Chapter 58
=“Kieeeek!!!”
=“I’m hungry!!!”
=“I want to eat meat!”
Seeing the countless demons before her eyes, Isera began to gather all of her divine power throughout her entire body.
She was originally not someone adept in combat.
Although much of it was due to the injury she had previously sustained from black flames, the confusion she felt made it difficult for her to properly wield her power even against low-ranking demons.
However, the place where she stood now was the earth.
And this land was one she had personally nurtured for hundreds of years. It was a place where her faith had deeply rooted itself.
As the Goddess of Vegetation, and as the Earth Mother Goddess, a being capable of exercising her power to the fullest in this place,
Goddess Isera began to do what she was meant to do.
To prove her worth.
No, it wasn’t just about proving herself.
But to protect this land that she had nurtured and cherished…
{I will never let you take this land!}
Her divine power began to burn with a green light.
At her command… the earth began to move.
-Fwoosh!!!!
Countless bushes and vegetation burst forth from the ground.
The vibrant energy of life filled the air and entwined around the bodies of the demons rushing towards Isera.
And then…
=“Kieeeek!!!”
=“Kuaaaak!!!!”
The bodies of the demons exploded in an instant.
The blood they spilled dyed the earth red,
And their torn bodies screamed in agony.
However, even as their comrades were being mercilessly slaughtered, the demons continued their onslaught without a shred of fear.
=“Eat the goddess!”
=“If you devour her, you will gain great power!”
=“She looks tender and delicious! Rip her flesh apart and drink her blood!”
The demons were beings tainted only by madness and greed, with no fear of death whatsoever.
The vines and thorny bushes erupted from the ground, binding and tearing them apart, but even so, their ferocity showed no signs of waning.
Demons narrowly avoided the vines and burrowed into the gaps.
Dozens of demons died in the process, but still, covered in blood and flesh, they relentlessly reached the goddess’s location.
And then.
{Ugh!}
Demons bit into her arm and stabbed her leg with their blades.
=“Kieeek!!! It’s hot!!!”
=“My body is burning!!!”
The next moment, they were burned to death by coming into direct contact with the goddess’s divine power.
Yet, the demons’ attacks did not stop.
The body of a god, possessing durability far beyond that of humans or even demons,
Was slowly being worn down by the attacks of dozens and hundreds of demons.
‘I have no choice… In this situation…’
Isera frowned amidst the accumulating wounds.
She had already slain thousands of enemies, but demons continued to pour out endlessly.
In contrast, the number of injuries on her body kept increasing.
The unfamiliar nature of combat also resulted in a significant waste of her divine power.
But even so,
Goddess Isera stood firm without wavering.
She made up her mind.
She was a being whose worth as a woman had already diminished.
If she could not even handle this,
She would become nothing more than worthless trash, unworthy of living.
With that resolve, she used a power she did not want to use.
{…Come forth… my children…}
At her call, they began to move.
-Rumble…
=!?
=“Kieek?”
The ground suddenly began to tremble violently.
Unlike before, the sensation this time was horrifying and eerie, as if something monstrous was crying out, shaking the entire world.
And then…
A sound came from the cracked ground.
-Waaahhh!!!
-Waaahhh!!!!
The cries of children.
Cries filled with anguish and pain, a pure lament of life itself.
=“Wha… What is that?”
=“What is thi… Gahhh!!!!”
In the next moment, countless hands burst through the ground.
The hands, soaked in blood, resembled the tiny hands of infants, but the power within them began to drag the bodies of the airborne demons into the ground in an instant.
The hands moved with reckless abandon, as if consumed by an insatiable greed that even mimicked gluttony.
Normally gentle and merciful,
It was an ability that did not seem befitting of Isera, the Goddess of Nature and the Earth.
However,
This was the true nature and origin of Isera, the Earth Mother Goddess of the Blackset Empire.
All things eventually return to the earth.
And the beings that are buried the most are weak and young infants.
Even if a woman bore ten children, due to disease and hunger, five to six would die before reaching adulthood. It was the natural order of this world.
The earth,
And the Earth Mother Goddess,
Were beings that voraciously devoured those countless infants who had perished before they could even bloom.
They were beings that embraced the resentment of numerous lives that had withered away without a chance to blossom.
=“Kieeeek!!!”
=“S…Save… Save… Guaaaah!!!!!”
Even the demons began to feel fear in the face of this horrifying hunger.
The pure yet brutal hunger of souls, stretching out from the ground, yearned for life itself.
And it devoured the thousands upon thousands of demons that had filled the area.
The demons that had crowded before her eyes vanished entirely into the ground in an instant…
{Huff… Huff… Huff…}
The intense fatigue that surged forth as a recoil from using her divine powers.
Though there were no more lesser demons, Isera had expended so much energy that she could no longer continue fighting.
‘But… I did it… In the end…’
Breathing heavily, Isera stood on her feet with a body that looked like it could collapse at any moment.
Although she had consumed so much divine power that she would have to rest for quite some time, a small sense of pride grew within her heart for accomplishing her task.
At that moment…
=“Well, well… You are more formidable than I expected. I didn’t think a mere native goddess of this land would possess such strength.”
{!}
A voice, steeped in an intense sense of unpleasantness, suddenly echoed.
The moment Isera heard the voice, which stirred a sense of instinctive rejection within her as a deity, she raised her head with a cold glare.
{You… You must be the leader of these demons.}
Isera spoke with a voice dripping with hatred.
The demon with a sly expression looked at her and greeted her with an air of formality.
=“Nice to meet you. My name is Mephistos. I am one of the Great Demons who rule Hell, and I have come to turn this material realm into a paradise for our demons, filled with blood and screams. To start, I will relieve you, who are engaging in this futile resistance, of your life.”
{Ugh…}
A direct declaration of hostility with no hint of negotiation.
At the same time, a sinister dark energy emanated from his body, causing Goddess Isera to feel chills running all over her body.
‘That being… It’s strong…’
It seemed that the claim of being one of the Great Demons of Hell was not a lie, as even she, a goddess, felt an instinctive sense of danger from its power.
Looking at the monstrous being before her in this situation where her entire body was already in tatters, Isera felt the cold grip of death drawing near.
‘So, this is how it ends… My… my existence… ends as something completely worthless…’
Nothing in her life had ever gone as she wished.
A political marriage with the Ba’al arranged according to her father’s will.
From the beginning, there had been almost no love for her from Ba’al, and soon after, under the pretext of desiring many children, he began indulging in other women.
Although they occasionally shared a night together for the sake of producing an heir, such instances were rare, occurring only once or twice every few decades.
And for the last hundred years, even that had not occurred.
Thus, Isera, drowned in deep loneliness, was used solely as a tool to maintain Ba’al’s authority and govern this land.
Now, at last, her life, filled only with misfortune, was reaching its end.
Her value as a woman,
Her purpose as a tool to carry out her assigned duties,
All of it was ending without leaving behind any meaningful trace.
She would be left as nothing more than useless trash…
=“Farewell.”
The sinister dark energy shot towards her.
The blow, containing the power to cleave through space itself, flew straight towards Isera’s neck.
To bring an end to her life, filled with despair.
But at that moment…
-Whack!!!
=“Wh… What?”
{!}
The dark energy vanished in an instant before her eyes.
What appeared next in front of her vision was a single pure white feather.
The moment she realized what it was, astonishment spread across Isera’s face.
[Are you alright?]
{Wh… Why…}
[Hmm?]
{Why… Why are you… saving someone as worthless and ugly as me?}
Isera asked, her voice trembling.
At that moment…
The giant, powerful ‘God’ standing before her.
Seraphim spoke quietly.
[You are beautiful.]
{…What?}
An unexpected response from Seraphim.
It was the first time in hundreds of years that she had heard such words.
Those words, blunt yet sincere, pierced deep into Isera’s heart like an arrow.
It wasn’t the hypocritical flattery of Ba’al,
But a straightforward truth spoken without pretense.
At that moment.
{Sister! Are you alright?}
{…Isiris…}
{Leave this to Seraphim and let’s go, quickly!}
Isiris urgently supported Isera and helped her move away from the place.
However, even as she was being carried away, her gaze remained fixed on the one who had said those words to her…
She couldn’t take her eyes off Seraphim.
***
Isera, who had been in a dire situation.
After arriving just in time to save her, I couldn’t help but feel puzzled by her words that followed.
She was expressing self-hatred, calling herself worthless and ugly.
From my perspective, I couldn’t understand why she would demean herself like that.
She might be hundreds of years old, but to be honest, she was one of the most beautiful beings I had ever seen.
Especially her mature yet noble beauty, which was different from others, suited my personal preferences.
Whether or not this body felt sexual desire was beside the point. It was only natural to appreciate beauty when one saw it.
For that reason, I had simply told her what I thought.
That she was beautiful.
I had spoken from a place of pure admiration…
Right after that, Isiris arrived and supported Isera, helping her leave the scene.
Then,
My gaze shifted to the bastard before me…
The demon responsible for this mess.
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