Chapter 649: Fused Devil: I rose! I was insta-killed!
"!!!"
Hearing Ren say that the Chat Group's definition of Level 7 could easily destroy Orario, Ais's pupils constricted.
She didn't want to think about how Ren knew about Orario now, only how to become as strong as Ren said. To an adventurer of her world, Level 7 was the pinnacle, represented by the King, Ottar. But in Ren's mouth, this "Level 7" seemed to imply a power capable of wiping her entire city from the map with a wave of a hand. The gap in concepts left her shaken.
"What exactly are you talking about? What exactly is that monster?!"
Himeno was very unsettled now.
Having forgotten about devils due to the distortion of reality, she was now as bewildered as if she had lost a segment of her memory. The oppressive atmosphere, the sky turning dark at noon, and the visceral sense of dread... especially since that eerie monster gave her a very bad feeling.
Ren glanced over.
The three of them looked somewhat bewildered, their minds struggling to reconcile the sudden shift in reality.
"I'll just give you your memories back."
After Ren said that, he snapped his fingers lightly.
Himeno and the other two stiffened, and their memories of devils instantly returned. The fog in their minds cleared, replaced by the terrifying realization of their world's true nature.
"Devil!"
Himeno immediately felt a bad premonition.
The devil before her was more terrifying than any devil she had ever known. It wasn't just a manifestation of fear; it felt like the source of fear itself.
"Makima, you..."
She was about to call out to Makima to have her report it to higher-ups and send people.
But Makima interrupted with a cold voice: "No need."
"Gah gah gah gah! I succeeded! I devoured and fused all devils! I will rule the entire world with fear!"
The devil's grotesque laughter stopped, and it recovered from its excited state.
The hatched devil was clearly controlled by the Reincarnator. This entity had not only hijacked the concept of the Chainsaw Devil but had used the connection to Hell to gorge itself on every fear known to man.
Humans had indeed fallen into a long sleep of fear across the entire world after Hell completely appeared in the human realm.
Only Himeno and a few others were spared due to Ren's presence.
Suddenly, it tilted its head. The gigantic, withered neck creaked like old wood.
"One is missing... the Control Devil!"
Only then did it realize that one devil was missing from those it had devoured through Hell. The Four Horsemen were incomplete within its belly.
The devil's withered, twisted face turned with a jerky motion, its hollow eyes searching.
"You haven't been enveloped by fear?"
It was confused.
"Humans... Angels? Control Devil?"
It recognized Ren and the others as humans (which they were), mistook Exusiai for an angel due to her halo and wings, Ch'en for a devil due to her horns and tail, and only truly recognized Makima as the Control Devil.
"Tch, a fish that got away."
The devil seemed somewhat displeased.
It extended a claw and tore off its umbilical cord connecting it to the egg of Hell. Black ichor sprayed into the void.
Its black wings instantly unfurled and flapped.
Each flap caused the entire Hell to tremble, and a surge of fearful malice to assault them. It was a pressure far exceeding gravity, weighing directly on the soul.
"I will only be complete once I devour you."
"Ugh!"
Just a trace of its aura caused Ais and the other weaker individuals to feel their minds become chaotic and gag.
Ais Wallenstein, the Sword Princess, gripped her rapier, Desperate, until her knuckles turned white. Her instincts as an adventurer were screaming at her to run, that this was a monster beyond the deep floors of the Dungeon, beyond the Black Dragon itself. It was the embodiment of death.
Skadi remained silent, her red eyes narrowing. The aura reminded her of the deep sea—suffocating, endless, and hostile to all terrestrial life. Her hand drifted to the hilt of her massive sword.
"We'll die!!! We'll definitely die!!!"
Higashiyama Kobeni trembled all over, tears streaming down her face. She crouched on the floor, clutching her head. Why did she have to be here? She just wanted a normal job!
Why was she here, and why...
"Calm down."
Ren glanced at them, simply erasing the fear aura's effect on them. It wasn't a struggle; it was an absolute command. The suffocating pressure vanished instantly, replaced by a warm, protective barrier that felt as immovable as a mountain.
And casually said: "Exusiai, this thing is yours."
"OK! Penguin Logistics, mission accomplished!"
Exusiai stepped forward, a bright, confident smile on her face. Her halo glowed with a pure, divine light that seemed to pierce the surrounding darkness of Hell.
Exusiai raised the light gun in her hand—a weapon constructed not of steel and gunpowder, but of the Infinite Law granted by Ren—and aimed at the devil, which was slowly and leisurely flying towards them, treating them as if they were already in its grasp.
Seeing her movements, tens of thousands of mouths grew on the devil's body. They tore open on its chest, its arms, its wings, revealing rows of jagged teeth.
"Hahahaha!"
"Gagagaga!"
"Jiejiejie!"
...
They let out completely different, sharp, maniacal laughs. The cacophony was maddening, a chorus of mockery directed at the small, winged girl standing before a god of fear.
But without a doubt, they all conveyed one meaning: mockery of Exusiai's seemingly rebellious act.
In the concepts he had obtained from the memories of all Devils—Gun, Darkness, War, Famine—he was already an invincible existence! He was the end of the world!
How could a mere Control Devil and a guy who looked like an Angel have any hope of...
However.
The laughter stopped abruptly.
Exusiai's light gun was seen with its trigger pulled.
"Apple Pie!"
A golden ray of light, a bullet, shot out. It didn't travel through the air; it pierced through space, ignoring distance, ignoring defense, moving at a speed that transcended time itself. It was the judgment of an Infinite Angel.
His laughter was still echoing.
But his body had already vanished into nothingness. There was no explosion, no gore. The massive, twisted form of the Fused Devil simply ceased to exist, erased from the canvas of reality as if it had never been drawn.
"???"
Ais and the others stared blankly at this scene.
The Devil, whose mere aura had made them breathless just now, whose power seemed capable of swallowing the stars... was annihilated just like that? One shot?
"Where's the Devil? Where did it go?"
Power looked around, blinking her eyes with distinct crosses in them, seriously suspecting the Devil had turned invisible. She sniffed the air. "The scent of blood... is gone?"
Exusiai dispelled the light gun in her hand and blinked her big eyes: "Wasn't the Devil annihilated by me? BiuBiu."
"..."
[Mikoto Suoh: ...]
[Ying Zheng: Hiss! That terrifying creature was just annihilated like that!]
[Reinhardt: Even Miss Exusiai has become so powerful?]
[Shiroyasha: Tsk, it's Ren again, your Power is a bit of a cheat, hey!]
Ren only smiled at Shiroyasha's accusation.
No way.
With the Infinite Tree, it was too simple for him to create an Infinite Angel.
Using Exusiai's Power, enough to crush the universe, to deal with a small Devil was nothing more than a puff of air. It was like using a nuclear bomb to kill a mosquito.
Using the gun was just her fun.
"It was just a bug, so it's annihilated, as for this Hell..."
Ren glanced at Makima. The darkness of Hell still loomed, trying to encroach upon reality even without its master.
He clenched his right hand.
"Disperse."
The darkness disappeared.
The twisted landscape of Hell, the doors in the sky, the oppressive atmosphere—all of it shattered like glass and dissolved.
Sunshine and a clear blue sky appeared. The familiar office ceiling was gone, replaced by the open sky as the barrier between worlds was forcefully corrected.
This change was too sudden.
"Wow! Such dazzling light!"
Power and the others hurriedly covered their eyes, unable to adapt to the sudden environmental change for a moment.
And in Ren's hand, there was an extra black bead. It swirled with dark, chaotic energy—the compressed essence of Hell that had invaded this world.
"The origin of Devil birth in this world, Hell, has been uprooted from this world. I've fused it into your Power."
As he spoke, the condensed Hell bead floated into Makima's glabella.
Although he had deeply used Makima countless times, Ren had not given her the Power of an Infinite Angel.
It was also good to keep her like a dog.
If one day she amused him, he would reward her.
Well, it was all due to his bad taste.
After all, more or less everyone in this world was a bit abnormal, mentally speaking.
Whether it was Makima, or Power and the others he was interested in, they were all pretty much the same.
After fusing with Hell, countless chains gushed out from Makima's body, weaving through the air like living serpents, then retracted in the blink of an eye. Her golden eyes glowed with a new, terrifying depth.
Her Power had increased, roughly above Level 7 and below Level 8. She had become the administrator of the concept of Hell itself.
Himeno's pupils constricted, looking at her superior with fear: "You are also a Devil!"
"Oh, let me introduce you, the Control Devil, Makima, my pet."
Ren joked, reaching out to scratch Makima's chin.
"Woof..."
"!!!"
However, Makima's sudden, expressionless dog bark shocked everyone, making them look at her in utter disbelief. The terrifying Control Devil, barking like an obedient puppy?
[Ding! Detected memetically contaminated Chainsaw Devil annihilated, detected Reincarnator annihilated, detected Fused Devil annihilated, detected Hell stripped, detected Devil origin annihilated, Doomsday Companion ended, Doomsday terminated!]
[Ding! Exusiai gained 30 million doomsday points, Ren gained 20 million doomsday points, Makima gained 10 million doomsday points, Ais, Ch'en Sir, Skadi gained 1 million doomsday points!]
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