Rosalyn's relaxed expression slowly turned red as if the medicine was taking effect.
'How do you avoid it like that every time?'
There are only three monsters on the other side. She has hundreds of monsters. The difference in power is this big, and Odette is a rookie who is holding the reins for the first time. With this much of a difference, it should have been decided by now.
'How come the power feels so equal? Even though I'm pouring out my supernatural powers without holding back.'
This time, every attack that she was certain she would definitely hit narrowly missed. Shd was using all her mental and physical strength, but the only results were empty air, so she was slowly becoming frustrated.
Even though hundreds of monsters were born to fight endlessly, Rosalyn's physical and mental power to control them naturally had limits. Mental power was particularly problematic.
After hours of repeated, futile attacks, a sense of defeat slowly began to creep in.
"Cough, cough, just like a rat!"
Rosalyn, exhausted, panted and unleashed her powers once more. She had squeezed out every last bit of her stamina. The monsters attacked her as if they were hunting Odette. But this time, Odette's monsters struck them down in unison and protected Odette.
It seemed like it would work, it seemed like it would work, but in the end, it failed right in front of her. Rosalyn's eyes became bloodshot at the astonishing sight of just three monsters fending off attacks from hundreds of them.
She glared at Karl.
'Isn't that dirty Fenrir guy the one who keeps turning back time to protect Odette?'
Unlike the other monsters, it was suspicious that Karl did not participate in the battle. However, he did not show any signs of using his powers to protect Odette. He only seemed to be watching her.
Besides, even if he could turn back time, there was no way that Rosalyn's S-class monsters would be affected by it.
Rosalyn, who was agonizing over the reason for her suffering, noticed that the scenery surrounding her had changed quite a bit.
While chasing after Odette without thinking, it seemed like they had come close to the World Tree. Odette was standing lightly on a thick branch of the World Tree, looking down at Rosaline.
"I've always wondered. Why are you always the main character, Song-i? Why do you always have to be the main character, Song-i?"
"What?"
In this chaotic situation, such a relaxed voice? Rosalyn let out a hollow laugh.
"I felt your confidence was amazing. You always wanted to be the main character, and you seemed so confident. I thought you believed in your own worth."
Odette's eyes glowed red, as if they were seeing right through her.
"But are you really an empty person?"
There was no mockery in it. Just a plain voice resonated deeply, as if pointing out an unchanging fact.
Once upon a time, a long time ago. Just like the voice of the World Tree that Rosalind had heard in her dream.
"So this is the only reason you had to be the main character. Without other people's perspectives, you have to see yourself only through your own eyes. It's hell. Your life."
It was a tone of voice that seemed to reveal Rosalyn's deep unconsciousness.
"What the hell are you talking about? It's so embarrassing to pretend to know something."
Rosaline was baffled, but in fact every word Odette said remained strangely strong in her mind.
"It's just like beggarly to kill people while casting curses and scraping together the power of purification."
The corners of Rosalind's mouth, which had been sullen, suddenly lowered. That was because it was a thought that Rosalyn had actually had while gathering her purifying power.
From Hannah, from other Purifiers. Every time she scraped together the purification power, this was the thought that came to her mind. She used a curse to take it away and consoled herself by saying, 'I'm superior,' but it was a thought that was always in a corner of her mind.
She thinks that collecting things like this is ultimately due to a lack. She feels anxious if she doesn't feel superior, and she feels like a poor beggar.
"You've lived your whole life scraping by like a beggar, and this is all you've achieved?"
"..."
"This is the cause of all the problems. No matter how hard you try and struggle, you are just a flower."
It wasn't a rude or insulting tone. The monotonously calm voice seemed to convey only objective facts.
It seemed as if she was reciting the emotions that had been welling up in a corner of her heart every time she felt miserable and shabby.
"Mumbling to yourself as if something is going on, what on earth are you talking about?"
Rosalyn snorted in amusement, but the more she thought about Odette's words, the more she felt like the bubble of her worthless ego was bursting.
"..."
After a brief moment of silence, she became so angry that she couldn't stand it anymore.
"Charge, you guys. Now."
Rosalyn chanted ominously and swung the reins like a whip. All the monsters attacked Odette at once, without fail.
Rosalyn's livestock followed the command, and all rushed towards Odette.
Hundreds of monsters rushed in. They surged forward in a black swarm like a savage wave. But Odette watched Rosalyn without much he sitation.
***
[ The status window visualizes a weapon befitting the power of the 'Harvester of Time'. ]
With the notification, a black light gathered in Odette's right hand and formed a shape. It slowly grew larger and became a sharp weapon reminiscent of a giant scythe of the Grim Reaper.
Odette focused on the monsters rushing towards her. Or, more precisely, on the reins that were restraining them.
Even if hundreds of them gather, they are still monsters of the dead god. Odette's power belongs to the newly enthroned god, and the monsters of the god can never surpass the power of the god.
The reins of the monsters connected to Rosalyn were like golden ropes. The moment they became taut, Odette swung her scythe over them. Then, the reins connecting Rosalyn and the monsters snapped.
Since there were hundreds of monsters, it wasn't possible to take down all of them at once.
Dozens of monsters with their reins cut off broke free from the line and stopped in the deep sea. They looked as if they were frozen as they became monsters. They were used as livestock for the terrible work of transporting disaster. It seemed as if they could not believe that the restraints that had tormented them for so long had been released in an instant.
Odette raised her black scythe again and spurred the frozen monsters.
"What are you doing? Aren't you going to get revenge? You are free now."
But there was a voice that awakened the monsters of God more powerfully than Odette.
"Why are you guys standing still? Attack Odette all at once! You Idiot slaves!"
As if Rosalyn's voice had been a trigger, the monsters all looked at Rosalyn. Odette swung her scythe once more between the remaining monsters that were still attacking her and spoke.
"Are you angry? As long as you don't kill Rosalyn, you can do whatever you want. It's my job to kill her."
It seemed that the monsters of God only then noticed the situation after hearing Odette's words.
"Whoever goes first will get to play with it longer?"
At the same time, the monsters all rushed at Rosalyn.
Wouldn't this be the most fitting ending?
Being bitten by the hunting dog you raised.
Since they were no longer under anyone's control, there was no reason for them to follow Odette's orders. However, the monsters seemed to be grateful to Odette for freeing them.
"Ahh! Aah! What the?! Attack that woman, you idiots!"
It seemed like they were just playing with it and didn't really intend to kill it, like Odette said.
Rosalyn's red blood spread like a mist into the sea. Her screams grew louder as the teeth sank deeper into her leg.
If you flailed your arms, they wouId be bitten, and if you wrapped your body, the flesh near your heart would be torn apart as if it were being eaten away.
"Ahhhh!"
The shocking pain caused Rosalyn to drop the fruit with Maleah's face on it that she was holding in her hand.
"That one..."
Can you bring it to me? Before she could finish her order, John's monster quickly brought back the fruit that contained Maleah's life force.
'Originally, the Purifier's purification was made to only work on Transcendent beings.'
But now, Odette had the power of a god. She could purify anything she wanted to bring into the realm of purification.
Odette grabbed the fruit and let the purification flow out.
'As expected.'
The fruit she was holding began to glow, and Maleah's facial features that had been hanging on the surface of the fruit disappeared first. As the wave of light filled the fruit completely, the fruit began to glow golden and disappeared into the air.
A huge void appeared where the fruit had disappeared. It was like a black hole, but instead of sucking things in, it was spitting out Maleah's body.
The status window immediately created a sphere to protect Maleah from the depths of the sea. Although she was covered in wounds, fortunately, her life seemed to be in no danger.
Odette sighed in relief as she realized that Maleah had simply lost consciousness.
"Ha...that's really fortunate..."
However, due to the life force that Rosalyn had swallowed, she looked about 10 years older. The person involved must have felt a great sense of loss, but at least she was lucky to have survived.
"Ahhh! No! No! I said no! Don't do that! I was wrong! I was wrong!"
Rosalyn was still screaming. The Kraken could certainly take Rosalyn's breath, but it was deliberately lending its gills so it could breathe bigger and more freely. As if it were enjoying her screams.
'Well, it must have been a very long period of humiliation.'
How resentful it must have been for the precious monster of the gods to be deceived and reduced to nothing more than livestock by a fake purifier who had been abandoned by God.
In addition, what they do is breed disasters and nurture disasters. Even though they are said to be bound to the transcendent, they are ultimately legendary monsters. They have been working for thousands of years to protect the sea, the mountains, and the land.
How tragic it must have been for such beings to be doomed to engage in world-destroying sorcery.
So they played with Rosalyn as a hound plays with a rabbit, and there was no mercy in their hands, as if they were taking revenge on her for having played with them.
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