He became the White-Haired Evil God after wearing the Seven Curses Rings.

Nemo calmly replied to Cecilia's threat.

"no."

Cecilia was visibly taken aback upon hearing this answer.

"Huh?"

"No way, what the hell are you after? Do you even know what she's hiding? That's not something a newbie like you should be dealing with."

"Besides, isn't she the culprit who stole your treasure? What does it mean that you're protecting her like this? Are you repaying kindness with enmity?"

Cecilia's tone was becoming somewhat impatient, but Nemo's answer remained unchanged.

"I don't know what she's hiding, but I do know one thing."

"She was brought back by our teacher, and she's a student in our Department of Destiny. As long as that's the case, I can't possibly let her go to a complete stranger."

"Moreover, I believe that she is not the real culprit in the theft. She had no need to do it. There must be other reasons that led to these misunderstandings."

Listening to Nemo's series of words, Neferi, who was being carried on his shoulder, suddenly stopped struggling.

Hmm... why am I feeling a little touched?

She had personally killed Nemo and others back then, so it was a little hard for her to accept being trusted like this now.

But while it's touching, could you please refrain from saying things that might anger your opponents?

She could tell that Cecilia didn't really want to kill them, but if Nemo kept stalling like this, things might get complicated.

Just as the situation remained deadlocked, Neferi suddenly saw two figures appear in the distance.

It was Caesars and Julius who caught up.

Upon seeing Nemo and the others, Kelos immediately shouted.

"Nemo! We're here..."

Before the words were finished, a huge black curtain suddenly shot up from the ground and instantly blocked the two groups of people.

Seeing the sky before him become even darker as the giant curtain of light shone through, Kelos instinctively took a step back.

At this moment, Julius walked up and spoke to Nemo.

"It's faster than expected, and it's so violent... Judging from this, someone must be stimulating the Shadow World, but judging from the scale of the outbreak, the one stimulating the Shadow World is probably diverting a lot of pressure from us."

As he spoke, Julius took out a massive, jet-black sword of exaggerated size.

"I'll handle this giant shadow curtain; after that, you just need to deal with the shadow fragments that follow."

After stating the key points, Julius took a step and leaped into the air, then swung his hand fiercely at the giant shadowy curtain.

[Ruin Lv.12]

A jet-black sword aura, perfectly matching the size of the giant screen, appeared in the air and hurtled straight toward the direction Julius had locked onto.

Then, under the watchful eyes of Kairos and the others, the giant shadowy curtain shattered into pieces of varying sizes, which crashed straight down to the ground.

Contrary to expectations, the shadow fragments did not make a loud noise when they hit the ground. Instead, they transformed into various shadow monsters the moment they touched the ground, staring menacingly at Kairos and the others.

Seeing this, Kelos finally understood the specific meaning of Julius's words.

"So it's my turn to deal with these monsters..."

Thinking of this, Kelos gripped his greatsword tighter.

"But why, despite all this commotion, are the other teachers and students at Dome Academy still not reacting?"

The question had barely left his lips when a familiar voice answered his confusion.

"The Shadow World excels at concealment. If we hadn't been investigating the Contract Stone, we would have been completely unaware of tonight's events."

Upon hearing this, Kelos immediately turned his head to look.

"Nemo? You didn't..."

Nemo shook his head.

"Because of the Shadow World's arrival in the mortal realm, the assassin and I have temporarily reached a settlement, and he has explained many things to me. The current focus is on stopping these Shadow Monsters from continuing to expand the rift."

With that, Nemo walked behind Kelos and stood with his back to him.

"Let's fight side by side, just like before."

As the shadowy monsters drew closer, Kairos nodded.

"Um."

……

Meanwhile, on the other side of the battlefield.

Cecilia weaved through the monster horde, quickly clearing a space by slashing two or three monsters with each strike.

Faced with these endless shadow monsters, Cecilia couldn't help but curse.

"Honestly, I told you to listen to me first, but you kept giving me that 'friendship bond' nonsense. Do you think you're the protagonist of some epic tale?"

"Now that things have become so complicated, I don't even know if it can be resolved smoothly."

Cecilia cursed and swore as she hacked and slashed at the shadowy monsters that charged at her.

The situation is now out of her control, and there are only three ways to completely resolve it.

The first method is for her to ascend to the status of a shadow demigod, thereby directly controlling the shadow world through shadow authority.

The problem is that merging with the Shadow Authority takes time and cannot be disturbed; ideally, it also requires the assistance of relevant forces.

Now that she's locked onto by the Shadow World, where can she find an opportunity to merge with the Shadow Godhood?

In her plan, at this point she should have successfully fused with the Shadow Godhead with Neferi's assistance, and then simply wave her hand to send the Shadow World back to where it originally belonged.

But I didn't expect those two kids who suddenly appeared to be so troublesome, and I ended up getting myself into trouble before I knew it.

She had originally planned to use this opportunity to increase her favorability with Neferi, so that there would be fewer problems when fusing with the Shadow God later.

Now look what happened; I failed to increase my favorability and didn't advance to the Shadow Demigod level.

A complete and utter failure!

The second method is to directly eliminate Neferi, who serves as the connection point to the present world, from a physical perspective. This would forcibly interrupt the process of the shadow world descending into the present world.

This method is the simplest and fastest, but it is clear that neither Nemo nor she herself is willing to sacrifice Neferi.

That leaves only one last option.

To directly confront the shadow world on a physical level and forcibly destroy it with absolute power.

Although it's obvious to anyone with eyes to see that this method is a bit unlikely, what can we do? We can't really go and chop down Neferi, can we?

Please! That's a sweet and soft little loli, and a very rare legal loli at that. She would never do that to her, even if she killed herself!

Just as Cecilia was fretting about this, she suddenly caught a glimpse of something different in the gap in the shadows.

In the dim light, she seemed to see a glimmer of light in the darkness?

……

Meanwhile, inside the shadow world.

Thanks to Hiti's tireless efforts, a space untouched by any shadows has been blasted out inside the Shadow World, providing a safe area for her and Ivy to move around in.

Ivy moved through this area, dodging attacks from the shadow world as she wielded the Dome, tearing open a magnificent rift a million kilometers long.

In the center of the rift, several planets of varying sizes emerged together, ignoring the obstruction of the shadow world and crashing straight down, creating magnificent and spectacular fireworks in this dark and sunless space.

……