Xingyue, is Xiaokai also considered Kai?

Therefore, killing that pope would certainly come at a terrible price; one could say it would be self-destruction, because he was the true representative of Christ.

Although David was ultimately not punished.

But his son, Mugel, inherited all the heroism of the Sassons and was an inextinguishable flame of resistance.

At the end of the epic, the strongest Sassoon received instructions from his parents' spirits at their graves—

"Get up, Mother! I am Mugel, the child you carried for ten months, the child you have suffered all your life, the child you have wandered in the world for so long."

“Child, how can I help you? Our faces are bloodless, the light in our eyes has long been extinguished, and scorpions and worms are swarming together on my head. Go, your destiny lies on the cliffs of Wolong.”

“Arise, Father! Behold, I have endured all that has been done, I have buried my whole family, and I wander aimlessly on this earth. Arise, Father!”

“My child, your destiny lies only at the cliffs of Voron. Go forth. When the world is destroyed and rises anew, when the earth no longer kneels beneath your hooves, then your day will come, the day of the Sassoon will come.”

Therefore, little Muggle came to understand that everything in the world is preordained by fate.

So, is this all the justice and righteousness that he and all the Sassoons have been defending?

Resentment, hatred, and anger spread through his body, so the last Sassoon embarked on a journey—to challenge the 'false' god in order to defend Sassoon justice.

Alone, facing the supreme being and the seven angels surrounding him, this tyrannical hero could not be stopped by anyone—not his father David, nor Jehovah, the source of Sasson. Rather, what Mugel detested most was this 'hypocritical' god, and for this reason, the color of the holy sword of the sea that he swung at Novia changed from transparent to crimson.

It can be said that on this sea planet, there is absolutely no native species that has survived this offensive.

But there is an unparalleled power, an irresistible violence, capable of defeating such an opponent head-on.

Known as the head of all God's servants, the leader of the earthly kingdom, the supreme head of the universal church, the writer of the New Testament, and the judge at the gates of the kingdom—

That person—

That person was Novia.

In the first century AD, he killed the Antichrist, making the Church the founder of the world's first religion and a world-renowned saint.

"The Secret Cathedral of San Novia".

The moment the words were spoken, the light covering the entire Tokyo Tower area began to spread rapidly in all directions. Centered on Novia, the light covered Tokyo at the speed of light, covered the Land of Roots below, covered the oceans of the world, and finally encompassed the entire distant mosaic city of Rome.

Meanwhile, the sky above Tokyo Tower began to distort, and only a very few people could comprehend what was happening.

At this moment, 'Tokyo Tower' has become an otherworldly realm where no physical laws apply. Then, after the flattened Tokyo Tower, a miniature version of 'St. Novia Cathedral,' the world's largest church, appears. After all, it is a magnificent cathedral with a total area of ​​3 square meters, a main building height of 55.4 meters, a length of about 242 meters, and a maximum capacity of nearly 9 people to pray at the same time. It is also the most sacred place for the church.

According to the traditions of the Church of Sant'Novia, the Basilica of Sant'Novia is the burial place of the Holy One, and most popes are also buried there.

I thought that the moment they were about to appear, Novia and Little Muggle would engage in a life-or-death battle—

But the two of them just stared at each other silently.

Little Mugel's eyes were filled with excitement and madness, but at the same time, they were also incredibly sharp, radiant with reason and will.

In the eyes of the rebels, those two extreme concepts are now being reconciled without any contradiction.

The final Sassoon did not go mad; he was simply determined to 'kill God'.

boom!

In the San Novia Cathedral, which was dyed crimson, a tranquility was born amidst the raging cold currents, where only the sound of breathing could be heard.

A scene of utmost holiness and awe.

It was an unnamed sword, brimming with boundless magic, seemingly capable of forming the entire world on its own—transformed from the staff once held by Jesus Christ, manifesting the power of angels floating in the sky, displaying the glory of heaven, and embodying the concepts of many legendary and even non-existent weapons.

Finally, Novia broke the silence: "This is the first time I've taken it out in so long."

In fact, Novia understood little Gomuel's mental journey quite well. If she were to experience all of that herself, she would undoubtedly challenge Yahweh in the same way... Therefore, she could understand and accept his madness, which is why she only used the power belonging to the Christian system.

"It is not the destruction of the heavens."

Just as Novia uttered that name, the sword seemed to instantly turn the world white, illuminating everything around it as if dawn had broken, a light that anyone could see, a powerful yet gentle light of hope.

Immediately afterwards, Novia used her sword to block Little M'Gol's slash.

In reality, if Little Mugel's offensive could destroy the world, it would be more accurate to say that Eri and the others who were holding the Kanda Festival nearby would be the first to be attacked. However, neither Eri nor Hades Tokyo suffered any damage at all. The impact should have shaken the entire world, but now it was as if it had just been brushed by a breeze.

Because of the 'annihilation of the heavens', that ray of light showed extremely powerful force only towards Little Mugel.

The swords clashed fiercely together, and each time they collided, a sound like a machine being hammered was heard.

The battle between Novia and Little Mgoor.

The duel between the most famous pope in the Christian system and the strongest hero in the Christian system has only just begun.

The intertwined crimson and gold-white swords erupted with astonishing roars, sometimes biting each other, sometimes bouncing back, sometimes slashing at each other, and sometimes deflecting each other's attacks. The two seemed to be exchanging blows endlessly.

The sword pressure generated by the collision cannot be dissipated, thus creating a space where anything that gets even slightly close will be torn to pieces.

"Hahaha! Hahaha! Is this all you've got?!"

Little Mugel grinned gleefully, his maniacal laughter echoing through the vast space, the lingering sound reverberating long afterward. "The hypocritical god who manipulates the world! How can you be so weak now! I almost killed David before, almost beheaded the gods, always just a little bit more, hahahaha!"

Novia didn't speak, but an electric shock ran through his feet.

In the blink of an eye, lightning enveloped his entire body.

Seeing the crackling lightning on the ground and the booming thunder in the sky, little Mugel finally understood.

Ah, this is...

Zeus, the king of the gods, was most proud of his power of thunder, which in his hands was like a supreme mystery, equivalent to Armenia.

"……call."

Little Mugel leaped into the air, and Novia's sword extinguished the lightning surrounding her.

In that instant, Little Mugel unleashed a punch that surpassed the speed of light, tearing through the air barrier with a shattering force, intending to shatter Novia's ribs and strike straight at the silver-haired youth's chest—the speed of the punch far exceeded human reaction speed, and from a human perspective, Novia had no chance of dodging it.

but.

"It's no use."

Novia, responding to Little Mugel's punch, directly retaliated with her own fist, and a few strands of Little Mugel's broken white hair floated in the air.

...Wait a minute, white?

But as Novia pondered, his prepared kick struck Little Mgul squarely on the side of his head without mercy. The force sent Little Mgul flying backward a considerable distance. He plunged his sword down and slid backward, his boots scraping long marks into the ground.

Novia watched silently as little Muggle quickly stood up, then spoke:

"You can't beat me."

"hehe……"

“I’m not bluffing. I’m stating the facts. How could someone who doesn’t even dare to use his own name and only dares to borrow his deceased father’s name possibly defeat me?”

Upon hearing this, Little Mugel raised his sword and slammed it to the ground, the enormous impact causing the entire Underworld Tokyo to tremble.

"How boring! Instead of resorting to these tricks, why not just keep pursuing me?! I've already sacrificed so much to fight you and win!"

Little Mugel lowered his center of gravity and assumed a stance; his deathly blue eyes truly made one feel no humanity whatsoever.

"Since my last defeat, I have been fighting you thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of millions, trillions of times in my imagination. I have now adjusted myself to a form suitable for dealing with you, and I am so focused that I can't see anything else but you."

"Then how come you can still be summoned by John Dee now?"

"..."

After a brief silence, Little Mugel murmured, "I don't know. Anyway, it doesn't matter."

Suddenly, Novia lowered the tip of her sword and blurted out a sentence.

“Disappointing.”

The silver-haired youth's tone suggested genuine disappointment.

"Little Mugel...you really disappoint me. Is it because the more you imagine, the more you realize how inferior I am, and you're scared? If that's the case, then why challenge me at all? Go find a place to commit suicide."

Now Novia really wants to complain about Yahweh. What kind of romantic entanglements have you gotten yourself into?! Is the Armenian sea goddess really that attractive to you? That's one thing, but how did you manage to turn your bloodline descendants into such an irreconcilable enemy? Now I have to deal with it all. It's really frustrating.

Yawe, you'd better tell me honestly where 'Mother Shekina' is after this is over.

"Shut up."

Little Mugel gritted his teeth, "Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up! I told you to shut up! Jehovah!"

At that moment, an 'anger' that was visually apparent emanated from the blond youth. The crimson anger was dense, oppressive, and brought a sense of despair, making it difficult to breathe, as if one were facing the heat of the sun.

Instantly, the surrounding temperature soared, rising dramatically in one breath. With a sound like shattering glass, the barrier that Little Mugel had erected for himself shattered one by one due to his uncontrollable rage, and the 'chains' he had created could no longer exist.

“Little Mugel, it is I.”

His white hair resembled ashes after a fire, his dull, murky blue eyes were clad in extremely thin clothing, and his limbs were bound by unidentified chains and sharp spikes. He displayed a "madness" towards Novia's little Mugel, a fanaticism that sought to destroy heaven and earth, ravage all living beings, and kill the gods.

Her lips, as if brushed with a touch of crimson in her barely suppressed anger, forced a smile.

"For everything Sassoon has to offer, I will kill you with my own hands! I will wipe this hypocritical world out of existence!"

……

Let's rewind to the moment after Novia and Little M'ger's battle.

John Dee, realizing that Little Mugel had not immediately defeated Novia, immediately felt that something was wrong. He believed that there were very few people in the world who could withstand a single move from Little Mugel, whom he had summoned with his 'spirit'. However, in addition to acknowledging its strength, he was also very unhappy with Little Mugel for daring to rebel against the gods.

He couldn't understand how he, a devout alchemist, could summon such a creature with the utmost reverence.

That discrepancy is too big.

However, since it was ultimately a sacrifice offered to the gods, it wasn't a big problem, and John Dee was able to stay peacefully in the Land of Roots by virtue of this condition.

Because she realized that the child in Izanami's womb possessed the breath of God, Dee had long ago arranged everything, waiting for the moment when she became the heart of God, so that God's miracles could once again be manifested in the world—

The Pasture of Alchemy Mythologists.

Also known as the Perimanderes, it represents the mind of the supreme god, the mind of dominion, who knows what people want and is always with them.

This is also why Dee used the Vairocana Buddha statues from the Longmen Grottoes and Nara to create the 'Vairocana'. Because Vairocana is the same as Mahavairocana, and in the Buddhist system, the Dharmakaya, one of the three bodies, is the personification of the universe. The wisdom of all Buddhas is equal and non-dual with the universe itself. Therefore, the Dharmakaya of all Buddhas is fundamentally the same and is all Mahavairocana Buddha.

The prerequisite for Utsumi Erise, who possesses the bloodline of the Lord, to become the Perimanderes, representing the heart of the Lord, is the condition stated in the "Hermesian Codex": "O universe, through me, accept the verbal sacrifice made by my words."

The reason for choosing Poimanderges is not only because it is one of the highest alchemical creations, but also because Eri, who appears to be fatherless, lacks 'spirit' or rather, her feminine side is too overwhelming, making Poimanderges a perfect fit.

But Dee never expected that the last 'person' in Tokyo, Ah-shu, the chief priest of Kanda Shrine, was someone she had known before.

Therefore, he instantly realized that once the priest completed the journey to the Underworld, and his soul truly returned to the Underworld, then Eri would be of utmost importance, and her missing soul would be perfected... Then wouldn't everything he had done be in vain?

Although it is the same Peumannderjes, if the process goes wrong, it cannot truly become a miracle of the Lord.

That's why Dee urgently called for Little Mugel to disrupt the Kanda Festival, and then, while chasing down Eri and Rushena, naturally make Rushena a sacrifice... That was the original plan, but now the Kanda Festival is still ongoing, and Little Mugel seems unable to come out anytime soon. This made Dee glance at Cleopatra, who was summoned by 'physical body', but still shake his head helplessly.

In theory, each person can only have one follower, and this applies to everyone.

However, John Dee has three. This is because he forcibly separated his human self into soul, body, and spirit, and then coexisted them within his body. In addition, the rules of the Holy Grail in the new era caused his 'body' to summon Cleopatra and his 'spirit' to summon Little Mugel.

As for the earliest Servants summoned using 'souls' before the new era even began...

"...The defenses at Tennominaka have weakened?"

The creator god of the East is located in the city constructed by the Holy Grail, or more precisely, in the first Holy Grail, which created the new era and is located in the heart of Chitose Manazuru.

Then, John Dee snapped his fingers.

"In that case, let His Highness know who the real victor is."

As the words fell, outside Tokyo, in the depths of the sea, a ripple spread through the ocean. Suddenly, the darkness dispersed from Tokyo's protective shield, revealing a pair of enormous, slit-like, vertically shaped snake eyes, their length appearing infinitely long from above—

Ouroboros, the serpent of endless cycles, is regarded by alchemists as the king of magic.

……

So let's shift our perspective to a small library in Tokyo, which could easily be described as a garbage dump.

The story begins after Taira no Masakado is defeated by Little Muger. Euclid, the Descendant who was peacefully studying in this place, uncontrollably hears the 'Evil God' whispering in his ear—"Have you forgotten? Do you really want to?"

Euclid knew that it was a voice that those who sought wisdom would surely hear, and that such people were considered blessed chosen ones, but it was also a source of madness... after all, that was why she became the Descendant.

"Waaaaaah... No, no..."

The despair that would arise if this unknown evil god were to actually manifest surged within Euclid like a spring.

It is absolutely impossible for this evil god to appear, no matter what.

Euclid could have suppressed it completely before, but now he can't hold it back—

The answer is simple: because of Taira no Masakado, there are three 'Myoken Bosatsu' in Tokyo at this moment. The first is the new emperor of Bando who is protected by Myoken Bosatsu, the second is Euclid who shares the same vision as Myoken... Hastur on his body, and the third is Amanomichi who shares the same vision as Myoken Bosatsu in the fusion of gods and Buddhas.

Since Amanomichi is located at Chitose's heart, he has no way to interfere in the game between the other two. And after Taira no Masakado returned to his seat, Myoken on the Tokyo Inner Buddha side could only be diminished. Therefore, Hastur, as the evil god, became 'all'.

This is also why Euclid could not suppress the whispers of the evil god.