Science/Magic

Chapter 256: Betrayal, [Slaughter]

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"Master!"

When the ground collapsed, Regina noticed it immediately.

She had been paying attention to Bloed's battle since the start. In fact, she was more than ready to act as soon as she noticed something wrong.

With her abilities, she just needed one second to reach her master's location.

However, even she was not expecting the ground to collapse.

That was the reason her reaction was slightly delayed.

Aware that things had gotten out of her control, Regina did not hesitate. In an instant, her psychic power erupted powerfully, creating a whirlpool of energy that surprised the demigods around her.

Regina's Valkyrie armament, [Krigsrustning], appeared on her body. The beautiful set of armor made her look like a goddess of war ready to kill demons and gods.

Two small flowers hovered over her shoulders. The flowers emitted threatening arcs of lightning that seemed able to destroy anything.

Armed with her Valkyrie armament, Regina kicked the ground.

In an instant, she had left the pavilion behind.

But suddenly, her expression changed.

At some point, the human demigods had moved. Several of them attacked her at once!josei

"Where do you think you are going!?" The archbishop roared, creating a bird of fire that threatened to consume her.

Of course, the beastmen demigods did not fall behind. As soon as the humans moved, they moved as well.

But Regina did not need their help.

Regina's eyes shone with ice-cold light. Suddenly, an enormous amount of energy appeared around her, turning into an enormous sword that seemed able to sever the world itself into two.

Then, under the human demigods' dumbfounded gazes, Regina grabbed the hilt of the sword and swung it around.

"Get lost!"

Together with her ice-cold voice, the attacks of the six demigods were instantly neutralized.

Moreover, several of them were sent flying away.

The scene was so unbelievable that nobody could believe it. Even the elves and beastmen demigods were stunned in place.

But Regina was not in the mood to pay attention to them.

Once she got rid of the bugs stopping her from going to her master, she shot herself towards Bloed's direction once more.

It was at that moment that a terrifying feeling of danger assaulted her.

Regina did not hesitate. With a thought, psychic energy surged out of her mind, turning into a giant energy barrier that protected her.

Then–

*Bam!*

A giant monster suddenly appeared behind her, slapping Regina and the barrier away.

The sudden change stunned the people present. Nobody knew where that monster came from.

At that moment, they heard a gentle voice reaching their ears.

"Oh? You stopped that?"

At some point, an average-looking man had appeared in the sky, looking as though he would have been there long ago.

The average-looking man was looking in Regina's direction with a surprised expression.

It was because Regina was standing in the air, completely uninjured despite the attack and glaring at the man with a furious expression.

Once more, she had been stopped from going to her master.

With rage and worry burning inside her, Regina moved her hand to her right shoulder.

Instantly, one of the flowers hovering over her shoulders turned into a sword that fell on her hand.

As soon as the sword appeared on Regina's hand, all the demigods nearby felt a sense of danger greater than anything they had felt before.

"I'm not in the mood to lose time with you," Regina said with so much killing intent that it seemed to freeze the world around her.

But suddenly, Regina froze.

Then, she sighed in relief.

"Good… Thank god."

And the killing intent around her dissipated as though it never existed.

"Miss Regina?" Eve, Aya's father, and the lionkin general arrived beside Regina at that moment. Eve then glared at the newcomer warily while wondering about why Regina calmed down.

"Master is alright. He is with Liu Ying and Miss Aya."

That was everything Eve needed to understand. In fact, she had already noticed the connection between Bloed and Regina.

"Is it so? That is good." She nodded before focusing on the average-looking man. "By the way, who are you? Why are you stopping us?"

The average-looking man smiled.

"Is it not obvious? I'm here to kill you."

Eve frowned. "… What do you mean?"

The newcomer did not reply. Instead, he looked at the elves and humans before nodding to himself.

"It looks like our plan is a success. How lucky."

Before Eve could ask what he meant, she caught something from the corner of her eyes.

At some point, the lionkin general had started brandishing his greatsword in Eve's direction.

And–

*Spurt!*

Blood flowed from Eve's waist, dying her clothes in red.

Eve's expression was astonished. Her usual expressionless look was gone, replaced by shock.

Moreover–

'My mana!?'

Her mana had become hard to control. That was the reason she failed to stop the lionkin general's attack.

At the same time, something similar happened in the human camp. One of the human demigods suddenly attacked the archbishop, injuring him severely!

"Leon! What are you doing!?" Aya's father screamed in rage. However, the lionkin general did not bother to answer. Instead, he just muttered something.

"It was more effective than I thought."

Before Aya's father could understand the meaning behind his words, he felt something wrong with his body.

For some reason, his mana suddenly became messy.

He was not the only one. The human and elven demigods also showed the same symptoms.

The average-looking man smiled satisfied.

"As expected of a poison prepared by a god. It's truly effective."

"… What is it?" Eve held her injured waist and looked at the lionkin general and at the newcomer warily.

"Mana poison." The lionkin general said. "I have been spreading it in the pavilion for several days already. None of you noticed, of course. After all, I used such small amounts that you would only notice once the poison starts to take effect."

Eve's expression fell. Quickly, though, she returned to her usual expressionless look and stared at the lionkin general

"… Why?"

"Why?" This time, it was the average-looking man who replied. "It's because our God wants something. And it's our duty to get it for him."

"You god?" Eve asked confused.

"[Slaughter]." The average-looking man said with a smile. At the same time, he showed a tattoo of a wolf on his shoulder.

Eve's face changed for the first time.

"... Slaughter. Is he not afraid of offending the Moonlight Goddess and the Sun God?"

The average-looking man shrugged and looked at the elves.

"It's worth it. Mister elves, you know what I want, right?"

The elves said nothing. Instead, they took out their weapons and got ready to fight.

They were not the only ones. Although the human demigods and Aya's father were still confused by the situation, they knew they needed to join hands now.

"Oh? It looks like you will not give up so easily." The average-looking man smiled relaxedly. "What can you do, though? Now that you are being affected by the mana poison, you can at most show ten percent of your strength. The three of us are more than enough to take care of you." He said while pointing to the lionkin general and the traitor human demigod.

"You will not succeed." One of the elves said darkly.

"We will see about that."

At that moment, though, Regina spoke up coldly.

"Are you already done with the useless talk?"

"Mmm? You are…"

"The three of you stopped me from going to where my master is. That is unforgivable." Regina said while holding a thin sword on her hand. "I don't care about what you are planning. But the three of you are going to die today."

Then, Regina waved her hand.

And a wave of energy severed the world into two.