I'll kill you after I finish this game!

Upon hearing Fujii Ren's question, Mary silently pointed to the distant hills.

Fujii Ren looked over and walked over with Mary and Skadi.

The guillotine was right in front of them, a huge, rough, and gruesome blade used to execute people hanging there.

Under the blood-red sunset, the blade gleamed faintly.

This gave Fujii Ren the illusion that it was whispering to itself.

Cut off the head, sever the head, collect the head, and present the head.

They were executed.

Let their blood stain this altar red.

Offer your head, redder and more fiery than the setting sun, here.

Offer the heads of those maddened war demons here.

Leave no one behind.

with no exceptions.

Cold, unrestrained, shameless, and ruthless.

"Offer up your head"—that's what the guillotine was telling Fujii Ren.

Otherwise you are of no use at all—the guillotine says the same ruthless thing.

"...Don't talk nonsense."

Fujii Ren's expression was complicated, and he gritted his teeth. Was this why I came here?

I will act according to my own will and protect my fleeting moments.

Reaching out to touch the guillotine, Fujii Ren looked at Mary beside him. From today onwards, he would officially use her and fight alongside her.

Cagliostro, Melcrius, the guy Skadi calls mentally unstable.

The other party was also the one who orchestrated this farce, and their role allocation for the Crazy Festival was extremely insane.

So, is Fujii Ren also part of that? She can only act out the drama arranged by the other party.

Let her just accept it, don't overthink it, and just focus on doing her assigned role well?

What nonsense are you spouting? But I have no choice but to fight; there's probably no way out now.

But she wouldn't allow it to involve other people.

"...Xiang Chun".

Whether it's taking advantage of Mary, an already unfortunate girl, or Fujii Ren, a person he cherishes.

Grasping the guillotine with one hand and holding Mary's hand with the other, empowered by the consciousness of the Seeking God who reigns supreme over the universe, Fujii Ren, this individual consciousness, returned to his body with an absolute posture.

Clear away all the messy and annoying fragmented ideas and then unify them.

All she ever did was cherish every precious moment around her and protect them, even if it meant fighting for them.

.........

"..."

Looking with somewhat bewildered eyes at the place that had become almost a hellish place as his consciousness had faded into darkness, Fujii Ren felt no discomfort as his bare feet stepped into the scalding lava.

A feeling of being in another world, along with a feeling of rebirth and transformation, came from my mind and body at the same time.

"It seems the final result was quite good."

Skadi lightly touched the magma-covered ground with her toes, looked at Fujii Ren in front of her, who was dressed in tattered clothes and had half of his leg submerged in the magma, and nodded slightly in satisfaction after looking him up and down.

Fujii Ren silently clenched his fist, feeling himself able to control every single cell in his body with absolute certainty, and the power drawn from the depths of his cells, or rather, the depths of his soul, flowing throughout his entire body.

She felt that now she could punch through paper as easily as she could pierce through the entire framework of the continent.

"Senior, what should we do next? Stop them from carrying out the sacrificial ritual?"

Although his clothes were tattered, Fujii Ren was more concerned about Kasumi and Suwahara City's movements, so he was neither complacent nor confident now that he had gained great power.

The more Fujii Renya understood this power, the more he realized how terrifying the gap between powers could be.

Inside her, she could feel Mary's presence, warm and radiant.

Mary also told her that for her to manifest in the mortal realm, she needed to reach the [Forming] rank.

"Stopping them won't work; the only way is to overthrow their leader with sheer force and completely eradicate any potential candidates for the new god."

Skadi snapped her fingers and instantly returned Fujii Ren to her familiar room. Looking at the tattered clothes on the other woman, which were barely able to block out the light, she directly performed a material reconstruction to restore the clothes to their original state.

As for why they couldn't stop the sacrificial ritual, do you think Skadi didn't want to? It's because she was afraid that some guy who couldn't take the risk would just delete the save file and start over.

Fujii Ren looked down at her clothes, said thank you, and then looked out the window at the scenery.

Although the world before her eyes remained the same, in a short period of time, it had undergone earth-shattering changes for Ren Fujii, who could clearly see bacteria and atoms floating in the air.

What changed was not the world itself, but her perception of it.

Once you know something, it's too late to go back to the way it was before, let alone the fact that she's determined to change everything herself.

"Judging from what you're saying, there are quite a few candidates for the Goddess position?" Fujii Ren thought of the other two people from that night, a male and a female pair.

The woman gave Fujii Ren an illusory and unreal feeling, while the man, who was more beautiful than a young girl, gave her a feeling as sharp as a blade.

“Yes, besides the Black Round Table, there is a third-party force.” Skadi thought of a fiery red figure. They were old rivals. She looked at Fujii Ren and said, “I will help you hold off the powerful demons of the Black Round Table and give you time to grow. But once the three parties clash, I can only hold off one force for you. After that, you will need to stand alone.”

The pressure suddenly fell on Fujii Ren. The senior needed to hold off the other side, so Fujii Ren would have to face the Black Round Table next.

Most of them were demonic organizations capable of destroying the world, and a sense of dread lingered in Fujii Ren's heart.

"I will try my best, senior."

"It's not about effort, it's about risking your soul and your life, Ren." Skadi suddenly appeared in front of Fujii Ren, facing her earnestly, and said, "Do you know what kind of chaos the world will become once certain new god candidates ascend to the throne and spread their divine principles?"

"..." Fujii Ren was speechless. She had never met other domineering people before, so she couldn't imagine it.

"For example, a ruler who desires no death would paint the new world as a place without the concept of death, turning the whole world into a living hell where even if one suffers the most severe injuries and one's body is torn to pieces, one will not die."

Wow, that metaphor really brought a vivid image to Fujii Ren's mind. It sounds wonderful if everyone in the world could live without dying.

But if we imagine a world without the concept of death, where the number of humans and all kinds of creatures would explode like germs, the entire Earth or even the entire universe would become crowded and bloated.

Moreover, no matter how fatal the injury, they would not die. Fujii Ren unexpectedly made the connection to the undead, who were like zombies.

Indeed, she has to risk everything, whether it's for the people she cherishes or for the tomorrow she wants to live.

Therefore, it is not an option to risk one's life.

However, before we go all out, we need to solve the current problem first.

Fujii Ren couldn't help but look at the wall of his room, at the large, round hole that had been chiseled open, which looked somewhat comical and was large enough for a person to pass through, and which was locked.

The image of a certain silly guy slowly surfaced in Fujii Ren's mind.

No one could possibly connect Xiang Chun, who usually seems a bit silly but has an upright heart, with the serial beheading maniac on TV.

"Senior, about Kaori..."

"You want to handle this alone, right?" Skadi raised an eyebrow.

"...Um."

Fujii Ren wanted to resolve the matter concerning Kasumi himself, because he had dragged her into it in the first place.

You have to solve it yourself.

Skadi agreed to the matter, but reminded Fujii Ren not to go there immediately, but to wait until evening to resolve the issue in person with Kasumi, who was affected.

Before that, Skadi took Fujii Ren out to familiarize themselves with the locations of the eight spiritual vein phases in Suwahara City, and also taught Fujii Ren how to activate the phase space.

This is a method used by those who drive the Eternal Destruction Demons. After all, aside from a few madmen who don't want to rein in their power, most people who don't want to damage the fragile reality have to fight within the phases that Suwahara City has already set up.

At the same time, the demons themselves also possess a phase technique different from that of the deputy leader, but which was taught by a mutual friend of the leader and deputy leader.

Although she cares about Kasumi very much, concern can cloud judgment, and Fujii Ren humbly and diligently learns everything her senior teaches her.

A world of killing and chaos is not suitable for that silly girl. Under no circumstances should Xiangchun be allowed to continue to dirty her hands.

Parks, hospitals, playgrounds, clubs, churches, Suwahara Tower, museums, and the place that Fujii Ren found most unbearable... her school.

These eight spiritual veins have long been equipped with vast phase spaces, providing a place for certain reckless individuals to cause trouble.

"This is ridiculous. Everything was planned long ago."

While accompanying Skadi on a tour of the eight spiritual vein locations, Fujii Ren learned that all the transmutation circle locations were crowded places.

A sacrificial array is a place where a significant number of lives exist.

At this moment, Fujii Ren thought to himself that those who built these famous locations in Suwahara City were probably being manipulated by someone else.

At this moment, Fujii Ren was being treated to sushi by his senior at a restaurant. He was eating slowly and deliberately, thinking about when those reckless guys would start slaughtering ordinary people.

Snapped--

"It hurts!"

Suddenly, chopsticks struck Fujii Ren on the head, causing him to cry out in pain.

It's impossible for Fujii Ren, who has become a superhuman, to be hurt by chopsticks, unless the person hitting her is no ordinary person.

"When you're not fighting, just enjoy your daily life. How can you cherish the moments you want when you're filled with worry?"

Skadi put down her chopsticks, losing her appetite at Fujii Ren's worried expression. She explained:

"Don't worry about them suddenly attacking ordinary people. Compared to the soul sacrifice of ordinary people, we superhumans are the best sacrifices. Low-level souls are no match for high-quality souls. Defeating and killing us is far more effective than sacrificing the souls of ordinary people."

Yes, in addition to sacrificing a large number of souls on the transmutation circle, it is also dedicated to someone's supreme battle.

Massacre is not what some people want to see; fighting is the theme of Suwahara City, and the more intense the better.

Fujii Ren worries that the Black Round Table might suddenly erupt, but that's unlikely for the time being.

"So, it's the same no matter who dies, whether it's the enemy or us?" Fujii Ren clearly grasped the key point Skadi was making.

It seems that the transmutation circle doesn't discriminate against any party; any soul that has died can be offered up, including the group at the Black Round Table.

"They were prepared for this long ago."

Skadi's answer confirmed this, so they couldn't afford to lose to them.