Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 436 Mission: 02-2 The Road to Heaven
The third level of the Border Prison, the holy city that fell into the hands of the corrupt demon.

Nero appeared here, holding his abdomen and frowning slightly.

"Is it really a little off? Unfortunately, I still haven't gotten 'Gluttony (Endless Stomach)'. If I don't slow down, I'm afraid I'll get indigestion."

As the crowd below speculated, Nero swallowed the core of the demon beast He, intending to replace the Sixth Beast. Since reviving the beast was a risky undertaking, and since the Sixth Beast had once been noticed by the "Wind of Decadence," it would be better to let her do it herself.

Each of the Sixth Beast's seven heads possessed a power of original sin, while its ten horns, according to Nero, could be interpreted as ten points of evil. If this were the case, then Nero, having digested six Original Sin Stones and possessing an incomplete Simulated Star Chart, would possess nearly identical powers to the fully formed Sixth Beast. The reactions of both the Sixth Beast and Mr. Gilgamesh confirmed this.

Even at the same time, Nero now has the ability to reverse original sin into virtue at any time, and there is no possibility of being backlashed and going berserk.

Therefore, her approach is definitely feasible.

At this moment, the demon beast "Lust" she had swallowed, He, was slowly being assimilated under the suppression of the Sin Stone. However, the "Gluttony" that would increase its efficiency was the key that she lacked. As the "Fallen Beast," the Sixth Beast was also described as "devouring the world at the end of prosperity." Perhaps "Gluttony"—representing an addiction to material pleasures, the Sixth of the Seven Deadly Sins—was the sin that best represented the Sixth Beast.

"Going back and killing that guy now? It doesn't seem like it would be of any use."

Nero sighed. After all, Draco had already been defeated once, now barely a corpse still breathing. In a game, it would be a boss with its health bar completely depleted, yet still speaking in the CG. Even if Nero went to finish him off with a final blow, there was a high probability that no equipment would drop.

In Nero's opinion, the chances of getting a gem by killing the monster He corresponding to Gluttony were higher than the chances of returning to find Draco.

So, keep going.

With such determination, Nero drew her sword and ripped apart all the pumpkin-headed knights who had unknowingly surrounded her. After the sword light dissipated, her figure also disappeared from the spot where she had been.

Only a few words drifted away in the wind: "Speaking of the sixth singularity, what's the situation?"

Amidst the rolling yellow sands, a pristine white holy city stands majestically. But the irony is that the rolling yellow sands are filled with tombstones and pumpkin lanterns, and the knights guarding the holy city actually wear yellow pumpkin heads and carry shields shaped like red-eyed bats.

"The last place was a seaside park, and this time it's Halloween? That's quite a prank. So now..."

Should we fight our way in? Same as the last singularity?
Nero thought so and tilted his head, then he saw the brown-haired paladin walking out of the city while killing the pumpkin-headed knight.

"Georges... this time it's the normal version. Do you want a hand?"

She waved and shouted. Hearing the voice, Georgos looked towards Nero, but before he could speak, she vanished from the spot. Then, a sharp blade pierced through the heavens and earth.

When I came to my senses, all the summoned Pumpkin Knights had fallen to the ground.

"A cub...? An adult? No, why is there an opposing force?" Georgos frowned as he looked at Nero, who was sheathing his sword with his back to him.

"Can you tell? That's really helpful."

After gracefully sheathing his sword, Nero turned to look at the dragon slayer and said, "I want to retrieve the magical beast He that is sealed here. Can you help me?"

"Don't be so self-centered." Georgos took a step back cautiously. "The beast is the enemy of the Heroic Spirits like us. You—" He stopped mid-sentence. The confusion in his eyes became more and more clear. "Who are you?"

Nero sighed in disappointment. "So, you don't want to help? Then I'll go alone."

"Wait--"

Before Georgos could finish his words, Nero had already stirred up a storm, passed straight past him, and broke into the holy city.

"Such a powerful force, could it really be the adult form of the beast? But the sixth beast has already fallen, and she is not yet an evil dragon. What is this power that is completely opposite to the beast?"

Georgos, in complete disarray.

Fortunately, as a saint, a crucial quality is the ability to follow God's revelation (intuition) and initiate action before even thinking. Since I can't figure it out, I'll just give up on it for now. Georgos gave up thinking and turned to chase after him into the city.

Regardless of whether this is the right thing to do, at least it is a choice he will not regret.

Completely ignoring the city's impregnable defenses, Nero wielded his sword and sickle, turning into a storm of broken steel and iron, sweeping forward.

And in the deepest part of the holy city, in the former temple that was as gloomy and dark as the underworld, and as dilapidated and ruined as a ghostland, Nero met his enemy this time.

Perhaps she couldn't really be called an enemy. Even with the support of the magical beast He, the source of her power, that imaginary witch who believed in a fictional god couldn't possibly be Nero's enemy.

"What the hell?!!!"

Within the eerie and dilapidated sanctuary, a dark-skinned, black-clad witch, single-mindedly cultivating the evil god she wished to summon, uttered a sharp, explosive cry: "Even if it's a third-rate scenario, there has to be a limit to the deus ex machina!!!"

Nero stood in the center of the hall, lifted her skirt and bowed to her. "Nice to meet you, ma'am. Could you please hand over the magical beast He honestly?"

"Who would listen to you when you say that?"

The witch screamed and stretched out her hand, forcibly awakening the evil beast she had cultivated with the demon beast He as its core: "Dark Mother Earth, giving birth to a thousand cubs, ruler of the harvest!"

In the pitch-black fog, an ominous power was summoned by the witch and attached to the magical beast He, revealing itself to the world.

Nero felt a sharp discomfort in her abdomen again. The monster she had swallowed, Heluksuriya, sensed the presence of its companions and tried to rebel against its new master.

"...It's so noisy!"

Nero shouted, slashing with his sword. With a thud, the summoned demon's pitch-black goat head fell to the ground.

Of course, it is impossible to summon the true body of the evil god with just one magical beast. The witch looked at the scene in front of her, and the expression on her face was uglier than crying.

(End of this chapter)