Chapter 136
by AfuhfuihgsChapter 136 : How to Overcome Greed (5)
Thousands of stairs crossing the red sky.
At their end, a huge gray throne that shouldn’t be visible began to shimmer.
The fake miracle shimmering with surging gold and black was distorting even the laws of the world, dragging down the three goddesses, who were mere observers and hindrances, onto the stage.
True meaning of blasphemy. True meaning of usurpation.
An incomparable hostility was overflowing from the sacred space where the three goddesses resided. A threat pouring down on one truly trying to blaspheme against the gods, different from the hostility until now that was somehow full of emptiness and mockery.
Sacred incantation.
Primordial language.
The language of the gods and the primordial language mixed, spreading as bizarre and disgusting sounds.
A sticky killing intent so intense that even hearing it could make low-ranking humans collapse vomiting blood.
The confusion spilled by the three goddesses who had only mocked while overseeing <Magical Girl HAZARD> as they appeared on stage for the first time.
The hostility sent by the goddesses of [Plague] and [War].
[■■■…■■!!]
[Eternally curse ■■■■!!]
“Pfft, huhuhuhu…! You really look like scared little mice.”
The girl wearing a black crown mocked them.
She mocked with all her might to the point where even a faint blush appeared on her pale face.
Because the curse of the three goddesses was powerless before the power allowed by the will of stars.
“Hahahahaha!!! It’s really funny!!! Really stupid!!”
Golden light surged from the halo formed by black stars gathered in a pointed shape, and because it was the light of permission granted by the father of the goddesses and the greatest will overseeing this world.
Erebos could mock the three goddesses.
“Really… even gods are no different from children before chaos.”
Erebos was advancing step by step, grasping the hem of her strange dress where nobility and shabbiness coexisted. At the end of her gaze was the bewilderment and agitation of the three goddesses abandoned by the will of stars, their father and the great primordial chaos.
“And you tried to make me so miserable, mock me, and use me like that?”
Foolish [Beginning]
Weak [Plague]
Hot-tempered [War]
And…
“Hello. Mother. Thanks to the curse you placed on the apostles rather than the goddess of [Beginning], I lived bearing the shabby alias of destruction. So I can call you my mother rather than [Beginning] or [Plague], right?”
[…]
“You really look pathetic. I can see why you lived hiding in the throne of nothingness. Even now you look like a ghost, forcibly descending in an avatar. I guess it doesn’t matter if even the goddess of death dies.”
There was a being blocking the stairs not far from the throne of nothingness.
Originally, divinity rejected by humanity couldn’t interfere with the world, but because it was a trial where the boundary separating the realm of gods and the human world was blurred. She was able to descend with very feeble power, barely.
Curse of the world.
The one responsible for changing fate so that no apostle could properly protect the human world.
The daughter of the world who had existed the longest after the goddess of [Beginning].
The second most noble goddess who had fallen since death itself was no longer an object of faith but established as a cold concept.
The goddess of [Death].
A translucent divinity wrapped in a black veil. A goddess born from the concept of ‘death’ without any name, as she had existed even before the names of the gods were determined.
Born from human will, resembling humans, mocking humans, and hating humans, she forcibly crossed the veil of the world.
Just to stop the usurper.
[…We shall return.]
“Why? Why are you suddenly using an arrogant tone? Hm? Where did those detestable tones go that you used to mock while overseeing <Magical Girl HAZARD>? Hm?”
[Return, usurper.]
“Get lost. You’re not scary at all, so just be quietly absorbed.”
The goddess of [Greed]… Erebos reached out her hand to absorb the one responsible for plunging her into the cruel curse of division and multiplication, as the first step to usurp the world.
[…I curse you.]
The goddess of [Death] reached out her hand to place the strongest evil god’s curse to protect the throne of nothingness where the main bodies of the three goddesses were, to complete the final curse slowly growing inside the throne of nothingness.
“Stop it.”
“…Hmm?”
[…]
To the two beings about to exchange malicious gestures towards each other, a girl aiming a shining white arrow approached.
Guuuuung—
A halo shining with brilliant white stars gathered in a cross shape.
A complete world.
A world of hope.
A girl dreaming of a dazzlingly bright tomorrow, not a world destined for destruction.
The goddess of [Hope], fluttering brilliantly shining white starlight and dress hem, ready to unleash the greatest strike at any time.
God,
Stars,
And human will.
The three goddesses representing the three wills gathered here on this chaotic stage.
* * *
“…”
What is going on?
I was truly confused.
[Plague], who suddenly appeared, colluded with the will of stars to become a new divine 4-star magical girl, and the throne of nothingness that should appear at the end of the trials forcibly appeared, tearing through space.
‘If we can… if we can rush to the end of the trials like this…!’
One thing was certain: even if one side of Erebos or the avatar sent by the goddess of [Death] won, it wouldn’t be particularly good for humanity. With the thought of getting rid of both sides at once, I prepared the strongest attack while breaking through the interference of numerous [Greed] armies.
‘If only I could shoot this arrow and eliminate both sides at once…!’
There are comrades still continuing to fight against the delusions of magical girls who lived in the destroyed world within the authority absorbing starlight even now.
I was worried about magical girls all over the world who would be continuing difficult battles away from the protection of the strongest magical girls.
The two enemies standing before my eyes.
The power sent with difficulty by the goddess of [Death], who has the strongest power among the three goddesses.
The apostle moving with the most selfish purpose among the four apostles.
The two who will clearly be the most troublesome enemies in this fight.
“Hikari!”
“Successor!”
Two girls wrapped in white flames and silver-white energy appeared behind me. They were each wrapped in starlight, ready to move immediately according to my judgment.
The successors left by the goddess of [Beginning].
And comrades who transcended even the path she prepared.
The two most reliable people regarding matters involving the three goddesses are behind me.
There will never be a better opportunity and preparation than this again.
‘Let’s do it…! If not now…!’
As I was about to shoot the arrow towards the openings shown by the two beings, seeing Yuki, Hecate, and me appearing one after another.
Erebos’ pale face, which had been looking at everything with a crooked smile until just now, turned towards me.
What she whispered was my greatest greed.
“Don’t you want to go home?”
“What?”
“Home, I mean. Not here where the goddess of [Beginning] suddenly called you, but the universe where you really lived. Where everything you truly loved is.”
Erebos seemed to know about the one foreign substance that didn’t exist there because she had seen the destroyed universe from the will of stars.
A foreigner brought by the goddess of [Beginning], unrelated to the original fate of this star.
My identity.
My purpose.
She spoke while pointing at the goddess of [Death] with her pale hand. Befitting the goddess of [Greed], she was slowly trying to draw out the one desire that would be most effective at this moment from my heart.
My greed completely unrelated to this world.
“You know. If you kill their main bodies in the throne of nothingness, ‘fragments of the world’ will remain. With that, you can interfere with other dimensions and universes by borrowing the power of this star.”
“…Universe.”
“Yeah. Why are you stupidly going through trials one by one? Why is a guest getting involved in the host’s worries? The will of stars allowed me in the first place, you know?”
“…”
“If you just don’t interfere with me, I’ll hand that over to you. And all I want is to ‘exist’ by inheriting the memories of humanity living in this world. I have no other greed. What do you think?”
I can go see my mother.
I can go heal my mother.
Perhaps I could live enjoying happiness incomparable to anything until now through all the magical girls’ unique skills.
As much opportunity as I gave to this world,
I too can take from this world.
It was a very intense proposal.
But…
“Anyway, for you who came from another universe, the affairs of this universe are just like a ‘story’. Why are you exerting yourself so much? Isn’t it enough to just exist even if it’s fake?”
“No.”
“Huh?”
“It’s not a story.”
Erebos didn’t know.
I love this world too.
I loved it even before coming to this world.
I walked alongside one girl’s life and watched everything.
This proposal is the false ending for me.
[Hope] Magical Girl’s Unique Skill
All Things Flow
“I want the hope that all the people I love have for themselves, not the three goddesses or the will of stars.”
Flash—!!
An arrow containing enormous light was fired.
To the point where nothing could be seen for a moment, ending with the sight of Erebos and the avatar left by the goddess of [Death] each preparing for the tremendous strike.
The red sky was filled with dazzling white light.
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