"What's wrong?"
The dragon carriage stopped suddenly. Crusch and the others immediately realized something was wrong and quickly rushed out of the carriage.
The moment she saw the situation in front, an expression of great surprise appeared on Crusch's face—
The leading dragon carriages had already been reduced to scrap metal.
A man in white clothes was standing at the very front, with a smile on his face that was hard to read.
He was thin and pale, but without a doubt, he was the one who caused all the tragedy before them.
"Who exactly are you!"
Crusch's face showed an expression of great alertness.
"Oh, you don't recognize me? But I recognize you. After all, you are one of the candidates to be the next king."
"You didn't answer my question! You won't get a second chance if you don't answer!"
Crusch gripped the sword at her waist tightly and questioned him loudly.
"How overbearing. But to be king, you really can't do it without this arrogance~"
"I said, there won't be a next time!"
Crusch had basically decided that this person was her enemy.
She swung the sharp blade in her hand, and an extremely swift, storm-like slash landed directly on him—
But that person in front was unharmed.
"What's going on? Is he immune to physical damage? That's not right, Crusch's attack is clearly a combination of magic and swordsmanship, right?"
Satou Kazuma carefully analyzed the other person's abilities.
Crusch's attack should have hit him squarely; he didn't see any barrier-like thing blocking it beforehand.
If his body had some terrible resistance, then why weren't there any wrinkles on his clothes?
"This guy is giving off the scent of a witch!"
Rem and Ram, who were beside her, immediately looked at him with serious expressions.
The man in white showed a very displeased expression:
"Hey, I was just getting into my speech when you suddenly cut in! What kind of education did you get—"
"Turn Undead!"
Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Aqua used her ability directly, and a beam of light fell on him.
"Useless goddess, why are you using Turn Undead! This guy doesn't look undead at all!"
"I had to try it first! After all, in this world, the guys who look like undead aren't actually undead, so I thought maybe this guy was!"
Aqua immediately defended herself.
"You need to look carefully to be sure!"
Watching Aqua and Satou Kazuma start bickering in front of him, the man in white was stunned for a moment, then the corners of his mouth started to twitch, and the expression on his face became more distorted:
"You keep interrupting me! This is trampling on my human rights! You guys—"
"Betty, try attacking him?"
"Okay!"
Beatrice heard Satou Kazuma's words and launched an attack on the man in white.
A crystal arrow hit his body, but still had no effect.
"As expected, it still doesn't have any effect. This guy is completely immune to damage. Is he a mechanic-based monster?"
Satou Kazuma scratched his head.
"You guys—"
"I'll try it myself too, Fire!"
Satou Kazuma immediately released a fireball, hitting him, but he was still unharmed.
"He really is strong. Even my magic didn't hurt him at all!"
"That doesn't seem to have anything to do with your magic, does it?"
Aqua immediately mocked him with disgust.
"You, you, you!"
The man in white was so angry that he was out of breath, pointing at Satou Kazuma and the others with his hand, the expression on his face so full of hate that he wanted to eat them.
"What kind of education did you guys get!"
"Ah, that."
Satou Kazuma turned his head to look at Crusch, hesitated for a moment, and then said,
"I dropped out of school."
"....."
The other person's face showed a hint of surprise, as if he didn't expect that someone would actually answer his question.
"You—"
"No, is it so hard for you to introduce yourself? You keep asking about our education, but you can't even do the most basic self-introduction! You aren't even as good as an elementary school student!"
Aqua said impatiently while spreading out her hands.
"I... you..."
A thousand words seemed to gather in the mouth of the man in white. What was happening now was completely beyond his imagination.
Normally, wouldn't those people feel fear when they saw him?
Why did they seem... not care at all?
What's going on with these guys, exactly?
But things had already come to this, and he was prepared to announce his name.
"I am—"
"This guy is the Greed Archbishop Regulus!"
Just at this moment, Geuse recognized the other person's identity at a glance.
In his memories, Regulus was also one of the enemies who once attacked him and Fortuna!
"Another archbishop of sin?"
Satou Kazuma raised an eyebrow in surprise; no wonder Ram and Rem sensed the scent of a witch.
But Satou Kazuma didn't expect Geuse to know the other person's name.
Geuse didn't have the memories of his time as the Sloth Archbishop, which meant that this guy called Regulus had become an archbishop of sin at least a hundred years ago.
To be recognized by Geuse at a glance meant that the other person's appearance hadn't changed much from before.
This guy has lived a long time too.
The veins on Regulus' forehead popped out. His words had been interrupted for so long, and in the end, even his lines were stolen.
Behind Regulus, another person slowly walked out.
He was short, dark-skinned, and had two rows of shark-like teeth in his mouth.
"Chew, lick, eat, digest!"
He wore a crazy smile on his face and shouted loudly at everyone,
"Gluttony Archbishop of the Witch Cult, Gourmet Lye Batenkaitos!"
But the only response to Lye was the silence of the crowd.
"Do all the people in the Witch Cult like to introduce themselves like this?"
Aqua glanced at Lye and then turned her head to look at Geuse behind her.
"Absolutely, absolutely can't allow you to trample on my human rights! Unforgivable, inexcusable!"
At this moment, Regulus roared hysterically.
This was the first time he felt that he had been so despised!
Angry emotions made Regulus clench his teeth.
He must make the people in front of him pay a heavy price!
"Die!"
Regulus picked up a stone and threw it directly at someone.
Aqua!
Aqua and Satou Kazuma were the loudest.
Let Aqua be the first sacrifice!
"What's so great about just throwing a stone? He's like a little kid."
Looking at Regulus's actions, Satou Kazuma just snorted, not taking him seriously at all.
He originally thought the other person would have some super powerful ability, but is that it?
Just throwing stones?
It felt like if that was all he had, Aqua could fight him.
"Aqua, you—"
Before Satou Kazuma could finish speaking, Aqua's body flew out like a cannonball.
?
Satou Kazuma looked blankly at the scene in front of him.
What's going on?
Where did the useless goddess go?
Just throwing a stone could do this?
"If you only look at fighting ability, Regulus could be said to be the most terrifying existence in the Witch Cult at the time."
Geuse said with a serious expression, while also releasing unseen hands, preparing to fight to the death.
He knew very well that even with the Sloth Factor, he would never be able to defeat Regulus.
"It's all your fault! I originally didn't even want to kill you! It's you who have trampled on my human rights again and again. I can't accept it, I can't forgive it, and even if I die, it's your fault. You are too weak. Everything is because you are too weak, which is why it turned out this way. Don't you understand?"
Regulus began to make a meaningless speech.
His authority, Lion's Heart, is the authority to stop time and prohibit change for an object.
In other words, it fixes the state of an object.
That's why Regulus's body can be immune to any attack.
And Regulus had just given the stone he threw the same authority, allowing it to maintain the same state all the way, unaffected by gravity and air friction.
In other words, that small stone contained almost infinite authority.
"I was originally curious about who killed the White Whale, but I didn't expect it to be you guys? That girl just now, was he called Aqua? I remember she was also one of the candidates for king, right? It's a shame we couldn't eat her!"
Lye licked his tongue across his lips, his eyes full of greed.
"This is bad, this is bad."
Satou Kazuma realized that these guys in front of him seemed to have power far beyond what he imagined.
"Great, they seem to be guys we can't break!"
"Crusch-sama, please be careful. These two guys are very dangerous."
Wilhelm and Elsa walked in front of Satou Kazuma and the others with weapons in their hands. Ram, Rem, and Emilia also prepared for battle.
"Sigh, you guys still don't understand your position. Was the death of that rude guy just now—"
"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts so much! Kazuma, it hurts so much!!!"
Just as Regulus was speaking, a hysterical wail came from beside him.
"Wha, what?"
Regulus looked in the direction of the sound, a little dazed.
Aqua, covered in dust, slowly walked back from where she had been knocked away.
"Hey, you! You're very rude! Throwing stones in the direction of a goddess! You'll be punished by the heavens!!!"
Aqua looked at Regulus with a resentful expression.
Regulus's eyes were full of confusion, completely not knowing what was going on.
His attack should have hit, right?
No matter who it was, as long as they were hit by his attack, they would be blasted to death directly.
Why did this girl look unharmed?
Not only Regulus, but Geuse was also incredibly shocked when he looked at Aqua, his entire expression frozen.
He had personally witnessed the horror of Regulus's authority.
How was Aqua able to be unharmed?
"Useless goddess, are you okay?"
Satou Kazuma widened his eyes and asked about Aqua's situation.
"It hurts so much!!!! That guy threw a stone at me, Kazuma!"
Looking at Aqua's constant complaints in front of him, Satou Kazuma was certain that Aqua's body was indeed unharmed.
After all, she was someone who could crawl out on her own even after being blasted away by the White Whale before.
Although she's an idiot, she really is a goddess, so—
Satou Kazuma took a step forward and stood directly behind Aqua.
"What are you doing, Kazuma!"
"I'm afraid that guy will suddenly throw another stone, so I'm putting you in charge of being the meat shield! Aqua!"
"Why me!!!! It hurts!!!"
"Because you're a goddess!"
Satou Kazuma and Aqua entered bickering mode again, and Lye, who was watching all of this, stared intently at Aqua.
He also couldn't understand why Aqua was still alive after taking Regulus's attack.
Is she immune to physical attacks?
But that's the best!
This way, Lye would have a chance to eat!
As the Gluttony Archbishop, the delicious food that Lye desired wasn't a specific food.
It was people's memories and names.
As long as he knew the name, Lye could steal their name and memories!
People whose names were eaten would be forgotten by everything in the world and lose all their relationships.
People whose memories were eaten would lose their memories, lose all their fighting skills, and even have their personalities change greatly.
And those people whose names and memories were eaten would become empty shells that no one remembered, falling into a deep sleep.
Lye already knew Aqua's name—
So, now is the time to eat!
Eclipse!
This is one of the Gluttony's Authorities, to extract the memories of opponents he has eaten in the past and reproduce them in his own body.
He used the ability of someone who used to be known as the 'Jumper,' which allows him to teleport a short distance!
In less than the blink of an eye, Lye had teleported in front of Aqua and grabbed her arm.
The ritual to activate the Authority of Gluttony begins!
Touch any part of the target's body with his hand, then lick his own palm.
"Time to eat~"
After successfully touching Aqua, Lye immediately distanced himself and then stuck out his tongue at his palm.
Aqua's name and memories are definitely the finest delicacies!
"Kazuma... that's disgusting. He's even more disgusting and perverted than you!"
"Although I admit this guy is really disgusting, don't compare me to him!"
Just as Lye thought he would be able to successfully devour Aqua's memories and name, he froze in place.
The next moment, his entire body began to tremble, blood flowed from his seven orifices, and he fell to the ground.
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