Part 5 Episode 9: It.
Crow stepped back and picked up his staff.
Transparent tears were still flowing from her eyes, but her experience of supporting Crow raised her.
It was a will that seemed ready to break at any moment, but it was still enough to be called a will.
Through my vision blurred by tears, I saw a black egg.
The spiderweb-like gold engraved on the egg was drawn like a work of art announcing the birth of something.
Kwajak.
And what made up such works of art.
It was a pure white arm that did not suit me.
White arms with cracks here and there, like eggs, grabbed hold of the prison that was imprisoning them.
Seeing the arm bent at a strange angle and holding onto the surface of the egg, Crow could feel goosebumps rising to the surface of his skin.
‘It’ came out of the egg very slowly.
Starting from the arms, legs, and torso.
It was a very slow speed that was not suitable for an urgent situation, so if it rushed at you, it would be able to attack you sufficiently.
No one.
I was too quick to move my body.
Fear that sharply stabs through my entire body even though I only witnessed a part of the body.
Despair that arises from being oppressed by an overwhelming presence.
All kinds of emotions swirled around, entangling the magical girls and villains.
They eventually had no choice but to watch as ‘it’ escaped.
‘It’ got out of the egg and finally set foot on the ground.
‘It’ looked down at its body for a moment.
“Heo-eok… Heo-eok… Heo-eok…!”
The breathing tempo of someone present began to gradually speed up.
And did you hear that sound?
‘It’ raised its head.
Unusually black pupils looked at a magical girl.
“aaa!!!!!”
Screams erupted.
“Everyone get back!!”
Crow urgently shouted and struck the ground with his staff.
Black smoke swirled around and surrounded everyone present.
And the ‘thing’ that was looking at that image.
I quietly stretched my feet forward.
“….!”
It was an instant.
A moment is not even a single piece out of hundreds of fragments.
‘It’ shot a black gaze towards Crow.
Pupils deeper and darker than the color of any abyss met Crow.
“Ah…Ah…”
The black smoke soon enveloped Crow, so the moment their eyes met was short-lived, but Crow could feel it.
“Uh…Ah…”
I saw it.
“Look… I saw…”
The smoke swirled violently, displacing Crow, the villain, and the magical girls.
“Mr. Crow!”
As soon as the smoke cleared, Xiao rushed to Crow.
But Crow was muttering something.
“…Crow…Sama…?”
It was the same for the magical girl who first made eye contact with ‘it’.
Crow and the magical girl ‘saw.’
“I saw…Uh…”
“Uh…Ah….”
I saw it.
I saw it.
I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw and I saw.
“…Huh…!”
Crow barely came to his senses.
“Oh my…Sosa.”
Even Crow lost consciousness for a moment just by making eye contact.
There was no way a normal battle was possible.
“I saw it! I saw it! I saw it! I saw it! I saw it! I saw it!”
Unlike Crow, the magical girl still couldn’t come to her senses.
“Shine…In…”
Crow struggled to open his mouth.
“Light…Come on…!”
Shine spread her palms.
The light came together in a circle and scattered light and gentle heat in all directions.
Crow felt the darkness that had been taking over his brain retreat.
“Huh…! Huh…!”
Crow grabbed his head and lifted himself up, supporting himself on his staff.
“…You’re crazy. Is this something that happens just by meeting each other for a moment?”
One of the magical girls muttered.
“…How do I… Beat that…”
Morale was falling rapidly.
If your morale is low in a situation where you cannot win even if your morale is high, the only thing left is defeat.
Crow quickly opened his mouth.
“No. There is a way.”
Crow looked at Shine.
“If there is the light of Shine, her mental erosion can be stopped. And…”
Crow looked down at his hands.
Oman was wriggling her body, showing off her hardness.
“I don’t know why, but… The boss gave me the Seven Deadly Sins again just before he changed. So…”
“I guess it means the other person doesn’t have proper arms and legs.”
Shine muttered and Crow slightly nodded his head in approval.
“There’s no way something that isn’t even a part of the incarnation’s body can handle ‘that’. You can tell just by looking at it not coming after us right now.”
“..Then.”
“We must hold on. Until sufficient support arrives.”
Crow raised his head again and looked in the direction where ‘it’ was.
“..1 Hour. You just have to keep it from leaving this area for 1 hour.”
“…Okay. Good.”
The magic girls stood up again and picked up their respective weapons.
“Let’s hold on. We won’t be able to fight properly because our arms and legs aren’t attached properly anyway…”
「That’s not true.」
Everyone heard it.
No.
I felt it.
“……What is this?”
Shine was embarrassed and turned his head to Crow.
“…I’m talking to you mentally.”
「On killing small things.」
“…!”
Everyone’s bodies naturally turned due to the sudden intense heat.
「You don’t need arms and legs.」
A small sun rose over the city, signaling the arrival of a cruel morning.
“…Mr. Crow. That…”
“Yes. It’s a familiar ability, right?”
Crow bit his lip harshly.
Feeling the fishy scent of blood wet his tongue, Crow recalled the memories of that time again.
“The abilities of the guy who was Butcher’s boss. And…”
Crow looked slightly to the side.
A small moon rose next to the fiercely burning sun.
Unlike the sun, it seemed to emit white breath and had a cold feel to it, something Crow was familiar with.
“..Isn’t it against the law to take something that belongs to someone else?”
As Crow muttered helplessly, he expressed it.
「It was originally mine. “I’ll take it back now.”
The sun and moon are falling.
Literally, heaven and earth are turned upside down.
Heat and cold, warmth and cold are intertwined, creating a strange scene.
“Everyone, get ready!”
Crow took out the Gjallarhorn from his belt.
The horn announcing the end approached the crow’s mouth.
Puuu.
The horn that announced the beginning of all destruction let out a beautiful scream.