Having traversed countless realms, can you possibly be as clever as me?

It's hard to imagine how many times he's been reincarnated, using his own life to single-handedly resist the catastrophe that should have swept the world, and to resist that god-like being high above the world—Natsuki Subaru, an arrogant soul, but also an absolute savior.

In fact, even if he hadn't done that, Tsurugi could have sorted out all the problems. The world would eventually return to its cycle, and as long as Odragner's essence remained unpolluted, nothing would have been a problem.

But instead of fleeing, he chose to stand in front of the door. Perhaps it was out of guilt and unease, because he had opened the door, or perhaps it was because of his stubborn and arrogant belief that he had done everything in his power to do what he could and save what he could save.

But in any case, this courage and sacrifice have transcended meaning at this moment and become a myth worthy of praise.

"Can this end now...?" Subaru Natsuki, whose very soul had almost turned to salt, looked at Tsugumi who had arrived and asked in an almost pleading voice.

"No need to say anything more. You've done very well. You are a true savior." Tsurugi removed his crown, looking gently at him as he was about to shatter.

“Your soul will go to heaven—but don’t worry, I have connections there. You will be healed, you will be back to normal, and then I will retrieve your soul.”

"You will go back to your home, you will reunite with your parents, and you will live a wonderful life. This is my promise to you, and I will never break it."

"These witches, and those behind the door..."

"Leave it all to me. Save those who deserve to be saved, punish those who deserve to be punished. I will make them pay the most terrible price, and what awaits you is the reward and redemption worthy of yours. Savior, righteous man, your wishes will all be fulfilled, and I—"

"Our final pact will be fulfilled. After you die, I will do what a devil should do!"

He personally placed the crown of thorns on Subaru Natsuki's body, and in an instant, with a beam of holy light, he entered the Kingdom of Heaven!

Heaven gently accepted this soul burdened with original sin, simply because, though arrogant, it was a soul that fulfilled the essential principles of sainthood!

Tsugumi opened her eyes and looked at Subaru Natsuki's shattered body, now a pillar of salt. In his palm lay a golden crown, which he raised high and placed atop his own head.

'Your [Arrogance Authority] has been activated, and arrogance factors are being injected in large quantities—your [Arrogance Authority (Lv1)] has been upgraded to [Arrogance Authority (Lv4)]!'

[Arrogance Power (Lv4)]

Pride is the first of the original sins, beginning with the day the morning star fell from the heavens; it is the sin of presumption, the incurable sin, and the sacred sin.

At this point, all seven sins have been completed.

I have everything I need.

Tsugumi has now fully donned the crown of the Crimson King, and has no more worries.

Tsugumi transformed into the form of an arrogant demon.

Countless white salt grains fell like snowflakes, covering his entire body and every corner of him.

These snow-white salt grains eventually transformed into six pure white wings, which appeared alongside the six candlesticks piercing his back.

Crimson blood flowed from the wound pierced by the candlestick, covering his white attire. He looked more like an angel than a demon.

Yes, that's exactly right. The Pride Ring has never had a demon. The Pride Ring truly has only one sinner and prisoner—Lucifer, and the arrogant demeanor will naturally only manifest the image of Lucifer.

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Yes, that's exactly right. The Pride Ring has never had a demon. The Pride Ring truly has only one sinner and prisoner—Lucifer, and the arrogant demeanor will naturally only manifest the image of Lucifer.

Even when he fell into the deepest and darkest abyss of hell, he never turned himself into a wretched beast; he remained as bright and great as when he was high in Silver City.

"Wow, you actually did it? You outsourced my crown? Ha, you really managed to find such a special human!"

Lucifer's surprised and regretful voice echoed in his mind.

"Arrogant savior, what a pity! If I had discovered him, I would have guided him to become one of my treasures! What a pity that you turned him into a vulgar and worthless saint!"

"That was the path he chose, persisting in arrogance, upholding arrogance, and ultimately living up to his own self—even an arrogant saint will have a place in heaven."

Tsugumi slowly stood up, sensing the nature of this power, and cracked her neck.

"But this isn't the time to discuss these philosophical matters. Right now, I just want to kill that thing hiding in the back, babbling and whining."

"Is that so? You'd better think it over?" Lucifer said mockingly.

"After all, that was a 'god'."

"It doesn't matter," Tsugumi said nonchalantly.

“The contract has been signed, and I will do everything I can for him. What does it matter whether he is a god or not?”

He spread his pure white wings and stepped through the doorway amidst the scattered stars!

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657. [RE:0 Complete] Godslaying and a Happy End

Tsugumi wandered in the darkness of the gap between worlds, and within this boundless and profound void, he saw seven figures existing outside the gate of this world.

They are twisted monstrosities in the darkness, embodiments of error and filth.

The first one had a hundred dragon heads, each spitting out a hundred dark snake tongues. From its shoulders to its thighs, it was humanoid; below its thighs, it resembled a giant python. Its body towered above the mountains, and wings grew from its body. Its fur was matted and covered in dust.

The second is an owl with flowing golden-red blood, its wings riddled with tiny holes, and a piercing shriek emanating from its inverted, twisted head, bringing a message that stirs up intense anger.

The third one is the head of a lion, but it has the body of a woman dressed in a blood-red dress. A murky sun appears behind her head, and her body is wrapped in papyrus covered in blood.

The fourth one has a beautiful and pure face, but its lower body is a large snake with countless spots. Filth and holiness, twisted everything is manifested on its body.

The fifth is a twisted, fleshy laurel, and the sixth is a vampire witch being licked and burned by crimson flames on a stake.

This twisted and deformed posture corresponds to the origin of their names—Typhon, Minerva, Sekhmet, Echidna, Daphne, and Camilla.

They stepped through the door without hesitation, absorbing all the sinful elements from the opened Pandora's box, and their posture became this distorted appearance.

Becoming a demon, becoming a god, becoming a divine scourge—in short, they are all the same thing.

It was they who absorbed the sin factors that should have contaminated Odragna, and it was they who became the culprits who killed Subaru Natsuki countless times.

The moment Tsurugi entered, six already insane witches pounced on him, howling in pain.

In response, Tsurugi simply raised his right hand.

“I said, ‘Let there be light,’” he said softly.

A dazzling aurora bloomed in his hand, instantly dispelling all the darkness in the gap between worlds!

The radiance, accompanied by the witches' extreme screams, dispelled their filthy bodies, and as they turned to ashes, Tsugumi unhesitatingly seized all their sinful essence.

Souls that should have been annihilated by the light were preserved because of his actions, and the souls of the witches residing in the Great Sin Factor flowed into his body.

In an instant, his wings turned black, his form became murky, his attire became tattered, and the candlelight behind him burned fiercely.

The power of arrogance, in short, is half the power of God—the only one Lucifer could learn from and progress upon was God, and the power of arrogance is nothing more than this.

If one believes oneself to be capable, and if one holds absolute pride, then one possesses the 'omniscience' to distort everything as one desires.

Subaru Natsuki was able to resist the six mad witches with his human body because he upheld his pride and arrogance in believing he could save everyone, which enabled him to achieve something that could only be explained by countless miracles.

This power was not very compatible with Dongjiang's personality; releasing that one ray of light was already the limit, and he could not even continue to expel the great sin that tainted these wings—but for him, there was no reason to necessarily obtain such a power.

He continued forward, dragging his filthy body into the deeper darkness, where Pandora, curled up like a thin phantom, slowly raised her head, her tear-filled eyes looking at him pitifully.

"Why are you stopping me? Humanity should break free from this world..."

The next moment, she transformed into a column of pure white salt. Yes, Tsurugi had heard enough of all sorts of reasons and grand goals. To hell with ideals and grand plans.

"The moment when people are closest to becoming gods is precisely the moment when they suffer the most."

A seductive voice came from Pandora, who had turned into a pillar of salt. Then, a spreading darkness transformed into a dense starry sky, enveloping Pandora, who had become a pillar of salt.

Then, a stunningly beautiful woman appeared in the spot.

She wore a long dress woven from stars, and had long, black hair that cascaded down her back, contrasting with her slender wings.

She held a golden apple in one hand and a twisted dagger in the other. Her beautiful face wore a maddening smile, and her dark eyes, as bright as stars, stared intently at Tsurugi.

"You agree, don't you, you unborn dark child god?"

She spoke softly, her words carrying an invisible allure—no, it should be described as a kind of intangible and pure seduction.

It was as if everything could become angry, conflicted, and fight each other under her words.

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"I never imagined I was so wrong. I thought you were just a powerful beast from another world, but I never expected you to be a god on the verge of becoming."

She clicked her tongue in amazement and walked beside Tsurugi. Even though her own body fragrance exuded an alluring scent, she circled behind Tsurugi, took a deep breath, and said in a trance-like manner.

"Conflict, opposition, you have a very nice smell, so close to mine."

"So, join me. I know you also enjoy the pleasure of gossiping and manipulating other people's fates." She extended an invitation to Tsurugi, smiling lightly.

"Become part of us, the gods of night, a part of mythology. With our help, you will become truly immortal—"

The candlestick extending from behind Tsurugi pierced through her body. Watching her beautiful form and wings burn in the invisible candlelight, Tsurugi said expressionlessly...

"You talk too much nonsense."

"As I have said, the moment before a creature becomes a god is the most painful. They are still bound by humanity and unable to shed the burdens of their impermanent state. Those things called humanity, which should be discarded."

The night expelled her once more, returning her to her original form. She spread her thin wings and laughed.

"But it doesn't matter, swallowing you again wouldn't be so bad. Let me bestow this glory upon you! To become one with the Son of Nyx, to become eternal glory!"

The next moment, Tsurugi felt the sinful factors he had swallowed were raging. These filthy sins surged in his soul and body, like worms that had burrowed into his body and laid eggs all over it!

"These sins, they come from the Olympian gods! But even the King of Gods took them from the darkness, from me and my brothers and sisters!!!"

She seemed to be admiring Tsugumi, who was about to be swallowed up by this dark divinity, and proudly proclaimed it all.

“From the sloth of Hypnos, from the wrath of Nemesis, from the melancholy of Myseria, from the color field of Philotes, from the pride of Aethel, and from my—Eris’s pretense.”

"These filths once defiled the first humans, and humans have filled them in return. The gods have cast the box into Tartarus, but in my hands, it will become a miniature world where we gods can experience eternal games!"

"And you, you who swallowed these dark filths, you incompetent young god, do you feel your existence has been replaced? Your being, etched into the story, has vanished without a trace, do you...?"

Eris's words trailed off as she watched Tsurugi expressionlessly place the seven crowns on her head one by one.

Pride, wrath, color field, greed, sloth, gluttony, envy

The seven-colored crown appeared purer than the filth in the magic box, and when the seven crown marks were combined, they formed a scarlet color!

Seven seals, seven rings, seven brides, dedicated to the Crimson King!!!

The next moment, in the gap of this boundless darkness, a huge crimson shadow suddenly appeared.

An endless, surging crimson, like a solidified, living sea of ​​blood, replaced everything. Within this crimson, countless twisted silhouettes were conceived—huge, forked antlers pierced the red curtain, adorned with screaming souls and shattered fragments of time and space.

Not a body of flesh and blood, but forged from the ruins of countless failed civilizations, mountains of bones, and corroded crowns, it wriggles and reforms with its breath. Hundreds upon hundreds of eyes of varying sizes open simultaneously, witnessing the demise of countless world stories!

Eris's relaxed expression instantly froze. She had thought the person before her was an immature god! But now, she was sorely mistaken!

It is not a god at all, not even a dark god, but an existence that is opposed to the gods!