Black haired wise man Chiyuki

　Through the Hapi we go to the heart.

'What's this?! Is there a hell of a lot of magic (mana) flowing in?!

　I let out a cry of surprise.
　As I was climbing the stairs to the heart, I felt a powerful flow of magical power (mana).

'Oh, Chiyuki. That's a hell of a lot of magic (mana) ....... It looks like the enemy is doing something up ahead. Hey, Tona. Do you know what the enemy is doing?

　Tona shakes her head when Rage asks.

'I don't know. But I have a bad feeling about this.

　Totoona gingerly grips the cloth of Medjed next to her.
　Totoona must be anxious about what is taking place down the road.

'But we'll have to go,'

　We proceed.
　At the top of the stairs, we reach a room that is about two sizes smaller than the large Happi Room.
　This must be the Heart Room.
　There are several people gathered in the center of the room.

'The serpent prince. And that one in the center?

　There are snake princes in the room, naturally, among the hapi.
　And it seems there are a few I've never seen before.
　However, the one I'm most interested in is the man in vestments who is sitting in the center of the room.
　The man wearing a mask that resembles a spider.
　We met in the basement of Rox's kingdom before. He was the one who was with the Serpent Queen in the skies above the labyrinth.

''Yes, Raige. I'm sure it's the masked man. It's the god of death, Zarxis.

　I glare at the reaper.

"Hm. Come on, you brave souls. But it's too late. The regeneration of my body is almost complete.

　Zarxis laughs.

'Physical regeneration? Maybe that's why you took the lives of so many sacrifices.

　Zarxis nodded at Tona's words.

'Exactly. You are a goddess of the blood of the abominable Mina. The pyramid you took from that foolish prince was useful. It amplified the life force of the sacrifice so much. But perhaps because I pushed them too hard, they don't seem to be able to last much longer.

　Zarxys looks in one direction.
　There is something like a sarcophagus placed there.
　That glowing sarcophagus seems to be sending power to the magic circle where Zarxys is sitting.
　However, the sarcophagus is cracked.
　Maybe there is a keystone in there.

So the pyramid is no longer needed: ......

'That's right. Brave girl.

　With that, Zarxis stands up and removes his spider mask.
　I gasp as I look at his face.
　The left half of his face looks like a well-groomed human being and the right half is an ugly monster.
　The ugliness of the right half seems to stand out because the left half of the face is well-groomed.

'I see. ....... I'm sorry to play it back, but I'm going to have to break it again. Don't you dare run away.

　Rage points the Sword of Light (Clave Solish) at you.

"Rest assured, brave man of light. I will not run away. I think it's better for you to think about escaping than that, don't you? You better watch!

　Zarxis shouted and an image came to life.
　The image showed the outside of the pyramid.

'That's the Snake Queen! And what the hell was that number!

　I look at the image and scream.
　The image shows the Serpent Queen and a number of oddities, confronting Halseth and the others.

'You diadna! That's pretty fast! Don't you people think you can get away with it!

　Zarxys laughs.
　It's a bad situation.
　A cold sweat runs down my back.

'Come on! This pyramid is no longer needed! Baig! Destroy the pyramids! Let's get the men out!

　Zarxys shouts and a huge man in armor comes out.
　He has red eyes and canine teeth coming out of his mouth.
　He is probably a vampire.
　The vampire destroys the sarcophagus.
　When the sarcophagus is destroyed, the figures of Zarxys and the others suddenly disappear.

''The magic is going out of control? The pyramid is going to explode!

　Tona shouts.

'Mr. Rage!'

I know, Chiyuki!

　Rage shoots a light cannon and makes a hole in the wall of the pyramid.
　Quickly, we jumped out of the pyramid.
　That's the moment we escaped from the pyramid.
　The pyramid explodes with a roaring sound.

'Rage!
Tonaan! Medjed!!!!

　Ishtia and Nell rush over to us as we land in the Gypseal camp.

“Rage. I'm glad to see you're okay. I'm glad.
Oh, Ishtia. But I don't think you're safe yet.

　Rage looks at the snake queens.
　There are quite a few of them.
　Most of them are probably evil gods. We also see Guiltal in Lavrus.
　Most of these are mammies.
　Zarxis, the god of death who has regained his power, doesn't know the strength of the serpent queen Diadna.
　Still, on the other side is Lavrus, who seems to be the incarnation of violence to Guiltal, who was no match for Shirone and Nao's two men.
　That alone seems to put us at a disadvantage.

''Ishtia-sama. Apparently, they are using magic to block the transition. It's hard to escape with magic, you know.

　Pistis suddenly appeared and reported.
　'This monkey god really is a godsend.

'Yes, Pistis. It's going to be hard to escape. Isn't it, Hal? What are you going to do?

　Ishtia turns and looks at her son and calls out.

'I will not run away! Mother! The rulers of Gypseal cannot turn their backs on it!

　Halseth's words made me wince, oh! I almost say.
　You seem to have a few bones in your body.
　But things are bad right now.
　The pyramid has been destroyed by the enemy, and our first priority here should be to retreat.

'Master Halseth! We should pull out of here! If we don't, we will be wiped out!

　As I thought, Isdes advises us to retreat.

'What are you talking about! Isdes! They won't let us go!

　Halseth glares at the snake Diadna and the others.

'Halseth! Do you hear me! Hand over Ishtia and Totona to the authorities over there! And then we'll let the rest of them off the hook!

　Deirdona calls out to Halseth.
　Deirdona is hostile to the gods of Elyos, but she may not intend to be hostile to Gypsir.
　So she demands that the two goddesses belonging to the gods of Elyos be handed over to her.

'Handing over your mother! There's no way you can do it!

　As expected, Halseth refuses to do so.
　It seems he wasn't the kind of guy who would abandon the cats, but not even his own mother.

''I see! Then I'll send your head to Sekhmetra! Gentlemen of the Apophis League! Overrun those gypseals!

　Deirdona raises her hand and the evil gods come towards us.

''Rage!

　Ishtia looks at Rage.

'Leave it to me, Ishtia! I will protect the goddess of Elyos! Come out, Benne!

　When Rage holds his sword in his hands, he summons a higher spirit of light.
　A bird that glows like the sun appears in the sky filled with dark clouds.

''O light wings of radiant fire!

　Rage shouts and Bennu flaps his wings.
　Wings of light spread out and fall on the evil gods.
　The screams of the evil gods can be heard.
　Even if they can't be defeated like the Great Sand Worm, they can be blown away.

''Let's keep going!

　Rage rushes into the evil gods who have flinched at Bennu.
　He swings his two swords and cleaves the evil gods away.

''Nonsense!
What strength!
I'm no match for you!

　The evil gods run away from Rage, screaming.
　The strength of the situation surprises not only Deirdre and the others, but also Harses and the others.

''What?! They are no match for the brave men!
'Yes, Master Halseth. I didn't expect a brave man of light to be as strong as this. Perhaps he is as strong as Alfos.

　Ishtia giggles at the conversation between Halseth and Isdes.

''That's as good as it gets. Surprisingly enough, this might be a good idea for Rage alone.'

　I nodded at Ishtia's words.
　'I hope so, if possible.

'What are you doing! You're only facing one rider!

　Deirdre shouts.
　Her face is filled with anger.

'Brave man! It's me!

　Lavrus swings a huge two-headed axe.

''Oops!''

　However, Rage easily avoids it.

'That's not the kind of attack that would hit! Flashing line breaker!

　Rage's flashing slash attacked Lavrus.

''Guaaaah! d*mn you ！！！！

　Even though they may be ahead of Rage in strength, Rage is still faster than them.
　Without the power of the labyrinth, Rage has a huge advantage in such a large place.

''What's the matter, Lavrus?! Is that the extent of it?!

　Rage laughs wryly.

'When this happens, I'll burn you to death with Moloch's fire!

You can't make me! Light-winged Heaven Breaker!

　Rage holds his sword low and flies towards his opponent with his entire body twitching like a spring.

''Gwaaaaah!

　The wretched Ravrus is blown away before Moloch can use his fire.
　The mammy's cheers go up from the mammy's to the dog-man and bird-man for their rage's fighting skills.

'Come on! What's the matter with you? Is that it?!

　As Rage points his sword at Deirdona, Bennu in the sky flaps his wings.
　The evil gods retreat to that Rage's spirit.
　It was then.
　Suddenly, a laugh can be heard.

''Hahahaha! And that lavrus is shapeless! I'm proud of you! O brave man of light! Then this Zarxys will take care of it!

　A man in vestments comes out.

'Oh Zarxis! Is that enough?!
'Leave it to me, Deirdre. He'll test your regained power with a brave man!

　The half-monster-faced Zarxis smiles wryly and takes off one of his vestments.
　Then a huge bat wing comes out of his back.
　Before you know it, it's holding a twisted sword in one hand.
　Zarxis points the sword at Rage.

''Heh? Try me? Why don't you ask the guy who used to be a dead man? Benne!

　Benne's body shines even brighter in response to Rage.

'Hmph! It looks like I can use a higher spirit of light! Such things are not the enemies of Zarxys! Behold the power you gained at the Black Pyramid! Dark wolf (Skoll) and dark snake (Apopis)! Come forth from the planet Rahula of the Nine Dao Stars and reveal yourself! Light Eater (Light Eater) Eclipse!

　When Zarxys shouted, a black mist blew out of the empty air.
　The black mist stretches long and looks like a snake.
　The place of the extended head opens up like a wolf's mouth.
　It was indeed a huge dark dragon.

''Fuhahahaha! Brave man! This is the Dark High Spirit Light Eater Eclipse! High level spirits of light are not our enemies!

　Zarxys' loud laugh.
　The Eclipse in the sky above opens its huge mouth.
　Then Bennu's glow gradually diminishes.
　According to lore, Eclipse is the natural enemy of the spirit of light. If this is the case, Bennu's power cannot be used.

'Now, brave man, you can't use Bennu's power now! Die good, brave man! Thousand-line brat bullets, Thousand Never-Eaters Barred!

　Zarxis shouts and a brat ball the size of a thousand soccer balls appear in the air as Zarxis shouts and heads for Rage.

'd*mn it ！！！！ A Thousand Rows of Light Bullets, Thousand Light Barred!

　Rage fights back against Zarxis' brat bullets (Never Eater Baled) with light bullets.
　The brat balls try to avoid them, but they can't escape the tracking ability of the light bullets, and all of them are shot down.


''Do it, hero!

　Even though all the brat balls have been dropped, Zarxis has a relaxed expression on his face.

''This time, we're going this way!

　Rage raises the Sword of Radiance (Clave Solish) and heads towards Zarxis.
　I don't know why, but Rage's movements feel slower than they did earlier.
　Perhaps that's why Zarxis receives Rage's sword with a relaxed expression.

''Is this the extent? Brave?
Of what!

　Rage is caught by the Sword of Light (Clave Solish) and attacks with the Sword of Orihalcon in his other hand.
　However, Zarxis quickly catches it with the wings on his back.
　It's not like Zarxys' wings were damaged despite being caught by Orihalcon's sword.
　It must be quite hard.
　Rage is flung away by Zarxis's sword.

''What does this mean?! Rage, you seem to be getting less and less powerful!

　I'm impatient.
　If we don't, Rage will lose.

''Perhaps the power of Eclipse. That higher spirit of darkness takes away the power of the enemy as well as the light. Those who face it will have their abilities lowered. Perhaps our power is also lowered.''

　Tona explains it to me.
　Come to think of it, I feel like I'm having trouble breathing.
　Maybe my body's strength is being taken away.
　I look around and I see the mammy and those who have fallen in the dog-man and bird-man.
　Perhaps they have been robbed of their strength.
　Halseth and Isdes seem to be safe, but they won't be able to fight as usual.

'Hey! This is not good!

　A moment ago he was dominant, and now it's reversed.
　When I look, I see that Rage is being pushed by Zarxis' attack.

''Gwaaah!

　Rage's body slams into the sand as Zarxis strikes.
　He looks like he's trying to manage to get up, but he can't go any further.

'Lie! I can't believe they got Rage! Can't you do something about it, Tona?!

　Ishtia closes in on Totoona.
　But I don't think Totona can do anything about this situation.

'Hmm, so this is it. So much for that. Guiltal! It's yours to keep! Get the heads of the brave men!

　Zarxis commands and Guiltal comes out.

'Hahaha! I appreciate it! How dare you let me take the head of a brave man of light! Brave men of light! You'll regret taking the heavenly beauty from me!

　Guiltal points the giant scorpion shears on his back at Rage.
　'Not good... If we don't, we'll lose Rage.

''It's okay. Lady Ishtia. I have a strong ally on my side.''

　Tona muttered and pointed.

'What? Medjed?

　Medjed was standing between Rage and Guiltal, in the direction Totoona had pointed, between Rage and Guiltal.
　What time did he move?
　I didn't notice it at all.

'What is it?' Who is this delightfully dressed person?!

　Guiltal is surprised by the sudden appearance of the intruder.
　Guiltal is not the only one who is surprised.
　Zarxis and Deirdona are also surprised by Medjed, who has moved on before he knows it.

'You! The Scorpion God who stabbed Cyrone?!

　Mejed shouts as if angry.
　This is the first time I've heard Medjed's voice. The voice was familiar.
　Mejed's body is suddenly surrounded by black flames.
　That was when the black flames disappeared.
　A person in jet black armor appears.

''Huh?! Oh no? ！！！！

　It is only then that I understand.
　The identity of Medjed, and the owner of Brulelun.

'Nonsense! The Dark Knight!

　Zarxis shouts.
　All those present look at the one who was Medjed.
　The dark knight stood quietly as everyone's gaze was drawn to him.