One-way traffic

Upon hearing this murmur, Kakine Teitoku understood that the boy called His Highness must possess some kind of higher-level ability.

Absolute Ability Users – at this level of strength, there are very few power systems that can affect Accelerator's abilities anymore.

unless.

The power used by the opponent, from the very beginning, was of a higher level.

At the moment of exchanging blows, Accelerator felt a mysterious sensation, like the vastness of the universe.

But that was a power that His Highness had never shown at the beginning.

"It's really infuriating. That kid just got away like that? Aren't you all supposed to be able to track spatial phenomena? How could you just let him get away like that?"

"Believe me, this has nothing to do with simple space anymore."

As Kakine Teitoku walked over, he extended one of his fingertips, as if touching the air where His Highness had just left.

"That boy called Your Highness, the ability he used was probably not that low-level. Although it was indeed just physical strength at the beginning, later..."

"It's like they're fighting us while holding the entire universe in their grasp."

If we're talking about that level, its purity would probably be high enough to be associated with Accelerator and Kakine Teitoku.

Even though the two of them didn't know what kind of power it was, they at least knew one thing.

"No matter what happens, the fundamental difference in combat strength will not change."

For Accelerator, even an enemy who truly controls an entire universe no longer poses the same absolute threat as before.

The next time he sees him, it will be the time when he will have no way to escape.

"what--!!"

At the same time, such a sound suddenly came from the surroundings.

The three of them turned around and saw this scene.

They are people from two communities.

'Salamandra' and 'NoName'.

“…That, that one.”

Black Rabbit, Kudo Asuka, and Hatsune Miku.

On the other side of the community, there is only Sandra.

The group of people stood together at the scene, all looking at the three of them with shocked expressions.

"...Excuse me, what exactly happened?"

The crowd stared at each other in disbelief at the scene of utter devastation, which resembled the end of the world.

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"Your Highness...!"

After escaping via spatial teleportation, Ling immediately checked on His Highness's physical condition.

"I'm fine."

That's what they say, but countless drops of blood flowed directly down His Highness's head.

He couldn't even open his left eye.

…but.

A faint, colorful light flashed across His Highness's body, and all the blood and filth, as well as his injured left eye, were instantly restored.

The light emanating from his body was as profound as the universe.

"This injury is nothing to me."

He shook hands, a meaningful smile on his face.

"Fortunately, I had a trump card, otherwise, I really wouldn't have been able to turn the tide at all."

"The trump card...?"

Seeing Ling's puzzled expression, His Highness simply extended his palm.

Above that.

It was a light that emanated from the vast universe.

"Of course, it's AnotherCosmology."

Gazing at the power in his hand, His Highness slowly narrowed his eyes.

This was merely a test.

"I'm really looking forward to meeting you all next time."

"Those beings drawn to the miniature garden by another world."

Chapter 798 The Prelude to the End of the Demon King

Is it an exaggeration, or simply a sudden incident?

Not long ago, the Demon King's attack suddenly took place at the "Fire Dragon Birth Festival" celebration site, and at the same time, the Demon King's unreasonable and cruel "Gift Game" also began.

Countless people were implicated, and a few even lost their lives as a result.

People struggled in dire straits, but thanks to the efforts of the judges in the sandbox, they finally managed to secure a chance to negotiate with the Demon King.

Even so, the final negotiation results that the public heard seemed to last only a little over a week and a day.

In other words, after eight days, the Demon King will return and attack.

At that time, these defenseless and unarmed people here will still not be able to escape the arrival of the apocalypse.

—And that's not all.

"Ugh... Wow..."

All around the street, people were lying on the ground, completely collapsed.

Some of them were strong young adults, while others were elderly people or children, but regardless of who they were, all of them showed some similar signs.

That is, its whole body is covered with dark spots.

People with these spots on their bodies cried out in pain. Although many medical staff came to take these sick people away at first, new patients appeared soon afterward.

The number of people gradually becoming infected began to exceed the number of medical staff who came to their aid.

This incredibly bizarre and rapidly expanding situation immediately made many people wonder what exactly was going on.

The Black Death.

A terrible plague that swept across the European continent around the 1350s.

Now, it has swept through here again... sweeping through the entire northern part of the miniature garden.

People are unsure how this happened. Some speculate that it was caused by a plague outbreak resulting from the Demon King's Gift Game, but even if that's the case, people are powerless against it. Even medical staff get infected while on their way to provide aid.

The viral crisis that erupted in the past will once again claim everyone's lives.

Whether infected or not, everyone is silently praying that this deadly game from the Demon King will end as soon as possible.

—That was the case until an hour ago.

"…cough!!"

A Black Death patient lying in a hospital bed suddenly widened his eyes and began to cough violently.

"He, what happened to him?"

"Could it be that the infection situation has become more serious?!"

The surrounding medical staff were immediately alarmed and quickly took out instruments used to detect the plague to measure the infected person.

The horror of the Black Death was known to almost everyone.

If the virus were to mutate again or become even worse at this moment, then... I'm afraid that before the Demon King's Gift Game even starts again in eight days, everyone here would be easily wiped out.

"--Huh?"

Then, the medical staff received the test results.

This person's current Black Death infection status is equivalent to...zero percent?!

"He...his illness...is he cured?"

Several medical staff blinked in disbelief and looked at each other.

Not long after, the infected person... the former infected person, slowly sat up from the bed.

"Excuse me, sir! How are you feeling?"

"I... feel a little weak, but not... uncomfortable at all?"

Even the infected person himself looked at the group in disbelief, clenched his fist, and felt much better all over than before.

Moreover, he wasn't the only one.

All the people in the surrounding area, and throughout the entire northern district, who had been infected with the Black Death plague—all of them—recovered instantly at the same time.

And at the same time this happened.

in the sky.

“Hurry, look!!”

People turned their gazes to the sky, where a ripple-like object spread out in a ring across the entire sky above the miniature garden.

That was a real shock.

The source of the impact was located in a place where an anomaly had recently occurred in the sky.

As these phenomena occurred, people who had been infected with the Black Death were instantly cured, and some stained glass windows in the town suddenly shattered on their own.

People stared wide-eyed at the sky in disbelief.

"Please do not panic!"

There, a figure known to everyone hovered in mid-air.

She was a young girl with white hair, but no one dared to ignore her because of her small stature.

"It's... Lord White Demon!"

The people immediately recognized the newcomer as the White Yaksha, who had been sealed away not long ago.

Originally, because of the Demon King's Gift Game, she should still be sealed away now.

So how exactly did the White Yaksha break free of the seal?

"Please do not panic. The seal that binds me has been broken, and the plague virus that is attacking you has also been defeated on its own."

White Yaksha surveyed everyone below.

And then he uttered words that left everyone speechless.

"...The reason this happened is because the Demon King who launched the attack on the North District without any reason has been defeated!"

The Demon King... defeated?

Everyone except White Demon—even the members of 'Salamandra'—was shocked and exclaimed in disbelief.

"R-really?! Lady White Demon, has the Demon King really been defeated?!"

"But what exactly... happened?"

"No, no matter what, Lady White Demon wouldn't lie to us, would she?!"

"It's true! The sudden disappearance of the virus in our bodies must be because the Demon King was defeated, so it must be true! Lady White Demon has no reason to lie to us!!"

"We have truly won!"

The short sentence plunged everyone into a frenzy of joy. People cheered, and regardless of their faction or background, they were all pleasantly surprised by what the White Demon had said.

Even the White Demon himself wore an expression of utter astonishment.

"…what is going on?"

In order to buy time, Black Rabbit managed to sustain the Gift Game for about eight days. Based on this, the Demon King's community and their community should have been in a state of absolute balance and non-interference during these eight days.

These are ironclad rules from the Little Garden. Even the White Yaksha at his peak could not violate these rules or do anything contrary to them.