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But she accomplished her mission.

That was something King Arthur couldn't do, but only she, the Lion King, who had become a goddess from wielding the Holy Lance for so long, could do!

It was done perfectly.

"Well done." DIO returned to the Grand Temple, laughing loudly. "Looks like you, you annoying bastard, have finally accomplished something! Well then... continue paving the way for me with your life!"

“Agraven is no longer needed, kill him. Arash and Nitocris are also no longer needed, kill them. But try to find out Osmandis’s whereabouts before killing Arash… no, forget it. If he were that easy, he wouldn’t be called a ‘hero’ by Osmandis. Just kill him.”

DIO was issuing orders: "Then—after you've killed them, go find the Chaldea people. Kill as many as you can, even at the cost of all your lives! Kill everyone except that Chaldea Master!"

......

"Hey—no way!?" Arash stared wide-eyed at Ryougi and Miya, who had vanished from his side. His companions had suddenly disappeared? And those people were enemies?

"Wait—Wang You, what are you doing?!" Agguiwen stared wide-eyed at the scene before him in disbelief.

Ryougi and Mi should be companions.

Then Lancelot was controlled by that Ottoman... no, he was controlled by DIO.

But why?

Why are you two standing together now, while you've sealed away Ryougi and Mi?

"Is it you... Lancelot!" Agrave said, his eyes red, staring at Lancelot like a wild beast. "Has it bewitched the King once again?"

“No, Lord Agravure, we’ve actually always been on the same side.” Artoria said, extending her hand to Agravure. “Then, come to our side. We’re just waiting for you.”

"Is that so... I see..." Agraven slowly closed his eyes, then opened them after a while and said, "So, Your Majesty, I have a question. What is your purpose now?"

"The goal is simple: to facilitate DIO's great cause."

“I see.” Agrave drew his sword and pointed it at Artoria, Lancelot, Tristan who walked past, and Mordred who emerged from the darkness after the flames disappeared. “Run.”

His words were not addressed to anyone else, but to Arash and Nitocris behind him.

"Now, let's escape from here!"

“Ah, of course we have to run.” Arash nodded; he still had a mission to fulfill and couldn’t afford to die here. “And what about you?”

“I will stay here and hold them off…” Agravan’s body trembled, his teeth drawing blood. “No matter what… the king is right in front of me, and I will not leave here under any circumstances—so you go, leave this to me.”

"..."

"We probably won't meet again, but if... if we do meet again, we'll definitely be enemies. At that time, no matter what I say, I'll have already been influenced by DIO's abilities and become DIO's subordinate, just like them."

"Hey—wait a minute!"

"Run!"

Arash stood up and took stiff steps.

After the previous battle with that Sphinx... even though he had been dodging, he still felt excruciating pain.

He felt like his whole body was about to split open with every step he took.

But I can still tolerate it.

He should be able to endure this level of injury for a while, as long as he can persevere... he definitely won't die before seeing Chaldea's Master again!

then...

Arash forcibly took Nitocris and fled, leaving Agravivan to cover their retreat.

Then very quickly...

Agguwin was also defeated.

He wasn't killed, but was taken away after losing consciousness.

There was nothing left here, just a desert... and a hand reaching out from under the sand.

Chapter 1244 Mirror Flower, Water Moon

Ryougi and Mi stretched out their hands from the sand and reappeared on the ground.

"What a pity... It seems no one has noticed that you have long been living in a mirage."

A mirage.

Aizen Sousuke's Zanpakuto.

The ability is complete hypnosis.

Once you witness the liberation of this sword, you will remain a completely hypnotized prisoner.

Able to completely control the five senses: sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell...

The ability to make people see flies as dragons and swamps as flower fields.

He continued to unleash the Zanpakuto in his hand.

Those around us are no exception, and even those with superhuman vision have fallen victim to it because their eyes are too sharp.

Ryougi Kazumi, who possesses the Yanluo Mirror Manual, can naturally use this ability, and can use Ryujin Jakka and Kyoka Suigetsu simultaneously without interfering with either.

"So, Artoria is the enemy... and Arash is an ally... Hmm, I'm pretty sure about that now." This is practically like playing Werewolf; without a Seer, who knows who the werewolf is?

Now both Goetia and DIO have fallen victim to his Mirror Flower Water Moon technique, and he has indeed left behind a clone that was sealed by the Holy Lance, just in case.

certainly...

This also means that Artoria has been affected to some extent and has become weaker, for example, her Intuition.

Otherwise, they might realize that something is wrong.

At the very least, you'll sense something's off. After all, the power of Kyoka Suigetsu is ineffective against intuition. In fact, Ryougi Shiki fought Aizen, who wielded Kyoka Suigetsu, precisely because of her intuition.

Unless... this illusion can grow and eventually gain control over a sixth or seventh sense...

Well, it's not impossible.

Because if the spiritual pressure is too low, using Kyoka Suigetsu will only allow you to control the third or fourth sense, or even less... So if the spiritual pressure is increased by ten or twenty times, it's not impossible to control the sixth or seventh sense.

In fact, the last person to use the "Mirror of Beauty" technique did receive some feedback from Kyoraku Shunsui, such as, "Your flames aren't as hot or as expansive as the old man's," and "Your 'Mirror Flower, Water Moon' technique has flaws, though I haven't found them yet."

However, neither Yin nor Mi knew this.

When DIO appeared earlier, he felt something was wrong. So after confirming that DIO had been poisoned by Kyoka Suigetsu, he slowly separated his body, leaving only a mere clone on the surface, while his main body went underground to wait for the outside world to unfold.

and--

DIO has underestimated himself a bit.

Even if such an attack came head-on at me, I could dodge it... Hmm, is being able to dodge it actually a weakness? I hope nothing is discovered amiss.

After all, they were doing everything they could to find a suitable opportunity.

Although... the opportunity itself is fake.

'Next, let's go find Osmandis. Although Arash didn't say where he was, only that he was in a 'safe place,' we can already guess where he is.'

Within this singularity, the only place that can be considered safe is the Atlas Institute.

And Ryougi and Mi happen to know where they are.

What he knew was the location of the Atlas Institute in his own world.

However, even though it's a different time and even a different world, the location of the Atlas Institute shouldn't change much, unlike the Wandering Sea.

......

"Honestly, he said he would take me with him, but he collapsed halfway there."

Nitocris sighed as several tiny figures wearing white 'sheets' dragged Arash behind her.

"Haha...sorry, I used up too much magic power earlier." Arash chuckled. After all, he didn't have a Master to supply him with magic power, and he was also seriously injured. He couldn't even defeat a Sphinx before—

Buzz——————

Just then, the surroundings changed.

Accompanied by bursts of purple light, just like before, a Sphinx suddenly appeared in front of Nitocris!

No, this is no ordinary Sphinx.

The father of terror—perhaps that's how one would describe it; this Sphinx's power is several times greater than the average one.

At that moment, the Father of Terror opened his mouth and spoke; it was DIO's voice: "What are you going to do, Nitocris—"

"Pharaoh... Pharaoh?" Nitocris froze completely. "You...you..."

"Oh...it seems you haven't betrayed me after all. Was it just my imagination before?" The Father of Terror said, turning his gaze to Arash, who had barely managed to stand and placed his hand on his bow. "Well then, I'll give you a chance. Kill him."

"Ugh?"

“Kill him, Nitocris. If you kill him, I will allow you to return to my side... forever. That way you can have peace of mind. You must have felt very anxious and insecure while you were away from me... I know, I know everything. So come back, kill him and come back, and I will give you the greatest peace of mind.”

"...I...I understand, Pharaoh..."

Nitocris's body trembled slightly. Should she... believe this voice? Or...?

Nitocris suddenly remembered the time when the Pharaoh suddenly appeared and extinguished the flames...that time...that time—

The Pharaoh didn't even glance at her then, and the words he spoke were...

[You weren't loyal to King Arthur from the start, you were loyal to me, DIO!!]

That's right, he had already revealed his true identity at that time, which is why he left with Arash.

Although I was in a daze, my instincts allowed me to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

This person was not the Pharaoh Osmandis she revered, but a despicable thief!

“You…no, you are not the Pharaoh, are you?” Nitocris said firmly to the terrifying father, “You are nothing but a thief who stole Lord Osmandis’s body!”

"Well done," Arash said with a sigh of relief and a smile.

"Oh...they already know? Did they tell you? Or did I let it slip somewhere?"

“Yes, they did tell me about it, but I didn’t believe them. What confirmed my belief was your own words—”

"Hmph... So that's what happened back then." The Father of Terror's voice grew louder: "So what? Don't you think I, DIO, am more worthy of your loyalty than Ottomandis?"