Chapter 78
-Crackle!!! Boom!!!!
Two women clashed with terrifying intensity.
I quietly observed the fight between the goddess and the demon from a step away.
‘Impressive. She’s definitely grown stronger than when we last fought.’
I had beaten Isiris like a dog on the hottest day of summer in the past, so I had a fair understanding of her strength.
Compared to back then, she was now at least twice as powerful.
If we consider pure combat ability, she could likely even take down Baal as he was back then.
For that reason, I didn’t expect her to lose against that mysterious demon wielding lightning.
Isiris herself knew this, which is why she confidently stepped forward.
‘The problem is… why did that demon come here? Surely, they didn’t come to pick a fight they have no chance of winning…’
Having already faced her once, that demon knew well that facing Isiris alone would be a challenge.
Even so, for that demon to come to the frontlines meant they had some kind of plan.
‘Are they trying to gauge our strength? … No… judging by their actions, it doesn’t seem like that’s the reason. If not, then maybe there’s something else…’
I had a few guesses,
but there was only one way to find out for certain.
To confirm my suspicions, I carefully observed the fierce exchange between the two.
Keeping a close watch, I waited for the situation that would inevitably arise if the current trend continued…
***
{Divine Wrath (Superconductive Wave)!!}
-Boom!!!
An immense bolt of lightning shot from Isiris’s hand.
The strike, powerful enough to obliterate a mountain, hit Yupi directly, leaving no time for her to dodge.
// Gah!!!!
A pain as though her entire body was being torn apart.
Even though she had nearly perfect resistance to lightning, the divine power within the strike dealt her undeniable damage.
Yet Yupi gritted her teeth, enduring the pain as she gathered her dark energy again.
// That’s not enough! You think this will stop me…?
At that moment…
-Snap!
//What?
{Hm?}
A strange sound accompanied by an odd sensation started to spread.
As she realized what it meant, Yupi’s face froze.
// N-No…
Her body began to crack starting from her fingertips.
Seeing this, Yupi recalled a long-forgotten warning.
Mephistos had once warned her:
Her physical endurance was too weak to handle the power she wielded.
Following that warning, she had been careful to control her power in battle…
But intoxicated by undeniable ecstasy, she had forgotten that fact in this full-force battle.
Having exceeded her limits and taken countless full-power strikes from Isiris,
her body was now beginning to collapse, unable to withstand the accumulated overload.
{What… what’s going on?}
Though an enemy, the sudden disintegration of the opponent she had fought with all her might left Isiris feeling bewildered rather than victorious.
The disintegration spread from her fingertips to her arms, shoulders, torso, and head.
Her body started to scatter like dust,
and with it, despair and fear etched across Yupi’s face as she flailed and screamed in agony.
// Th-This… can’t… be… I… Mephistos…!
From the disintegrating body emerged a powerful energy.
Different from the dark energy she had been using, it was a pure and potent force.
However, without a body to contain it,
that power began to dissipate, losing form like an ink blot sinking in water.
Then.
[Somehow… from the beginning, I thought something was off.]
{!}
Suddenly, the surroundings brightened, and the presence of her master was felt.
Isiris turned around, feeling a surge of curiosity.
Standing there was her master, Seraphim.
Beside him, as always, was Ar.
Looking at them, Isiris immediately voiced her question.
{Master, what is happening?}
[Her limits have been reached. Despite the power she wielded, her body’s life force was too weak. This is the outcome.]
{Ah…}
Hearing Seraphim’s words, Isiris quickly understood the situation.
Living beings are naturally equipped with a limiter that prevents them from using 100% of their power unless under extraordinary circumstances.
The limiter suppresses their power, ensuring they don’t damage their bodies.
However, this demon…
The being called Yupi had an incredibly weak limiter.
The power she held was far beyond what her physical body could handle.
As a result, rather than her body simply stopping due to overload,
she was forced to pay the harsh price of bodily disintegration.
The reason for this was unknown.
Was it due to a congenital condition,
or was it a limitation placed on her as a demon crossing over into this world?
Regardless, her end was now inevitable.
{So, this means… she is truly about to die like this. A soul without a body will ultimately disappear from this world…}
Even the goddess Isiris did not fully understand the end of life,
what one would call the stage of “death.”
Although she had fought with all her might to kill the being before her,
this slightly unsatisfying conclusion left her speaking with a faint bitterness.
But then…
“[No, I can’t leave it like that.]”
{Huh?… What do you mean… ugh!}
The next moment, an overwhelming divine power surged from Seraphim’s body.
Like the crashing waves of a great ocean, that enormous power completely enveloped and swallowed up the vanishing mass of magical energy.
Enveloped in pure white light, this force took on the shape of something like a cocoon,
completely wrapping around Yupi’s mass of magical energy—no, a presence that could be called a soul.
Isiris felt a sense of confusion at the situation, which was beyond her understanding,
but the answer to her question appeared before her eyes not long after.
***
“Faith.”
Its power was far stronger than I initially imagined.
At first, it simply felt like an increase in available firepower, but as time passed,
and more people offered their prayers to me, I realized that my powers were growing in real-time.
And among these powers was the very ability I was using now.
Angelification.
The ability to transform a being’s race into that of an angel.
Though it came with the drawback that the original’s overall abilities would be somewhat downgraded,
in a situation like this, it was the only option I could use.
It wasn’t for a reason as soft as mercy.
The purpose of going so far to keep her alive was simply “information.”
To extract all the knowledge she possessed,
and to prevent her from escaping to hell.
I forcibly transformed her race, which was on the verge of collapse, into an angel,
thereby fixing her soul back in this world.
The cocoon grew and then cracked open,
revealing the being inside.
It was…
a figure with the same silver hair as before,
but with newly pure white wings,
and her skin was now as white as snow, taking on the body of a woman…
[…]
{Oh my…}
She emerged from the cocoon without a single thread covering her.
With her ample chest, slim waist, and firm hips,
everything was openly exposed,
and though I had anticipated this situation, her appearance was a little embarrassing even for me.
Isiris quickly created garments to cover her body.
Supporting the body,
Isiris looked down at her with a somewhat complex expression.
At that moment—
[Uh… ugh…]
# Oh… it seems she’s waking up.
The curious voice of Ar, who had been observing the situation with fascination.
As Ar said, the being nestled in Isiris’s arms began to slowly open her eyes.
Her deep blue eyes, reminiscent of sapphires,
dazedly looked around before her gaze turned toward us.
And then…
[!… Ar…?]
# Y-Yes?
[Hm?]
To our surprise, she reacted to Ar first among us.
Since I acted quickly after her body began to collapse, her previous memories should be mostly intact,
although there might be slight damage.
But why did this newly transformed servant of mine respond to Ar,
and not to me or Isiris, whom she had fought just moments before?
We began to feel curious about this fact.
But then…
[Thank goodness… you’re safe… my daughter.]
# …What?
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