Heiji's screams echoed across the battlefield, each cry louder than the last.
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers were dead silent, thinking only how truly miserable it was.
The Four Gay Bros and Beam and the others, their expressions unfriendly, closed in on Saguru and his group.
The Floor Guardians of Nazarick also stepped forward.
The two groups approached those few humans from two directions.
Whether it was the Teddy Devil's leering smile or Albedo's cold golden eyes, they all said the same thing: You can't escape.
James's back pressed against Andre's arm.
He instinctively opened his mouth to shout 'run', but his gaze swept left and right, over the hundreds of thousands of black and white soldiers surrounding the plain, and he closed his mouth again.
A black shadow shot up from the side.
The Rabbit Devil's body instantly expanded to a size comparable to the fourth form of Susanoo. Muscles bulged from under his clothes. Blood-red stripes appeared on his pale skin.
His right paw reached out. Five claws sprang from his fingertips. The claws pierced through James's crown and out through his jaw, lifting his body off the ground and holding him up in mid-air.
Blood dripped down the claws, hitting the ground with a 'drip, drip' sound.
The Rabbit Devil opened his huge maw and stuffed James's entire body into his mouth, chewing like gum.
Crunch, crunch, crunch...
Jodie's face turned white.
Although she had seen how twisted Makoto's subordinates were back in the real world, seeing it in person had a completely different level of impact.
"What are you doing?"
The Dolphin Devil frowned. "We said we were going to torture them slowly. How come you just ate him?"
The Rabbit Devil paused for a moment.
"Ptooey." He spat out the lump of flesh. "Sorry, forgot."
Makoto smiled slightly and raised his hand, pointing.
A holy white light flew from his fingertip and entered James's shapeless lump of flesh.
James stood up from the pool of blood, his face still filled with shock.
Before he could steady himself, the Rabbit Devil's sharp claws pierced James's abdominal cavity again.
This time, he didn't pierce any vital points. He just skewered him on his claws, playing with him like a string of prayer beads.
Saguru crouched down, pressing his hand to the ground.
A pale purple magic circle spread from his palm, quickly enveloping him, Jodie, Andre, and Shuichi.
Teleportation Magic!
He had long anticipated that someday Ainz would discover their lies.
Although he didn't like running away, he knew that facing these madmen head-on would only lead to death. So over the past two years, he had mainly focused on developing magic that was convenient for escape.
The light of the teleportation array grew brighter, on the verge of enveloping them all.
Suddenly, a black shadow covered them from above.
Albedo waved her hand.
The moment the magic circle's light touched that black shadow, it seemed to be absorbed by something. The bright white gradually dimmed.
The next second, it went out completely.
Saguru's pupils contracted sharply... he could no longer sense his magic power!
"Magic Drain."
Albedo withdrew her hand and calmly uttered two words.
A Ninth-Tier Spell that seizes the opponent's magic power, preventing them from releasing any spells for a certain period.
She led her subordinates slowly forward.
"You, who deceived Ainz-sama, are unforgivable. Do you really think you can escape?"
Shuichi's hand reached behind his back, gripping the handle of the Holy Spear.
He turned his head to look at Saguru. "Keep preparing the teleportation magic."
He knew the chances were slim, but he needed that glimmer of hope.
"Worry about yourself first, bastard."
Shiho walked out from the crowd.
She wore the white lab coat she often wore in the Black Organization, except with an added pattern of an orange chainsaw dog. Those brown eyes pierced straight into Shuichi like knives.
"No one is to touch him."
Shiho's voice echoed across the battlefield. "He can only be killed by me."
After learning the truth about how her sister had been harmed in the real world, she had long wanted to kill that social-climbing bastard Shuichi.
Not to mention that she had learned from Makoto that this guy had been playing the field when he seduced her sister.
She was determined to make his life worse than death.
"Not quite right, Shiho."
From atop Kurama's head, Makoto spoke with a smile. "When taking revenge, you shouldn't say 'bastard'."
Everyone's gaze turned back to that figure standing on the golden fox's head.
Makoto stood up, his half-lidded eyes looking at Shuichi, his expression turning serious.
"You should say it like this."
"I am Nishikawa Makoto... to avenge my wife Shiho, to seek justice for my wife Akemi behind me, I swear to make you die to atone for your sins!"
A blush flashed across Shiho's fair face.
To be honest, her feelings for Makoto were more about a transaction.
She gave him her body. He helped her get revenge. Neither owed the other.
But hearing how he addressed her, she couldn't help feeling a ripple in her heart. She couldn't help turning her head away, not wanting anyone to see her expression.
Suddenly, Kurama extended its left front paw, formed a fist, and moved it beside Shiho.
"Hey, little girl, touch your fist to mine."
Its tone was impatient.
Shiho was a bit confused, but she still extended her right hand, clenched it into a fist, and touched it to Kurama's fist.
Golden Nine-Tails' Chakra surged from Kurama's fist, spreading along her arm to her shoulder, and then throughout her body, condensing on her skin as a shimmering golden coat.
Tailed Beast Cloak... one of Kurama's abilities, transferring some of its Chakra to another person, greatly enhancing their physical abilities.
In the original Naruto, during the Fourth Great Ninja War, Naruto had used this technique too.
Shiho looked down at the golden light film covering her body and squeezed her fist.
She looked up, her cold eyes fixed directly on Shuichi.
The next instant, her body vanished from where she stood.
Shuichi's pupils contracted sharply.
'So fast!'
So fast that before his brain could even process it, a tearing pain had already come from his chest.
Golden Chakra Claws slashed diagonally from his left shoulder to his right rib, leaving a huge gash across his chest.
Skin flipped open, blood gushed out.
"You won't live to see the end of today." Shiho landed behind him, flicking the blood from her claws.
Over the next half hour, the destruction of The Avengers team served as the 'appetizer' for this war.
After Albedo sealed Saguru's teleportation magic, his resistance lasted less than three minutes.
Saguru lay on the ground. His body still twitching, but his pupils had already begun to dilate.
Cocytus withdrew his battle-ax, which was stained with blood.
Jodie and Andre were the last to fall.
Shuichi's body was torn into minced meat by Shiho.
One piece, two pieces, three pieces... She didn't know how many pieces she had torn. She only knew she mechanically repeated the motion of tearing.
The Golden Chakra Claws fell each time, stripping away chunks of still-warm flesh from the skeleton.
Her face was covered in blood. Her clothes were covered in blood. Her hands were completely covered in blood.
She was truly angry.
In the real world, the person who killed her sister with a gun was Gin.
But at the end of the day, the one who started everything was Shuichi.
If he hadn't used her sister to infiltrate the organization, her sister wouldn't have gotten involved in all that mess.
If he hadn't run away alone after his identity was exposed, her sister wouldn't have fallen into Gin's hands.
If her sister hadn't reincarnated into this world and been reunited with her,
Shiho didn't know how she would have lived the rest of her life.