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The situation has completely changed.

Akasha noticed the change in me, and I still didn’t know how Akasha had changed during her long absence.

The best decision to make here is to continue the offensive.

From the beginning, the moment he revealed to Akasha that he was a god, he planned to end him somehow.

“That kind of attack is meaningless anymore.”

Akasha uses Blink to avoid the fist that swings once more.

Even though it was Akasha, the movement in space seemed to be too much for her strength, and she moved in a slightly unbalanced manner.

And Wayne did not miss that opportunity.

“Ha!”

The holy sword’s trajectory rushed towards Akasha’s neck.

Wayne’s attack, which can use the energy of Stella and Arjen at the same time, will be very fatal to Akasha.

Of course, Akasha knew that too, so she used Blink repeatedly to escape the crisis.

“…No, is it possible to use things like that repeatedly? There should be a waiting time of at least 5 minutes.”

“Because it’s a dragon. In the first place, I don’t know if it would be possible to use magic like that just because it’s a different dragon.”

Akasha smiles in satisfaction after hearing Wayne and I complain.

“For the first time, I feel like they are looking at me with awe in their eyes. I feel good.”

“It’s not reverence, it’s disgust.”

“Hey, you deserve to be punished.”

It felt like they were having a light conversation, but the attack that followed was not like that at all.

The moment Akasha stretched out her arms towards me, a thunderbolt came down from the sky and struck me.

“Keuuch…!”

If I hadn’t wrapped myself in faith, I would have lost my body.

“You became a god and your body became stronger. The human body just kept its shape without turning into ash.”

“Eugene!”

“Ugh… I’m fine, so attack that guy!”

“Do you think it will be okay?”

Akasha struck down lightning again. I moved Wayne’s body as much as possible through Sirocco.

If you get hit by something like that while your feet are on the ground, even Wayne won’t be safe.

However, trying to avoid lightning at the speed of the wind was absurd, so Wayne ended up being struck by lightning.

“Wow!”

But it was Akasha who actually screamed.

“What is it?”

As I was confused and didn’t understand why, Wayne sighed and said.

“Ha… It’s wrong to throw down lightning while talking about heavenly punishment in front of a hero.”

When I was still tilting my head because I couldn’t explain it, she added an explanation.

“Death punishment has long been considered the power of Goddess Stella.”

“Huh? But the lightning…”

“People who organize things know that too. But regardless of whether it is true or not, the problem is that people have believed it that way.”

In the end, something called faith came into play again.

“A warrior will never be punished. Therefore, even if it is a lightning bolt created by magic, it will naturally be directed to another suitable target.”

As for Wayne’s replacements, there are only two of them.

Among them, it was natural for Akasha, who was larger and above me, to be struck by lightning.

“Kuhhh… Hehe, that damn faith, faith. I’m so sick of it.”

Akasha, who stumbled for a moment after being struck by the lightning she dropped, came to her senses, shook her head, and raised her magic power again.

“Yes, whether it is faith or divine power, try your best. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to show off my research results.”

“I guess bravado is a characteristic of dragons.”

I thought of Araz somewhere down there.

The dragon also acted very majestic until Wayne revealed that he was a hero.

Of course, comparing Akasha to him is a bit absurd. Akasha can easily deal with even heroes.

“Check for yourself whether this is a bluff or not.”

Akasha quietly put her hands together. It felt strange to pose like a dragon like that.

When I was feeling that way, Wayne wasted no time in swinging the holy sword.

Since he had a history of being bullied by Akasha once, he probably reacted like a knife as soon as he did anything suspicious.

Stella’s divine power and Arjen’s magical power combined to create a holy sword that seemed to be able to cut through anything.

Teuong!

However, even that sword energy was blocked by the translucent black wall surrounding Akasha.

“Che.”

Once the attack is blocked, Wayne just clicks his tongue without making any additional attacks.

“What’s wrong?”

“Space is cut off. No matter how much you attack that thing, it won’t work.”

“You have a great eye. It’s as they say. No one will be able to tear down this wall unless Prinia comes directly.”

Akasha speaks confidently. I spat a contemptuous remark at him. The space was cut off and all I could do was scratch my insides.

“If there was such a good thing, I should have used it a long time ago. Then you could have prevented me from getting beaten to death and you could have prevented me from doing something stupid like sticking a lightning bolt in your head.”

“That’s because I also can’t attack beyond this wall. Talk loudly. Let’s see if I can keep fluttering after seeing this magic.”

I guess the reason for hitting that wall so late was to perform magic on a large scale.

The most basic way to deal with wizards is to aim for when they are memorizing spells, but when they come out like that, there is nothing you can do about it.

A vague sense of crisis looming. Akasha began reciting the spell in earnest.

“If a dragon prepares magic with that much care, I have no idea what kind of magic it is.”

At Wayne’s words, I said something I didn’t even mean to say.

“Then shall we run away?”

“What is running away?”

While they were chatting to each other about how there was nothing to do, the curtain surrounding Akasha turned completely black.

“What is it? Wasn’t it an attack spell?”

“No! That…!”

The moment Wayne denied it, the protective shield disappeared, and black energy spread out in all directions.

What I thought was the color of a protective shield turned out to be smoke surrounding Akasha.

“Satanctuary.”

Akasha recited what appeared to be a magic name.

“Huh?”

Wayne was the first to react.

“What’s going on?”

“The Holy Sword…!”

The light of the holy sword Wayne was holding began to fade.

The fact that the shining light of the sword faded due to Stella’s divine power meant that it had lost its divinity.

Originally, Akasha had a means to block Stella’s divine power.

However, neutralizing the holy sword directly is a different story.

Aside from Wayne’s personal sacred power contained in the sword, the holy sword itself is no different from Stella’s holy body.

No matter how great Akasha was, it was not possible with the power of just one dragon.

“Ugh….”

It didn’t end there. Wayne suddenly complained of pain.

“My body suddenly feels sore and heavy…”

“What?”

“Somehow, I suddenly feel exhausted…”

With those last words, Wayne lost consciousness. Akasha, who saw that she was unconscious and drooping, took the wind and tried to throw her off.

“Sirocco!”

I quickly received her safely and slowly sent her to the ground, and a one-on-one confrontation between Akasha and I took place.

“What kind of magic did you use?”

“Huh, what kind of magic is this? Even though I kindly told you my name, you’re still asking such stupid questions.”

“I didn’t ask that…!”

A thought that suddenly occurred to me made me stop speaking.

“Satanctuary?”

I assumed it was a non-existent word, but it was clearly English, not the language of this world.

Among them, the word that stands out the most is none other than Satan.

It was a byword for the devil. However, this may not be common sense here.

“How could you… Ah!”

Another thought passing by. In the corridor of memories, I glimpsed Akasha’s memories.

At the same time, Akasha absorbed a much larger amount of information from my memory than I had ever seen.

“It is knowledge of the world you lived in. Thanks to you, I was able to progress the work to this point.”

“Work?”

“Okay. This magic is like that… No, this magic is just a prototype in a way. The masterpiece called the altar was completed thanks to you.”

“You think something like that is possible just by taking a quick peek at the Earth?”

“That’s enough. A world without faith. Faith was able to expand my view of the world that stopped at just faith. The feeling at that time was… well, I guess I could say it felt like my brain was expanding.”

“Satanctuary is a pun on Satan and Sanctuary.”

“Is there a more fitting name for this magic? This is literally an area where everything related to Stella is dropped. I’d like to hear your thoughts.”

“All I can say is that it’s fortunate that only Stella is dropped.”

If this had been the force that undermined faith itself, I would have been defeated like Wayne without any help.

“If the altar had been built properly, this magic would have been a grand magic that would have brought your gods to the underworld. It’s a shame.”

“Really? Hearing those words makes purifying the altar worthwhile. I feel like it was the best thing I did after becoming a god.”

At my words, Akasha suddenly smiled bitterly.

“That’s right. I already had something I wanted to ask, but your words reminded me of it.”

“Do you have an obligation to answer?”

“No need to answer. You clearly used the phrase purifying the altar. But the hero and you don’t have the ability to do that.”

“Are you looking down on me?”

“No. It’s not that you’re incompetent, it’s that you literally can’t do it. Stella certainly has the power of purification, but it is not a power assigned to a hero.”

“You know it so well that it’s unpleasant.”

“Same goes for you. No matter how much you have become a god, you too are far from the power of purification.”

“……So?”

“There must be at least one more person to help you. With the power to purify the altar.”

Akasha guessed Orha’s existence. I kept my expression as unchanged as possible.

When Akasha saw my face, her smile still did not disappear.

“Look. I said it was a question that didn’t need an answer. You put too much force on your face. Trying to keep a poker face?”

“…….”

“There is a saying that silence is positivity. Anyway, I will definitely kill that bitch, so just know that.”

At those words, I ultimately failed to manage my facial expression.

The more it happened, the deeper Akasha’s laughter became.