Across countless worlds: Yearning to become a giant of light.

Chapter 73 Trial of Light
Just as Chen Lin returned to Rikka Takarada's house, the GUTS team had just finished assisting Tiga and Camilla in eliminating all the enemies and were returning to their Far East base in the temporarily repaired Victory Flying Swallow II.

Hmm? You're asking why Victory Flying Swallow No. 1 didn't return.

Victory Flying Swallow No. 1: My body is already 'pineapple pineapple'!

It's possible that Daigo chose the wrong landing site, which caused severe damage to the thrusters of the Victory Flying Swallow No. 1, forcing the logistics department to use an aircraft to hoist it back.

If Munakata hadn't managed to calm the head of the logistics department in time, and if the Victory Flying Swallow II hadn't also crashed, they would definitely have stuffed Daigo and Shinjo, those two "dead" pilots, into the Victory Flying Swallow I and hoisted them back to base!

Daigo/Shinjo: Sweating profusely.jpg
Only when they returned to the base did the two of them finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Of course, Horii also breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's finally over..."

It's really a bit difficult to ask someone of his size to use guerrilla tactics to support Ultraman.

Horii is confident that today's amount of exercise alone is equivalent to half a month's worth before the monster appeared.

"It should be said that it's only temporarily over, Horii."

Shinjo patted Horii on the shoulder.

"Sigh! If three or four monsters really appear every time, we're going to be exhausted."

Upon hearing this, everyone, including Lina, nodded.

Although Munakata didn't like such discouraging words, the monsters had been appearing too frequently lately, keeping the GUTS team constantly on their toes.

It should be noted that this is only the beginning of the frequent 'disasters' predicted.

"By the way, Commander, I heard from Shinjo that the Victory Team added a logistics team to provide support, right? Why didn't we see them deployed this time?"

A little tired, Daigo asked.

"The logistics team members are still in training. Although they have already developed a certain level of combat capability, it might not be a good idea to hastily send them into the battle against the monsters. Besides, our captain..."

Zongfang seemed somewhat conflicted about whether or not to speak.

"We'll have to tell them eventually anyway, so let's just tell them now, Munakata."

Captain Megumi appeared before everyone without anyone noticing.

"Captain!"
Everyone was somewhat surprised, not expecting their captain to leave the meeting room and come here to greet them.

"Thank you for your hard work on this mission."

As it turns out, a good leader can indeed soothe the fatigue of team members with words.

However, since the team members had just returned from battle, it wasn't a good time to see the younger members. So, after briefly explaining the logistics team's situation, Megumi asked Daigo and the others to go back to their rooms to rest.

"call……"

Back in his room, Daigo sighed softly and took out the Spark Prism hidden in his clothes again, staring intently at the crystal within it that faintly glowed.

"Tiga, what exactly happened in your past...?"

When Daigo met Camilla "offline" before, the ancient stories she told him really affected him, making him wonder if Ultraman Tiga was indeed the guardian deity of mankind.

After all, even though Tiga was chosen by the light in the ancient times, he still fell into darkness and even indirectly caused the destruction of the ancient times. In the end, he had to rely on the wisdom of later generations.

Is he (Tiga) capable of protecting current human civilization?

If the intensity of the battles during this period hadn't been so high, Daigo might have been confused during the fighting.

General Te: Confused? You're just too idle, aren't you?

However, not long after Daigo lay down on the bed and placed the Spark Prism beside the bed, he fell asleep at the speed of Nobita Nobi, and in a very deep sleep.

Although the battle left the entire GUTS team exhausted, and Daigo even transformed into a giant and fought for more than three minutes, it shouldn't have been enough to make them fall asleep so quickly...

buzzing...

It's a spark prism!
The spark prism that Daigo had placed on the bedside table was flashing a faint light, and a faint white light also emanated from Daigo's body as he lay on the bed, enveloping him.

Daigo then awoke in a pure white space.

"here it is……"

If Daigo had ever been inside the pyramid, he would have recognized that this place was exactly the same as the interior of that pyramid. Unfortunately, at that time he was piloting the Victory Flying Swallow No. 1, preparing to launch an attack on the pyramid with the others.

Immediately afterwards, a silver giant that looked remarkably like Ultraman Tiga stood before him, with two other silver giants beside him, who appeared to be two other giants from the destroyed pyramid.

"Diga..."

Daigo looked up, somewhat astonished, at the three giants in front of him.

Why would I dream of these three giants?

And why are their bodies silver? "Are you the inheritor of light for this era...?"

Standing in the very center, the silver Tiga looked down at Daigo and spoke in a voice that was indistinct, belonging to men, women, young and old.

"The inheritor of light..."

Daigo pondered for a moment upon hearing this.

"If you're referring to the power to transform into Tiga, then I guess so."

"perhaps?"

Silver Tiga seemed surprised that Daigo would give such an ambiguous answer, and the two silver giants beside him were also somewhat taken aback.

"Then I'll assume you are, human."

"So, you're also Ultraman Tiga?"

Daigo looked up and asked.

"Eh? No, I am Tiga... To be precise, you humans can only call me by this name."

Human voice?
Daigo was a little confused, then he remembered the ancient story Camilla had told him.

"Could you be... the giants who were the first to arrive on Earth?!"

"Yes, human, do you want to know what happened in the ancient times?"

The two silver giants beside Tiga nodded.

"I think I've heard about the ancient times from Camilla. That dark giant... you should know about him, right?"

"Camilla..."

The silver-clad Tiga seemed somewhat puzzled, then appeared to remember something.

"I see. However, her will has returned to our homeland. The one you met must be a human who inherited her body and has lived on in her (Camilla's) name until now."

The silver-clad Tiga seemed unconcerned about Camilla's fall into darkness.

Upon hearing Silver Tiga's words, which roughly corresponded to Camilla's story, Daigo's wariness of the three giants lessened considerably.

"Why did you bring me here?"

Daigo continued to ask.

"With your power, Camilla's power, and the power of humanity in this era, you absolutely cannot defeat the ruler of darkness."

Silver Tiga spoke to Daigo as if stating a fact.

"That kind of thing..."

Daigo wanted to say, 'How would you know if you haven't tried it?' But at that moment, images of the destruction of the ancient world and terrifying monsters hundreds of meters tall emerging from the depths of the sea flashed through his mind.

"The ruler of darkness..."

Daigo was in excruciating pain, which nearly caused him to collapse to his knees.

"So I intend to give you the power of light... just like the original inheritor."

Silver Tiga stretched out his hand, from which flew a spark prism made entirely of silver, which slowly landed in front of Daigo.

The crystal in the spark prism was directly facing his eyes.

"Spark prism?"

Daigo saw a lot in an instant.

If one grasps this silver spark prism, one will possess power far exceeding that of Ultraman Tiga, becoming the apostle of light walking upon the earth [Lord of Armies], leading all humanity to victory over the dark ruler slumbering deep within the earth.

However, this victory did not make Daigo happy. On the contrary, he saw scenes in those fleeting images that angered him.

He saw himself as a Kyrierod demanding that humans kneel before him.

The partners I know, everything I cherish.

They will all prostrate themselves before the power of light.

This kind of thing...

How could he possibly accept that?!

"If 'light' is such a power... then I'd rather not have it!"

Daigo angrily slapped his hand, and the sound of the Spark Prism hitting the ground was so faint yet crisp, but it resounded throughout the pure white space.

(End of this chapter)