After turning into a beast, Garfiel had completely become a fierce tiger. His body was covered with striped fur, and he was several times taller than before, making Satou Kazuma look incredibly small in front of him.
"Woah, woah, wait a minute..."
Satou Kazuma looked at Garfiel transforming into a beast in front of him and swallowed hard.
"This guy is actually a demi-human..."
"No matter how I look at it, I can't beat him."
Satou Kazuma turned his head to look at Emilia and the others, casting a look of help.
"Good luck, Kazuma!"
Emilia looked at Satou Kazuma with a very expectant look.
Satou Kazuma had confidently told her that everything was under control, so Emilia believed him unconditionally.
"Hiss..."
Satou Kazuma felt a little sweaty.
"Hey Garfiel, we can actually sit down and talk things over—"
"Aaaaaaaahhhhh!"
Before Satou Kazuma could finish speaking, Garfiel burst into a deafening roar, making the former's eardrums feel a little painful.
In beast form, Garfiel's physical functions would be further enhanced.
But he would also gradually lose his reason and become violent.
In Garfiel's eyes, Satou Kazuma was likely a threat to the safety of the Sanctuary.
In any case, he had to kill Satou Kazuma here!
"Hey, look behind you!"
"I'll kill you!!"
Garfiel didn't fall for Satou Kazuma's trick at all, and charged over at a terrifying speed. Fortunately, Satou Kazuma reacted quickly and took a big step back, dodging Garfiel's attack.
Where he had just been standing, a huge pit appeared, with a diameter of more than several meters.
If he had been hit just now, he would probably have turned into a pile of mush.
Satou Kazuma was still in shock.
"This, this is totally cheating, right?"
He looks like a mindless fighter no matter how you look at it, why does he have so much mana!
Unscientific, unscientific!
Damn beastman!
Wait a minute...
Satou Kazuma looked at Garfiel's head, which was basically identical to a tiger's, and a thought suddenly popped into his mind.
"Useless goddess! Do you have a skill that can make others multi-talented!"
Satou Kazuma asked Aqua quickly.
Although only Axis cultists used to become multi-talented, Satou Kazuma's intuition told him that Aqua definitely had the ability to make others multi-talented without joining the cult.
"Huh? How did you know?"
Aqua asked in surprise.
"Quick, quick! Use it on me!"
"You're really hopeless."
Aqua immediately reached out her hand and released a spell, and a yellow light enveloped Satou Kazuma's body.
Satou Kazuma could feel an unknown force surging through his body.
"What are you going to use this ability for?"
Aqua asked, puzzled.
"This is very important—I'll tell you later! Useless goddess, help me buy some time!"
Satou Kazuma turned around without hesitation and rushed into the depths of the forest.
"What's with that?"
Just as Aqua was wondering, Garfiel's tall shadow had almost completely enveloped her figure!
Garfiel stared at Aqua.
Although his target was Satou Kazuma, he had just seen Aqua help him take down Roswaal.
This guy is also an accomplice!
"Why don't you join—"
Before Aqua could finish speaking, Garfiel waved his hand and sent her flying like a ball, then chased directly after Satou Kazuma.
"Useless goddess! I will remember your sacrifice!"
On the other side, Satou Kazuma had taken advantage of the few seconds and was already holding several branches and vines in his hand.
As he ran, his hands moved as if they had their own consciousness, assembling the things in his hands quickly!
The useless goddess's ability seems to be really useful!
"Aaaaaaaahhhhh!"
In just a moment, Garfiel's terrifying roar echoed behind Satou Kazuma.
Satou Kazuma could even feel the wind stirred up by the other person.
"Water spray! Freeze!"
Satou Kazuma ran while using various magic spells, trying to hinder Garfiel's pursuit.
His level of freezing would definitely not be able to restrain Garfiel.
However, Satou Kazuma's target was not Garfiel, but the ground.
Satou Kazuma wet the ground with water, and then immediately used freezing magic to freeze it, and a layer of frost formed on the ground.
When Garfiel stepped on it, he almost lost his balance and fell to the ground.
This was enough to buy Satou Kazuma more than ten seconds of time!
"Damn it! Don't run! Face me!"
"Then be a man and don't chase me! If you don't chase me, I won't run!"
Satou Kazuma shouted loudly, his voice echoing in the forest.
"I must kill you!"
Garfiel flew into a rage, rubbing the ground hard, and countless ravines instantly appeared, shattering the ice on the ground along with it.
He took another step, and the distance that Satou Kazuma had finally created was instantly erased in a short period of time.
Garfiel's claws were already stabbing towards Satou Kazuma's back.
At this critical moment, Satou Kazuma suddenly turned around and waved something in his hand—
A large tree branch with a small ball of leaves and mud attached to the end.
An enlarged version of a cat toy!
This was the masterpiece he had just created using Aqua's ability.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk!"
Satou Kazuma made noises to tease a small pet, while waving the cat toy in his hand!
Garfiel's true form is a tiger!
In a sense, he is also a big cat.
No feline can resist a cat toy!
"What are you doing, you bastard?!"
Garfiel questioned Satou Kazuma. He could feel his consciousness gradually being covered by the instinct of a beast.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk."
"I'm going to kill you, you bastard!"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk!"
Garfiel's patience had reached its limit, and he charged towards Satou Kazuma—
But the next second, he popped out his claws and began to pat the ball on the cat toy back and forth.
Fun!
Fun!
"No!"
Garfiel suddenly reacted and tried to wake himself up quickly.
"What am I doing?!"
Is this some kind of magic?!
Why can't I concentrate?!
Garfiel's eyes were always attracted to the swaying ball.
"What did you do to me?!"
Garfiel asked loudly.
"As expected! Even a demi-human can't escape the nature of a feline in the end."
Satou Kazuma said with a smile.
"I have no idea what you're talking about, but don't think that you can control my will by using this kind of dirty trick! I am—"
Before Garfiel could finish speaking, Satou Kazuma shook the cat toy in his hand again.
Garfiel couldn't control his body all of a sudden, and pounced again to interact with the cat toy again.
In beast form, Garfiel's will would gradually approach that of a real beast, stimulating animal instincts.
This is also why Satou Kazuma's cat toy was able to achieve such obvious results.
"Hahaha, this is the difference between the two of us!"
Satou Kazuma showed a triumphant laugh on his face. Then, he shook the cat toy in his hand even more dramatically, teasing the other person like fishing.
Just as Satou Kazuma was thinking about what to do next, he heard a snap from the tree branch in his hand, and it broke off.
After all, the cat in front of him was a little too big.
"..."
"..."
Satou Kazuma and Garfiel's faces were full of black lines. A suffocating silence permeated between the two of them.
"Um, Garfiel, can we pretend nothing happened?"
"I'm going to kill you!!! If you die, no one will know what just happened!!"
Garfiel roared and then waved his huge claws towards Satou Kazuma's head.
"Can only..."
"Can only do that?"
At the moment of life and death, Satou Kazuma's body made a move subconsciously!
"Authority, activate."
But this time, it wasn't the Greed Authority that was activated, but the Gluttony Authority.
Suddenly, memories that did not belong to Garfiel were constantly poured into his mind.
These are all Satou Kazuma's memories of social death, condensed together, and then exploded in Garfiel's mind.
These memories were continuously poured into Garfiel's mind, bringing him great pain and mental pressure.
Under the influence of the Gluttony Authority, Garfiel felt as if he had personally experienced these things in a matter of seconds.
Being crushed by the White Whale.
Being crushed heart.
Being ripped open.
"It, it hurts!!!"
Garfiel staggered, held his head and retreated several steps, and finally collapsed on the ground.
The effect of beast transformation gradually faded, and Garfiel returned to the appearance of a teenager as before, but soon his consciousness also dissipated and he passed out.
Satou Kazuma lowered his head and looked at his hand.
If the Greed Authority has an effect on the enemy's body, then Gluttony attacks the opponent's spirit.
The effect is quite good.
But why.....
Satou Kazuma felt a kind of sadness in his heart.
"Never mind, I won anyway!"
"Let's drag this guy back."
Satou Kazuma grabbed Garfiel's hand, but now his strength was not enough and he couldn't drag the other person, so he could only stand there gasping for breath, waiting for his companions to come and help.
"Kazuma-sama!"
Before long, Emilia and the others also rushed over in a hurry. Roswaal also woke up under the treatment of Beatrice and Emilia.
"No way? You really took him out?"
Natsuki Subaru looked at the person in front of him in disbelief. Satou Kazuma actually did it.
"It was easy. After all, I've always been very strong!"
Satou Kazuma said with a smile, while turning his head to look at the people around him.
Elsa, Beatrice, and Emilia were all there.
"Oh, that person... what was their name?"
"Anyway, that coachman is also there."
But where is Aqua?
"Did you guys see Aqua?"
Satou Kazuma asked.
"We just saw Aqua-sama flying in this direction, and we were still looking for her."
Emilia said worriedly.
"Um, Emilia-sama, leave it to me!"
At this moment, Otto, whose name Satou Kazuma had forgotten, volunteered.
He took a step forward and seemed to be muttering something. Several flies flew to his side and hovered around him.
Otto has the blessing of spirit language and can communicate with all kinds of creatures.
Since he is not yet proficient in using the blessing, he usually keeps it turned off.
"These little bugs said that they just saw a person screaming and flying in the air like a boomerang... This shouldn't be Aqua-sama, right?"
Otto swallowed and turned to look at the others.
"That must be Aqua! Which direction?"
"F, follow me!"
Otto immediately led everyone to run towards that location, and what came into view was Aqua with her head stuck in the soil.
"It's over, it's over, Aqua-sama!"
Otto's face was full of panic.
In his eyes, Aqua was already dead.
"If one of the candidates dies, will I be implicated!"
Just as Otto was panicking, Satou Kazuma walked to the other person's side:
"As expected of the useless goddess, she flew really far!"
He reached out his hand, grabbed Aqua's leg, and pulled her out of the ground like a radish.
"Kazuma, you bastard!"
"What's that got to do with me!"
"If you hadn't suddenly run to my side to ask me to help you, I wouldn't have been knocked away!"
"I know you're in a hurry, but don't be in a hurry yet. Someone just praised you for flying so well, spinning at high speed like a boomerang. I'm sure an ordinary person wouldn't be able to do that."
"Of course not! Who do you think this goddess is!"
While speaking, Aqua puffed out her chest proudly.
"Huh? Doesn't that sound like something to be proud of? And, and you just flew so far, and landed head first, a, are you really okay?!"
Otto's face was full of shock, and his small world view almost completely collapsed at this moment.
Looking at Otto's incredibly shocked appearance, Natsuki Subaru was stunned for a moment and didn't understand why the other person was so shocked.
After a few seconds, he suddenly reacted—
"Otto is actually having the reaction of a normal person!"
"Why didn't I think there was anything wrong at first?"
"Is my brain gradually getting used to all this?"
He sighed and then patted Otto on the shoulder like someone who had been there before, smiling and saying:
"You'll get used to it soon."
"Really....."