"Angels."
The Holy Son stood on the highest platform of the Saint Residence, looking up at the angels continuously flying down to the human world from the golden heavenly gate, her hands clasped to her chest.
"Is God proclaiming that a beautiful new world has arrived?"
Tendo Kisara walked behind the Holy Son: "It must be so. Don't storybooks always say that the arrival of angels symbolizes the coming of good things, Your Highness the Holy Son?"
"Oh, that's right~" Sima Wei Zhi opened her folding fan slightly to cover her face.
In the past few days, as the wicked were burned away by the Great Judgment, a new order was completely established.
The entire Tokyo Area became much quieter and emptier, but the population was still considerable.
After all, 45% of the original thirty million people in Tokyo remained, now over ten million.
Out of the world's 750 million people, over 300 million still remained.
All human settlements worldwide had established a church order centered around a "Bishop."
This was a true "God's Order"; there would be no corrupt churches like those in medieval Europe.
Those who could become a "Bishop" were great philanthropists, appearing only one in a million.
All the God's Grace had fully taken over the vacuum of social order.
Ordinary people would have no objections; the social order taken over by truly good people. Those who would object were dirty politicians and self-interested individuals, and all of them had vanished in the Innocent Karma Fire.
At the same time.
After destroying all bases related to the "International Initiator Organization" and similar organizations worldwide, the Retainers began to gather and head towards their first target for extermination.
This was on the coastline less than five hundred kilometers from Tokyo. From here, one could vaguely see the massive stone monument surrounding the Tokyo Area in the distance.
A monstrously huge creature, four hundred meters tall, roughly shaped like a straw hat or an abnormally fat octopus head, was wriggling.
Streaks of colorful luminous stripes resembled working electronic tubes, and dense, scarlet, huge eyes covered its entire body.
At the same time, every part of its skin was covered in scars, and octopus-like tentacles extended from each scar. Eight scythe-covered tentacles were enormous, and beak-like curved appendages continuously extended from the corners of its mouth.
Its short legs were completely unable to support its massive body structure, so it moved by wriggling with tentacles extending from beneath its skin.
It was Scorpio, one of the nine existing Fifth-Level Gastrea, and it was coming ashore.
It was constantly wailing, its sound like weeping, or like praying for divine salvation.
"Gulp—-. Such, such profound pressure—" Sanemi Shinazugawa couldn't help but swallow, his veins bulging due to the distorted monster in the distance.
"Mm, no wonder Lord Xia Wei said they already possess a trace of divine Authority." Kyojuro Rengoku also broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead.
"If such a massive system also has molecular-level regenerative abilities, it's simply an unbeatable opponent."
Sanemi Shinazugawa gritted his teeth: "It's far, far stronger than that monster in the Kabane World, completely a monster from another dimension."
Kamado Nezuko said with firm eyes: "But Lord Xia Wei believes we can win, doesn't he?" Gyomei Himejima nodded: "That's right, Lord Xia Wei believes we can defeat it, then we definitely can."
His nerves were taut; he could feel that the power unleashed by even a single casual swing of that monster's tentacles was far more terrifying than his full effort.
Tamayo threw out a large pile of prepared medicines: "Everyone, take these! Although they can't completely cure it, they will definitely have an effect."
"I'm just very sorry, if it were a Fourth-Level Gastrea, it would be fine, at least still within the virus range, but the Fifth-Level has already surpassed that range."
"This black potion is made from metal powder and can greatly slow down the opponent's regeneration speed."
"But it will quickly become ineffective. Molecular-level regeneration must be that trace of divine Authority Lord Xia Wei spoke of. Physical attacks definitely won't work."
"Then, let's go all out." Iguro Obanai took a deep breath.
"Mm. I won't hold us back!" Mitsuri Kanroji nodded solemnly, her gaze becoming resolute.
"I'll clear the way first. I'll try to get a skill that can counter the opponent as soon as possible." Muichiro Tokito drew the sword from his waist.
"But I can't guarantee it will work."
His skill 'Misfortune and Fortune Depend on Each Other' was not an omnipotent skill; it had a limit, only able to acquire five skills.
Facing such a huge monster, it was unlikely that even using all five skill slots would yield a counter.
His skill was more suitable for humanoid monsters, preferably one-on-one.
In a one-against-many situation, he would most likely get area-of-effect skills, and they wouldn't be specialized attacks against each individual.
"Then, I'm going!"
Muichiro Tokito looked at the colossal monster, comparable to a mountain, and rushed towards it like a cloud of mist.
"Mist Breathing!"
His height of 1.6 meters made him seem like an insignificant speck of dust compared to the four-hundred-meter-tall Scorpio.
"Everyone, charge!" Sanemi Shinazugawa shouted, simultaneously activating his magic.
"Tear, tear! Tear everything you see to shreds!"
Azure wind wrapped around him, carrying him as he transformed into a wind-formed awl and charged straight towards Scorpio.
"Burn the heart, transcend limits, full flame power!" Kyojuro Rengoku also instantly activated his magic, transforming into a fiery meteor and rushing forward.
Mitsuri Kanroji followed closely, activating her magic: "Love! Sweet love! A girl in love won't get hurt!"
Sakura-colored sweet wind spun around her body, carrying her upwards.
"Serpent Breathing!" Iguro Obanai had no magic, but his speed was not slow either.
"Flower Breathing!" Kanao Tsuyuri followed closely. "Stone Breathing!" Gyomei Himejima swung his meteor hammer and charged forward at a speed invisible to the naked eye of ordinary people,
Following closely behind the flying Sanemi Shinazugawa and Mitsuri Kanroji.
"I'll provide magic support to everyone."
Kamado Nezuko quickly activated her skill 'Life Share.'
Connecting her life to everyone, as long as they weren't instantly killed, even if only their head remained, their body could be restored through her life force.
That's right, her demon regeneration physique would also be shared with everyone through her life force.
At the same time, she began chanting a magic spell.
"1. O Supreme God of Judgment, hear my prayer. Under your sacred radiance, evil has nowhere to hide.
By my pure spirit, I summon the Innocent Karma Fire—.—"
'Innocent Karma Fire' was an ultra-long incantation magic. The longer the incantation, the greater the magic's power and effect.
This magic was a top-tier magic; a step further and it would be comparable to Authority.
Meanwhile, in a place unseen by the Retainers, a straight line of faith extended from Scorpio into the void.