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Charles narrowed his eyes: "The ants should just disappear."

He gently raised his finger...

Pillars of Ice!

A massive 30-meter-tall ice pillar rose from the ground.

"Gah—gu! Waaaaaaahhhhhh—"

The six-person team was thrown into the air by the ice pillars, scattered and falling from the sky. The cold air bound their limbs and slowed them down.

"Tsk, what bad luck," Charles muttered.

“You’re quite gentle,” Erebus teased. “As one of my kin, you shouldn’t be afraid of killing.”

"I'm only interested in the strong," Charles said, trying to save face.

“If it were Witt, he’d probably grin like a child and kill them all,” Erebus smiled. “Speaking of that kid, we were comrades after all. How about we let him go after I’m gone? At least don’t let him end up like Valetta…”

"Enough with the nonsense." Charles rolled his eyes at Erebus and urged, "Let's go. The commotion here will soon attract other people. I'm not confident I can protect you from the hero."

……

Orario Northwest Side Painting.

"Oh, Leon?"

They were not elves, but humans and dwarves who turned around in astonishment.

In the pupils was a male god dressed in black with black hair, shrugging and teasing without any fear.

"I heard the Astrea Familia is around here, but did you draw any other Familias?" Erebus's lips curled into a crescent shape.

"Can you tell me where Leon is?"

A chilling silence enveloped the surroundings.

"You bastard!"

"The evil god Erebus! And the former leader of the Soma Familia, Chanis!"

Kaguya and Layla looked around warily.

It wasn't a trap; the enemy consisted of only Erebus and his companion.

"Huh? Leon?" Leila sneered. "Do you think we'd tell you?"

"You really fooled the girls terribly, God Eren. And... Commander Chanis."

Their eyes and tone were filled with hostility.

Kaguya's hostility was particularly evident.

Before the outbreak of the great rebellion, Erebus, who appeared in front of Ryu several times to flirt with them, gave a false name as if to mock the warm-hearted god.

and also……

"You helped us so much, why did you join the Dark Faction, Commander Chanis? Was it all part of your plan?" Leila asked angrily.

Chanis overturned Finn's judgment, causing the hero to make a mistake, which made her extremely unhappy.

Can……

"You should ask Loki about that. Why did you break off the engagement without permission when it was already arranged? Does she find it so enjoyable to toy with the children of the lower realms?" Ciel said with a strange expression.

"Because of this?" Kaguya gave her a disgusted look. "A toad like you trying to touch an unattainable goddess. It's only natural that you'd end up like this."

Leila warned in a low voice, "Don't let him lead you astray. His personality is completely unlike the Chanis described in the intelligence!"

Erebus chuckled, "Heh heh, don't let yourself be played like a kitten, you Far Eastern beauty. All men are liars, without exception. Be careful while you're still a virgin."

Kaguya's veins bulged: "!!?! You bastard!"

Leila ignored her partner's blood boiling, judging that if they continued talking, the gods would seize the initiative, so she changed the subject:

"Hey, God! Why are you still bothering Leon?"

"Because she is the purest, most immaculate, the true 'egg of justice' among you."

Erebus raised the corners of his mouth: "I just want to know the answer. Hmm... by the way. If you can give me a satisfactory answer, I'll give up my plan to treat Leon as a toy, how about that?"

Kaguya showed clear displeasure at the god looking down at her, and asked in return, "What's the question?"

"What is justice?"

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"What did you say?" Kaguya asked in astonishment.

"Literally, what is your justice?"

Kaguya remained silent for a long time. She had no answer to her faith; she was merely a follower of Alicia, waiting for guidance.

Unable to confront her own conscience, she scoffed dismissively: "...It's obvious. It's a 'weapon' used to gain a moral high ground. It's a colorless flag used to justify verbal and physical violence!"

"Pfft..." Charles suddenly burst out laughing.

Kaguya glared at her.

"Although I was prepared, I didn't expect you to be so straightforward. I can only say, as expected of you, [Yamato Rindou]. Sorry, I really couldn't help it." Ciel covered his mouth.

Erebus didn't comment on Kaguya, but turned to stare at Lyra: "And you? Are you deliberately stalling for time to extract more information from me?"

Is it a deliberate attempt to embellish your image with "wisdom," and a fig leaf to cover your inferiority complex?

“Damn it, you hit the nail on the head right away, that’s why I hate you gods!” Leila said with a wry smile.

A brief conversation allowed Erebus to easily see through the two women's inner flaws. Losing interest, he made a couple of lewd jokes to mock them...

"I am not satisfied with your answer, so I am going to devour the Egg of Justice."

Kaguya and Lyra, of course, wouldn't let the mastermind who wanted to escape get away. They radiated fighting spirit as they attempted to capture Erebus.

Regarding this…

Erebus waved his hand and looked at Charles: "Then my kin, the rest is in your hands."

"Sigh, what a perverse sense of humor." Charles sighed. "Leon is not someone to be trifled with, or you might get yourself kicked the bucket."

Erebus didn't care and left only with a waving back.

……

Only Charles and his two companions remained on the street.

A somber atmosphere collided between the two.

"Only level 2, yet they dare to stand in our way." Kaguya lowered her body, her wrist resting on the hilt of her sword.

"Is that so?" Charles reached out and pulled the "Halberd of Heaven" from the invisible Pochi beside him.

When that familiar weapon appeared before the two women's eyes, their pupils dilated violently.

"This is... Jester's weapon? What did you do to it?!" Kaguya roared.

Although they had forgotten what the Jester looked like, this distinctive weapon had long been his trademark. And now, this weapon had fallen into the hands of the enemy.

The result, of course...

"Hmph~ Jester is such a nice guy, a simple word from him is enough to make him offer his neck for execution." A cruel smile curled at the corner of Ciel's mouth.

"What the hell!"

Laila and Kaguya charged out simultaneously, their katana and mace clashing together, creating a crisp symphony.

A boomerang flashed by from both sides of Ciel. His arm muscles bulged, deflecting Kaguya's katana and sweeping the boomerang away with a horizontal slash.

"You're still missing a bit of motherly affection."

The pulleys on the mace made a crisp sound, and Ciel's eyes swept over them before fixing on the weapon in Kaguya's hand.

"Die!"

"Watch out! Jester's mace can easily shatter our weapons!" Lyra caught the boomerang, her short body lunging forward, her fists crossed, to block the blow in Kaguya's place.

The immense force nearly forced Lyra to her knees.

“Level 3? No, it’s Level 4?” Lyra’s hands trembled as she struggled to grip the iron mace with her fist blades.

"Is that all?" Charles's lips curled into a slight smile.

As the first powerful opponent they encountered, Lyra and Kaguya witnessed Ciel's efforts over this period. The opponent who was once unattainable was now someone they could crush.

"idiot--"

From behind Lyra, Kaguya's shadow darted out from a blind spot.

All of this was just a coordinated effort to bring the enemy into firing range. Laila sneered, "You pushover fool!"

She twisted the mechanism, and the throwing knives on her fist blade shot out towards the locked-up Charles. On the other side, blocked by Lyra's body, was the Swift Iaijutsu, already sheathed!

"The Iaijutsu no Tachi - 'Issen'!"

Ciel, having blocked the flying blade with his mace, was unable to turn his weapon around to intercept the oncoming iaido.

The snow-white blade reflected Ciel's terrified face...

"Do you think that's how it is?" With an unusual smirk, Charles extended his left hand, his index and middle fingers landing on the trajectory of the flash of silver light.

"!!!"

Layla and Kaguya both widened their eyes at the same time.

"what is that?"

Slender fingers silently gripped the swiftly moving blade.

With just two fingers, he stopped Kaguya's attack that was about to sever him.