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[Species: ██████
Type: ██████, ████, ███████, [Redacted]
Name: [Redacted]
Title: The Miracle, First Miracle, ██████ ██ ███████, [Redacted]
Digit: █████████
Parameters: ███
Vital Status: Active
Chaotic Origin Dimension: [Redacted]
Identification Number of Chaotic Origin Dimension: [Redacted]
Chaotic Origin Dimension Status: [Redacted] by [Redacted].
Chaotic Origin Dimension Type: [Redacted]
Realm: Great Dark Beyond Realms.]
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[Archive Entry: Recorded History of The Miracle recorded by the Little Garden's Central Cardinal System.
NOTE 1: Accessing Partial Files
NOTE 2: Prolonged Access may attract the attention of The Miracle
The Miracle belongs to the most mysterious among the [Redacted] and not many know about him or his origins. Many believe that it is tied to the █████ ██ █████, [Redacted] and [Redacted]. First Miracle also has an unknown and unspecified relationship with the Eternal Dragon, and according to some sources, both of them are [Redacted] and share the same homeworld of [Redacted].
He is a master of [Redacted] and also one of the best and most knowledgeable Magic Scholars in the world despite being [Redacted] and ██████. He is the creator of [Redacted] and also the main architect behind the concept of the Little Garden.
He was truly a miracle, for he was able to survive entering the [Redacted] and gained control of the [Redacted] of [Redacted]. His hold of power reached ██████████, to the point that he could kill ███████████████████, [Redacted] and [Redacted] with his [Redacted].
The Miracle created Little Garden during [Redacted] and at the date of [Redacted] because of his wish to observe the ███-█████ ███████, █████ ██ ████ and███████ ████ ██ ████. As one of the most powerful ███████, he lords over [Redacted], which contains the species [Redacted].
[Redacted], also known as Pillagers, are a swarm of war machines that come from the domain outside of the ███-█████ ███████. They invade Planes and Worlds marked beforehand by a [Redacted] and use all resources, including the living beings, to enlarge their army until the plane is left barren.
This race has extremely advanced metal smithery and machinery. They also possess ████████████, which is crucial for all their soldiers. [Redacted] essence is also the only limiting factor in their invasions: it is not produced in the Planes and Realms they invade. Many consider [Redacted] as the pinnacle of Magical Machinery and the true form of a Miracle.
The First Miracle is a scholar and researcher first and foremost, which was a major reason why he established [Redacted] and, at a later date in Eras later, proposed to his fellow ███████ the creation of the Little Garden.
The creation of the Little Garden started a new period in the Void as it quickly became a central hub for the entire Void and many of the [Redacted] and ███████ started congregating within the Little Garden.]
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[Archive Entry: Recent History of the Little Garden and its Observed Dimensions through the Archives of the Little Garden and it's Observed Dimensions
After the [Redacted], The First Miracle was approached by another of his kind and former rival, [Redacted], also known as Eternal Dragon, who was known to have contractors and worshipers across countless Chaotic Origin Dimensions and other Realms, including the [Redacted] where First Miracle was born.
Together, with another ██████ known as [Redacted], who originated from [Redacted] and is a famous creation of [Redacted] and [Redacted] in the [Redacted], they created the Little Garden.
A world where a conglomerate of Gods, Demons, Spirits, and many other Mythological, Supernatural, Spiritual, and other entities reside and form communities to survive. It is the only place in the Void, where more than one ██████ or █████ ███ resides simultaneously with the sole exception of [Redacted], [Redacted] and [Redacted].
Among the currently present ███████ at the Little Garden, The First Miracle is the least active among all of them. The First Miracle is known to frequently visit the Cosmos Wonders and various locations across the Void, like [Redacted] or [Redacted], where he had been seen [Redacted] ago.
Among the other ███████ █████ ████, the First Miracle doesn't have much hostility with others of his kind, like [Redacted] or [Redacted], for example, who are known to be enemies with half of the [Redacted].
Though it has been noted that due to the events during the [Redacted], the First Miracle has been more active, especially in regard to the management of the Little Garden's System, which is now observing several more Chaotic Origin Dimensions primarily thanks to the intervention of the Miracle and usage of [Redacted] to upgrade the Little Garden's Central Cardinal System.
The addition of the [Redacted] to the Little Garden's Central Cardinal System allowed the Little Garden to Observe more worlds, which has kept First Miracle's attention in the Little Garden for the time being.]
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[Prognosis Records of the Little Garden's Central Cardinal System for the First Miracle.
As stated in the recent history of the Observed Records by the Little Garden's Central Cardinal System, the First Miracle has been conducting research within the [Redacted]-[Redacted] of the Little Garden. Yet, it has also been noted that he has shown interest in the matter regarding his fellow ███████ and he was noted to show interest in the Starry Sky Chaotic Origin Dimension.
It is highly possible that the Fir...
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***
"I surrender, General Clark."
[Player Amakasu Tōma (History Compilation Committee) has surrendered to the Player Keira Clark (Kengan-Illuminati). The Vow of Defeat has been put into the effect and Player Amakasu Tōma (History Compilation Committee) is counted as Defeated Player.]
[Player Keira Clark (Kengan-Illuminati Faction) killed another Player and obtained 10 Points.]
The very second Keira Clark and the rest of the group entered the room, the leading Executive of the History Compilation Committee has surrendered directly to General Keira Clark because he didn't really want to die for nothing.
Though the real surprise came soon afterward.
[Player Sayanomiya Kaoru (History Compilation Committee) has surrendered to the Player Keira Clark (Kengan-Illuminati). The Vow of Defeat has been put into the effect and Player Sayanomiya Kaoru (History Compilation Committee) is counted as a Defeated Player.]
[Player Keira Clark (Kengan-Illuminati Faction) killed another Player and obtained 10 Points.]
Even though Keira was barely paying attention to the topic of politics, she recognized the name Sayanomiya because it was the name of one of the leading families in the History Compilation Committee, and if she wasn't really wrong, then the Sayanomiya Kaoru should be the Heiress Apparent of the Family.
Which meant that she managed to secure a very valuable prisoner.
Now the question was what to do with her.
"Ts... whatever. Reed, secure and search them for weapons or anything dangerous."
Keira gave out orders to Christopher Reed and the Enforcers as they went to search both Sayanomiya Kaoru and Amakasu Tōma to ensure that they didn't have weapons or anything dangerous, before binding them with Magic.
They bound them in special cuffs that were made from the Antinite, which was a special metal that had magic-negating properties.
Antinite was a metal that had natural Cast Jamming Properties, which meant that the metal was releasing vast amounts of meaningless Mana Waves.
The scattered Mana Waves function as "noise" which disrupts meaningful Mana Wave activity, which disrupts the behavior of the Ethernano Particles. This reduces the data upload speed of Magicians in the affected area to their base station, namely the Magic Calculation Area, by means of overwhelming it with large amounts of useless data.
This, in turn, causes the Magical Rituals - Magical Sequences that the Magicians use to be unable to affect Eidos. The Cast Jamming Effectively disrupts both the 1st Grand Cardinal Code: Principle of Eidos Intervention and also the 2nd Grand Cardinal Code: Principle of Magic Calculation, rendering the usage of Magic void and null.
The Mana noise propagates in a random manner and rapidly across all varieties of the Magic Frequencies and all Branches of the Magic. This results in them becoming what's essentially an anathema that blocks all forms of Ethernano Particle Transmission.
"Now that you are all set, you can start talking. I want to know everything about your operations, Mages and Knights among your forces, and everything that you can imagine."
In comparison to the Illuminati Society, the History Compilation Committee was much smaller, and they didn't really have that many personnel. Obviously, they had far more Mages and Knights than the Illuminati Society, but overall in size, they were many times smaller.
The entire History Compilation Committee had only a few Executives, and the ones that were not bearing the surname of Seishuuin, Kuhoutsuka, Renjou, or Sayanomiya could be counted on one hand.
And now, Keira managed to capture one of those and even the Heiress Apparent of the Sayanomiya Family, which was a big win for today. She immediately went to the interrogation mode and found as much information about the Committee and their forces as possible.
It was rather important, because right now, it should be the time when Marquise Voban would attack the main headquarters of the History Compilation Committee in Kyoto and when they would release Sun Wukong to fight him.
The other kinds of offensive were left ot the Kure Clan and the Onmyōji Clans of Nakiri and Souma, who were now ferociously attacking the branches of the Committee or their allies one after another.
She also knew that it should be somewhere around this time when the news of the Culling Game and the attack of the two Campiones on the History Compilation Committee would reach Kusanagi Godou, the 8th Campione, and it was highly possible that he would go and fight against Voban.
According to the plan, Yakou would intercept him and buy enough time for Voban to slay Sun Wukong, who should be weakened considerably from being sealed in that sealing formation for many, many centuries.
"Ahh... so what do you want to know?"
***
Empire of Japan, Kyoto
Kyoto, officially Kyoto City, is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu. Kyoto is one of the oldest municipalities in Japan, having been chosen in 794 as the new seat of Japan's Imperial Court by Emperor Kanmu.
The original city, named Heian-kyō, was arranged in accordance with traditional Chinese feng shui following the model of the ancient Chinese capitals of Chang'an and Luoyang. The Emperors of Japan ruled from Kyoto in the following eleven centuries until 1869.
It was also the home of the Principal Onmyōji Clans until World War II, when they were forced to retreat from the city as it was taken over by the Hermetic Magic Families of Seishuuin, Kuhoutsuka, Renjou, and Sayanomiya...
Together with their History Complication Committee abomination.
Yakou was standing hidden from the headquarters of the History Compilation Committee.
It was one of the largest buildings in the city, stylized as Shinto shiren, which filled Yakou with a great deal of disgust, according to the Hermetic Mages of the Committee, because even in a situation like this, they were still pretending to care for the traditions.
For an Onmyōji Clan, this was nothing short of a sacrilege.
"You are late."
He wasn't surprised by the female voice from the side, because he knew that it was Athena... the Heretic Goddess that had approached him with the request for cooperation in exchange for the Ritual of the First Manas.
Now that he had seen the Bio-Genetic Engineering at the Mamiya Conglomerate and their experiments with the Artificial Mapping Magic Genome, he needed to obtain the Ritual of the First Manas even more.
"I was meeting with some friends along the way... and we even killed one of the Magic Saints of the Committee... now that Seeishuin Tanjiro is dead, the Committee would release Sun Wukong straight away when Voban appears and says a few words."
Athena nodded as it was refreshing to work with someone who knew how to use their brains for the first time. Within the Olympus, be it the true one in the Little Garden or its projections in the various dimensions, across several Chaotic Origin Dimensions...
Unfortunately, there were not many of her kin who knew how to properly utilize their brains.
"I will presume that you will be going to fight against the 8th, right?"
She asked and, seeing him nodding his head, gave her his confirmation.
"That's the plan... You can enter their Headquarters and take what you want... I will be sending someone with you as support and to bring me some things that I need to obtain. That shouldn't be the problem, right?"
Yakou asked the short Heretic Goddess, who looked like a kid, as she just nodded. In fact, she wasn't interested in anything aside from the Gorgoneion that the History Compilation Committee was holding.
The other things were just trinkets and useless things.
"You can take anything else... I only want one thing from their vaults; you can take the rest."
Her answer made him smile, because Yakou wanted to continue the relationship with the Athena, because he felt that something was odd about her... like really odd, and even though she was a Heretic Goddess, she didn't seem like one at all.
It was the same case as it was with the Aži Dahāka, whom he killed in Mexico during the war against Murtia when the Order of the Ninth Demon led by Erigor summoned him... entirely different from the first two Heretic Gods that he killed, Odin and Quetzalcōātl.
"Look... It's starting."
Yakou pointed towards the huge shrine-like building as both of them were standing on the top of a skyscraper and enjoying the view of the battle. Suddenly, a huge purple miasma was enveloping the entire district as the Curtains within the Culling Game Nexus System were activated.
***
Several Moments Earlier, Headquarters of the History Compilation Committee, Center of Kyoto
Marquise Sasha Dejanstahl Voban strolled to the entrance of the main headquarters of the History Compilation Committee. He wore a long black trench coat with a dark business suit underneath the coat.
His silver shirt hair bristled around the back of his head as the night wind crashed in his face.
Despite many thinking that Voban looked like an old man, he actually looked like a middle-aged man in his forties or so, though very well kept and preserved.
If one looked in more detail, they would have noticed that the entire building was surrounded by heavy-armored knights and warriors, countless skeletons of men, werewolves, and other species were walking and encircling the building.
There were even undead of some of the Divine Beasts that Marquise had slain in his very long life. This was the Divine Authority of the Undead Servant of the Underworld Tomb obtained from the Osiris, Egyptian God of Fertility, Agriculture, the Afterlife, the Dead, Resurrection, Life, and Vegetation.
It turns those he has slain into undead servants forced to obey him. This authority also allows communication with the souls of the dead and can even force them to answer questions.
With some Ritualistic Preparation, Voban could even summon a projection of the Underworld Tomb, which is storing all of his Undeads, and use the Divine Authority across vast distances, which normally wouldn't be possible.
He looked at the barrier that was protecting the Headquarters of the History Compilation Committee, because he could guess what they were doing inside. It was evident that they concluded that any negotiations were meaningless, and rather, they decided to use all of their remaining time in unsealing Sun Wukong.
The sealed Heretic God.
At some point in the past, a powerful priest, with the aid of Susanoo, developed a spell known as Keeper of the Horses, which would allow him to bind the Heretic God Sun Wukong within the Netherworld and harness his powers as a guardian. This worked, transforming all of Sun Wukong (except his head) into a stone statue, except for those few times when it was necessary to release him.
This was supposed to be the last-ditch effort of the Empire of Japan against hostile Campiones, and Sun Wukong was always guarded by the most powerful Magical Faction in the Empire.
In the past, it was the Tsuchimikado Clan, and right now, it was the History Compilation Committee.
Suddenly, Voban felt a huge burst of Mana from the main shrine of the History Compilation Committee's headquarters. The power that he felt actually wasn't much less than his own, which was rather surprising in the old Campione's eyes, because one would have thought that centuries spent in seal would have weakened Sun Wukong tremendously...
But it seemed that it didn't.
Then, with a loud explosion, the upper parts of the shrine were destroyed, as a huge monkey with golden fur and red eyes jumped down in front of Voban. Even though it was a monkey, it had the size and proportions of a human, albeit it was bigger and even mannerisms of a human.
In his right hand, he was holding a staff, which was the Ruyi Jingu Bang.
"This is going to be fun..."
Marquise Sasha Dejanstahl Voban grinned as he brandished his own weapon in turn, as a sword appeared in his right hand.
It was a large, uniquely shaped broadsword with a blue blade and a golden edge. The sword has a semicircular guard on the left side of the handle that extends to the bottom just above the pommel, with a small extension on the right side of the handle.
It wasn't an ordinary sword, but instead it was an Heirloom in the form of one...
Durandal.
The Unrivaled Sword of Renown, also known as Durandal: Ultimate Unbroken Hallow.
According to legend in French folklore, the first owner of Durandal was the Paladin of the Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne, Roland. Roland used Durandal to fight against an army of 10,000 men, showcasing his and Durandal's immense strength.
***
Yakou and Athena observed from a distance the showdown between the two powerhouses, and Yakou immediately started using the All-Seeing Eyes of God and Crow's powers to obtain more information.
He had a hunch that this would be a huge spectacle.
[Name: Sasha Dejanstahl Voban
Title: Marquise
Classification: Mage, Campione, Necromancer
Age: 421
Race: Divine Being (Campione)
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Parameters:
Strength - S
Vitality - S+
Endurance - S+
Agility - S
Mana - S
Luck - A
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Class: S-Rank
Armaments: ???
Heirloom: Durandal (Grade: ???, Abilities: ???)
Magic: Hermetic Magic
Uniqueness: ???
Skills: Master Combatant
Abilities: Magic Resistance, Enhanced Spiritual Senses, Enhanced Reflexes, Increased Comprehension Capabilities, Enhanced Battle Instincts, Night Vision, Pain Tolerance
Divine Authorities:
- Divine Authority of the Legion of Hungry Wolves
- Divine Authority of the Eyes of Sodom
- Divine Authority of the Undead Servant of the Underworld Tomb
- Divine Authority of the Sturm Und Drang
- Divine Authority of the Singing Spellbook
- Divine Authority of the Otherland's Dragon
- Divine Authority of the Red Punishment
- Divine Authority of the Bloody Blessing]
Yakou had to admit that the Marquise Voban was more powerful than he seemed at first glance, and he even had more Divine Authroiteris than he had thought... for the obvious reasons, he decided not to look closer, because it would be noticed by the 1st Campione, so he was satisfied with the general information.
Still... the most surprising thing was actually the fact that he had merged with the Heirloom of unknown Grade, but he was sure that Durandal was very high-ranked because it should be the reason why Voban was able to break through the Parameter Limit of the Campione Species.
Even if it was by one +.
It was still a tremendous achievement.
And it was clear that it wasn't from the Divine Authority.
Heirlooms of such a Grade were beyond rarity, and for the Campione's who were basically unable to get stronger in terms of raw strength, it was more than enough reason to fight to the death if one was discovered.
'Still... eight Divine Authorities is... a relatively high number... and at that, I don't know how many abilities those Divine Authorities have.'
Yakou then turned his gaze to the Heretic God, totally unaware that Athena, next to him, was looking paler than usual, which was rather weird.
[Name: Sun Wukong
Title: Monkey King, The Great Sage Equal to Heaven, The Victorious Fightning Buddha, Stone Monkey
Classification: Heretic God - ??? - ???
Age: Unknown
Race: Heretic God - ??? - ??? - ???
*
Parameters:
Strength - S+
Vitality - S+
Endurance - S+
Agility - S+
Mana - S
Luck - A++
*
Class: S-Rank
Armaments: Ruyi Jingu Bang, Yongpyo, Kinto-Un, Loop Of Binding, Gourd
Magic: 72 Transformations, Bi Shui Jue, Bi Huo Jue, Jie Suo Fa, Body Freezing Spell, Shen Wai Shen Fa
Uniqueness: ???, ???, Fiery Golden Eyes
Skills: Master Combatant, Master Strategist, Martial Art God
Abilities: Magic Resistance, Enhanced Spiritual Senses, Enhanced Reflexes, Increased Comprehension Capabilities, Enhanced Battle Instincts, Night Vision, Pain Tolerance
Divine Authorities:
- Divine Authority of the Body of Steel
- Divine Authority of the Monkey King
- Divine Authorities of the Divine Magic
- Divine Authority of the Martial God
- Divine Authority of the Great Ritual of the Old Covenant]
Yakou looked at the information gathered about the Sun Wukong, and he immediately knew that something was wrong. The Sun Wukong in front of him was giving off the same kind of indescribable feeling as Aži Dahāka and Athena.
When he realized that, he took a sneak peek at the Athena and noticed something weird.
The Heretic Goddess was looked at intently by Sun Wukong, and looked rather pale.
Now it was clear that something was going on there...
Something that was weird and something that intrigued him.
Contrary to the Marquise Voban, Yakou used the All-Seeing Eyes of God and Crow's System rather extensively to look into the information about the Sun Wukong's Divine Authorities.
[Divine Authority ofSteel Body - Embodyment of the living steel. All physical and magical attacks are lowered by 90%. Only applies to the attacks with no Anti-Steel properties. The effect is lowered on the Divine Authorities.]
[Divine Authority of the Monkey King - The Monkey King. With this power, he can turn humans into monkeys (of all species), and these become his servants. The Monkey King has absolute authority over all Monkey and Ape species, mundane or Magical. He can summon a large number of monkey beasts, they are a cross between gorilla monkey and orangutan, golden color the strength of these creatures is immense.]
[Divine Authorities of the Divine Magic - The Monkey King is God of Magic, able to use countless types of Magic, with the most notable being the:
72 Transformations - (72 Earthly Transformations): Sun Wukong is capable of assuming 72 different forms. For each of said transformations, he holds an extra life.
Bi Shui Jue - (Water Avoidance Charm): Allows Wukong to survive in deep waters without drowning, though renders him incapable of flight.
Bi Huo Jue - (Fire Avoidance Charm): Makes Wukong incapable of being burned by any fire.
Jie Suo Fa - (Lock Breaking Spell): With this spell, Wukong can instantly open any lock by pointing his finger or staff at it.
Body Freezing Spell - One of Sun Wukong's most important powers, which allows him to magically freeze others into immobility with a single syllable and a point of his finger. He was only seen using this Spell against minor demons and monsters, so it most likely doesn't work against comparable beings.
Shen Wai Shen Fa - Wukong is capable of transforming each of his body's 84,000 hairs into another form, be it an animal, person or inanimate object. He can also transform each of his hair's into a duplicate of himself. When he does such a thing, his Ruyi Jingu Bang also multiplies into thousands of itself.]
[Divine Authority of the Martial God - Sun Wukong is the God of all Martial Artists and has unparalleled mastery over the martial arts. The mastery of Sun Wukong of the Martial Arts is strong enough to learn and copy any Martial Art Style after seeing it for the first time.]
[Divine Authority of the Great Ritual of the Old Covenant - When facing multiple opponents of the same power, Sun Wukong can partake in the Great Ritual of the Old Covenant. Praying to the Sword God of the Râkshasas allows Sun Wukong to obtain unprecedented power during the duration of the combat.]
'It's the same as Aži Dahāka... more Divine Authorities than Odin and Quetzalcōātl and all of his Divine Authorities are literally overpowered... Not to mention, all of my senses are screaming at me that Sun Wukong is more dangerous than it seems at first glance... something is happening here.'
Yakou thought that because this was the second time something like this happened, and he felt that these were not really ordinary Heretic Gods.
Especially because of the ??? marks that were written around the Race and Classification when he scouted for the information about the Heretic God.
***
The clash between Voban and Sun Wukong was brutal.
Both of them grinned like maniacs because of the fight. Sun Wukong, as the Monkey King, was known to be a prankster and trickster of the first order... the Great Sage was also an absolute battle maniac who was obsessed with combat and fighting.
Even though neither of them was using any of their Divine Authorities, just their pure strength alone, the destruction they were causing was enormous. Even with the containment of the Culling Game Barriers, the entire city of Kyoto was shaking.
The normies were already panicking as a good number of buildings collapsed already within the center of the city. Yakou didn't really dare to think what would happen once they started using their Divine Authorities...
Fortunately, right now, both of them were also not using any kind of Magic, and he knew that they also wouldn't be. Even though Sun Wukong possessed the Divine Authority of the Divine Magic, it was rather useless in front of Voban's Divine Authority of the Singing Spellbook.
Yakou knew of its Divine Authority. It allowed its user to summon a book; all the magic that exists on earth can be written and executed successfully by this spell book. For example, the spells this authority can use are teleportation, dimension traveling, portal opening, scouting via crystal ball, and something similar to Spirit Vision.
This Divine Authority was also capable of stealing knowledge about arcane arts from other individuals, as was noted by several Magic Associations throughout the ages. Marquise Voban can choose to take only one spell or all of them from his target. The stolen spell will be inscribed into the tome.
"They are going to start using the Divine Authorities soon enough..."
Athena muttered as they observed the fight between the two of them and as she said, they indeed started doing that when they both summoned their Divine Authorities. Sun Wukong used the Divine Authority of the Monkey King as he used the remaining humans in the HQ of the History Compilation Committee into Monkeys and Apes as they clashed against the Undeads of Marquise.
Seeing this made Yakou grimace because there were some people that he wanted to slay personally... but now it seemed that they were all turned into Monkeys and Apes and were under the control of the Monkey King.
Though he sensed that some people were resisting the process... it should be the members of the Seishuuin Family who had a strong connection to Susanoo in the Netherworld... another target of Yakou's.
At the same time, the Monkey King activated the Ryu Jingu Bang as the Divine Weapon radiated power like never before, as the Monkey King was actually drawing more power from the Monkey that he had transformed through his Divine Authority of the Monkey King.
"That should be the Divine Authority of Sturm Und Drang."
Yakou remarked as this was the Divine Authority that Voban obtained from killing the Chinese Weather Trio, Bo Feng the green warrior of wind, Yu Shi the blue warrior of rain, and Lei Gong the red warrior of thunder.
"This is regarded as one of his most powerful Divine Authorities, which grants him mastery over the Atmokinesis, Hyetokinesis, Electrokinesis, Aerokinesis, Thermokinesis, and Cyrokinesis... Voban destroyed a lot of cities and reshaped the weather of the entire nations for decades with this Divine Authority."
Atmokinesis granted absolute control over the Terra's Weather. It was noted that if Voban used all of his power, he could influence global weather for a very long time.
Hyetokinesis granted control over the rains.
Electrokinesis, Lei Gong's power, allows Voban to wield lightning to battle in many different ways. He can generate lightning current from his body or summon it from the sky. He can release several lightning bolts at once, and each one of them is powerful enough to turn steel to ashes. In terms of power, his lightning can rival even Zeus or Thor.
Aerokinesis granted absolute domination over winds. He can generate a storm and its strength is extremely overwhelming.
Thermokinesis granted precise control over the heat generated either in his body or in the surrounding area. On its own, it wasn't that powerful compared to the other abilities, but he could use this ability in conjunction with the other abilities to make them more potent and more dangerous.
Cyrokinesis allowed him to create blizzards.
"I can see why..."
Looking at the enormous thunderbolt that was about to hit the ground, wanted even Athena to go away to a safer location. Yet, despite the anticipation of the uncontrolled destruction of everything and anything, Voban actually controlled the thunderbolt and hit only Sun Wukong with it.
He concentrated all the power of the thunderbolt into one singular place.
"Once you see the opportunity, go. I will send my Shikigami with you... You don't need to mind him at all as he is pretty smart on his own."
Yakou, the silently summoned the Eight-Handled Sword Divergent Sila Divine General Mahoraga, who gave Athena an inquisitive look, because this was one of the few times that she saw such a peculiar creature.
***
Voban looked at the Sun Wukong with glee because, despite one of his strongest attacks, using the Divine Authority of Sturm Und Drang, the Heretic God in front of him was only mildly injured.
Which was actually good, because he was really enjoying this fight, and it would be a shame if his opponent dropped dead too fast. Voban raised his sword, Heirloom Durandal, on which he used the Elektrokinesis to increase the destructive prowess of the sword, which was already really powerful on its own.
Voban rarely encountered Heretic Gods as powerful as the Sun Wukong in front of him, which was rather surprising... because he knew that most Heretic Gods were not this kind of powerful.
Or durable.
But that was good.
Voban felt that his blood was already boiling in the excitement.
In his long life, there were not many Heretic Gods that gave him such a challenge as Sun Wukong, who was now swinging his staff at him. The battle instincts of the Sun Wukong were already level higher than those of the Martial Ruler Luo Hao.
And he could tell that from personal experience because he fought a giant, the Martial Ruler, more than once, and he knew that among all current Campiones, she was the most skilled in the arts of combat and battle.
He dodged rather easily, even going as far as to use the Elektrokinesis to boost up his speed to a higher level, and he was approaching the level of speed that Sun Wukong was showcasing.
'He is using those Apes, Monkey, and Divine Beasts as a conduit for power....'
As an experienced Campione, Sasha Dejanstahl Voban realized what the Monkey King was doing at a single glance and why his physical parameters seemed to increase the longer they fought.
Of course, as the prime material that the Monkey King used was the Mages and Knights of the History Compilation Committee, which were superb materials. He could guess that this Divine Authority functioned on the principle of the quality of the material from which the Monkeys and Apes are transformed.
He knew because he saw how Sun Wukong used this Divine Authority on the ordinary Magicless civilians who were unlikely to be drawn into their fight, and their power was abysmal, as was their presence.
On the contrary, the Monkeys and Apes created from the bodies of powerful Mages and Knights were providing far more benefits to the Monkey King, such as the Mana that was continuously transferred to the Great Sage, increasing his power.
Fortunately, his Undeads and his Divine Wolves were taking care of it as they were ferociously clashing against the Monkeys and Apes... but the effects were not much to his liking, because Sun Wukong's creatures were more effective combatants.
But Voban's Undeads were...
Endless.
No matter how many times they were destroyed by Sun Wukong's Monkey and Apes, they would be reformed through the Divine Authority of the Undead Servant of the Underworld Tomb, as they were virtually unkillable.
So Voban had time because, sooner or later, the Apes and Monkeys would be overrun, but at the same time, Marquise realized that Sun Wukong wouldn't give him the time he needed because the Great Sage was already preparing for the next move.
When his Divine Aura started fluctuating tremendously, the Stars in the Sky lit up and started transferring part of their powet ot the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.
Divine Authority of the Great Ritual of the Old Covenant.
Even though this concrete Divine Authority could be activated only under specific conditions, it wasn't entirely true. Sun Wukong could casually use his endless Wisdom as the Great Sage Equal to Heaven to use the Divine Authority of the Great Ritual of the Old Covenant on a partial basis.
Meaning that the power boost from usage of the Divine Authority of the Great Ritual of the Old Covenant wouldn't be on the level if it was used normally, but it was still a considerable amount of power that the Heretic God obtained from using it this way.
Voban noticed this as well and he knew exactly how to react to this as he looked at the Heirloom sword that he was holding in his hand. The entire moment didn't take longer than a few seconds as he activated the Divine Authority of Bloody Blessing to the maximum, as well as the Divine Authority of the Red Punishment.
'All the living things in the world are the same: Saints and sinners, villains and heroes, innocent children and even their mothers are the source of my fire.'
The Heirloom sword was now flaming with the destructive flames, but that wasn't the end, as he proceeded to the final move to end the fight with the Heretic God Sun Wukong, before he got into a more disadvantageous position.
The Relics were divided into the:
Antique-Grade, which vaguely corresponded to the D-Rank in Attributes.
Treasure-Grade, which vaguely corresponded to the C-Rank in Attributes.
Artifact-Grade, which vaguely corresponded to the B-Rank in Attributes.
Ascendant-Grade, which vaguely corresponded to the A-Rank in Attributes.
Divine-Grade, which vaguely corresponded to the S-Rank in Attributes, but nobody knew how far the Divine-Grade Relics could actually go.
This classification was proposed by the 3rd Seat of the Round Table, 7th Seat of the Knights of the Round Table, Dairenji Shidou, and the 8th Seat of the Round Table, Julian Miller, some time ago, together with the New Measurement Classification that the Illuminati Society began using a month ago.
Divine-Grade Relics were unknown... much less being said about the limits of the Divine-Grade Heirlooms like the Durandal that Marquise Voban was using right now.
"Tehe blade shines bright as the three miracles are proclaimed. Grant me this protection of the Archangel and let this holy blade destroy the enemies of the light! Shine and manifest, Durandal: The Underival Sword of Renown!"
The previously blazing sword with the flames that Voban created with his Divine Authority of the Red Punishment, shone with bright, blinding light as the entire blade vibrated to life when it was activated.
The red gem that was installed in the pommel of the weapon shone with an ominous-looking crimson light as Marquise didn't wait any longer and appeared in front of Sun Wukong in a split second as they crashed against each other.
Divine Authority of Red Punishment and Durandal vs. the Divine Authority of the Great Ritual of the Old Covenant.
Their clash, as the Holy Sword of The Unrivaled Renown and the Rakshasa Sword clashed, sent tremors through the entire Kyoto, as buildings around the center were shaking and collapsing, and even part of the Barriers around the two of them had already crashed.
From the side, Yakou was doing everything that he could to keep the fighting contained for as long as possible. If the clash between the two of them continued in this kind of fashion, then they would practically destroy large swaths of Kyoto and the entire city with one and a half million people would be turned to a pile of rubble.
In a split second, even for a tiny moment, which was all that was needed, Durandal managed to break through the Rakshasa Sword, as the Heirloom was being boosted by the ultra-destructive flames of the Divine Authority of the Red Punishment and all of Marquis's Power.
Not to mention, every Heirloom had one or two special powers.
For the Durandal, it was the power of Destruction.
But not in a traditional way, because Durandal's destruction was more aimed at blasting and shattering the things that were in its path. This ability of the Durandal was especially useful against congregated abilities like Divine Authorities because Durandal: The Unrivaled Sword of Renown had the ability to break through some types of Divine Authorities.
Sun Wukong reacted too late to the breakage of the Divine Authority of the Great Ritual of the Old Covenant as the Sword of Rakshasa was shattered, and Durandal: The Unrivaled Sword of Renown was stabbed in the Heretic God's stomach.
Along with the fragments of the Sword of Rakshasa that were created through the Divine Authority of the Great Ritual of the Old Covenant, because they were too dangerous, even to the user.
Thanks to the intervention of Yakou and the Warding Nexus that he controlled, the clash between Voban and Sun Wukong at the last moment was successfully contained. If not, then Yakou, who was now containing the last side effects, was sure that this entire thing would have destroyed Kyoto and perhaps the good part of the island.
He felt the power of the Durandal that was overcharged with the Magic and also several Divine Authorities by Marquise Voban.
Yet, even though the Marquis was victorious, it wasn't like he was unscathed from the fight, because he sustained some injuries and was tired.
Very tired from the entire fight because Sun Wukong was much stronger than anticipated, and there was almost no aftermath from the sealing for such a long time. One would have anticipated that being selaed for many centuries in the Spell Keeper of the Horses, would have left Sun Wukong evidently weakened...
But it wasn't the case.
The Heretic God in question instead looked at the Marquis with a grin, as he dispersed the Divine Authority of the Monkey King. In a mere moment, countless Monkeys and Apes started dropping down...
Some were dead because they had been drained of all their energy, and some were reverting to humans. The ones that ended dead were predominantly the civilians and ordinary humans who were unlucky to get caught in the Divine Authority of the Monkey King.
While the Mages, Knights, and Martial Artists of the History Compilation Committee were severely injured, exhausted, and half-dead at this point. But they were of no consequence, because as they were reverted back, they were soon enough overrun by the Undeads that finished the job.
Everyone, even the corpses, were stabbed by their weapons once more, to properly ensure that they were really dead, before Voban would raise them as new Undead through the Divine Authority of the Undead Servant of the Underworld Tomb to become his eternal servants.
Suddenly, the Sun Wukong grinned as his body dispersed into hundreds or thousands of strands of hair and floated around Voban for some time before these strands disintegrated into nothingness.
Yakou, who was observing the entire thing from the side, noticed that the Heretic God had indeed perished... but in a really weird way. Like he had chosen to die, yet at the same time, he wasn't entirely dying because his Essence was divided.
Part of it was heading toward Voban, which meant that the old Campione who didn't look so old, would get stronger and the other part was dispersing acorss the entire world.
The 7th Campione used the All-Seeing Eyes of God and noticed that Voban was getting stronger as his body was eagerly accepting the energy from the Sun Wukog. Yakou didn't know what Divine Authorities Voban obtained or would obtain, but he noticed that his raw parameters.
That was supposed to be unchanged was being changed.
Either through the machinations of the Sun Wukong himself, which would fit the criteria of a mischievous God... but Yakou found a small problem with this.
In fact.
'There is something going on here...'
Yakou knew that Campiones and Heretic God had capped limit... he didn't know how exactly it worked, but the culprit was more than evident.
Pandora.
And Yakou also knew that something wasn't adding up about the so-called True Goddess, the All-Giving Woman, and the records that he read about the history of the world. He already began to suspect something odd...
The more he saw, the more he grew confident that Campiones, Heretic God, and everything was just part of some huge scheme or experiment that was taking place. The main reason behind it was that, every few centuries, there would be some kind of disaster that would cull down the numbers of Campiones.
Their kind was biologically immortal; they didn't age and lived for eternity as long as they were not killed... and killing them was an extremely arduous thing to do. He predicted that Pandora was behind this... because there was no one who could have pulled something like this.
Killing Campione was extremely hard, and by the logic of their species, even if some fell to the infighting and Heretic Gods, there were too few of them. Not many of them were born, which was probably also the result of Pandora's meddling in the matters.
Yakou didn't really know the purpose for this, but he didn't really like the idea of being the test subject for something or someone else.
Every single time when there were more Campiones in the world, the number was usually lingering something below ten, a little below ten, the calamity would strike, and they would start dying over the next few decades.
This was the way of the past few thousand years ago.
Yakou didn't really think about it anymore, as he focused more on repairing the damage that Voban and Sun Wukong did to the Kyoto as he was casting one Spell after another...
Until he felt vaguely distinct and familiar Divine presence appearing on the outskirts of Kyoto.
"It seems that the 8th is here."
***
Headquarters of the History Compilation Committee, During the Fight
Athena entered the headquarters of the History Compilation Committee, or at least what has remained from the upper parts of it, because during the initial clashes between Voban and Sun Wukong, it was razed to the ground.
Even some of the lower levels were already collapsing, but that wasn't a problem for her as she just used her strength to blast through the rubble and destroy pieces of concrete and other things blocking the way.
The targeted destination was the vaults in the depths of the headquarters, where the History Compilation Committee stored its precious valuables. Primarily, the Relics, Heirlooms, Grimoires, and other things that were too valuable to be put in another place.
It was really interesting that the Wards and Barriers in this place were still working.
She stared at the Shikigami that her partner sent with her, because this monstrosity would be an aberration against nature itself. She was sure that this was something that only the twisted minds of Demon Lords in the Little Garden could come up with.
God forbid this thing entered the Little Garden and started Adapting to that enviroment...
It would become one of the biggest scourges in the entire Chaosverse...
She knew that Tsuchimikado Yakou called it Mahoraga.
Eight-Handled Sword Divergent Sila Divine General Mahoraga.
One of the Twelve Divine Shikigami of the Twelve Divine Shikigami Contract Gates Inherent Onmyōdō Technique.
The Greater Cursed Spirit or whatever the monstrosity was, strode through the hallways of the underground area as it killed everything and everyone in their path. Surprisingly or not, there were still some Mages and Knights of the History Compilation Committee alive when they arrived.
But not for long, because the Shikigami tore them apart.
In the most literal sense of meaning.
She also had the honor of seeing its Adaptation Ability in real time, because every single time when one of the lucky Mages or Knights managed to hit the Shikigami with some spell, the creature would completely Adapt and regenerate from the damage.
If there was any damage in the first place, but the Adaptation ability was really frightening.
Basically, no one and nothing could stand up to the Mahoraga, as the Shikigami killed anything that moved and Adapted to everything that was thrown at him.
This was making it even more dangerous than it initially should have been.
But for the time being, she decided to ignore the cursed thing, as she focused on the more important thing and the reason why she was here.
The Gorgoneion.
The Grimoire that was holding half of the power of this iteration of her, and if she wanted to move across this part of existence more freely, she needed to obtain the Gorgoneion. Athena also considered it rather unfortunate, even if the Gorgoneion was obtained by her and assimilated, it would put her only in the lower ends of the 4th-Digit at the best.
Which was far from what she really needed to move across these parts of reality.
And it was also very far from the true power of their true body, which was already at the Pseudo 3rd-Digit, as the differences between the peak 4th-Digit and the lowest level of the 3rd-Digit are tremendous.
Athena strolled through the hallways until she finally reached the vaults that were located in the deepest parts of the destroyed headquarters of the History Compilation Committee, as this was the area that was the most guarded and protected.
But in front of a Goddess like her, it took just a few moments, as she started dismantling the Wards and Magical protections around the Vaults.
As she was working on that, the ground suddenly shook as she caught a glimpse of the white, hulky mass tearing through the concrete, as Yakou's Shikigami fought against the remaining Magic Saint of the Committee.
Even though the Magic Saint of the Committee was certainly powerful, against Mahoraga, which was capable of Adapting to any and all phenomena, it was all futile. She decided to ignore the rampaging Eight-Handled Sword Divergent Sila Divine General Mahoraga as she focused more on destroying the Magic protections.
Which was done sooner than one would have anticipated, and Athena managed to enter the vaults of the Magic Associations without much problems. The Vaults of the History Compilation Committee were actually enormous and filled with countless Relics, Grimoires, Gold, precious gems, and many other things that were valuable.
She immediately went to the section with Grimoires, as she spent several minutes searching through the Grimoires, until she found what she was searching for.
Athena held the stone object, which was actually a Grimoire, resembling a stone plaque with the head of a woman whose hair was snakes instead of normal human hair. She looked at the object, before she crushed it, and in the split second, her body started changing.
After reclaiming the Gorgoneion, Athena seemingly aged to her early twenties and her clothing transformed into a Grecian toga, and she wore a crown of flowers on her head.
She had long silver hair, contrary to her previously short hair, and violet eyes that were pulsating with sheer power.
Her Aura became much stronger, as she was able to finally breathe with some kind of freedom, because being in that restricted form was too much for her.
After she had returned to her true form, she cast a spell on the entire Vault, transporting the contents of the entire vaults of the History Compilation Committee to the enchanted bag, according to her agreement with Yakou.
Especially the 1st Gate Key, 2nd Gate Key, 4th Gate Key, 5th Gate Key, and 6th Gate Key that Yakou told her to obtain from the vaults of the Committee, as they were of the utmost importance to him because they were needed for his Inherent Technique.
For Athena, nothing was more important than reclaiming the full power of this Avatar, so she could search for opportunities in this Dimension. In the end, this place was and would be once again a battleground for 'Them', so it was bound to have some really good things and treasures.
The Ritual of the First Manas that she promised to the Campione also wasn't something that she valued greatly, because in the Little Garden, such a thing was barely worth something in truth.
But she needed to put up appearances.
At the same time, Athena also considered the man as a prospective ally in the future if he survived long enough to mature and reach his full potential.
He was, in the end, carrying the Seed of the Last Embryo, which made him the Future Last Embryo.
In this entire Chaotic Origin Dimension where they were right now, he was the only person with the qualification of becoming the Last Embryo and reaching the zenith. Such a person was a good investment in her eyes, because as long as he grew stronger, he would reach Little Garden, where she could then cash in her investment and ask for his help.
Not to mention, being familiar with Last Embryo and having a good relationship with one was something that only a few people in the entire Chaosverse could boast about.
Every single Last Embryo could squash the 3rd-Digit God King of Pantheon like a bug; even her father, who belonged to more powerful ones, would last a single serious hit from a Last Embryo.
***
Somewhere Else in Japan, En Route to Kyoto
Kusanagi Godou was an oddity among the Campione.
Not only due to his strong distaste that bordered on hatred when it came to dealing with Magic and Supernatural entities, especially Gods and other Campiones, but also because he was the most peaceful among the Campiones.
He was tall, around 180 centimeters, with black hair and black eyes, wearing a high school uniform, because when he received the news about what was happening in the country, he was returning home from school.
"Apparently, the entire Empire has been dragged into an Ultra-Large Scale Ritual called the Culling Game that forces every single Mage, Knight, or Martial Artist to participate, and the only way they can leave the Culling Game is to kill or be killed. According to the latest news from the History Compilation Committee that Amakasu Tōma sent me before the connection went dark, most probably they were attacked by the forces of 7th Campione or Kengan Association."
Next to him, a beautiful young woman with straight, waist-length blond hair that has a hint of red, blue eyes, and an unparalleled figure, having a trained, slender yet very voluptuous build with large breasts.
She wore a cape with an intense design with black stripes on a red background that symbolized her affiliation with the Copper-Black Cross Knight Order. Erica Blandelli, the Heiress Apparent of the Blandelli Family, which was one of the most prominent families in the Magic World.
Erica knew that Godou didn't want to have anything to do with the Magic and that side of the world, and he was certainly a highly problematic Campione. But she was his sworn knight and needed to deal with his antics as much as she didn't like them.
She was born in Milan to unnamed parents, and she was a direct descendant of an unknown Campione whose illegitimate son was a Grandmaster of the Copper-Black Cross Knight Order, and thus she bore the Divine Blood of the Campione in her veins...
Currently, her Uncle, Paoplo Blandelli, was the Grandmaster of the Copper-Black Cross Knight Order and was one of Europe's Magic Saints, which he became just a few years ago.
The Blandelli Family had invested a lot of resources into her after her parents died in one of the greater Tombs, and she trained as a knight of the Copper-Black Cross Knight Order and eventually gained her Knighthood at the age of twelve.
It was shortly after that when she first met the Campione Salvatore, Doni, and later gained her Relic Sword, Cuore di Leone.
"Are you sure that both of them are involved?"
Even though Kusanagi Godou hated dealing with Magic and everything that weird stuff, he couldn't let innocent people suffer or be killed at the hands of Sasha Dejanstahl Voban and Tsuchimikado Yakou.
But he knew how cruel and tyrannical both Voban and Tsuchimikado were, as he had heard from the History Compilation Committee, and how many atrocities they committed... the Committee was rahter detailed in being wary of these two because they were apparently monsters in human skin who killed for fun.
Apparently, Tsuchimikado even murdered the entire delegation from the Committee, innocent people killed just because the Campione didn't like how they looked at him.
And now, such people were wreaking havoc in Japan and massacring thousands of people...
Thus, they were right now en route to Kyoto, where the 1st Campione and the 7th Campione were seen. They were using Magic to arrive in Kyoto as soon as possible, as Kusanagi Godou used his Divine Authority to arrive there.
Erica knew that there was something that the History Compilation Committee wasn't telling Godou, and that they were manipulating him into creating friction between him and 7th Campione Tsuchimikado Yakou for some reason.
She knew that the Tsuchimikado Clan was essentially massacred by the History Compilation Committee, and due to some conflict, the 7th Campione killed the Patriarch of the Renjou Family, who wanted to give him some bribes or whatever.
Which was a beyond stupid thing to do in her opinion, because 7th Campione clearly considered them enemies, and they went there in their arrogance or ignorance, and it ended in their death.
The Copper-Black Cross Knight Order was investing in things independently, and they knew that the History Compilation Committee was manipulating Kusanagi Godou for their own goals, so they could use him as a last-ditch effort to save their lives if they were indeed attacked by the 7th Campione for revenge.
Erica knew that these people were aware of the Godou's faults, and they were exploiting them very well.
Rahter too well.
And the History Compilation Committee was really desperate for the Campione's support, to the point that they had none. Attempts at manipulating the Campione never ended well in history, but she could see that Godou wasn't like the other Campiones.
He wasn't obsessed with power or a battle-hungry person.
He wasn't anyone with lofty ambitions or anything like that; instead, he was a rather ordinary high school student who, by some accident or the machinations of fate, became Campione on the island of Sicily.
As the two of them were talking, suddenly she felt a change in the surrounding Mana.
Even Godou reacted rather fast, but only when they were trapped in the barrier.
She wanted to shake her head because, even though Godou was a Campione, he barely trained his powers and abilities. It was rahter fortunate for him that the sole Divine Authority he possessed had Ten Abilities within it, and all of them were of considerable power.
Both Erica and her Campione saw a figure that unmistakably belonged to the 7th Campione who stood in front of them. Wielding a Divine Spear Gungnir and wearing his garb of military uniform that was very similar to those worn in the times of World War II, just with a lot of occult symbols and runes on it.
She had to admit that the 7th Campione was a very handsome man, but he was even more dangerous. He was the last scion of the Tsuchimikado Clan, a very long line of Onmyōji, and for his entire life, he worked as a Mercenary and Assassin.
"As expected... the 8th Campione, the Cowardly King, appears to save the day."
Erica watched as the 7th Campione said that before he gripped his spear, which was one of his Divine Authorities, and without any warning, he attacked Godou at lightning speed as he appeared in front of the 8th Campione and aimed at his heart with the Divine Spear.
The 7th Campione was ruthless enough and knew how to use the opportunity... Erica nodded that even though Godou managed to block the strike with the use of one of his Divine Authorities, he was still injured.
And they both knew that the Culling Game won't stop without stopping 7th Campione Tsuchimikado Yakou, who was unleashing this madness on the entire Japan. And time was playing against them, because the longer they spent fighting, the more people would die.
She knew that Godou wanted to save as many people as possible, but even as they were here, there were countless people acorss the entire Japan being killed due to the Culling Game, and that wasn't even accounting for the collateral casualties.
The only Campione that Kusanagi Godou fought against was Salvatore Doni, but that was a spar, not a fight with all their power. On the contrary, she noticed that the 7th Campione was really striking with the intent to kill.
Not to mention, Godou was depending solely on his superhuman reflexes and enhanced instincts when fighting, which wasn't enough. While it was enough for ordinary spars, it was lacking for a life-and-death battle.
Erica retreated to the side, because she knew that intervening in the fight between Campiones was a fast ticket to an early grave. She can only hope that Godou would emerge victorious, but she knew that it would be hard.
Just from a few exchanges alone, she knew that Tsuchimikado Yakou wasn't taking any chances and doing everything in his power to finish his opponent as soon as possible, as Godou thought he had dodged another strike of the Gungnir.
"For a cowardly fool, you are learning fast."
Yakou said with a provocative grin as he readjusted the stance while his opponent looked at him like he was the incarnation of the devil on Earth. Suddenly, Yakou's aura started changing as he was releasing more of his Magic, and the pressure was accumulating.
"But you will need to learn faster if you want to save the lives of these ants."
Erica shook her head because she knew very well that Godou was being baited into attacking recklessly, and that his enemy was exploiting his character in much the same way as the History Compilation Committee.
"Not everyone is monster like you, Tsuchimikado, and in the end, monsters are always defeated."
Kusanagi Godou stood up as he also matched Yakou's Magic Power with his own.
"Maybe you are right about the first part... but the second one happens only in the fairy tales."