The person who appeared at the moment of emergency and saved the girl was, of course, the belated shrine maiden. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

She had only just reached the halfway point of her way to the settlement, but her senses, which were diverging all the time, suddenly sensed the powerful aura coming from the settlement. It was an extremely tyrannical aura, and it didn't feel like a friendly presence.

As a result, the shrine maiden immediately gave up the idea of continuing to walk. She stepped out in one step, her body melted into the void, and in an instant she reached the sky above the set.

- The settlement is actually in a valley. The mountains on either side did a good job of withstanding the falling black ash and also blocked most of the prying eyes. But of course, this kind of obstruction could not stop the deliberate exploration of the witch, a fourth-order powerhouse. Therefore, what happened in the settlement was completely presented in front of the shrine maiden.

That is, the moment when a humanoid monster is stretching out its poisonous hand to the girl.

Without weighing the pros and cons too much, the spiritual power was swallowed, and a long sword immediately appeared in the witch's hand. In an instant, she descended from above to the ground, and released her spiritual power from her body, pushing the girl away. Then, a sword is slashed!

The speed of this sword is extremely fast, and both the angle and the timing are extremely good. Just when the half-dragon species in front of him saw the prey suddenly disappear, the moment when doubts suddenly arose in his heart. In addition, what this sword slashed at was exactly the neck position of the half-dragon species that was not covered by armor. So, the shrine maiden who fell from the sky slashed the monster with just one sword.

Of course, even if you don't pay attention to these, a fourth-order shrine maiden can kill her with a single sword. But at this time, it was the first time for the shrine maiden to actually use a sword, and she also wanted to take the opportunity to test the feeling of using a sword.

As a result, she suppressed her strength to the peak of the second order, and only relied on speed angle timing to win. And it turns out that even if she uses a new weapon in the fourth order, even if she suppresses her strength to the peak of the second order, it is much better than the ordinary early stage of the third order.

This is the fourth order.

From the power of cultivation to the realm of the Dao of cultivation.

Feeling the slight realization brought by the sword just now, the witch thought for a moment.

Although it was only a sword cast with the power of the second order, the power could kill the third order in an instant. The most important thing is that the fourth-order realm is true, but the speed and angle of this sword are also the reasons why it has the power to transcend the order.

Because it was a sword that fell from the sky.

"That ......," a voice suddenly interrupted the shrine maiden's thoughts.

She turned her head to look, but it was the girl she had just saved.

The bright hair color seems to shimmer with some kind of brilliance, and the blue pupils carry a longing that is impossible to ignore. The girl is petite, but very cute.

As if she had finally mustered up her courage, the girl said, "That...... Thank you for saving me! ”

The shrine maiden nodded, succinctly, "Hmm." ”

The voice was as cold as ever, as if it didn't have the slightest emotion.

- Huh? This script doesn't seem right, right? The girl felt the other party's indifferent attitude and couldn't help but be stunned.

This kind of outsider who saved his life at a critical moment - shouldn't they all be amiable?

Suddenly, she didn't know how to say what she wanted to say.

The other party said no thanks...... Do you have to continue to thank her?

The scene immediately became embarrassing. But the shrine maiden ...... about this kind of thing Never had a keen intuition. Realizing that the other party was no longer going to say anything, she glanced at the girl lightly. There was no emotion in that gaze, but the girl seemed to hear a cold "Get out of the way, you're in the way."

Excited by the cold gaze, the girl subconsciously stepped back and made way of the way. And when she reacted again, the shrine maiden had already walked past her.

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Far, far, far away—so far away that it seemed to exist at the end of the world.

There is a God.

No—it's a god-level power, the most powerful demon in the world.

Her long silver hair hung down to the ground, and her scarlet pupils seemed to have a thick smile all year round. The young man's face is strange and handsome, as if it is the most perfect interpretation of the word "demon".

He sat upright in his chair. There was nothing special about that chair, it didn't have the slightest fluctuation of elven power, it was the most ordinary wooden chair in the human world.

But this in itself is something special.

With the power of a god, with the power beyond many gods, the existence of the demon species, the mutant of the fantasy species, one of the supreme beings in this world, the "Demon King", why would he sit on a chair made of the most humble and inconspicuous human beings?

His eyes were half-open and half-closed, as if he were resting, as if he were recuperating. He sat there, restrained, like a mortal.

He had been sitting like this for a long time.

He was feeling, feeling.

I realized the feeling of being a "human".

Unlike other gods, He was not born from the essence of the gods, so he was able to see things that the gods could not see.

Like what...... The creators of the gods, human beings.

The gods are born from the essence of the gods, and where does the essence of the gods come from? Born from the prayers of mankind!

So, what does the human race really represent? Is it the origin of everything? Or, is it the end of everything?

Unlike the gods, He could see human beings—no,

The gods—they can see them if they want to. But why did they blindfold themselves and clog their ears?

In the eyes of the Demon King, the reason is - "stupidity".

The stupid gods have deliberately forgotten the human race. Because they are pretentious, they don't want to admit that they were created by powerless "monkeys", and they don't even want to see the creators of themselves and others!

They may be free to wipe out humanity at will, but they would be humiliated by the mere fact that they were to attack such a weak race. As a result, humanity faded out of everyone's sight, because the supreme beings in the world wanted to make this race disappear from their sight.

That's right, that's why it's all about.

The Demon King is fundamentally different from those gods. So He can laugh at this stupidity as much as He wants, and then quietly observe human beings, and even experience human life. He wanted to find a reason why human beings could create the essence of God, and that reason seemed to be within reach.

As he looked deeper, he discovered many incredible things.

For example, knowing that he is invincible, he still has to send him to death.

For example, sometimes we cherish life very much, and sometimes we can give it up at will.

For example, there is such a thing as feelings.

Human beings are different from the gods and the races created by the gods. Their thinking circuits are full of contradictions, sometimes wise, sometimes stupid. And it all stems from one thing.

According to the Demon King's observations, the name of the thing was-

"Heart".