A beautiful girl who transmigrates into a Herrscher of the Void is treated like an elf and conquered

However, her predictions, her calculations, and the absolute precision that made her famous were completely meaningless in the face of lightning speed that surpassed the limits of vision and reaction!

All the light rays futilely pierced through the afterimage left by the lightning, unable to even touch the hem of the other person's clothes!

Seeing this, Mana also mustered her strength and tried to flank Allen to launch a pincer attack. However, her movements appeared slow and clumsy in front of Lei Guang.

Just as the two were frantically trying to pinpoint the omnipresent bolt of lightning—

The lightning suddenly paused, then appeared between Allen and Mana at several times the speed of before, as if teleporting!

"boom!!!"

It wasn't an explosion, but a pure energy shock! A ring-shaped purple halo, containing the power of extreme lightning and spatial tearing, suddenly expanded outwards from the [Judgment] Herrscher!

Allen and Mana didn't even manage to parry effectively. They felt their protective [Freedom Domain] shatter and collapse like fragile glass, letting out a mournful cry!

The terrifying impact slammed into their display devices and bodies!

"puff--!"

Both men coughed up blood and were blasted away like kites with broken strings, tumbling in the air as sparks flew from their display devices. They lost their balance and ability to fight back for a short time.

They barely managed to steady themselves in mid-air. The intense pain and the sudden loss of strength made their vision go black, and they could only look up in vain at the figure high above them.

[Celestial Judgment] The Lawyer has returned to his original position at some point, and has even stepped onto a higher spatial plane.

She stood with her back to the sun, which was gradually being obscured by smoke and dark clouds, revealing only a pale halo. A huge shadow fell over her, completely concealing the details of her face in darkness.

Only those eyes, burning with golden light, like two will-o'-the-wisps in the abyss, coldly looked down upon them.

Behind her, the headless warrior phantom, crimson as blood and exuding an aura of endless conquest and slaughter, solidified once more.

Its muscular arm armor moved slowly, following the slight downward shift of the [Heavenly Judgment] Herrscher's center of gravity, making an incredibly clear and precise movement—

The starting stance for a draw sword slash!

An indescribable, chilling killing intent, like a tangible shackle, instantly gripped Allen and Mana's throats! It was a harbinger of death, a declaration of the end!

At this moment, time seemed to stretch out infinitely.

The two stared blankly at the figure standing backlit in the sky, about to wield the final blade, their consciousness seemingly drifting away, trapped in a dying revolving lantern.

Despair, like the deepest darkness, completely engulfed them.

The massive katana crackling with destructive lightning, and the invisible blade raised simultaneously by the crimson warrior phantom, were about to bring this unequal battle to a close.

Chapter 114 Silent Protection

When the [Heavenly Judgment] Herald descended upon the battlefield with overwhelming force, swallowing up countless cannons with a spatial gate and overwhelming the steel torrent with a frenzy of pseudo-beasts, it attracted all attention and firepower.

Even when Alan Mathers and Takamiya Mana had to fight to the death, a white figure, like a snowflake blending into the background, was carrying out actions contrary to her duties.

Her pale blue eyes reflected neither the terrifying lightning and spatial distortion in the sky, nor the fierce battle of attrition on the ground.

Her sensors filtered out the deafening explosions and roars of energy, focusing all their efforts on capturing a faint but crucial signal.

—Itsuka Shido's vital signs and possible location information.

(Operational objective: Ensure the safety of the Shido. Priority: Highest.)

When Eren ordered the entire army to attack, and everyone's attention was drawn to the Herrscher who displayed absolute power, Origami, like the most precise machine, instantly completed her judgment and decision.

Without the slightest hesitation, she immediately severed the deep connection with the DEM tactical network, maintaining only minimal basic communication to feign an online status.

(Opportunity. Chaos is the best cover.)

She suppressed the thruster power of Mordred to its lowest possible level, maintaining a hovering position of only a few centimeters off the ground, like a white ghost flowing close to the ground.

She cleverly used the shockwaves and dust generated by each large-scale explosion, and used the burning debris, collapsed walls, and trenches torn apart by the shockwaves in the ground as mobile shelters.

Her movements were perfectly executed; every turn and pause was precisely timed to coincide with the most intense visual and auditory effects on the battlefield, flawlessly avoiding scans from either airborne or surviving ground units.

(Based on the last observation, Shido was located on the southeastern perimeter of the factory, attempting to approach the Herrscher... It is speculated that his current location should be on the edge of the blast impact, in an area with a shelter structure.)

Her brain, like a high-speed computer, combined the topographical map in her memory with real-time environmental changes to quickly plan a circuitous but absolutely safe path.

This path bypassed the core battle zone where the pseudo-beasts and Bondsky's remains were piled up, and also kept away from any area that might be covered by stray bullets or energy aftershocks.

The air was filled with the pungent smell of burning, gunpowder, and... a very faint, familiar scent belonging to Shido.

The senses of origami seem to be elevated to the extreme, like a mother wolf tracking her prey, locking onto that trace.

Finally, behind a section of the factory's concrete foundation that had collapsed due to the shockwave, forming a natural depression, she saw the huddled figure.

Shido leaned against the cold concrete, his hands tightly covering his ears, his body trembling slightly from the terrifying energy fluctuations emanating from afar.

His face was pale, his lips were tightly pressed together, but his eyes were fixed on the unequal battle in the air, filled with helplessness and worry.

Fortunately, he did not appear to have suffered any direct physical injury.

Origami's cold anxiety subsided slightly. She didn't appear immediately, but instead remained like a stone statue, blending into her surroundings.

He silently observed for ten seconds from the shadow of a twisted steel frame a few meters away, confirming that there were no potential threats in the vicinity and that no one had noticed him.

Then, she deactivated part of the optical camouflage, allowing her white figure to appear silently from thin air and land beside Shido.

Her voice remained clear and calm, yet it brought a strange sense of peace to this corner, which was faintly surrounded by the sounds of distant explosions.

Shido shuddered and turned around. When he saw it was Origami, his eyes flashed with surprise, relief, and a hint of complexity.

"Tobiichi-kun? You... what's going on?"

“That’s not important.” Origami didn’t explain the specific reason. Her gaze quickly and carefully swept over Shido’s entire body to confirm his safety.

“This is still a dangerous area; the aftershocks and flying debris are unpredictable. Follow me; I know a safer temporary shelter.”

Her tone was decisive and unwavering, the calm of a warrior, yet also carrying a subtle, almost imperceptible, persistence reserved only for specific individuals.

Shido looked into Origami's calm eyes, then glanced at the despairing display of power in the distant sky.

Knowing that staying here would not only be useless, but might even be a burden, he took a deep breath and nodded.

"Okay... I'll leave it to you, Tobiichi-kun."

Origami said no more, restarted the optical camouflage, and signaled Shido to follow in her footsteps.

She chose a more concealed route, almost along the very edge of the battlefield's ruins, like two silent shadows, swiftly and thoroughly distancing herself from the core battlefield that had become a living hell.

Throughout, her attention was entirely focused on guiding and protecting Shido.

She didn't look back or feel any lingering attachment to the battle behind her that would determine the fate of DEM and even potentially influence the world order.

Her war, from beginning to end, was never fought on that battlefield.

Chapter 115 A Thoughtless Slash

Just as the massive katana crackling with destructive lightning was about to fall from the hands of the [Heavenly Judgment] Herrscher, the invisible blade of the crimson warrior phantom was also poised to strike.

The moment that would sever Alan Mathers and Mana Takamiya along with the airspace they inhabited, reducing them to nothingness—

The anomaly exceeded everyone's expectations, and may even have exceeded the calculations of the [Divine Judgment] Herrscher itself.

In front of Allen and Mana, the void that should have been empty suddenly began to distort and flicker violently, like a screen with a poor signal!

It is neither a spatial fold nor an energy barrier, but a more fundamental and bizarre "anomaly"!

A human-shaped "mosaic" appeared without warning.

It has no specific outline, no facial features, no color, only constantly flowing and changing blurry pixel blocks, like a bug in a world, an "error" that should not exist.

It stood there silently, as if denying the rationality of all physical laws and energy flows around it, emanating an aura that instinctively evoked repulsion and fear.

(Takamiya Mio! Wait! What's she doing here?!)

Chika was shocked. As someone who knew the plot, she instantly recognized the true form of this being—one of the disguises that the spirit Takamiya Mio originally used to travel the world, "Phantom"!

On the surface, however, she must maintain the persona of the [Judgment] Herrscher—a newly awakened being burdened with the hatred and power inherited from Welt, with only a superficial understanding of the truth of the world, and even less likely to recognize the existence of the "First Spirit".

In her eyes, which burned with golden light, a fleeting look of utter astonishment and vigilance flashed just right, as if she had seen something completely incomprehensible yet posing a deadly threat—an unknown entity.

The katana in his hand paused slightly, but the accumulated lightning and spatial power were already ready to be unleashed!

Should we back down, or...?

(I can't stop now! Stopping now would make me seem guilty! I must show anger at being disturbed and a probing attitude!)

In a flash, Chika made her decision.

"Playing tricks and deception"

She let out a cold, angry shout, as if she regarded this unknown interference as a challenge to her authority.

"Those who stop me are guilty of the same crime☆"

That strike, imbued with the full power of the [Heavenly Judgment] Herrscher, capable of severing space and soul, was accompanied by a synchronized strike from the crimson warrior phantom behind him.

With unwavering determination, instead of withdrawing, he slashed down with even greater ferocity at the humanoid mosaic, along with Allen and Mana behind it!

“Buzz——!!!”

There was no deafening clang of metal against metal, nor an explosion of intense energy collision.

The moment the destructive lightning blade and invisible slash touched the humanoid mosaic, it was as if two completely different world laws had clashed and annihilated each other!

An indescribable, soul-chilling, silent roar exploded deep within everyone's consciousness!

Centered on the point of collision, a sphere of indefinable color, a mixture of chaotic light and shadow like a data stream and absolute nothingness, instantly expanded!

Wherever it goes, all matter, energy, and even space itself are completely "erased"!

It wasn't pulverized, nor vaporized, but rather erased cleanly, like being wiped off a canvas of reality with an eraser, leaving no trace whatsoever!

The land, which had just been ravaged by artillery fire and was covered with wreckage and scorch marks, along with the deeper layers of bedrock, had a thick layer of rock shaved off again along the path of this expanding sphere!

The original undulating terrain was forcibly flattened, turning into a more thorough, more lifeless, smooth, mirror-like charred plane.

It seems as if it has always been this way, as if no life or creation has ever existed.

This destruction was far more thorough and more devastating than the previous artillery barrages; it was an erasure that touched upon the very essence of existence!

As the terrifying obliteration sphere slowly dissipated, the space, which had been violently distorted as if injured, gradually calmed down...

In the sky, only the [Celestial Judge] Herald remained, his back to the dim light.

And that humanoid mosaic that still floats silently, as if it has never moved, and keeps flowing.

Alan Mathers and Mana Takamiya had vanished completely. There was no blood, no remains, not a single trace of evidence that they had ever existed.

(She was rescued... As expected, Mio Takamiya wouldn't just stand by and watch someone important be eliminated like this.)

Chika understood perfectly, but the face of the [Heavenly Judge] Lawyer revealed just the right amount of shock, solemnity, and a hint of anger at not having achieved the desired result.

She stared intently at the mosaic of human figures, a massive katana held horizontally before her, crackling with lightning, exuding a sense of vigilance.

"What...are you?"

Her cold voice carried a subtle hint of inquiry.

"You dare to do it and take responsibility, why are you afraid to face people! You are not worthy of your elven power☆" The Great Wilderness Imprisoning Heaven Finger pointed forcefully at the other party, seemingly filled with endless anger.

The humanoid mosaic did not respond. It simply "watched" the [Judgment] Herrscher for a moment, the constantly flowing pixels seemingly devoid of any emotion, only a bottomless void.

Then, just as abruptly as it appeared, it began to slowly fade and decompose, eventually turning into countless shimmering points of light, completely merging into the air and disappearing.

No words or explanations were left behind.

It was as if its appearance was solely to block that blow and take away two specific people.

The battlefield fell into complete silence.

[Celestial Judgment] The Herrscher floats beneath an empty sky, with the earth beneath his feet having been ravaged twice and reduced to absolute scorched earth.

She silently gazed at the spot where the "phantom" had vanished, then swept her gaze across the desolate landscape where no other living thing existed besides herself.

All enemies were either destroyed or rescued.

An operation originally intended to annihilate her ended with the complete annihilation of the DEM forces and the fate of two of their top combatants remaining unknown.

She slowly sheathed the massive katana in her hand, and the crimson warrior phantom and the thunderous halo behind her gradually faded away.

Her majestic spirit armor dissipated into particles of light, revealing her original casual clothes once more. However, her eyes still retained the coldness and aloofness befitting a Herrscher.

She took one last look at the area she had personally destroyed, and also due to the intervention of an unknown entity. Her figure slowly descended, landing on the scorched ground. Without looking back, she walked step by step away from the battlefield.

The figure appeared exceptionally lonely amidst the pervasive smoke and deathly silence, yet it also carried a chilling calm, like the aftermath of a storm.