I love time travel the most!

Instead of the burning pain, there was a cold sensation.

Ice magic?

Suspicious, he glanced at his companions and saw Wiz and Yoyo standing close together, magic being released from their clasped hands.

Oh right, I completely forgot about Youyou!

Kazuma Sato slapped his forehead.

Besides Huihui, isn't there also Youyou?

Just when he thought he had it all figured out, the giant slime Hans, frozen into an iceberg, suddenly fell down and smashed him into the ground.

Instead of being eaten by the slime, it was crushed to death by the iceberg.

In the moments before losing consciousness, Kazuma Sato couldn't help but think: If there is ice magic, then what does my sacrifice mean? If I could choose, who would want to die!

Following closely behind was a powerful burst of magic.

"—Explosion!"

Kazuma Sato, who was already dead, suffered another devastating blow.

Could the bodies have been blown to smithereens?

Amidst the light and heat, the team members silently prayed for Sato Kazuma, who had sacrificed so much, hoping that... the body would be alright.

After Hans was blown to pieces, the frozen fragments were gathered together.

Aqua was in charge of the cleanup.

Filled with hatred and displeasure, the foolish goddess lowered her head, clenched her fists, and walked into the pit.

Just then, the iceberg shattered.

A small slime wriggled out from it.

As expected of a Demon King's army officer, even after suffering repeated heavy blows, he was still able to retain a few clones.

The silly goddess didn't relax her smugness; she probably sensed Hans's presence too.

"Hmph... You are indeed very powerful, but I will be the one who laughs last! As long as I eat you, I can recover instantly, and then I will destroy this town!"

Hans was still shouting.

Aqua approached him regardless of everything and whispered, "I can use it, right? I've endured this for so long, I can use it now."

"What do you think I've been working so hard for? Go all out, Aqua!"

Kobayashi, who was following behind her, encouraged her.

Aqua's aura surged instantly upon receiving permission.

"Oh, so it's you next?" Hans, unaware of what he was about to face, scoffed, "A mere high priest can't affect me at all, even if you're a hateful Axis cultist!"

And at this moment——

"Defeat the demon! Slay the demon king! Defeat the demon! Slay the demon king!..." xN

The uniform slogans were chilling.

For some reason, a large number of people appeared around the pit.

They were all residents of the town and also members of the Axis sect.

"Everyone, the doctrine of the Axis Cult!"

“Axis believers can achieve this through hard work, and even if they fail, it is not the believers’ fault; if they cannot succeed, it is the world’s fault.”

"Simply escape from unhappy things; escaping is not failure."

"An answer that you hesitate for too long will lead to regret no matter what you choose. Since you're going to regret it anyway, just choose the happiness of the moment."

"Don't worry too much about your later years. Even the gods don't know if you'll be smiling in the future, so just enjoy the present."

"It's the world's fault if you don't want to work hard, it's the environment's fault if you're inherently bad, and it's your genes' fault if you're ugly."

"Don't blame yourself, just shift the blame to others."

"Defeat the demon! Slay the demon king! Defeat the demon! Slay the demon king!..." xN

As faith continued to solidify, combined with what Kobayashi had already accumulated, a massive blue light emerged behind Aqua.

Hans, who had been so confident of victory, was now in a state of utter panic.

"You, you...!"

"To pollute the hot springs cherished by my beloved believers is a sin deserving of death! I beg for divine redemption and repent!"

"The detestable goddess they worshipped, I never expected..."

With the cry of "Eris's breasts are padded," Aqua's faith reached its zenith.

"Take this! God Requiem!"

"I never expected it to be you—!"

With the massive magic circle spreading throughout the entire town, Hans, a cadre of the Demon King's army, was completely purified.

Chapter 415 Reward Time After the Battle

"I said, Hans has already been defeated, hasn't he?"

(Don't say anything inappropriate at a time like this!)

If Kazuma Sato were still alive, he would definitely say this to Darkness.

However, his body, now reduced to bones and ravaged a second time by the explosive magic, rolled down to Kobayashi's feet.

We need to collect them quickly.

Aqua's resurrection magic can resurrect infinitely, but it requires that most of her body remain intact.

Otherwise, we'll have to ask Eris for help.

I didn't expect that bones would still remain; I thought that the explosion magic would leave nothing but ashes.

Could it be that the iceberg formed from Hans's frozen body acted as a shield?

The more I think about it, the more likely it is.

Aqua said in a low voice, "It's alright, Hans has already been eliminated."

She hadn't recovered from her anger and was still in a fist-pumping stance.

I must say, it's quite imposing.

At least the shouts coming from around her were all praise and encouragement for Aqua.

Well done.

"Um... Kobayashi, I can't move my body, could you help me?"

"So it was because I used too much force!"

Upon hearing what she said, Xiaolin instinctively shouted a complaint.

The image that the "foolish goddess" had built up was instantly shattered.

He shook his head helplessly.

He carried the stiff Aqua on his back, while packing up the scattered bones of Kazuma Sato.

At this moment, Darkness was carrying Wiz, who was almost weakened to the point of being transparent due to the influence of divine power, and Yuuyu, whose physical strength and magic power had just been drained to release ice magic. Meanwhile, Ryuuyu was helping up Megumin, who was completely exhausted after releasing burst magic.

It looks like everything is ready.

He said to the people behind him, "Quick, give Luda to him!"

Then everyone took off running.

I can't do it without running.

Successfully defeating the Demon King's army officers was something to celebrate, but they were already exhausted and had no energy left to deal with the fanatical Axis cultists.

Furthermore, if they discover that the hot spring has now been purified into hot water, they might label them as part of the Demon King's army and eliminate them along with them.

Breaking through the encirclement, the group ran down the mountain.

They ran for a long time until they could no longer see the Aksis cultists on the mountaintop, and then they stopped.

Get ready to catch your breath and rest for a while.

The place where they stopped happened to be one of the six pipeline sources they had checked on their way up the mountain.

Kobayashi examined it carefully.

The pollutants have been completely removed, and the hot springs have been turned into hot water.

That's not quite right. Actually, you can still feel some divine power in it; it should have been purified into holy water.

"Xiaolin, how is it?"

"It looks like it's been completely purified. It's fine to take a bath in it now."

"Great."

Aqua let out a long sigh of relief.

Being able to preserve the religious order's finances would be the best reward for this goddess whom they worship.

They might also be thinking that they've finally done something meaningful.

After resting for a while, Aqua recovered, and Megumin, Yuuyu, and Wiz also regained some strength thanks to the effects of the Absorption Touch.

Looking at the clear hot spring, someone suddenly blurted out:

"I want to take a bath."

"……what?"

Everyone looked at the little girl in surprise.

Huihui, covered in dust, shook her cloak and said, "I feel uncomfortable all over right now. I don't want to do anything. I just want to take a bath."

After a fierce battle, everything was shrouded in dust and poisonous gas, so it's understandable that the clean little girl wanted to take a bath.