Chapter 107 – Execution

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Under the burning black sky, in the open barrier, a desperate fight to stop Humbaba was going on.

Thanks to Beatrix’s help, Kuon also had some time to spare, and when her powerful divine magic shot off Humbaba’s mud,

The moment Cleon reached his arm her through the gap opened by his sword swing and tried to grab hold of his rail.

A gloomy `death spirit` spreads from Enkidu’s broken armor.

[Stupid guy…! Soul Eater Metal is a metal refined by absorbing a large amount of souls… ! If you destroy it, the ghosts inside will be released… !]

“It’s different…!”

Dozens or hundreds of united souls were released, and Cleon had no choice but to step back due to the shock.

And the souls, like white mist, passed through Humbaba’s mud once, and then escaped out of the barrier using their insubstantial bodies.

It was to change into an army of undead walking around using the mud of Humbaba as flesh.

Its form was a hideous human figure, as if it had been burned or melted in acid, and it seemed to be the manifestation of the souls of the ghosts who had been trapped inside Enkidu for thousands of years, unable to go anywhere, and exposed to the evil will of the ancients.

Outside the barrier, a scream echoed at the sudden appearance of the enemy.

“If it’s the undead, it’s the turn of the priests! Everyone! Don’t spare your holy magic!”

However, when the head of the sacred department who was assisting the magicians shouted, at the same time, the sacred magic of the clergy around him was manifested.

However, unfortunately, those undead were different from the normal undead.

“Huh, the dark magic area!? Are these undeads causing it!?”

The souls that have been attached to Enkidu, who have been quenched in hell for a long time, naturally radiate black magic under the influence of demonic magic in hell, reducing the power of divine magic.

“Kuh…! We have to protect the barrier magicians even if we have to throw our bodies!”

When the head of the Department of Divinity shouted that out with quick judgment, the clergy stood right there, shaking their legs.

The moment when the advancing army of death was about to swing its hideous body at the priests standing in front of the barrier magicians.

Someone flew in from the side and smashed the undead on the spot with a powerful kick.

In the orbs embedded in the gauntlets of both hands, negative and positive magical powers were in harmony.

Cleon widens his eyes when he sees the owner of the kick.

“Demis!”

Demis, second-in-command of the sex department.

“It’s been a while. Instructor. I’m here to help.”

Behind Demis, just like him, students from the Department of Sexology stood in the way of the undead in a combat stance, brandishing their weapons at them.

“Did you get your memories back?”

“Yes, thanks to my sister.”

Demis ‘older sister- In other words, the original head of the sex department and one of the few people who has not lost her memories of her.

From that day on, he seemed to be constantly wandering around and doing something, but-

“I mixed with all the students of the Sung Department once, and transferred the factor to all of us.”

“Yeah, as expected, the academy top class bitch…!”

In other words, the culprit of the recent raid was Riomes.

The students of the sex department were waiting for the right time even after transferring the factor.

“Instructor! We helped you, so you have to do it once when it’s over!”

“Because this time I will serve with my sister’s heart!”

“Pairu! Luzuri! Please pay attention!”

Students who fight chaotically, but use technology through the control of vitality and magic to reliably eliminate the undead.

Cleon felt a bit of respect for Riomes and exclaimed, then looked back at Humbaba with the corner of his mouth raised.

The monster’s face was filled with annoyance and disgust, looking at the humans who stood in its way in disgust.

“The problem of the undead is also solved…! The only thing left to do is to repeat this until the soul you stored is exhausted, and pull out the rail inside!”

[Looks like I’m going to leave it like that!!]

If Cleon shouts and immediately rushes in, mud will once again cover the area to protect the gap, as if refusing to take the core.

“It’s no use!”

However, her wounds were already left. Even without Quon’s divine magic, if Iona struck her with her divine magic her, the mud would not hold its shape her and would scatter.

Once again, a huge stab wound is drawn on Enkidu’s torso.

`Kagagak-!!`

When the blade passes over the steel, sparks fly and the ghosts piled up there are released again.

The scattered mud changes into a thorn-like form in the air and turns into a spear to pierce Cleon’s body and rushes in.

“”Flame Burst!!””

When the voices of Cleon and Lyla overlap.

Powerful explosions of flame overlapped around Cleon’s body, canceling out the shockwave of liberation of the soul, and Cleon was able to move forward without retreating as before.

At some point, Layla comes close to Cleon’s body her and radiates the magic of her flame with her arms her folded over him, aiming at her Cleon her and evaporating all the mud that rushes at him in the air to protect Cleon.

“Come on! Get that mummy out quickly!”

“Okay!”

Cleon quickly swung the sword in both hands.

At first glance, it looks like chopping without regularity, but to Cleon, who can completely reproduce Talcheck’s swordsmanship thanks to Iona’s ability to her.

Each sword strike was a lethal blow, like the result of his master’s decades of training.

Repeat 22 times.

Every time Enkidu’s body cracks, his soul his is released and comes out.

Lyla, attached to Cleon’s body like her guardian spirit her, continued to ignite her flames, canceling out the shockwave.

If he hadn’t escaped from his body her, it would have been impossible to control his magical power her to the extent of excluding Cleon from the flames.

The flames of pure alignment shine dazzlingly beautifully, overlapping Cleon’s hands.

Hwareuk-! With a sound, flames run above the red sword Cleon was holding.

The rusty red sword that heated up in an instant turns Layla’s flame blue using the blood she had stored until it turned red.

That blue flame was the signal, the will of the two who were perfectly connected opened the passage of magic at the level of the soul.

Cleon’s and Layla’s visions overlap. The target was the thickest part of Enkidu’s armor, which had been weakened by the series attack.

“Cleon! Get the timing right!”

Lyla’s voice stops Cleon’s breathing, and in the sense that time is slowing down, the moment when the magical power of flame extending from Layla reaches Enkidu is captured.

Get it…!

As if overlapping with the sound of something being crushed, a red sword with blue flames was swung.

The next moment when magic power and physical impact collide at the same time without an inch of error.

With the twisting distortion of space, blue and red flames explode and swirl at the same time.

Enkidu’s thick armor was completely shattered with it.

In the aftermath of the tremendous power, Cleon and Lyla are dumbfounded, unable to comprehend for a moment that they have just done what they have just done.

When the rail fully reveals itself in front of his eyes, he instinctively reaches out to him, rips off the wires coiling around his body, and tries to free him from Enkidu, who is missing his arm his.

“Ah~ Ah~ I helped you up to this point. I must have picked the wrong thing to invest in.”

The next moment, a red-haired demon swinging a spear in the air and falling towards Cleon. Ishtal.

As he slightly stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, those eyes fell straight down, aiming for the heart of his prey his, Cleon.

Such a sudden appearance, such a Cleon was half-draped on Enkidu’s torso, so he was in no state to avoid the attack.

Cleon also suddenly raises his head, but the spear has already reached his nose.

However.

“Go away…! Do you think you’ll get hit twice…!?”

The flames from Cleon’s body blazed up and swallowed the falling demons.

“What, hey!? Kyaaak…!”

As if not expecting Layla’s counterattack at all, the demon screams and disappears with magic.

It also seemed to be welcome.

He must have been looking for an opportunity while watching this fight from somewhere.

Cleon looked at Layla for a moment, his eyes wide open.

“Is this the right time to speak…?”

At Cleon’s words her, Lila blinks her eyes two or three times.

Haha? What- keuk… I’ll be sure to protect you afterward. Do what you need to do quickly.”

Leila tells Cleon about her nonsense her and puts her own back on Cleon’s back her.

Even though it was obviously made of flame, it wasn’t hot at all. Rather, a warm heartbeat came directly from it.

Cleon stretches out his hand and completely unties the wire that binds the rail again, then pulls his body.

[GRYYYYWaaaaa!]

Humbaba screams almost like a scream, and as the connection with the human being, which was the core, is severed, the mud form that formed the body rapidly collapses.

[Damn it! Damn you!!! Your world is fake! It’s a deception! It is a false world built on our sacrifices! Why are you, such fake human beings!!]

“Look at your appearance. Where do you say you are human?”

As Cleon lifts the rail over his shoulder and separates from Humbaba, he tells the enemy who has already lost his humanity because he has been twisted.

It’s not that they don’t understand the desire to turn their world around.

But even so, they couldn’t stand still trying to sacrifice their world.

As this ancient man had told himself, Cleon still had work to do.

[It won’t end like this… ! Even if it’s just the four guys who ruined everything… !]

Humbaba gathers up all the remaining mud and assumes the form of a giant head, ready to swallow Cleon.

Cleon quickly steps back and swings his sword to slash it with Layla’s flames.

The first thing that moved before that was Rail’s hand, which had dried up and twisted in an almost mummified state.

The two thought he was fainting, but when he suddenly moves, Layla and Cleon are embarrassed.

And, the next moment, something stuck in Humbaba’s mud was sucked into his hand in an instant.

“Cleon! That guy, in your hand!”

“Soul capture…! Did you still have it…!”

Cleon quickly tried to cut off Rail’s hand, but the timing was off. Rail rather dug into the mud to dodge Cleon’s attack, then staggered from a distance and got up.

As he coughed and coughed, the figure that spewed mud mixed with the blood he had absorbed from his mouth he was already beyond human.

The dried and twisted body has returned to some extent, and mud swells and bursts from various parts of the body.

“Kuh… Uh…”

Rail sobbed and opened his eyes to look at Cleon.

In his eyes he gazed at Cleon, standing on top of the mud slowly dissipating beneath it-the remains of Humbaba.

Three pupils were floating in one eye.

It was difficult to determine whether he was still sane from the erosion of the mud that had risen up to his face.

“Give it up, Rail. What can he do just because he absorbed his soul?”

Cleon spoke to Rail with a calm face while holding the sword.

So did everyone else around.

Haha… The true power of Black Engagement isn’t magic… It’s the knowledge he possesses. Cleon.”

The voice was Rail’s own, but he was n’t sure if it was his own.

As Rail said so, he stretched out his hand toward the sky, picking up the remains of Humbaba as they scattered and disappeared on the ground.

Then, something explodes from his hand and scatters throughout the academy.

Cleon momentarily swung his sword and even cut off Rail’s remaining arm, but what flowed from the wound was no longer human blood, but mud like a beast.

“What have you done?!”

When Cleon approaches and grabs Rail by the collar, Rail raises a fishy laugh.

“Well…? What is it… Haha…

The next moment, Rail’s body explodes explosively. A deadly blow that pierces Cleon’s body by making the whole body’s mud like thorns.

He quickly tried to protect himself by wrapping his body with magic, but even so, he was too close.

The next moment, Cleon’s muscles tightened in anticipation of the pain that would strike him.

“Crystal Veil.”

Dozens of crystal swords pouring down from the sky. And it splits the gap between Cleon and Rail, becoming a wall and protecting Cleon’s body from thorns.

Rail tried to roll backwards in pain as if his body was being severed, but a group of blue holy swords surrounded him again, surrounding him like a prison.

“Sorry, Cleon. It took so long.”

Cleon and rail stopped moving at the voice coming from behind.

A confident yet sad voice, a voice that had both kindness and coolness, was a voice she hadn’t heard in a long time.

There, I saw a woman wearing a uniform as the head of the swordsmanship department, holding a blue glass sword at her waist.

“Aruru…”

When Cleon called her name her, Aruru closed her eyes for a moment with a sad expression, then stared at the rail with her eyes completely directed toward the enemy.

“Rail Gliopond. You are the enemy of the kingdom—no, as a human being in this world, you have committed unforgivable things.”

“…”

“Therefore, here I will slaughter you and purify you from your sins.”

After Aruru said that, Rail regenerated his arm with mud from his severed arm his, and instead of his hand his, he swung both arms with blades and removed his Cleon his.

“Everyone, please don’t touch me… It seems that the power of Arondite is essential to completely get rid of that mud. And… Let me finish it.”

Everyone was silent at Aruru’s words his.

In fact, the anger against Rail was felt by everyone here.

It was also true that no matter what reason he gave, he could never forgive Rail.

However, there were no humans who did not know that Aruru stood in front of him with a heavy heart than anyone else.

“Aruru… No matter how much you are, you can’t stop me.”

“You’re more arrogant than I remember! Rail. You’re already the only one left.”

However, Rail giggled without reaping the smile on his lips his and the hatred in his eyes his.

The next moment, everyone had no choice but to harden their faces at the story of the academy students rushing to them.

“Bo-I have a report! A large number of automata have appeared and are attacking the students!”

“Some of the artifacts inside Vitos’ warehouse are starting to run wild!”

“Rail…!!”

Aruru’s face crumpled and she swung the arondite she was holding in her hand and rushed at Rail.

“If you won’t accept my world, then I, like my master, have no need for this false world…!Haha! Break! Shatter!”

Rail laughed madly while accepting Aruru’s sword with both arms.

Cleon looks at such a rail and talks to his party her.

“First of all, it’s important to stop the automata and relics running amok. Let’s leave this to Aruru.”

“Now, wait a minute, Mr. Cleon! The rift in the other dimension where the demon fell is not yet closed… Yo…”

As Sasha lifts her head and peers through the gap with her imprinted eyes, she turns pale and talks.

“Something is trying to come over…! Something like a giant snake…!”

“A snake that devours the world! When it arrives in this world, it will devour everything beyond regeneration!”

“Lyla! How to close the dimensional rift!?”

When Cleon quickly thinks of a countermeasure and talks about it, Layla looks beyond it for a moment before talking with a dark face.

“No, even if I close it here, I’ll open it on the other side. Something’s coming really fast…”

“So, then you have to fight the same monster again?”

At Quon’s words, Cleon and Lyla also shut their mouths for a moment.

Eventually, Cleon shook his head and looked at the gap in the other dimension.

What came to Cleon’s mind was the dream he had last night in which Quon appeared.

“No, there is a way.”

“Cleon-you…”

Layla looks at him as if she was thinking the same thing as Cleon.

“Someone needs to go into the 2nd dimension gap and block that guy called the snake from opening the entrance.”

Saying so, Cleon released Iona from his hand.

Iona suddenly returns to her human form and grabs Cleon’s wrist from her.

“Wait, Cleon!? No way, that’s not what you’re trying to do, right? It’s just too dangerous!”

“That’s right, Cleon… ! We can all fight together here… !”

Quon and Iona’s desperate persuasion her, Sasha, without saying anything, rushes to herself and grabs her by the waist.

“The reason the snake is trying to come over is probably because the coordinates were created when Humbaba appeared. Just like the fight with Alvein brought the Beast Beast. So, letting such beings into this world itself is also It’s an act that brings other dangers.”

“Well, even so, going alone, senpai-“

“I can’t drag you along on something stupid like this. You have to stay in this world, so I can follow your imprint and come back. Layla, I’m asking you all.”

Everyone’s mouths were shut, they could n’t understand Cleon’s words, and he desperately felt his will follow him.

“You’re wise. That’s the best decision.”

However, only Laila looks at Cleon and makes a cold judgment.

Thinking rationally, it was impossible for all these people to enter a place like a gap in another dimension, where they might or might not be able to return.

Therefore, it was the most reasonable decision for the strongest one to sacrifice.

“Layla…! My memory hasn’t come back yet…!”

“It’s not like that… Even if the memory came back, it would have been the same. I think I know roughly what this guy is thinking.”

Lyla interrupted Quon and glared at Cleon.

“Be sure to come back. If you don’t come back, I’ll burn it.”

Her eyes her, as she spoke while pressing her index finger on Cleon’s chest, seemed like it would really set Cleon on fire.

“…Yes. I’ll be right back.”

Then, at the tip of Lyla’s index finger her, the magical power of her flame wraps around Cleon’s body like a film.

“With this, the contamination of magic will be able to be prevented to some extent. It won’t last that long, though.”

“…If I go inside, close the dimensional rift with Iona.”

Lyla nods her head at Cleon’s request.

Rail, who was fighting Aruru, laughs at Cleon’s behavior when he sees him like that.

“It’s pointless…! Entering the rift of another dimension without Enkidu-like equipment… I’m sure I’ll be killed without even lasting a few minutes…!”

The next moment, an explosion erupts from Rail’s body, blowing him away. After rolling on the floor several times, mud flowed out from the explosion and the guy let out a scream.

Layla, with her ghostly face her, stretched out her fingers and ripped open a part of Rail’s body his.

“…Lyla.”

“Why.”

Cleon called out to Lyla quietly and placed her hand on her head her, which was still in the form of pure flame.

“Thank you… I’m glad you’re here. I’ve said this before.”

“I don’t know. Something like that. I’ll have to get him down soon to get my memory back.”

“Love.”

Having said that, Cleon uses flight magic to enter the rift of another dimension.

“…What, that. If you say that and leave, what’s the point?”

Lila clenched her fists and reached out to grab Iona’s hand hers.

The avatar magic was lifted, and Lila, who regained her physical body her, swung Iona toward the rift in another dimension where Cleon disappeared.

The huge divine magical slash exploded into the gap in the dimension as it was, and the hole in the sky was filled up and disappeared.

There was no trace of the dimensional rift where Cleon disappeared.

“Lyla…”

Seeing Lyla with her head down with her tears in her eyes, Quon talks.

She wanted to follow her if she could, she didn’t want to let him go alone.

But he said Cleon was asking him to take care of everyone.

He knew what he would have done if he had been told.

Lyla uses her flying magic her to soar above her her academy her. Here and there she looks down where the flames are soaring, she talks.

“Let’s clear this place until Cleon returns!”

The tears evaporated and disappeared.