Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

"Anna, get out of the way!"

Huh? The girl was completely dumbfounded.

A powerful aura suddenly surged forth within the enormous Blood Temple.

A swirling, smoke-like mass suddenly burst forth from the ruins.

Without hesitation, Merlin immediately used his wand to shoot out more than a dozen flashes of light, aiming them at the large area of ​​mist.

But a strange change occurred.

All those bursts of light were swallowed up by the invisible dust and instantly vanished into nothingness.

The erosion speed of smoke is extremely fast.

Even if Merlin used his clairvoyance to observe directly, he still couldn't keep up with the speed at which it was happening "in the present".

Most importantly—

That cloud of mist surging out of the Temple of Blood... was all rushing towards Anna!

"Get out of the way, Anna! That thing is after you!"

Bang! The next moment, Merlin's body was pushed away by an invisible force.

Even though in an instant, an illusion-like power transformed Merlin's form into a flower to evade it, but—

The invisible fog was about to engulf Anna's body in an instant.

*Pfft!*

But some people are faster than them.

No.

To be precise, even time itself stopped.

Boom!! In the next moment, all those so-called invisible forces were instantly blasted into dust. The intangible was forcibly transformed into tangible form, and it scattered into the air in the form of bright red liquid.

It's Yan Ming.

After accurately predicting the future, he stopped time and shattered the force with overwhelming power.

But this is still not over.

Suddenly, five distinct streams of light flashed before Yan Ming's eyes.

Om-! !

They transformed into tangible forces, and in a five-colored guise, they directly shimmered with dazzling light.

The world is surrounded by an invisible radiance.

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It was swallowed up.

Anna felt she deserved this fate... When she opened her eyes again, the world had become a pure white space.

but.

An immense sense of collapse emanated from the space directly in front of him.

Click click click click—!

Endless cracks spread outwards from the center point in all directions.

"Huh...?!"

Instinctively... Anna felt a sense of fear.

Yes, this fear... is a feeling that only she can understand, a very familiar feeling...!

“Gor…Gon”

That was the person who appeared in front of me.

A massive creature, nearly two meters tall, half-human and half-snake, stood there in the form of Gorgon as he remembered it.

Even more incredibly, Anna actually felt both "weakness" and "strength" in Gorgon at the same time.

The next moment, Gorgon moved closer to her.

"—!"

"My fate is already sealed."

Gorgon stared at Anna before him and suddenly spoke.

"No... Being born as a Servant proves that my destiny is over. You and I are the same, Medusa. We... will only become monsters like this."

"But, this fate? It's all because of you."

click-

Like an eggshell, the pure white world became increasingly distorted and cracked.

And Gorgon's body began to become increasingly bizarre.

"I hate you! Without you, how could there be any monsters like this?!"

boom!!

Anna was about to swing her weapon when she was instantly pinned to the ground by an invisible force.

Countless snake heads shattered the surrounding area.

"Having been transformed into a monster and forcibly labeled a 'Gorgon,' constantly subjected to the definitions of various heroic myths, I long ago gave up any intention of returning to my past life."

This is "laziness".

"Then I can only keep devouring all kinds of life. If I don't do this, I can't survive, and I can't even be this monster."

This is "binge eating".

“I hate you for being born in the past! I envy you for being now! I hate that your existence led to my birth, I hate that you, who are both Medusa like me, can still enjoy the wonderful past with your two sisters, can’t you?”

"Wrath" and "jealousy".

Finally, the giant snake tail wrapped around Anna and lifted her up.

"Ugh..."

"But if I can turn back into who I was before, become you... and become one with you, assimilate with you, then I'll surely be able to shed my identity as the monster 'Gorgon'... and go back, right?"

What is presented before us is "lust".

It's not simply a concept of a lustful person... but rather a desire to unite with a living being and become one with it.

The five different colored lights swirled around Gorgon's head, and the world turned pitch black as a result.

At this moment, Anna's mind was completely filled with darkness.

Sloth, gluttony, rage, envy, lust.

All of the above was given to Gorgon because of his own merits.

No, in the end, if Medusa didn't exist, how could a monster like Gorgon possibly exist?

It's all her fault.

She killed the other two goddesses in the mythology, who were like her older sisters. She destroyed the warm and happy times that she should have had.

"You have nothing to miss, don't you?"

Gorgon's form had completely transformed into the enormous monster they had faced before.

Countless eyes were fixed on Anna's face, trying to get an answer.

Anna, despite her best efforts, was still unable to break free.

Her eyes became glazed over, and she let go of her hands.

These were all her own initiative.

Anna knew that Gorgon was absolutely right.

It was all because of her... Because of her, I will definitely kill those two sisters in the future, and Gorgon will inevitably be born.

However, it would be better if such a version of myself didn't exist.

He would merge Gorgon with himself, completely erasing everything that had happened, and wiping out Medusa's past and future.

They will become a brand new Medusa, someone who can live forever in a world of happiness.

“Medusa…you have nothing in this world except those two sisters. There is nothing here that belongs to you.”

"Your existence will inevitably lead to the deaths of your two older sisters and bring great danger to the world... I will help you, I will help you change all of this, so that you will never do anything to kill your sisters."

"..."

"There's no need to hesitate any longer, is there? I understand you... Since there's nothing left to cherish, there's no point in you needing to—"

"Shut up."

The voice interrupted Gorgon's words.

Anna… she struggled desperately.

It's not just a physical struggle, but also a mental one.

"What are you saying... there's nothing to cherish... at all...?"

"Actually, you wanted to defeat Gorgon yourself."

She recalled the words that man had said to her.

Yes... Anna is afraid to face the Gorgon, afraid to face the future she is destined to create.

However, in terms of destiny, Medusa could not possibly appear in this era, nor could she possibly encounter people from different times and spaces, let alone hear these words.

Medusa's fate will never change; nothing will happen because she killed Gorgon.

But... in this era, everything is no longer the same.

Anna exists simply as herself.

That man, Merlin, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu, even Gilgamesh... none of them saw her as a terrifying witch, but simply as a companion.

Although the time spent together was very short.

This cannot even be considered a so-called bond, nor could it become a driving force to change Anna's life in such a short time.

However, Anna knew that there were still people who saw her as a normal person.

He recalled the times when Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu faced him, the times when he argued with that idiot Merlin, the times when he was curious about the first creature called Fou, and the times when the old lady treated him so kindly.

She still remembered the man with a similar personality to her, who was willing to fight the Gorgon for her own sake.

Just these things.

"I miss...those things!"

Om-! !

His eyes flashed with a deep purple light.

That is the highest level of Mystic Eye... it is Anna's true power, the power that Medusa has been sealing away, and now, the path has been liberated.

Bang! !

In an instant, the snake tails surrounding Anna all turned to stone.

"Haaah—!!"

Anna picked up the scythe that had fallen to the ground—the "Harpe," the blade of undead slaughter.

An absolute treasure capable of truly causing death to things.

Without hesitation, the moment Gorgon roared at her, she plunged the knife into him.

"Roara ...

Bang!! Anna's body was instantly grabbed by Gorgon, and five dazzling beams of the Seven Deadly Sins burst forth from her body.

"Damn it...you witch destined to become a monster! You useless piece of trash who only knows how to run away, I will completely assimilate with you! Vanish completely!!"

"Ugh...!!"