Everything is Anime! Chapter 86: Going to Sardinia to Slay more Gods! (Patreon)

When Liliana finally saw Hikaru again, she found him in an extraordinarily luxurious hotel room, enjoying a meal.

The handsome black-haired young man was indeed striking, but Liliana cared more about his identity.

He had appeared out of nowhere in that cultists’ cave.

He’d saved her life when she let her guard down.
Then the Heretic Gods showed up and, despite her attempts to dissuade him, he unhesitatingly entered the gods’ battlefield.

Now, only a few dozen minutes later, they met again—and he was already a god-slayer?!

Even a rollercoaster would have fewer twists. Plus, was it really true? The New Delhi sorcerers didn’t seem to be lying. They took pride in being “world number one” and considered nobody worth noticing except Campiones. Their attitude, in its own way, confirmed the story. It wasn’t as if all of them had staged a massive hoax just for her sake…

…

The local “Three-Brother” sorcerers had gone to great lengths. The hotel room smelled perfectly fresh, and the food they served contained no strange masala spices. Everything was genuinely clean and safe. Evidently, they knew full well that simple local street snacks wouldn’t be acceptable. If something he ate offended the god-slayer, the risk would be far too great.

By the time Hikaru was about half done eating, Liliana finally arrived. Despite her chaotic state of mind, she sank to one knee.

“Liliana Kranjcar of the Bronze Black Cross greets you… my new King.”

She had changed into her knight’s outfit—a black-and-blue cape over her shoulders, a skirt paired with white thigh-high socks, and a tantalizing strip of exposed skin in between. Clean clothes and a calmer mood restored her image as a gallant young knight. Hikaru gave her appearance only a brief glance before speaking.

“Stand up. You seem pretty confused about everything, don’t you?”

He could guess what she was thinking. Liliana nodded in response, clearly overwhelmed.

“Well, whatever you’re guessing—it’s the truth.”

Though Hikaru wasn’t exuding any aura, the sheer force of his words made the witch’s body quiver. She nearly dropped to her knees again, but he halted her.

“I didn’t call you here to watch you kneel. By the way, I spent some time as a provisional student at the Bronze Black Cross. Maybe I ought to call you senpai.’”

“A student at Bronze Black Cross?!” Liliana exclaimed, astonished. If that were true, how was it she’d never heard a word about him? Could a mere mortal—no, anyone capable of slaying a god—have passed unnoticed all this time?

“I left for a while,” Hikaru said with a shake of his head. While he had indeed studied at the Bronze Black Cross, he hadn’t really known Liliana personally. The main reasons he’d summoned her were that she was an important side character in the original storyline and that she was from Italy.

In the original story, Verethragna and Melqart both appeared on the isle of Sardinia in Italy. Though the dimensional gate was draining energy slower than before, Hikaru wasn’t here just for sightseeing. Killing those two gods gave him powers of this world, not my own.

“Well…” Liliana wanted to keep asking, but he cut her off.

“I’m going to Italy next. Arrange a plane.”

“Uh…?”

“Is there a problem?” he asked calmly.

“Ah—no, none. But, new King, may I ask why you’re going to Italy?”

“To slay more gods.”

“…”

Liliana felt as though lightning had struck her mind. It was the same tone he’d used back then—when she tried to stop him from stepping onto the gods’ battlefield, only for him to succeed spectacularly.

This time, he was talking about slaying another god? Liliana no longer doubted his ability, but were Heretic Gods that easy to come by? Did he think they grew on trees, ready to be harvested? Especially in Italy of all places—if a Heretic God really appeared there, she would’ve been the first to hear about it!

But since he’d made his intentions clear, Liliana wasn’t about to oppose him. “Then I’ll take my leave, my King.”

She departed the room. With her thoughts roiling, she quickly ordered a private plane to Italy and made a report to the Bronze Black Cross headquarters. Her grandfather, upon hearing that a new King had been born, was so stunned he nearly lost all composure.

…

“Have as much as you like; if it’s not enough, I’ll tell them to bring more.” Hikaru patted Est’s silver hair with a gentle look in his eyes.

“Hey, partner,” Ddraig grumbled, “when are you going to treat me that way?”

“If you were a female dragon,” Hikaru said offhandedly, “maybe I would.”

“But I’m not a male dragon, either! As one of the Two Heavenly Dragons, I don’t even have a gender. Humans just misunderstand us, but gender means nothing to us!”

“Your voice is too deep,” Hikaru said, letting the matter drop.

Having settled in, he checked over his gains. Beyond the bodily changes from slaying a god, the two Authorities were crucial. But as he prepared to delve into the details, the “Dimensional Gate” began acting strangely. It now displayed something called a “Hidden Backup Energy” source, something it had never shown before.

He fiddled with it, and a prompt appeared: Use hidden backup energy to recharge the Dimensional Gate? Surprised, he realized the gate could apparently be “upgraded.” That was good news: If he had hidden backup energy, he wouldn’t risk running out of power and being forcibly expelled from this world. And acquiring that reserve was straightforward—defeating powerful enemies would do it.

With that sorted, Hikaru turned back to examining his new Authorities. After one slays a god, knowledge of how to use those powers naturally emerges in the Campione’s mind. But mastering them in practice can take time.

He’d already identified one: the Authority seized from Rahu seemed to relate to the sky and celestial bodies, granting him dominion over shadows.