One month's time.
Everything remained peaceful.
There was still one month until the next portal's cooldown time.
And!
On this day.
Sora sat in his study, quietly reading.
"Still not enough!"
Sora put down a thick book in his hand. This was brought by Demeter, containing basic knowledge and divine texts.
Recently.
Sora had been constantly learning knowledge, no matter what kind of knowledge.
As long as he studied.
It would always add fuel when he ignited divine fire.
Knowledge!
For Sora, it was truly important. To be precise, these were the real foundation and core.
It could even be said.
If there were complete divine texts, that would be most important, but obtaining these in a short time wasn't easy.
"Never mind."
"Let's search slowly."
"If..."
"The next time the Star Map searches for new worlds, if we can find worlds containing complete pantheons, that would be most important."
"Divine texts encompassing entire pantheons."
"Would provide the greatest assistance for igniting my divine fire."
"However."
"There's no rush."
Sora contemplated his future plans and shook his head. There was no need to be urgent.
To be precise.
For now.
He still needed to take it step by step, conquering the remaining two worlds first before searching for new ones.
"Hmm?"
"This is..."
At this moment, Sora seemed to sense something thoughtfully. He lifted his head and gazed into the distance, looking through the Pure Land of Bliss as if seeing what was happening.
"Hehehe..."
"How interesting."
"In such a short time, that seed has already taken root and sprouted."
"It seems."
"Something interesting has happened."
"Perfect."
"Let's go take a look."
The smile at the corner of Sora's mouth grew richer. He closed the book in his hands, stood up, and left the study.
"Dust?"
Persephone was just about to enter the study when Sora, who was pushing the door to come out, emerged.
Sora chuckled softly, "Persephone, let's go. We're going to Fairy Island to take a look."
"That child's dark seed has already taken root and sprouted."
"So fast?"
Persephone was also stunned.
For Saints who took protecting the earth and peace as their mission, to sprout so quickly was quite absurd in a certain sense.
"Yes!"
"That's exactly why it's so interesting."
Sora said with a smile at the corner of his mouth, "Let's go see what the situation is."
"Alright."
Persephone also nodded.
The two left the Pure Land of Bliss, but before that, they brought along Esdeath and Kanae Kocho.
As the only two dependents who had currently stepped into the seventh sense.
When going out, there always needed to be someone who could take action.
Moreover.
The Holy War was starting again.
Both sides had already sat at the chess board. Without absolute certainty, it was better not to flip the table casually.
Fairy Island.
Sora, Persephone, Esdeath, and Kanae Kocho.
The four moved very quickly.
When the four arrived here, they could already see that Jenny had been enveloped by pitch-black darkness.
"Why?"
"Teacher has returned too?"
"Then..."
"Why?"
"No one pays attention to me. Why? Why is this?"
Jenny knelt on the ground, surrounded by darkness, letting out sorrowful questioning voices.
Obviously.
Jenny's darkness was born from this.
Sora could see at a glance what was happening.
Simply put.
The reason darkness was born in Jenny's heart was because of being abandoned and ignored.
All of it.
Everything proceeded without taking her along. She was like an outsider.
Clearly as a Saint, she could fight and die as a warrior, but all along, it was as if she didn't exist.
If Bronze Saints weren't qualified to participate, putting aside Ikki, Shun, Hyoga, Shiryu and others.
But why could the five weaklings also participate?
Could it be said.
Was Jenny really that much inferior to them?
And now...
As Athena resurrected the Saints who died in battle, including Jenny's teacher.
Cassiopeia Silver Saint: Albiore.
Had already been resurrected.
But the result?
It was ultimately meaningless.
Still no one paid attention to Jenny. The sadness and desolation in Jenny's heart, that pain of being abandoned, completely made Jenny's dark seed take root and sprout, beginning to be born.
"Jenny."
"Since Sanctuary, which represents light and justice, doesn't accept you."
"Then."
"Would you like to embrace the darkness?"
"Sign this contract."
"Enter the embrace of darkness."
"Wouldn't that be good?"
Sora's voice suddenly rang in Jenny's ear, and a dependent contract was already floating before Jenny's eyes.
At this moment.
"..."
Jenny stared blankly at the dependent contract before her, seemingly falling into silence.
Her heart seemed to be telling her that no one valued her.
Sanctuary!
Had never valued you. Your teacher, your fellow disciples—no one valued you.
But for Jenny.
As a Saint's duty, the responsibility to protect the earth and peace, made her unwilling to sign this contract.
Simply put.
Jenny was now in a state of conflict. Her heart was struggling painfully.
"They're coming."
The corner of Sora's mouth curved up as he said with interest, "People from Sanctuary are also coming. What do you think? Will their arrival free this child from the bonds of darkness, or will she completely sink into darkness?"
Sora didn't prevent their arrival.
Regarding Jenny, this Saint.
Sora mostly held an attitude of watching the excitement. If you could succeed, that would naturally be best.
But even if you failed?
For Sora, it didn't matter.
"True kindness?"
"Or is it false virtue?"
"Hmph!"
Esdeath crossed her arms and said with a mocking expression, "What true kindness is there? They're all just puppets of false virtue."
In Esdeath's eyes, someone who truly believed in survival of the fittest.
True kindness?
That simply didn't exist.
Sora smiled, "Esdeath, just watch quietly."
For Sora, he did know that truly kind people did exist.
However.
Now he was also very curious about what choices these people would make.
Mercilessly dispose of Jenny, this Saint who might fall into darkness?
Or.
Give Jenny a chance, a chance to escape darkness?
Who knew!
Sora looked at all this with a smile. Undeniably, having become the Dark God, he was also very interested in these malicious amusements.
Light.
Darkness.
Such entanglement was also very interesting to him.
"Jenny, what are you doing?"
"As a Saint."
"You actually chose darkness?"
As the voice rang out.
Once.
The already fallen Cassiopeia Silver Saint: Albiore.
At this moment.
He had been resurrected again, looking at his disciple who had fallen into darkness before his eyes.
At this moment.
He was truly filled with heartbreak, never having imagined such a result.
The Holy War was about to begin again, and all of Sanctuary was in a state of preparation for war.
Upon sensing that dark power had been born on Fairy Island.
Albiore and Lyra Silver Saint: Orpheus.
Two Silver Saints who had reached the seventh sense were prepared to handle the situation here.
But they never expected.
Albiore never imagined that it would be his own disciple who had fallen into darkness.
"Teacher..."
Jenny raised her head in disbelief. She seemed completely unable to imagine that her teacher, upon just arriving, would question her like this.
"Hehehe..."
At this moment.
Jenny let out a self-mocking smile. Her heart had completely given up resistance.
She picked up the dependent contract floating before her eyes, almost without looking, about to sign the contract.
And at this moment.
The Chameleon Bronze Cloth that Jenny wore at all times suddenly disintegrated.
"I..."
"So I've already been abandoned?"
"At the last moment."
"Goddess..."
"You also chose to abandon me?"
Jenny smiled bitterly again. She understood her situation.
Ultimately.
The goddess she believed in had actually abandoned her at this moment too.
Jenny signed her name on the dependent contract.
"Albiore."
Orpheus also shook his head helplessly: "It seems your disciple ultimately chose darkness."
"I understand."
Albiore's eyes also carried sadness, but he gripped the two chain weapons that came with the Cassiopeia Silver Cloth.
He said seriously: "I will personally eliminate my disciple."
Albiore swung his hand, and the chain weapons extended infinitely, heading straight for Jenny.
No matter what.
In this final moment, let him, as her teacher, personally end his disciple.
Crack!
However.
Accompanied by a crisp, pleasant sound, a massive ice wall spread upward.
And from within the ice, Esdeath emerged step by step like a beauty in ice.
"Hmph!"
The corner of Esdeath's mouth curved up as she said with a mocking expression: "How truly interesting. That little girl was struggling with all her might to choose between light and darkness. Yet you personally pushed her into darkness, only to then take her life?"
"How truly disgusting!"
Esdeath's words left both Albiore and Orpheus stunned.
Instantly.
Both understood what was really happening.
"You..."
Albiore's anger flared instantly as he said furiously: "People of the Underworld, you schemed against us?"
"Schemed against you?"
At this time, accompanied by a gentle voice like water.
Kanae Kocho also emerged from behind the ice wall. She shook her head and said softly: "No one schemed against you. No one truly schemed against Jenny, and no one schemed against you either."
"For that lord, as long as Jenny emerged from darkness, we would have left."
"But you personally pushed Jenny into darkness, didn't you?"
"..."
Kanae Kocho's words made Albiore and Orpheus instantly understand.
At this time.
Albiore also understood what his words just now had meant.
"Albiore, calm down."
Orpheus sternly rebuked: "Are you going to follow Jenny's path too?"
"Hehehe..."
Esdeath laughed mockingly: "You two, don't be too arrogant. Sorry, but our lord has no interest in you."
"Alright."
"Just leave obediently, and everything ends here."
"Otherwise."
"What the outcome will be next is hard to say!"
Esdeath looked at the two present with interest, but was already eager to try.
Two Silver Saints who had reached the seventh sense.
For Esdeath, who had also reached the seventh sense, this was quite interesting.
"Just leave?"
"No matter what!"
"Facing you people of the Underworld, there's no such thing as just leaving."
Albiore gripped his weapon tightly, while Orpheus also gripped his harp.
For a moment.
The atmosphere was tense.
"Then let's give it a try!"
Esdeath swung both hands, and two ice swords appeared in her hands. She instantly attacked, heading straight for Albiore.
At the same time.
A light flashed around her body, and the Evil God Tool entered its second stage.
"So it's a Specter Saint?"
"No!"
"It's not quite the same."
Orpheus saw this scene. The style of that cloth looked like a Specter Saint's, but was actually different.
Specter Saints' Surplices were dark purple, but this cloth mixed a hint of red into the dark purple.
To be precise.
It should be called dark red-purple.
Actually.
As Evil God Tool users developed their Evil God Tools further, in the future, the cloth would completely turn dark red.
That would be the true color of an Evil God Tool user's cloth.
"String Fantasy..."
"That won't do~~~"
Orpheus also wanted to attack quickly, but at this time, accompanied by a gentle voice.
Kanae Kocho was already standing before Orpheus.
Orpheus was skilled in illusion-type combat techniques, while Kanae Kocho, as the Earth Demon Star, was also skilled in psychokinesis.
"Earth Demon Star?"
Orpheus looked at the Surplice that Kanae Kocho was now wearing and instantly recognized her.
"Earth Demon Star Babylon: Kanae Kocho!"
"Butterfly Swarm Assembly!"
"Harp String Finale!"
Kanae Kocho and Orpheus.
Both their dark purple and silver cosmos were burning fiercely.
In a short time.
They seemed to have reached a boiling point.
Terrifying cosmos.
Exploded madly.
On the other side.
The battle between Esdeath and Albiore was also becoming increasingly intense.
Their fight was more like close combat.
Albiore relied on the chain weapons of the Cassiopeia Silver Cloth, skilled in medium to long-range combat.
And Esdeath?
Sorry!
Esdeath could be considered proficient in all weapons, basically skilled in various types of combat at long, medium, and close range.
"What a fine opponent!"
The smile at the corner of Esdeath's mouth grew richer.
The battle between the four was becoming increasingly intense.
Powerful cosmos rapidly spread outward in all directions, exploding madly.
And...
Fairy Island began to gradually be covered by dark divine power.
Since.
Sanctuary wasn't very interested in Fairy Island, then the Underworld would temporarily take it as a transit station.
The Underworld naturally had no particular great interest in Fairy Island either.
More precisely.
It was just as a transit station.
"Albiore."
"Darkness is gradually covering the entire Fairy Island. It's time to retreat."
Orpheus fought while retreating. He could feel that Kanae Kocho's cosmos was not as strong as his own.
But the problem was.
Kanae Kocho gave him a feeling completely different from the Specter Saints of the past.
As if!
Calling it an earth-shattering difference wouldn't be excessive at all.
This feeling was as if the current Kanae Kocho was a living person, while the former Specter Saints were all empty-shell puppets.
"Could it be..."
Orpheus suddenly thought of something, his pupils instantly contracting, filled with shock!
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