Dexter just stood staring at the dead body in front of him, confused at the final words of Baals. Dexter was lost in thought trying to wrap his head around what Baal said, only to snap out of it when he heard his name being called. Turning around he saw Sofie and Theo "Dexter are you okay" Sofie and Theo were shocked at the state Dexter was in.
Dexter then looked at his body he was bloody and bruised even missing an arm, tears starting to roll down his face, and all Dexter could do was smile "I defeated the Demon King"
Wiping his tears from his face Dexter asked Sofie and Theo where Nar and Erika were but before they could answer Erika appeared out of nowhere "I'm right here did you miss me" Erika looked tattered from her own fight "Wait if you're here where is Nar" Dexter asked
"He is probably still fighting the two high-rank demons, they were stronger than ordinary high-ranks it took me using all my mana to barely defeat one" Dexter hearing Erika's response picked up his sword "Then we should go help him so we can finish things up"
But before Dexter could take a step forward he felt his feet being restrained, looking down he saw roots preventing him from moving. "I'm sorry Dexter but that won't do" Sofie looked at Dexter with a cold expression and before he could say anything Theo started to charge at him. "What's the meaning of this?" Dexter broke free of his restraints and began to block Theos's attack.
Theo thought he could overpower Dexter in his current state but was surprised his attacks were being blocked so easily. "Snap out of it you're being controlled" Dexter still held onto hope that his comrades might be doing this against their will, Erika seeing Theo struggle joined in. Dexter now facing both Theo and Erika started to struggle a bit just blocking and doing their attacks so he began to go on the offense.
Sofia seeing both Erika and Theo losing against the already weakened Dexter took out a gold rosary and wrapped it around her hand "O Holy Grail heed my call and descend" hearing Sofie's chant Dexter ignored the two he was fighting and rushed towards her. "I can't let her use that," he thought to himself "Twin Serpent Bind" trying to stop him Erika tried to restrain Dexter again.
Two huge snakes charged at Dexter and once both snakes finished wrapping around him turned into stone. Before Dexter could break free he was blinded from the bright light coming from the holy grail. "That was close," Theo out of breath looked at Dexter "You're one persistent bastard"
Dexter tried to break free but couldn't muster any strength "To think we would have to use the holy grail against you" Sofie caressed Dexter's face but the once innocent smile was now replaced with a wicked grin.
So many thoughts were going inside Dexter's head, how can he break free, can he reach the holy grail in time, can he fight all three of them now in his powerless state. But only one thing came out of his mouth "Why are you doing this"
Sofie ignoring Dexter held out her rosary again and began to chant. A giant summoning circle appeared and Dexter could feel a large amount of holy power radiating from it, this familiar feeling he could tell what Sofie was trying to do she was summoning the goddess.
Not able to do anything all he could do was wait for what was to come. A bright light covered the entire place blinding everyone and once the light dissipated a woman could be seen floating. It was the goddess she had long straight hair that shined as bright as the sun and eyes that reflected the sea, a figure that would tempt both men and women even Sofie who was praised for her beauty couldn't hold a candle to her.
"I see you used the holy grail to seal the hero's powers" the Goddess looked at Sofie who was kneeling in front of her "My apologies it seems even in his weakened state we couldn't stop him so we had to use it" Dexter was shocked by what Sofie and the Goddess were saying "WHAT'S THE MEANING OF THIS" Dexter screamed
"Do you still not get it you're no longer of use" hearing the goddess respond Dexter was dumbfounded "NO you must be forcing them to do this" Dexter still held onto a sliver of hope "That's where you are wrong all of this is of our own free will" said Sofie
"Why I thought of you guys as family and Sofie I love you so why" Dexter couldn't help but look at Sofie's ring which signified their love for each other. "You really are dumb Dexter I never loved you it was all pretend" Sofie's words hurt Dexter more than any wound could and what made it worse was Sofie threw her ring at him like it was meaningless.
"Everything was a lie Dexter your one purpose was to kill the demon king" hearing the goddess's words he was shocked "But I saved the world, I made this world a better place I united the different races, I stopped the injustice in this world and I was the beacon of hope people believed in". Tears could be seen flowing down Dexter's face as the reality of the situation finally hit him.
"That's the problem you wanted to change the world and your existence would have been a problem for us if you decided to go against us" Sofie coldly stared at Dexter as to show her true feelings to him. "It would also be a problem if the people stopped believing in me and started to believe in the hero so it was decided you would die" the goddess just floated above with a disgusted look.
"Then everyone was in on this" Dexter's tear-filled eyes looked at all of them "Not exactly, why do you think Nar isn't here he would never agree to something like this" Hearing about Nar not being a part of this he became curious "Then what about Adam and Arathel did they know"
"No, they were unaware but to think they sacrificed themselves for you" Sofie mockingly told Dexter trying to anger him "We should end this all this talking is boring me" the Goddess then broke Dexter's restraint only to wrap him in her own restraint.
"I thought coming to this world was a second chance for me, but all of you deceived me and I hate all of you" Dexter's eyes were now filled with anger "We won't kill you since your soul become that of a true hero and you would only resurrect as a new hero and we can't take any chance so I'll just trap you in the void"
A giant hole appeared that was pitch black and screams of agony could be heard from it "What is that" Dexter was scared to even look inside it "It's a forbidden place where we gods cast away all our problems" the goddess lifted Dexter and proceeded to push him towards the endless void.
"NO, I WON'T GO" Dexter struggled as hard as he could but it was useless he had no strength, as he was getting closer to the void Sofie stared at him with a grin on her face but Erika and Theo had their heads down looking at the ground. This angered Dexter "LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID, REMEMBER MY FACE BECAUSE I WILL COME FOR ALL OF YOU AND KILL YOU".
Before Dexter could say more he was swallowed by the darkness and the hole closed sealing his fate to stay in that hellish place.