With the Earth God's high opinion of Alice's abilities, the battle is becoming even more intense.
　The light bullets that the Earth God releases from his wings are much faster than before, and they are constantly being released with even more power, but the attacks still cannot reach Alice.
　The Earth God was looking at Alice, who dodged the attack with bodywork that could even be called artistic, and proceeded to analyze it.

　Even though she wasn't extremely fast, she continued to evade the attack. In the eyes of the Earth God, Alice appeared to be one of the most powerful beings in this world.
　Normally, with such overwhelming power, the way she fought would be a chore.......but it was good to say that Alice's fighting skills were a result of refining her 'weapons as a weakling' to the maximum.

　The basis of Alice's strength........was her overly keen ability to perceive and respond to crisis.
　The speed at which she could detect crises and attacks that would harm her was frighteningly quick, and she was able to accurately deal with a vast array of cards.
　It was a power that must have been acquired from vast combat experience, and the Earth God assumed that the girl in front of him was accustomed to fighting a far superior opponent.

　But that leaves a question... As I mentioned before, from the Earth God's point of view, Alice is supposed to be the highest-ranked being in this world, but why is she used to fighting such a higher-ranked opponent?
　The first attack you see, the first angle you see, the first time you see it, you have such overwhelming experience that you can even handle it, and you know how to fight opponents who are more capable than you.
　

　That's why there was so much admiration in the Earth God's heart.
　I wondered how long it took for him to refine his blade to the point where it could fight him, and how many deaths he had to go through.

　But I can't help but be impressed. The Earth God had yet to achieve his greatest goal this time.
　It's a good idea to have a clear idea of what a good person is.
　Then I thought it was the inside, and when I tried to assess that, a spear came in, and thus I was separated from Kaito to a faraway place.

"Early and settled.

　Alice's fighting style was interesting, and she's been fighting 'out of hand' so far......................but we can't take any more time.
　The Earth God doesn't have a problem if this fight is protracted.

　I'm fine, the girl in front of me will be fine too. But what about the human?　Humans, unlike myself, cannot generate inexhaustible amounts of energy. If this fight goes on for days, months, or years, that human will die... or even if he doesn't die, if that human suffers from hunger... it will have harmed that human. Isn't it?
　If that's the case, then when that happens, that godly half will intervene. If that happens, it would be worse. It would be impossible to determine the true value of that human.

　
　The newly created light bullets, each one several meters in size ... hundreds of millions of them, were released at a speed comparable to light.
　The rush of light that filled the space was so great that it engulfed Alice's body in an instant, causing an explosion that was too huge.

''It's settled........?


　The Earth God thought that this was a done deal, and then, as the Earth God looked at him, an 'unharmed' Alice appeared from the smoke of the explosion with a laugh.

'I've been incomplete ever since I 'lost everyone', like I was chiggering and missing parts.
...magic power surges?
"There's an enemy in front of me that I need to defeat, and behind me is a very important being I want to protect... oh, this is... this is the real me... ...Finally, at last, I'm 'catching up to my old self'...
Huh?
"This--this moment--is the ultimate land of my mind--beyond the limits--now the world. Spinning!　--Hecaton Cale!

　With a powerful shout, the numerous lights that Alice was wearing are all absorbed into her body.
　The pressure released by Alice increases, and the magic power rises in response.
　Although Alice is supposed to be the only one in front of you, she smiles at the side of her mouth with such an overwhelming sense of presence, as if a vast number of warriors are forming an army.

'Iris, Noel you all need to help me. I won't let you take away or lose Kite-san.........I'm not going to let anyone take me away from you!　Now ... let's get started!　Kill God a second time!
"Capability, elevation... a threat.







　Within the infinite space, flashes of light explode repeatedly.
　The Earth God stopped holding back and unleashed a variety of attacks on Alice.......but she is still alive and well.
　If you build and cleave the light into a giant sword shape, it will change its shape like a fog and evade. Even if you cover all four sides with a wall of light to eliminate the escape route and then fire an attack inside, Alice, who has changed into another form, will slip through the wall of light and evade.

　With the exchange so far, the Earth God was able to recognize Alice's abilities as well.
　The power she calls Hecaton Cale is that she can transform into an opponent who meets some conditions and use that power.......And as for that usable power, there are two types of opponents, one who can only use it for a moment, and one who can continue to transform as long as it is not disarmed. do.
　The most troublesome of all is the one who can transform all the time - the bicolored-haired girl with a huge staff, the straight-haired woman with golden hair with twin swords that glow, the female spear knight with flaming red hair, the man dressed in vestments and holding a scripture ........The Earth God had only seen those four people so far, but the opponent who 'had a weapon' was clearly more powerful than the other transformations.

　Of course, even the Earth God was an overwhelmingly strong man, and he changed the pattern of his attacks one after the other as he fought, but Alice chose the right ability from the vast number of cards in her hand to deal with him.

''........''

　Currently, the wings on the Earth God's back were 'half cut off' and there were cuts all over his body, so it could be said that he was somewhat pushed.
　Of course, it was far from a predicament. If he wanted to, the Earth God could annihilate his body and recreate it. The reason they are not currently repairing the wounds is because there is no particular obstacle to their movement, so they are just leaving it alone.

　But the offensive team is in limbo.
　The most effective means of attack against Alice could be guessed to be an unavoidable, ultra-wide attack..........................but there was a chance that Kite would be involved in that.
　 For the Earth God, who has no intention of making a mistake in his promise to Shalovanal, those are means that cannot be chosen.

　Now how do I get rid of this troublesome opponent, while thinking about it, the Earth God holds his hand towards the approaching Alice.

''Huh?　Chi........

　
　

''........Eh?''

　The fist goes in too cleanly, and Alice's eyes widen in surprise, and she stops moving and looks a little thoughtful.
　Then, after seeing the Earth God regain his stance, he moved a long distance in an instant and came back to Kaito.

''Huh?　Oh, Alice!　What the hell is going on...

　As a human, Kaito couldn't possibly recognize the battle between the Earth God and Alice; he could only see something glowing in the distance and didn't understand the situation at all.
　That's why he was surprised at the sudden appearance of Alice and asked her what was going on.

　However, Alice doesn't answer that question, but opens her mouth, remaining alert.

''.........Kite, apparently, that guy......doesn't seem to have any intention of hurting you, Kite.
...What?
The place where Kaito-san and I are just now, for a moment, lined up perfectly in a straight line from his point of view... Well, we had a plan to deal with it even if we were shot as it was... but for him... I was the perfect target. But he interrupted the attack.

　Yes, the scene where Alice moved her eyebrows just now was a chance for the Earth God to attack Alice.
　Alice was standing around as much as possible so that the attack was not directed in the direction where Kaito was, but she couldn't completely seal off an opponent as powerful as the Earth God, and she was prepared to take some damage from it.
　However, the Earth God did not shoot.

And he didn't attack me like widespread annihilation.......Apparently, he has some circumstances that prevented him from hurting Kite-san.
....
So what do we do?　It sounds like there's a chance we could end this quietly?
....

　There was a good chance that the Earth God would not and could not hurt Kite. Recognizing that, Alice's head, which had been bleeding a little bit, became calm and decided to ask for Kaito's judgment.