You think you're worthy of saving the world?

After overcoming countless hardships, they finally arrived before the scientific monster.

It was a giant zombie with skin as grayish-white as a corpse, its body covered in stitches, and its head pierced by a hexagonal screw.

Perhaps due to the miasma, Celestia was in very poor condition.

In this battle, she unusually refrained from using her divinity.

The tactics that were planned in advance could not be implemented.

Frankenstein possesses extraordinary regenerative abilities and divine resistance, as well as the divine power to summon heavenly lightning.

Yuri had to protect the Elf Queen while fighting him.

The "Azure Queen" is shrouded in dark, malevolent flames.

Yuri rushed toward the science monster, unleashing "Calamity Fire" as the monster unleashed its divine thunder.

Frankenstein was shocked to witness the lightning he had summoned being consumed by black flames.

Yuri swung his saber without pausing, pressing the handle of his engine sword at the most opportune moment.

"MIX-Act"!

The science monster was cut in two.

"Aa ...

His screams echoed throughout the miasma-filled land.

Yuri gripped the hilt of his knife tightly, not daring to relax, until the lightning zombie's body was completely reduced to ashes before he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Lord Brave!"

Celestia called out to them, panting.

"I'm fine. Celeste is over there. I'm coming over now."

As Yuri spoke, he walked toward the Elf Queen in the distance.

Her condition was indeed very bad; she had been like this ever since she entered the miasma-filled land.

We should get out of this awful place as soon as possible and find a safe house to rest.

"Really... Hero is such a worrywart."

Celestia obediently stayed where she was, pouting her cute lips.

She, who has always considered herself Yuri's protector, has now become the one being protected.

This made the Elf Queen both happy and unhappy.

"She's fine now, she's just a little not used to the environment around here..."

"Ever since entering the miasma-filled land, I've felt like I'm being watched by someone... Huh?"

Celestia felt a sudden warmth in her throat and looked down—

A long, curved blade emerged from the center of his chest.

"Celeste!"

Yuri's eyes widened as he rushed toward the Elf Queen.

The one who pierced her from behind with a scythe was one of the Four Heavenly Kings who should have already been eliminated.

No, to think that one has already successfully eliminated it is itself an extreme form of arrogance and complacency.

Are liches such easily killed creatures?

"Hehehe... Princess Celeste's goddess soul will be accepted by this old man."

As he spoke, the lich Leoric unleashed a supreme instant-death spell.

“Avicinaraka!”

176 Darkening

"Celes—!!"

Yuri shouted anxiously as he rushed toward the Elf Queen.

Instant death magic.

This is the magical domain that Leoric, the lich king of the undead, is most proficient in.

By offering their own bodies to an evil god—the act of killing themselves—they gained a death understanding that transcends humanity.

For elves with long lifespans, instant death magic is their natural enemy.

Leoric did not die in the previous encounter.

His skeletal body, destroyed by Celestia's fairy magic, was merely a temporary vessel.

The so-called lich is an undead creature that abandons its physical body and imprints its soul on a magical artifact called a "spirit box".

As long as the "Spirit Box" exists, the lich will not be completely dead.

Leoric faked that he had been annihilated by a divine attack, but in reality, he escaped back to the miasma-filled lands of his territory.

No one knew he was still alive, not even the Demon King, nor any of the Four Heavenly Kings' colleagues or subordinates.

The lich knew very well that the miasma-filled lands were the final, inevitable route to the Demon King's city, and he began to formulate a plan.

Then, when the hero Yuri and Princess Celeste arrived, he began to put his plan into action.

The hero and the princess's eyes were now focused on Frankenstein, the new lord who had taken over the miasma lands in place of the lich.

Princess Celeste's divinity has been greatly diminished after her long adventures, and she is now at her weakest.

Under the cover of the miasma, Leoric continued to curse her, further weakening her power.

Celestia thought she couldn't stand the miasma environment, but in fact she had been cursed by her enemies all along.

She was afraid of becoming a burden to the hero, so she endured the discomfort in silence.

After that, the scene that just happened occurred—

Just as the hero defeated the last four Heavenly Kings and the two finally breathed a sigh of relief, the lich Leoric's scythe of death pierced through Princess Celeste.

The plan went very smoothly.

"After all, hmph... I am the brains of the Four Heavenly Kings."

The lich Leoric chuckled and whispered.

“Princess Celeste, the reincarnation of the goddess. I will accept your divine core.”

As it said this, it pulled out the scythe that had pierced Celestia.

"That concludes our journey. Thank you for your hard work, Yuri the Hero and Celeste the Princess."

Celestia did not respond to such words of comfort.

Her body was pierced, and then she was hit by an instant-death spell at point-blank range, collapsing to the ground unable to move.

The elven queen's magnificent gown, which had remained untouched by the battle, was now stained crimson with blood.

What gushed from her wounds was not only blood, but also golden divinity.

Life and divinity are both rapidly slipping away.

"Celeste!!!"

Yuri rushed to the Elf Queen.

The sudden turn of events left his mind blank.

What exactly happened is now understandable.

But when I think about what will happen next, my mind goes blank.

What happens to the real world if you die in a singularity?

The answer is yes, she will die, even though she is a demigod, the Elf Queen.

why?

How could it become like this?

Shouldn't this singularity just be a game to pass the time after dinner?

Yuri's brain was working at lightning speed.

So far—everything has gone very smoothly.

The journey of the hero.

They defeated all of the Four Heavenly Kings' rivals.

We also tried our best to conquer the maze.

They have carefully protected their purity.

In fact, it can be said that this singularity has been successfully conquered.

Because the Demon King's castle is not far ahead, and Rosalia is waiting for us on the throne.

The Imperial Grand Duchess and the Elf Queen, who are close friends, meet as a Demon King and a Princess.

So... the battle should have ended long ago, and what followed was a delightful chaotic battleground.

however--

"Why……"

"If I had to say why, although it might sound cruel... it can only be because you were wrong, Yuri the Hero."

"My fault?" Yuri looked up at it.

The lich Leoric floated in mid-air.

It held a scythe in its right hand and a golden cube in its left, which was the goddess core it had taken from Celestia.

"The hero exists to protect the princess, right? Then the princess's death can only be blamed on you."

"…………"

Yuri gritted his teeth.