The Devil's Shield Thousand Hands Shield, which is coming at me even though I didn't order it, is looking a little weird.

As usual, I use three arms from under the shield, one from left to right, to make it look like a leg of a bug, but it's too tight.

Hmm!... this feeling... rather than walking autonomously... something... feels carried by the light.

It's glowing.

I'll use my eyes to see the Spirit.

Thin eyes, blur focus......

... oh, the crushing of light around the thousand hand shields... the spirits are gathering.

And it feels like I'm gently carrying a thousand shields.

The spirits are bringing you to me...?

... Hmm... Something sounds...

I'll clear my ears...

--I 'm crying.

--I 'm crying.

--Help him.

--I can help you.

--I 'm shaking my thoughts on the shield.

--I 'm saddened by the thought that lingers on my shield.

--The thoughts that remain in the shield are crying out for love.

--Give him some help.

--I can help you.

--Let's all do it.

--Divide the overflowing spirits for him.

--You just have to touch him gently.

--Everybody, I can help.

--It's okay

--It's okay

I heard whispering.

It's such a voice that I can't even tell if it's an actual word or a reading.

But I do sound familiar.

It is the voice of the Spirits, first heard when they went to the spiritual realm "Bol Forest" and entered the "Great Spirit Tree".

The spirits seem to have spoken to me.

And he wants you to help him with the thoughts that remain in this thousand shields.

I'll touch the thousand shields gently, as I was told.

And... Psychic, or an image that streams things like my life energy, that I want to help...

Thousand hand shields glowed out...

I can clearly see the light...

Even if it wasn't me, it would be in a state where others would see it glowing.

Not a strong light, but a warm, soft light envelops a thousand shields.

The density of light seems to be getting darker and darker......

It becomes like a cocoon wrapping a thousand hand shields...

The cocoon... spreads lengthwise...

Gradually... it's becoming like a person's shape.

Could...

Ooh! The cocoon, which was emitting a soft, warm light, glowed strongly for a moment!

In the next moment, the cocoon of light disappeared...... a little girl with dark hair stood with a crying face!

Beautifully decorated light armor based on a pearl colour is wrapped around him.

"Nito... Sister, Nito, why, hold on!

The girl who suddenly appeared held me to the leader who was pushing me to the ground, crying.

With that flow, I naturally held it down.

The girl is holding the leader strong.

And for some reason, the leader, the suffering has subsided.

"Sister...... He must be dead... how could he..."

The chief is in tears.

"I do seem dead...... It's okay, the body's soul is back in the circle. I am a residual thought that was left on my shield..."

"Well, still... it's good to see your sister..."

"Nito, why the hell? What happened?

"Oh, me... I remember. The Empire guys, they tricked your sister into killing her. Saved my country with my life... And me and Nico... ugh, ugh..."

The chief again distorted his face in agony.

"Nito, hold on! Recover immediately…"

"It's okay, sister, you can't restore me. I'm half dead. No healing pills, no healing magic..."

"Oh no..."

"That's okay. Listen more than that...... sister. I don't have much time. I was an incomplete cold sleep, almost dead. But someone... forced me to live like that. I'm sure he used some sort of technique. I lost most of my memory... only amplified my hatred for people... Revenge for the people who killed my dear sister... that's all I've come for... Until I went out of my way to create an organization called The Claw Mark of Justice...... My real purpose was the annihilation of people. Bringing the Magic Machine God back to life and creating paradise... it's all a lie. That's how I used people... If I thought about it now... I think I was being used too. Maybe... I think it was the devil that brought me back to life. And back then, the mastermind that made you kill your sister is probably the devil, too. I think he was pulling the thread..."

"Oh, no... we all did then, we should have knocked it down..."

"Oh... the demons who were working with the Demon King were defeated by their sisters, The Braves. But it looks like the other demons were moving... The demonization of the person in question then too...... I think the devil was probably pulling the thread. I think it was also the devil's work that rampaged the annihilation weapon to defeat the 'Demon Man'. This ended up annihilating the 'Fourth Massimagna Empire'. He even summoned a brave man to defeat the Demon King and evade the curse of a thousand years, but he ended up destroying himself by demonic means."

"Oh my God... Another demon was entering the empire... But then the empire was full of chronic hearts... I was the only brave man left in the empire. It was attached to the devil..."

The girl seems to be trembling with remorse.

"Sister, Nico... Nico is in trouble. I was made a biological core of the annihilation weapon. Me... I tried to stop you... I couldn't. A weapon of annihilation has destroyed the Empire. But Nico is just a core for starting and running... not that Nico did it. I called for it to stop, but Nico wasn't conscious. The system ran wild, killing not only 'demons' but even people. I think that's probably the devil's work too. I saw it in my fading consciousness. After the destruction of the Empire, the appearance of a demon who absorbs the resentment of a large number of people...... That's what I realized. Everything was the work of the devil... I just remembered. Yet... I can't believe he was being used by the devil again after time..."

"I can't believe that happened... Sorry, Nito, I couldn't protect you..."

"That's okay. Sorry, sister... the devil took advantage of me. Even in this day and age, the demons seem to be trying to muster people's resentment with mass slaughter. Sister, what I've done... activates that 'demon man' annihilation weapon... I think the system has sensed the outbreak of 'Demon Man'. That's why I... generated so many demons... Maybe... Nico should still be biocore... With the system starting up, I wake up from the cold sleep. Sister, please... help Nico. That's not what she's doing. I'm just trapped in the system. Nico because of me... Help you..."

"Okay. Niko will help you, and Nito will be fine."

"Sister, I'm fine. I have taken many lives...... I really sincerely... resented people. It created us and made us a disposable tool... Besides, I took your sister's life. With all that resentment and anger, I've done a great deal. Even if I regain my sanity and memory by now, it's too late... Even my favorite sister is a human being... I have tried to annihilate a human race. I've had a hard time losing my sister... and I've taken a lot of people's loved ones. Not to be forgiven..."

"Then you have to make amends! You can't die! Live and atone!

"I'm sorry. I really can't do this anymore. I've managed to hold my life in a culture tank for Homunculus, but this time I'm out, I can't do it anymore. Cell collapse cannot be stopped. Sister, I want you to purify me. I want you to ask The Witch of the Light Column. Keep it up... I guess... I'll be undead... I think the same curse has been applied to the sister of" The Healing Brave ". No, he's worse than that... I'm sure I'll lose consciousness and memory. You're going to be a killer monster. I can't do this anymore... help me, sister..."

"Nito......"

"Please... sister. After death, then, it may be too late. At this moment of dying, I want you to purify..."

The chief closed his eyes without force.

"Nito! Nito! Nitto!"

The old girl shouted sadly.