"Yu-sama! W-will you... will you let us go?"
Below, more than ten thousand Tomie looked toward Yu, their voices full of anticipation.
They were all Tomie, sharing memories, but on the manifested moon, what they saw every day was either their own dismemberment and cutting apart, or the barren lunar ground and endless starry sky.
All of that was extreme torture for Tomie, both mentally and physically.
And now they had finally seen the blue sky, the sea, and people struggling around them. They had finally left that terrifying place and returned to this blue planet.
However, Tomie's expectations were naturally shattered. How could Yu let them go? Yu had put in great effort to cultivate so many Tomie. If he let them go easily, wouldn't he suffer a loss?
Not to mention the land occupied by the manifested moon for cultivating Tomie, just the daily maintenance of Tomie's lives… well, it seemed that aspect actually wasn't maintained at all.
In any case, these Tomie were useful to him. If Tomie could really be used as souls to summon a Heretic God, then he would be even less likely to let them go.
"Nakano-sama, everyone you need is here."
At that moment, a voice from the loudspeaker suddenly sounded from below.
Hearing the sound, Yu looked down and saw a strongly built man in a suit.
That man was the leader in charge of this transport of criminals. He had just followed Yu's instructions and brought twenty thousand criminals and ten thousand Tomie into the summoning circle.
"Take your people and leave. Ten minutes. The farther, the better."
Nodding slightly, Yu waved his hand and said.
Hearing this, the man did not hesitate. He waved to the police officers controlling the prisoners, and in a short time, everyone who was not involved in today's matters fled.
"They… they left?"
"Are they letting us go?"
"Really?! We, we're free again?!!!" Seeing the police leave, the group of people in handcuffs and shackles looked in disbelief, and many of them turned their gazes toward the Tomie nearby.
"Hehe~ Look over there."
"Those little faces look so tender!"
"By the way, why do they all look the same?"
"No, I, I want them!" As he spoke, some even rushed toward the group of Tomie, still dragging iron balls on their legs.
But after only a few steps, a Moon Stone Giant appeared, blocking their path.
"Huh? What kind of, what kind of monster is this?" The man blocked by the Moon God Envoy, who was half a head taller than him, lost his balance while holding the iron ball, staggered backward, and fell directly to the ground.
However, the Moon God Envoy completely ignored him. Its eyes, beneath the armor of stone and earth, shone with a red light. Immediately after, it delivered a blow, fiercely striking the man's body.
Pfft!
Like a bag full of water bursting, the man exploded into a pool of blood under the terrifying power of the Moon God Envoy, and chunks of flesh mixed with bone fragments scattered everywhere.
Seeing this scene, the people who had just wanted to rush toward the Tomie immediately retreated, and silence fell.
But it wasn't just that one person who rushed forward, and it wasn't just one Moon God Envoy present.
After the death of that man, the Moon Stone Giants leapt out from behind the Tomie, landed among the crowd, and smashed those who were trying to quietly retreat back into the group into bloody pulp before returning.
Watching this scene, Yu remained silent. These people were prisoners, and Yu had no problem if the Moon God Envoys killed them.
Yu's only concern was whether there were still enough people, specifically thirty thousand, but obviously there were.
With the Moon God Envoys controlling the situation, Yu no longer paid attention to the chaotic crowd below. The Tomie, seeing those people turned into meat paste, also smiled. Although they had suffered greatly, it wasn't to the extent that they would desire prisoners, especially those pathetic people.
Such people only provoked disgust in Tomie.
"Let's begin." Yu murmured, raised his hand and sent out the three divine artifacts used to summon the Heretic God Prometheus.
Speaking of this, Yu was quite reluctant to part with Prometheus's grimoire. After all, the ability of Prometheus's grimoire was theft, and the target of that theft was the authority of God!
If Prometheus's grimoire could be retained, he would look for an opportunity for those around him to try to kill a Heretic God.
The five sisters and Kotonoha, under the blessing of the "Wing Contract," only possessed the strength of a Great Knight. Normally, Yu would consider that enough, but after what happened this morning, Yu realized that he had most likely become a target.
Although Yu did not know what kind of existence the opponent was, nor why they were targeting him, in any case, the strength of a Great Knight was now clearly not enough.
If conditions allowed, Yu planned for the five sisters to kill a God, but not now. A Great Knight against a Heretic God was still too difficult; he had to maximize the strength of those around him.
Refocusing, Yu's cursed power erupted, and a surge of energy, like a vast ocean, poured into the three divine artifacts.
Immediately, the sinner's stone nail burst with dazzling red light.
The red light spread, and immediately after, the diamond-made stone nail began to grow. In just a few breaths, it transformed into a massive stone nearly one hundred meters tall.
This was the original form of the sinner's stone nail.
It should be known that Prometheus was not a heroic God in the true sense; he was a giant, a Titan from mythology!
How could a stone nail capable of pinning Prometheus to a mountain be so small?
"What is Yu-sama doing?"
"Th-that... gives me a very unpleasant feeling, like... I'm going to die..."
Below, the Tomie and prisoners looked at the diamond, their faces full of confusion and fear. A suffocating sense of death spread from the red gem.
Whoosh!!!
Suddenly, a golden-yellow flame ignited on the diamond. The flame danced, and the moment it appeared, it evaporated the surrounding sea. The terrifying high temperature directly turned the prisoners into black ash.
Only because Tomie had extremely tenacious vitality were they not immediately turned into ash, but endured for a few breaths.
"It really works." Feeling that the required souls for summoning were being filled thanks to Tomie, Yu smiled. Since Tomie could serve as a substitute, he had to be a bit kinder to them, at least to speed up their rate of self-reproduction.
Hm, from now on, let the Moon God Envoys cut off a piece of flesh every minute. The growth time of Tomie is still too long; they need time to grow into adults. I should find an opportunity to kill the Goddess of Life, or the God of Time, and see if I can accelerate their growth.
No longer thinking about it, Yu fully focused on summoning the Heretic God Prometheus.
When the thirty thousand souls were completed, the prisoners and Tomie, who had been burned into black ash by the sinner's stone nail, were now absorbed by [Stealing Light].
After absorbing the black ash formed from those souls, [Stealing Light] also ignited with flames, but this flame was incredibly cold, without temperature. On the contrary, although it was fire, it burned the surrounding light.
In just a few breaths, the area around [Stealing Light] turned into endless darkness, and just looking at it would cause people unbearable headaches and dizziness.
Burning with light, [Stealing Light] suddenly collided with the sinner's stone nail. The flames burning on the nail directly melted [Stealing Light] into molten copper.
The molten copper flowed, and the moment it completely enveloped the sinner's stone nail, the firelight disappeared, and the diamond nail turned into a bronze pillar, crashing heavily onto the ground.
Boom!!!
The moment the sinner's stone nail struck the beach, the night sky suddenly lit up with a crimson fiery glow. Under the illumination of that crimson light, Prometheus's grimoire, which had been motionless, suddenly turned into particles of stone dust and scattered.
Ignoring the change in Prometheus's grimoire, Yu raised his head toward the sky full of fire and murmured:
"Has he arrived?"
The moment the young man's voice fell, masses of heavenly fire pierced through the high clouds and fell, a scene like rain.
Whoosh whoosh!!!
The heavenly fire struck the sea and the beach, but instead of extinguishing, its flames grew stronger. Without any combustible material, it burned on the beach and in the sea.
"I bring light and fire to mankind!" As this strange scene appeared before the young man's eyes, a majestic Divine Word also echoed through this world.
Hearing the voice, Yu looked up and saw the enormous face of a man above the pierced clouds.
The man had golden hair and golden eyebrows, a full beard surrounding his entire chin, and eyes that were pure, unbelievably innocent blue.
"Is that Prometheus?" Looking directly at the man's face, Yu raised an eyebrow. The Titan was even larger than he had imagined; just his face covered half the sky.
If that was the case, it would be difficult to deal with him. Although his body was enormous, it would be easy for White Horse and Wolf of the Twilight of the Gods to hit and deal serious damage, but the problem was that Yu could not easily test his abilities.
Facing the unknown, Yu, although confident he could kill him, would certainly be injured.
Just as Yu was thinking about how to deal with this guy, Prometheus also noticed Yu.
The moment he saw him, disgust flashed in Prometheus's eyes.
That was the instinctive contempt and repulsion of a Heretic God toward a Campione.
At the same time, Prometheus also understood why he had appeared here; the magic circle in front of the Campione explained everything!
Without hesitation, Prometheus stood up, his enormous body, a thousand meters tall, leapt out of the clouds, carrying the continuously falling heavenly fire, and crashed heavily into the sea far from Yu.
Whoosh whoosh!
The moment Prometheus fell into the sea, layers of waves rose, crashing heavily against the beach.
The thousand-meter-tall Prometheus, like a mountain rising, blocked out the sky and the sun. His muscular body stood in the sea, making Yu look like a speck of dust floating in the air in comparison.
Looking at Yu, Prometheus bent down, exhaled scorching breath, and his voice rang out like a great bell:
"Hoo~ Campione, was it you who summoned me?"
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