Little Girl in Danger (2)

"Then would it be better if I just kept quiet?" Apta asked.

"Well, that's the best option."

"But... there are demons there. They will rule that world, a beautiful world. I don't want that world to be ruled by them."

"Rules are rules. You are a god, so you know what has happened to you. If you go there, you know what will happen... That's why the best option is to remain silent, even if it's for you, God of the Void, Lord Apta."

Most likely it is the best for now. Apta can't do anything even though in front of him there are demons who managed to get out of Hell. He had a risk going there, it was a very fatal risk for him, one that had existed for tens of thousands of years. The rules bothered him to go there.

"Can I ask something?"

"Sure, Lord Apta."

"Is what came out, demons, came from my world, the Void World?"

"I don't know, but it's a possibility. Judging from the situation, your world, the Hell of the Void World, is currently in a crisis phase. Many of the demons that were there rebelled against the angels."

"Oh, I see."

Apta has worked hard to protect his world. His world, the Void World, which belonged to the southern part of Hell, was in a difficult phase. The demons suddenly became strong and started breaking into Hell in other parts. Apta has gone to great lengths to discipline them, even though he works without thinking about his drastically reduced strength. What happened there cost him 25% of his power, which was enough to only take care of the world in a thousand years.

And now, he wants to rest and decides to see that beautiful world, Earth, a place where living things live in peace. But right now, what he saw were demons, whom he had seen so many times. Apta saw that the demons managed to enter the world because of the stupid humans who carried out the ritual to summon a god. And in the end, the summoned ones were the demons. It was a stupid thing to do and a high risk.

As a result of that, one by one they died there, killed by the demons. After the explosion was over, the ritual failed and made the demons exterminate them there. Several demons managed to get out of the cave, some were still there to eat humans, and some were...

"Isn't that..."

A little girl got up from there. She suddenly stood up and shouted as if in response to her rising body. And after Apta saw it so clearly, it turned out that the little girl was not a little girl like the first time Apta saw her, but...

"Something possessed her," Janu said. "Besides those demons, they have summoned Demon Lords as well."

Janu finds out that the one possessing the little girl is the Demon Lord. Judging from the structure of the little girl's body, which was filled with a dark aura and her eyes were blazing red, the little girl was already possessed by the Demon Lord residing within her body.

"That's what happens when you play something bad. It's their doing, so they have to accept it," Janu continued.

"But, that little girl..."

"But still, she is the trigger for the ritual. If she isn't caught, she won't accept it. She is the main role of the ritual, so she is also included."

Even if the little girl was the main role in the ritual, Apta was sure that the little girl didn't want that. It was coercion from fools only, who wished to summon a god. Nobody would want that, even for Apta who is a god.

"As a god, you needn't care about that, Lord Apta."

"Yeah, you're right. I don't care about that little girl, even if she dies there."

While saying that, Apta quietly moved the fingers of his right hand, hiding it behind his body.

"Besides, that little girl will die there. The Demon Lord who possessed her must only be using her body to gain his powers and speed up adaptation to his new world. The little girl died tragically, what a poor fate."

Letting Janu speak, Apta moved his power in the form of a purple dot, which can propagate from ground to ground as if walking, to reach the cave.

"We're done with this. I don't want to see that again."

"Ah, you're right, Lord Apta. We still have to deal with the portal created by those humans in the Void World."

"Let's go!"

Janu turned around and walked out towards the door. Apta also silently moved his left hand, holding a purple slime that seemed to be alive and able to move.

His power or what could be called his skill, which was in the form of a purple-colored dot, managed to enter the cave and arrived near the little girl. And at the same time, Apta took God of War's sword and put it in his right hand, then saw Janu come out of his private room.

Before Apta came out with Janu, while he was still with his back to the door, he used his skills simultaneously. The purple slime held in his left hand turned into him, resembling himself, and walked out of the space. In other words, the purple slime was a clone of him.

And meanwhile, the real Apta was already beside the little girl. He managed to teleport between Heavens to Earth with his purple dot skill.

"I only have 30 seconds before Janu realizes that it's not me. I have to finish this quickly," Apta said in his mind.

The time needed by Apta is only 30 seconds. He had to resolve all these situations as soon as possible. The demons must be killed immediately so as not to spread to all corners of the world. What's more, the Demon Lord who was inside the little girl had to be immediately taken out.

"Void..."

With his power to manipulate anything into nothingness, Apta made the scattered demons sink into the void. They go in there and are trapped there. Then, Apta uses his other skills to make those in there die quickly. In other words, they are trapped in a space that Apta created, which Apta can control. And they died there.

"Well, the Demon Lord is left there," Apta said in his mind.

Holding the sword, Apta drew the sword straight at the little girl's stomach.

"Arrrgg...!!!"

The little girl screamed, then Apta pulled the little girl's silver hair.

"Come out! Void..."

Apta managed to get the head of the Demon Lord, which came out of the little girl's silver hair. And because Apta didn't want to linger here, Apta took the Demon Lord out by force and then slit the Demon Lord's head.

"I didn't think I would get my hands dirty. This is so disgusting, holding a Demon."

Apta managed to kill the Demon Lord with just one slash. The Demon Lord's head was severed from his body, and even the heart that was in his neck disappeared.

"Then now... I have to go back."

Before Apta used his skills to return to Heaven, he heard the groaning sound of the little girl, who was about to die.

"D-Dad...is that you? Thankfully, I finally got to see you again, Dad. I-I miss you. I'm sorry, Dad. If I had obeyed you not to leave the house, I-I... I'm sorry for having been your bad daughter. I disobeyed what you said just because I wanted to know how beautiful this world is. I'm sorry, Dad... I love you."

The little girl spoke as if she knew she would die. She said that right in front of Apta. With a body full of wounds, even a wound in her stomach from being stabbed by Apta, the little girl still had time to speak as if she was in front of her father.

"Ah, damn it. Humans are like that, love each other, and sometimes break promises. Why are they such living beings?" Apta wondered in his mind.

Apta realized that behind him was a human who would surely die soon, but he is also aware that the love that a little girl has is regretful. But, as long as the regret is present, the little girl will not be at peace, even if she is dead.

Love, affection, life, what has made her this far are their feelings. If love only leaves regrets, it is useless. Mixed feelings will make a person feel uncomfortable. The thing that should be justified is that the feeling must be corrected so that there are no regrets for the rest of her life.

"Humans are so unique, I want to study their attitudes. If their feelings are not reciprocated, they will only hold a grudge. If their feelings are reciprocated, love will arise in their feelings. How unique they are to live in this world," Apta said in his mind. After that, he turned around and opened his mouth. "Well, maybe this is a second chance for you. Apologize to your father for being a bad girl. Continue to live with your father so that one day you become a great woman in this world. Take this sword, endure as long as you can. And..."

Apta knew what he had to sacrifice to save the little girl. A quarter of his power, meaning it was the power of a god, had to be given to the little girl to live.

Apta has unleashed 25% of his divine power as a result of Hell being in a difficult phase. If he gave his power to the little girl, he would lose another 25%. All that was left of him was only 50% of his strength, it was a total that wasn't enough to fight the other gods.

"Phew... this may be a hard thing, but you have to survive for your father. Live the way you believe in, Little Girl."

Apta transferred his power to make the little girl free from her suffering, and her death. Then, he started to feel weak in his whole body.

Twenty-five percent is not a small amount, so it takes quite a while to transfer. But since Apta is the God of Void, capable of manipulating things into nothingness, it only takes 3 seconds. And during those 3 seconds, while transferring 25% of his power to the girl, Apta did something to his left hand.

"This is just an estimate, but I have to do this," Apta said in his mind.

After successfully doing that, Apta had fallen there and was able to stand back up.

"I've used almost all of my power. There's only 5% left. I have to get back before I fall."

Before returning to Heaven, Apta confirmed the little girl. He opened the little girl's eyes and saw the girl's eyeballs turning purple. Then, slowly, the little girl's silver hair turned purple as the power within her rose.

"Alright, time to go back. Void: Teleport!"

Apta just disappeared from there, appearing instantly amid the crowd of gods, and his hands and neck were immediately handcuffed with magic from one of the gods behind him.

"Geez, I thought it would be like this," Apta said in his mind.

"Alright, the trial begins!"

"Ah, at least she can live. I hope she meets her father," Apta once again said in his mind and closed his eyes.

"I, Janu, as an eye witness, will speak. I testify that Lord Apta has helped humans. Lord Apta has violated the rule."

With hundreds of gods witnessing, Apta could only see Janu who was there as a witness for his trial.

"Phew... I better have no subordinates," Apta said quietly.