Karma is startled by what he heard, saying: "What is this nonsense? Is that scoundrel coming towards us?" Some of the rulers begin to panic slightly. Karma, who noticed the fear in their eyes, says: "What is wrong with you? Are you afraid of mere scum that appeared in a short time? Since when were the rulers of my worlds such cowards?" One of the rulers stood up and said: "But, my lord, that scum killed Baryon, whose power we feared. How can we not be afraid of him?" Karma grew angry and, without hesitation and in the blink of an eye, erased that ruler from existence in seconds, terrifying all the rulers, who all said: "We are sorry, my lord." Karma stands up, his expression turning cold, and says: "I am the ruler of the ten worlds, afraid of a cockroach born by its mother just yesterday? This is sheer nonsense. Let him come; I will wipe him out just like an insect. I am waiting for him. As for you all, go and crush those scoundrels so that we can be done with them all at once." The Master said: "My lord, I will stay with you." Mythos stood up and said: "My lord, please allow me to stay with you as well. I want to take revenge on that black eye for what he did to me previously." Karma looked at them both and said: "Very well, you may stay, but do not get in my way." Raimus stood up angrily and said: "And I want to stay." Karma said: "No, you are very important in this battle. You must go, and as I told you, focus all your energy and effort on crushing Selyse. If you do that, you can return here immediately and join us." Raimus gritted his teeth and said: "As you command." In fact, all the rulers flew away from the area and spread out like shooting stars in the sky. Karma stood up and said: "Listen well, we do not know that person's abilities, and at the same time, he does not know ours. Therefore, you two will fight him before me to weaken him a little, because a battle against Baryon must have been very exhausting for him, and he must have received countless injuries, so this will be our chance. And when the right time comes, I will intervene and crush him definitively." The Master says: "As you wish, my lord." Mythos says: "I have a puzzling question: isn't he supposed to arrive now? Why hasn't he appeared, and why don't I feel any energy at close range?" Karma says: "And I am now sensing every energy present in this world, but I cannot feel his energy. However, this might be a good opportunity for you two to recover your fitness." Karma says: "Master, show me the fight of the black eye and Baryon again, as you did in the palace." The Master says: "My lord, I apologize, but the fight took place outside the scope of our worlds in the first place, and because of that, I cannot show anything like that again. However, what is certain is that Baryon has truly died, and the proof is the massive increase in the black eye's huge bounty in our network worlds system."
Meanwhile, Arius had returned to Isola's place, and when he entered, he found her holding a book and reading. She noticed his entrance and said: "Why are you late?" He told her: "Nothing, I was just doing some work, but I brought you some good drinks, I hope you like them." Isola laughed and said: "What is with you, you are really romantic this period, don't do that to try and trick me again," then she laughed. Arius looked at her without laughing or reacting to what she said, then stepped towards her and said: "Listen well, I am truly sorry for what happened, well, I was just excited by the idea of revenge and could never think of anything else except that because I spent all my life striving for this goal. Perhaps if the circumstances were different back then, we might not have gone through what actually happened, but I assure you that I would not deceive you with ill intent, and that I would never pursue something you wouldn't like." Isola grabbed his face with both hands and said: "I truly know everything. I also, as I told you, deceived you and was playing with you, and throughout the past three years, I considered you just a tool used and exploited by me and my brother. I wasn't really considerate or understanding of your goals. I saw your body moving, and despite the lack of your soul in it for three years, every day I would go to your soul and contemplate it as it exerted effort to become stronger to achieve its goal, and this is what made me admire you, because you put in the effort to reach your goal, and this is truly a good quality that I aspire to possess one day like you. And know that I will continue to love you no matter how cruel, deceitful, or... completely different person you become." Arius smiled and said: "Thank you," then he held her hands, kissed them, and said: "Do you want anything before I leave?" Isola said: "Where are you going?" He told her: "For revenge." Isola said: "Isn't it enough to just stop him?" Arius said: "No, the hardest way to stop an arrogant, conceited person is to talk to him, but the easiest way to stop him is to kill him, especially if his intentions are bad. That person Karma, I have hated him for a long time. I don't know why, but from the very first time I met him, I never liked him."
Isola was sitting in the back, thinking that she still concealed from Arius the matter of the agreement with Nahira and her brother, and that he does not know the true plan behind this agreement, and that Arius is merely a pawn in this game, nothing more. Isola says: "My darling, please try not to stress yourself, and also be careful, because sometimes things happen right in front of you and you don't see them and realize it late." Arius turned to her and said: "I know, my darling. If you mean to say that to protect me, I am always careful; I am no longer a person who falls easily. Everyone thinks that I am still the optimistic Arius who immediately goes to save everyone, but I fought with Baryon and realized that instead of fighting for someone, it is better than that to fight for myself alone. And my fight against Karma now will only be because I desire it, not for a specific reason. And also, regarding Dazai, I have something to tell you after I finish all that, be ready." Then Arius pulled out Elira and said to her: "Stay with her and fulfill all her needs." Elira bowed and said: "As you wish, my lord." Then Arius vanished from the place.
Isola moved around the place and decided to open a window, only to be shocked that there is nothing outside except pitch darkness. She closed the window and said: "Where are we?" Elira answered her, saying: "My lady, we are now in a dimension created by Dark for my lord, and it is an isolated pocket dimension from the outside worlds. Do not worry, no one can ever reach us here." Isola says: "Can we get out of here?" Elira says: "Yes, we can whenever you wish. I am here to fulfill all your desires, whatever they may be." Isola says: "Well, can you show me what is happening in World Zero now?" Elira says: "Very well." Elira summons a small entity made of energy and commands it to tell her what is happening. It tells them that World Zero has currently turned into a scene of total destruction, as the numbers of killed wanted criminals are being liquidated from all over the world, and innocent entities are also being liquidated under the pretext that they are citizens in World Zero and must be destroyed. As for Historia and Azuria, their lands were breached, and huge numbers of their armies were annihilated. Nothing remains of Historia's power except 27%, and from Azuria, 10% of forces and remaining resources such as lands, properties, armies, and others. Isola says: "And what happened to my brother?" Ilaria says: "Regarding that brother of yours, my lady, he is badly wounded and injured, and he is currently receiving treatment at the Silver Blade Selyse's palace." Isola says: "Please take me there immediately, I must see my brother." Ilaria looks at her and says: "But, my lady, the place there is dangerous and here it is safe." Isola looks at her and says: "Didn't Arius command you to fulfill everything I ask? Do that immediately!" Indeed, Ilaria opens a portal for her and says: "My lady, I will stay with you, protecting you is my absolute priority." Then they enter the portal into Selyse's palace.
While everyone is sitting, everyone feels a massive energy coming towards them. Zaya says: "What is this energy?" Selyse says: "Damn, did they find our place?" Arlene says: "Wait, this energy feels somewhat familiar." Suddenly the portal opens, and everyone prepares for fight, and Isola and Ilaria emerge from it. Selyse says: "Isola, is that you?" Everyone stops in their place. Isola steps forward and says: "Tell me, what happened to my brother?" Arlene says: "Don't worry, he is fine, he just needs some rest, he was injured in a battle, nothing more." Isola says: "Take me to him immediately." Indeed, they go to the treatment room, and Isola sees Dazai sleeping, with tears falling from her eyes as she says: "The mistake is mine because I allowed things like this to happen."
On the other side, Zaya looked at Ilaria and said: "What is this creature? I feel a massive pressure of power emanating from this ghostly girl." Arlene says: "You must be one of Arius's soldiers, aren't you?" Ilaria doesn't speak and doesn't utter a single word. Selyse says: "Arius's soldiers? Look, do you mean that boy who was said to have died at the hands of the black eye?" Arlene says: "I think the time has come to say it, because hiding the matter no longer has any value, my dear sister. In reality, Arius and the black eye are the same person." Selyse is shocked by what she heard and says: "Wait, what are you saying?" Arlene says: "Yes, as you heard, they are the same person." Selyse says: "This is unbelievable, how did I fail to know that?" Arlene says: "Even I didn't know until he showed me himself when I returned to World Zero for the first time. I thought they were two different persons until I saw him." Selyse says: "Damn, I never got the chance to meet him even once in either case." Arlene said: "O glowing soldier, tell me, what happened to your master? Is he well? What is happening with him in Baryon's domain?" Ilaria did not speak at all and didn't even move from her place. Isola stepped forward and said: "Arius is fine, he has returned and managed to kill Baryon." Everyone in the hall was stunned by what they heard. Selyse says: "What? What are you saying? Baryon is dead? When did this happen?" Isola said: "About three days ago, Baryon's end was at the hands of Arius, and as a result of that battle, half of World 0 was destroyed, or rather the whole of it now. If you go to the northern side, you will see nothing but empty nothingness as a result of the battle." Arlene says: "And where is Arius now?" Isola says: "Arius is going to eliminate Karma as well." Everyone is shocked again, and Selyse says: "Where does he get all this confidence from? Who is this person?"
Suddenly, one of Selyse's soldiers enters and says: "Madam, a new edition of the universal wanted posters has been released, look at this." She holds the poster, which is the one for the black eye, and is shocked by the bounty: 11 nonillion, surpassing Baryon's previous one. She is stunned in her place and reads the reason for the bounty to find that it says: "The reason is eliminating the nightmare of the worlds, Baryon, causing a massacre on a world scale, and being a national threat to the stability of the worlds." Arlene sees the poster and says: "I expected this to happen, but not this fast." Isola says: "Unfortunately, my husband Arius has now become the most dangerous criminal in existence, and he is now an enemy to everyone in any world outside this world." Zaya says: "Aunt, your husband must be a truly wonderful person, because what he did is considered a miracle in this world." Isola says: "My dear Zaya, the matter might seem wonderful, but having your bounty always higher doesn't mean you are the best or the strongest, rather it means you will be the most targeted in the long term, and your life will never be safe. Do you understand now, my dear? And also, it is better for you not to ever think of falling into this path as we did." Zaya says: "I basically want to become a merchant like my father, but he is always described as a criminal even though he never does anything bad." Selyse says: "Son, would you go to your room for a bit?" Zaya says: "Mom, I am not a little kid anymore." Selyse looks at him with a single look, prompting him to say: "Fine, I'll go."
Selyse says to Isola: "Have you thought about what you will do? Will you really stay with the black eye after what happened? The matter is truly more dangerous for you than it was." Isola, looking at the window to see Dazai, says: "In truth, I will be fine." Arlene says: "I don't want to ruin our joy, but just for the record, I think the Senate will now intervene in case Karma falls or they feel that there is an entity threatening his existence." Selyse says: "Those scoundrels always stay in the shadows and don't appear unless trouble arises." Isola says: "Don't worry, we made an agreement with Nahira." Arlene says: "An agreement with Nahira?" Isola says: "Yes." Isola stops and asks Ilaria to leave, and she does after making sure she is gone. She continues: "We agreed that she will bring down Karma, in exchange for which she will become the ruler of everything, and she will drop all charges against us, and she will also remove the elders and close the council so that power remains solely in her hands. For she already realizes beforehand that their presence within the decision-making corrupts the sweetness of the position of ruler of everything. For she told me: 'What is the use of the position of ruler of everything if you are unable to control everything?' And she says that she is opposed to the ideas of the Supreme Council and their thoughts." Selyse says: "The Supreme Council of Elders is the highest material authority that helps the ruler of everything in terms of financial power and wealth. They control everything that Karma owns in terms of universes, worlds, and money, and they are the main reason for the existence of these universal bounties on our heads in the first place." Arlene says: "And the reason for their hatred of World Zero is that it is outside the regulation of their accounts in the first place." Isola says: "Exactly, and that is why if Karma falls, the elders will fall behind him. And basically none of them possesses physical strength, but their financial power is massive, and this is what is terrifying about them." Selyse says: "Is this Nahira qualified for trust?" Arlene says: "No, she is vicious and can never be trusted." Isola says: "There is no other choice. I know she is a cunning and malicious person, but she is our only solution currently. Also, my brother agreed with her regarding this for the sake of my safety and for the freedom of all of us. It was agreed that Karma's name will be wiped from this existence permanently." Selyse says: "And is this Arius capable of truly defeating Karma, and what is his goal in that?" Isola says: "Arius will kill Karma with a clear and simple goal, which is that he just wants to kill him. I don't know, but this is what he told me." Selyse says: "What stupidity, fighting without a specific goal!" Arlene says: "No, but he has a goal, although we don't know it right now. Let's wait and see what will happen." Arlene says: "Where is he now?" Isola says: "I don't know, he left and said he will head to Karma, but I am not sure."
Suddenly, Dazai begins to wake up, and everyone looks at him. Isola decides to enter, crying out: "Brother, brother, are you alright?" Dazai opened his eyes and said in a weak, shaky voice: "Isola, are you alright? Am I dreaming?" Isola wept, hugged him, and grabbed his hand, saying: "No, you are not dreaming, my brother, it's me." Selyse says: "Thank God for your safety, you idiot." Dazai laughed and said: "It's good that you are all right. Did we win the war?" Selyse said: "No, but we didn't lose either." Dazai said: "What about Karma, where is he?" Arlene said: "He is in the south, still searching for us, but currently the situation here is temporarily safe." Dazai says: "The mistake is mine, I really shouldn't have risked it without planning." Isola says: "Never mind, the important thing is that you are fine, brother." Dazai says: "What happened? How did Nahira release you?" Isola says: "Arius came and saved me from there." Dazai is shocked and says: "What? Is he still alive? What happened? Where is Baryon?" Selyse said: "Don't worry, Baryon finally died." Dazai is even more shocked by what he heard and said: "Does this mean Arius eliminated Baryon?" Isola said: "Yes, he did it, and he will also eliminate Karma soon." Dazai opened his eyes and said to himself: "Damn, is he serious or am I still dreaming? What is this world I have fallen into? I know Arius is strong, but to do all that at this time is impossible. Wait, was he deceiving me the whole time? Was he hiding his true power from me the whole time? I knew he was training, but for it to reach the point that he eliminates Baryon and challenges Karma, this is a dangerous matter indeed. And above all, the first one who must watch out for this is my sister, because Arius is unstable anyway, and a day might come when he kills her. There is no one else for her to lean on, and I won't allow that anyway. Therefore, my sister, stay away from that man forever and forget him from your life completely."
Isola stands frozen at what she hears. Dazai continues, saying: "The chain of revenge is always followed by another revenge, and if Arius takes revenge today, someone will come to take revenge on him, so this man is just a disaster, even if he was a friend of mine outside."
Meanwhile, Ilaria was standing somewhere, transmitting what she was hearing to Arius, who was sitting on a huge rocky pillar, and Nahira was standing there too. Nahira said: "What, hasn't the time come for you to go and eliminate that scum?" Arius says: "The time has come, and it is near, but I want to understand something." Nahira looks at him and says: "What is it?" He tells her: "If I overthrow the ruler, what is your next goal?" Nahira says: "As I told you, power." Arius looks at her and says: "A repeated answer, I want to hear the true answer." Nahira says: "Well, Arius, just be lenient; my biggest goal is to eliminate the Greater Senate." Arius says: "And what is that?" Nahira says: "These are a group of three people, they are the cornerstone of all of Karma's influence and his financial and economic power. Without them, Karma is just a person who rules worlds haphazardly, while Karma builds worlds, destroys them, and oversees the facade, these people allow him to destroy and build, and to hunt the criminals who ruin their trade, because the 10 worlds are the heart of their wealth. And that is why you sometimes find Karma looking like a foolish youth in making his decisions. As for me, I have caught them on this matter, so he does what I ask from time to time, unlike the rest of the rulers whom he sees as mere chess pieces." Arius says: "What will happen if those elders disappear?" Nahira says: "This is my goal in the first place. Once they are gone and I become the ruler, I will get absolute power and will not have to deal with them. And also, they are the primary funders of the idea of wanted bounties, so your bounty has reached a massive amount now, and surely their news has reached you now." Arius says: "Well, while I eliminate Karma, go to them and destroy them or something." Nahira says: "No, my dear, the matter is not that simple. As long as I haven't been appointed as ruler of everything, I cannot go and do that, not out of fear or anything like that—they are a group of cockroaches in front of us—but if I do that now, it means my plan will be ruined completely. Because for the elders of the worlds, they are the good ones, and whoever opposes them is bad, and I don't want to bother myself with erasing many of the elders of the worlds just because I took control of the worlds by force. I want everything to be completely official, and when I get rid of them, it will be as if the matter was just that I changed them for elders better than them. Do you understand me now?" He says to her: "I understand, but I want to ask you for something now." She says to him: "And what is it?" He says to her: "You see Dazai's agreement that he made with you, cancel it immediately." She says: "Oh my, why?" He says to her: "Am I not the one who will kill Karma? And I am basically no longer from Historia, for I just resigned, so I am a completely independent person, and therefore our agreement is the one that will prevail, unless Dazai is the one who kills Karma." Nahira laughs and says: "Arius, oh my, day after day I am becoming impressed by your current personality." She walks towards her and says: "I truly do not see the Arius of three years ago or little Arius, but I see an Arius who truly deserves that I care about him and calculate my steps with him." She extends her hand to him and says: "Do we agree?" He looks for a moment, puts his hand in hers, and says: "I can't believe I am doing this, but I agree with you for the first time in my life." She smiles and says: "I wish we would work together more, my dear." He tells her: "I don't think so, this is our only work, after that each one will go their separate ways." Nahira says: "What about my sister, haven't you thought about her?" Arius says: "I have nothing to do with a sick person like her." Nahira says: "Oh my, you are ungrateful, I agree with you on that, but didn't you promise her marriage and didn't do it, and on top of that you went and married another girl? So is this—I don't know how they say it despite the disgust of the word—is this fair to my sister who waited for you for years?" Arius says: "I understand your point of view, but I just built a relationship with my wife properly, I cannot ruin it just to please your sister's illness. Also, tell me, doesn't my marriage to your sister mean that I will become your brother-in-law? Meaning that you will be related by marriage to a wanted criminal, O ruler of everything?" Nahira smiles and says: "True, the matter will be a bit strange, but as we agreed, I will wipe your bounty as soon as the agreement is executed. Also, do not forget you said you will execute anything I will ask, and so far you haven't done that." Arius looks at her, turning his face the other way, and says: "And what do you want?" Nahira smiles and says: "I want..."
Then the scene shifts to Dazai, who says: "Sister, do you understand now? After finishing this, I will end your relationship." Then he calls one of his men and says: "Listen, Takuza, go now and have them make an official divorce paper." He says: "As you command, my lord," and leaves. Isola looks at her brother and says: "Brother, please..." He says: "No, this is the best decision." Then he tries to stand up, but she tells him to stay lying down in his place. He tells her: "Don't worry, I am fine," but he is unable to move, forcing her to put him back on the bed again, and he grits his teeth and says: "Damn."