Instant Death

The throne of the Holy King.

It is a sanctuary and center in the pivotal church. It is also known as the so-called Kodamoto Mountain.

It is in the king's capital of the kingdom of Manny and cows all of the religious groups that boast the greatest power in this world.

Once upon a time, there lived the Holy King.

After the Holy King has no longer sealed the demon god Albugarma through his body, he is worshipped as a symbol.

Expansion then continued over the millennium as a religious institution.

The pivotal church symbol is axial, as its name suggests. It was inspired by the heavenly axis that penetrated the center of the world, and pivotal church-related buildings were also made with cylindrical motifs.

The current seat of the Holy King shows the intricate and strange appearance of cylindrical buildings with black and white patterns disturbing and connecting in numerous corridors. Its greatness is enough to overwhelm and awe the beholder.

the upper part of that throne of the Holy King.

There, the Archbishop's office was available.

Now, without the Holy King, the Pivotal Church is run by the agreement of ten archbishops.

The Archbishop usually carries out his duties in the parish in which each is responsible, but always one takes the form of packing in the throne of the Holy King. This was on a rotating basis, and now it was a man named Hollaris.

Hollaris looks out at the window of the office.

The throne of the Holy King was the second tallest building in the King's capital, from which he had a panoramic view of the township of the King's capital.

There's been some sort of incident, and quite a few parts of the city have been devastated.

But to this extent, Hollaris thought it wouldn't matter now.

Because Hollaris was convinced that there was no future for mankind from now on.

Holaris had felt the resurrection of the demon god Mana in him.

Humanity does not know.

That demons of the demonic world have come out of nowhere.

That if you care about it, you didn't even make it to the point of destroying this country.

But Holaris had a role to play in entertaining Mana, who was caught in a seal named Demon Realm.

To that end, he entered the largest religious community in the world and gained the authority to control his admission to the demonic realm, which stretches beneath the city.

I can't go out there, so the change has to come in from the outside.

Just calling in disorderly doesn't generate entertainment there, so we set some rules.

And they made it possible to enjoy the adventures in the demonic realm of those called the Seekers.

But I'm done with that, too.

More than Mana's resurrection, I don't care about the Seekers or anything else, and there's no point in continuing the position of Archbishop or anything else.

What will Mana try to do when she comes out on the ground?

Hollaris doesn't know it's just me.

But not until I obey whatever order it is.

Hollaris was eagerly awaiting the manifestation of Mana.

"... Well, I've unsealed it, has something changed?

Hanakawa obtained full authority over the demonic world and unsealed the seal that had sealed Mana.

Indeed, the hemispherical membrane that surrounds the sleeping table, which was in front of me, has disappeared. But Mana originally went in and out without this seal or anything. I didn't think it would make any difference where the seal was gone.

"I was strictly ordered not to leave this place by your brother. That symbol was the juncture. But the fact that the seal was unsealed means nothing more than that your brother has allowed me to go out!

"Ugh... I have no idea why..."

His brother, the demon god Albugarma, is already dead. If so, I don't think that promise can be rebuffed anymore, but that seems to have to be unsealed.

Then, I also feel like the promise has to be kept forever, but that would have been that if the person Albugarma entrusted with the key unsealed, there would have been no promise either.

I felt kind of strange, but Hanakawa stopped thinking. That's what makes sense in her.

"As promised, well, I've unsealed the seal, so Lord Lute can help you, can't he? So, we can go home now, right?

"Right. It makes me uncomfortable to keep seeing someone as fat and ugly as you, so why don't they leave before they change their mind?

"Oops... I've never been treated like an awkward person, but this is the first time I've been told I'm outright ugly..."

But I can't even just let that get me down.

I don't know when she'll change her mind.

"Come on. Lord Lute, you're coming with me. Master Mana has been freed, and all he has to do is ram until the high altitude dies... you can see it's about to burst, but his life is already a lightning fire in front of the wind! And, heels!

Hanakawa used healing magic on Lute, who was nodding next door.

But the lost arms never regenerate. If you looked closely at Lute's arm, he wasn't bleeding or injured. I just don't have an elbow ahead of me. That's how it is.

"Good luck with that. It's like the heights are dying, right? You want to take revenge!

"Oh, yeah, you are. I've come this far."

The lute rises loosely.

And I started walking with Hanakawa.

First, we have to leave this dim room.

Hanakawa looks back. Mana doesn't seem interested in this one. But I can't relax.

I think it's really far from the exit because I'm walking softly to avoid irritating the mana.

"Hmm? That sounds oddly hard to walk..."

I feel like I'm being taken off my leg.

It's dark and I don't know, but it feels like my feet sink in.

"Yeah, yeah, it's disgusting..."

Gradually, it becomes clear what's going on at your feet.

I don't even want to make sure it's coming from the soles of my feet.

"... Master Mana's seal is unsealed and her body is expanding out of the seal..."

"Ugh!? What do you mean, this floor..."

"... Probably... I'm getting ready to give birth to the Lord..."

"Well, you know, I don't even want to think about it, but this is the place."

"In Mana."

"Sounds like it's not if you're saying it's awfully warm nari...... or something! We have to hurry!

But the more I panic, the more something will tease me on my feet, and I can barely move forward.

"Even if Mana doesn't want us to, we might be eliminated as foreign objects... I'll kick your ass. You stay put and do your best to escape."

"Where should I go to escape!?"

"You got the full powers of the demon kingdom. That should tell you where the shortcut is. It should be connected to all levels from there, so it's easy to get out if you go one step further."

"So, then, together..."

"You can't. We'll just collapse together like this. Or, Hanakawa. You think you have the strength to just throw me out?

"Ugh... even if they say so..."

"Bye."

Soon after sparing her goodbye, Lute kicks Hanakawa.

Hanakawa gained momentum and flew out of the palace.

He hits the ground from the face and slips away.

"Lord Lute!

Hanakawa woke up and looked back.

The white palace had turned into a red and black mass.

I guess the palace, which has become like a stripped muscle or a spilled gut, doesn't have the strength to just support the structure. Unable to withstand his own weight, Gucci crushed and reshaped.

And the change didn't just stop at the palace. Slowly, but the impact is on the perimeter.

In time, I guess the city around us and the people there will swallow up and go too.

"Hi, hi, no, no, no!

As it is, I am swallowed by the sea of flesh.

Hanakawa rushed out to the city.

Six layers of the demon kingdom. Great dining room inside the fort in the woods near the centre.

Theon, the wise man, kept explaining to the wise candidates there.

"Now, when it comes to killing each other right here, it's just not fair, is it? Some people seem to be able to kill everyone on this scene at once. So shall we start in an hour? Of course we don't need each other's help for the past hour. If you break it, you will be disqualified immediately. And I'm going to disarm you of the skills you're putting on. Play with dignity!

"This, you can't do anything stupid to kill each other!

"Oh, yeah! Why would I have to do that!

"Yes! There's no reason or point in doing that!

Someone cuts the fire and reveals what follows it. So you got the momentum, and everyone started leaking their grievances.

"Of course it's decided to have settings that you can't help but kill each other, right? Right. judgment every hour from the start. Who hasn't killed anyone in that hour, because I'm going to kill them?

"... then I wish you were dead..."

risen loosely was Seiichi Fukai with the class of Reaper

"Oh, that's okay. If you can kill me, that's where your trial ends. That would keep the number of sages the same, but if you could kill me, it would be worth about two sages."

"... No way, our gift won't work for you. Oh, my God, you're not saying that, are you?

It was an obvious and necessary provocation.

Theon is free to control the gifts he gives. If a gift is deactivated, there will be no more means to counter the wise. So we need to take a word for it. We need to provoke them and put them on the same mound.

"I won't tell you... I don't think I can beat you guys? I honestly thought you'd still have eyes to survive if you killed him."

"Die!"

The Holy One releases his power.

Scion shook tingly.

That was all.

"Ki... that didn't work! You lying puke!

"No, it works right. I could have killed you before you used your powers, but I dared you to take it. I was interested in what the power of instant death was like."

"Don't be ridiculous! Why aren't you dying!

"No, that's why it worked. I died earlier. But, well, if you're dead, you just have to come back to life, right?

"Die! Die, die, die!

The Sacred One releases power over and over again.

But Zion walked slowly to the Holy One.

"Hey, what the hell! What the hell, you!

"Oh, you didn't tell me what power I had. In a nutshell, is it also called pulse-linked leveling? Every time my heart pulses with dokun, I level up. Each time, all health, magic, and status abnormalities are happier, and if you're dead, you're alive again."

Sacred One calls out to die like one of the fools' memories. Whatever else the Sacred One did, it was all he had.

Theon approaches it unintentionally.

"Well, the ability to die instantly is to this extent."

Theon stands before the Holy One and tells him to confirm something.

"Well. Everyone else seems to be watching, but I think that's the right thing to do. You may challenge me to battle, but in that case, be prepared to die."

Scion waves his fist.

The Sacred One was unable to flaunt the straight from the front.

Bread!

Along with the dry sound, the head of the Holy One can be played, and its body collapses.

From Sion's abilities, there's no need to bother getting close and beating him up at all.

Yet it wields direct violence, punches blood and brains, and makes you feel something more like death than any other.

This is an easy show to understand.

"Well, let's wrap up the rules."

Scion smiles, as if he didn't care about killing Sacred One or anything else.

"The start of the trial is an hour after this explanation is complete. We don't need each other's hands for the past hour. I'll kill you if I give it to you. The only stage in which trials take place is inside this six-layer wall of demons. If you go outside, I'll kill you. An hour after the start of the trial, anyone who hasn't killed anyone will. We will narrow the scope for conducting trials every hour. Of course, if you're out of range, I'll kill you. One of the last survivors is a trial achiever, I won't kill him. So, we're done explaining."

The Sage candidates jumped out of the dining room with us first.