[Elio’s POV: ]

Up in the sky, there was a creature, the reason for many deaths that have already occurred in this garden, as well as the deaths that might happen if that thing above its head explodes.

[{ “How do we stop it?!” }]

Those fucking bastards… those damned evil… they took advantage of that little girl who knew little of the truth about this world.

She was a child!

[{ “The only way to stop that bomb from exploding would be to ‘Dismantle’ the energy that makes it. But only the one who made it could do that!” }]

[{ “There has to be another way!” }]

Alex knew what she had to do right now, and she was doing it. She was helping the viscount and Knight captain with Odin and Miss Rin.

Miss Rin was the only person who could use Holy power here, and though it was a dangerous idea to show that to others present, in all this chaos, without her help, the knight captain and the viscount might not have been able to survive the brutal attacks of the being that was constantly getting strong.

Its level was increasing as well, and there was nothing that we could do about it.

Helping the ones who were fighting and evacuating the others who could not fight took priority, so we were doing that right now.

The pretty garden that was present before our eyes not long ago was already a mess and all of that aside… the child who was smiling joyfully not even an hour ago, was now possessed by those damned evil beings!

‘Damn it!’

Forgetting how many lives are already lost, setting aside the fact that there was a big commotion around me, even forgetting how I had to move Misha away with the viscountess against her will after knocking her off since she Wanted to help, we were fighting a little girl that wasn’t even at fault here…!

[{ “The only other way to stop that thing would be with a power almost as powerful as the being that is behind all this!” }]

Just a while ago, Alex told me how this must be the work of those evil bastards, and one of the lowest of them since they were going after a girl that had a condition where she could not use Mana.

‘Since she had mana release syndrome, she couldn’t use the Mana inside her body, which made her body much stronger than a ten year old’s. And since her mentality was much stronger for her age, Alex already explained how she was the best candidate for some of those low lives!’

The birthday and everything that happened until now, along with their constant ‘whispers’ must be what became the trigger for all this.

It must have been what made that strong little girl’s heart shatter into pieces!

‘Those damned bastards…!’

They took advantage of that bright little girl and… and…! Your next chapter is on empire

[{ “I can’t do it, Elio! Andrew isn’t strong enough and the rest of us, even with the special powers, won’t be able to stop it with just us!

I’ll have to use that key-!” }]

“Fuck!”

[{ “You can’t do that!” }]

She had already gone over this.

‘If she uses that unique power of hers, she would kill the creature along with destroying that bomb hanging above their head.’

If she does that and kills that creature, Eve who was currently inside that creature, which she Was, would die as well.

The corruption had already progressed too much. Viscount was in tears already as he fought the dearest piece of his heart.

He knew as well as I did that there was no other way.

His beloved daughter…

‘Fuck!’

I was on the ground, helping them with my supporting spells.

No magic was working on the creature that had taken over the Little girl, and even with holy power, and magic attacks of Az, it was only barely scratching that creature.

The only ones who were dealing any damage to that creature right now was the viscount who did not want to hurt his child and the knight captain who was using his powerful aura to get past the defenses of that creature!

[{ “Elio! I have to do this!” }]

We did not have any time to stop and cast big magic spells, to create any kind of combination techniques, to use any powerful items, or even look away for even a minute!

[ “Muhahahahahahahahaha…!” ]

The creature’s very existence was a debuff for the rest of us.

It was similar to when we fought that dark mage, but unlike that being, the Creature that Eve had turned into was much more powerful, could use the evil darkness in a way that that dark mage had never, and to make matters worse, the creature had only now slowed down growing in levels… but that was after it crossed (Level-207).

Perhaps the little girl’s body could only hold that much experience at the moment, or perhaps it was something else, but it was dangerous.

That creature, that bomb, the very air that we were breathing filled with evil energy was going to kill us if we didn’t deal with it in-.

[{ “Elio! We don’t have any fucking time!” }]

[{ “Alex! Isn’t there anything else-.” }]

[{ “Nothing that’s worth using right now! No!” }]

She had special items and scrolls that could deal with this situation, but she either couldn’t use them herself, or didn’t want to since there was a much better solution right before her eyes right now.

‘She wanted to kill that thing.’

Her white sword… it was reacting to something and it wanted to come out.

And for that sword to come out, she’ll have to use the temporary key that we were saving for Nozama!

‘And right now, she was fine with that as well…’

The only reason she was fighting her urge to take out her sword, was because of me.

“…”

I didn’t want that child to die.

She had done nothing wrong, she was just a kid!

Those bastards, those evil bastards…!

They were the ones doing that to her, not Eve. She didn’t have to die for something she wasn’t even aware of!

‘She didn’t have to die…’

[{ “…I’m sorry darling.” }]

And no one else wanted her to go either. But… we did not have any other choice.

[{ “Miss Rin, please tie her up for a moment with Odin and Andrew.” }]

Even the father that had cherished the girl more than his own life could not overlook the life of all the citizens that he was responsible for.

He was a father, and he was a lord… so… even if he didn’t want to, even if his soul had shattered into a million pieces, he chose his duty over his dearest little daughter.

He was ready to sacrifice her if it would save hundreds of thousands of lives.

But…

[Ding!]

I didn’t want that.

-Ooooooooooooooooooooong!

I couldn’t just watch the death of an innocent little girl who only wanted to make some friends and be happy.

[{( Conditions have been met. )}]

She was innocent, the only one wanting to cause harm to any person present in this garden, this estate, or this city… were those evil beings.

[A Blessing has been realized.]

They were the only sinners here.

[ “Hmmm?” ]

[{( Plausibility calculations have completed. )}]

“…!?”

“…!”

“…”

[The genuine desire: Punishment to the evil sinners, will now be realized.]

-OOOOOOOOOOOOOONG…!

-Zaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

They were the only ones who needed to be punished, not a little innocent child.

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