True Peace (2)

  It was the moment after Evan managed to come to his senses. Without any foreshadowing, a huge head bounced into the air.

  “Uh, that’s…!”


  “Attack, everyone.”


  The face of a beautiful woman, ten times larger than a human, with the power to attract everyone’s attention. Those who had already dealt with the Devil once immediately realized that it was the face of the Devil, and even if they hadn’t, they instinctively raised their weapons against the transcendent dark magic felt there. But…


  “Not yet.”


  Evan’s sluggish declaration forced them to calm down. It was a little funny how everybody put their weapons down after Evan’s words.

  “It won’t mean much to attack until the body of the Devil is united.”


  “Don’t you like to attack before the transformation is over?”


  A keen observation that blended his taste with a fragment of knowledge that didn’t fit in with this world. Indeed, Evan seemed to cry a little at Shine’s tackle after such a long time. When he turned to him, Shine, who had said it instinctively, was giggling at him because he was deeply moved by his own joke. Evan also smiled and replied.

  “Right, but during the transformation, the Devil is invincible. The effect of the Elixir that I conferred is forced to return to its original form, and even if it is damaged, it will attract the magic of the world to find its original form.”


  “Then you poured out the Elixir…”


  “That’s the kind of guys they are.”
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  Gueck!?

  As soon as Evan’s hand reached into the air, a Cyclops’s neck, which appeared on the ground without any foreshadowing, twisted. He was a terrible 70-meter-high monster with evil eyes and lightning horns. Perhaps it was a monster of disaster that would have popped out of the hybrid world, which could destroy a country, but it easily perished.

  “Is that…?”


  “Things that formed the body of a Devil and were forcibly separated and sealed, and now, through the Elixir’s power, were released and restored to its own body. You’ll see more.”


  “So we can kill them!”


  “Everyone, get ready for battle! From now on, I’ll kill the monsters that appear in the area!”


  Evan’s words resonated out. Evan’s congregation, the Astray Knights, and everyone else gathered here quickly formed and spread throughout the Eternal Glacier. The neck of the Devil was formed, and its eyes weren’t open yet.

  “Master, are monsters appearing anywhere else besides the Eternal Glacier?”


  The one who came to him and asked him was Raihan, who had no fighting ability and no need to fight now. Evan immediately noticed what he thought when he looked at Raihan’s worried expression.

  “The seal was made on the Eternal Glacier, and the resurrection of the Devil will only take place on the Eternal Glacier. That’s what I made sure of. So everything will be fine with the kids.”


  “…Thank God.” Raihan nodded, scratching his cheek, feeling embarrassed at how easily he was read.

  “Serpina gave birth to a daughter, and Hannah gave birth to a son. When the Devil dies, let’s go see them together.”


  “I’ll have…I’ll have to learn to parent soon.”


  Raihan burst into laughter when Evan, who became the father of four soon-to-be children without knowing anything, replied with a darkened dead face. It wasn’t funny for Evan, not at all.

  It wasn’t funny in any way.

  – Qahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

  What’s happening?-

  The Devil, the Devil, broke the seal!

  Thanks to Evan’s quick movements, the monsters released from convergence with the Devil and freed to earth were hunted one after another before they could enjoy their freedom or vent their sealed anger. Each monster released from the seal was of a type that could handle a country, but unfortunately, those gathered here weren’t pushed back at all.

  “Wow, our weapons work!”


  “Our hard training is paying off!”


  Even the relatively less capable tribal allies could fight proudly against monsters somehow, thanks to their many blessings in the battle with their god.

  “We are the army of God, serving the great Zero!”


  “Let’s kill some of the evil Devil monsters on our own!”


  “…Let’s be together.”


  “Huh, this glorious purple holy power…!”


  “All right, count me in!”


  Save and Enoch, who saw them moving in a group, couldn’t stand it anymore and stepped in between them. The tribal coalition was just emitting sacred power, but in terms of job composition, it was simple, and it was only balanced when Save, Enoch, and the wizard Renail joined them.

  “They’re in front of me, and they’re like…”


  Evan looked at them with an ineffable face but soon gave up. Their blind faith would also have influenced them.

  [What do you think? Do you feel like you need to get back to your world right away?]

  “But I’m not going.”


  At Fayna’s enticing remarks, Evan snorted back.

  “I’m going to live here.”


  [I thought so. I guess I have no choice but to stay here.]

  “I’m determined to be scolded by Mother Earth.”


  [I think my contract with Mother Earth will be roughly calculated after I help you finish the work.]

  Fayna covered her mouth with one hand and grinned. There was no grace in the Apostle.

  “Oh, there’s another strange woman!”


  “I’m sure Evan has been seeing many other girls while he was gone!”


  Serena and Arisha rushed together as one. Evan couldn’t deny it, so he demurely begrudged them.

  “Let’s deal with the Devil first. And then I’ll listen to everything.”


  “Really?” Arisha’s eyes shone dangerously. Evan realized roughly what she was thinking and nodded, hiding his dismay.

  “Yeah, so let’s just focus on the Devil for now.”


  If you considered those who attacked Evan because they couldn’t stand the longing, the real master was Belois.

  “…!”
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  You promised me forever…argh!

  She ran right into Evan’s arms and held back as she cast a spell. She tore and killed the monsters that appeared one after another on the land of winter and drew out the magic of their blood and bodies, absorbing them into her orb.

  ‘Let’s get it over with and go to the Master.”


  The seal of the Devil was being released now. Until the death of the Devil, the modern and theological being, she couldn’t think Evan was fully back. It wasn’t just the curse that was keeping him in custody.

  ‘Fortunately, the curse has been lifted. There’s only one left.’


  For Evan to be truly free, he must kill the Devil. Her red eyes glowed, attracting magic.

  “Oh, wh-what is it…”


  Cattleya, meanwhile, was stunned. Even Maybell, Mirole, and Fayna were women with deep relationships with Evan, and it turns out they were just new? This was why she had no position at all. No, it wasn’t that important.

  “Sigh, I’ve been following you all this time, and I don’t even pretend to be…compared to those women…”


  She grumbled and clipped her nails forward when she saw Evan surrounded by Serena and the others. Her claws flooded through the air and tore up the black-shaped beast soaring from the floor.

  “When this battle is over, I’ll hide you so that nobody can ever find you.”
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  Miaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawww!-

  Mewoo!

  A shadow was cast on Cattleya-

  I can’t help it, I’ll have to settle for you in a hurry.

  “Huh?”


  A very large shadow was about to devour her. Evan’s arms wrapped around her body, bringing her into the air with him as he jumped away.

  “Of course, he was gonna do that.”


  “…”


  Cattleya was in his arms and curled up nicely. She didn’t know what happened, but it was clear that Evan had just saved her-

  Guuuuuuuuu!

  They could see a swamp of shadows seething on the floor. Slowly in it, the arm of the Devil was crawling out-

  Give me the vessel!

  “You fool, do you think that I’d give her to you?”


  Evan snorted back at the voice of the Devil but was relieved inside. The vessel that the Devil referred to had the same role that Nave played before. Elizabeth was also forcibly taken in and became part of the Devil’s vessel. It was based on two stable conduits, so the Devil was able to show such great power before…


  ‘Now he’s attacked Cattleya as his new conduit. It means he no longer has the previous.’


  Nave bounced off at the last minute, and Elizabeth was sealed to the Necklace World, not the Eternal Glacier. For Evan, it was half a gamble, and if it failed, he was going to save Elizabeth by investing just a little bit of the Elixir… but now, the Devil’s actions had made him confident that she had completely escaped from its grasp.

  “Th-Thank you for saving me, but how long are you going to hold me?”


  Cattleya tapped Evan’s chest with a look of shame. The grudging gaze on her from all sides would also play a part in her desire to escape.

  “Hang in there. The Devil is after you.”


  “Then…well, I can’t help it…”


  Cattleya thought she’d hide in his arms even after the battle. Evan couldn’t know her cute thoughts, and he held her in his arms as he floated in the air. A thin line was drawn in the air as if he had cut it with his fingernails, and the hand of the Devil squeezed out of the gap again, aimed at Evan and Cattleya. But when Evan deftly dodged it, it grabbed the air several times, vented its anger, and flew back into its body-

  I’ll make you…I’ll make you regret this…!

  Arms, legs, body, face. The body of the Devil was extremely suggestive and beautiful, but even so, it created a sense of fear for everyone facing it.

  It was finally completed. However, Evan recognized that he was in a state of extreme instability after losing his vessel. Moreover, the countless monsters that made up the huge body of the Devil were separated and killed, making it much smaller than when it appeared in the past.

  “Was the Devil this small before?”


  “It’s been so long since I saw it, Mirole. I must have forgotten. But of course, it was much bigger than this.”


  “Huh, it’s almost the end of our alliance.”


  Mirole and Maybell exchanged meaningful glances, and each took up arms. The members of Astray, who were preparing for the moment when the Devil appeared, also stepped forward with their eyes shining.

  “Finally, the Devil.”


  “I thought it would happen one day, but the day has actually come when we need to deal with the Devil.”


  “You’re going to finish it in one shot, anyway, but you’re going to hit him just a bit before that, aren’t you?”


  “Wait a minute, Master. Can I hit it now?”


  Evan landed on the ground, faced with the open-eyed Devil.

  “Raihan will distract it!”
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  I’ll bring everything back to normal! I’ll bring this world back to me!

  The Devil raised its hand and hit the ground. Evan cried out as he saw the enormous force concentrated solely on the shield that Raihan was holding.

  “Full attack, everyone!”