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Episode 210: Liberating the Soul

'You're done, Mr. Ute...'

"... oh"

I took a big breath out of my shoulder. [M] Finally, we did it. I... No, we could have saved the world.

But the sacrifice was enormous. It is also true that many people have died as a result of the [extinct world] of phantom beasts. That's the biggest glitch in this fight.

And countless floats remained in the traces of the vanishing phantom beast.

"Mr. Ute, what is this..."

"Probably a soul sacrificed during the resurrection of the phantom beast"

'! Well then...'

"Oh."

Joy also comes from the inner Raphae soul. In no time they spread all over the world. I guess all souls went to the flesh to be returned. Now the people who have been deprived of their souls, starting with Serena's sister and Sasha's father, should wake up immediately.

Then there was only one soul left behind on this occasion. I don't have the flesh to return and I guess I can't do anything about it. I no longer have to think about whose soul that is. I approach the soul slowly. [M]

'... Ha ha! I didn't expect you to bury the phantom beast! The boulder is the king! You've just beaten me once!

I eagled his soul with my right hand as I listened to Gabriel's voice from the reading.

"Ma, wait, wait!! Don't go too fast!!"

He wants to guess what I'm about to do, and Gabri raises her upset voice.

"Ku, ku. You're gonna abandon me, mindful of Raphae? I shouldn't discriminate. And think about it, turning me off here won't do the king any good, will it?

"... so?

"Just like Raphae, take in my soul! If the power of the King and my wicked wisdom go hand in hand, they're just invincible! It's easy to rule this world!

I accidentally spilled a laugh. [M]

"I see. That sounds interesting."

"Right!? The boulder is the king, the vessel is huge -"

That's where Gabri's voice breaks off. Because I crushed Gabriel's soul with all my might.

"Gaaaaaaaaaa........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Gabriel's soul vanished as he echoed the cry of the Terminator. Damn, you annoyed this guy to the end.

"Mr. Gabri......"

From Raphae's voice came a few sentiments of sadness. What a Raphae to mourn someone who drove himself to death.

"It's Raphae. It will be tiring to continue reading in a state of soul. Why don't you get some rest?

'... right. Now let me sweeten you to your words......'

The reading was interrupted, and Raphael's soul fell into a temporary sleep. Now, the question is what are we going to do with Raphae's soul? Like Gabriel, there is no more flesh in this world to return to Raphae. I can't say that it stays in my body the whole time...

Looking back into the footsteps from behind, I saw Kiel walking up to me in an unrestrained footstep.

"Kiel, are you okay now?

"... oh, no problem. More than that, it's not like we're really going to defeat that phantom beast. Shall I say that the boulder is the king?"

"Don't get me wrong. This victory does not belong to the only one. I was able to bury the phantom beast because everyone had power. Kiel, you too."

"Huh. I don't remember it being very useful..."

Me and Kiel stare at the distant sky. At the end of a long night, the world was beginning to stain the color of the morning burn.

"Now, my king. The phantom beast is doomed, and all that remains is me and your duel. What do you say we settle this place?

I looked at Kiel's unexpected remarks.

"Are you serious?

"Naturally. Why do you think I helped you? It's all to settle with you. Don't worry about getting in the way now."

"... Huh"

The mouth angle rises unconsciously. There's nothing wrong with challenging me to fight in this situation where I just buried a phantom beast. But, well, Kiel was that guy from the beginning.

If you don't come to the duel now, Kiel burns a fighting spirit in both eyes. But on the other hand, I...

"Sorry, Kiel. I'm not fighting you anymore."

"... what?

Now it was Kiel's turn to watch.

"The rest of us exchanged the promise of a duel with you before because we had the condition that if we defeated you, we would free the souls of the prisoners. But now that people's souls have been freed, there is no longer a reason to fight you."

Previous struggles had some meaning or purpose. But in the duel with Kiel, there is no more meaning or purpose.

"Even if it's an exchange of lives, you don't need a reason to cross fists. That's my doctrine."

"The rest and your doctrine are different. In the past, the rest made fifty thousand human beings deceased with this hand. I swear I will never kill you again without repeating that mistake."

I told myself to remind myself of past tragedies.

"If you can add or subtract to the extent that you don't kill me, I won't even take it... You wouldn't want a duel like that, would you?

"... naturally. It's a duel when we hit each other with all our strength."

"Then it's a shame. I'm sorry to imitate your expectations, but I won't fight you for the rest. Don't feel bad."

After a brief silence, Kiel opened her mouth.

"No pointless killing...? On the contrary, if it makes sense, it's a different story."

……

As Kiel failed to measure his sincerity, Kiel took an object out of his right pocket. Looks like some kind of creature's eyeball.

"... what's that?

"You don't know? It's called" Endeard's Eye. "

!!

The word sounded clear. The "dark black mist" of turning human corpses into semidemons - the four ingredients needed to generate it are "Gundle's teeth," Endeard's eyes, "" Huttle's claws, "and" Giraffe's wings. "What Kiel has in his hands was just one of them.