I'll kill you after I finish this game!

"Now that things have come to this, if possible, please save Ling'ai."

boom--!

"--Varied!"

The sudden appearance of the monster startled Fujii Ren, and what happened next completely terrified her!

Tsuchihachi Cain swung his greatsword, which was crackling with cursed lightning. He first knocked Elunere away, and after the greatsword spun around, he sent Fujii Ren flying back to Earth, crashing towards the location designated by the hospital!

Meanwhile, Tsuchiya Cain transformed into a beam of light and rushed toward Sakurai Hotaru. The moment the latter froze in shock, he immediately scooped her up and began to escape the solar system that had been imprisoned and locked by the Magic Cannon Soldiers.

To leave this parallel phase space, we must leave Eluneore's sniping location, as everything here is locked down.

If you want to leave, you must first escape the solar system!

"Ugh! Ughh ...

It roared as it resisted the terrifying force. Even though Fujii Ren and Skadi blocked it at the first moment, they could not prevent it from being knocked away.

The timely defense was nothing short of a miracle. Tsuchiya Cain sent Fujii Ren flying at a perfect angle and timing, making her wonder if he had deliberately made her defend.

Indeed, this was the case. Unlike Fujii Ren, who had relatively little battlefield experience, the God of War Skadi immediately analyzed the current battle situation and informed Fujii Ren of it.

Lian immediately understood Lisa's intention, and following this tremendous force, she broke through the hospital's layers of ceilings and fell straight down.

Then, after shedding his superhuman strength, he stopped in a familiar hospital room—the one where Ayase Kasumi was!

The pain, shock, chaos, and anxiety were all pushed aside by Fujii Ren. At this moment, he felt the enormous aura swelling from beneath his feet and the huge high-energy reaction in the sky.

As if standing in front of a cannon about to unleash a burst of fire, a sense of crisis swept over him, and his intuition told him that there was no time left.

Following Skadi's instructions, she immediately picked up the unconscious Ayase Kasumi and tried to get her to this parallel phase space as soon as possible!

--at the same time!

"Damn it! I've really underestimated you, Brenner!!!"

Outside the solar system, standing atop the crimson skeletal giant god, an embodiment of her own power, Elunere roared amidst bursting flames.

Excitement, anger, shame, murderous intent...

A series of complex emotions flashed through Elunere's mind as she looked down at her prey trying to escape into the solar system below, her face contorted with rage.

Lisa Brenner's scheming caused all her prey to flee, shattering the mission and honor that Eluneore had never allowed anyone to escape.

The demon cannon soldier, half-girl and half-charred, with eyes that were dark and flickering with hellfire, roared:

"vanish into nothingness! I have made you a sacrifice to the Fifth Altar as you wished! For someone as lowly as you, this is an excessive honor. Be happy! Be devoured by beasts, and enjoy the honor of being a part of them!!!"

Boom boom boom————!!!!!!

A massive crimson torrent engulfed the entire Earth, an endless torrent of flames like the raging waves of Napishtim, only this time it was a world-destroying tsunami of explosive fire.

A blinding light suddenly began to engulf the entire solar system, turning this place into a scorching hell!

"Sakurai Hotaru..."

Lisa looked up at the demonic bullets raining down from the sky, neither dodging nor running away. Her entire body began to shatter and evaporate, a look of relief and liberation on her face. She glanced at Sakurai Hotaru, who was being carried away by Cain, and smiled gently:

"You can decide what to do next yourself. Think about your own future; your head isn't just for decoration, is it?"

Ah, really, even I can make myself sound so amazing at this very last moment.

Lisa couldn't help but laugh at herself.

In the end, she gave up completely, and Lisa chose a path to abandon her past sins and seek redress.

She killed hundreds, thousands, of people, and they were all children.

I want to bring them back to life, and I want to use these hands to hug everyone myself.

Hoping for that, praying for sixty years… Lisa sacrificed her own child, using suffering as punishment, hoping to take a miracle into her own hands to redeem herself and them…

"Yzak, I'm sorry, I didn't ask you to forgive me, but I'm unwilling to overturn my initial choice under any circumstances."

This was the only life I, who was about to fall into the animal realm, decided to keep alive and save.

It is not about raising John from the dead, but about the glory of the vow to keep him from dying.

Lisa wanted to protect that person, and no matter what others said, she couldn't back down from that feeling.

Because it was important to her, and she knew it was just pointless self-comforting sentimentality.

"I'll say it again, goodbye, my children."

Before she died, she seemed to see a revolving lantern, where she saw countless children smiling and looking at her.

The echoes in Lisa's ears were the souls of the children who had been calling her mother and mom from beginning to end within her body. No one resented or blamed her.

However, she could not overcome her inner blame and self-hatred, so she chose self-destruction.

This may not be redemption, it may just be self-escape, but in any case, this is Lisa's atonement.

Even in her last moments before death, her desire remained unchanged; loving her children, she always longed for them.

From now on, will Ling'ai be able to get up alone every morning? Will she eat properly?

She's terrible at cooking, washing clothes, and cleaning; she's really not good at it as a girl. The other person seems to be about the same.

It must be because of bad 'blood'; it must be in some strange place that it resembles me. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry...

However, Ling's perspective on people is different from mine, so I should cherish it.

So, that's how it works...

"It's over. Die! Burn all those filthy thoughts to ashes."

Elunere's eyes were no longer ferocious and filled with murderous intent. Instead, a complex emotion flashed across them as she looked down at everything below, or rather, at Lisa's end, and said:

"Farewell, comrade. If this rotten, ill-fated relationship continues, then let us meet again in Valhalla."

The scorching flames, the intensely hot hellfire, everything was crimson, blazing, deep red, the flames transformed into a funeral procession to send Lisa off.

The sinful woman who lived for a little over ninety years has vanished into nothingness at this time tonight.

Meanwhile, in the vacuum of space, Fujii Ren, who was racing against the terrifying heat and flames behind him while holding Kasumi, was also desperately running for the person he cared about.

"Tsk! Ughh ...

Roaring, howling, screaming, even the explosive force of light speed must be surpassed by her at this moment!

So faster, we have to be faster! Once the scorching Grim Reaper catches up with us, even if Fujii Ren is alright, Kasumi in his arms will definitely turn into nothingness in the first instant.

He was running with all his heart and soul. From the audience's perspective, everything around Fujii Ren turned into the shape of the horizon. Only the blazing light behind him continued to relentlessly pursue his prey and refused to let go!

"Guaaaaaah!!!"

With bloodshot eyes and a ferocious expression, Fujii Ren, holding Kasumi tightly, couldn't turn back to look at the raging tsunami; she could only keep running.

I don't know how much it exceeded the speed of light, but Fujii Ren can no longer move by foot alone.

This has exceeded her current limit, and it cannot be solved by strength and willpower alone.

There is only one way: to advance in rank in this situation where failure would mean lifelong regret!

In other words—

"create!"

She squeezed out the only way to solve her predicament, but how could she do it?

If you feel lost, think back to your original self. The hardest thing for a person to truly understand is themselves; the more you actively seek out something, the more counterproductive it becomes.

The words of encouragement and prompting from Skadi, the God of War, gave Fujii Ren a spark of inspiration.

So-called creation is about creating rules, creating a real alien world that can satisfy one's own soul's desires and wishes.

Skadi is going to tell me about my one and only unchanging desire? But what kind of rules are needed to break out of this desperate situation?

Damn it! There's simply not enough 'time' —

There's no time left... Time... Time!?

Buzz————!

"--Well!?"

In that fleeting moment of confusion yet sudden grasp of something, the world surrounding the girl seemed to distort—was it an illusion?

All sound disappeared, the air froze, and the bursting flames halted their attack.

It's as if everything slows down because it's centered on oneself.

What exactly is this?

"If only time could stop."

Mary's voice, which sounded like a blessing and a tender voice, suddenly rang in the bewildered mind of Fujii Ren.

“————!”

Fujii Ren's soul began to crumble; no, it was as if some kind of outer shell had been shed.

It's like a snake shedding its skin, undergoing a transformation to a completely new realm.

However, Fujii Ren did not understand the strange changes in his soul at this moment.

Mary? Excuse me, did you say something?

"Time, stand still—isn't it time to stop now, Ren..." X2.

This time, Skadi and Marie's voices rang out with blessings and smiles, as if they were looking at a fledgling that had just hatched.

"I......"

With a deep sense of bewilderment filling his eyes, Fujii Ren's greatest desire, from beginning to end, has always been just one thing.

That's it... right!

I think what I'm asking for now is simply to give time—

The sensation of slowing down time makes you run much faster than a person.

In that case—

Om-!

Suddenly, the magical runes of the Twin Serpent Staff appeared in Fujii Ren's bewildered sky-blue eyes, dispelling all confusion and bewilderment and transforming them into the ever-shining light of the eternal star!