"Oi oi, this's different from what we were talking about!?"
"Elysium-dono!?"
This situation naturally took the saints by surprise as well, but
Elysium stopped them from coming to save him and asked Phinissama, "…Why? Goddess Phinis… Didn't you say you would grant
our wish…?"
"Of course, I'm going to make your wish come true… I will eradicate
the humans… then the demi-humans…"
"No! We only wished for the destruction of mankind! Why would you
destroy demi-humans as well!? We never wished for such a thing!"
Elysium denied, laying his emotions bare.
Phinis-sama gently tilted her head to the side and said, "What are
you talking about…? My wish is to be with my cute child… to be
'only' with my cute child…"
"W-what are you—"
"So, I don't need demi-humans… neither do I need humans… This
world will do just fine with me and my cute children only…"
"Gh, so you deceived us…?" Elysium glared sharply at Phinis-sama,
biting his lips tightly.
But like before, Phinis-sama just tilted her head as if she couldn't
understand why Elysium was angry.
And the next moment.
"Tri-Cross Gallows!"
――CLANG!
""!""
Three shields appeared out of the blue, pressing down the calm
Phinis-sama and causing the ground under her to collapse.
Needless to say, the one who had casted the magic was the 'Shield'
Saintess Shiva.
"Geez, I was hoping it wouldn't have turned out this way…" She
made a face seemingly looked like she was trying her best to
maintain composure and yelled to me, "Now, Boy! Kill Phinis while
I'm restraining her! The current you should be able to do it!"
"What…?"
What on earth is she saying…?
I mean, killing Phinis-sama…? I was bewildered about the sudden
happenings but,
"—Grand Spiral Bind!"
Whoosh! Magmell's water magic added another layer of restraint on
Phinis-sama.
Then she yelled at me as well, "Exa-sama! I'll explain the details
later, but now that you have the seven false rare skills, you can slay
the gods who are immortal—that's what Shiva-san said! As vexing
as it may be, I do agree with her that it would be dangerous if we
were to leave Phinis-sama be! So, hurry!"
"Kh…"
Magmell did have a point.
If Phinis-sama were to return to the world, the ancient war might
erupt once again.
If that was the case—I had to take her down right here!
Blaze! Wearing flames, I transformed into Vermillion Bird Form
again.
At the same time, I manifested a single-edged longsword and tried to
slash at Phinis-sama but,
"…Nuisance."
――Bang!
""Wha!?""
The moment she said so, all her restraints were blown away in an
instant.
Moreover.
"I don't need you, too…"
――Thud!
"—Gaha!?"
She pierced through Shiva's body along with the Holy Shield she
was holding up in defence with her fingertips. Shiva then fell down
into the snow like a puppet who had its string cut.
"Shiva-san!"
"Damn, wouldja stop being such a busybody!?"
As Ophir went to escort Magmell running to save Shiva,
"—Goddess Phinis!"
Boom! Boreios raised up his axe behind Phinis-sama.
It was a blow filled with the whole spirit of the Beastified Boreios.
If it landed, Phinis-sama's slender body would probably turn into fine
dust.
But.
"What are you doing…?"
"Guh!?"
Boreios's axe didn't swung down.
Perhaps Phinis-sama had used some kind of Magic Art, the axe
stopped in the air.
Touching Boreios's body, Phinis-sama said, "The power you used is
mine… Hence, you can't hurt me…"
"Gh, in that case… Mm!?"
Although he tried to let go of the Sacred Treasure, it didn't come off
as if it was glued to his hand. Instead, a black aura spread out from
the Sacred Treasure, gradually discoloring his arms. "Guoo…!? Ththis is…"
"Fufu, you'll make a good doll for my child… Be sure to keep him
entertained…"
"Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!?"
"Boreios…"
As Elysium vexedly ground his teeth, the Sacred Treasure continued
to corrode Boreios until eventually, he turned into a black giant—
becoming a 'doll', just like Phinis-sama had said.