Song of Ruin III(Side: Ares)

At that point, Corinth's body, already smashed to bits, lost its original shape and transformed into a fly-like creature.

「ATTACK FROM THE GOD OF ANOTHER MYTHOLOGY! EVERYONE GET AWAY FROM CORINTH, NOW!」

The moment Ares ordered so, the fly-like creature stopped dancing and,

『Our Great Supreme Ruler is really really really displeased by your actions. Therefore, They ordered me to punish those deeply involved in this matter.』

He started talking with solemn voice. And then,

『This is the ultimatum from Our Supreme Ruler.』

When the fly-like creature spoke with an inorganic voice that caused the air to tremble, the gatekeepers approached him slowly from behind and pinned him down. And then, right at that moment, Corinth fired tentacles from his mouth.

「HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII―― Guh….」

A gatekeeper's head was immediately pierced by that tentacle and twitched for a while, and suddenly stood up and performed that strange dance again.

「KILL THE TWO GATEKEEPERS IMMEDIATELY!」

The entire personnel in Ares Palace moved at once to eliminate the intruder.

「BAD NEWS! WE CAN'T HOLD THEM BACK!」

But then, each attacker turned into fly-like monster, one after another.

「KEEP GOING!」

Ares ordered his angel subordinates to keep rushing forward instead of retreating.

As a result, Ares' palace suffered a fatal blow. At this rate, it was only matter of time before all personnel in the entire palace turned into a repulsive fly-like monster.

（I have to prevent that at all costs!）

A god who couldn't even protect their people from evil didn't qualify as a god. Losing his people meant a complete defeat to Ares. Thus, he had to stop the fly-like monster at all costs.

Maybe the main body was Corinth which located in the center. Slaying him should be able to put an end to this―― Nightmare.

Thus, I rushed ahead at full speed toward Corinth, brandished my divine sword Arata toward him but then, it caught so easily with his talon-like right arm.

（A-Are you kidding me! Not even this divine sword Arata can cut him down!）

Despite asking such question, not even he had the answer. Reason being the divine sword Arata was a sword forged by God Hermes. An extremely famous miraculous sword even in celestial world. Parrying it was by no means a simple matter. And yet, it happened right before him――

Amidst such bewildered train of thought,

「GUH!」

A kick landed right on his abdomen, sending him flying till he crashed against the wall, creating a huge crater on the wall.

Ares frowned as he tried to stand on his feet, his body was riddled with pains. His defeat mean that everything was over. He braced himself, he had to win no matter what.

Ares pointed Arata's tip of toward Corinth, who took the shape of fly stomped on the floor with his feet, plunging himself into a battle that most likely would end with his defeat.

Ares' body was riddled with wounds. But, he managed to prop himself with solely his strong sense of duty.

Strangely enough, the group of fly-like monsters suddenly stopped attacking the angels in the room and stopped still as they stared at Ares and Corinth-Fly.

「I WON'T GO DOWN! THE ETERNAL PEACE OF THE PEOPLE LAY ON MY SHOULDERS!」

When he raised his voice as he pointed Arata with little power that was left in his body, the flies suddenly formed a line with Corinth-fly as its center, and dancing with perfectly coordinated movement.

『Babubabu~♪Babu~♪Beelzebub debu~♬』

All of them danced to that mysterious song. And lastly, took the strange pose,

『PUNISHMENT COMPLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETE!』

After Corinth-fly shouted, his body twisted again as if he was a mere laundry being wrung dry――

――Pan

And then popped off into tiny pieces.

「Has it… ended?」

Just like a puppet with its strings cut off, I plopped on my rear while muttering so. When I looked around, that terrifying existence was no more, vanished into dark mist.　

When he opened his eyes again, he already rested in the medical ward of Ares Palace.

A familiar old face was looking at him with a worried look.

「Deus… Sama?」

This old man was the great god Deus. He was also hailed as king of gods and the strongest god of celestial world. The reason why Deus-sama visited me, a mere high-rank god was simply because he was my grandfather.

「What happened back then, Ares?」

Deus asked his grandson,

「What… Ha——–!?」

I raised my body from bed as the memory of that evil being revived in my mind, but I ended up falling on the floor, and vomited all over.

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The frustration of being unable to save his faithful subordinate, his disappointment of his own weakness, and lastly, the fear toward the unknown evil being gnawed him from inside.

When such violent emotions settled down, Ares had finally got a grip on himself. And then, he started to explain the situation to Deus.

「Fly-like, monster… Could it be… No… That's impossible. That guy should've been sealed inside that maddening dungeon. And that fella should be a lump of pride that won't submit to anyone.」

Deus muttered in soliloquy while shaking his head to the side.

「Deus-sama?」

「Oh, don't worry about it. That enemy is clearly a bit too much for you. Leave the rest to me. Don't involve yourself in this matter anymore.」

Deus left after he patted Ares' back to give his grandson some reassurance.

「Don't involve myself in this matter anymore eh?」

Ares asking himself in soliloquy but, only parched laugh came out from his mouth.

「LIKE HELL I CAN DO THAT! WASH YOUR NECK―― I'LL DEFINITELY AVENGE MY BELOVED SUBORDINATE WHO DIED LIKE A BUG!」

Ares clenched his fists as made such a vow.

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