A silvery light emanated from Esid's body. Then, he spoke a word that echoed throughout the space like a mountain echo.

"In the name of Eshidrujuye, I command—"Disperse"

“Ugh, uh, damn it!”

A more powerful coercive force has invaded the world, which is completely incomparable to the previous one.

The new divine weapon Hajime had created instantly shattered upon command, and the crimson light began to dissipate from its source. Hajime screamed even more desperately, but the light's momentum continued to weaken.

Even so, the crimson light did not completely disappear. Even though it flickered, it remained like the last candlelight lingering in the deepest depths, never extinguishing.

"Really? Even if you're stubborn, there has to be a limit. Haven't you experienced enough despair?"

"Of course! I'm going to kill you and take Yue back. Once I do that, it'll be done!"

"Hmmmm, is that so? Is that so? In that case, it's almost time to wrap things up. I'm very happy that I finally have the chance to explain why I didn't wipe you all out all at once."

Even as he spat out blood, his heart still brimming with murderous intent. Asiid looked at Hajime with a broad smile.

Then, Esid decided to show off his skills and use the original magic that Yue developed on his own.

"—'Five Heavenly Dragons'... This magic looks really noble. I like it."

With Esid as the center, five celestial dragons appeared around him, controlling thunder, storm, stone, ice, and fire respectively. Their majesty far surpassed the ones created by Yue before.

The density of magic power and existence is of course incomparable. Furthermore, the Five Heavenly Dragons were endowed with extraordinary special abilities. Their mere presence could absorb the surrounding magic power and send it as tribute to Esid.

The five celestial dragons bent their necks, their silver eyes locked onto their respective targets.

They are Myuu and Remia, Aiko and Liliana and the others, Shizuku and the others, Shia and the others, and Hajime.

Esid's purpose was clear. He wanted to devour everything, stripping Shiji of everything he had. After thoroughly enjoying Shiji's pain, anger, and hatred, he would deliver a fatal blow in despair.

A loud cry from the soul.

"Yue! Wake up!"

"Huh, are you finally going to ask your girlfriend for help? It's no use. This container is already in my control."

"Yue! You should be able to hear me! Yue!!"

Ignoring Eshid's mockery, Hajime simply called out intently.

Calling her by the name he had chosen for her. The name of his favorite vampire princess.

The rude act of ignoring God seemed to displease Esheed, and the corner of his eye twitched. Then he raised one hand.

Then, like preparing to chop off prey's neck with a hatchet, he swung his hand downward, and everything was over. The divine command to sever the lifeblood was about to be unleashed—

──A moment ago.

"!? What? My magic power... my body!? ...Isn't it... No, it's impossible!"

Eshid suddenly wavered. His eyes widened, one hand still raised, his whole body trembling.

Suddenly, his body began to shake weakly, as if he couldn't move his limbs freely. Furthermore, it seemed that he couldn't use his magic power as he wished, and the figures of the "Five Heavenly Dragons" began to flicker, sometimes bright and sometimes dim.

Yarbu and Fried also began to waver. So did Shia and the others. Faced with a desperate crisis, Esid suddenly became distressed, and everyone's eyes widened in surprise.

At this time, someone's voice sounded.

──Don’t even think about it.

This voice echoed directly into his head, as if through telepathy. It sounded exactly like the voice of Eshid's constant cursing. However, to Hajime and the others, that voice was far more endearing and endearing than Eshid's.

"moon!"

Hajime shouted joyfully. Shia and the others' expressions suddenly brightened, and they all called Yue's name.

“Tsk… a mere human, don’t get carried away! In the name of Ehidrujue, I command—Recall the Nightmare!!”

Suddenly, Hajime and the others were forced to remember the most painful moment.

While it didn't restrict their minds, it did have a significant impact on everyone, and it also had a significant effect on Yue's consciousness.

Despite being covered in cold sweat, Eshid managed to regain his freedom. It seemed as if he had barely suppressed Yue's consciousness. He stared at his palm with hatred.

"...Albheit. I need to return to the Divine Realm first. Your deception has shaken her spirit, and I should have taken advantage of this opportunity to usurp her mind. However... it seems that it's still not as good as opening her heart, and it's not completely safe. She's putting up incredible resistance against my control. I need to adjust."

"Master, I am beyond my ability, please forgive me..."

"That's all right. In three days, I should be able to master it completely. I'll leave this to you. Fried, Eri, follow me. I'll grant you your wish."

"Yes, as you command."

"Okay, okay~~ You'll give me a world just for us, won't you? In that case, I'll do whatever you say!"

"How could I possibly let you go!"

There was a deep roar, as if coming from deep within the earth. Then, a crackling sound, like something breaking, echoed.

Something astonishing happened. Hajime actually stood up. The cross on his back had shattered, fragments flying everywhere. At the same time, he began to gather his magic power, and the magic power that was about to be restrained became even more powerful.

"Don't be unruly in front of your master."

Five apostles simultaneously lunged at Shiji. Shiji, already exhausted, was easily pinned to the ground, unable to move. The apostles continued to beat him, mercilessly, blood splattering.

Hajime was completely powerless to resist. At this moment, as if to take Hajime's place, another abnormal person (the Bug Rabbit), whose care for Yue was no less than Hajime's, though in a different direction, began to roar loudly, emitting a blue-white light.

“Miss Yue! Miss Yue!! Damn it, move, move faster, move faster, ahhhhhhhhh!!”

"Impossible! How can someone who is not an anomaly resist the divine words of Master Esid?!"

Yarbu's expression was as if he had witnessed a supernatural phenomenon.

The wolf's claws pressed deeper and harder. But... Shia immediately swung a punch down on the ground with a force no less powerful than a warhammer. This punch sent out a shockwave like an explosion, far more powerful than an ordinary blow, sending the wolf's body flying into the air.

After shaking off the god's command with her momentum, Shia leaped up, caught up with the helpless giant wolf, and without thinking, punched it with the back of her hand, crushing it to pieces.

Fragments flew everywhere. In order to get Yue back, Xia rushed forward, her footsteps so powerful that they even broke the ground.

Seeing her like that, no one could have guessed that she was once a timid rabbit from the forest. Her expression now was no different from that of a ghost.

“—[Sky Shock]!”

"Don't bother the master anymore."

Fried's spatial explosion struck Shia squarely. During their previous argument, she'd managed to withstand this attack with her sheer strength, but that was, of course, because Yue had held back. Fried, more than anyone else, understood the threat posed by Hajime. To be on the safe side, he meticulously concentrated the power of "Sky Shock" to its maximum. Its destructive power was incomparable.

“Ugh!”

Xia paused. However, the fact that she hadn't been shattered by the blow was incredibly tenacious. She was still standing, making one doubt their own eyes.

However, she couldn't take a single step forward. After the immense impact, simply standing was exhausting.

Therefore, she was immediately hit by the following pursuit - the extra-large magic bullet fired by Yarbu.

Somehow, Yarbu compressed his magic power into a massive mass, like a high-speed iron ball. It also seemed to have a shockwave effect. Shia, struck directly, lost her footing and flew horizontally, shattering the pillars without stopping. Finally, she slammed heavily into the wall with a resounding crash. The rubble crashed down, crushing her.

Xia was lying on the ground, bleeding and motionless.

"Shia! Damn it!"

"Hmm, why can't I move!?"

Tio and Shizuku struggled desperately, but the only thing that moved was their emotions. Their bodies were like plants, completely unable to move.

"Alright everyone, please excuse me. I have other priorities to attend to."

Eshid seemed completely unconcerned with the series of events that had just occurred. He was only concerned with his slightly trembling hands as he looked upwards.

Then, the silvery beam of light shone down again. This time, it opened a circular hole in the ceiling, forming a passage leading directly to the outside.

Sunlight shines in from a hole in the ceiling, and when you look out through that hole, you can see a fantastic scene.

The space far above the Demon King's Castle began to fluctuate, and then a vortex emitting silver light appeared. It looked like a shrunken Milky Way, incomparably solemn and sacred, even to the point of infuriating.

"Ah, by the way, let me remind you—three days from now. Three days from now, I will make this world bloom. Bright red flowers blooming from human bodies will fill this world. This is the final game."

Asid's body floated up, looking down at Hajime and the others lying on the ground, and mocked them.

"I'm looking forward to visiting your world. However, you're going to die here, so it has nothing to do with you."

“Stop, stop, give Yue back…!”

Hajime shouted hoarsely, extending his hand towards Yue.

The apostle then pressed him down with even greater force. Even so, Hajime, with his fierce, devilish expression, continued to try to advance. So Yarbu used a spatial immobilization spell to trap him.

Shi collapsed in a pool of blood, the amount of blood flowing out was terrifying. Any ordinary person would have died from blood loss long ago. But why was he still able to resist? Why didn't he surrender?

The apostles' gazes seemed to waver slightly. Perhaps they were afraid of Hajime. At the very least, they were definitely on high alert. To be on the safe side, they used decomposition magic to destroy all the magic circles he had hidden on his clothes and other places.

Although Tio and the others struggled to break free, the "Word of God" was so powerful that they could not escape. Aiko and the others were also surrounded by apostles and monsters, and were helpless.

Eri spread her wings, embraced Kouki, and carried him away. She seemed to whisper something to Kouki again. Kouki listened, a look of understanding on his face. He nodded, then looked down at Shizuku and the others, his expression akin to a firm resolve. Eri must have implanted in Kouki the "right idea" he wanted to accept.

Ling, Shizuku and Ryuutarou shouted loudly, but they were unable to win his heart back.

Asilde floated into the air, his back to the shimmering Milky Way (the Silver Gate) in the sky, looking like the backlight behind a god or Buddha. Then, he opened his hands.

His actions seemed to be welcoming the demons gathered in the Demon Kingdom. Just like what he had seen in the portraits in the cathedral before.

His posture was alluring yet imbued with divine power, solemn and sacred, even to the point of seeming unreal. Coupled with Yue's unparalleled beauty, it was enough to captivate anyone. Anyone who saw him would be drawn to devout worship without a second thought.

This scene is like a page from a new myth.

A beat later, deafening cheers shook the atmosphere, their volume as loud as a gas explosion. The entire Demon City was shaken by the demons' ecstasy.

Demons, monsters, corpse beast soldiers and a large number of apostles all rose into the sky as if dancing.

They must have known for a long time that this day would come. They would become a race chosen by God, summoned to the heavenly world, and they had always believed in the arrival of this supreme moment.

So──

"Goodbye, Anomaly. You were a great chess piece, helping me to relieve my boredom."

After saying this, Essid left with his followers, an ugly expression full of malice that was completely unsuitable for the moon.

Fly to the other side of the Sky Gate and head to the Realm of God.

"Tsuki! Tsuki aa ...

Hajime's cry echoed hollowly in the space.

Even if you stretch out your hand, you can't catch anything.

The warm and beloved touch that is always in your hands...

It has disappeared completely.

Volume 11 Chapter 2 The Little Brave Man

Knock, knock, knock on the ground, the sound of footsteps can be heard.

Including the five apostles restraining Hajime, only ten remained, along with about thirty other monsters. With only these remaining troops, Esid and the others departed, and the throne room grew quieter.

The cheers outside made the hall relatively quiet.

Hajime's cry for his beloved was so sorrowful that everyone was speechless.

"Still breathing? Such stubbornness is beyond praise. No, it's more like clinging to life."

Yarbu, who was ordered to stay behind to clean up the mess, walked up to Shi and stopped.

The look he gave Hajime was still filled with mockery, but it also seemed to contain an even stronger hatred.

The master's possession process was flawed, and for him as a worshipper, the result must have been unbearable.

As for Hajime, he lay facedown on the ground, unable to protest or even move. He conveyed no murderous intent or hatred. He looked lifeless, and with so much blood shed, at first glance one might have thought he was dead.

"Hmph, look at you, such a wimp."

Yarbu probably wanted to vent his anger, he stepped on Shi's head and kept cursing.

Aiko and the others could only watch as Hajime was being abused, their faces filled with despair. Especially the students who had stayed in the palace, their eyes became empty as they imagined their own fate. Some looked as if they had given up hope, while others sighed and sobbed. Among them—

(Nanyun...)

Someone else gritted their teeth, tears welling in their eyes as if they felt the pain Hajime was going through, but even so, they clenched their fists. That was Yuuka. She had just recovered from a serious injury.

In Yuka's mind, Hajime is invincible.

No matter what obstacles he faces, he always overcomes them with a rebellious smile. Although he is intimidating, he is also more reliable than anyone else.

To Yuka, Hajime was also her savior. The first time was from the Nightmare Warrior, and the second time was in [Uru Town].

(But I couldn't repay you. I couldn't do anything. Because I was too weak... Because I was useless... But...)

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