21◇Hero’s Vessel, Demise (Revised)

[Black Robe] envelopes Kuro in “Black”.

[Black Eater] can make the “Black” fly.

[Black Funeral] can extend the “Black”.

Those are roughly the differences between them.

It was the [Black Funeral] that swallowed all the puppets except Hana.

The puppets seem to be able to use the magic and skills of when they were alive, and some of them became Kousuke’s.

Normally, this is a result that would make you feel sick.

It’s the equivalent of taking something away from a person, and it’s distressing.

But right now, Kousuke’s thoughts are eerily clear.

No, I don’t think it’s eerie.

It’s very, very clear.

I know what to do.

Just kill him, right?

The irregularity in front of me.

“This is interesting, human! Especially your eyes! I bow to you, my king! It looks exactly like the Evil God-Sama! I’m sorry to have to kill you, but I’m afraid of the darkness.”

“Your squeaking is making my ears bleed, so shut the hell up.”

When Kousuke stepped in, the distance of seven meters was reduced to zero.

“Begging for your life? Are you sure you want silence?”

“Right. Squeak while you can.”

He only took a few steps back and then stopped.

There, Hana blocked Kousuke’s path.

Not wanting to devour her, Kousuke came to a sudden stop.

With that, Hana swung the bay sword created by flames down towards Kousuke.

“Humph!”

There was someone who stopped her with a battle-ax.

“Thank you for your concern, my friend. Can I leave that bastard to you?”

It’s Taiga.

“Leave it to me.”

Kousuke passes by without turning his head.

“Why are you so angry at me? You are going to burn the other demons too, aren’t you? I’m not overly concerned about the race for survival. Your unilateral pretensions to justice… are very unpleasant for me.”

“I know you enjoy killing. You get your pleasure from cruelty.”

Sogles made a confused look, implying that he didn’t understand at all.

“Yes, so what?”

“It pisses me off.”

“A barbaric motive. It makes me question your sanity.”

“It’s not as bad as your insanity.”

“Hmph. Talking with you is so boring. Let the puppet baptize you [Be baptized with the heat [Skultua Va San]]

Flames emanate from Sogles.

A fierce fire rushed in, as if a dam’s water was spilling out.

The scale of the attack was so large that it would spread and even damage Taiga way back if Kousuke avoided it.

Kousuke simultaneously activated [Black Robe] and [Black Funeral].

Equipped with an armor that made him look like a motorcycle rider fighting monsters, he rushes through.

The “Black” expands out of Kousuke’s coat in three directions.

As if to dampen the attack, it catches the swarm of flames.

“Don’t you think your flame is too weak, monster? You can’t burn me with something like this.”

“You’re very talkative, dear boy. It seems your past life was in vain, you don’t seem to know what being discreet means!”

Sogles said, and fired a series of magic.

However, Kousuke’s heart was ice cold.

It’s probably stronger than Cresen Memeus.

Simply, the magic is powerful.

However, this is probably not its true nature.

Sogles’s original fighting method should be in puppet arts.

It uses powerful magic to kill the attackers and then turns them into puppets and controls them.

If a party came to attack, it could also function as a powerful mental attack, as it did with Taiga.

But that’s no longer the case.

Sogles is indeed a formidable foe.

Natural attributes are disabled.

It has resistance to the elemental attributes.

But it has no countermeasures against the color attributes.

Most importantly, Kousuke gained a resistance to “Fire” attribute after devouring [Cresen Memeus].

So, it’s not hot, not painful, and not scary.

“Oi oi, I’m not happy to be near a man!”

His voice sounded like it had a hint of impatience in it.

Kousuke cringed a little.

“That’s fine. Let me see your desperate face.”

Kousuke passed through a wall of fire and caught Sogles.

Sogles continued to retreat, dexterously avoiding the attack, but eventually, he stopped.

To be precise, he couldn’t step back.

A wall.

That’s where he first became aware of the existence of the wall. Kousuke cut off the surprised Sogles’s right arm from its shoulder, preying on it.

”A, gahhhhhh! Wh-wa-wat-what have you done!!!”

Then Sogles’s left arm is severed from his shoulder and preyed upon too.

“Wai-wait, wait, wait!!!”

Sogles’s right leg is amputated at the base, and Kousuke preys on it.

Sogles couldn’t stand up any longer and collapsed.

“Ge-ugh, le-let’s talk.”

The left leg was also severed from the base and was preyed upon.

Kousuke kicks Sogles, making him lay on its back.

‘Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Death! I’m going to die!! [Cremation with flaming spear [Gilk De Borzea Lo Fao]] Ohhh!!!”

It was probably a magic that was activated by burning life force.

Sogles’s torso reduced in size, shrinking to about the upper half of a child’s body.

Instead, a burning spear appeared and pierced Kousuke’s torso.

“Haha, you let your guard down, human! It’s over. You human’s body is fragile after all, isn’t it?”

Sogles expression hardens.

The [Black Robe] wrapped around the spear and swallowed it.

It would have been fine if it was just that, but seeing the inflicted wound heal with near-instantaneous speed made Sogles close his mouth.

“…………….Ah…I see, you are the one who killed [Cresen Memeus] and took its magical healing ability.”

“That’s right. Now you’re going to join him too.”

“Hmmmph! All right. It is my loss. I’m afraid, human. But you know? You will die here too [Burning Heat from Heaven, harbinger of destruction [Sogles Dueros Numeorazex].

In an instant, the temperature in the field exploded.

The cause was simple.

The sun on the ceiling began to fall.

“The former Guardian’s magic tool was mercilessly taken from him. So, to make sure such a thing would never happen, I readied a suicide bomb magic that will melt you all down!”

His voice stopped in the middle.

It was because Kousuke had plunged his sword into Sogles’s chest.

“Then I’d better kill you before I die.”

For the first time, the expression on Sogles’s face twisted into a look of horror.

“Oh, that’s what I wanted to see. I also would have liked to hear you beg for your life if possible.”

“………….You, are, insane!”

“So what?”

Then he slashed right up to Sogles’s head, killing it.

And then he devoured it.

He seemed to have gained something, as letters flowed on the Glass, but it didn’t catch his eye.

• [State] has been changed, [Mental Pollution at 1.966]
• [Black Night [Kuroyoru]] has been added to [Magic]. (TL: Kuroyoru = Black Night)
• Details of the effect:

In exchange for mental pollution acceleration, it allows predation without regard to proficiency.

With his current abilities, he can’t swallow the sun.

Even if they escaped, there was no guarantee that they would be safe from the aftermath.

Then there’s no choice but to eat it.

“Kuro!”

Taiga called out to him from a few feet away.

He’s holding a human head.

It must be Hana’s.

Was he really able to free her by himself?

Or was it because Kousuke killed Sogles and released his puppets?

I’ll ask him later, and possibly apologize.

Kousuke wryly smiles at Taiga.

“[Black Night]!”

• [State] has been changed, [Mental Pollution at 3.111].

“I don’t care, just swallow that thing!”

It was as if it had poured out of the depths of the earth.

The darkness erupts unceasingly and heads for the sun.

It melts.

Quickly, swiftly, at a speed that could be described as divine, the sun was dyed black.

Soon, it became jet black, and then vanished.

The “Black” also disappeared at the same time.

“Kuro, what did you do?”

Taiga was looking at me with a dazed expression, wondering if this was reality.

“Don’t look at me like that. I saved us after all.”

Kousuke laughed…

…he intended to laugh.

…………Ah.

What is it like to laugh?

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