Offer blocks to the end times

"What's wrong, Betty?" Hashirama asked, looking at Beatrice.

Bian's emotions suddenly became scattered, as if he was hesitating about something.

Beatrice hesitated for a moment, then shook her head. "It's nothing, I'm going back to play on the computer for a while."

After saying that, Beatrice opened a portal and returned to the Forbidden Library. Rem glanced at it curiously, but her mind was still preoccupied with the matter of the Witch Cult. "Lord Hashirama, when will the Witch Cult come to the capital? Should we notify the others?"

"Well, let me do another divination," Hashirama nodded and began to divine the identities of the Witch Cult members. Their figures appeared on the crystal disc, but they were divided into several groups. Some walked slowly towards this side alone, some rushed towards this side with a group of followers, and some rode in dragon carriages disguised as ordinary people.

"It looks like they'll be here in a day or two," Hashirama calculated, and the earliest batch would arrive tonight. "Rem, how about we go and stop them?"

“This is exactly what I wanted,” Rem replied excitedly. Seeing that her defenses were still too weak, Hashirama took out a set of divine armor and transformed it into light armor for her to wear. “Put this on; it will increase your defense.”

“Yes, Lord Hashirama,” Rem said, putting on her armor with Hashirama’s help. Hashirama nodded and said, “Then let’s go and meet the first Archbishop of Sin.”

Chapter 742 Gluttony and Sloth

Hashirama casually opened a spatial portal, revealing a wide road opposite. There, a child wearing only a tattered rag, with long, disheveled hair and a short sword strapped to his arm, was running forward.

"Witch cultist!" Rem recognized him at a glance. She stretched out her hand, and countless ice spears were thrown at him. But he reacted immediately, jumping around quickly and smashing the ice spears that he couldn't dodge. Then he retaliated by throwing a bunch of fireballs at Hashirama and the others, creating a series of explosions.

"Honestly, he hasn't even given his name yet," Hashirama muttered, but looking at the 'child's' appearance, he decided it was best not to say anything; the child's appearance was truly unpleasant.

The fireball and the ice spear collided and exploded, but Rem didn't stop. With her shouts, more and more ice spears fell from the sky, becoming denser and denser.

"Hahaha, this is useless, useless," the boy laughed wildly, charging towards them on ice pillars. Rem's ice spears transformed into small ice projectiles, becoming even more numerous and fired horizontally at the opponent. Hashirama speechlessly reached out, "Gravity!"

This time, the direction of his time was also horizontal. The ice bullets that Rem fired gained tremendous acceleration, turning into beams of light that pierced through the boy and sent him flying.

However, the boy then summoned a huge cliff to block his path. But Hashirama had already obtained what he wanted. He had collected the blood that had flowed after Rem hit him, and then he casually made a small wooden figure, placed the blood on it, and silently cast a curse, "Alright, Rem, stop."

Rem obediently stopped her magic and stood behind Hashirama, while the boy rushed towards them. Hashirama gently twisted the wooden doll's limbs, and the boy immediately collapsed into the ice. "Damn it, who are you? How dare you ambush me!"

“Gluttony, huh? Just go ask over there, and you'll find out soon enough,” Hashirama gently twisted the wooden doll’s head. The boy’s head immediately turned around, but he was still alive. “Damn it, am I really going to die at the hands of some nobody? Damn it, I’m not reconciled!”

Instantly, Hashirama felt a mental shock emanating from the other party. Hashirama was fine, but Rem immediately became envious.

"Whoosh, crack!" Before Hashirama could say anything, Rem swung her flail, smashing his head open with a single blow. Blood splattered everywhere. Rem seemed to have gone berserk, furiously pounding on the corpse, chanting, "Witch Cult! Witch Cult!"

"Uh, looks like we'll have to start the prediction," Hashirama silently took a step back. Seriously, is it really okay for the maid to be this violent? "Rem, okay, he's dead!"

"Huh?!" Rem turned around abruptly, and Hashirama realized that she had turned into a demon. "There's no other way. Calm down, Tranquility, Purification Jutsu!"

Three spells removed Rem from her demonic transformation, and the bloodstains on her body were also cleaned. Rem looked at her hammer strangely, then quickly put it away. "I'm sorry, sir, I overstepped my bounds just now."

"Alright, don't go berserk like that next time," Hashirama said casually, then looked at the mess next to him. "Seriously, this is going to be a pain to clean up!"

In his vision, there was not only minced flesh and corpses, but also the power that was dissipating from the other party. Those things that seemed to be witch factors were drifting towards Hashirama, trying to enter his body. Hashirama thought for a moment and transferred this power to a Levatin.

However, this power seemed somewhat incomplete, and it didn't cause any major changes to the staff. After all, Gluttony was still alive, and there were still two clones outside, but Hashirama didn't intend to go looking for them.

"Bloodline Curse," Hashirama unleashed a bunch of strange objects and activated the curse. The two people in the distance suddenly clutched their chests and collapsed; their hearts had exploded.

Hashirama was in the same situation; a hole had also been blown open in his chest, but he repaired it immediately. Then he saw two streams of power fly from the void and merge into his staff.

Hashirama did a quick check; the staff's name and attributes had changed—Gluttony.

The existence of Levatin is manipulable; it can erase someone's existence or replace someone else's. There is a chance of failure, and it will affect its own existence.

“That’s a dangerous thing,” Hashirama shook his head, put it into his ring, glanced at the calm Rem beside him, and said, “Let’s go find the next one!”

“Yes, Lord Hashirama,” Rem nodded coldly. Then Hashirama opened the next portal, but the two of them only saw one person fly past, followed by a group of witch cultists running on the ground.

Upon seeing the two appear, they immediately launched an attack, but all their attacks were pierced by Rem's ice spears. Hashirama also aimed at the green-haired monster who was flying in a seated position, "Sloth, huh? Bind!"

Although this guy might have some connection to Beatrice, he is the one who is most unforgivable. Hashirama also saw that the soul within him was completely different from that of ordinary people, and with a gentle wave of his hand, he said, "Soul Annihilation!"

With a single strike, Sloth, which was flying, crashed to the ground. The witch cultists running nearby fell to the ground one by one, motionless. Hashirama then gathered more of Sloth's power, this time forming Sloth's Levadin, which came with a spell that summoned unseen, powerful arms. The more magic power he inputted, the more arms appeared.

Rem, on the other hand, was checking if any of the witch cultists were still alive. Of course, her method was simple: just hit each of them on the head with a hammer.

"Stop it, Rem," Hashirama shouted as he watched her swing the hammer around. He was also a little worried. What if my maid is a serial killer?

Rem stopped hammering and walked over, her face still covered in blood. "What's wrong, Lord Hashirama? Are we going to hunt down other Witch Cult members?"

“That’s right, but you can’t come along this time,” Hashirama shook his head. Of the first two, he chose the easiest to deal with; the later ones would be much more difficult.

“But,” Rem was very excited and wanted to say something, but Hashirama had already pressed her head down, “you’ll be fine after a nap.”

Rem immediately fell asleep, and the divine artifacts on her body were completely useless, since the source of these powers was Senju, which Hashirama could also control.

After removing Rem's armor and wiping away the blood, Hashirama opened a portal to Roswaal's mansion and handed Rem over to Ram, who looked pale. "Lord Hashirama, what happened?"

"It's nothing, take good care of her, I'll be back later," Hashirama said casually before teleporting away, leaving Ram holding Rem with a blank expression.

Chapter 743 The Extinction of the Great Sin

While examining the crystal disc in the wilderness, Hashirama spotted the fastest enemy. He opened a spatial portal there, and then watched as a figure flew in, crashing into the ground and creating a large crater.

"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!" A white-clad, white-haired youth emerged from the crater, seemingly unharmed. This guy was none other than the strongest 'Greed'.

Hashirama, having read the little notebook, was well aware of his power, but he wasn't going to fight him head-on. After becoming invisible, Hashirama summoned strong acid rain. The black raindrops hit the ground and immediately emitted blue smoke, but there was no change in Greed. He waved his hand upwards, and the clouds were cleaved apart, breaking Hashirama's magic.

"Hmm," Hashirama watched silently, thinking about how to deal with him, while Greed muttered to himself, "Where is this? Speaking of which, the rain smells really bad, we'd better clean it up quickly."

As he spoke, he turned his body slightly and blew a breath. Then, it was as if a strong wind had swept through the area, and a layer of the ground was peeled away. However, Hashirama had already 'seen' this result and had already dived underground.

Then he knew how to deal with the opponent: "Three hundred times gravity!"

A gravity field with a radius of 100 meters immediately appeared around Greed. He could have escaped, but Hashirama froze the surrounding space. Greed tried to escape several times but failed and was crushed into a pulp.

The abilities collected this time are quite impressive: the Greedy Hourai Jade Branch, Time Stop, which can halt the body's time to achieve an invincible effect, lasting ten seconds each time.

Although this is not quite the same as Hashirama's original 'time stop', it can still be an invincible technique, as long as one is not killed during that moment of pause. Of course, if this is integrated into the body, it also comes with the infinite life force of the Hourai Jade Branch, making it virtually invincible.

Next came rage. Confident in her ability to share damage, she tried to frighten Hashirama with words, only to have her head chopped off by him. Hashirama then reattached his head, dispelled the silence barrier around him, and gathered his power. This time, however, it was indeed attached to his armor—the Armor of Wrath, which shares damage, reflecting the same damage back to the attacker with every attack.

However, it would be a waste to put this on a divine armor, because ordinary attacks cannot damage the armor at all, but if an extremely powerful attack occurs, it can take the opponent by surprise. Then Hashirama revived the people around him who were affected by the attack.

Lust was a bit more troublesome. She had a strong regenerative ability and could transform. In the end, Hashirama directly shattered her soul and then extracted the power from her body. There were two powers inside: one for regeneration and one for erosion.

Both forces were somewhat troublesome, and Hashirama didn't want to merge them into the Hourai Jade Branch. After thinking for a moment, Hashirama took out two crystal balls and sealed them away, intending to deal with them later.

"Looks like it's all settled," Hashirama nodded, preparing to return. But then a little silver girl suddenly appeared beside him and said, "The White Dragon shouldn't be here. He should be in his lair, surrounded by treasure!"

"Hmm?" Hashirama felt a mysterious force trying to move him away, but then it lost its effect. Hashirama glanced at the other person and knew her identity: the Witch of Illusion, Pandora, but her state was somewhat strange.

In Academy City terms, it's like Schrödinger's cat—it may or may not exist. She can manipulate the world line to collapse in the direction she wants, creating the result she desires. But this is useless against Senju, since what she said might not exist.

“Troublesome power,” she thought. If she could go to Academy City, she would definitely become a Level 7, or at least a Demon God. But Hashirama knew a little bit about it too. He slightly manipulated some of the surrounding power, and Pandora, who was about to say something, suddenly turned into a phantom and disappeared. “Pandora never appeared at all.”

However, she did not die. Hashirama simply increased her power slightly, preventing her from using her abilities normally. To completely eliminate her, it is necessary to thoroughly study the principles behind it and make Pandora's collapse converge entirely in the direction of her death.

Or you could use absolute power to break her abilities, such as flattening the continent or causing the sun to fall to the ground, so that she would die whether she chose this side or that side. Only then could you truly defeat her. However, Hashirama didn't want to use that much power, since if he did, the world would turn to ashes.

Looking at the time, it was already evening, so Hashirama went to pick up Rem. After all, he wanted to bring a maid with him to the banquet.

However, when Hashirama arrived at Roswaal's residence, Rem was working, Ram was helping her, and a little girl was with them. Hashirama took a look and found that she was a member of the village named Petra.

Rem breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Hashirama appear; she had been worried that he would abandon her.

"Welcome back, Lord Hashirama," Ram and Petra bowed in return, while Rem said anxiously, "Lord Hashirama, please take me to defeat the Witch Cult again! I promise I'll behave this time!"

"The Witch Cult, huh? The campaign against them is over. But never mind," Hashirama shook his head. Although he had eliminated the five Archbishops of Sin, the appearance of Pandora at the end left him with a lingering worry, fearing that Pandora had the ability to resurrect those people.

"But..." Rem was about to say something when Ram called out from the side, "Rem!"

“I understand, sister,” Rem replied softly, lowering her head, as if Ram had said something to her earlier. Hashirama looked at the two of them, puzzled.

"Alright, the matter of the Witch Cult has been mostly dealt with. Even if it reappears, that's a problem for the future," Hashirama clapped his hands to wake the others. "Ram, I'm taking Rem to the capital. I'm leaving things here in your care."

"Yes, please keep an eye on Rem, Lord Hashirama, and don't let her run around," Ram bowed to Hashirama and asked. Hashirama nodded, "Leave it to me."

"Sister, Rem is very capable. She's been learning all sorts of useful knowledge lately," Rem exclaimed unhappily. Ram replied perfunctorily, "Yes, yes. After you go to the capital, remember to give my regards to Lady Beatrice and Lady Emilia."

“Yes, sister,” Rem nodded, then followed Hashirama through the portal to Crusch’s residence in the royal capital. Since there was nothing to do there, Hashirama sat down to eat some snacks and began to think.

"Lord Hashirama, is something wrong?" Rem seemed to sense Hashirama's worry and asked him. Hashirama glanced at Rem and said, "Rem, sit down too. I still feel uneasy about the Witch Cult."

Chapter 744 About the Banquet

"Is something wrong?" Rem asked curiously. Hashirama then told her about Pandora. After hearing about Pandora's abilities, Rem's expression turned grim. "So, as long as that witch is alive, the Witch Cult can be reborn?"

“Yes, I’m worried about that too,” Hashirama nodded, then shook his head. “Never mind, I’ll just waste a little bit.”

As he spoke, Hashirama held a ball of light in his hand, one of the powers passed down from Senju. "I declare that my actions are beyond Pandora's control."

A ball of light shattered instantly, then transformed into a halo that swept across the surroundings. Hashirama sensed that the world around him seemed to have changed slightly. He carefully sensed the change and discovered that he was experiencing a discontinuous sensation with his surroundings.

Speaking of powers, we must mention the Star Gods. The Star Gods travel to various worlds, and the reason why everyone can obtain powers is because the Star Gods' travels bring many novel things to the world. In return, the Star Gods receive powers from the world.

This power also represents the ability to control the world's authority. The more it suits the requirements of this world, the easier it is to achieve. If it does not meet the requirements of the world at all, it will be useless even if the authority is used up.

As Rem was curiously asking about the orb of light from earlier, Beatrice opened a spatial portal and stepped out. She glanced at Hashirama and frowned, "Why do you smell so strongly of a witch?"

"Really?" Hashirama sniffed himself, but didn't detect any scent. He then told her about what had happened that day. "It's very likely from absorbing..."

"With these witch-factor-infused equipment, there shouldn't be any problem, but I'll ask Echidna later."

“A witch of pretense, huh? They keep popping up one after another,” Beatrice shook her head, then said in a somewhat subtle tone, “But the Echidna you mentioned is probably a fake. It’s best not to go looking for her.”

"I see, Betty, do you have any solutions?" Hashirama asked. Beatrice shook her head. "Although there is a lot of information about witches in the Forbidden Library, there is very little information about witch factors."

"Is that so?" Hashirama nodded, thinking about it, and it made sense. Witch factors are not actually produced by witches themselves, but rather witches are created by fusing with witch factors. This is true for witches, for archbishops of sin, and for the current demonized equipment. However, Senju can throw these items into the void and destroy them completely. "Don't worry, it's fine."

Then Hashirama stuffed all the items imbued with the witch factor into his ring, put on the red armor that Hashirama Senju wore, and then performed several purification jutsu on himself.

"Alright, problem solved," Hashirama said casually, then looked at the people on either side, "There's a banquet at the palace tonight, would you like to go?"

“Let’s forget it, Betty doesn’t like noisy places,” Beatrice shook her head, then Hashirama looked at Rem pitifully, and Rem blushed, “As long as Lord Hashirama doesn’t mind.”

“Of course I don’t mind,” Hashirama said excitedly, grasping her hand. Rem blushed and turned her head to look to the side. “Mm.”

“Phew, just let Wilhelm follow along from now on,” Hashirama nodded. Beatrice, standing beside him, gave him a speechless look. “Before that, change out of that tasteless outfit of yours. Where did you come from? It’s so tacky.”

“No, Lady Beatrice, I think it’s really cool,” Rem said excitedly. “This is the legendary outfit of the Oni race, which only the legendary ‘General’ can wear. I never thought I would see it now.”

“No, we absolutely cannot wear this to the banquet!” Beatrice shook her head repeatedly as she looked at Hashirama’s outfit, while Rem argued vehemently. Then, the two of them looked at Hashirama and asked, “What have you decided?”

"Uh," Hashirama was a little speechless. But this was actually his body's natural appearance. Did he really have to change into a kimono? Spare me. "Ahem, I'll go ask Crusch what to wear to the banquet, hahaha."

Hashirama chuckled awkwardly and immediately ran off. He did run into Wilhelm on the way, but Wilhelm had also received an invitation and apologized, saying he would be going with Theresa.

He casually inquired about the appropriate attire, and Wilhelm immediately bowed, saying, "This is truly my oversight as a butler. I will prepare formal attire for you immediately."

After saying that, he immediately ran away. Hashirama shook his head speechlessly. Oh well, he would only bring Rem to the banquet. However, after walking for a while, he saw Emilia and Subaru Natsuki. The two seemed to be looking at something carefully.

Hashirama took a closer look and discovered that the two of them, along with Puck, were teaching the chick Prometheus to speak. Although the chick could understand their words, it could only chirp. Subaru Natsuki could vaguely understand, but the other two did not.