Jayr POV - Tortus, Heilight Kingdom Capital City - 2013

  Onside the city, I finally uand that the barrier wasn't raised to keep us out but to keep all the others from getting out, it seems that the Holy Church with the support of the Royal Family decided to start a purge to remove the "Heretics", ahis city "safe".

  Everywhere I look, I see civilians fleeing in fright, zealots chasing after them yelling something like, "We will purify these nds from the heretics, it is their fault that the God's Apostle became corrupted!", while firing off one magic spell after another, while a Royal Knight tries to keep order as he yells, "Don't leave your houses! Maintain order! Let the clergy do their work and everything will be fine!", then he barks so orders to his regiment, "Keep searg! We have to find all the Demon's spawn pnted by the heretics! Leave no stourned!".

  As he said this, I notice that all of the sudden one of the women g in fear behind the knights stops moving for a few seds before she quickly metamorphoses into some kind of tentacled abomination that could only e out of the mind of Hohillips Lovecraft and starts to crazily attack the knights who quickly try to fight back.

  But I ahing catches my attention, I notie kind of small strange fly moving away from the woman iion toward another part of the town, 'That fly has magic power c through all its body... It's a monster! Ohat seems able to turhing it bites into a monster... Luckily it seems that isn't able to do that infinitely as its magic power pummeled after it bit the woman...'.

  At the same time, I noti the distaniment of knights assaulting the Adventurer's Guild for some unknown reason, and the adventurers are fighting back, while all over the City, I feel the scattered presence of the Hero Party, they are fighting against some mix of these civilians turned mohe clergy, and royal knights.

  And as the situatios more and more chaotic, people start running out of their houses, as they wear disbelief and fear on their faces as they are attacked by some of their friends/neighbors/family turned monsters.

  The ones with quick thinking quickly pulled themselves together, they attempt to leave the capital with only the bare minimum luggage but soon find out that the Barrier is blog their escape, and then they are caught by the clergy and treated as heretics.

  Meanwhile, a signifit amount of people gathered at the royal pace gates to seek shelter, but remain closed off, afraid of letting inside another "Demon's spawn".

  Overall the situation is a frighting chaotic mess, and although it is te night, with this amount of chaos, it wouldn't be weird for a mob to be formed in the few minutes, and that will make this situation a lot more explosive and dangerous for them, especially if someone, ihem to rea a violent manner.

  Especially because the royal pace isn't doing anything worthy to calm down the mass either in fact, they are doing everything to rile them up even more, 'Probably because they, or more specifically the Holy Church, a want this to happen so that they use the Royal Family's ina as an excuse to gain further trol and take its pce as the ruling fa...'.

  After a quick check of the overall situation, I look back at my panion and say, "Well... This is a mess... Eri, Freid, use your familiars and puppet to deal with as many situations as possible, Holy Church, Royal Knight, it doesn't matter deal with them but please just capture those people turned into monsters, they are in this state thanks to some magic, so it is possible to restore them... And do not fet to help the Hero Party. Go!".

  And with a nod, Eri taps the ground with her staff and ts, "Rise!", and from her shadow, her horde of undead puppets starts to rise and then it quickly moves to attack the members of the Holy Churd the knight, while at the same time, they restrain the people-monster, at the same time, Freid ts his Spatial Magimon his familiars, "I desire the end and walk the heaven ah. My hands reaothing and drift beyond dreams. Then I shall seek a fissure, a break in the seamless world. I break a hole in the boundaries and create a corridor into the divine realm— ic Rift!", and opens a big gate behind him from which his familiars rush out led by Uranos.

  Seeing that they started to take care of the situation here, I look at Tio and say, "Now let's go and see what is going on at the Main Cathedral of the Holy Church!", she nods, then her body is once again enveloped in a co of jet-bck magic power, a her body ihe co starts growing and as the co disperse, Tio is irue" Form, that of a 7 meters long bck dragon, that looks at my with her reptilian golden eye and says, "Hop on, Mast- Jayr! This way it will be faster!".

  I decide to again ignore her slip and simply jump on her back while thanking her, and while we are quickly flying toward the top of the Divine Mountain, I think, 'I really do not know what to do about Tio's situation... I mean, I like her, she is hot, smart, kind, and quite loyal too, but there are already Seika, Saori, and Eri in my life... I don't want to bee the kind of person that starts colleg lovers left and right like they are pokèmon and ends up not g for any of them... But I also don't want to live with as much restraint as I did in my previous life... Argh! Why is the heart matters so plicated? I'll do what I always do, be ho with myself, and my lovers, and improvise...'.

  While I was thinking about that, we quickly reach our destination, the Main Cathedral of the Holy Church, looking at it, I have to admit, that is really an impressive and majestic building, that truly gives off a mystical and religious feeling, an isoted building standing almost at the top of this mountain at over 8000 meters above the sea level.

  (Image Here - Main Cathedral)

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  [colpse]I jump down from Tio's back, and at the same time, she ges back to her human form and chases after me, and the moment, we both safely nd in front of the golden gate, the entrao this pce, behind us is the long ass stairway that basically leads to the area behind the Royal Pace of Heiligh Kingdom.

  Clearly feeling that something is wrong, Tio says, "This one feels that this pce is a little too calm, especially sidering what is happening in the Capital City...", and after a quick check with my senses, I say, "There aren't many people here... only a hundred and so... not the number one expect for a trap... well, that is if we only t those waiting inside for us...".

  And as soon as I said this, I grab Tio by her waist and jump over the gate as a severe silver light pours down from the sky.

  Light as strong as the moonlight ray e p down the spot we just stood a few moments ago, and I feel Tio in my arm stiffen as she realizes the danger behind this attack, as the light pletely eradicated the ground, the gate, and the surrounding area in the very moment, simply evaporating, scattering into particles.

  Seeing that, I say, "That could be bad... This temple for sure was built with materials that withstand a lot of punishment... In fact, I noticed that the roofs are made of steel, but even so, all became nothing more than particles that were then blown away by the night wind and disappeared into the sky...", and Tio that is still ging to my body asks, "...Was that... disiion...".

  But I don't have the time to say anything, when a voice that resembles the ringing of a bell but is cold and void of aion answers, "Nice dedu, Dragonman!", ah raise our heads and look at where the voies from and see a woman with silver hair and blue eyes, a pletely white dress and armor, who gres at us from the sky.

  The dress is sleeveless and only goes up to knee height, her arms, legs, and head are protective armor, and a metallic pte hangs on both sides of her waist, moreover, a pair of silver wings expand behind her.

  (Image Here - Noint)

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  [colpse]Her figure looks exactly like the mythical Valkyrie, as she slowly raises through the air and her figure noears in front of the moon, which shis silver light on her, giving her some kind of mysterious air as she dispys beauty and charm that is out of this world.

  But totally ign the seriousness of the situation, my mind starts to wander, 'Not bad... Saori is still the most beautiful, but I admit that I'm tempted to see her cold emotionless face twist in psure... No! Bad Jayr! She is a soulless puppet, not a Kuudere, and you still have to deal with the problem of the Dragonman beside you still have to make Saori and Seika meet Eri... Maybe I should train a Shibainu to keep beside me so it bonk me when I get too horny...'.

  And indeed looking at her eyes it is clear, despite her immense beauty, only her eyes give off a cold impression as if frozen in iot the ess of hating another being, it is exactly like a single-minded meical tool, it is the eyes of a doll.

  , the silver-haired woman, while looking down on us, slowly extends both arms out horizontally, then, the gaus shine momentarily, and in the moment, twe white swords appear in her hands, these rge swords are nearly 2 meters ih and are also silver-light magic.

  Then the silver-haired woman who seems ued by their weight, once again speaks with a tone devoid of any kind of feeling, "I am Noint. I am God's Apostle, for my master, I will remove all unnecessary pieces", hearing her decration, I think, 'Okay... it seems that Ehit wants to directly remove me from his "game" after all he already pulled out his sed stro piece...'.

  At the same time, as her words fell, silver magic gushes out around Noint, and a huge pressure attacks me and Tio, it is as if we are standing underh a huge waterfall, to which I 't help but grin totally ued, 'e on! I ehe pressure at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, where it is s that it easily turn carbon into diamond at the age of 9... This is basically a rexing shower!'.

  At the same time, I notice that Tio is also able to withstand this pressure, but she is having some difficulties, and she is looking at Noint with a serious expression, then I release Tio from my grasp and pull out my on in its Sword Form, and with a fident smile on my face I say, "Kill me if you , puppet!!".

  In respoo my decration, her silver wings flutters uhe moonlight, however, not to fly, it is to shoot out magic bullets made out of the silver feathers, all leaking out her murderous i aimed at me.

  The silver magic bullets hold terrifying power along with the ability to be able to fire them tinuously, the darkness of the sky is torn up as a great number of fshes of light pour toward her targets, us.

  But I calmly step forward and ging my on into its Sword Arm Form, I start to swing around the bdes to deflect the silver feathers that came flying in, scattering and dispersing them all, creating a hole in the barrage, at the same time, Tio behiart to t her magic to support me, "Tempest Void!", and the moment, a wind element wall appears in front of me and blooint's attack.

  But then I sense something, and without hesitation, I ge my on to its Flight Mode to easily move around in the air, then I grab Tio and quickly move away from this zohe moment, a silver beam of light passed over the spot we stood a few instants ago, erasing a good k of the external walls of the Main Cathedral.

  Looking at this attack I mutter, "Yup... That disiion beam sure is bad news... Only with sure that I take that head on... But I 't use o in this world, so good old dodging is the way to go!", at the same time, I feel Tio ging tighter to my body and hear her mutter, "This one quite feels that this position is quite nice...", and notice that I'm holding her in a princess carry, and my eyes 't help but fall on the cleavage of her kimono, and unsciously think, 'Damn, those are big... Not the biggest I have ever seen in anime, but quite big indeed...'.

  But then Noint's emotionless voice wakes me up from my daydreaming, "...So you still have room to be distracted, Irregur", her voiow es from behind me and quite close too, at the same time, Tio yells, "Master!?", but before both voices could finish speaking, I'm already reag, I quickly turn around and shoot a Sagitta Magica, Series Obscuri, and notice that Noint is already using one of her rge swords to block my attack, while the other is swinging sideways to attack me.

  The rge swords are 2 meters ih, 30 timeters in width, and are silver light, the silver i magic, "Disiion" that Noint tinuously uses, so even toug it means game over, but even so, even as the bde gets closer, I still remain calm, and with a smile, I raise my hand and t, "Omnipotens Dis! (Almighty Push!)".

  At the same time, as the name of my spell rings out, I use my mana to create a strong repulsive force, which pushes away everything in the viity, Noint included, so effectively stoppitack, but she quickly recovers and once again she charges at me, while I use the time the Omnipotens Dis brought, to detach the Gatling Arm from my backpad aim it at her while holding Tio with only one arm, as she tries to find an opening to support me with her magic.

  Noint rotates in mid-air to gather trifugal force to increase the force of her rge swords, while rotating I see that the moonlight is reflected and causes her silver hair to glitter beautifully, but she soon focuses ba the fight as she attacks me with immense power, as the speed of the swords already far exceeded the onsense of their rge frame.

  But I simply take aim and pull the trigger shooting a dozen of physical bullets with a loud roar, that are then quickly headed toward her abdomen, some of which clearly headed for her heart, however, Noint's rea speed isn't normal either, she quickly holds up her rge swords to protect her stomach the moment I aimed my Gatling, proteg herself from my attack, but still, I once again push her back.

  At that moment, Tio makes her move, she ts, "Fire Bullet!", and summons a barrage of small spinning fireballs that quickly purse Noint and explodes giving out a wave ht red ripples in the night sky and a creates a terrifying shockwave.

  But as the smoke disperse, I see that Noint mao easily e her attack with her silver wings, and seeing that Tio clicks her tongue, and mutters, "Tch, that wasn't strong enough!", and Noint unfolds her wings and says, "...Even while holdira baggage, I 't overpower you... as expected, you are to. You're not a suitable piey master", and while Tio is annoyed as being referred as extra baggage, I reply, "Well, I'm happy that I'm not suitable for that piece of shit game... But since I still don't like how he acts, I think I'm going to tio flip his board and kick his godly ass!".

  Hearing that Noint simply replies, "...It's useless if you're trying to make me angry. I have ions", but I simply shake my head and say, "What are you talking about? I'm n to anger a soulless puppet, I'm simply stating some facts...", to whioint responds with silence as she expands her wings and readies her swords.

  Then Noint's silver wings begin to flutter again, and the silver feathers bullets are quickly shot and scatter in the sky, however, this time they weren't shot at me, instead, they gather around Noint in an instant, several silver feathers are piled up on top and overpping each other taking a quite familiar form, it is a magiation.

  The magiation glows out in silver lights and Noint gres at me as she ts, "Hellfire Tsunami!", and creates a huge tsunami of fire that scorches up the sky.

  The huge wave of fmes raise up and down and pletely towered over our heads and Noint looking at us asks herself, "...Will you also surpass this", but I'm still easily able to hahis kind of power, so I simply cast, "Nivis Casus! (Avanache!)", a highly lethal attack spell that instantaneously creates and unches a rge-volume avanche of snow at the target, and so the two spells which are akin to natural disasters, quickly move one agaiher.

  On one side, there is a bright o of fmes that is giving the night sky a hellish red hue, oher, there is an avanche of id snow ready to sweep away everything in its path, and the moment, the disaster csh against oher, none overwhelming the other, leaving nothing behind than a thick mist, that quickly disperses uhe magic released by Tio, a barrage of wind bdes that moves toward Noint at great speed.

  But Noint easily deflects this attack, then she looks at us with what I only describe as a small hint of amazement, but soon her expression grows colder and she once again disperses her feather to form another formation of feather bullets.

  Then I notice, that she doesn't stop dispersing her feathers, but that she is f many other formations, and oheir number bees 20, their forms unfold as silver feathers are shot towards me simultaneously, it is exactly like a deadly storm, a true natural disaster as the number of feathers bullets is a little too much.

  Seeing this, I grow a little serious and think, 'Just how much magic power does she have!? From the brief exge is clear that all her stats are lower than mine, but she stantly uses these rge-scale spells that burn through a hell lot of Mana, but it seems that she doesn't even care, it is like she has unlimited Mana at her disposal... Wait, she IS one of Ehit's stro pawns, it is possible that she DOES have infinite mana... it isn't so ridiculous as an idea... Even I in THAT state am in a simir dition, with infinite energy... Anyway, better dodge this!'.

  And so I start to dodge, but then suddenly, a hymn begins to resound throughout the Divine Mountain, feeling something off, while dodging the tless silver feather bullets, I look at where the singing is ing from, and soon I see a gathering of church priests, their hands are crossed in a prayer pose as they tio sing.

  The chorus sisting of 100 priests gives out a strange feeling of solemnity to it, 'It kinda reminds me of those of Uncle Enrico', but just as I thought that I immediately felt something wrong, "…~!? What's this? My body's movements are growing dull... and my Mana seems to be diminishing?", but soon Tio yells, "Master! T-this is the Hymn of Ruin, a powerful spell that dulls the target's movements and saps their strength. Unlike most spells that required a magic circle, it only be activated by multiple bishops singing in tandem...".

  And I realize that what she said is true, I feel as if all my energy is being sapped out of my body, moreover, as these particles of light begin to g to us I feel my movements beore obstructed, realizing this I say, "A magic that causes an abnormal state... as expected of the Holy Church. Their measures against enemies are textbook...".

  At the same time, Noint looks down at the priests and mutters, "Ishtar huh... He seems to uand his duties well. Quite a good piece", I follow her gaze ahat among the hundreds of priests there is ohat is clearly one rank higher than all the others.

  It is a man in his 70s, with many wrinkles and long white hair, wearing very brilliant white religious robes and a white headdress resembling a mitre cap of about 30 cm tall with gold trimmings, he is the Pope Ishtar Langbard, that from ground is looking at Noint with aatic expression on his face, while Noint looks back at him with eyes that show ions.

  (Image Here - Ishtar Langbard)

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  [colpse]Seeing this se I 't help but think with a wry smile while still dodging Noint's relentless attack, 'If you look at Ishtar's expression, you'd knht away that he wishes to cooperate with Noint and it seems to also be the height of his lifetime. Certainly, it is a ve existehat moves along with God's will. But Ishtar and the other priests aside, currently, the magivoked is definitely a troublesome one...'.

  Even with this debuff, I'm still able to easily dodge Noint's stant attack thanks to the Tactical Arms Flight Mode, which allows some really quid agile maneuvers without actually moving my body, as it uses a bination of the thruster and Gravity Magic.

  But the moment, several magiations forms around Noint, and lightning bolts e dashing out, they rush towards me while drawing irregur movements in the sky.

  I use a volley of Sagitta Magica, Series Obsuri to shoot through the magical lightning bolts' core and make them disperse, however, I couldn't get rid of the electrified air caused by the lightning bolts, which shocks me a little, causing a momentary stiffness in my movement.

  And Noint without hesitation took that small opening as a ce to attack, she moves in at super-speeds and crosses her twin swords together.

  Due to the momentary stiffness from the electric shock, my rea is slightly deyed, but I still mao divert a blow away using the Gatling as a shield, but the sed bde couldn't be avoided because it is aimed at Tio who is momentarily uo move, and so, it sinks slightly into my left shoulder as I make sure that she isn't hit, "Urgh...!", then I twist my body and blow Noint away with a side kick.

  At the same time, as I'm enduring the slight pain of being cut by a huge sword, I hear Tio's worried voice as looks at my wounds that are dripping blood and yells, "Master!? Are you okay!?", but I just smile at her and say, "Don't worry this is nothing! I have been through way worse... But why don't you stop pying the part of the damsel in distress, and finally act like the dragon you are... There are some priests over there that o feel some dragon wrath!".

  Hearing that Tio smiles and stops ging to my body and starts to fall toward the Cathedral below, then her body is enveloped in a co of jet-bck magic power, that quickly disperses, and Tio in her dragon form appears, thes out a loud roar, she releases a bck fsh from her mouth that flies from above towards Ishtar's group with terrific power.

  It is her scorg breath that eliminates everything, and the only thing that could be heard are the priest's scream of terror, then a loud explosion engulfs the Main Cathedral.

  Odyin