The effect of this state is to elevate Shia's physical strength to a monstrous level, surpassing the apostles in performance value by more than 10,000, an unprecedented and unparalleled state.

Therefore, as long as you take one step forward, that is Xia’s exclusive territory.

In Fuyun Ford's eyes, the target suddenly disappeared without a trace. That was all she could see.

Xia's movement speed finally surpassed the apostle's perception ability.

Having lost the enemy in a standoff, this was something that should never happen to an "Apostle of God." Fuyunfut's eyes widened in shock. At that moment, a dark shadow loomed from behind. Even though Fuyunfut managed to react, she only managed to turn around. She saw the hammer's striking surface, filling her field of vision.

"Hmm, how is this possible..."

Before he knew it, Fiat had stopped.

She was looking at the miserable figure of Fuyun Ford. His entire body, from the upper body to the head, had been smashed to pieces by a single blow, becoming a stain on the ground.

If he rushed forward rashly now, he would end up with the same fate - Fiat was very sure of it.

Dolittle, having regained her composure, seemed to share the same conclusion. Fiat's gaze wavered in panic, and she addressed her fellow comrades who had come to her side.

"Dolito...if this continues, I'm afraid..."

He stopped talking halfway through, and it was obvious that he didn't want to say the next sentence.

Dolittle couldn't answer immediately. Suddenly, she noticed something was wrong with Shia. No, to be more precise, it was Shia's partner, Willard Luken, who was acting strangely.

"That is……"

Squinting your eyes and looking carefully, you can see that the surface of Wellard Luken is covered with countless cracks.

If you think about it carefully, this is a natural result.

This warhammer has repeatedly blocked disintegrating attacks head-on and continuously withstood extraordinary impacts, and the arm strength of its wielder, Shia, is beyond common sense.

Even with the regeneration magic that granted it the ability to automatically repair itself, it's not hard to imagine that in such intense combat, the speed of repair wouldn't keep up with the speed of damage. Rather, it's rather unreasonable that the warhammer has managed to maintain its original shape.

"Fiat, weapons."

"……I see."

With such a brief conversation, the two apostles completed their communication.

Then, Shia disappeared. When they realized this, Shia appeared behind Dolittle.

The ridiculous physical fitness is like a vicious joke.

"I'll beat you up~"

The drawn-out line was uninspiring, but on the contrary, the power of the Wellard Luken that came down was just as absurd.

The reason they avoided repeating Fuyun Ford's mistakes was because the apostles shared a wealth of combat experience. When Dorit lost sight of Shia, she knew to cross her swords over her head without even turning her head.

“Mmmmm…!?”

Even as he resisted, the impact, which could only be described as absurd and utterly ridiculous, made Dolittle grit his teeth and groan in agony. The force was too overwhelming to bear, and he finally knelt down, about to be crushed to the ground.

The two greatswords also reached their limit, making disturbing shattering sounds.

"drink!"

Fiat roared with unprecedented momentum, activated his decomposition ability to the maximum, and swung his sword at the same time.

The target wasn't Shia, but the increasingly cracked Veled Luken. She judged that if Shia lost her weapon and became defenseless, the apostles would have a chance of victory. However—

"I saw through it a long time ago."

"Assumed Future," a derivative skill of the inherent magic "Future Vision." Shia had noticed the two apostles discussing something, and she sensed something was amiss. So, she glimpsed the future, hypothesizing, "What would happen if I attacked Dolittle?"

Therefore, she could know in advance the target that Fiat intended to attack at this time.

Ciara's graceful legs vanished, and her slender, strong legs struck Fiat's neck with pinpoint accuracy.

There was a frightening sound of bones breaking, and the head turned diagonally backward.

Then Xia kicked out another kick, a lightning-fast roundhouse kick in the air that hit Fiat's body, sending her flying like a rocket.

However, Dolittle was also able to escape the threat of heavy pressure.

"You monster!"

"Don't praise me like that all of a sudden."

Dolittle jumped up quickly as if jumping up, and fired a platinum-colored flash at almost zero distance.

But, as expected, it fell short. Shia vanished, and the next moment, she was tucked into Dolittle's arms. Her forward foot struck the ground, causing a violent earthquake. Then, with the momentum, she launched an elbow strike with such force that it could only be described as unreasonably powerful, piercing Dolittle's chest.

“Huh!?”

Dolittle wailed and vomited blood, his upper body naturally bending forward.

What followed was a smooth kick with great momentum. Her beautiful legs were spread 180 degrees up and down, kicking Dolittle into the air and shattering her jaw.

But Shia wouldn't let her fly any further. She wrapped her hair around her feet, stopping them in mid-air for a moment. Then—

"B-B-B-B-B-B!"

Gathering all his strength, he raised Veled Luken high and swung it down hard at Dolittle's upper body, which was tilted back in the air. The blow, exceeding the speed of sound and capable of shattering the air, obscured even the trajectory.

In other words, after seeing Xia raise the hammer, the hammer suddenly disappeared, and before you knew it, it reappeared in a state of swinging it to the end.

A blow with such power and speed can only lead to one result.

Dolittle's upper body completely disappeared, and a hole and a stain appeared on the ground.

At this moment, a fiery red heat wave swept towards Xia.

It seemed to be a tsunami of infernal fire summoned by a magic circle formed from platinum feathers. The purpose must be to hide in the flames and wait for an opportunity to launch a surprise attack.

"Such tricks are useless to me now!"

As the fiery crimson flames filled her vision, Shia's rabbit ears twitched, accurately sensing her opponent's presence. Seizing the perfect opportunity, she grasped the Veled Luken and swept it across a single point in the encircling sea of ​​fire.

At this time, two shadows pounced over.

「!?」

This surprised Xia. She was so good at sensing auras that she could be tricked that her eyes widened slightly in shock.

It turns out that Fiat's scent and hiding in the sea of ​​fire were all just a layout.

It was a surprise attack at maximum speed from beyond the range of perception.

The flames on Shia's side were blown away, and Esther rushed out from there.

"Smash it!"

Taking advantage of the moment when Veled Luken swung at Fiat, Esther raised the Second Greatsword and slashed at him.

The surprise attack, which nearly cost Fiat his life, was indeed effective. As Fiat's upper body was shattered, Veled Luken was also shattered.

The tsunami of infernal fire dissipated with the death of the caster. Using the force of Veled Luken's swing, Shia's body spun half a circle, and Esther, who had attacked unexpectedly, passed by her.

Both sides turned their backs to each other in an instant.

Xia had just lost her partner, and in order to seize the opportunity to give her a fatal blow, Esther dug her feet deeply into the ground, braked suddenly, turned around smoothly like dancing, raised the greatsword to her waist, and took a step at lightning speed.

At the same time, Shia turned with the exact same movement, as if in a mirror image. She rushed forward like a flash of sky-colored light.

The two sides' eyes met for a moment, and in the time when they felt the flow of time slowed down, their silent wills collided with each other.

(I will never lose!)

(I must be the winner!)

At this moment, the greatsword shone even brighter. It seemed Esther was determined to chop off Shia's head, even if she used Steel Wrap. The greatsword's radiance was so intense, as if reflecting her own strong will, unlike that of a puppet.

Perhaps, at this moment, what is more important in Esther's heart than God and mission is her unyielding will and her personal dignity.

However, the strength of the will to "not want to lose" and the will to "win" are different. In the moment of direct conflict, in that split second, it is the latter that can persevere to the end.

As if to prove it, Esther saw it. She actually saw it.

As time slowly flowed, Shia's hands transformed into other shapes.

The red liquid began to stir and condense on its own like a living thing.

—Shiaryu transforms into a magical red warhammer.

Similar to the "Steel Wrap", it is a method of manipulating the body through magic. It can manipulate blood at will through magic.

What Esther saw in her eyes, wide with astonishment, was a war hammer formed from the blood that had flowed from the wound that Shia had inflicted herself.

The flow of time returned to normal. Two colors of light intersected, and a thunderous impact sounded—

Shia and Esther both stopped and turned their backs to each other again.

The hammer formed of blood gradually dissipated, like a falling rain of cherry blossoms.

Xia retracted her attack, and blood spurted out of her neck.

Esther asked her.

"...Now, what is this thing that's rising from deep within my chest? It feels like my chest is tightening, and I want to scream. Shia Hauria, do you know what this is?"

"...It should be 'unwilling', right?"

"I see." Esther nodded after hearing Shia's answer.

Then, something fell from the sky and pierced the ground between the two of them.

It was a great sword that was broken into half.

A closer look revealed that the greatsword in Esther's hand had shattered, leaving only the hilt. As Esther held the hilt, her chest dented deeply. It was clear that the inside of her chest, along with her Apostle Core, had been completely shattered.

After finishing her move, Esther threw away the hilt of her greatsword.

Then she turned back to look at Shia, who had also finished her attack. Surprisingly, her eyes wavered, gleaming, and she bit her lip tightly as she spoke to Shia in a voice that sounded like she was about to whisper her greatest secret. That was her final verbal attack.

"I hate you."

Her tone was filled with resentment, not only that, but also reluctance and jealousy...

With an expression completely unlike that of an apostle, Esther finally collapsed.

Hearing the sound of someone falling behind her, Shia turned around, her rabbit ears and long hair swaying in the wind. Then, she said something similar.

As if to emphasize that this was the reason for her victory.

"And I hate you the most."

A smug smile appeared on his face.

After one shot.

Deeply savoring the joy of victory, Xia stretched out her arms and fell to the ground with her head tilted back.

The wind is blowing.

The sounds of fierce fighting and roaring came from not far away.

However, Xia just shook her rabbit ears, unmoved.

She took a deep breath and let out a meaningless moan of "Ah~".

My whole body felt paralyzed, unable to move. My body felt heavy, as if underwater. My eyelids felt like they would close at any moment.

"Ugh, Level X is just too much. And I used the Red Warhammer, and now I'm anemic~"

Although physical enhancement itself does not reduce magic power, strengthening it to a level beyond human level will place a huge burden on the body.

Now, Shia felt her strength draining from her body, her body uncontrollably seeking rest, her eyelids closing on their own accord. She fought back desperately, taking out a healing potion from her 'treasure vault' and taking it.

Then, he turned his gaze towards the direction where the roar had just come from.

"Alright, I've dealt with all the apostles. How's Miss Tio doing?"

Then──

—Roaroo ...

A terrifying number of roars came from the sky at the same time, making people feel as if the sky was about to collapse.

At the same time, a large number of monsters appeared, far more in number than before.

It's not just one or two thousand, it looks like even tens of thousands, maybe more than a hundred thousand, which is ridiculous.

"T-This is really bad!"

Knowing that now was not the time to rest on the ground, Shia desperately tried to get up, but the side effects of activating "Level X" were too strong, preventing her from moving immediately.

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