I'll kill you after I finish this game!

The familiar screams and cries for help she heard were too much for her to bear, and she instantly transformed into a phantom and ran in that direction at incredible speed.

For a month, she frequently entered and left this forest, and no matter how her father tried to stop her, he could not. Even when he mobilized the army within his own territory, they were no match for Matilda.

When they followed Matilda into the forest, they always got lost and couldn't go any deeper. Meanwhile, the girl's father noticed the changes in her fighting ability over the past month.

At least his daughter would come home late at night every day, and he couldn't stop her, so he could only give in to Matilda's unstoppable force.

But now that a raging fire has broken out in the direction of the castle, Matilda's blood ties naturally make her rush home regardless of everything.

Lei Zhe had already seen through the truth of everything, but he just sighed and silently followed behind the other person, witnessing the other person's transformation and growth.

A month of training has allowed Matilda to fully enter the realm of the extraordinary. Even when facing the special beings of this world, or the Flame Mist and the Apostles, she can fight against hundreds of them without being at a disadvantage.

She moved very quickly, arriving in the town in just half a minute, but the town left Matilda stunned and shocked as soon as it came into view.

At this moment, the town in her father's territory was completely transformed into a purgatory burned by scorching flames.

The scorching air looked like undulating, twisted waves, and was filled with all sorts of unpleasant odors.

At the village entrance, there were several corpses of villagers whose bodies were engulfed in eerie flames; these were all citizens of the Saint Milu family's territory.

Enemy invasion? No! That's not right!

As the young lady of a lord, she knew a lot, because there had been attacks by bandits and rival lords before, but this time it was completely different. The air was filled with the strange power that Rhine had taught her.

That is the power of existence, a power of existence with a clear will, the power of existence from the Crimson World Apostles!

Countless flames wreak havoc on the castle and town, and within the flames are monsters that Matilda is learning from during her Reiji class. The world is distorted, a calamity has descended from another world, and the Crimson Apostles are here!

All those who were still alive were burned when touched by the apostle's flames, and then became part of the apostle's flames and were swallowed by it.

Finally, it disappeared completely, truly vanishing from the world, as if it had never existed in the first place.

But Matilda still remembers! She still remembers it vividly! Because within her lies the power bestowed upon her by Reiji!

Anger and murderous intent filled his eyes, transforming into a beautiful, fiery gaze like a crimson lotus, but his mind and consciousness remained incredibly calm.

"Kill...kill you all!"

He gritted his teeth and let out a sound that sounded like it came from hell, causing the atmosphere to vibrate violently.

Matilda's jet-black hair seemed to be ignited, transforming into fiery red hair that was more crimson than blood and more intensely bright than flames.

An uncontrollable killing intent overflowed from the depths of his soul and consciousness, as if it were about to form some kind of tangible crystal of killing intent.

"Bam—!"

With a loud bang, Matilda vanished, leaving behind only a spiderweb-like crater ten meters in diameter in the ground!

His fighting spirit surged, and the Crimson Lotus Demon Sword, a gift from Lei Zhe, suddenly appeared in his hand, its fluttering fire powder and vibrant crimson eyes carrying a chilling killing intent.

Fueled by an unknown power that surged through her emotions, the girl no longer cared about the consequences; she only wanted to vanquish the apostle before her.

"Hmm, another human? Perfect, I haven't had enough to eat yet."

A Crimson World Apostle, in the form of a giant, deep blue werewolf, swallowed the power of existence of the surrounding villagers. Seeing the girl who easily broke the sound barrier and charged at him, it licked its sharp fangs without sensing the aura of the fire mist and lunged at the girl who was charging at him!

"choke--!"

A sharp, piercing sword cry rang out, and a chilling, crimson slash flashed across the werewolf's waist.

A deep disdain and mockery flashed in the eyes of the Crimson World Apostle. He initially didn't take it seriously, because without using the power of existence to fight against the Apostles, there was no way to harm them.

The Crimson Apostles treat humans like higher-dimensional beings treat lower-dimensional beings; they are above humans in the food chain.

Even though this human seemed quite strong, he couldn't sense any presence or fire mist aura from him.

"Pfft——!"

A deep blue flame of existence erupted from the werewolf apostle's waist, instantly freezing his eyes as intense pain engulfed his entire consciousness.

"Aa ...

A bloodcurdling scream came from the apostle's hideous mouth. The apostle, whose upper body had fallen to the ground, had an extremely distorted face and was filled with disbelief.

At this moment, the Crimson Apostle who had been cut in half was horrified to discover that his power of existence was as if it had encountered a deep abyss black hole, and his blue flame of existence involuntarily surged into Matilda's body.

"Impossible! Why, why can a mere human, who isn't even a Flame Mist and can't even use the power of existence, hurt me?!"

Incredulous, maniacal words escaped the apostle's lips, but he was met with no reply, only Matilda's cold yet burning eyes filled with contradictory killing intent, as her demonic sword pierced through his head.

A split second before her consciousness was swallowed by darkness, the apostle noticed, with bewilderment and confusion, the eerie patterns flickering in the eyes of the human woman before her, making her existence more abhorrent than the Fire Mist and more twisted than the Crimson World apostles.

The pattern in the pupils was two enormous, mysterious silver snakes formed by two intricate, mercury-colored symbols linked together.

Two magnificent silver serpents, independent of each other, bite and bite each other, then intertwine at the center in the form of an infinite Möbius strip, while the outside is decorated with patterns resembling the sun.

The two mercury serpents, endlessly intertwined, seemed to possess the great radiance of the universe, and the same radiance gradually took shape deep within Matilda's soul.

The girl was indeed neither a Flame Haze nor a Crimson Denizen, yet she was able to kill a Crimson Denizen and then devour its existence.

Her existence is more abhorrent than the Flame Mist, and more twisted than the Crimson Lord.

Matilda is a demon created by Reiji.

During the initial training, after the girl resolved to step into his eternal stage play, that seed was planted deep within the girl's soul, giving her the path to the supreme serpent.

The formal cultivation methods and systems have been destroyed over time, and the four divine ranks have been transformed by Lei Zhe into a supreme system capable of godhood.

Activity, formation, creation, outflow—each stage represents the shaping and formation of a worldview.

Matilda is currently at the active rank, half a step into the active rank, and has begun to condense the seed of her own cosmology.

The killing intent brought by the ultimate enhanced version of Eternal Destruction still exists, and some fuel is needed to accumulate and pave the path to the supreme realm.

It is not for his own consumption, but rather, like the creation of the Philosopher's Stone, it will refine everything he kills into a ladder for his own advancement.

Even though it was a Crimson World Apostle, the Eternal Destruction modified by Reiji completely disregarded it, treating it as mere fuel and firewood, only of higher quality than a human soul.

Crimson Denizens can devour humans, and Raize's Eternal Demon can also devour Crimson Denizens.

P.S.: Please vote and recommend! The new Eternal Destruction will be based on the four worlds of the Kabbalah Tree of Life, since the fourth day's power level, except for the Overlord God, is too weak compared to the first three days...

Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Minotaur's Alastor

Behind a world unknown to the world, there exist some ruthless cannibals.

Residents from another dimension—the "Crimson World Apostles".

They manifest themselves by devouring the "power of existence," the fundamental force necessary for human existence in the world, and cause all sorts of incredible phenomena at will.

The reason for all of this is simply their own will and desires.

Although countless people could question the rightness or wrongness of their actions, no one could interfere with their behavior.

These "apostles" are beings whose will is absolutely impossible for ordinary humans to resist.

But in contrast, there are also Flame Haze warriors who can fight against the Crimson Denizens. What is the meaning of their existence?

To fight against the Crimson World Apostles, maintain world balance, and correct distortions?

"Rhine, what are Crimson Denizens and Flame Haze?"

Reiji, who was teaching the girl supernatural knowledge, heard Matilda raise her hand to speak.

The girl looked at Razer with shining eyes, like a curious child, and had a desire to challenge the powerful beings Razer had mentioned.

As for the Crimson Denizens and Flame Haze in this world, Reiji's eyes, hidden in the shadows of his hood, remained indifferent:

"To humans, Crimson World Apostles are invaders and natural enemies from another world. Most of them prey on humans to gain the power of existence. The humans they devour disappear from existence. For example, if an acquaintance of yours is devoured by an Apostle, you will forget him because he never existed in the first place."

Matilda frowned. Invaders from other worlds and humanity's natural enemies were devouring the very foundation of human existence, which was worse than killing them.

Even after death, you may still have someone who remembers and cherishes you; even in death, your loved ones will be remembered.

If Matilda were to be devoured by a Crimson World Apostle, a chilling and disgusting feeling would arise if she put herself in his shoes.

"So the Flame Haze are the ones who fight against the Crimson Denizens?" Matilda immediately connected the two Flame Haze with the Flame Haze.

She has a natural affinity for the concept of warriors, but the true meaning of Flame Haze is more accurately described as a group of avengers.

Within the Crimson World, there exists another group of Crimson World Demon Lords, who, due to the reckless actions of their kin, have become aware of the anomalies between the Crimson World and the mortal world.

They realized that the loss caused by cannibalism would distort the world.

They also realized that the continuous accumulation of distortions could bring enormous disasters to both the present world and the "Crimson World".

A group of powerful Crimson World Apostles or Demon Lords, who were gripped by fear of this catastrophe, made a bitter decision.

That is to punish those compatriots who have invaded the world and wantonly devoured human existence.

Nevertheless, because they are powerful beings, they must acquire a large amount of "existence power" in order to manifest themselves in the world.

If we rely on devouring large numbers of humans to obtain this, it contradicts the original purpose of suppressing the distortion of the world and puts the cart before the horse.

So they tried repeatedly to solve this problem, and finally came up with an effective method.

That method involves selecting individuals from among the humans living in this world who have had their relatives, lovers, and friends taken away.

They were to offer up their entire existence as vessels to contain the Crimson Lord himself.

Thus, the Crimson Lords gained the ability to attack their fellow human beings who were disturbing the world without revealing themselves. Humanity, at the cost of losing all its connections with others, acquired the weapon of revenge.

This mutual assistance and change of nature through the interaction of the wills of both parties is called a "contract"—and the resulting supernatural warriors are collectively known as "Flame Haze".

"Matilda, what are your thoughts on the Flame Haze now?"

After giving a fairly detailed explanation, Rezhe chuckled and looked at Matilda, who was frowning again.

Reiji didn't actually have a good impression of either the Fire Mist or the Apostles. He had witnessed too many conflicts between the Fire Mist and the Apostles while wandering through the world.

The Crimson Lord maintains the world's balance? What balance does he maintain? And whose balance is it?!

Under Reiji's modern and distinctive teaching style, Matilda also learned to think from a calm, third-party perspective.

The girl's impression of the Flame Haze had lost its previous enthusiasm; the Flame Haze's creation was actually facilitated by the Angels.

Moreover, it was for the sake of balancing the two worlds, a reason that Matilda perceived as a condescending attitude.

"Rhine, are you sure the Crimson Denizens created the Flame Haze to maintain balance between the two worlds, and not to prevent the very foundation of their own existence from being destroyed?"

Matilda's eyes gleamed with a calm and composed light as she asked a question that brought a satisfied smile to Rezer's face.

Since humans are merely food prey for the Crimson World Apostles, equivalent to livestock like chickens, ducks, fish, and sheep that humans consume.

Crimson World Apostles have desires and thoughts just like humans. They have different classes and identities. If they weren't constantly devouring humans in the present world, things would really go wrong. Would those Crimson World Demon Lords, who are willing to attack their own kind, really care whether humans, who are in the position of livestock, live or die?