Chapter 37: The Inevitable Second Death
"How dare you harm Roswaal-sama!" Ram was furious at this moment.
Whether it was Rem or Roswaal, they were both extremely important to her, and now both had been killed.
Loneliness, anger, despair, and various emotions nearly destroyed Ram, turning into an emotion called hatred.
Her magic power wasn't fully charged, only about half had recovered, but now hatred had driven Ram to lose her sanity, and she unleashed magic that almost burned her life away.
Sharper and larger wind blades were generated.
Blood continuously flowed from Ram's nostrils. The magic power she had depleted was now equivalent to excessively draining her own life force.
"Go to hell!"
Ram used all her strength to launch the wind blades.
Even though she couldn't see his body, the sound of wind blades tearing through the air was very loud.
The "Finger" immediately released his unseen hands to defend.
Ayanokouji realized that although this Finger also had the power of the unseen hands, the number didn't seem as many as the original Petelgeuse.
The insufficient number of tentacles surrounded each other, trying to withstand Ram's attack, but it still didn't work. They were cut in half along with their master.
White spines covered in blood were exposed to the air. Internal organs lay in the pool of blood like scattered trash.
"Hahaha! Pain! That is the feeling of being loved! Living, the feeling of living... Life is passing by, blood is disappearing... The pulse that sustains my perseverance stops..."
The Finger shouted the last words of his life, as if he were engraving his own tombstone.
'Is it over?'
Ayanokouji narrowed his eyes slightly.
If Petelgeuse had some kind of ability to change bodies, then the previous kill wouldn't be valid.
Ram's attack wouldn't be effective, not only damaging her own vitality but also making it impossible for them to get any information from the Finger's mouth.
However, Ayanokouji wouldn't miss any chance to gather information. He knew Emilia would go to tend to Ram, so he immediately chose the opposite direction, quickly walking to the Finger's body, and began searching.
The Finger's fingers were full of scars and covered in blood, and the smell of saliva mixed with the smell of blood. There was no doubt he would bite his own fingers like Petelgeuse.
Besides that, there were no clues among the corpses, but Ayanokouji found a book with a dark cover hidden under the man's robe.
He opened it, though he had mastered the words of this world a bit, the explanations inside seemed to use an older language, which appeared unclear and difficult to understand.
Was this book hidden under the clothing because it was very important?
Ayanokouji didn't know, but he still took the book and walked back to Emilia and Ram.
"Ram!"
Emilia hurriedly ran to Ram's side.
Ram's face was covered in blood, her eyes were red, and her gaze was somewhat dull.
This was the result of forced magic usage.
Ayanokouji still had some residual magic at that moment, the massive loss of magic made him feel tired, and the forced magic depletion by Ram earlier was equivalent to forcibly draining her own life force.
Emilia quickly held Ram's hand and treated her, but she had no way to restore her magic power. At best, she could only heal Ram's injuries.
Ram had exhausted her magic power and couldn't recharge in time, gradually consuming all her life force, and at this stage, no one could replenish her magic power.
"Rem... Roswaal-sama..."
Ram finally closed her eyes in exhaustion and fell into a coma from which it was uncertain when she would awaken.
"Why, why is this happening..."
All the sudden events made Emilia almost faint, and she cried uncontrollably.
"Now is not the time for sadness."
Ayanokouji turned to look at Roswaal's body.
There was no doubt he had died on the spot, and it was unknown if Ram would wake up without Roswaal, now they only had three people including Puck.
Felt and Rom were in the mansion. Even if they heard the noise and rushed here, they didn't have the ability to fly like Roswaal.
If one of the Fingers had the same abilities as Petelgeuse, then they would have to face at least nine enemies like that...
Even more.
Ram was originally a very useful tool, but now it seemed she had no value, but there was nothing Ayanokouji could do about it. He could only find a more suitable tool in the future.
"There are other Witch Cult members wandering in the forest now. They are a great threat to us." Ayanokouji glanced at the unconscious Ram, turned to Emilia, and said, "Puck, how much magic power do you have left?"
"I can't go on anymore..." Puck said weakly.
It was late, and besides the fact that he had cast many spells to protect Emilia during their evacuation, his own magic power was almost exhausted.
He saw the book in Ayanokouji's hand and immediately said, "Ayanokouji, I suggest you not touch that Gospel!"
"Gospel?" Ayanokouji looked at the book in his hand and asked, "Sorry, what is this?"
"The Gospel is equivalent to proof of the Witch Cult, and it is like a holy book for them. I heard that the Witch Cult acts according to the instructions in it..." Puck couldn't help but laugh as he spoke.
He yawned, and his figure slowly disappeared, "Sorry, Lia, I can't hold on any longer. This is clearly a very critical moment..."
"Don't worry, Puck, the enemy has been eliminated. This should be the true form of the Sin Archbishop of Sloth. See you tomorrow morning." Emilia said.
The last remaining magic power couldn't support him. Puck finally turned into particles of light and disappeared into the crystal on Emilia's chest.
Despite saying this, Emilia felt uncertain, so she could only carry Ram towards the mansion with Ayanokouji.
But they couldn't run too far. A black shadow emerged from the ground, like a liquid quickly solidifying in a short time, and appeared in front of them were followers of the Witch Cult.
"You really killed one Finger, killed one Finger! You are so diligent, diligent, diligent! To praise your diligence, I will give you a reward with my own hands."
A man bit his finger while speaking. Although his appearance and body shape were very different, his manner of speaking and behavior were exactly the same as Petelgeuse.
"My brain trembles!"
"Who are you?" Ayanokouji asked.
"I am a Finger!" While speaking, the other's head tilted at a strange angle, with a crazy smile on his face, "I am the one who repays kindness, who obeys trials and obeys love."
"No, you're not." Ayanokouji looked at the other party and said calmly, "Stop pretending."
"That's right..." The smile on the man's face became more terrifying and twisted, "That's right, I am the Sin Archbishop of Sloth, Petelgeuse Romanee-Conti!"
The continuous laughter stimulated the eardrums of those around him.
"How is this possible?" Emilia's face was full of fear, "You should have been killed by Roswaal. Ram also just killed you... How can you still be alive?"
"My beloved Finger and I are connected! We can feel love! That is love!" Petelgeuse had changed bodies at this moment, laughing hysterically.
He had the ability to possess objects very easily relying on a unilateral forced contract. He summoned several beloved witch followers, and they all had Witch Factors in their bodies, and they were all vessels for the Sin Archbishop of Sloth, ready to move bodies at any time, but the number and strength of unseen hands on each Finger were relatively uneven.
Ten Fingers meant Petelgeuse had ten extra lives.
"Is this really a body change..." Ayanokouji said to himself, Petelgeuse's ability was even more obscene than Elsa's.
"But..." Petelgeuse's expression darkened instantly, "Who are you, and why do you receive so much love, love, love and love? Why? Let me, let me feel jealousy... You smell of the witch, at least on the level of an Archbishop. Could it be... You are the Sin Archbishop of Pride? Now there is only one vacancy for Archbishop!"
'Pride?'
Ayanokouji listened to the other party's words and thought.
He had previously learned from Ram that in the Witch Cult, there were Archbishops who played different great sins.
What are the requirements to become an Archbishop?
However, this made Ayanokouji know that the Witch Cult members could sense what was called the witch's aura on his body.
"No, no matter who you are, you want to stop my trial! You want to stop me! You are so lazy!"
Petelgeuse continued to bite his fingers with his teeth.
The sharp sound of bones made Emilia feel a little nauseous.
"And you can see my unseen hands, you are unforgivable, you are unforgivable, you are unforgivable!"
Ayanokouji looked around.
There were dozens of witch cultists around. Petelgeuse still had at least eight Fingers. This meant he had to kill him at least eight times.
Even if he used Shamak to escape, his physical strength would be greatly depleted, and he wouldn't be able to move quickly.
The number advantage, unique abilities, and lack of intelligence. This was another dead end.
"Then let's start the trial now. I am truly diligent! I must be able to get more love! Love me, love me!"
Behind Petelgeuse, countless massive arms emerged, flowing like monsters from the depths of the sea towards Ayanokouji and Emilia.
Emilia could not see these strange limbs and was unaware that danger was drawing closer.
In Ayanokouji's eyes, the arms spanned across the sky.
"Second time?"
Emilia died.
Ayanokouji Kiyotaka died.
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"H-How could this happen?"
Honami and Horikita looked at the image on the screen, unable to stop pursing their lips, their hearts racing faster.
Even though it was just a video, seeing Ayanokouji tragically die on screen was indescribable.
"How could such a monster win..."
Horikita turned and stared at Ayanokouji.
Not just her, other students in the café also watched Ayanokouji himself.
At this moment, Ayanokouji's face was still expressionless.
For him, this failure was inevitable.
There was a huge gap in both intelligence and combat power.
Petelgeuse's abilities were too strange; he could change his body and was even harder to kill than Elsa.
However, Ayanokouji did not feel any sadness at the moment because he was not the one in the video. His current priority was to find a way to deal with Petelgeuse.
He was different from his other selves in the video because he now had a significant advantage—intelligence and information.
If he could do it again, what would he do?
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