Izayoi's flank.

His expression showed his rationality before this powerful enemy despite his face being distorted in agony, his breath was violently disordered, and his skin rapidly turned pale due to the blood loss. The three-headed dragon showed signs of complaining as he hit the three nails, bending them.

Reality hit Izayoi hard as he looked down at his broken right arm.

(… It finally came.)

--- He could not win. Rather than a theory, Izayoi took it to heart as an undeniable fact.

Kuro Usagi seemed to have fallen into an even deeper daze, but this enemy would afford him no time. Holding the nails in his side, Izayoi shouted with all his strength.

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「Ku, ah... Kuro, Usagi... take her and run, Amalthea!!!」

『I, I understand!』

In response to his desperate cries, Amalthea turned about on her hooves. She, too, was a warrior. It was easy to understand the feelings in Izayoi's shout. Amalthea grabbed Kuro Usagi and ran in an instant the moment after it bowed.

『... May the fortunes of war be with you.』

「... Yeah. I'll force this guy. This dragon... I'll hold him back...!!!」

Hearing his words, seeing his back, Kuro Usagi's memories of her parents overlapped.

「St...op, ah... It's useless...!!!」

He knew. His back showed his resolution. He knew his fate and was determined to face it. Kuro Usagi, on Amalthea's back, desperately reached for Izayoi.

Izayoi noticed the change in her once tortured expression and forced himself to smile as he shook his head.

「... Sorry. That promise to get back your Symbol... Looks like I won't be able to keep it.」

For the first time in his life, he spoke words of apology in a straight forward manner. Kuro Usagi cried out, unable to say any words as You and Amalthea restrained her. Though Kuro Usagi was crying and reached out, her hands would not reach him.

His back faced them as jet-black confetti rained from the heavens. The three-headed dragon ignored them as they escaped, all six of its eyes quietly locked on Izayoi.

『... Fu fu. You offer your life for your friends. The streets are still hell, even if the planet becomes frozen, you will not stop me.』

「... Ha. Me too... This is a surprise, I didn't think you could speak.」

『Of course. I would not possibly use words to speak to someone who would fight a monster alone... However, the story is different if my opponent is dead. Are you perhaps looking to be a souvenir of the Yellow River?』

He tried to shake Izayoi from his nails and threw him to the ground. Though large amounts of blood spilled from the wound, he forcibly held it down with pure muscular power.

Izayoi wiped the blood from his mouth, took a stance, and laughed in an insolent manner.

「You're quite attentive. By all means, but tell me one thing... There's just one thing I want to hear.」

Hou, the three-headed dragon let out an unexpected sound. It may not have thought there was a person who would ask him a question in such a predicament.

Its six eyes looked Izayoi square in the face as he straightened his breathing.

「You--- who are you?」

It was a serious question. The three-headed dragon laughed in response, but that could not be helped. 200 years ago, before he was sealed away, all residents of Little Garden were in awe of his name. All feared him.

『To think there would be a person who would ask my name... Very well. This is my first fight in 200 years. I will grant you the luxury of hearing my true name.』

The three-headed dragon was “Aksara” – The Symbol of “悪” was carved on its back, as if showing off its identity.

Back when the image of the world was still unclear, when the heavens and the earth were divided, when shadow and light were born, when positive and negative were created, it was one of the most basic units from the creation of the universe which spilled into this world.

The back half of the three-headed dragon's body spoke its identity.

『Three-digit, “Zoroastrian” God of the First Pillar, Maou Azi Dahak. I have devoted my third-digit and Symbol to live my life as a Maou. This world isn't big enough for two of us!!!』

From the volcano, a scorching wind blew. Hellish mountains and rivers surrounded them dying his pure-white body a ruby red. He brandished the Symbol of “悪” as he let out a roar.


『Now come, it's been some hundreds of years, hero!!!
Show me all all the power your mortal life can give!!!
Show me all the craftiness you can muster!!!
Show me all your reckless courage – become a sword who will pierce my heart!!!』


That night, the stars shook, and storms pierced through three boundaries.

The gears surrounding the world, which had been stationary before, began to move with this violent upsurge.

This was translated by a crappy translator who is still learning the language with absolutely no context behind anything of what is happening. Pretty much, I just took the last 6 pages (1 image) and translated them to the best of my knowledge. I hope it matches whatever spoilers were posted, since it would be a bit embarrassing for me if it didn't. Now to actually read what has been posted >.>:

Edit: Just so people know, there were a few parts where I was definitely confused. One of which was the line regarding Canaria. I wasn't sure if Dahak defeated them (as in, this was the one that destroyed their community) or if Canaria sealed him away and she was surprised it was even possible (for some reason, I thought this was the case beforehand).
I was also confused a bit about the Yellow River. The Yellow River is a river in china which is notorious for having corpses in it. I can't remember if there was something drastic with it or if it were purely deaths from natural disasters, though. I took "Souvenir of the Yellow River" (If that's even the actual translation) to mean a corpse (as in, Izayoi was essentially dead before he challenged Dahak to the game), or if Dahak was giving him a souvenir before he became a corpse. Again, take it for what it's worth.
Yet another thing is that I wasn't sure if Dahak shook him off and Izayoi stopped the blood with the tensing of his muscles, or if he stopped Dahak from shaking him off by using his muscles to hold onto him.
I'm also not sure who spoke in the first line. It might be Amalthea, it could be Shiro Yasha (Byakura or something in her unsealed form, I guess?), or some random person. No idea.
As a side note, I do like the Strength/Wisdom/Courage lines Dahak states at the end of the novel :x