Konjiki no Gash!! Chapter 77

**Fearless Heart** (ゆるがない心, *Yuruganai Kokoro*) is the 77th chapter of Makoto Raiku's Konjiki no Gash!!. This chapter was originally released in Japan as part of volume 9 on March 18, 2003.

## Plot

Apollo continues telling his story of his battle with Zeon to Kiyomaro and describes what had happened as soon as Dufort was called in by Zeon. Apollo tells Kiyomaro that while Zeon is already a powerful opponent, something about Dufort seems to bother him even more. During the battle, Apollo casts *Riguron* directly towards Dufort. As the attack gets closer to him, he notices how Zeon isn’t trying to help Dufort at all. To Apollo’s shock, he sees Dufort start walking toward them all while dodging Ropes’ spell. Even as Dufort gets grazed by it, Apollo is disturbed to see how Dufort doesn’t seem to react to it at all. Fearful of him, Apollo and Ropes try to create some distance between them and Dufort before going on to use *Riguron* again to hurl more objects toward him. Dufort once again dodges everything perfectly and Apollo notes how Dufort doesn’t display the slightest amount of fear even while taking these dangerous risks.

Hoping to stop him with their most powerful attack, Apollo casts *Dino Rigunoon* and Ropes uses his chains to hook onto large chunks of earth and holds them suspended in the air. As Ropes begins to move this attack toward him, Dufort points out a specific spot for Zeon to aim towards. Dufort casts *Zakeru* and his lightning his one of Ropes’ chains in such a precise way that it completely disrupts Apollo and Ropes’ aim. Ropes’ strongest spell falls apart around them and both Zeon and Dufort appear to be completely unharmed. Apollo tries to tell Ropes that they need to run as they can’t win the battle but Dufort points out to them that they have already been cornered into a small building.

Dufort hits away Apollo’s spell book before grabbing Apollo’s neck and pinning him to the wall behind him. While held in place, Apollo begins to tell Dufort what he had finally figured out about him. He tells Dufort of his special ability to sense other people’s powers and tells him that while Dufort himself is a sharp and talented fighter, he is completely unfazed by any sort of danger. He then reveals to Dufort that he knows he has a cold and fearless heart and asks how much hatred he is actually hiding underneath it all. Angered, Dufort throws Apollo onto the ground by Ropes. As Apollo looks back up at him, he sees Dufort’s spell book suddenly emitting a powerful light as he prepares to read a spell. Before he could cast one, Zeon stops him and tells him that the one he was going to read off is not worth using for this situation. While they’re briefly distracted, Apollo tries to get back his spell book but Zeon quickly destroys it with a simple *Zakeru*. With Ropes’ spell book on fire, Ropes begins to disappear and Apollo hurries over to Ropes to be with him. Before they could even say anything to each other, Zeon uses another *Zakeru* to destroy the spell book faster. Just as quickly as Ropes had disappeared in Apollo’s arms, Zeon and Dufort also teleported away leaving Apollo completely alone.

After hearing Apollo’s story and how frustrated he was to never even say goodbye to Ropes, Kiyomaro vows to get revenge for him as he was seething with rage over Zeon and Dufort’s cruelty. Apollo thanks Kiyomaro for this but warns him that he and Gash aren’t nearly strong enough to defeat them yet and advises that they avoid them until they get stronger. Apollo then hands Kiyomaro his contact information and tells him to call him whenever he needs his help before telling him to not let someone like Zeon ever become king of Ropes’ world. Kiyomaro reaffirms this and the two shake hands on this promise.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Kiyomaro Takamine
* Apollo Genesis
* Dufort
* Zeon Bell
* Ropes
* Gash Bell
* Umagon

### Locations

* Mochinoki City
	+ Mochinoki Middle School
* Holland

### Spells by Appearance

* Riguron
* Dino Rigunoon
* Zakeru