Humans Who Fight Gods
A sudden trump card appeared.
The light of Runar, proof of Domain Expansion, spread like a swift current and began reshaping the surrounding landscape.
And then—
Crack!
"Ugh!"
With a brutal impact, the light of the Domain vanished in an instant as an axe blade embedded itself in Nanar's face.
Mullin, who had intended to cleave him in one strike, frowned at the unexpected hardness.
Even while being struck, Nanar grinned.
...Aha. So it's Kaits.
The immense Runar emanating from Kaits's body was proof he had performed the same act.
"Domain Expansion."
Kaits muttered as he ended the Domain.
When two Domains clashed, only two outcomes were possible.
Either both worlds manifested simultaneously and turned everything into chaos, or neither could manifest at all.
Usually, the former was chosen.
Those who possessed Domain Expansion overflowed with confidence in their own world, and choosing the latter demanded an absurd amount of power.
But Nanar's Domain was a divine realm created as a compromise because the Chief God, who should have existed in the divine realm, was forced to manifest in the mortal world.
It was a level above ordinary Domain Expansion.
If his world manifested, there would be no chance of victory.
Yet even Kaits, no matter how strong, could not face a god's—let alone the Chief God's—inner world one-on-one.
"So this state wasn't a Domain after all~"
Reina surveyed the heavens in a carefree voice.
Then, seeing Kaits's body trembling with Runar and Nanar moving leisurely despite staggering, she nodded.
"Domain Expansion!! My fleet!!"
Boom!!
A loud noise rang out, but once again no Domain manifested.
However, Kaits, who had been somewhat pushed back compared to Nanar, now moved more freely.
The power struggle of Domain Expansion had reached equilibrium.
"As expected of the 2nd ranked user, Reina. Even if it's more than Kaits, matching my Domain is impressive."
Nanar had expected to be blocked.
If the surprise trump card had worked, he could have blown away both them and Dre at once, but instead he felt delighted by the situation.
'This is fun.'
At that moment, the sea beast sleeping in the Sea God's Cave awakened due to the intense Runar.
[Kuaaaaaah!! ...Huh?]
There was no confusion at the new anomaly.
Caught between the lights of Nanar and Kaits, the beast was destroyed without even making a sound.
But it was Kaits's side that suffered the loss.
Nanar had pulled a trick while Kaits was distracted by the beast.
Nanar chuckled. Kaits and the two women, on the other hand, grimaced.
A seven-colored aurora had spread around them.
The colors of the rainbow.
Nanar's authority that Kaits had warned about.
'I had already laid them out in advance using Domain Expansion as bait, but now the formation is perfect thanks to the opening. That's why unexpected situations are so entertaining.'
There was a limit to how many he could deploy at once, but once activated, they could be replenished at any time with incredible speed.
At the same time, a warm and gentle sunlight enveloped Reina and Mullin.
The two women frowned, recalling Kaits's warning.
"Now, where could the madness be hiding?"
Madness, the authority of the Mad God, could be mixed into other attacks.
While it couldn't be used on multiple targets, that very limitation could be used as a bluff to make opponents hesitate.
Nanar loved mind games.
And then—
Bang bang bang!
Crash!
"Eek."
Mullin swung her hammer while Reina charged straight ahead, blowing away the rainbow colors.
They simply endured with their bodies and accepted the debuffs as they rushed forward.
"That must hurt your reserves, no?"
Failing to meet the conditions of the rainbow colors would nerf all abilities.
Even if the stat reduction was small compared to their power levels, the difficulty in operating Runar would be a significant loss.
"Think you can beat me in that state~?"
Nanar clenched his fist, forming a sphere of light in his hand.
He swung it to meet Mullin's incoming axe.
"Flash."
He slammed an explosion of light carrying physical force at the speed of light.
An axe made of mere mortal material should have been destroyed in one hit...
Crunch!
"Eek."
Nanar's fist shattered into pieces and his posture twisted.
Mullin twisted her body with all her might in the same swinging posture, preparing to strike from the opposite direction.
At the same time, Reina's greatsword from behind aimed to cleave Nanar from the waist down.
"Whoops. Dangerous~"
The moment he turned into light to move elsewhere—
With a whoosh, the greatsword pierced his waist.
Thud!!
"Kuaaagh...!"
The impact was faster than expected.
Glancing over, he saw the booster attached to Reina's greatsword spewing flames.
Whoosh!
He flew like a bullet, rolled across the ground, and barely stood up when a shadow loomed over him.
"Isn't this a bit too much?"
Kaits swung down with all his might, holding a sword of light.
Boom!
Amidst the pillar of light, Nanar, transformed into light, barely escaped.
Though the blow had been powerful, his appearance was tattered, but he quickly recovered.
Reina and Mullin showed no signs of fatigue and prepared to charge again.
"Control your power. I understand the desire to blow him away, but creating distance won't help us."
"Yeah. I'll be careful."
After a brief exchange, the two women charged again.
Nanar thought it would be better to keep his distance and settle it with ranged attacks.
While scattering the rainbow colors, he created numerous holes around him.
Soon, divine beasts and lasers emerged from the holes, and while attention was drawn there, he fired a single beam of light from his hand.
It was the light that blinded the foolish, known as the instant-kill authority.
The lasers were mixed with all sorts of light, making them hard to distinguish.
"Distinguishing them is... Gah!!"
Kaits would never overlook Nanar letting his guard down.
A glowing rock. A mace wrapped in minerals only Kaits could create struck deep into his abdomen.
Reina and Mullin took the lasers and divine beasts with their bodies, then slid to avoid Nanar's authority before charging again.
Nanar tried to create distance, but he couldn't shake off Kaits, who pursued him with wind wrapped around his legs in an oddly fast movement.
"Huu."
Eventually, he had no choice but to consume divine power in large chunks, temporarily boost his speed, and flee elsewhere.
The moment he lifted his head while sprawled on the ground, he felt an ominous wind.
"Whoa... You guys are really fast, huh?"
The greatsword and axe that immediately pursued him as if escape was impossible aimed to split Nanar apart.
He summoned divine beasts as shields and stepped back.
Even as he was sent flying by the impact of the exploding divine beasts, the basic radiance and Bright emanating from Nanar's body steadily robbed the two women of their vision and burned their bodies.
'It should have been like that...'
The two women charged through the light beams as if unaffected.
While dodging attacks that made his bones chill one by one, Nanar felt bewildered.
'They're too tough?'
Top-tier users.
Warriors who made names for themselves in Elrunar.
No matter how many of them gathered, if they had no means to withstand this murderous light beam and the blinding light, they couldn't even approach. Yet Mullin and Reina endured it with their bodies in a brute-force manner.
Even in a slightly debuffed state from the rainbow colors, it was simply astonishing.
'Not just brute force, but their senses are good too. Hmm... They're more troublesome than I thought?'
Mullin made sense.
Dolls created solely for Nanar.
Vessels forged through repeated trial and error to accept him when he would someday descend upon the mortal world.
She had admired Nanar more than anyone, yet learned the cruel truth that she was merely a sacrifice for the doll. And despite losing her identical sisters, Mullin was the greatest success.
It went without saying that she had been extremely durable as a success from the beginning, and while turning her back on the Holy Kingdom and going astray, she had undergone trials that built her reputation as the Heretic Nun.
Those trials had elevated her already sturdy self to an insane level.
Moreover, she was born with divine power, and it was a power very similar in nature to Nanar's.
It was only natural that her already tough body could withstand Nanar's power even better.
Even if it had been the main body's attack, she would have endured it as if it were natural.
But Reina?
He knew she was tough, but in terms of toughness alone, she might have surpassed even Mullin.
'I thought she was just playing with fleets.'
What was truly frightening was her physical ability.
Her strength could slaughter high-level monsters with a casual swing, and her special greatsword made of powerful materials.
The fact that she could fight on equal terms with Nanar, who combined skills and authorities solely through physical ability, spoke of her uniqueness.
But...
'In the end, they'll be worn down.'
They were full of energy now.
But if they continued to be exposed to Bright and Flash while enduring the rainbow colors with their bodies, the moment would come when they couldn't use Runar.
'When that time comes, eventually... Hehehe.'
Two strong heroes collapsing. Just imagining it was entertaining.
Then the two charging people suddenly stopped.
Huh? Nanar raised a question mark as a massive wave appeared behind him.
"Whoa!"
Boom!
A significant portion of his flesh was blown away before recovering.
Kaits, emerging from the tsunami, created hundreds of arms, each holding a weapon, and began carving Nanar up.
Nanar also created arms of light and tried to create hundreds of millions of holes in all directions to fire spheres. Divine beasts as a bonus.
However, the machines that appeared in the air and the wind pressure from Mullin's casual swing closed all the holes.
Additionally, Kaits's Runar spread out and restricted the summoning of divine beasts.
"Crazy...! If I could take them out in one go... Gah!"
"I hope you keep getting distracted like that."
While Kaits, who had slashed the back of Nanar's head with his sword, and Nanar, who was laughing, clashed spears head-on, Mullin and Reina closed their eyes and focused their minds.
"......Aha. Trying to remove the rainbow colors accumulated on your bodies?"
They intended to remove the debuffs and charge again.
He couldn't let that happen.
That had been his intention, but...
Thud! Bam! Thwack!
Unable to do anything due to the impacts precisely striking his face, neck, and knees.
"Ahahaha! Kaits! You're really amazing!"
"......"
Kaits's attacks were too fast and fierce.
There was no opening to interfere with the two women.
So instead, he laid out the rainbow colors again in all directions and hid 'madness' in one of them.
'First stop Kaits, then slowly...'
Flash.
"?!"
Reina suddenly closed the distance.
The admiral girl approached with an expressionless face and swung her destructive greatsword, several times larger than her body, with all her might.
Space along the sword's trajectory shattered like glass fragments.
And watching that spine-chilling destructive power, Nanar grinned.
"Jackpot~!"
"Ugh..!"
Reina had broken one of the rainbow colors, and in doing so, shattered the madness mixed within it.
This would make her experience painful memories and become incapacitated for at least a few seconds...
"Hup!"
"Eek."
Without a moment's delay, the greatsword swung toward Nanar.
He tried to dodge, but the greatsword was faster and struck his waist.
Crunch, crunch crunch crunch.
His body twisted grotesquely, so deformed it was questionable why it hadn't been bisected.
'...Her mental strength is too strong? Is she on Yeo Deure's level?'
That wasn't all.
'I thought she came to help without expelling all the rainbow colors... but she's back to her original condition? She must have some related skill??'
Reina's patron deity was a powerful divine being, so her information was restricted and he could only speculate.
As Nanar guessed, Reina possessed the power to quickly detoxify debuffs or authorities. With just 3 seconds, she wouldn't need to worry about rainbow color debuffs.
Nanar... realized that mind games had become meaningless.
Mind games required opponents to hesitate, but all three were so tough that tricks didn't work.
"...Then I'll have to raise the power."
Humming, Nanar's power powered up further.
The light beams grew even brighter, like the sun...
Crunch! Bam!
"Kuaaagh...!"
Two swords pierced Nanar as if to say "So what?"
Bright penetrated the two women's bodies, but neither cared.
However, thanks to raising his level slightly, he gained leeway to dodge even strong impacts.
Kaits closely pursued Nanar as he retreated step by step.
While laying out new rainbow colors, Nanar let out a wry laugh.
'No matter how much I raise the gear, I have to give up on mind games entirely in this fight...'
Originally, he had enjoyed mind games with the debuff of the rainbow colors, but against these three, it was impossible.
Only a battle of power against power.
Then suddenly, Mullin shot forward like an arrow.
She had concentrated divine power only in her legs to increase speed.
And then the mace to the crown of his head.
Thud!!
"Kuhuu!"
Nanar groaned as if thrilled. But his head didn't cave in.
Mullin made a displeased face.
'Gear or whatever it is, I don't know, but he's much harder than before.'
He didn't know the details, but if he got any stronger here, it would be unmanageable.
They needed to concentrate their attacks on this moment and finish it.
Nanar knew their thoughts well.
He didn't rest his body for even a moment to avoid being surrounded by the three.
His movements were very smooth, filled with vitality after a long time due to the new life of the Mad God who had lacked worthy opponents for so long.
"Ahaha! Good! This is great! This is how a fight should be!"
Kaits had already laid traps all around.
Touching them would cause electric shock and restrict movement for a moment, but there was no way he would fall for something so obvious.
Strangely, Nanar, who had gained a moment of leisure, didn't miss the opportunity and leisurely surveyed the battle situation.
'Aha, they're resting.'
Mullin and Reina were once again expelling the rainbow colors accumulated on their bodies.
'This is the chance while only Kaits is facing me.'
Nanar raised his gear even higher.
The consumption of causality accelerated further, but he thought it was only natural to accept for opponents of this caliber.
And then—
Crash!
Shatter!
"...Huh?"
From a space where there was clearly nothing, only Nanar's rainbow colors, Mullin and Reina leaped out.
'How? Those two are over there?'
Then what about those two lumps of Runar still with their eyes closed?
...Aha. Kaits!!
The answer came immediately.
The two people he thought were resting had transformed into Runar and disappeared.
He thought they had only installed traps, but by using Runar to change colors, they had created an elaborate picture like a photograph to deceive his eyes.
Kaits's splendid bluff, who had once been a painter in the past.
He thought mind games and such were impossible, but he had been beautifully deceived.
But Nanar also had a method.
As Kaits had said, he possessed a hidden authority.
'Light Star.'
An ultra-defensive authority that created and surrounded him with a planet of light.
Even these three couldn't break it quickly.
Nanar intended to wear it and leisurely escape.
"As expected, trump cards are best when hidden!"
An authority he had never even told Kaits about... just before it activated, a steel hammer swung at high speed with divine power and Runar concentrated in the hand struck his head.
"Kuaaagh!"
His eyeballs popped out and recovered.
Mullin, wrapped in divine power that seemed to burn.
Most priests of Elrunar were influenced by Nanar.
If it was divine power given by Nanar, it could be taken away, but her divine power was independent, so stealing it was impossible.
Ancient divine characters made of Runar were drawn in the air, granting all sorts of effects to Mullin.
Her already fast and strong body became even faster and more powerful.
At that moment when his attention was focused on Mullin—
Crunch!
"Kuh...!"
Reina's greatsword embedded itself in his side again.
Thanks to raising his level, he didn't cave in like before, but the impact was still enough to prevent movement.
To make matters worse, electric current and scorching heat flowed from Reina's greatsword, burning Nanar.
'Bright... Flash... and Light Star!!'
Again, he consumed divine power and causality in large chunks to increase his power.
And the Light Star he had been confident in... slowly burned away and disappeared.
"Huh?"
The golden flames Kaits emitted burned the Light Star and even made it difficult for Nanar to activate his authority. Kaits also had a hidden card.
He tried to laugh joyfully and counter using the knowledge of the God of Combat, but...
Crunch! Thwack! Bam!
Attacks flying from all directions.
Side. Forehead. Temple. Instep. Shin. Nape. Collarbone. Shoulder. Crown. Face. Solar plexus. Stomach. Upper body. Shin again.
Thud! Bam! Crunch! Crack! Grind! Crunch! Thud!
A merciless beating began.
Arms and legs soared into the air and blood scattered everywhere.
Repeating recovery and destruction, Nanar was beaten excitedly.
'Divine beasts can't be properly summoned due to the restrictions Kaits placed, and even if summoned, they're destroyed by the machines Reina called forth.'
Crunch! Crack! Bam!
'My authorities are sealed by Mullin's divine power and Kaits's Runar... and even if I try to counter with close combat techniques, I can't lift a hand or foot...! I wonder if my basic light even has an effect, and Bright... they just endure it? Haha!'
Nanar could only laugh wryly.
With all attack methods sealed, he needed to create distance somehow. He needed to create distance, but...
Crunch! Crack! Snap! Thud! Grind!
Various body parts and limbs burst, and just recovering them was hard to keep up with. Literally, he couldn't use his hands or feet!
'Uhehe... I can't do anything...!!'
Nanar, turned into a good punching bag, was beaten thud thud thud and sent flying here and there like ping pong.
The wind pressure from the aftermath was at an insane level.
Meiyal and Mari, who had been watching, gaped.
What was that tremendous power?
They knew Kaits was strong, but Mullin and Reina had also transcended human— no, biological common sense.
That Nanar was being beaten without being able to do anything!
Even Dre was no exception to being surprised.
No, rather, he seemed the most surprised.
Mari spoke with pride even in this situation.
"Did you see? This is the power of our Hero."
Dre nodded and replied.
"Shit...! That golden flame is fucking cool too...!"
"......?"
"Flame is supposed to be mine...!"
"......??"
It was an incomprehensible statement.
At that moment, Dre extended his regenerated arm and pulled Meiyal toward him.
"Huh, huh? Why, Deuret? Are you hurt??"
To the worried Meiyal, Dre spoke seriously.
"Meiyal."
"Yes!"
Knowing Dre was serious, Meiyal also responded seriously.
"Share some of your Rise with me."
"H-huh?"
Share? How?
When she opened her mouth to ask, Dre spoke seriously again.
"Just physical contact is enough. I'll handle the rest. Rise... I need that to win."
"Can't we win even now? It seems the Hero and those two have gained a complete advantage."
At Mari's words, Dre shook his head.
"If he were normal, we'd win, but..."
"Win, but...?"
"That bastard is crazy. He'll ignore limits and losses."
Mari couldn't understand Dre's words.
What was the problem when they were overwhelmingly dominating like that?
At that moment, a voice echoed in Meiyal's mind.
[Kiss him.]
"......Huh?"
[This is your chance. Steal it.]
"Huh? Uh-huh?"
What the hell was this in this situation? Was it the voice of her own desire?
'N-no! I don't have such desires...?!'
Was that really true?
Even she didn't know her own heart well.
[Quickly! You have to do this to win! You need to give him Rise!]
The instructions were too precise to be her own voice.
Meiyal... decided to trust this unknown voice.
But how should she bring this up?
Meiyal looked at Deuret's lips and felt her heart pounding.
Calming her heart, she barely opened her mouth.
"D-Deuret..."
"Yeah?"
"C-can I... kiss you...?"
"......"
Dre didn't answer.
He just nodded quickly while thinking it was both embarrassing and an opportunity, damn it.
Meanwhile, Nanar wore an ecstatic expression.
His whole body was in pain, and if he lost focus even for a moment, he would be sent back in one strike, consuming only causality and missing his target, Dre.
How long had it been since he felt this level of damage and thrill?
'The consumption of causality is ridiculously fast... At this rate, everything except what I've saved will be gone soon...?'
Bam! Crunch! Thwack!
Greatsword. Mace. Sword...
Each strike carried power that could collapse a continent, embedded into a single body.
Flesh. Blood. And divine blood scattered wildly.
Kaits was counting.
'One... two...'
The number of times Nanar should have died and been sent back.
Instead of being sent back, two of his subordinate deities would have decreased.
Moreover, there was a joyful miscalculation.
He could feel the energy of the deities waiting for treatment disappearing at a rapid pace.
Nanar's subordinate deities who had been in the divine realm... were being defeated by an unknown someone.
"This is our chance! Someone is helping us! If we're lucky, we can finish this by killing him about ten times!!"
"You talk well!"
"If you have the energy to talk, swing your weapon!"
Huff. Huff.
Even while out of breath, the momentum of the attacks didn't diminish at all.
There was no clever way to escape this situation.
If he stayed still, his causality would run out.
So...
'Mind games are good, but crushing with power is also fun...'
Nanar narrowed his eyes and muttered.
"I need to raise the gear more..."
Hearing the mutter, the three people poured out attacks even more fiercely.
Bam! Crunch!
Ecstasy and regret for the soon-to-come end swept over Nanar.
This pain was so lovely.
It was a shame to end it, but... on the other hand, he wanted to see.
Would these kids be able to endure this too?
"Output 90%"
Kuaaaaaah!!
The radiance emanating from Nanar's body became insanely powerful.
Additionally, his strength and recovery power greatly increased in performance.
Kaits also raised his power in response.
He endured Nanar's divine power, which was hot enough to turn everything to ash just by being near it, solely with his own power.
Reina and Mullin didn't complain about why he hadn't used the power to double his strength earlier.
There must have been a reason he hadn't used it.
"...5 minutes is the limit. Let's end this quickly...!"
"Understood."
"Huu."
It was an unreasonable demand, but they had no choice.
"From now on, every 1% increase will turn him into a different monster. Brace yourselves!"
Bam! Thwack! Crash!
Even though Kaits raised his power and sealed authorities, Nanar began counterattacking against the three's assaults.
He thought about who was the most troublesome in this situation.
Of course, the most troublesome was Kaits, who made this fight possible, but...
"As expected, it's you."
"?!"
Nanar looked at Reina.
She created irregular attack rhythms with her booster-equipped greatsword to land surprise strikes and suppressed divine beasts with her fleet.
Suddenly, Nanar's movements became faster.
'95%'
Nanar's causality consumption accelerated even more.
He took Mullin and Kaits's attacks with his body while forming two spheres of light on his fingers.
When Reina reflexively tried to retreat, he grabbed her neck and forcibly shoved the sphere into her mouth.
In return, a greatsword was embedded in his stomach, but...
"Farewell, Reina. It was fun."
Whooooom...!
A brilliant light exploded from every hole in her body.
A rampage occurred inside Reina and she was swallowed by a pillar of light.
"Reina...!"
He tried to protect Reina with divine power, but Kaits blocked him. It was already too late.
At that moment, a mirror suddenly appeared and flung Kaits far away.
Mullin tried to use even that opening to attack, but Nanar was faster.
It wasn't that Nanar had prepared in advance; his specs were simply monstrous.
Far surpassing Mullin's speed, he used the light that blinded the foolish.
Kuaaaaah!
The instant-kill light enveloped Mullin, and when the light subsided, the charred Mullin stood frozen in the posture of raising her hammer.
Nanar nodded with a satisfied smile.
'95%... Soon... causality will run out.'
Moreover, quite a few of his subordinate deities had fallen.
Who had caused this unexpected situation? Nanar felt pleasure at the unforeseen event and identified the intruder.
'Who...? Huh? Love Heart?'
The unidentified enemy seen through the third eye was none other than Love Heart.
'Well, the contract said not to reveal this matter and not to intervene directly, but it didn't say not to defeat subordinate deities...?'
But it was surprising that that insignificant deity was more powerful than expected.
Wasn't he simultaneously facing the God of Darkness, God of Wind, and God of Earth with his fists?
'Time is not on my side. Hmm... How should I deal with Kaits?'
Tricks wouldn't work anyway.
Then fine.
"99%"
The Mad God, fully prepared, watched Kaits flying from afar.
'Since it's come to this, let's go all the way.'
He gathered even the causality he had hidden and would win this fight.
And then...
...Huh?
A sense of incongruity.
Divine beasts were blocked by mechanical legions such as robots, drones, and small fleets and couldn't join the fight.
'Why haven't the machines disappeared yet...?'
Reina should be dead?
Before the thought even finished, a Runar powerful enough to sink a country was deeply embedded in his abdomen with crunch, crunch.
A one-hit kill that pierced even the defense of Nanar's mortal world output at 99%.
The various devices and spells wrapped around the greatsword were so powerful that even a deity was left speechless.
Of course, not as speechless as the girl who wielded it.
Nanar vomited blood and was shocked.
'I detonated power inside that could blow away a planet or two the size of Elrunar... and she's fine??'
Reina was relatively fine, though she was spewing black smoke from her mouth.
At least her limbs were intact and she seemed able to fight.
And Mullin.
The stopped woman moved again and used a divine technique that absorbed everything with Runar.
She used a hidden card to make Nanar's authority target only herself and instead converted it into power.
Nanar was shocked once again.
Absorbing the Chief God's power and using it as her own?
Though the technique was extraordinary, it didn't last long.
But the power gathered in her weapon was already terrifying.
Nanar naturally tried to retreat, but Mullin reached out and grabbed Nanar's face.
"Lord God. Please die."
And concentrating divine power solely on attack... true to her nickname Headhunter Heretic Nun, she targeted Nanar's head and struck.
Boom!
Following his waist, his head was also destroyed.
'Ahaha. Ahahaha...!'
With causality already accelerated and about to run out, Nanar exploded his power.
100%
Mullin and Reina, who were about to deliver additional blows, collapsed.
They quickly stood up, but what they saw were incoming projectiles.
Unable to even react to speeds surpassing light, they were bombarded by hundreds of millions, trillions of precise light spheres.
"Yeah. Crushing with power isn't bad either..."
Though he felt humiliated, in the end, he would be the one to win.
"Huum!"
And Kaits, swinging his sword while ignoring the light spheres and the mortal world's power.
But what he cut was a clone made of light... and at the same time, as Reina lost consciousness, the machines disappeared and divine beasts poured out all at once.
But he knew.
'Even at 100%, it's tough. He's gotten stronger.'
Nevertheless, he couldn't defeat Kaits... within the time limit.
Kaits was that strong.
This was the Hero.
No matter how many Yeo Deures there were, hundreds or thousands, they couldn't win against him... the protagonist of this world.
That should have been the case... but why?
Why did that man far away, kissing Meiyal... Meichi Love Yarte in this situation, shine so brightly? Why did he stir jealousy?
Did he make the three beings who had turned the Chief God into a mess look like used-up trash?
"Uhe, uhehehe..."
And then... causality ran out.
Kaits spat out fiercely.
"Our victory, Nanar."
"Yeah. That's right."
Nanar acknowledged it, and Kaits was relieved.
With this, it was settled...
"The mortal world me lost to you guys."
"......?!"
"But the divine realm me is still full of energy, you know?"
Output exceeded 100% and causality ran out.
It had clearly run out, but Nanar didn't disappear.
He... was drawing the main body's power to substitute for the consumption of causality.
"Crazy...! Do you know what that means?!"
No matter how much of a Chief God, no, because he was a top-tier deity called the Chief God, he shouldn't ignore causality.
This act of his... was shaving away the Chief God's status and converting it into causality.
The Chief God held a special position revered even by gods. By offering that reverence, which was different in quality from human believers, as a price, he created causality.
That causality was precisely the proof and power of being the Chief God.
Spending the causality received from gods without hesitation was tantamount to giving up the title of the number one god.
It meant that from now on, Nanar could no longer exert influence on the mortal world as meticulously and boldly as before.
Moreover...
"Yeah. Of course I know."
This that wrapped around Kaits's body.
Authority? No. Nanar explained.
"Chains of Contract."
All of Kaits's power extinguished and his body was bound.
"......!!"
"I secretly did it when we made the contract... You guessed I would do something, right?"
He had guessed.
Nanar was Kaits's patron deity.
A god and an evil god.
The only and special god belonging to both camps.
He knew that arrangements had been made for Kaits, who might become an obstacle at any time, and Kaits had intended to ignore those arrangements by becoming stronger.
'But I never thought it would be like this.'
If it were just chains, he might be able to ignore them, but the problem was the activation condition of these chains.
Now Nanar had activated the chains by forcibly terminating the contract.
By losing the power contracted with Nanar and becoming momentarily weakened, Kaits was easily bound by the chains Nanar had arranged.
A contract... couldn't be broken carelessly unless someone made a mistake.
Even if Nanar had as many hidden cards as he wanted, this act was one that incurred great losses.
It was literally the final method to be used only when completely finishing Kaits or when their relationship had become irreparably broken.
Clank! Clack!
He twisted his body, but the chains showed no signs of loosening.
If he were attacked, he might use that to escape, but Nanar didn't seem to have any intention of doing so.
"Kuh...!"
"You're strong. I can't kill you within the time limit, and without the main body, I can't end your reincarnation either."
Nanar wore a mad smile.
"That's why I called my main body. I broke the contract. To take Dre away, this much is acceptable."
"......!!"
"If you really wanted to stop me, you should have brought Frostia or at least not wasted the Reincarnation Release. Uhehehehe."
The Reincarnation Release, usable only once per life... had already been used on Gaia.
Even if there had been Reincarnation Release, Nanar might have fully summoned the main body.
Even if that would ultimately lead to his own destruction, Nanar would have done it.
While meticulously planning as if thorough, he destroyed the plan himself.
That was why he was called the Mad God.
Kaits knew of his madness, but hadn't guessed it ran this deep.
"Did you want to see that secret memory Dre tried so hard to hide that you used Reincarnation Release?"
"......"
Was there no support? Kaits looked around.
The only ones who could move while facing Nanar were Reina and Mullin.
But even at this moment, bombardment was being inflicted on Reina and Mullin.
Nanar had no intention of showing mercy.
He wanted to taste the ultimate pleasure by destroying those who had entertained him.
The two didn't beg... they accepted death.
Kaits gritted his teeth.
'Start over?'
He could commit suicide.
But right now, he couldn't even commit suicide.
Above all, if he committed suicide, from the next life onward, would he... would Yeo Deure exist?
"Let's make a contract, Kaits."
"What?"
"I'll put away the main body and spare the others. Instead... show me the memories you've seen. Huh? Dre's most secret memories..."
Kaits's intuition as a regressor and reincarnator appealed to him.
This was something he absolutely shouldn't reveal.
Even if it weren't for that, Kaits didn't want to tell.
He couldn't let this kind of bastard defile that beautiful memory.
"Fuck off."
Nanar blinked at the curse and burst into mad laughter.
"Wow, Kaits! When did you learn to use such vulgar language? I'm so happy!!"
Uhehehe Nanar let out mad laughter.
But this wasn't the time.
Even now, he needed to retrieve Dre and return, then plan for the future...
"Yeah. You said it well, Kaits. This bastard needs to have his dick cut off."
"......"
Nanar froze at the voice that shouldn't exist.
He turned his head.
What?
How could a man who was as good as dead be standing here in front of him, who was drawing the main body's power?
"What is it? Dre?"
Nanar tried not to show his shock.
Dre stood a distance away behind Kaits and Nanar, with all his limbs intact and even his clothes regenerated.
The funny thing was that Nanar, who had summoned the main body, hadn't noticed his movements until now.
"......"
Tension rose.
'Tension? Me? This Nanar?'
A laugh escaped naturally.
What could a man close to a dead corpse do now?
Looking closely, wasn't everything except one arm a crudely made fake?
"That fighting spirit is impressive, Dre! Now let's have some private time together—treatment, torture, love, everything? Huh?"
"Yeah. Fuck off."
With that, Dre suddenly moved somewhere and bent down to pick something up.
It was... the bracelet that had lost its owner along with the arm.
Next to the fallen Gold's head, he picked up the bracelet while stroking it.
"Thanks, Gold. I'll take care of the rest."
And this time, he suddenly approached Eli and knelt on one knee.
"Eli."
"D-Dre..."
"Lend it to me for a moment."
And he removed the ring from Eli's finger.
Dre held two artifacts in his hands.
Nanar didn't move.
No, he couldn't move.
Because he foresaw that if he interfered, Dre would release Kaits's restraints.
In other words, he had no intention of doing so right now.
Nanar, unable to understand his actions, asked.
"...What are you trying to do?"
"Nanar."
Dre grinned.
"Let's fight head-on, you fucking bastard."