episode_0289

While the battle between Eugene and Akasha continued in outer space, the situation in the underworld was also becoming increasingly tense. Of course, based on the demons.

“Ugh!”

“Quaaah!”

Every time the holy sword in the warrior’s hand draws a line, hundreds of demons disappear without even leaving a body behind.

He was a fearsome warrior in body alone, and the person residing in his body was the goddess herself. As if it were natural, he swung an absurd amount of divine power at the tip of his sword, and the threatening demons were swept away like flies hit by insecticide.

“All the beggars who have not received a name should immediately retreat to the Demon World. Let alone buying time, it won’t have any effect, so let’s quickly tell the other demon king candidates the news and send a messenger to come running.”

Rhenias, the demon who had been leisurely dealing with Wayne just a moment ago, made a quick and wise decision. In fact, it wasn’t that big of a deal, and even a blind person could see how meaningless the demon troops were to Stella.

“Hey, Rhenias. I don’t think those who were given names other than the head of the family would be of much help. So, are we just going to have to deal with that thing until the rest of us arrive?”

“Uh. That’s it.”

“…I’ve lived here for a long time, but this is the first time I’ve felt uncomfortable about inheriting a name. Isn’t it? Lord Belphegor.”

“Whether there is ‘Satan’ Sir. So, please do something with that arrogant flame of anger.”

“Are you coming? Let this old man sweat for once.”

After telling their own jokes to forget their fear, the two candidates for the Demon King rushed towards Stella at the same time.

In clear contrast to when they played with Wayne, the two worked well together and knew exactly what their roles were.

“Uaaap!”

Rhenias blocked the holy sword, which was about to swing once more and take the lives of countless demons, with a loud shout. As soon as the swords collided, Rhenias felt as if her arm would fall off due to the enormous amount of divine power transmitted from her wrist.

“Ugh… Now!”

A situation where swords are clashing. In other words, it was Eleor, a candidate for the devil with the name of Satan, who quickly took advantage of the gaps and blind spots that were inevitably created physically.

She had so ignorantly thrown away the large ax that she had no choice but to explode with her main means of attack and weapon, fireworks. Her heavy armor, which looks sturdy and even excessive, bursts away at once, revealing a body that is practically naked.

A black flame so intense that most people cannot even leave an impression of its appearance. However, Stella blocked Satan’s flame without even giving him a glance.

It was a simple thing. As long as you exercise your faith, the ominous black flame of unknown origin becomes less powerful than a match flame in an instant.

However, in the process, Rhenias and Eleor were clearly able to notice. Problems with faith that are clearly distinct from divine power.

“Hey, Rhenias. Was it just me who felt it?”

“No. I definitely felt it too. I’m not sure, but it’s definitely a burden on my body…”

Considering the nature of the power of faith, the two could not clearly perceive and capture it because it cannot be clearly perceived and captured by beings other than God, but they did confirm that some unknown force was at work and caused the black flame to fade away.

And that unknown power places a clear burden on Wayne, the hero’s body from which Stella descended. The two, who had stepped back for fear of Stella’s counterattack, immediately exchanged opinions.

“That may be the only corner we can squeeze into…”

“Let’s make him use that power somehow?”

“Since I used it against Black Flame, wouldn’t it be okay if you somehow get away with it?”

“It’s easy… but it’s difficult to produce that output all the time. From the beginning, it was an attack that took all of its might…”

It was Stella’s words that ended their conversation.

“Stop talking and attack me quickly. I can hear the head rolling up to here, but it doesn’t mean anything in the first place.”

It didn’t really mean anything. Stella’s use of faith in the battle just now was only the result of a hasty response.

In addition to not having thought about how faith would affect Wayne’s body, it was an accidental result of using the most effective means of blocking the flame. In order to make Stella consciously use faith, the only way was to attack with faith in the first place. Akasha Just like it was.

Stella, who descended to the underworld, is a disaster that cannot be resisted. It was the same as the ‘natural disaster’ that Rhenias had previously said to Eugene. Because no one wants to fight against it.

And what you don’t know until you look at the long and short is the fate of those who are not gods. Rhenias and Eleor excitedly attacked Stella…

“Tsk tsk.”

Suddenly!

Both had to sacrifice the arm they were attacking.

“Queu!”

The holy sword’s bluish sacred power causes pain beyond that of simply cutting one’s arm. However, what was more absurd than the pain to Rhenias was that he still did not know when his arm was cut, even after it was cut off.

Although he looked skinny, Rhenias was a swordsman with leading skills even among the demons. This could be viewed as a candidate for the devil, so he could not acknowledge the current cause and effect.

“How on earth… did you deceive my eyes and swing the sword? I’m not bragging, but I’ve been holding a sword my whole life…!”

“There is no need to question it now. You won’t even have to think about it.”

“What…?”

That question became Rhenias’ last words. This is because the holy sword neatly traversed the spot where his neck was.

“If I had to answer, I think it might be because I also swung this stick as a hobby whenever I was bored.”

The reason why Stella, who occasionally held a sword as a hobby, was superior to Rhenias, who had held a sword all her life, was simply the difference in time spent.

This is because the total amount of time spent on hobbies, which should not have been long based on Stella’s day, was overwhelmingly longer than Rhenias’ entire life.

Aside from the fact that the time allowed for the two was different, it was a perfunctory story in which the one who held the sword longer deservedly won.

“Belphegor…!”

On the other hand, Eleor, who avoided the fire by stopping the bleeding with her own flame and flying high the moment her arm was cut, could only play the role of watching his futile end.

And it didn’t perform that role for long. This is because Stella looked up and made eye contact.

“Come down. Because I don’t like people looking down on me from above, anywhere other than my bedroom.”

“Huh?”

“If you don’t come down, I have no choice but to go up.”

Stella, who has taken over Wayne’s body, floats away, defying the laws of physics. As soon as she realized her feet had left the ground, her body had reached a much higher level than Eleor.

“If it’s this distance, it won’t be a burden.”

Stella creates a star exactly the size of a person. Because it was an ability she was born with, Eleor could not detect any movement of power and could only watch as a dazzling star appeared in front of her nose.

Eyes that go away the moment you look at them. As soon as the juiciest eyeballs were caught in the heat created by nuclear fusion and burned, Eleor’s body was reduced to nothing.

Even though she killed the demon who was the best with the sword in the demon world with a single sword and burned the demon who used the most dangerous flame to death, Stella looked calm as if it was nothing and slowly returned to the ground.

The only thing that could be seen in the surrounding area, which had become so quiet that it was hard to believe that it was a place bustling with demons just moments ago, was the bodies of Akasha and Eugene.

Stella, who saw for the first time that only the body remained with her consciousness gone into outer space, was momentarily curious and continued to observe for a while before destroying Akasha’s body.

Stella safely took Eugene’s body and created a star that was slightly larger than before. Akasha’s body, which had resisted Stella’s power by mixing faith and magic, was now unable to resist and disintegrated, leaving only a shell.

‘…Is it almost time?’

In the first place, Advent was also a temporary measure to temporarily escape from the influence of causality. As always, God’s consciousness tried to return to outer space.

‘There is still work to be done.’

The last remaining threat. It is to restore this soil that has been demonized. Stella, who knew that since this was a demon world, demons could be active at any time, she tried to return this place to its original state before more demons arrived.

The problem was the speed of their arrival, which Stella had not expected. In fact, this was the second time that Rhenias had requested support, and since word had already been sent to the other demon king candidates before the troops were defeated, a mistake occurred.

“Wow… What kind of mess is this… Wait, that corpse is Rhenias, right?”

Five demons who look unusual at first glance. Of course, in Stella’s eyes, they were all normal, but to the defenseless Eugene, they were enough of a threat.

The problem is that Stella’s consciousness has already begun to escape Wayne’s body. Naturally, Wayne, who accepted Stella’s arrival, was also unable to wake up right away.

Coming down to the underworld to protect Wayne put Wayne’s safety at risk and even put Eugene in danger. Wayne couldn’t help but lament, wondering if this was also an effect of causality.

” I was told that I was having a hard time with just one hero, so I thought it was bullshit and complained…”

“The second messenger said that God had come down and was cutting up his compatriots… and he was actually cutting up himself.”

“Oh my, Lord Belphegor… How did you come here just for the sake of it?…”

The demon king candidates who came late also seemed to have noticed Stella’s condition, so they took up Rhenias’ body first without much checking. It was obvious that if Stella were to return to its original state like this, they would begin the invasion of the lower world, which was their original goal.

‘…This is all because of me. I shouldn’t have come down even if it meant losing Wayne…’

If the demons could not be cut off here, humanity would have no chance of victory due to the faith it had spent on its descent. Stella felt her hatred toward herself for being impatient reach its peak.

Flap!

And at that time, with the sound of something flapping wings, the sunlight was suddenly obscured as if clouds had formed.