Bang - !

After a loud noise, under the gaze of everyone, a sudden mirror appeared in place of the previous werewolf leader, and with a chilling scream, it shattered!

Crash!!

Blood spurted from various parts of my neighbor and Yukari and the others, as if their lower legs were filled with blood, and they seemed to wake up from unconsciousness.

"Cough... I thought I was dead for sure."

I wiped the blood from under my nose and looked at everyone who was safe, but I, who was already in a daze, smiled and thought to myself.

Great, luckily I survived with the premise of minimizing the damage caused by it, otherwise!

One minute ago...

"Huff, huff, huff!"

After multiple strikes, I realized... it was all in vain!

Is there no way to stop the werewolf leader from self-destructing?!

With a hint of despair, I had no choice but to place my hopes on my God's Hand, but besides duplicating, I had nothing else.

Unfortunately, the time to duplicate the werewolf ability had passed. Ten minutes flew by, while I was completely at a loss staring at the ring.

"Big brother, think carefully, is there anyone you touched who has the ability to restrain it?"

"Ah?"

It was my sister's voice again, and this time I was definitely not wrong...

"Someone who can restrain its ability?"

As I saw the werewolf leader's self-destruction about to occur, I couldn't remember who could remove the self-destruct state.

Looking at the faint blue light flickering on the ring, indicating that it could only duplicate one person's competence at a time, I had to choose carefully!

Although the headmaster's ability could instantly transfer, it was almost morning now.

"I can't take this risk, there must be someone else..."

Suddenly, a person appeared in my thoughts!

I heard from Ancestor about Juxi's ability. On the day of the competition, he seemed to have locked his opponent into an interdimensional space. So, if I could duplicate it and use it!

"Hahaha, useless, no matter how powerful you are, you can't shake me now. Accept the consequences of your sins... hmm, all you animals will die today!"

The werewolf leader issued an arrogant challenge.

This made me even angrier, so I gritted my teeth and shouted loudly.

"Duplicate God's Hand... bastard, give me some time to memorize it properly!"

As soon as I duplicated the ability, I hadn't searched for the method of using the competence in my memory yet, and the werewolf leader turned into a white light, ready to level this place at any moment!

"Why isn't it there...?"

I focused my attention, but I couldn't find any competence related to spatial containment.

"Golden Spear! Um... Silent World?"

There was only one competence related to space, so I tried it as a last resort!

God's Hand duplication - Silent World.

Suddenly, my eyes became golden, and the werewolf leader, Feld, also felt that something was wrong.

A golden pillar of light pierced the sky, causing even the earth to tremble!

A golden emblem floated in the center of the pillar of light, with hexagonal golden stones representing life carved on it, emitting red, yellow, blue, green, indigo, and purple colors respectively.

They flew in all directions, as if calling for some kind of lost belief in this world.

"Eternal Emblem!!! This power... could it be?!"

Even the confident werewolf leader, Feland, had to show his fear at this moment, which came from a competence beyond any rules. It had the power to create and destroy evil, and could also bring an end to this era.

At this moment, tears of excitement and relief welled up in Feland's eyes.

"The legend is true, the Divine Lord has really returned! We are saved... Soon, very soon, we will win this war and any sacrifice will be worth it!"

"Perhaps, but today you must die first!"

I sneered contemptuously, looking at the flashes of light rising into the sky. It was likely a signal flare commonly used by the beast tribe.

It released a message at the last moment, seemingly notifying the reinforcements of the beast tribe.

"When they arrive here, I think we will have already disappeared without a trace."

"Heh, it's not a simple signal flare. Its information is as convenient as your human electronic mail."

Hmm, it knows about electronic mail too? But it seemed that the beast actually felt a hint of relief, and its laughter was completely different from the madness earlier.

In my moment of confusion, I hesitated... why is that? Whatever!

I shook my head, clearing my mind from there.

I don't have the time to dwell on it now. I transformed the golden badge into a golden spear.

"Come out, Replica · Spear of Eternity!"

A golden spear of the same length as me appeared in front of me, and a powerful aura filled the air from all directions.

They began to circulate within my body. In that instant, I felt the temperature rise to a destructive level of thousands of degrees Celsius!

Not only that, but my aura also rapidly dropped like pouring water in that instant!

"Uh, isn't our teacher's aura terrifying?!"

"Are you crazy?! The aura of an SSS-level sorcerer is far beyond what you can control. If it weren't for the regenerative ability of demon blood, you would have been annihilated when you first attempted to replicate!"

The Magic Cloud Sword, who rarely spoke, actually started talking to me.

"What, are you scared?

"Haha? Joke... If you're not afraid, how could I, as a strong one, be afraid?"

"Hahaha, is that so?"

I raised the heavy golden Spear of Eternity and grinned.

"But I do have one thing that I'm concerned about..."

Um... Why did they directly call it a replica?

"The replica of the golden spear is, of course, an imitation. Don't mind these details."

"Yeah, all that matters is to defeat it!"

I followed my sister's advice because she wouldn't deceive me.

"Odin, the Divine Lord from the two oldest Divine Lords, the rulers and creators of the world's laws. It was he who created the laws that made everything equal in the world, and it is he who decides the life and death of those who disrupt this balance..."

"Great Divine Lord, Feland, the leader of the werewolves, will accept your punishment on my behalf."

"Uh...?"

I just recited the incantation that released the competence, does it have to be so humble about it?

Also, what's with its attitude? It's confusing, but one thing is clear.

As a last resort, I must eliminate it for the sake of everyone!

"Lock-!"

A golden lightning shot out between the two golden spikes on the barrel, directly enveloping the whole sphere, instantly devouring it into a mirror.

And then this happened...

Crack-crack!!

At the moment when the mirror shattered and the fragments scattered, time... froze.

The fragments and dust remained suspended in the air, even the distant Lan Jie froze.

"What's going on?"

I moved every joint in my fingers, and it seemed that only I could move.

"Never mind, as long as you're all safe."

"How can things be okay?"

Red, like the morning sun, her long hair floated in my mind. A familiar and longing girl appeared behind me, staring at me with her blood-red eyes and a desolate look.

"How could things be okay without you?"

The girl's hands were behind her back. When I noticed her, she suddenly looked like a three-year-old child... smiling foolishly.

I was so excited that I couldn't speak. It felt like she would disappear as soon as I opened my mouth.

So, I could only use silence to keep her here.

"Brother... Brother...?"

The girl called me tentatively, but I continued to watch her without saying a word.

There were no words exchanged between us, from beginning to end, it was just her talking to herself.

"Actually, all those words were just excuses. The real reason was to hear your voice, brother. After all, we fought side by side!"

Another prolonged gaze, and within that short time, I had seriously contemplated.

I didn't do anything wrong; I was just pursuing the most basic human desire.

Running away alone... and all that!

It felt like time had returned to that nightmare day...

"Paroni, I'm scared... wuwuwu!"

"Hey, my sister is still at home, I have to go save her!"

I broke free from Butler Grandpa's arm and rushed into the house, where the flames were burning.

"Nana, where are you?!"

The floor was covered in everyone's blood, including Mom and Dad's.

But the second floor had already been completely buried by the collapsed beams...

"Paroni!!"

"Nana?"

My sister suddenly crawled out from the second-floor room, then looked at me through the railing.

"Jump down quickly, I'll catch you... watch out behind you!"

"Hehehe, little sister, where do you think you're going?"

A strange creature with feathers suddenly appeared from behind my sister and grabbed her by the neck, smirking playfully.

"Wow, there's a new toy. Well, then she'll..."

Snap!

"Beast, stop it!!"

Time once again froze, and I was gasping for breath heavily.

Gently touching my chest with my palm, my heart was racing!

"Brother, are you okay? Is everything alright?"

"I'm sorry, if I hadn't run away, you wouldn't... you wouldn't..."

"..."

Seeing my pained expression, my sister just smiled gently.

"It's not what you think! Actually, the expression you had when you rushed to save me that day was enough to make me happy."

The silhouette of my younger sister began to fade before my eyes...

I quickly approached and asked her,

"Nana... are you not mad at me?"

"What's the use? Besides, the most important thing is not the past but the present, right?"

A hot tear ran down my cheek when I least expected it.

It slid down to my chin and finally dripped onto the damp ground, blending with the muddy soil after the snow melted.

"Well... welcome ba-... oh no, welcome back!"

"Yeah... I'm back!"

Boom!

A loud noise drowned out my sister's voice, and the dark clouds in the sky began to converge. It wasn't long before it started to pour heavily.

As I lay unconscious in a pile of grass, a pair of strong and powerful hands lifted me onto their shoulder. They hurriedly escaped from that cursed place, along with me and my companions.

These sturdy arms... they don't belong to Yukari, who is neutral...

Nor do they belong to the muscular and robust Lan!

It's impossible for it to be the soft Chiyori, so could it be...

Oh! It couldn't be, could it? The petite Shinobu... impossible, impossible. (Arima Shinobu: Your negligence could lead to the comfort of your life.)