My head was swimming as my eyes were closed while I was resting, I could hear the rough breathing of the nearby Alliron, and I could also feel that Shira was getting closer to my location before sitting just right next to me.I didn't open my eyes as I felt her hand on my forehead, she was giving me a gentle supply of energy to help me with my recovery.I nodded slightly at her action, most likely making her smile.My torn muscles and cracked bones were slowly mending without any immediate threat to break them anymore, the energy pool inside my body was slowly recovering, transforming into a calm ocean that regained its peace after a tumultuous storm.The 9th layer was supposed to have even further tortures for us, but hell understood our situations and had stopped all tortures from affecting us, we were being 'pardoned' for helping it.Of course, the remaining demons who were still alive were most likely going through beatings from the law enforcers combined with the tortures of the
After tasting despair, I could feel that the surrounding air had become completely cold, as I breathed in and out, I could see my breath create large clouds of mist that didn't dissipate for a short time.Everyone else was looking at the giant pupil that was previously the blood-red moon.The pupil was looking down at us, moving its iris from side to side, analyzing all of us slowly.Before we knew what happened, a thunderous crack was heard in the surroundings, and a slide appeared up from the eye.The eye opened up in the middle, revealing a rather short furry creature.Its fur was completely black, he had bright red eyes and yellow pupils, and he was going down the slide at quick speeds, approaching us.Alliron and Aratas looked at each other as they nodded, while I and Shira kept close to each other, making sure that we were suppressing the jumping sins we had jailed in our bodies.The closer this being was to us, the more we felt the sins in our bodies trying to break free.It wa
The devil immediately waved his pitchfork lightly, making the surroundings change as we were all trapped in a labyrinth that came out of the ground, splitting us up into two groups:"I might not be able to take you all at once, but what if I split you up!?"The speed of the labyrinth was too quick, so I could not get near Alliron and Aratas in time, but at least Shira was near me when it happened.Shira looked at the labyrinth ahead as she did her best to control the rampaging sins in her body, now that the devil was going all out, the sins were being empowered as they tried to rip themselves away from us so they could go back to their original master.However, would we let them go so easily?The answer was an obvious no, I slapped myself around some parts of my body, locking them up and making the escape of the sins impossible. No matter how hard they tried to batter my insides and damage my energy pool, I would not let them go!Shira steeled her gaze and mimicked my actions before s
Everyone's taut muscles started to relax slowly as the danger from the devil's presence passed by.We knew that he wasn't going to give up that easily, but for now, he retreated.Aratas and Alliron glanced at me and Shira before nodding:"It looks like you were able to easily hold him back. You two had grown considerably, maybe being even as strong as us right now!"Shira couldn't help but start blushing at the praise after she had reverted from her hybrid form.She scratched the back of her head as she twirled some of her red hair onto her fingers, very happy at the praise.I nodded slowly toward them, I thought of as much, even though the duo seemed to have been shrouded by mysteries, their strengths weren't to the point they learned and mastered laws, they were quite close, but due to the lack of opportunity, they were unable to progress to that area, but now, with the devil triggering that state in them after they had fought the rage demon to his peak ability, they were able to fi
I shook my mother's in law hand and kissed it afterward, she smiled sweetly at me as she looked at her daughter and said:"You didn't tell me your boyfriend is such a gentleman. Maybe I will take him for myself."Shira knew her mother was teasing her, so she huffed and put her hands under her breasts as she turned her head to the side and said:"Mother, it's not the time for that, I know that you are only acting like this because you are attempting to get over that shitty father of mine who did what he did to you."Hearing those words made Shira's mother pale slightly before turning back to her sunny disposition, she shook her head slowly and turned towards me before saying:"So when do you two want to have the wedding? We can invite all your friends and acquaintances right here, it's a pretty wide place, so it should be able to house everyone, this place is also quite secure and secret, so no one would be able to crash your wedding!"I wasn't sure if it was the man's job to plan the
Seeing how I wasn't mad, nor did I say anything about his previous attitude made Malavai quite happy as he bowed once again:"You are quite magnanimous and mature for your age, your name is Minato, right? What do you think about my proposition? You and your four friends would join our Academy, and depending on your performance, you will join our army and organization, we can discuss the details and benefits you can receive immediately!"He looked towards the gift-filled table to the side, before he flicked his wrist, throwing a small flower on top of all of them as he nodded towards me and said:"Take this as a token of apology for my previous attitude, and a gift for your wedding, once again, I'm sorry."The flower smelled intoxicatingly sweet, and I could feel a very strong wood law coming from it, if someone ingested it, they would be able to learn and quickly master up to 30% of the law that existed in the flower!It looked like these types of things existed in the Regulator's All
The regulators had things that I needed, and they didn't require me to do anything unless I took the missions on my own or I somehow found an infected planet.But all I had to do was report its coordinates, which wasn't anything to be wary of.Too many benefits to be taken for joining the alliance, no downsides almost, which made me frown inside.There was no such thing as a free lunch in this world, so there should be some undercurrents in the alliance that Malavai wasn't talking about for now.I looked towards the man in question as he awaited for all three of us to make up our minds.Seeing how I turned my gaze towards him, Malavai smiled as he asked:"So?"I wanted to join the regulators for the opportunities they could give me to become stronger, but things were slightly shady in my mind, my paranoia made me unable to give him a response for the time being, but I knew that I had to give it to him sooner or later, and I'm sure he wouldn't wait for more than a few days around here.
The planet where I was born.I looked at my surroundings briefly after I left Shira to her own devices.I decided to start my journey from the place I was born.The small unnamed village where my life changed sometimes around when I was 7 years old.My memories of that time were still vivid in my mind.The bandits took me and my parents out of our hiding, the bandit leader making his way to my mother, handling her how he pleased... My father's wide-eyed head flew into the skies as his body kneeled after it had its head separated...At this point, I had gone through so many things that I had forgotten about Aratas's promise about him finding my mother.Things moved so quickly, and my need to find her had gone down considerably since I had so many things to do, but now that I visited this place, I got the impulse to look for her once again.Maybe I should find her, just make myself at peace before I left the planet for good.I didn't need to interfere in her new life if she was treated