Chapter 567: In Memory of a Hero

[CURSED TIME EMPEROR! DON'T THINK YOU'VE WON! I MAY HAVE FAILED NOW, BUT MY OTHER SELF WON'T! HE WILL KILL YOU! HE IS STRONGER, AND YOUR GODDESS IS IN OUR HANDS! SHE WILL FALL! THE HOLY TRINITY WON'T BE SAVED! I WILL DEVOUR HER AND LEAVE HER SOUL TO MAKE YOU SUFFER IN MISERY! HAHAHA] 

(TN: Artemis?)

Perhaps because he knew his downfall was inevitable, this fragment laughed loudly but suddenly stopped when Susanoo's silver sword began to glow...

"You talk too much... Your original didn't speak... Raiton: Senko!"

Yuki and Est synchronized once again, and their attack pierced through the entire continent of Asia, leaving a radiant light frozen in time, unable to harm the world...

"It's over..."

Yuki murmured as he watched the Overlord disappear before his eyes.

It had been a tough battle, but he won, fighting for nearly three days without rest, bearing the weight of the world. But it was worth it; the fate of the world began to shine once again, and hope prevailed.

"Holy Trinity..."

This last name, or rather the title, left Yuki thinking. This was the name by which they called the Goddess in that damn game, the Goddess who blessed his avatar.

Hearing this name again stunned him, as it seemed that this Goddess was somewhere in the multiverse and in trouble.

(Could it be... her?)

A familiar face came to Yuki's mind, but he quickly shook his head, unsure. After all, in that damn game, appearances were different and might not be the same in the real world. Still, he couldn't get the face of that Goddess, who might still be waiting for him, out of his mind...

"Yuki!"

He endured too much, and his body couldn't help but fall from the sky. Fortunately, Yuno arrived to catch him, while Est and Eggy returned to their spiritual world. All three were exhausted, both physically and mentally. Yuki, in particular, felt his body was a wreck but calmed down and watched as the world changed...

The moment the Overlord disappeared from the world, so did the Aragamis. Losing the pillar of their creation, they died and vanished, leaving only beneficial energy for the world...

"My child! Thank you!"

At the same time, the will of the world emerged from the crown. With its power and the dominion of Time, the world began to regain its vitality. A great change occurred through the frozen time, as if it were a child starting anew in construction...

The rivers flowed again, the trees grew, and the deserts turned into forests. Even the sky changed, with gray clouds becoming white and the air pure...

Even in the world of the dead, the change was enormous. Millions of souls returned to the earth, starting a new cycle of reincarnation...

Yuki and Yuno witnessed the miracle with warm eyes, knowing they had succeeded...

They had saved the world...

*Tick, tack

At the same time, Zafkiel's power ended, as did the dominion over the world...

For the inhabitants of the world, the last thing they saw was a light, and then everything grew again. Due to the stopped time, they never suffered from the battle, and the only thing they saw was that they found themselves in a renewed world, a paradise...

All over the world, humans emerged from their hideouts and witnessed the miracle. All Aragami were erased, and everything returned to the beginning.

How much time passed, Yuki and Yuno didn't know, but they were content in each other's arms, feeling warmth and a great satisfaction filling their hearts...

"Yuki!!"

And just at that moment, the girls arrived. They had all traversed the world and reunited, all smiling as they observed the changes on the planet...

More than 20,000 women appeared suddenly, and Yuki smiled upon seeing them all together...

They all looked at him, and Yuki knew what they wanted. Without hesitation, he raised his hand to the sky and roared in victory...

"OHHHHH!!"

"OHHHHH!!"

This was the roar of victory and the satisfaction of saving the world. The cry of more than 20,000 women was heard hundreds of meters away...

A light shone among the group, and little by little, each and every one of the girls disappeared into particles of light. Their mission was over, so they no longer had a reason to stay in this world. What happens now is no longer their problem; it belongs to the inhabitants of the world. They are responsible for rebuilding their civilization, taking everything with them, including the Apocalypse towers and the virus...

The will of the world cried with joy at seeing them leave, yet it greeted them all with a smile...

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The girls left, and Yuki still had something pending. He still had to see one person before departing, so he sank into the shadows...

Aegis collapsed due to the impact, and the entire island was swallowed by the sea. Yuki descended into the depths and found the body of the person he was looking for...

Alisa's body was cold, yet Yuki carried her out of the depths. There was a large wound in her stomach, seemingly bitten by an Aragami, although that wasn't the cause of her death. Yuki began to reconstruct her body...

His past became attached to this girl, and although he forgot everything when the latter died, his intentions were still transmitted...

He shook his head at seeing her corpse, and his Rinnegan activated...

*Plap

He clapped both hands and summoned the King of Hell, seeking Alisa's soul in the world of the dead.

Just when he found it, he noticed something strange, or rather, Alisa was rejecting the call of the King of Hell...

"..."

Yuki didn't speak and observed the scene unfolding before his eyes; it was the reunion of a family...

Alisa was back with her parents. The family embraced with tenderness and love, which was moving...

This family found peace...

"What are you thinking, my child? Will you bring her back?"

Suddenly, the will of the world appeared next to him and asked. However, Yuki shook his head...

"No, my goal was to make her wish come true, but I see it's no longer necessary. She is already happy..."

The King of Hell disappeared, and Yuki stopped intervening in Alisa's fate. This girl was happy, so that was enough...

This girl had already suffered a war and was marked. She probably wouldn't be able to accompany him through the years in this eternal war between Chaos and Order.

Reviving her now wouldn't help; on the contrary, it would make her unhappy, as she would be separated from her family. Perhaps it was better to let her start anew...

Therefore, Yuki carried her body again, found a place to bury Alisa, and left in silence, leaving a white flower on her grave.

[In memory of a Hero]

This was the only thing her tombstone said, but it was enough...

Her body decomposed into millions of particles of light and disappeared from the world. Her mission was over. What Yuki didn't know was that Alisa's soul began to decompose into small fragments, flying out and merging with his broken soul...

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What the girls and Yuki didn't expect was that 100 years after they saved the world, their legend spread throughout the world.

Planet Earth was almost destroyed, and humanity almost perished due to a strange organism, the Oracle cells.

In the year 2072, it was saved thanks to the divine messages and Heroes who protected this land...

In England, commemorative statues were erected. Inori (The Saint) and many other girls were revered. In each country where a Tower was built, there were statues of their respective guardians...

The Maidens of War...

In Japan, on the other hand, there were no guardian statues. The statues erected were in memory of the brave God Eaters who sacrificed their lives in Aegis. Those heroes who never returned home received empty graves appropriate to their names and were awarded the highest honors.

As for Yuki, his statue was also erected, but it was a nameless statue, as they never knew the name of their Savior...

But this was natural, as Yuki was not a hero. Unlike heroes, his name would never be eternal. There would be no glory for him; no one would remember him over time, marking the beginning of a new era.

He was the Savior who would never have glory, a nameless protector, a guardian of the light of Order, the Villain who would kill all life if necessary to save the world.

Therefore, as the years passed, fewer and fewer people looked at his statue, until it was forgotten and overshadowed by the Heroes...

Of course, this was something Yuki and his girls never knew, as they never returned to that world...

As for the God Eaters? Their destinies were altered due to their great karma, and their next life was a happy one...

The world had entered a new Era...

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TN: oof well I kinda liked alisa but guess this was also nice ending