Terror Far Beyond Common Sense

Countless arms wrapped around Petelgeuse entirely, lifting him up and floating in the air.

It looked like a bizarre phenomenon where the left foot stepped on the right foot, but it was actually happening in this strange world.

Even though he had sent his fingers, Petelgeuse still chose to take action personally.

He was eager to capture Emilia for judgment, and at the same time, he wanted to torment Ayanokouji to find out why he received so much favor.

The large, invisible arms held Petelgeuse, and from his high position, he could see everything around him better.

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"What kind of ability is this..."

"Invisible attacks, this is too shameless."

"But if Roswaal were here, we should be able to kill the Sin Archbishop of Sloth before he attacks!"

The students in the coffee shop were talking a lot. Honami was carefully watching her student's terminal screen, then raised her head and looked at Ayanokouji.

"Ayanokouji-kun, how do you think you should deal with this person, if you really met a monster like Petelgeuse?"

"You probably wouldn't encounter him in real life."

Ayanokouji replied calmly and shifted his gaze to the almost empty coffee cup in front of him.

"What if we did meet?"

Honami leaned forward and looked at him with curious eyes.

Horikita had to cough several times, signaling that she was still there.

"I might have no choice but to run away." Ayanokouji said lightly.

After seeing Petelgeuse display his ability on the screen, he had already thought about how to deal with him.

If it was modern technology, whether it was a gun or a cannonball, Petelgeuse might not be able to react, but there were no such weapons in the different world shown in the video. Puck and Emilia might be able to fight, but the risk was too great.

Running away was the only option.

Avoiding risks that could be avoided. This was his philosophy.

❰❱SKY SCREEN❰❱

"Huhuhu..."

At this moment, Emilia was already out of breath from sudden running.

Ayanokouji was also walking through the forest while carrying Ram, who had exhausted her magic power.

"I am truly sorry, Ayanokouji-sama, for dragging you down..."

Ram having exhausted her magic power, said weakly.

Ayanokouji had undergone rigorous training, and his physical strength and power were far beyond what others imagined. Carrying the lightweight Ram was nothing, but to maintain his breathing rhythm, he did not respond to anything else.

His purpose in carrying Ram was very simple. It was because of her unique abilities. Not to mention wind magic, her Clairvoyance ability alone had great value. If Ram could be saved, he could also gain Roswaal's further trust.

'Shamak could buy us a few minutes... But if Petelgeuse has the ability to move, I'm afraid this time will be continuously shortened.' Ayanokouji thought while fleeing and observing his surroundings.

He noticed a writhing presence in the air that looked like a giant octopus.

"I found it, I found it! I finally found it with my persistence!"

In the air, Petelgeuse looked at the people walking through the forest, with a permeating and terrifying smile on his face again.

"Do you want to escape the trial? You are truly lazy! You are lazy! And why are you, who is loved by her, doing something that goes against her! Why? Why!? We cannot understand at all, but you have failed to meet her love. It is unforgivable, unforgivable, unforgivable."

Petelgeuse in the air kept biting his fingers, and his facial expression became increasingly exaggerated.

"My brain trembles!"

He controlled the Unseen Hands and launched an attack on the people on the ground.

"Puck, right above."

After hearing Ayanokouji's words, Puck immediately created a large ice wall in the air, blocking the Unseen Hands.

"Is your desperate defense really persistence? Is this persistence due to love? Is it love? Love! What a wonderful feeling! For love! For love! Because of love! It's love! For reciprocal acts of love for everything! Witch! The end of my love! Witness my persistence! If we eradicate these lazy people, what else can we gain besides true love? Unshakeable love! Accept it! Accept it! I want to tolerate it with love!"

Petelgeuse spoke words like an opera in the air.

"I love my daughter very much! But I won't let a strange uncle like you approach my daughter."

Puck immediately created countless ice breakers and directed them at Petelgeuse. But this attack had no effect and was completely blocked by the Unseen Hands.

And just when Petelgeuse was about to attack again, a large fireball suddenly fell from the sky and hit him directly.

His attention was focused on the few people below, and he didn't see it at all. So there was no time to defend with the Unseen Hands.

"No, no, no! It's so hot! It's so painful! No, no, no! My love!"

Petelgeuse desperately tried to use the Unseen Hands to extinguish the fire on his body, but this was in vain, the blazing flames continued to consume his body, and the Unseen Hands disappeared.

He fell to the ground from the sky, like a ripe tomato, shattered into pieces, just by looking at it, it was known that Petelgeuse was dead.

"Is that really the Witch's Cult?"

Roswaal had just heard a loud noise in the air. As the head Mage of the court, he killed Petelgeuse with just one attack.

He landed next to Ayanokouji and the others, observing their situation.

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"As expected of the kingdom's number one mage!"

Tachibana Rikka looked at the TV screen, nodding vigorously,

"Such power might be comparable to the Black Flame User! I really admire it!"

She lifted her head slightly and continued talking to herself, with a smile on her face.

"We could try to win his heart. If he could become my partner, our combat effectiveness would greatly increase!"

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In the coffee shop, people were constantly chatting.

"Although his ability is disgusting, it doesn't seem like this!"

"That means the so-called Sin Archbishop of Sloth is nothing more than that."

"I thought he was a big BOSS level enemy, but in the end, he's just a rookie."

"Although his ability looks complicated, his combat effectiveness is not as high as expected. Even if his attacks cannot be seen, the Unseen Hands need to be controlled by himself. If he could launch attacks from a position beyond his field of vision, Petelgeuse seems to have no preventive measures at all."

Horikita looked at the screen and said to Ayanokouji.

"Um."

Ayanokouji responded with a slight indifference, but there was a bit of doubt in his heart.

The Sin Archbishop had caused countless horrific disasters, so Petelgeuse shouldn't be limited to this level.

Was Petelgeuse really killed?

His eyebrows twitched slightly, and his eyes focused on the terminal screen.

❰❱SKY SCREEN❰❱

"Roswaal-sama..."

Ram leaning on Ayanokouji's back, spoke weakly.

"Ram, have you used up your magic power again?" Roswaal shook his head with a smile on his face.

He asked Ram to lie on the ground, then he extended his finger to Ram's forehead, and a strange wound appeared on her forehead, with blue light emanating from his finger, flowing from her forehead.

"What is this?" Ayanokouji asked.

"Ram is a member of the Oni tribe. The horn of the Oni tribe that can generate magic power was cut off in the past, so now Ram needs me to replenish her magic power." Roswaal said slowly.

Ram, who was already on the verge of coma, slowly opened her eyes, and the vitality in her eyes was restored.

'Replenishing magic?' Ayanokouji kept this in mind.

Ram could not actively replenish magic. If he could become Ram's enemy in the future, he might be able to take advantage of this.

"By the way Roswaal, there are other members of the Witch's Cult in the forest. We saw ten, but there might actually be more." Ayanokouji reminded.

Although initially, the members of the Witch's Cult were not interested in Emilia and the others when they launched the attack, but after Petelgeuse appeared, they stood still beside them, as if they were puppets.

What made him a little worried was the name Petelgeuse mentioned as a member of the Witch's Cult – finger. This seemingly nonsensical title was just his bad taste, or did it have another meaning?

"Did that person just have the ability to fly? He should be a figure at the Sin Archbishop level. As long as he is dealt with, there should be no major problems with the other members of the Witch's Cult. Others should only know a little low-level magic..."

And as Roswaal spoke, Ayanokouji saw a black shadow moving quickly, passing in front of him in an instant – this was an Unseen Hands!

Before he could make a sound, the arm that only he could see had already penetrated Roswaal's chest.

A large hole suddenly appeared in Roswaal's chest, and blood gushed from his chest.

"Roswaal-sama!"

Seeing the scene before her, Ram was shocked and screamed in fear, while Roswaal continuously coughed up blood. Although he could be said to be the strongest mage in the kingdom, after all, it was still just a human body.

"It seems... I made a mistake..." Roswaal murmured for the last time, then fell into a pool of blood, his life ending in just a few seconds.

And in the forest, a member of the Witch Cult appeared. He was short. Ayanokouji remembered him as one of the Fingers due to his stature, and the large tentacle earlier was connected to him.

Ayanokouji raised his eyebrows slightly, and various speculations arose in his mind.

Petelgeuse had just called himself the Sin Archbishop of Sloth, and that strange ability seemed to be what he referred to as the Authority of Sloth, but why did this Finger also have the same power?

Could it be that the Petelgeuse earlier was just a substitute and this is the original body?

Or are they all the Sin Archbishop of Sloth?

Or is this person a clone of Petelgeuse?

Ayanokouji's mind was filled with guesses, but there was no way to confirm them, but now he could be sure that the threat he faced was not just Petelgeuse.

The Finger took off his hood, revealing a face Ayanokouji had never seen before. But at this moment, his head suddenly bent at an impossible angle, his tongue flicking like a viper, and his gaze full of greed.

"You really withstood the initial attack? You are truly diligent, but did you think you were perfect, so you weakened your defenses? You are so lazy! You are so lazy!" The Finger let out a hysterical and insane voice.

Ayanokouji observed the other party. Although his appearance was entirely different, he noticed that the other party's manner of speaking was exactly the same as the previous Petelgeuse, as if Petelgeuse was speaking with a different voice. This was clearly not something that could be achieved just by imitation.

Could he be changing bodies in some way?