"Don't worry, Lucifer. We would not even think of getting that weapon from you." They chuckled as they felt they could finally relax their bodies and mind as the Raid Boss was finally dead. They then all watch how the Gate slowly vanishes in the air and when it is finally gone, everyone cheers in excitement as the Gate of Abomination has finally been defeated.
When Mio saw this, she smiled, but just as she was about to talk, she felt her vision getting blurred by the second, and she immediately realized what was happening. The backlash of her using her Memento Mori Skill and all of the Skills that she created under that Skill all have serious backlash in them and now she was feeling one of them. Her organs felt like they were being crushed.
Under everyone's shocked eyes, Mio vomited out blood as she completely passed because of the intense backlash making everyone panic because none of them expected this to happen. When they thought that they could finally celebrate their win against the Raid Boss they were pulled back to reality when their Goddess lost unconsciousness.
"Lucifer!" Solar was the first one to arrive and helped Mio to lean her unconscious body to her own. But everyone was panicky at this point as the two Supports quickly used their healing Magic on Mio, but to their shock, none of it worked as they could still feel that she was getting worse by the second.
"Don't even try… This is the consequence of her using her Memento Mori line of Skills… Even though all of them are deadly and the most powerful in this world, all of them have serious consequences and backlash against them when they are used. You just saw one for yourself… Memento Mori: Domain of Despair, a Domain that steals all of the enemy's stats and gives it to the allies that are within the range of the Domain." Solar begins explaining to them what happened in a solemn tone as she still couldn't wrap her head around it why Mio still decided to use it despite knowing the consequences of using the Skills that she created.
"Of course with such a Skill it would mean she would need to pay a price… Even though it is ridiculous for me to say it, believe me. The Blood Essence is not the worst part, it is when she sacrificed her own Lifespan. But that is not all…" Solar stopped as she choked on her own words as she looked worriedly at her unconscious friend, she had now returned her mask so that no one could see her face.
"After the duration of the Domain was active, she will lose all her powers for one month. Yes… you heard me right… she will become like a normal Human without any powers for a whole month. Now do you understand why I'm so against her using it?" Solar looked up at all of them full of tears as she hugged Mio's body even tighter than before.
"I… how come I have never heard of that before?" Najin asked as he was confused and sad at the same time why he had no clue about Mio's dangerous Skill despite being friends with her for more than 700 years already. But it was the same thing with Saito and everyone, even though Lucifer doesn't like attention and is low-key, she still would say some information about her Skills when they were still adventuring together defeating Gates all over the world.
"That is because all of you are too young… She developed that Skill when it was the darkest time of Earth when we only had 40% of Earth under the territory of Humans. She made the Memento Mori Series at that time and that was the one that helped shift the tide of the battle. All of you are curious as to why she suddenly disappeared after reclaiming Earth, right? That is because she was recuperating from all of the backlash that she received."
"You mean… Lucifer suffered for more than 500 years because of all of that. That… How is that possible." Iris covered her mouth as she began tearing up too after she finally understood why Lucifer disappeared from the light and only appeared now because she had only recovered.
"Not exactly… She has recovered for more than 2 years now. I'm not going to say anything more, I'm afraid that she will get really mad at me. But I just felt that I needed to say this because I simply can't accept all the people who hate her because of how she acts… They don't even know how much she sacrificed just for us to have a comfortable life and yet they hate her guts because of how she is…" Solar's voice trailed off as she stopped talking as she realized that she let her emotions get the best of her.
She simply stood up with Mio in her arms as she left the area without saying anything else, she went back to the Palace as it was the best place for Mio to recuperate without anyone bothering her, but as soon as she arrived the rest of the Heroes followed her.
"Darling… you don't need to take all of this in by yourself. We are also equally as worried as you." Saito went behind Solar and hugged her tightly in a loving embrace and this helped Solar calm down, she slowly felt all of her nerves calm down as her husband hugged her from behind.
"Thank you… Saito. I feel much better now and I'm sorry everyone for showing such an embarrassing side of me." Solar turned to all of them before apologizing, as she had just now realized her mistake and was embarrassed that she had actually shown them such a sight despite being older than all of them.
"It's fine, Solar. We understand your frustrations as we also feel the same. If only I could kill all those arrogant bastards without consequences I would have done it a long time ago already." Iris casually said as just thinking about it made her angry at all those people and everyone simply agreed with her words while also feeling the same.
If they were given the chance to kill those people who were talking behind Lucifer's back, they would take it without hesitation as their hatred for them was simply too great. But they know that they can't because the balance of the world would shift because even if all of them were arrogant fools, they still serve their purpose which was the only reason that they can live. Because if not for that, they would have killed them already a long time ago.