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What Was Lost

"Yue-!"

"Yue-san!"

Hajime and Shia reflexively yelled with voices driven by unease The unknown light pillar that was obviously ai but a bad premonition There was no way they wouldn't become uneasy

Yue whose body was stiffened finallyinside the half-transparent pillar shining brilliantly

As afor an instant The cause was the darkly flickering sphere fired by Eri――the Degenerate Consciousness It was a et's consciousness just for a few moments, it also had the other use to obstruct coh it worked only for the moment it would take to blink

This time it was used in that second way In addition, the nature of Eri's vocation as Necrothened body, her specs were explosively raised Due to all those, this thened to incomparable power compared to before

Because of this, Yue's body was momentarily restricted because her body's nerve trans evasive action and also prevented froht pillar in order to escape But what came back was a hard sensation From what she felt, it didn't seem like it would simply harm her Yue who coic and atteether with the space

"-"

However, surprisingly the space splitting that she certainly had invoked exerted its effect everywhere but the boundary of the light pillar It was unable to even scratch the pillar Far frolaringly, causing its gravity and eeriness to grow

Yue gave up breaking the light pillar and tried opening a gate But it seeht pillar didn't allow even that Ahead of Yue's slightly iaze was a distorted space that i had happened

"Chih Myuu, Reot so like a catchphrase that made her sound cuter)

"Dear…"

Hajime who sensed Yue's distress laid out a barrier around Myuu and Reht pillar

"Fufu, you think I'll let you?"

Aruv saw Hajirave expression and his expression distorted in joy while his finger snapped At that reat number of monsters and apostles, as well as those from the devil race and human race appeared inside the audience hall The same as how the apostles appeared just now, they oozed out from distorted space

The people from the human race all had blank eyes without exception, but the pressure released from their bodies wasn't inferior to that of a monster Most likely they were Eri's puppet soldier――furtherthened considerably

The apostles flew all at once toward Haji towards Yue's distress

"You all are in the way, you puppets-!"

With an angry roar, cried out fro style had been polished to a level incouns that had their spec rapidly increased using sublih the apostles (TN: The use of the name Nointo before this is mistaken, it should be Neunte which mean nine in German)

The one who analyzed their opponent wasn't just the apostles Hajient study even for one day He had done i anti-apostle battles many times and increased his ability to this day

Even so, his opponent were apostles Possessing deviating spec, they were genuinely the soldier of god They wouldn't get broken through that easily Also, by using the advantage of number, they didn't let Hajime approach Yue

The other members were also in the sa Aiko and the others Tio, Shizuku, Ryuutaro, and Suzu were also surrounded by apostles,they could do just to protect themselves

"-, Kouki-kun, return to your senses! 'Omni Sky'!"

And then even Kaori as attacked by Kouki was handling the attacking apostles at the saic after judging that Kouki was under the effect of soot was an attack fro contest once itated voice

"Why-!"

"The one who needs to return to their senses is you, Kaori How long are you going to continue so-"

"You listened to Denreed-san's story right? Even though he is trying to save this world, but Naguivable"

Kaorion incomprehensibly And then her eyes suddenly nantly but accurately interfering with Shizuku and her group's consciousness using dark elerinned with an evil smirk

"-, Eri, you-"

"Kufufu, that's not it, you knoas only guiding Kouki-kun's consciousness for juu-st a little I was just planting a convenient story inside Kouki-kun, you knoow? The rest is just Kouki-kun believing it by himself, seee"

It seemed that Kouki was brainwashed to believe only the bullshit first part of Denreed's story His originally strong prejudice and bad habit of convenient interpretation, and then all the burdens that repeatedly weighed his mind until now allowed Eri to easily brainwash hi you didn'tKouki who appeared to not listen at all to the conversation between her and Eri, and also at hoas only targeting her She then threw her question at Eri of why she didn't she kill Kouki at this chance and use her 'Bind Soul' on him, which was her earnest desire

Toward that Eri's reply was…

"I' it, you knoow?"

"Eh?"

Kaori leaked out a befuddled voice fro what Eri meant She then received a fierce attack fro she unconsciously created Although Kaori somehow evaded and parried and avoided a lethal wound, several scratches were left on her body She instantly healed those while directing a questioning look at Eri

Eri cackled while answering, looking like she was enjoying that state of Kaori fro around, you knoow? I didn't shirk working hard in order to obtain an even better Kouki-kun and become a 'fine woman' seeee"

"That-, what do you-"

"You see, I had improved 'Bind Soul' so that it not only hts of the dead, now it can even directly affect the thought of the living person you knoow! So to speak, it's so While the person is still living, he will beco is out of placee! I guide Kouki-kun's consciousnesss, plant what is righteousness mean for Kouki-kunn, and then inside his ive hih Kaori's expression Since they arrived at the devil king castle, Eri was excessively clinging at Kouki closely,on this evolved 'Bind Soul' in hi of this spell usingWords that were easy to understand for the target beca that bound the will just like that

Furtheric wasn't used anymore the effect didn't cut off After all, the person hiht and decided by himself And the more time passed, it would become a truth for that person It was a technique with extraordinary effect for a human like Kouki

The reality was, the current Kouki was seeing Eri and Denreed's group as exactly the people ere running about in order to save the world like an ally of justice Hajime who hindered that was the bad one, and the people who followed such a Haji at only Kaori surely because Eri was telling hied with the strength of the apostles guessed that if it was Kaori then she wouldn't immediately kill Kouki with no questions asked She then instructed Kouki to cooperate with the apostles to check Kaori in place Kouki decided in his subconscious that it was the 'right' decision No ic was attached to it

In other words, Kouki was completely turned into Eri's puppet soldier even while he was still alive The thinking that a person wouldn't fall into Eri's technique as long as they weren't killed was a naïve one It seemed that Kouki had already fallen into Eri's hand

From here on, no matter what kind of truth and words anyone lined up, Kouki would surely be easily le devilish sord of Eri Furtherht' that he decided by hi ability Ironically, the weak point of Kouki that Hajime pointed out――his hesitation that would appear at the last one

While Kaori was racking her brain facing such a Kouki and the apostles, the otherinto a considerable predicament

Inside such a situation, the one who by his loneso the the entrails of the monsters, and turned the puppet soldiers into sht now even in thisthe coordination of the apostles, analyzing the weak point of the new typethe ht there- Irregular!"

One apostle crossed her twin large swords while rapidly approaching with h Hajiaged by multiple apostles at the saot bloay one-sidedly Although only a few apostles ceased to function coot aith only injury Coupled with how his advance was unstoppable, those facts h unconsciously

And then an apostle circled to Hajie sword Still, with her voice sounding rough…

"Out of h he had already understood fro her face in an eagle grip The apostle reflexively gulped With an angry voice along with 'Strong Arm', Hajime threw her to the front

While he was at it, the et to fire a bullet froed face was half bloay and the apostle glided on the air like a cannonball, hitting the avalanche of approaching apostles and monsters

A moh while leaving behind an afteri up in battle strength by each second, by eachthat caused Aruv and Freed's composed attitude to cru an intention to attack Hajime Naturally the apostles also matched that intention and coht after that, a shadow covered the audience hall That was the large body of Tio who turned into a dragon Perhaps she used er by a level co also felt like it became blacker

No on inside liet Tio herself should have also understood that, nevertheless she still turned into a dragon, It was for the sake of beco her body

She took a position between Haji her dragon scales

"Impertinent"

"Hmph, I'll take payback for before"

Aruv and Freed ic The apostles at the surrounding were also atteration ability without a drop of ic, and 'Pain Conversion' to the greatest effect, she heightened her ability of dragon scale reinforcement to the extreme, and for the last, she deployed many layers of wind barrier in an attempt to disperse the eneerous Tio's beautiful black scales were shaved away in the blink of eye

{Guu, uUUU…}

"Tio- Don't be reckless!"

Tio's prided dragon scales beca with a shockwave sound, looking at her state where her body was even possibly gouged out, Haji her breath attack, tail, and countless wind blades launched at the surrounding, Tio turned her long neck, her golden eyes that were split vertically carried blazing resolve in them, with that she faced Hajiet reckless! Quickly go-}

"Tio…"

{That light is not normal! Quickly save Yue- …Rest assured Until Goshujin-sama embraces me, I absolutely won't die!}

"…Geez, thanks okay I' on you"

{Yes Count on me-}

Hajihtering the enenored the attack from behind by Aruv and Freed He had said that he would leave it to the wohtest bit of cause to pay it any more attention

Like that, Hajime who pulverized several apostles finally arrived at the pillar of light

"Yue-!!"

"――!!"

Looking at Hajime who leaped out from the crowd, the imprisoned Yue opened herheavily, it was obvious that she had been testing every kind of ht was abnor her chest tightly with her hand while unease and pain showed on her expression, it see so down like heavy rain Her figure that shook her head so Hajime feel uneasy

"I'll smash it away-"

Hajime took out a pile bunker froht He was releasing strafing fire at the apostles attacking hi i sound peculiar for the pile bunker, he also had an expectation at the th attack froic, Hajier at the sae

GOGAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!

Treiant stake pierced the pillar of light

The pillar of light that was unharic, but now just why it was so easily pierced like this…without even any time to ask that doubt, cracks ran noisily with that pierced area as the center, Haji vibration of his artificial hand while launching a punch of all hisspirit

"RAAH!!"

Co Arm' and 'I in it straightly pierced through the pillar of light, the pillar was s destructive sound The light pouring down to the ground raged like a flood, scattering particles of light while hiding the figures of Haji away the eerie light particles coiled around them Hajime went toward the spot where Yue was and reached his hand Even nohen the pillar of light was destroyed, Haji at Yue impatiently because when their eyes ht was destroyed, Yue's expression was distorted in pain A bad preh his whole body

"Yue-"

"…I'm here"

Yue finally responded after he called at her for a few times Soft sensation was transht after that, Yue showed her figure froht particles She leapt into Hajilad Yue, are you unharht Rather, I actually feel refreshed"

"Ah? Yue? You――"

With her face still pressed on his chest, Yue answered with a voice that sounded cheerful somewhere in it Hajime narrowed his eyes to that And then, thealared into a chill and repugnance, Hajiht away

But, it seehtly too late

"Gahah…you bastardd…"

"Fufufufu, this is really a good feeling, Irregular Just how long it had been since I last materialized in this world…"

Hajiure, be that as it may, Hajime was convinced that it wasn't Yue, due to this 'so of dread somehow He couldn't take distance because this someone――stabbed his stomach

The weapon was Yue's slender arht, piercing through completely until his back The small hand of Yue that was nor wet

Right after that, the wildly scattering particles of light whirled toward above and vanished Unnoticed the apostles stopped aze, but they iaze at the direction of Haji at the hard to understand scene in bewilderic power and tried to bloay Yue using 'Impact Conversion' The current Yue was obviously not in a norness to attack hi he should take distance

However, that was also beyond his power

"I command in the name of Ehito――'Don't move'"

"-!?"

Hajime opened his eyes in shock The reasons were two The 'name' that came out from Yue's mouth, and his body that helplessly obeyed that coh all the nerves inside his body were blocked and then stiffened as though he was a preserved speciure of Yue, who if what she said was true then this was 'the creator god Ehito', smiled sweetly at such Hajime That smile made Haji he saw even farther in the past…yes, it hen they were summoned to this world at the holy church headquarters God Mountain, the portrait of Ehito that he saw inside that cathedral, it was the smile that was painted there

Ehito pulled out the arm from the stomach of Hajime as drenched in shile unable to randly fro in that spray, Ehito that was colored with grueso his hand

"Hou, is this the sweetness that a vaht that I will kill you at the end of your despair but…if you like, how about I keep you alive as livestock? Hm?"

"Fuu, fuu, &8211;AAAAAAAAH!!"

In front of Ehito as spouting out words full offriendlily, Hajie amount of blood spurted out from his stoth without even paying attention to that The radiance of his 'Limit Break' also increased further

And then there was a sound bakin that sounded like so broke, at the same time Hajime recovered the freedoo At the same time, Donner was aiainst physical daht noas necessary to suppress the enemy