P-Please... save me...

Abert and Torei ran for their lives as the monsters were still persistently chasing them. Although Abert appeared to be calm, this was the 5th time he used his technique. He pushed himself too far. It was a miracle that Abert could stay awake at this point. Sweat was flowing down his back.

" Boy, maybe this's gonna be the last time we meet. I stay, take the boy and run away."

" ... no, I —"

Abert and Torei staggerd at the vibration. Something attacked them from the sky. Abert was thrown into a house. He quickly covered Miro from the impact with his body. About Torei, he was thrown in the other direction.

" Abert!"

Without any reply, Abert seemed unconscious. Monsters were coming. When they were about to run in Abert's direction, Torei threw a flare at them, then threw it into the sky. The monsters immediately chased after him.

"Agh! What the hell am I doing?? "

His whole body ached, he hobbled into an alley and then jumped down a tunnel below which led to another alley. This was his last chance to cut the chase. As soon as he got out of the tunnel and back out into the other alley. He was surrounded, both front and back.

"S-Stop right there!"

The monsters bared their fangs and growled. Sharp teeth were ready to tear him to pieces at any moment.

" No! No! This can't be… save me! Please, someone!"

In his panic, he blew the whistle Shizu gave, but there was no guarantee she would arrive in time because his life could end at any moment. Torei pulled a knife from his side. He thought that using it to end himself, would be less painful than being eaten alive. He brought the sharp knife to his neck and as soon as it touched, a small cut on the neck made blood come out.

' N-No it hurts…'

Torei didn't want to die, his knife-holding hand trembled violently. He could not control his arm, it was spastic. The monsters still growled around him, but for some reason, they didn't attack.

" Ara poor Torei kun ~"

A demon suddenly appeared in front of him. Its body was red, its long, arrow-shaped tail was constantly wagging. Lilith smiled, her hand with long nails brushing Torei's face.

" W-What do you want from me?"

" I just wanted to show you the truth, poor Torei. That you were abandoned."

" No, no it can't be."

" Hehehe… take a good look."

A hologram appeared before Torei's eyes, Shizu was fighting, and behind her was Haruki and the group of heroes.

" Have you seen it? Your dear Shizu chose hero kun. She will leave you here to be eaten like a pig ~"

A mind-numbing pain came when Torei looked down, blood was gushing out of his belly. A tentacle pierced through his stomach.

" A…Aghh! H-Help me Shiz…"

" Good idea ~ Why don't we call her?"

Shizu was fighting fiercely in the storm of monsters, her attacks were getting more and more intense.

" Die! Die! Please all die!"

She frantically tore apart the monsters that approached. Suddenly, the wave of monsters slowed down and her 'cell phone' started signaling.

" Alo, anybody thereee ~"

She could recognize that cursed voice. Just a few minutes ago, that monster was still there. Though she wondered why it was still alive, what worried Shizu above all else was.

" You! You demon! How did you get that?" - She pointed at the 'cell phone'

" This one? I picked it up right here ~"

The next image appeared, causing Shizu's heart to stop beating.

"Ah…Aaah—"

Torei's entire body was covered in blood, his arms and legs were crushed. His facial skin was torn off, revealing his jawbone. Torei was groaning weakly while tentacles stabbed all over him.

" Fufufufu. Looks like this boy doesn't have much time left. If I were you, I would hurry up."

The call ended and the 'phone' fell from Shizu's trembling hands, tears rolling down her cheeks. She didn't know what to do. Didn't wait for Shizu to stabilize her mind, the storm of monsters resumed their assault. A monster attacked from the back of the house and aimed at Midori, Mitsuru promptly intercepted, but then two more appeared.

" Shizu! H…Help!"

" Aah .. ah …"

The image of Torei and his painful groan stuck in her mind. Right now she had to choose, if she ran to Torei now, Haruki and the rest would be in danger, otherwise, if she didn't go Torei would surely die. The person closest to her since she was a child would die.

" Shizu!"

Blood flowed from Mitsuru's hand as his hand bit by the jaw of an earth dragon. When the monster was about to use force to bit off Mitsuru's arm. It stopped abruptly, its pupils widened and became lifeless when its head was severed by Shizu's sword.

" A… aa."

" Thank …"

Shizu still couldn't calm down, but she did choose, or rather she had to choose. If Haruki died, a lot of people would die and they would never be able to return home. The members of the hero group were those who had overcome many life and death situations with her. She couldn't leave them. Tears rolled down Shizu's cheeks as she continued to kill and kill until her entire vision was painted red by the blood of monsters.

" It looks like your beloved Shizu has chosen. Don't you think? It's been a while. With her speed, she should have already been here five minutes ago."

" …"

" What's wrong Torei kun? Are you still waiting to be saved?"

" … "

" Well, I forgot, you couldn't speak. Wait, just a second ~"

" Ah… aaa."

A groan came from Torei's mouth but something was wrong. His larynx was ripped off. He shouldn't be able to speak, words came from his mouth not because his larynx was restored, but because a tentacle was plugged into his neck. His feeling right now was a combination of terrified and disgust as his voice came from the tentacle.

" P ... please forgive me …"

" Tsk tsk tsk… I'm sorry Torei, I can't forgive you ~ But maybe I will give you a chance. Listen, you won't let me down, won't you?

" P... please …"

" There there my boy, I know you are an obedient child. I sincerely cheered for you ~"

" D ... don't …"

Torei's vision was engulfed in darkness. The last thing he saw were hundreds of bloody sharp teeth.

The invasion finally came to an end. Satsuki and the magical guild promptly canceled all the dark magic activated in the 'Cores'. Sarila's barrier reactivated, and Belmonth led the army of demons back to the castle to prepare for a more dangerous war.

" Torei! Torei !!!"

Shizu landed in Bobert city, where Torei's last signal was issued. But all that was left of this place was a pool of blood. Something like bones was scattered all over the place. A large white bone looking like it used to be an arm, on which some flesh was left.

" Shizu! Hey Shizu! Hang on!"

The sky went dark in Shizu's eyes, and she fainted.

At an unknown location deep in a dungeon. This was one of the most dangerous dungeons in Mordox that only the highest-level demons dared to step in. A man and a woman were chatting. The man wore a white coat that looked like the one worn by scientists in laboratories. He had no demonic form, it was hard to believe that a human could live in one of Mordox's most dangerous areas. The woman hid behind a magic veil her entire body just looked like a pitch-black shadow, two long horns protruding from her head.

" How's the progress?"

" Unfortunately, your highness's toy was broken. Its parameters were too low to undergo any modification."

" Huh? What are you saying? Isn't he also a hero? he must have some special skill, right?"

" This thing's job and skill were complete trash. Even if it was a higher level, I doubted its combat potency would make any change."

" Couldn't you do something about that?"

" My apology but the class change is still in the research state."

" Aghhhhh!!!"

The entire dungeon trembled at the screaming of a woman. All kinds of monsters and demons living here cowered in fear.

" It took so much effort to just be another failure! Why! God! I just want to taste that feeling once again!"

" As I said many times before your highness, it would be extremely difficult to create a fate-breaker. There have been only two successful cases in the past thousand years. If you keep choosing the lowly sample for this, failure is the obvious outcome. had only you brought me the body of something strong enough. I might have - "

" Shut up! If you want to create a powerful monster, you can do it at any time! But everything must go according to what I want!"

" … I understand."

" So …what are you going to do with that thing?"

" Depending on you, I can just kill it, throw it in the trash or try to make a mid-level monster …"

" That would be a waste. At least let me enjoy the feeling of despair against this ancient curse."

" The most loathsome curse of the Third Demon King, it's a pity that it failed in the invasion."

" Yes. It took too much material and time to cast. The scene would have been fascinating. Such a shame ~"

The two of them looked at a giant test tube. An object lying in it, although the arms and legs had mutated, overall it still had the form of a human.

" Now let me see."

The content of the tube shook violently. Its skin was charred and burned. Its face was distorted and the convulsions occurred non-stop for hours. The kind of evil curse the two were performing would cause the victims to be tortured forever.

" Really? Just that? It's boring"

" Now what to do—"

" Whatever. You can dispose of that thing"

After saying that, the woman left. The man turned his face to look at what was messing around in the tube, he sighed and shook his head.

" If only you didn't waste my time on these stupid things."

He was about to press the red button to cremate the object in the pot, but after a moment of thought, he pressed the yellow one and the pot dumped the object into a deep hole in the dungeon. Where bloodthirsty monsters and forgotten beings gathered."