Don't use Type-Moon references in Oregairu!

Even the utterly repulsive smell of disinfectant and blood lingered around me like an inescapable hallucination.

"Oh my, it's rare to see Mr. Galahad show such a vulnerable expression! It was definitely worth the ticket price, hehehe!"

A slick, inexplicably crazed voice rang out. In the shadowy corner of the room, a man dressed in black with clown makeup stared intently at him with a mocking smile, as if he were a precious treasure.

His smile gradually turned manic: "To have such a fulfilling nightmare experience, it's...something to be envied!"

The red-handled sword of calamity swung across, cutting off the clown's ravings and causing him to contort in a wide arc as he narrowly dodged the attack.

Lijiang covered his face, his voice extremely unfriendly: "Jealousy, visiting in the middle of the night just to spout this nonsense?"

He suppressed his emotions and controlled himself, refusing to completely kill his business partner.

"Hehe, of course not. I would never do such pointless things when I'm jealous."

Lijiang remained noncommittal.

The guy in front of me is the most twisted and insane among the Seven Deadly Sins.

Before he came to his door, Lijiang could not have imagined that he would appear in front of him.

At that time, facing one of the few awakened individuals in the world who belonged to the officialdom, Jealousy merely extended an invitation: "Do you want to drag the whole world into a burning judgment? I'm here to help you."

As if by some strange twist of fate, Lijiang grasped the hand he offered.

But what brought him here tonight?

Jealousy shuffled along with comical steps, laughing nervously: "Speaking of which, Chaldea has already entered London, don't you want to do something about it?"

"But don't worry, because I've already done it for you." Jealousy laughed faster, her heavily made-up lipstick lips stretched out wide.

“…Utterly boring.” Li Jiang finally understood why the beast tide under the London Demon Cave had intensified.

Just to stop Chaldea? How utterly ridiculous...

"Don't make that face. You know, Chaldea has done a lot of good things and completely ruined our plans."

"As expected, a rat is a rat. It can't even recognize the power I possess. But whatever, it's useless anyway."

"They really don't appreciate kindness. Just consider it as me giving my sincere heart to a heartless wolf."

Jealousy let out a mournful sigh, its figure slowly disappearing into the air.

Lijiang snorted. Of course he knew what Jealousy wanted to do: push him out as a target.

However, it doesn't matter anymore. Let him witness firsthand the final struggle of Chaldea.

At this moment, he couldn't help but look forward to seeing how Chaldea would solve the small obstacle blocking their way.

"Do your best, please me."

Lijiang stood on the balcony, gazing up at the strange moon, filled with curiosity.

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"Is this your solution to break the deadlock?" Yukino Yukinoshita looked at Ritsuka Fujimaru with suspicion.

They were now at the ground entrance to the Albion Mausoleum, surrounded by the menacing UN peacekeeping forces. Even the fearless Abigail showed a hint of alarm at the powerful weapons around them: if they were subjected to concentrated fire, even she wouldn't escape injury.

Fujimaru Ritsuka stood in the crowd and shrugged: "Isn't uniting others the most important thing to do?"

A burly man next to her laughed heartily: "Don't worry, beautiful lady. They won't dare to open fire directly. You know we all have access passes."

"But didn't I tell you already! No entry is allowed now! You damned bunch, you actually gathered together to cause trouble!" The superhuman guarding the Demon Cave shouted excitedly, jumping up and down.

Faced with the accusations from the other side, Fujimaru Ritsuka's group did not argue directly, but instead stared at him with malicious expressions.

After talking with Kaiki Deishuu, Fujimaru Ritsuka immediately asked him to help gather intelligence, and also asked Abigail to send out the two cats to subdue and gather intelligence on the cats in the capital of the UK, and to persuade them one by one.

Those who possess force should be persuaded by physical means; those who are greedy for money should be persuaded by bribery; and those whose relatives or friends have been captured should be persuaded by tracking tools provided by the beimu mud boat.

In addition, after giving away some of the useless materials he had obtained from defeating the monsters, he temporarily gathered all the people in London who had the necessary qualifications and initiated a standoff.

Fujimaru Ritsuka casually tapped her arm with her finger: "I'm telling you, that's enough. If you keep blocking us from entering, you might not receive a report of dutiful duty, but rather a notice of serious injury or critical condition for your family members."

The staff member on duty stopped talking. His face grew paler and paler, and he swallowed more and more frequently. Finally, he decided to give up.

"Hmph, go ahead and go in." He spat, but finally made way for them.

Fujimaru Ritsuka also breathed a sigh of relief.

He understood that the entrance to the Demon Cave was now guarded by a joint force of various countries, and it was hard to say whether they would try to intimidate him and his group.

Above that, Great Britain seems to be on a downward spiral, rarely producing anyone of high renown. The one currently on duty is nothing more than a mere nobody.

And they also possess enough fighting power to make the other side dare not utter a word of anger.

"Thanks, brother. We'll be on our way then." The dozens of people from different organizations around Fujimaru Ritsuka said this readily and rushed inside without stopping.

Fujimaru Ritsuka opened and closed her lips, somewhat bewildered: Just now when she received the gift, she said she would lead the charge for me, but now that she's all done for, she's just abandoned me, right?

...Although I was mentally prepared.

Fujimaru Ritsuka said nothing more. He made a gesture and took the hands of Yukino and Shion. The five of them lined up in a straight line, holding hands to prevent getting lost. Then Fujimaru Ritsuka issued a notice.

Then Fujimaru Ritsuka shouted "Charge!" and pulled everyone together to jump over.

The entrance to the Spirit Tomb Albion is a huge, well-like black orb of light.

The moment Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others jumped in, they lost the feeling of being bound by gravity. It was as if they were moving between the walls of the world. They first felt a sense of liberation before they stepped onto solid ground.

It's like surfacing from the deepest part of the ocean, escaping the pressure of the seawater, and then breathing in fresh air—except that the so-called fresh air is rich ether.

"It's so refreshing, I feel dizzy."

Unexpectedly, Abigail was the first to run into trouble.

Her breathing was rapid, and her eyes were glazed over, as if she were drunk.

"The allure of intoxication... I'm a little bit of that too."

"……Me too."

Everyone else reported similar experiences, but Fujimaru Ritsuka was completely unaffected. He only felt a slight dizziness before his emotions were completely controlled by his [Iron Will].

Fujimaru Ritsuka slowly exhaled and looked around curiously at everything around her.

This is a huge, enormous void, with a dark rock wall at the top that no one can see, while the rest is extremely spacious.

Looking around, all that could be seen was a desolate landscape, with fresh bloodstains scattered on the ground. Ahead lay the simple yet relatively beautiful ruins of a normal city.

However, the group of people who had entered earlier were not seen.

Fujimaru Ritsuka crouched down and examined the area to see if anyone had passed by recently. After looking around, he searched back for the entrance that had brought them in, but found nothing.

He gave a strange smile: "Just as I expected, the entry point is random."

"I suggest you study this common knowledge that you've already been told about later." Shi Yu had already taken out a parasol and opened it, looking at the uninvited guest in the distance with a calm and serene expression.

Before they knew it, a pack of huge gray wolves had surrounded them, growling and showing them greedy expressions.

"Uh, so hospitable?" Fujimaru Ritsuka shook her head, preparing to take out the Twilight Muramasa to do some warm-up exercises.

At that moment, the dizzy Abigail suddenly erupted. The magic power within her surged like viscous paste, and the two cats beside her took on strange forms.

Their bodies swelled up slightly, but what was most terrifying was their enormous mouths that could swallow a small car whole.

“Eat them!” Abigail stumbled into Fujimaru Ritsuka’s arms and said casually.

"Meow meow." The two cats were almost in tears.

As one of the standard Cthulhu monsters, they have developed a severe appetite for intelligent life or other bizarre beings.

Unfortunately, in the past ten days or so, Abigail seems to have given up on harming intelligent life altogether, showing no intention of targeting any intelligent beings. However, the crucial point is that she's protecting us closely, leaving us powerless to stop her.

Therefore, given the rare opportunity to eat meat, they happily opened their mouths, and in less than 10 seconds, the whole world became quiet.

"Burp~" Both cats let out a sound of praise, saying that the taste was alright, thanking the wolves for providing them with their first pot of gold... no, everything was eaten up, it felt like they had encountered robbers who would eat people without spitting out the bones.

"Captain, Abigail did a great job, didn't she?" Abigail looked up, as if seeking praise.

"Of course!" Whatever the material, just take it. Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled broadly as she played around with Abigail.

"Alright, what do you think of the ruins over there? I remember they might be guarding the fixed exit over there." Yukino pouted, feeling upset that she couldn't obtain the sacrifice.

“Indeed, let’s move over there.” Fujimaru Ritsuka’s suggestion was met with everyone’s approval, and so they slowly began to move.

Still under the spell of intoxication, little Abi was naturally picked up by Fujimaru Ritsuka and placed on his shoulder.

The further they went, the more numerous and powerful the monsters they encountered became. So, were they about to break through the defenses over there?

But putting aside the defensive situation on the other side of the ruins, Fujimaru Ritsuka realized that to get there, she would need to fight her way through at least several groups of monsters.

What else is there to say? Let's get started!

Everyone began to be fully armed and slowly advanced.

Wyverns or other flying monsters soaring in the sky were violently pulled down by Yui Yuigahama's supernatural powers, first falling and getting dizzy, and then losing their lives completely in the clash of swords.

The roaring chimera was surrounded and attacked by the five, and even Abigail managed to use her tentacles and lower-ranking familiars to beat it up.

(One day, we will kill all of you humans.) As the Chimera thought this, the battlefield changed again. Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others decisively used their skills, and one attack after another swept over the poor guy like a tide.

Then Fujimaru Ritsuka spat out, "Damn it, they don't even have the ingredients."

He was deeply shocked by the monster's stinginess, but he had no time to think further and could only lead the others forward.

Strangely, things got even more weird after that. One monster after another died tragically at their hands, but no materials dropped.

Later, after a slightly safer encounter, Fujimaru Ritsuka angrily dismantled the wreckage into eight pieces, but found no extraordinary materials.

But they made a new discovery.

"What's going on?" Yukino stared at the monster's abdomen with a serious expression, as did the others.

They saw that the blood inside the monster had begun to turn very black, like a beverage that had been stored in a broken refrigerator for a long time past its expiration date.

Fujimaru Ritsuka searched the abdominal cavity again and was surprised to find that most of the organs inside the monster were obviously failing: they were either pale and bloodless, or they looked withered and shriveled.

Kasumigaoka Utaha took out a brush and kept changing the spells she wrote. Finally, with the change of a spell, it reacted with the monster's remains.

Fujimaru Ritsuka quickly pressed, "Utaha, have you figured out what's going on?"

The monster slowly burned to ashes under the influence of the talisman, while Shi Yu watched and explained: "I just drew several talismans, but only this one, which borrows the power of the Lord of Mount Tai, worked."

"Therefore, these monsters are the product of the reversal of life and death."