[The Demon King, finally regaining his senses, noticed that the sword in Seiya's hand was now emitting a light gray miasma identical to that of the Heavenly Prison Gate.]

"This is a sword of the underworld that should never exist in this world—the Valhalla Blade."

"Pluto's Piercing Strike—"

The powerful thrust, delivered with all his might, pierced the Demon King's brain amidst Seiya's furious roar.

Almost simultaneously, the goddess statue carved above the door suddenly grinned, a smile indescribably eerie, followed by a sharp, maniacal laugh.

"Chirp, chirp, chirp—!!"

Before the Demon King could completely collapse, the shadows on either side of the Heavenly Prison Gate suddenly closed, like gaping maws, swallowing the Demon King whole in one swift motion.

"The Sword of Judgment by Hades?? Heh, don't think I won't recognize you just because you've changed your name. Your real name is Tenseiga!"

"Hiss!!! I never expected such a move. No wonder they're the trio responsible for professional commentary. Now I finally understand why they were able to wound the Demon King..."

"Hate-seekers, speak up! Who said this goddess is useless? This goddess is extremely useful; calling her MVP wouldn't be an exaggeration."

The fact that he could use parts of the Heavenly Prison Gate as materials for synthesis was so amazing that it made everyone's scalp tingle. It's truly incredible that he could come up with a solution in such a short time!

Most importantly, this synthesis skill might actually be a conceptual divine skill...

Even the Destructive Needles within the Heavenly Prison Gate could be forcibly fused together, and the speed of this fusion was astonishing. (Read thrilling novels at Feilu Novel Network!)

The moment the Heavenly Prison Gate slammed shut with a resounding crash, the backlash surged forth like a tsunami, abruptly halting Seiya's flight and sending him plummeting straight to the ground.

Almost simultaneously, his entire body felt as if it had been slashed by countless fine blades; beads of blood gushed out, streaming wildly down between his fingers and the hem of his clothes.

[The entire person was like a precision instrument being forcibly dismantled, collapsing at a visible speed—this was the price humanity had to pay for forcibly activating the Heavenly Prison Gate.]

"Idiot! If you die here, you'll never be able to go back to your original world!" Ristarte cried, stumbling as she ran over.

Seiya lay sprawled on the ground, his bangs plastered to his skin by blood, his vision blurring. His voice was as faint as a candle flickering in the wind: "But I defeated the Demon King!"

After saying this, he could no longer hold on; his body went limp and he collapsed to the ground. His eyelids, as if filled with lead, slowly closed, only blood continuing to flow.

"I won't let you die, and you can't die alone!!" Ristarte knelt beside him, tears streaming down her bloodied face, choking back sobs as she cried out the promises she hadn't kept.

“You said you’d be back by evening! We’ll go to the casino, drink, soak in the hot springs, and I’ll show you some interesting swimsuits. I still have so much to do here…”

"Wait a minute, everything else is fine, but goddess, are those two swimsuits you mentioned that were just bought? Are you really planning to wear them?!"

"Hey, hey, hey, we've gone off-topic! Goddess! Instead of trying to soothe him with words of encouragement, can't we at least stop the bleeding? He seems a bit dead..."

"Don't panic. Although there is an anti-magic field here, the cautious hero should have anticipated this. He has a bunch of herbs in his backpack, right? It's time to put them to use!"

As the cautious hero's body continued to deteriorate, the viewers outside the screen were extremely anxious, scratching their heads in frustration. Although he looked like he was about to die, there was still a chance to save him!

As for that random demon king who appeared for less than five minutes and died without even a name, everyone just had to say that he died a just death.

P.S.: The story of Cautious Hero is almost over. Is there anything else you'd like to see?

Chapter 1300 The Price of the Heavenly Prison Gate, Can It Be Paid in Installments??

Another World Quartet

“It’s too early to give up now, I have a way…” Old Bone crossed his slender fingers in front of his chest, his gaze fixed on the screen, appearing exceptionally composed.

Then, with an undeniable certainty, he said, "Since this Demon King's Castle is destroyed by Chain Soul, we can simply take Seiya back to the God Realm and let him die there—!!"

"..." As soon as he finished speaking, the surroundings became so quiet that one could hear the sound of Seiya's blood dripping. Everyone turned to look at him.

Old Bone seemed oblivious to the awkward atmosphere, completely absorbed in his thoughts: "Goddess Ristarte said that when humans die in another world, they will only return to their original world, they will not truly die."

Just like that crushing defeat in the B-rank world, from the perspective of the cautious hero...

Although he died tragically in another world, he actually returned to his original world, lived with his memories lost for a year, until he was summoned by Ristarte a few days ago.

Logically, this method should be feasible!

"What do you think of this method..." Old Bone finished his contemplation and looked up at the crowd, only to find that the gazes around him held an indescribable subtlety.

Even the usually gentle Emilia and Rem couldn't help but blink their big eyes, showing expressions of confusion.

“Um, Ainz…” Subaru Natsuki broke the silence first, speaking as tactfully as possible, “My assessment is that this method suits your appearance very well!”

The translation is: Ainz, who came up with this idea, is simply a devil!

Take Seiya back to the divine realm before he dies? Aren't they even planning to save this hero who saved the world?!

"If this method doesn't work..." Old Bone paused thoughtfully, then continued, "Then after bringing Seiya back to the divine realm, we can find a reliable goddess to rescue him?"

As soon as she finished speaking, everyone's eyes were instantly drawn to Aqua, who was squatting on the ground counting ants, as if attracted by a magnet.

Is she a reliable goddess...?

Forget about it, that world probably doesn't exist anymore. In fact, it would be difficult to find even a normal goddess in that world.

Just as everyone remained silent in response to Ainz's proposal, Emilia suddenly raised her small hand timidly, her icy blue eyes filled with innocence.

"Isn't the goddess of healing the one with the strongest healing abilities in the divine realm?"

Emilia tilted her head, pointed at Ristarte on the screen who was hugging Seiya and crying uncontrollably, and said in a clear voice: "But the goddess of healing, isn't she right there!"

"..."

The air solidified instantly.

"Uh...that seems to make sense." Old Bone's eyes flashed red, and he murmured while stroking his chin, "But, something feels off."

What's with this feeling that it's both hopeless and hopeless? Is this Schrödinger's hero?

[Lista abruptly raised her head, her tear-streaked face revealing a resolute determination, and roared with a voice powerful enough to tear apart the darkness.]

"Order—!! The self-healing power possessed by the goddess Ristarte has been fully unleashed!!"

The next second, Isista's stern voice rang out in the space. Isista's act of opening the portal to the final battlefield had already severely violated the rules of the divine realm.

[If she continues to violate the rules of the divine realm, even she can no longer continue to show favoritism. The divine realm may punish Ristarte and strip her of her title as goddess.]

“It’s alright, I’m ready!” Lista said without the slightest hesitation. “I will accept whatever punishment I am given.”

Whether it's being stripped of her divine power or falling from grace, she accepts it. Perhaps from the day she became a goddess, she had been waiting for this moment.

[To watch Seiya breathe his last before her eyes? To see those unfulfilled promises vanish completely? She couldn't do that.]

After a brief silence, Isisda's voice rang out again, still majestic, but with a hint of helplessness: "I understand. Now, unleash all your divine power!"

"Translated, it means: If she can't even save the people she loves, then whoever wants to be the goddess can have it; she—is giving up being a goddess!!"

"I understand. Forcibly violating the rules to use the goddess's power is equivalent to abandoning the Grand rank in one strike, right? But this one is throwing away the Goddess rank."

Upon hearing that the consequence of using divine power improperly might be the stripping of the goddess's title, everyone's eyes lit up. This wasn't a punishment; it was clearly a reward!

As everyone knows, divine positions and crown positions are consumables; you're better off without them...

Don't forget that the divine realm has a broken rule that goddesses cannot unite with humans, which is now hitting Ristarte's weak spot.

Isn't that perfect? ​​It's just the right time to live with the cautious and brave man. It's a double blessing!

[With Isista's permission, Lysta was instantly enveloped in a dazzling light so bright it was almost blinding, tearing a luminous opening through the darkness.]

"Now I'll show you." She looked down at the dying Seiya in her arms, her voice filled with a resolute determination: "The power of the Healing Goddess surpassing the destruction of the Heavenly Prison Gate..."

Before she could finish speaking, her hand was already on Seiya's bleeding wound. The moment the light touched his skin, a miraculous scene unfolded...

The jagged gashes seemed to be smoothed out by an invisible hand; the turned-out flesh closed up at a visible speed, returning to its original state in the blink of an eye.

But the next second, with a crisp cracking sound, new skin split open like shattered glass next to the newly healed area, and blood gushed out again.

"This is bad, Ristarte!" Matthew shouted anxiously upon seeing this. "No matter how you treat it, new wounds keep appearing."

"No problem, I'll definitely be saved!" Lisda unleashed her divine power to its fullest extent, causing the light to intensify and accelerating the healing process.

She knew better than anyone that Seiya was currently suffering from the fixed backlash damage of the Heavenly Prison Gate, just like Valkyrie had once broken free of restrictions to stack up his stamina to withstand the cost.

[If her healing power can outpace the continuous damage, she can snatch Seiya back from the clutches of death...]

"I understand. The cautious warrior in the past only managed to access the Heavenly Prison Gate by taking out a loan. Now that the loan is overdue, the funds are being forcibly deducted. They'll deduct whatever amount is transferred into the account until it's full!"

As they watched the scene unfold, with Seiya's wounds repeatedly reopening after healing and gushing blood again after the bleeding had just stopped, the smiles on everyone's faces gradually froze, and they exchanged bewildered glances, their lips twitching.

The interrogation process keeps repeating itself: it cracks, heals, and then cracks again. Seriously, isn't this some kind of new interrogation tactic?

Chaldea, the world of Type-Moon

"The effect of the curse backlash is actually adding a negative buff that continuously deducts HP to the cautious hero?" Dr. Roman frowned and murmured thoughtfully.

“That’s not a very accurate statement,” Da Vinci said, leaning closer with his coffee cup in hand, his tone slightly teasing. “The continuous HP deduction debuff can’t explain this abnormal behavior.”

Logically speaking, the price of a forbidden technique like the Heavenly Prison Gate, which is beyond the norm, should be the same as that of the God of Destruction, where the entire cost was levied at once.

As for situations like Seiya's, where his health bar isn't enough to be reduced...

To put it bluntly, she already thought it was a miracle that Seiya didn't die on the spot, let alone that he lasted for so long.

"So, the Heavenly Prison Gate may look fierce, but it's actually quite kind-hearted." Fujimaru Ritsuka suddenly realized something, and her expression suddenly became quite strange.

"He even knows to pay in installments for cautious heroes with low HP, deducting it slowly. 850 is quite humane..." (Read exciting novels on Feilu Novel Network!)

Dr. Roman looked down and crossed out the words "continuous blood loss" on the draft, rewrote "payment in installments" and exclaimed, "This Heavenly Prison Gate actually has a 'enjoy now, pay later' package."

"No wonder Seiya was able to hold out until the Goddess of Healing came to repay the debt. The Heavenly Prison Gate doesn't suffer any losses at all; they'll keep paying until the price is paid."

Upon hearing this, Mashu finally breathed a sigh of relief. Regardless of whether the doctor said it would be deducted all at once or in installments, she only knew that Mr. Seiya probably wouldn't die.

"This time it will definitely be a happy ending," Lista tirelessly maintained her healing aura, and time seemed to lose its meaning in this space.

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