lowed my breath.

“That can’t be..”

Heard is scary.

The man who could do that barehanded was scary, but more than that..

“Oww.. you’re way too merciless..”

Even after receiving an attack tat split the ground like that, Zebul’s continued existence showed off her extraordinary endurance.

It’s not like she didn’t take any damage. Her head had caved in, and her blood had stained the surrounding pebbles a dark red.

But even that.. her broken cranium started regenerating as if rewinding a tape.

Regeneration is fine. That’s a single skill of Gluttony. They could use the power they had eaten as a means to heal themselves.

But I can’t see the reason why she persists on. That one blow would have easily destroyed the cores of even Demon Lords above the average.

Just.. what did she eat?

And I realized it. Heard had not been playing around.

Because of her tenacity, he wasn’t able to take her out despite his advantage.

Like a tempest, consecutive attacks from all sides made sport of her small frame. Even when she brought out a sword, she was losing in a pure battle of close quarter combat. The one-hit-kill blade in her hand was completely pointless if it didn’t hit.

Each and every one of those blows seemed to be accompanied by a flash of light, and even I couldn’t determine how many hits he had put into it.

But it’s not like Zebul was just quietly taking them. She received them by converging the tentacles sprouting from her body on single points.

She blocked them. The fact that she could do that meant her endurance wasn’t endless.

I won’t let the chance Heard created get away.

“I’m not sure where you got your hands on it.. but I’ll reduce you to ash all the same.”

It’s useless.

Even if that Vitality is.. something you gained upon eating a slice of niisama.

My Ira can even burn away that Lord of Sloth.

I summon countless bullets of fire, and pour them onto the ground like meteors.

Each and every one of them should be lethal. They’ll turn all to ash without even leaving a Soul Core behind.

They’re not at a speed she couldn’t dodge, but their numbers made her extend her tentacles to knock them down.

It’s useless.

I already know you can’t eat it all at once.

“Gu..”

Zebul raised a scream.

Her burned tentacles already regenerated. But I was sending down my fire at a rate exceeding that.

“Go to hell!”

The feeling of raining these down from the sky was truly the worst. The way she was barely dealing with all of them was all the more irritating.

As I thought, that blade is dangerous. After sucking in fireball after fireball, it shows no hint of breaking or melting.

It’s a weapon that causes them to dissipate with a single touch.

There’s no doubt it’s a physical manifestation of her hunger.

Zebul used that sword, and dodged with as little movement as possible. Heard exceeded her, and got out without even being grazed.

He easily avoided the flames that would have burned through regardless of enemies or allies, and in just a step, he closed in on Zebul.

Only a tremor was left to prove the result.

Heard’s eyes pierced through me. He was clearly pissed.

That malice of his would usually make my fighting spirit blaze up in order to try and stop him.

But fine, so be it. What a wonderful day it is.

That I can eliminate my enemies all together.

“.. Fine. I knew it would come to this one day. There’s no problem if I take care of it here and now.”

It’s fine as long as niisama isn’t to find out. Given the time, even this matter will eventually be forgotten.

The Devouring Lord lying flat on the ground leisurely rose.

Her arms bent in an ominous direction and her crushed skull set off strange cracking sounds, as her small form returned to normal.

What a monster.

As I thought, my power is necessary.

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There’s no way I can let this monster enter the Castle of Shadows. As long as she lives, niisama’s peace will never be attained.

After coming this far, I could understand. Annoyingly enough there was barely any difference in power between us.

With the sins we embraces differing to this degree, the battle wasn’t something to be decided by size of power, though.

I summon my flame bullets again.

I can’t call a single one my comrade. From up high, I looked down on the two Demon Lords.