Germa and I glared at each other for moments .

  I quickly used 【Time-Space teleportation】, teleported behind him and clenched my fist .

  “BakuhatsuKen . ”


  My fist wrapped in red flames flew, aimed at Germa’s head .

  “You only know a single pattern of attacks . ”


  Germa had previously read my move .

  He created a black mist from his legs and swiftly hide inside it to dodge my fist .

  My hit ended up in vain while this time, it was Germa who showed up behind me .

  “This is for what you’ve done to me earlier . ”


  He placed his hands on my back and continued .

  “Blackout . ”


  All of a sudden, My field of vision turned completely black .

  All that was left was a pitch black sky, without a single source of light .

  I could feel the wind blowing against my body and the sounds around .

  Apparently, the skill he used only snatches away vision .

  Despite getting confused by my loss of vision I continued to analyze the situation then used【Presence sensation】to spot his position .

  What actually surprised me was the place where he was .

  (In front?!)

  Realizing that he was standing before me, I put up my guard, however, I was a step late .

  Right when I raised my guard, my vision came back and the first thing I saw was Germa placing his hand on me after preparing his next move .

  “See you . YamiOchi . ”


  By the time he said that, black mist started emitting from his hands again .

  It then started infiltering my body, making me step back from that eery feeling .

  When I checked my body looking for damage, I didn’t find anything unusual .

  (What did he do……?)

  I couldn’t believe that his skill didn’t affect me and the voice I hear inside my head next confirmed my doubt .

  “I abhor him . ” “Why is it me?” “I don’t want this . ” “I didn’t do anything to deserve this . ” “It’s all their faults . ” “I won’t forgive him . ” “I will kill him . ” “I will destroy everything . ” “I don’t want to be played around anymore . ” “I’m fed up with this . ” “I want to be free . ” “I can’t bear being bound like this . ” “I don’t want to be deceived . ” “They’re my enemies . ” “I need to kill my enemies . ” “I will kill them . ” “kill them . ” “kill them . ” “kill them . ” “kill them . ” “kill them . ” “kill them . ” “kill them . ” “kill them . ” “kill them . ” “kill them . ” “kill them . ” “kill them . ” “kill them . ” “kill them . ” “kill them . ” “kill them . ” “kill them . ” “kill them . ” “kill them . ” “kill them . ” “kill them . ” “kill them . ” “kill them . ” “kill them . ”.……

  Voices of many people of different genre and age reverberated in my mind .

  It wasn’t clear if they were addressing me or not, but every single voice was brimming with hatred and directly stabbed my heart .

  I was about to lose my sense . It felt almost as if my mind was getting consumed by something .

  (What is…… this……)

  I held my head from the countless voices which didn’t show a sign of halting .

  I could see Germa pleasantly watching my suffering expression .

  “Everyone who gets controlled by that black mist will lose their consciousness and go berserk . The only one who can control them at that time is me and there’s no possible way to cancel the effect . Once it is cast, it becomes impossible to resist it . Well then, hurry up and get controlled by hatred as well . ”


  As if he ascertained his victory, Germa triumphantly explained the effect of his skill .

  Going berserk, huh . I didn’t expect it to be this effective .

  I regretted my mistake while my mind kept getting consumed by voices .

  Because of my【Mental resistance】, I was able to preserve my consciousness . Though, it didn’t help in canceling the skill effect .

  This is bad . At this rate, I will be done .

  I couldn’t think clearly due to the voices inside my head .

  “Kill them . ” “I will be saved when I kill them . ” “I need to kill them . ” “I will be beyond rescue if I didn’t . ” Don’t trust anyone . ” “resent . ” “Hate . ” “Curse . ” “Nobody thinks of you in a nice way . ”


  Every voice gradually changed from a mere monologue to something addressed to me .

  Every single word stabbed my heart and forced me to lose my sense .

  This is no good . What should I do……

  Doing my best to think while resisting the mental attack, Germa started provocating me with a entertained expression .

  “I’m interested to see how long you will last . You can just give up and become under my control you know . If you do that, I will make use of you for the remains of your life instead of killing you now . ”


  The last words he said as he laughed hit something inside me and made me react .

  “What, did you just say now……”


  “Didn’t you hear me? I told you to give it up already and get controlled by me . I shall use you as my personal doll for the rest of your life . ”


  Germa repeated himself with an elated smile .

  He wants me to give up?

  He wants me to become his doll?

  Work for him for the rest of my life?

  Hearing him a second time, I lost my reason to wrath .

  (Lose to this guy? Stop fooling around! There’s no way I’d lose to this fake god!)

  I stood up on both of my legs .

  I don’t want to lose to this guy . I won’t let these voices rule me . I will continue to resist them until the end and I will knock him out then . For sure!!

  When I screamed that way in my mind, I heard a different voice responding to me .

  “The skill 【Mental resistance】 was upgraded to 【Mental resistance(Max)】 . ”


  Immediately after hearing that voice, my consciousness that was fading away had suddenly returned .

  I could still hear those voices inside my head, but that was all . They weren’t affecting me anymore .

  My skill has leveled up .

  As expected from 【Super growth】 . It works only in perfect timings .

  A bitter smile reached my face as I kept holding my head .

  My thoughts became clear once again . I can manage to do something now .

  I started by erasing the voices inside my head .

  “Shut up . ”


  The sounds reverberating inside my head disappeared following my word .

  I simply used 【Erasure Magic】to do that . I wonder why I didn’t think about doing that from the start .

  I slowly raised my head and looked at the sky .

  Who thought that silence could be this agreeable .

  Noticing the sudden change of my expression, Germa dropped his jaw from the shock .

  “H-How did you do it?”


  “It’s all thanks to my perfect timed skills . ”


  Despite giving him an honest answer, Germa kept looking at me, dumbfounded .

  Well, it doesn’t matter if he believed me or not .

  “Well then, It’s my turn now . Let me pay you back twice the price . ”


  Bringing him back to reality with my shout, Germa wore his sinister grin again and said .

  “It can’t be helped . I honestly didn’t saw that coming, however, there are still many moves to try . The next time, I will surely kill you . ”


  “Sorry but, there will be no next time . ”


  I teleported right after finishing my words .

  Judging that I will be teleporting behind him, Germa swiftly turned around .

  “Like I told you, you only have a single pattern!”


  Saying the same thing again, he looked around, but couldn’t find me .

  Surprised by that fact, he quickly surveyed his surroundings .

  This guy is dumb . There’s no way I’d make the same move three times in a row .

  “Gufu!!”


  All of a sudden, a strong shock ran through his chin .

  It was because of my punch which sent him flying in the air .

  Having his brain tremored, Germa fell into a confused state .

  While he was still floating from my punch, I immediately prepared for the next move .

  “Burn from the flames of light— Strike Soul!”


  The moment I chanted the spell, a yellow magic circle appeared, surrounding Germa and gradually increased its light .

  “Guu!!…… I I’m not done yet!”


  Standing back on both his legs again, Germa started releasing black mist from all over his body .

  The mist extended around as if it was protecting him . Apparently, he realized that he can’t dodge my next attack, so he prepared for an instant counter-attack .

  Although, it was already too late for that .

  “Disperse!”


  The magic circle shined to its limits and finally released its lasers at Germa who continued to release his black mist .

  Once the mist touched the lasers, it easily disappeared, clearing the way to Germa .

  “W-Why!?…… Guaaa!!”


  The mist completely vanished in a second and the lasers reached Germa and Burned him up, not giving him the chance to do anything but scream .

  The place that got exposed to the lasers from all the sides, began shining and releasing a bright light which cleared up the gloomy sky .

  When everything had finally settled down, all that was left in that place was the worn-out figure of Germa .

  His clothes turned pitch black and he received many burns around his body .

  Apparently losing his consciousness, he remained crumbling on the ground .

  I walked to him and noticed that he was still conscious .

  “How, could…… a god, like…… me…… lose……”


  He uttered with a cracked voice .

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  “You’re a god, aren’t you? Then why did you destroy your own world?”


  “I- I was only…… making…… my ideal…… world…… a world consumed by…… darkness……”


  A world consumed by darkness? That just makes you sound like an evil god instead of a decent one .

  “I understand your motive . But you shouldn’t have tried doing that here . Now leave that body right now . That way, you won’t be able to do anything . ”


  When I told him to leave Akuya’s body, he made a stiff grin as he remained lying down .

  “Indeed…… I won’t be able…… to do anything…… but, I am not intending…… to leave this body…… and…… there’s nothing…… for you to do…… about it……”


  Looks like he was still holding a little hope . This guy doesn’t know when to give up . I actually respect his strong persistence .

  Also, he was right . I didn’t have any means to drag him out from Akuya’s body .

  Not until now .

  “Shining Heart . ”


  I released a certain magic at Germa .

  A moment later, a light reached us from the sky and started dazzlingly wrapping him up .

  “W-What is…… guu!”


  Germa started suffering once the light reached him .

  It was a type of 【light magic】, a magic that specials at purification . Anyone who basks under it will have anything of evil in his heart purified .

  Germa makes use of hatred to change it into his own strength and heal his body .

  Then I only need to stop that process .

  With this light, not only the body, but even the hatred surrounding him outside gets cleaned up . And apparently, Germa couldn’t stand against .

  “Well then, you’d better leave that body you know . ”


  Looking down at him suffering, I asked him to leave again .

  At this rate, he may even die if he kept resisting .

  He was probably thinking about the same thing since I could see the anguish and impassion from his face .

  “!!…… Ah!!”


  Finally, deciding to give up, he left the body and floated away in the form of black mist .

  He tried to escape with all his might, but of course, there was no way I’d let him get away .

  “Alright, stop there . ”


  “Gaa!!”


  Germa who was about to run away, received my neck blow and fainted .

  It seemed that the neck blow had a considerable effect since I heard his groan before he lost his sense .

  The sky turned back to its bright and cheerful condition and the dark clouds disappeared leaving the way for the sun to reach my eyes .

  Now that I’m done with Germa, next will be this guy .

  I reached my hand to the gloomy guy and covered him with a faint light that made his wounds heal up .

  If I didn’t do that, he would have probably died . I actually don’t care about what could have happened to him, but I couldn’t break my promise with Kamaishi .

  When all of his wounds healed, I let out a deep sigh realizing that everything was done .

  “Guess I will go see Lina . ”


  I carried both of them in my arms and while putting up with tiredness I was feeling, I teleported to Lina’s place .

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  Bonus

  The attack of the colonel .

  “Hey, do you see someone standing there?”


  “Eh? Where?”


  “There! The place that’s unusually shining . ”


  “Hmm, Ahh, my eyes!! My eyes!!”


  “Looks like the colonel is attacking . ”


  TL note: Laputa reference again, probably .