Chapter 147: Slera (5)


    "...?!" Upon hearing the voice reverberating through the throne room, quickly the group took notice as they turned towards the direction of it. In the next moment, they eyed the figure of a man, sitting listlessly on the throne whilst showing off a golden-red pendant on his neck.


    [ Sanke ].


    "...Sanke...-" As the old man in front of the group was about to speak up, a slime beside him who was fiercely shaking his body shouted out in a dreaded tone.


    "Sanke?! He''s still alive?! Huh? What?! Didn''t you say you defeated him?!" Minister Yer cried out in a tone of utter shock. "We''re doom... We''re doom! Doom I tell you! Ahhh!!! We''re all going to get cursed!!"


    "Ugh... Renryth, why didn''t you kick this guy out of the barrier when we had the chance to?" Reru clicked his tongue as he shoved the minister towards the side in an annoyed manner. "If you want to live, just stay put and keep your mouth shut!"


    "B-But-" Stuttering at his words with his entire body still shaky, Minister Yer looked at the man on the throne and the humans who were around him. "T-These humans l-lied to us!? H-How could they?!"


    "...sigh. I kept him here for the sake of giving testimony to the people, but... That seems like a lost hope at this point," Renryth shook his head helplessly as he soon took a step forward towards Sanke whilst scrutinizing the item that he was wearing, the [ Pendant of ming Purity ]. "Sanke... You don''t have to do this. Can''t you just stop it and return back to normal?"


    "...Renryth," the man who sat at the throne in a lifeless stanceSanke, spoke out. "Is it because you''re old now? Or is it because you''ve been cursed for a long time," he muttered out. "I vividly remember telling you this straight to your face: I''m doing this for the sake of a single goalTo unseal her in whatever means necessary."


    "You don''t have to do this, Sanke... Can''t you ept the fact that she''s dead?!" Renryth shouted out as he began to chant out a spell from the tip of his hands. In the next moment, a symbol of wind appeared before Sanke as it soon turned into a tornado that swept the entire premise. "Time and time again have I told you this. She''s dead. She was dealt by the hands of fate and passed off peacefully! Why are you so ignorant on this!?"


    "Ignorant? Kukuku... You choose to believe lies given by everyone when even your own trusted friends you chose to shun away?" With a snap of his finger, great darkness swallowed away the iing tornados, quickly dispersing them. "If anything, your the one that''s ignorant!"


    In the next moment, Sanke chanted out a spell as hands of shadow appeared from behind him. Quickly, the shadows moved in a fast-paced manner as they grabbed hold onto Renryth.


    "Ugh... Not this again!" Ethaniel clicked his tongue as he held out his sword in preparation to shine down a skill whilst noting that besides the shadows that were aiming at Renryth, there were excess hands that were protruding out onto the rest of the group.


    "H-Huh what''s this?!" Frey uttered out in a cry as she felt the weight of the shadows attempting to pin her down. However, with whatever means she tried to do, she couldn''t shake it off. "A-Ack!"


    "I told you this... Yet you still persisted in trying to defeat me," Sanke stated in a sorrowful voice. "Curses and whatever... Did I even need it if I could grab hold of this item? Of course not, I didn''t need to go through all that," his voice rang through the room as he ripped off the pendant from his neck. "...yet. With all that extra work done, was it all to futility?"


    With a sombre expression, further shadows appeared from behind Sanke as it shot out over towards the group. With the addition of the attack, the firepower of the hands rosed due to the group''s limited movement.


    "U-Ugh...!" Raina struggled to shake off the shadows as her limbs were soon grabbed onto. "T-This grip is even more powerful than before...!"


    "Tch..." Shinto shot out [ Divinity Point ] over to the hands in hopes of steering them away, however, it was futile. "T-These are fast..." Even with Shinto''s current speed, he failed to dodge Sanke''s attack and helplessly lost control of his movement.


    "W-We''re so dead..." Kon whimpered. "What do we do?!"


    "Tch... Sanke!" Reru cried out in an angered voice. "These binds won''t stop me from going over to you! Just wait till I-"


    "Obviously it won''t. Even if I had gotten stronger thanks to the people you brought to me... I''m not even using it to my full strength," Sanke reasoned as he let out a defeated sigh. "It doesn''t matter anymore. All my time spent to get this pendant? Hah... Useless. A waste."


    [ The judgement of ''Great Evil'' is greatly shaking! ]


    "...?" Whilst struggling on his own ord, Shinto''s eyes suddenly turned over towards his notification window. "What the...?"


    [ The judges of good and evil are currently in a dispute of the sudden turn of alignment on the previous judged ''Sanke''. ]


    "Hahahaha..." Sanke''s hand ced onto his face as heughed in an insane manner. However, it seemed as if sorrow was following behind it. "I''m a hypocrite for calling you ignorant, but look at me. I believed the whispers of darkness and took hold of it all for this stupid thing."


    Clenching the pendant in his hand, he soon threw it to the ground in a vexing manner, quickly cracking the pendant and letting out a slight me that slowly leaked out.


    "S-Sanke?! W-What are you doing?!" Renryth cried out at the sudden scene before him. "...you, you threw the pendant to the ground?!"


    [ The beings of Divinity are greatly angered at the tarnishment of the artefact! ]


    [ The beings of Divinity are highly requesting for you to do something worthwhile before things get out of control! ]


    "Ugh... I can''t even break free from this grip... What do you expect for me to do?" Shinto clicked his tongue as he turned towards the insane Sanke who was continuing tough maniacally.


    "Hahaha... What do I do now?" Sanke uttered out lifelessly. "Do I go down the hole even more or do I end my journey here?"


    "SANKE!" Renryth shouted out.


    "You''re all here... So the easier way out should be fine, yes?" Sanke tilted his head as his now purple eyes stared at the group. "No... I''d like for you to rather watch me meet my end," stepping forward towards the pendant, Sanke mustered all strength as he crushed the pendant beneath his feet.


    [ The beings of Divinity are extremely shocked at what they''re seeing! ]