CH 147

[The Only God of the End]

“That’s…!?”

A huge pillar of light suddenly rose into the sky, causing to go wide-eyed.

After which, Magmell who was one with me thanks to the effect of《Superior Arms》exclaimed in a shocked manner, “No way, is that a sealing magic…!? But a seal of that scale should be impossible to cast…”

“Hey, what’s goin’ on!? Is the old hag safe!?”

“Calm down, Ophir. If it’s truly some sort of sealing magic as Magmell says, whether she’s on the receiving side or the activating one, Turbo-sama must be alive.”

“Y-you’ve got a point there…” Ophir put on a feeble expression at the calm Zana’s words.

The safety of the parent who’d raised was unknown, and on top of that what seemed to be the activation of a sealing magic was unfolding before her eyes.

It was no wonder she couldn’t keep her calm.

As such, I said in a strong tone so as to set her mind at ease, even if only a little, “You don’t have to worry, Ophir. Even if, by any chance, Turbo-sama is trapped in some sort of sealing magic, I’ll definitely get her out. I promise.”

“Y-yeah, thanks…”

Ophir sank down on her rear, her expression dark, and then Tirna gently patted her head and said, “Everything’s gonna be fine. Exa will definitely do something about it. So, cheer up, okay?”

“…Yeah. Thanks… Tirna…”

“Mm. Don’t mention it.” Tirna smiled and nodded—at that time.

――PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!

““““““!?””””””

All of a sudden, something that looked like a black aura began to overflow from the bottom of the pillar, then in a blink of an eye it devoured the entire pillar.

“Exa!”

“I know! Everyone, hold tight!” Nodding to Arca’s call, I immediately lowered our altitude and flew straight toward the base of the pillar.

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Just when the black aura that swallowed up the pillar scattered in the wind, we arrived at its base—in front of Turbo-sama’s temple.

“Oh…? Hello, my cute children…”

Needless to say, what greeted us in a jovial mood was Phinis-sama and—

“Old hag!”

The figures of three goddesses being dragged into the ground by a black aura.

They were Turbo-sama, Igniver-sama, and Sinus-sama—though her size was different from when we’d first met her.

It appeared that the previous pillar of light was a sealing magic casted by the three goddesses.

But looking at this situation, it seemed that it didn’t work on Phinis-sama.

“H-hey!? Wake up, old hag!? Hey!?”

Ophir rushed toward Turbo-sama in a hurry, but perhaps she had lost consciousness, she didn’t give a reply even as she was being pulled by the black aura.

“Fuck!? Let goooo!?” Despite boasting immense strength, Ophir couldn’t pull up Turbo-sama and free her from the black aura no matter how hard she tried to. In the end, she could only watch helplessly as Turbo-sama and the other goddesses were completely swallowed into the black aura.

“Kh…” Ophir directed fury-filled eyes towards Phinis-sama, biting her lips tightly.

Phinis-sama then revealed a faint smile and said, “No need to worry… Turbo and the other goddesses just became one with me, that’s all…”

“Just became one, you say…?

“Don’t give me that bullshit!” Ophir was about to throw herself upon Phinis-sama with her Hallowed Sacred Treasure in hand, but Arca and Zana immediately held her back.

“Calm down, Ophir! Even if you throw caution to the wind, you’re only gonna get the tables turned on you.”

“I don’t care! Imma kill that fucking goddess right now!”

“I painfully understand your feelings! But please, you have to get a hold of yourself!”

Despite being restrained by Arca and Zana, Ophir still didn’t back down. Perhaps she found the sight funny, Phinis-sama giggled amusedly.

I asked her a question, “…Why did you do this?”

“Of course, so we can live in peace…”

“Live in peace…?”

“Yes… Ufufu… With this, I can give you the last Sacred Treasure…”

“…What do you mean?”

As I asked, puzzled, Phinis-sama for some reason pointed to Zana, “You…” and said, “children with the same face as you—I will sacrifice them and create another《Sword Saint》…”

“Huh…?”

Naturally, Zana went wide-eyed, dazed.