Devour the Wicked Great Evil Spirit! 3
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Wh-Who are you!?
Engee panicked at the sudden encounter, but in contrast, the woman of blue light was calm.
She slowly bowed, and then, she spoke to Engee.
<I am the Vessel. The Vessel of a Nameless God Created but without authority, merely an observer thats how I used to introduce myself.>
And then, the woman straightened up.
<But now, ufufu yes, now my name is Extra. The companion of this girl, Emi, whose soul you so brazenly attempted to possess that is me! Ufufu!>
She stared straight at Engee, smiling happily.
Vessel of a God!?
Hearing those words, hostility surged uncontrollably in Engees heart!
Hes a Great Evil Spirit whose existence is maintained by his resentment towards the gods.
He cant help but be hostile towards anything related to gods!
<Ihihi!>
Engee laughed triumphantly, transforming the red haze that constitutes his body into tentacles and firing them towards Extra-sama!
One, two, three countless so many!
But Extra-sama wasnt the least bit flustered, her demeanor composed.
Before Engee could even blink, she had vanished, and his tentacles sliced through empty air.
<Ufufu.>
!?
And then, a laugh suddenly came from behind him!
Engee hurriedly turned around, and there stood Extra-sama.
T-Teleportation!?
Engee, flustered, hurriedly distanced himself from Extra-sama, but seeing that, she tilted her head.
<Oh my, dont you understand? What I just did well, an evil spirit whos only existed for 5,000 years ufufu, youre no match for me.>
Dont underestimate meeee!!!
Engee was enraged, and fired his tentacles at Extra-sama again, but it was an impulsive attack, fueled by anger.
Extra-sama easily dodged it, floating and keeping her distance from Engee, and then sighed.
<Now, Engee Albitt. I had some respect for you. After all, you were the first human to discover the Divine Realm and challenge those foolish gods That was, in a sense, a great achievement. I cant deny that.>
W-What?
And Extra-sama suddenly praised Engee.
Engee, hearing those words, stopped moving.
Hes weak to praise.
Whenever someone affirms him, he feels good!
<However.>
But Extra-samas words naturally wouldnt end with just affirmation.
<You foolishly bared your fangs at Emi. At Emi a fragment of that persons soul no, my precious, precious, precious, precious, precious, precious, precious, precious, PRECIOUS COMPANION!!!>
Ihi!?
And then Extra-sama suddenly shouted, her anger clear!
Engee, intimidated by the intensity of her anger, involuntarily backed away!
<Ufufu, I wont let you escape.>
Extra-sama, seeing that, chuckled coldly and snapped her fingers.
And then, a crack
Appeared in the giant blue sphere of light glowing in the center of this space.
What peeked out from that crack was jet-black darkness.
A terrifying darkness with occasional flashes of rusty red.
<Do you know, evil spirit? Emi is a glutton.>
Extra-sama, her voice cheerful and excited, floated towards the crack in the sphere of light and lovingly caressed that terrifying darkness.
Engee couldnt move.
He was paralyzed, intimidated by the unknown darkness that had been hidden, enveloped in blue light.
<Shes always hungry, poor thing thats why I want to give her everything Everything in this world no, ufufu everything!>
Zzzzt
Gradually, gradually
Darkness overflowed from the crack.
That terrifying darkness
Is the enemy of the world!!
Engee instinctively understood that!
<I-Ihi, ihiiiiii!? >
No!
This is bad!
He has to get out of here!
He has to escape, now!!
The moment Engee, finally understanding that, turned his back on the darkness
Tentacles extended from the darkness and entwined almost his entire hazy body!
IHIGYAAAAAAAH!?
Engee, caught in the tentacles, couldnt even put up a decent fight
Plop!
With such a sound, rippling the surface of the darkness
He was dragged in.
And that was the end.
Engee Albitt, the former engineer
The great sinner who pulled the trigger on the destruction of civilization
The Great Evil Spirit who was recognized as one of the Worlds Calamities
Was easily annihilated.
No.
Just a tiny fragment.
A tiny fragment of Engee, with almost no ego or memories
Had separated from the main body before being dragged into the darkness by the tentacles
And secretly escaped to the outside world.
It fell deep into the earth.
Riding on the mana flowing beneath the ground
It began to move towards Sardisann.
But
What could that fragment, smaller than a gnat, possibly accomplish?
That is something that no one knows at this time.
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<Ufufu, 5,000 years old, you know? Did you enjoy it, Emi?>
In this space, now quiet after the screaming evil spirit vanished
Extra-sama was still lovingly caressing the jet-black darkness.
Not enough
As if pleading
A thin, small tentacle extended from the darkness and entwined Extra-samas finger.
<Oh my, Im sorry>
Extra-sama, looking sad, gently shook off the tentacle, and snapped her fingers.
And then, Emis jet-black soul, which had peeked out from the crack was once again hidden, enveloped in Extra-samas power the blue light.
<If the smell leaks out too much, theyll notice>
Extra-sama said that, chuckling.
The ominous aura completely disappeared with Emis soul hidden, and this space, enveloped in pale blue light, was once again filled with a tranquil atmosphere.
<Now, Emi. Shall we wake up?>
Saying that, Extra-sama vanished, as if melting into the blue light enveloping Emis soul.
Thump.
Thump.
Thump.
Her souls pulsations, slightly stronger and faster.
Emi who had lost consciousness for a while from Engees attack on her soul
Is waking up.