This must be her last chance. Ling was so certain of it that she called out with all her might, even if it meant her throat was broken. She poured her heart out, her determined gaze like a ray of light, piercing the endless darkness.

"Eri! Take Suzu's hand!"

Huili was silent again.

She looked up at the sky, her eyes hollow, the corners of her mouth curled up in sarcasm. After a beat—

“…That’s enough.”

Gray magic erupted. As if to assert her status as a bloodless and tearless demon, Huili's face grew even more hideous, and she concentrated all her magic power with a desperate will.

My head felt like it was being burned by the intense heat. Veins popped out of my forehead, and tears and blood welled up in my eyes.

It was a level of magical control beyond her limits, something she had never attempted before, but now she was determined to do it. The gray feathers gradually formed a delicate and complex magic circle.

"Fall! Lament! Drown! Sink!"

Eri unleashed a unique combination of magic that disrupted all five senses and blocked magical power, causing it to dissipate and spiral out of control. This magic had no name, and the only curses uttered were curses of resentment. It was more of a curse than a spell.

While casting magic at Ling—

“Ahhhhhhh! Die!”

Eri charged forward recklessly. It looked like she was giving up, but for Eri, this was her last, life-threatening blow, and therefore undoubtedly the strongest and most accurate she had ever delivered.

Therefore, Huili's will could be clearly felt through this attack.

Kill your opponent or be killed. For Huili, these are the only two options.

For Huili, holding Ling's hand was not an option.

Ling bit her lower lip so hard that blood even seeped out.

It didn't reach her. I couldn't make her understand.

I felt helpless and filled with regret. I finally reached out my hand, but in the end, I couldn't reach her.

"Why did things turn out like this... But I guess I shouldn't say that."

Ling confided her innermost thoughts, a mixture of tears and laughter appearing on her face as she watched Eri's greatsword easily break through the barrier and pierce through Ling's chest.

Seeing this, Huili's ferocious expression suddenly turned into ecstasy.

Then, Ling's body began to disintegrate and dissipate. No, it was just an illusion formed by the black-striped butterfly.

“Ah…”

Eri's eyes widened. Out of the corner of her vision, she saw the black-striped butterfly dispersing like mist.

Then, she nervously turned her head in the direction of the black-striped butterflies and saw Ling there. That Ling had cast a space-blocking barrier; it must be the real Ling.

Eri understood instantly. She continued to see the black butterfly's wing pattern, so the illusion would work on her as well. So, while Eri was concentrating on constructing the curse magic, Suzu could take advantage of the opportunity to leave behind a false image while her true form moved elsewhere under the camouflage.

In order to perform her magic with all her might, Huili spent time and energy concentrating to the limit, but unexpectedly, this exposed her flaws. How ironic.

Eri's expression was contorted, as if a complex mix of emotions was overflowing. On the other hand, Suzu's face was expressionless, as if she was suppressing her emotions, while she raised her hand.

Her hands were shaking. It wasn't just from fatigue.

"Let all things return to the light—'Sealed Palace, Closed Doors'."

Ling's hand slowly dropped down.

The huge space-blocking barrier twisted dramatically with the movement of the double iron fans.

Eri seemed to have given up resistance, her hand gripping the greatsword falling limply. Then, she vanished in the orange light.

The devastating roar and impact were not heard outside the "Sealed Palace." From the outside, it appeared to be a silent collapse.

Trapped in the shattering space with no escape, no one could survive the ravages of that power. Except for Suzu, who also protected herself with a space-blocking barrier.

The orange light gradually converged, and the violently distorted space gradually returned to silence.

After the "Sealed Palace" completely disappeared, all that was left were monsters that had turned into pieces of flesh and rolled on the ground, shattered buildings, and the remains of the Gray Corpse disciples that had no trace of their original forms.

Of course, Huili was among them, lying on her back on the rubble.

Inaba descended from the sky and gently sat on Suzu's head, caressing her forehead with his soft forelegs as if to comfort her.

Suzu smiled at Inaba. It was a forced smile, but it didn't work. And then—

Ling landed next to Huili.

The apostle's physical endurance prevented Huili from dying on the spot, and she is still barely maintaining consciousness.

"Ahem...Kill me."

Huili's empty eyes did not look at Ling, but just stared into the distance, asking Ling to end her immediately.

“Eri…”

"Friends? Humph, that's impossible... I'd rather... die..."

"..."

That was Eri's choice. Her will was as strong as Ling's.

"Everything is terrible... I'm just..."

"But...how? Eri, tell me."

"..."

Eri confided part of her thoughts as if in a monologue, then closed her mouth again.

Ling could clearly see that Huili's life force was slipping away. If she didn't do anything, she would surely die.

Ling took out a test tube-shaped container from the "treasure house".

It contained a healing potion. While not as effective as the "holy water," it could at least save someone from near-death situations.

However, Huili knew what she was going to do and immediately glared at Ling with a fierce look that was too fierce to be that of a dying person.

She didn't say anything, but her eyes spoke louder than any words.

She would rather die than accept Ling's charity. This was her will.

So Ling could only hold the recovery potion tightly and grit her teeth, thinking, is this our end?

She hadn't thought of such a possibility before. Even so, it still pierced her heart, leaving her heartbroken and distressed. The feeling of powerlessness made her breathless.

However, she couldn't take any rash actions.

Even if he forcibly brought Huili back against her will, he wouldn't be able to secure her future. Her heart wouldn't accept it. Doing so would only lead to a repeat of the tragedy of that night.

Ling now knows very well what the consequences will be if she blindly believes in the future she wants and ignores the reality.

Therefore, if there is no way to communicate with each other's hearts, at least you should end it all by yourself without relying on anyone else.

That was Ling's realization.

Even though their friendship was originally twisted and incomplete, Ling was still a close friend to Huili, and even now, Ling still wanted to be close friends with her. So...

After Ling put away the recovery potion, she picked up the iron fan again with the same hand.

Ling and Eri's eyes met—

Just at this time.

An intense, sky-high magical power came into view, so powerful that it could be seen with the naked eye even from such a distance.

The magic power emitted a silvery light, like a tornado, and then in an instant it transformed into a gigantic humanoid figure, so huge that it was astonishing.

— Uooohhhhhhhh!

Is this the roar of the giant of light, or the wailing of the caster?

“Glory…?”

Huili's eyes widened as she murmured, because to her, it sounded like the latter.

The giant of light swung his fist down. Even the ground shook violently. The scene was like something out of a myth.

However, this scene was short-lived, and the giant of light's body immediately disappeared without a trace.

As if hinting at the fate of the caster himself...

“Glorious…Glorious!”

“Eri, Eri!?”

Huili, who had been on the verge of death for a long time, suddenly began to emit a gray light all over her body.

It was impossible to understand where she found all this strength. She spread her flickering wings again, barely dragging her body, which was even more miserable than the wounds all over it, and flew away with all her might.

Fly towards the direction where the Giant of Light was just now, which is next to Guanghui.

After a beat, Ling, who was too shocked to react, finally came to her senses.

Even though her body was completely exhausted due to the depletion of her magic power, she still forced herself to hold on, summoned the skyboard, and quickly flew after Huili.

Volume 12, Chapter 3: Their respective endings

Shortly after Ling and Huili left the battlefield.

Shizuku and Ryuutarou are still fighting in a life-and-death struggle.

There are about seventy Gray Corpses left on the battlefield, and they have only defeated a dozen of them so far.

Even though Ling left behind a servant to assist, the battle situation was still slightly unfavorable.

The reason was obvious. The breath of the giant light dragon was so powerful that a single blast could alter the terrain of the battlefield. And despite its massive size, its movements were incredibly agile, making direct attacks difficult to counter. Fifty smaller light dragons continuously unleashed a torrential downpour of breath attacks from the air. And the speed with which the radiant light mastered "Divine Power: Ever-Changing" was accelerating.

“—[Godly Cannon King]!”

The wind attribute magic that originally launched a tornado bombardment horizontally was fully reproduced with the power of "divine power".

The purpose of this magic was not to crush the target, but to create a tunnel of destructive light, allowing him to move forward unhindered.

Then he passed through the tunnel at a lightning speed and in the blink of an eye he was behind Ryutaro.

“—『Great Light Blade』!”

"Uh-oh!?"

Ryuutarou quickly crossed the King Ghost Module's sturdy arms, using the Magic Fist Armor that automatically expanded and contracted with the size of his body and the "Double Diamond" to block the attack.

The slash of light struck it, and after resisting for a moment, a gap was actually cut into the "Double Vajra" and the magic fist armor was also damaged.

"Don't underestimate me!"

Ryuutarou used the King Demon's inherent magic "Impact Manipulation" to make the impact itself disappear, so he was not knocked back by the impact force and was able to immediately kick forward to counterattack.

However, by then, Guanghui had already jumped back ten meters.

“—[Kamiu: Ten Combinations]!!”

A ray of light-destroying bombardment like a shotgun came fiercely from the front.

"Magic Fist Armor - "Random Attack"!"

Ryuutarou steadied himself and launched a flurry of punches. The armor's prana-consuming fist-forming ability, combined with the king's immense arm strength, sent several dark green fists whirling through the air, each one as powerful as a cannon.

In the spot between the two men, the extinguishing light and the magic fist collided violently, and sharp noises continued to be heard.

In terms of strength, they are comparable, but Glory has more means of attack.

"Oh no—"

Guanglong's big mouth approached from behind and bit Ryutaro tightly.

The light armor shattered with an unsettling sound. Light Dragon's body itself possessed divine might, and simply touching it would have been fatal. Ryuutarou's body was now as tough as Ougi's, so he could only withstand it. But at least now, he couldn't use Double Kongo.

"Five formations, four swords—'Break through'!!"

Ryuutarou's body was freed because the multiple shock waves from the four black swords blew off the light dragon's head.

"Sorry, Shizuku! I'm saved!"

Shizuku didn't answer because she was busy with her own affairs.

Looking closely, Shizuku's figure appeared sporadically here and there, appearing and then disappearing, then appearing in other places and then disappearing again.

This meant that she was continuously performing ultra-high-speed movements using the sublimation magic "Forbidden Zone Release."

Although "Instant Sublimation" is more efficient and consumes less energy, it cannot catch up with that speed.

The intense consumption of magic power rapidly reduced Shizuku, gritting her teeth and holding on, while desperately manipulating the Black Demon Sword to deal with the Gray Corpse. However, the small light dragon constantly obstructed her, making it difficult for her to defeat the enemy.

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