Hearing this somewhat excited voice, the Progenitor knew who had come to cause trouble, and his tone became a bit displeased.
"Rig, do you want to die that badly?"
The Progenitor raised his other hand, and a scythe appeared, easily severing the chains. However, he needed to re-concentrate the power in his hands; he had to ensure it reached a level that even Mika, in his Demon Transformation state, could not withstand.
After the scythe cut the chains, it vanished into this space.
Rig heard the Progenitor's voice, and even though the content wasn't very friendly, a sense of accomplishment still rose in his heart. No one else could understand this feeling of his.
But in the next instant, his expression changed. Before his body could react, an illusory scythe appeared out of thin air, piercing through him and sending him flying.
"Rig!"
Urd jumped up hurriedly and caught Rig.
Rig coughed up a large mouthful of blood. The hideous, terrifying wound on his body seemed like a mocking grin at Rig's overestimation of his own strength.
"Are you alright?"
Urd asked with a frown.
Rig gave a dry chuckle and said crossly,
"It's nothing. You should try taking a hit next time, cough cough..."
Rig forced himself up. The blood gushing from his wound turned into several chains, which thrust toward Yuichiro's group.
However, only as they were about to enter Yuichiro's body did a Demonic Aura barrier block the chains.
As for the others, they suffered no physical damage at all. Hiiragi Shinya was among them, and he was the only one with two chains connected to him.
"What is this?!"
Rig was somewhat surprised by Yuichiro's uniqueness, but it wasn't unacceptable. He smiled and explained to Hiiragi Shinya,
"Don't worry, it won't cause any harm to you personally."
As the only one awake among them, Shinya was fortunately still able to sense his own physical condition. Indeed, there was nothing abnormal... wait! This damn thing's targets are byakkomaru and Guren!
"Wait a—"
Just as he was about to move, he felt a sharp pain in his head and blacked out.
Krul folded her arms across her chest, withdrew her foot, and turned to walk back to her previous position.
"If your status is low, then stay quiet and be obedient."
Krul stood to the side again, but her gaze only occasionally glanced at the situation on Rig's side; the rest of the time, she was looking around for something.
She had kicked Shinya unconscious simply because she felt the guy might cause trouble. Having spent so much time with Luke, she also felt that the fewer complications, the better, so she kicked him out as a precaution.
Krul looked around for a long time but couldn't see where Luke was. When she asked Crowley and the others, they also said they didn't know.
"That bastard, nowhere to be found during such an important matter. Playing mysterious again! And he didn't even take me with him!"
After the chains inserted themselves into the bodies of these'sacrifices,' they went straight for the demons within their consciousness.
Ghost Box King, who had just returned from Mika's fantasy world, and Moonlight Rhyme's group of demons were currently using previously stored desires to recover their strength, when they were suddenly drained... Ghost Box King was even pierced through by a chain and then bound up; his power began to leak away like a mountain flood.
Clack, clack, clack... several sounds rang out, causing the Progenitor to frown again. He turned to look, and at some point, several coffins had appeared not far away.
The sounds just now were exactly the sounds of coffin lids opening.
"My head hurts so much, where is this?"
A pink-haired youth climbed out of a coffin.
"Ah, it's so good to be able to hear your voice again, Kimizuki."
Yoichi also climbed out of a coffin while holding his head. As soon as he popped his head out, Yoichi made eye contact with the Progenitor.
"What a beautiful person..."
"Yoichi! Kimizuki! Get away from there!"
"Eh? Yuu! You're here too."
Yoichi was surprised to see Yuichiro there, and for a moment, he ignored the content of Yuichiro's words.
Clang!
A crisp sound rang out behind Yoichi's head. Yoichi trembled all over in fright. Turning around, he saw Hiiragi Shinya holding a dark-red bladed japanese sword, blocking a scythe.
"You brat, what are you still dazed for?"
Shinya did his best to push the scythe away, then dodged to the left.
The scythe fell again, shattering the coffin where Yoichi had just been.
Seeing the destructive power of this strike, Yoichi felt a lingering fear, and Shinya also let out a long breath.
"Bro... Brother..."
Shihō Kimizuki's heart skipped a beat upon hearing this voice. He turned to look and saw Mirai Kimizuki poking her head out of a coffin, her body trembling involuntarily, clearly terrified to the extreme.
Mirai Kimizuki also drew the Progenitor's attention.
"Mirai!"
Shihō Kimizuki was extremely anxious. He drew the twin swords at his waist and, bolstered by Demonic Aura, saved his sister before the Progenitor's attack could land.
The Progenitor was displeased to see so many new enemies, especially since the Demonic Aura on them was very familiar.
It must be that Rig kid again. If I had known, I should have risked the collapse of Shinoa Hiragi's body to kill that guy.
The Progenitor had never thought that his plan of countless ages would encounter complications just as it was nearing completion.
Moreover, he could feel that besides Rig, there were Krul and her retainers, and even Rig's retainers, all targeting his plan to varying degrees, though it seemed these fellows had different objectives.
Thinking of this, the Progenitor's mood grew even worse. There were quite a few people working against him.
"It should be about time."
The Progenitor looked toward Yuichiro and Mika, smiling slightly.
The two being watched by the Progenitor only felt their entire bodies go cold.
Mika had prepared a backup plan early on. Sensing that things were going south, he immediately hugged Yuichiro and said softly,
"Yuu, you must protect our family."
Yuichiro didn't react in time and felt himself surrounded by a force, seemingly preparing to send him out of the sea of consciousness.
In reality, Yuichiro's eyelids twitched almost imperceptibly.
But Mika soon realized something was wrong. Logically, Yuichiro should have been expelled instantly, but that wasn't the case.
That force only lingered on Yuichiro for a moment before dissipating on its own.
"I saw through that idea of yours long ago. How could I not have a countermeasure?"
As the Progenitor's words fell, the power in his hand was also slammed toward the ground.
If this strike landed, it was feared no one present could withstand it.
Everyone moved toward Mika's side. Yoichi drew his bow with extreme speed, and three arrows flew toward the Progenitor almost simultaneously.
While Mika was anxious about how to protect Yuichiro, a red light flashed, and Mika's right arm was severed.
"Bastard, what are you doing?!"
The power on Yuichiro vanished. Before he could say anything, he saw Mika's right arm had been cut off.
The "culprit," Hiiragi Shinya, was expressionless, simply stabbing the sword in his hand into Mika's severed arm.
"Is it okay, Guren?"
"Don't worry, no one will be hurt!"
Red light flared intensely on Shinya's sword. Shinya pulled out the sword, turned to face the Progenitor, and stabbed the sword into the ground. Simultaneously, a white tiger leapt from his body, picked up Mika's severed arm in its mouth, and returned it to Mika. However, Mika had already regenerated his right arm with a dark expression, leaving byakkomaru somewhat at a loss.
But after this, there was no time to worry about such things.
Yoichi's attack had indeed slowed the Progenitor's movements slightly, making Shinya's actions only an instant later than the Progenitor's.
In an instant, everyone was temporarily blinded, seeing only a vast expanse of white, and their ears could hear nothing.
When everything was restored, what met their eyes was a void. Unlike the original vastness of the sea of consciousness, this void seemed ready to devour anyone; one careless step and one would fall into it.
And now in this void, there was only a normal area beneath their feet, and the Progenitor flapping his wings in the emptiness.
"Truly incredible."
The Progenitor was astonished. To think they could withstand a power sufficient to shatter the sea of consciousness; the demon in that sword is truly a rule-breaker.
"Mika, what's wrong with you?"
Yuichiro shook the figure of Mika, who had collapsed in his arms, his eyes filled with worry.
Shinya said calmly,
"His sea of consciousness has shattered, so he can't wake up for now. But don't worry, he's a demon now. As long as there is desire, he can wake up."
You will get 30 chapter ahead for this fanfiction.
patreon.com/AZOFFICIAL1