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The power of the end that was trying to push us away is transferred to the power of purification, and the previously drawn area is reconstructed.

From now on, the fight outside the realm and our fight are separate. The evil spirit of the end can never intervene outside unless it defeats us.

There will be no other variables.

The fact that dungeons have appeared again all over the continent and that they have gone wild is something that has already deviated far from the original plan.

No matter how powerful the evil spirit of the end may be, he cannot do something similar again before the era of myths arrives!

“Why are you acting like that?♡ You didn’t think it would look cool if you did that, did you?♡ You look so adorable!♡”

The Pope, engulfed in darkness as if he were about to provoke, stretched out his hand. His movements were slow enough to be clearly visible, but they were nonetheless threatening.

Because speed was not necessary for the hand that reached the result while ignoring all the intermediate processes.

If it hadn’t happened to me before, it would have happened to me this time too. But I’ve been there several times already!

The moment I struck the Pope’s hand with my shield of power, his hand lightly brushed the ends of my long hair.

Then, the ends of the left fork of hair began to rot.

“Danger.”

A situation where my trademark might have disappeared if Frey hadn’t noticed him and cut the end off.

Hahaha. If you lose your sense of reason, it means your power has become stronger.

It’s natural for this to happen.

If you make one mistake, you die.

It’s strange to say this, but it feels familiar.

Maybe it’s because I’ve been on the brink of death more than once or twice, but I think this isn’t a bad situation.

Anyway, the Pope in front of me isn’t much different from the Pope I know on the other side of the monitor, right?

He crushed the surprise attack from the floor that was visible through the fairy’s eyes with his divine steps, blocked the disturbance from the rear by simply concentrating his divine power, and then swung his mace at the Pope’s outstretched hand once again.

The perfectly timed cross attack produced a refreshing sound and created space between the darkness the Pope held.

My friends didn’t miss that opportunity.

After Joy uses darkness to prevent the power of the end from being used, and Pavé adds divinity to it to add stability, Frey and Arthur pour in their attacks.

Of course, the gap is not long.

The Pope quickly regained his balance, and as soon as he saw the power surging around him, he stepped forward again in front of his friends.

“Are you mad because you’re always being hit?♡ You should’ve tried harder~♡ I thought you were a masochist~♡”

Draw aggro again and observe the Pope with the fairy’s eyes.

There are still some variables because I haven’t completely lost my mind yet, but that’s okay.

If it’s to this extent, the current country can easily cope with it.

“It doesn’t fit~♡”

The pattern is broken. Damage accumulates. The Pope’s tantrum. Our attacks. The sounds of battle from beyond the realm. People’s cries. Fervent prayers. Words of encouragement.

“Is this all you can do?♡ This is really boring~♡ I don’t even feel like dealing with you♡ You piece of shit♡”

As time goes by, my power grows stronger, and so does the Pope’s power.

I feel like the age of mythology is slowly approaching.

You will naturally come to know that the time has come for the evil spirit to be resurrected.

“Apostolic city!”

After confirming that the Pope was shouting, I took a big step back and reached out to Faby.

Then she placed the holy relic firmly in my hand.

“The magic of the holy relic has been completed. Now, all that remains is to do as Youngae wishes.”

After confirming the magic drawn on the holy relic, I nodded with a smile and ran towards the center where the power of the end was spreading.

The effect of this relic received from Count Artea is very simple.

Amplification of Power. When a power is used, its effect is increased by the amount of divinity consecrated within it.

Now, the holy relic contains the blessings that the priests who remained in the church have gathered and prayed for over several days, and a magic circle has even been prepared to direct its power in the right direction.

So now all I have to do is to imbue this relic with power and extend it to the Pope.

Until recently, I doubted whether I could do it well.

In theory, there was nothing wrong with it, but reality doesn’t always go according to theory.

I certainly wield power, but I don’t think I can always use it to my best advantage.

But today, my doubts have disappeared.

I can handle power well.

It is possible to bring the theories you have in your head into reality.

Not because I’m the rotten one at Soul Academy, but because I’m Lucy.

Because I am a hero who carries the hopes of many, because I am a person who can be a symbol to others, because I desperately want to protect my friends and family, because I hope this world is a place where Lucy can live with a smile!

You can do it!

When I reached the Pope, I gave my power to the holy relic.

With the power of purification, he pushes back the power of the unclean end. Then, with the power of embrace, he pulls the Pope towards him.

“…No way.”

The Pope, freed from the power of the end, lets out a bewildered voice as if he has sensed something, but now there is no way for him to fight back.

Because now the age of myth has arrived.

“No. This cannot be done. How can you bite me, who has completely taken the power of the end!”

“Really?♡ Aren’t you a bit too polite for the ultimate evil spirit?♡ It suits you to crawl around like a dog~♡”

It was only after listening to me that the Pope noticed something strange.

The Pope, possessed by the power of the end, must have completely lost his reason.

He was captivated at the end even before he was completely consumed.

No matter how strong the Pope’s will was, he should not have been able to have a normal conversation with me.

However, he was extremely rational and even showed me respect.

why?

“Because you’re a slacker♡”

Because that guy is a sloppy person.

Originally, this situation should have been favorable to the Pope.

The evil spirit of the end had to be resurrected perfectly and cause chaos on this land.

But not everything on earth went according to his plan.

The dungeon disappeared without causing any confusion.

The evil spirits sealed in the earth were sealed again without creating a single victim.

And the Pope.

He even took a gamble that involved giving up his own future, but nothing came of it.

He is not whole now. The evil spirit of the end has lost all basis for gaining power with the end of the human era.

But I am not. The beginning of the age of myth means that the power of the beginning is stronger than at any other moment.

As long as I am an apostle of the Lord, there can be no moment when my power is stronger than now.

Besides, this earth keeps praising me, right?

In this situation, there’s no way a trashy evil spirit like me could resist me.

“No way. This ending is not possible. Even if you are the apostle of the Lord, I cannot accept this kind of vain ending!”

The Pope tried to somehow resist the power spreading from the relic, but it was impossible to deal with it perfectly with the power at the end that had faded.

Plus, I know way too much about the Pope.

Even more than the Pope himself. This madman would think he was a completely different person now than he was hundreds of years ago, but he really isn’t.

The Pope is a weak man.

One who surrenders to the trials of reality and devotes himself to evil.

He is a believer who vents his anger and resentment toward heaven for the trials he has experienced, and is moved by the heaven that embraces even his wretched self.

A being that was frozen in time when he met the evil god of the end, unable to correct his own distortions despite facing the light.

Yes, the Pope was stuffed in time from the moment he gained the power of the end.

As I lost the ending, I ended up swimming in the same time forever.

He was unable to escape from the nightmare he had faced and was forced to turn away from reality.

That’s obvious. A contract with an evil spirit is no different from a contract with the devil.

Instead of gaining power, the Pope ended up with a body that could neither begin nor end.

And at this very moment, he will be forced out of that shackle.

Because I, the apostle of Armadi, intend to restart his stopped time. To make him semi-forcibly escape from the power of the end.

“No.”

It reverses the ultimate power used by the Pope.

“No way!”

He quickly walks up to the Pope as he tries to step down and grabs him by the scruff of the neck.

“Please.”

And then he put the holy relic into his mouth.

To engrave the power of inclusion within it, to make it follow my will, and to erase the power of the end engraved within it.

“…No!”

God does not refer to a transcendent being with extraordinary abilities.

It refers to a person who selects a specific concept and carries out its meaning.

So if God decides that the concept can no longer represent him, he is deprived of his divine status.

Like the Pope before my eyes now.

The power of the end begins to leave the Pope.

He abandons the Pope, believing that he is no longer a being who can pronounce an end to this land.

“Apostle of the Lord! You revived the evil god Agra in the age of myth! Do you really think this is right?!”

The trembling Pope shouted, but I responded with a laugh.

“You little brat♡ Don’t you remember what you said?♡”

“What is that.”

“If the perverted god gets stronger, the retarded god also gets stronger, right?♡ Then the opposite is also true, right♡ Is your head not working?♡”

The age of myth has unfolded, and this land is closer to the gods than ever before.

In this situation, if the evil god Agra is resurrected and starts doing stupid things, wouldn’t the sloppy god also come back?

Unlike what’s on the other side of the monitor, there are real, sloppy gods in this world.

“That idiot will regret being resurrected.”

“Oh. Let’s check if that’s true.”