182. Pride
A woman who represents the opinions of beings above the sky.
Even though the existence of God withdrew his power. Despite the cruel tragedy that befell her because of it.
As if to repay her unwavering faith, the pure white power began to fluctuate according to Stella’s will.
Like a known saint who was resurrected after three days in an old grave.
A saintess who has awakened and returned to purify this place where evil and murderous intent reigns.
Just like the biblical covenant that on the day the saint returns, she will be judged with flames, the pure white flames rising from Stella completed her preparations to judge evil.
“This, this is dangerous.”
“Hey!”
“… ….”
Valkyria’s wings fold in, and Fayron crouches over her body, hiding her nine tails in his arms.
Even the dunes were sweating coldly, looking up at the vast flame of God.
No matter how pitch-black the darkness is, if a small candle shines, it has no choice but to retreat.
Saint Stella’s appearance was like the sun sticking out her head a little early in the morning.
[Are you okay?]
“Yes, yes.”
Actually, of course.
Stella did not come back to life with a physical body like a saint in the Bible.
Like I used her powers through Velika’s soul.
Stella was just helping me in a similar vein, but I was supplying her mana to deal with her divine power.
Of course, it was impossible without practice.
Just like how I practiced breathing with Velika, no matter how much the two of us agreed, it was impossible with improvisational techniques.
But after Velika, I had already practiced working with Stella beforehand.
If you ask how this was possible.
A little unexpectedly, it was an achievement obtained during the time that Deius had been in control of the body for a long time.
In fact, even if I, who have no holy power, tried to deal with Stella’s soul, it would be useless.
If you can use the Holy Grail to indirectly handle the divine power, the story will be different.
Through Stella’s experience and her skills, she was using her divine power through mana that extended outside of her without touching her body.
[Because it is a power that is not already allowed to me as a soul.]
Even Stella cannot avoid being destroyed the moment she is touched by her divine power.
Also, since divine power is such a difficult power, it cannot be handled for a long time.
[A moment is enough.]
But Stella was confident of her victory in the few minutes given to her.
The white fireworks that occupied the central space of the banquet hall finally begin to move.
The flames, which were about the size of a man, gradually grew in size and were fired at the great demons.
The reaction of the nervous great devils was so desperate that it was close to escaping rather than avoiding.
They hurriedly roll on the ground or manage to flap their wings to take off, showing grotesque movements.
“Huh? Uh!”
“Wait a minute!”
The place where the great demons escaped was the other party who were quarreling with them.
Especially because the range itself was so wide that the flame was pure white, none of the party was able to avoid it and got hit right away.
“What?”
Findanei’s dumbfounded voice informed her that she hadn’t been harmed.
Deia and Eleanor were looking around at their bodies as they gradually healed in the flames.
Saint Lucia, who had sat down, had a shocked expression in the midst of the flames.
[Casting out evil.]
Stella slowly turned her head towards Lucia.
The former saint and the current saint meet each other’s eyes. To Lucia, whose lips quivered as if she had so many things to say.
Stella smiles with her teaching.
[Heal the wounded.]
“S, Tella-sama… ….”
[That’s us, isn’t it?]
For the great demons, the power of a deadly blow that can be life-threatening even if it is touched even a little bit, but on the contrary, it is a blessing that heals the entire body and revitalizes the human body.
This is a saint.
An existence reserved only for humans.
Stella turned her head and looked at the great demons. Lucia looks at her back and pours out her tears.
You always followed me.
In a difficult situation, he must have been thinking about what he would have done if it was him.
She is a completed saintess who fully completed all the burdens she was carrying and stepped down from the spot.
Lucia looks at her ideal, and she seems to wish that one day she too will reach it.
Stella, who once again showed her brilliance to her juniors who were walking after her, looked at the great demons again.
Like a field of reeds in autumn, the flames of divine power were already spreading on the ground at a tremendous speed, preventing the great demons from stepping recklessly.
This isn’t simply exorcising the great demons or intentionally inflating one’s own power.
She realizes that this is Stella’s will to protect all humans in this position.
Thanks to the flames of divine power spreading and boiling in all directions, the other party standing in its embrace were safe from the threat of the great devil.
‘That’s amazing.’
Quick judgment in a short moment.
She felt sorry for Lucia, but she thought she would have to work hard to catch up with Stella.
Stella doesn’t have much experience fighting demons, but she also knows how to protect others while fighting them.
The great demons who look down at the burning ground and bite their teeth.
In the case of Valkyria, because she had wings, she could escape at any time.
In the case of Fayron and Dune, they were clinging to the wall or hanging with one hand holding a light.
In order to escape, he had no choice but to risk his injuries and run out of the building.
“I will run away!”
Payron that breaks down the wall right away. Recognizing the danger of his holy power, he threw himself out through the wall he had just broken down with the thought of prolonging his life.
“Stop!”
“Payron!”
Two demons tried to dissuade him from his careless action, but it was too late.
Pure white flames pouring in through the hole Peeron had drilled hit his whole body.
“aaa!”
A great demon who covers his face with both hands while his whole body burns in pain. Unable to keep his body steady, he fell off the wall.
Kung.
Welcoming Fayron’s fall, living, breathing flames swept over him.
The scream didn’t last long.
The Great Devil, who had been arrogantly worshiped by humans with ten tails and harassed humans so much, faced a more futile end than expected.
It wasn’t Fayron’s problem.
This was the power of divine power.
It was an unprecedented power given by God to the only human being.
Valkyria and Dune gulped down their saliva as they looked down at Faerun, who had not left a corpse and even his soul had been achieved through extinction rather than rest.
The menacing heat felt from the outside.
The two demons already knew that Stella’s flames had spread like a net to the outer walls of the banquet hall.
Also, the fact that they have become insignificant creatures that have fallen into the hands of a woman who follows a god.
They were the greatest predators of the continent.
The Great Demons, who flew endlessly as if there was no top, only today realize how high the ceiling was above their heads.
Awesome.
The shadow of defeat was thick and the sense of defeat felt after a few hundred years seemed quite bitter.
Rather than that, it seemed unfair and unfair to lose like this without being able to really resist.
As a race of demons, as beings who covet struggle and pride, they must have enjoyed so much.
The name of the Great Devil was accepted anywhere like a black card, and it was a kind of right that gave legitimacy to all actions.
Now that’s it.
The two demons were roughly gripping each other’s ankles.
“Highly proud…… Holy woman.”
Dune, who was looking down at Stella and me while clinging to a lamp, asked in a low voice if he had finally given up on something.
If this is your end.
At least like the great devil with the name of pride.
I could see the desire to close my eyes while holding my pride in my arms.
“Show me your faith.”
Dune made a request out of the urge to confirm once again that we are the right people to give ourselves death.
I wanted to make the gentlemanly man who accepts the reality and accept death even in a hopeless situation clearly feel the gap with his eyes and skin.
[Deius, is it okay?]
If it was the old Stella.
If it had been her in her lifetime, she wouldn’t have given her the slightest chance against the devil.
I heard that in the past, she was infinitely merciful to humans, and she was infinitely cold towards demons as if balancing a balance.
But now.
Since she has the deformed archdemon as her close friend, she admits that they also have their own beliefs and way of life.
“Yes, as you wish.”
With my permission granted, Stella calmly looked up at the dune and nodded her head.
[I will accept it.]
The moment that word reached Dune’s ears. His body gradually begins to thicken.
The third pupil on his forehead opened wide and began to shed tears of blood.
Quooooo!
The final roar of the Great Devil echoes through the night sky. It was really not enough to put together a long and long time.
He straightens his legs and leaps off the wall towards Stella and me.
Quang!
The impact of the leap causes the wall he was stepping on to collapse, and the ceiling of the banquet hall begins to tilt.
Even in the midst of the collapse of the banquet hall, which had been maintaining a precarious balance, everyone’s eyes were on us.
Pure white flames welcome the flying dunes like moths. His body had already begun to turn into black ash just by touching it.
The momentum for the leap was still there.
It flies through the flames that engulf and devour itself.
“I have seen thousands and tens of thousands of pride! The faith shown by those who lived on this land was truly ecstatic!”
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Both eyes are already blind, but the third eye on the last forehead holds us straight.
“Dune, the Great Demon of Pride, show off your great evil pride in return for your performances!”
The moment they get closer to us, Dune’s back turns. The ulterior motive to swing the right fist as it is.
A blow.
If it was Dune now, it could break us mercilessly and make us our companions with just one hit.
[To see and enjoy the people of the republic’s desperate yet noble beliefs.]
Stella bids a meaningful farewell to the man who is heading towards the end.
[Wouldn’t that be an insult to the pride that you shouted so much about?]
The right hand that Dune will wield is already invisible.
“Ah.”
Unknowingly, Dune, who looked down at his body, which had disappeared after becoming ashes, let out a laugh of realization at the end and closed his eyes for the last time.
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