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"… Are you saying that you usurped that body?"

Yue floated an azure fla the iure, Denreed's rin

"You really have bad hearing I want you to call it an effective recycling This retainer god of Ehito-sama, Aruv, used this body even after the owner's death This person has chosen you to know? Just how honored and deeply rief, even this man too, before he died he erased the od ic so that I can only use his flesh, what a useless man If I knew that you were still alive, then I would have dragged it out of this man, by all means necessary"

"… You killed Oji-sa intent surged out from Yue Her crimson eyes shined fierily, the azure flame on her hand increased in radiance That blue fla brutal that could even burn to nothing only the selected soul That threat should be noticed by the very soul of the target itself

But, the opponent Denreed――no, the evil god wearing his skin, he was only showing an arrogant s threatened at all

"Hou, is that really fine? Perhaps my words just now lay, and actually, Denreed is still alive you know? What if he is hidden at the deepest bottom of this body?"

"-…"

Yue's breath unintentionally hitched Surely even while glaring she was about to launch the fla deceived But, the next words stopped her hand co a nice face In deference to that funny expression, let… It's the words of Denreed just before he died His last words that were addressed to you"

"… Uncle's…"

Hajiun et carried away saying words to torment Yue continuously, but just like how Yue stopped her hand, Hajime's moveretted this choice He was only thinking about Yue that his reaction toward the enemy dulled Even if it didn't match Yue's wish, he should have decided that there was no need to hear whatever the ene on airs grandeously, then he opened histhis"

――It's better if you die painfully

"…"

The arroords pierced Yue's chest Even without anythat disordered the mind, she couldn't help but feel a sharp pain

At thathappened at the same time

"UoOOOOOOH!!"

――Behind Hajime and others who confronted Aruv, Kouki as beside Eri roared while slashing at Hajiht poured down froht that penetrated the ceiling fell straight toward Yue(・・) froenerate Consciousnessss'"

―― From the other direction of the body of the collapsed Eri, Eri's(・・) dark ht Looking at that direction, fro, an unharmed Eri that looked coh oozing fro darkness ball appeared advancing right before Yue's eyes

"――'Quake Sky'!"

――Similar to Eri, Freed appeared as expected from a ripped space that was in a different spot fro and fired space blasting ular"

――At the saic bullet flew at Haji undulated, and several dozen apostles seeped out from there, they went to attack Hajime and others all at once

It was a perfect simultaneous surprise attack where they allThe remain of Freed that had its head drilled and Eri whose body was bound cruh to say that their role was over

It appeared that at that instant when their field of vision was blinded by the light, both Eri and Freed were replaced with so abnoric eye

Even though Haji done in like this, he iht Speed' and stretched an instant into several dozen seconds Inside the gray world where the flow of tireat nu holy sword behind hi fro black sphere was coic bullets were approaching while tracing a spiral Invisible shockas running toward Myuu and Re Aiko and others with their large sword raised

If he left theedy

However, with Hajiritted his teeth, but suddenly a gaze stabbed hi only his eyes, the figure of Yue staring at hily was there Just froht Namely, the will that told hiht, theat Yue, on top of that even that acting of Aruv, and just as he said, even this simultaneous surprise attacks that he said as the plan B made Hajime sensed that all of these were sohtYue's side

But, even so, the gaze she directed at him was the proof of her trust to her beloved lover Then, there was no way he could betray that Therefore, he decided

In this moment, less than a second

GOGAN-!! Terrific shockwave sound resounded while Hajiun from the elbow of his artificial arm Kouki who approached from behind was counterattacked by countless pebbles and shockwave and his breath got bloay

Without stopping, Hajiround with his step, his figure blurred He rushed with speed that didn't even leave afteriure then appeared in front of Myuu and Remia Perhaps from Myuu and Remia's point of view, Hajime looked like he had teleported instantly

The shockwave of the space blasting that had approached until less than a e shield that Hajie shield reacted at the shockwave by releasing its own shockwave like an explosive reactive arh cracks entered the surface of the shield, it ainst the shockwave of the 'Quake Sky'

As the coic bullet Aruv fired attacked Shia and the others ere at Haji Further Yue, the bullet ruptured and scattered to the surrounding to make everyone lose all places to escape

"-'Drawn Sky'!"

The reaction speed of the speed fighter Shizuku forcefully changed the target of the ic bullet to herself just before it could hit all her other comrades As the result, Shizuku's body that received the whole h it wasn't a direct attack because she drew the bullet using her black katana, but she received an outrageous i all of those, Shia used bo mode Doryukken to aim between the apostles and Aiko and the others, she pulled the trigger instantly The fired bursting slug pierced the ground in front of Aiko and others, scattering shockwave along with the light blue ripple

"KyAAAAAH"

"UWAAAAA"

Shia's aim was to buy time She didn't think that she could stop several apostles at the saroup and the apostles to try to put distance between both sides for the ti Her intention succeeded, Aiko and others were barely able to escape the large swords of the apostles even while they were shaken by the impact

Shia and Kaori who had come back to their senses were about to head toward the apostles who gathered themselves At the sah to say that she wouldn't let them do as they pleased more than this She was about to release her breath attack Her target was the devil king and the totally unharmed Freed who appeared from the distorted space just like the apostles

But, the only one who actually ed to act was Shia

"HAAAAAAH!"

"Ko, Kouki-kun!?"

Kouki as supposedly bloay by Hajienerate Consciousness'"

"-, a?"

And Tio was dazed for a slight

Toward Tio who exposed a glaring opening even for just a fewkick that was unthinkable from Eri's amateur burst caused Tio to be blown far away like Shizuku As for Kaori, she blocked the holy sword's attack with her large shile locking sith an unbelieving expression

All of this happening until now happened within only a mo at Aruv and Freed and he was about to pull the triggers Shia confronted the apostles with her back covering Aiko and the others Tio and Shizuku were standing up while enduring the pain Kaori was opening her mouth to look for explanation from Kouki Ryuutaro and Suzu finally returned to their senses, and at that tiure ed by the pillar of light

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Okay… this was a cool scene, but I’e here You’re saying all these characters did all this stuff in the intervening second… okay… but what about Yue? Yue is hardly a slouch You’re telling me that everyone else reacted in a mere micro-second, but one of the most capable people on the tea, erecting a barrier? If she was injured or protecting so for plot convenience I’ll look forward to sing my words next chapter when the author better provide a reasonable explanation