That feeling was as if some unseen force was suppressing him, right at the moment he was about to kill Godou. That force rendered him immobile.
In the end, he could only watch helplessly as the Boar charged, forced to use his left eye's ability, randomly replacing one ability and copying the Boar to counter-charge.
Checking the abilities in his left eye, Yusei breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was [Holy Body] that was lost. Although this constitution was very useful, if he had lost [Electricity Storage], it would have been a major problem.
By comparison, losing Holy Body was acceptable.
But coming back to his senses, Yusei's expression turned uncertain again. Clearly, the feeling just now was not a normal phenomenon.
'If I wasn't mistaken, it should be the effect of the World's Will.'
'Protecting the protagonist of the original world? How troublesome,' Yusei thought to himself.
As he was contemplating attempting another attack, suddenly, the system's prompt sounded.
[Ding! World Origin +1. Congratulations, host has triggered the condition for collecting World Origin.]
[Contact the World's Protagonist. Approaching or attacking grants varying amounts of World Origin based on the degree.]
[Campione! World's World Origin Target: World Origin (1/10)]
The sudden prompt made Yusei pause, but he reacted very quickly and immediately understood what was happening.
Instantly, the look he gave Godou became fervent.
'This guy was no longer just a mere passerby… he was a walking treasure vault!'
Without further thought, Yusei stepped forward and charged again.
Holding nothing back... lightning from the sky, gales from the earth, and the blade in his hand all assaulted Godou simultaneously.
Facing this situation, the World's Will seemed to intervene once more.
The stone slab magic book erupted with blazing flames, sweeping towards Yusei like a firestorm, incinerating everything in its path.
Yusei's eyes swirled, 'Copy, enhance!'
A powerful firestorm, no less potent than the opponent's, collided head-on.
The scorching flames baked the earth. Unafraid of the heat, Yusei, covered simply by a Susanoo skeletal frame, gripped Futsu no Mitama and appeared beside Godou in the blink of an eye, bringing his sword down.
Squelch!
Blood spurted. An arm was severed.
At the last moment, the World's Will's intervention allowed this ordinary protagonist to evade a fatal blow.
However, this repeated interference caused Yusei's World Origin to continuously increase.
[World Origin +2!]
[World Origin +3!]
In the blink of an eye, it had reached (6/10).
Seeing this data, Yusei almost didn't want to kill this guy anymore.
Thinking this, Yusei closed in on Godou again. The World's Will intervened once more, but Yusei still managed to sever another arm.
[World Origin +4!]
[Campione! World's World Origin Collection Mission completed. World Origin can be used to nurture the growth of the World Tree!]
The system's message ended here. However, Yusei didn't give up because, in his view, Godou still had great potential, and he could be farmed a bit more.
Thinking this, Yusei swung his sword again. He initially thought this strike would make the protagonist contribute another wave of World Origin.
But Yusei didn't expect that this time, the protagonist didn't dodge at all and died directly by his sword.
'This time... the World Origin didn't interfere?' Yusei looked awkwardly at the corpse on the ground.
Unfortunately, he didn't know why, and the system didn't answer.
But looking at the scene before him, Yusei estimated one possibility… this useless protagonist had been abandoned by the World's Will.
'Thinking about it, it made sense. Every unit of World Origin was extremely precious. Perhaps the World's Will realized that investing in this useless protagonist was futile, so it simply stopped caring?'
'Although it sounded somewhat unreliable, it was quite logical.'
Yusei shrugged, 'Well, dead is dead.'
'Anyway, that task was completed. He died for a worthy cause, one could say.'
Taking the magic book, the corpse was soon swept away by the hurricane, who knows where in the ocean it ended up.
…
Returning to the main battlefield.
Verethragna and Melqart were still fighting. Yusei had no intention of intervening, and he planned to step in after they had worn each other out.
While observing the battle, Yusei carefully selected the abilities of these two Heretic Gods.
Removing the firestorm ability from earlier, Yusei also removed the [All-Rounder] skill.
He kept two slots, copying Verethragna's [Ram] and Melqart's [Netherworld Legion].
The Ram can be activated when near death. It can recover from any injury, equivalent to an 'absolute health lock'.
Among Melqart's Authorities was one that could summon a legion of the dead from the Netherworld.
Truthfully, this Authority isn't useful in high-end combat. A bunch of skeleton minions are still minions. But Yusei felt that having a group of servants to handle tasks and run errands for him would be very convenient.
In terms of attack methods, he wasn't lacking now: Takemikazuchi's lightning, peerless swordsmanship, archery...
Not to mention Susanoo's power, which he planned to seize later.
So, after comprehensive consideration, Yusei decided on Ram and Netherworld Legion.
"Yusei-sama!"
In the distance, Erica quickly ran over, dressed in her combat attire.
"How is the situation? Is there anything I can help with, Yusei-sama?"
Arriving nearby, Erica also noticed Melqart and Verethragna fighting.
"No need. It's time to end this battle now."
Yusei assessed the situation.
By now, both Verethragna and Melqart were exhausted. Being old rivals, they had naturally gone all out from the start.
Without further hesitation, Yusei made a grasping motion with his hand, gathering power. A lightning javelin took form.
The lightning javelin pierced through the air with an unstoppable force, directly impaling Verethragna, who was in the midst of fighting Melqart.
Verethragna's expression froze. The lightning javelin had pierced straight through his body.
The Ram can be activated when near death, but if one truly dies, it cannot be activated.
Squelch!
After the lightning javelin pierced Verethragna's body, it transformed into countless lightning spikes, like a porcupine, directly destroying his body from the inside out.
This was destruction from within.
Even the Ram's power couldn't take effect because he perished the moment the lightning spikes erupted.