Hinata arrived in Lubelius's capital with teleportation after sensing the barriers gone.
And she found it filled with monsters all around.
"W-what happened?"
"Hinata-sama!?"
"We are alive!"
Hinata took out her sword. It seems like the monster that ate and mimicked Shizue-sensei has caused an outbreak in Lubelius.
Thankfully, unlike the mimic of Shizu-sensei, these monsters are very weak.
And so, Hinata prayed for their lives, and started killing them.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"
"Don't kill me!"
"Don't kill my son—AAAAAAHHHHH!"
Hinata endured the screams of elderly, adults and children, and continued exterminating the monsters.
*Clang!*
"Oi Hinata! Listen—!"
Saare appeared, crossing swords with her to save a child behind him.
"So that Demon Lord Apolloyon got you too, Saare?"
"Just stop and listen—!"
Hinata cut Saare down.
"Don't think I will allow you to escape!"
She killed Glenda.
She killed the Luminaries.
'Why can't I contact Luminous-sama? What happened in Walpurgis!? Roy! Valentin!?'
No response came to her Thought Communication as she continued exterminating the running monsters.
She felt dread.
Did Apolloyon declare war on Luminous-sama in Walpurgis? So, how did he know that she rules Lubelius!?
Unless...
Luminous-sama is already dead...
[[Individual Hinata Sakaguchi has lost Hero candidate qualification.]]
Her Greater Light Spirit, acting as her Hero's egg, left her.
It wasn't mature enough to talk, so with a disappointment sigh, it left to go back to the Dwelling of Spirits.
Hinata was starting to have doubts.
Why did she lose her Hero candidate qualification?
In her heart, there was already an explanation that she was trying hard to ignore.
Maybe... these monsters are really the people of Lubelius.
So then...
...Was that monster really telling the truth? Was she really Shizu-sensei? Did she... really kill Shizu-sensei?
Just then, a slime bullet coming from the sky pierced her stomach.
"Wha—!?"
It spread and enveloped her whole body, and then, broke down her body and evolved her into a monster.
And then, she opened her eyes, eyes wide as she heard the Voice of the World.
[[The soul nutrition for sprouting the Demon Lord Seed has reached.]]
Demon Lord Seed!? When did she get it!? And what does it mean the soul nutrition...
...Is it because of the monsters... no, people she has killed just now?
Hinata started hypervelting, even though she no longer needs to breathe.
Immense emotions of regret, guilt and existential crisis started blooming in her.
[[Unique Skill "Guilt" acquired.]]
She awakened a new Unique Skill, but it didn't matter.
In fact, with the awakening of this skill, she started feeling far worse than she was already feeling.
And then, she started feeling dizzy.
[[Harvest Festival Evolution has begun.]]
[[Bodily structure will be reassembled for Evolution into new species.]]
Has she killed so many people, that she is evolving into a True Demon Lord?
'...I have become a monster.'