On the territory of Errios.

Lijie gently stroked her silver-handled dagger.

The Okard army was defeated.

As a soldier, it is a great irony to not die at the front line, but to watch everything happen in the rear without doing anything.

It is no longer important to suppress those Errios "rebellions". The real army of Elrios will soon triumph and clear all remaining Okad forces from the borders.

What happened to Speaker Nicholas?

It is said that the reason for such a defeat of the Okard army is the "eternal blood" and the defection of Mr. King?

If Speaker Nicholas is dead, should he follow him?

Lijie's hands were trembling slightly.

“…… Wei. Why. ”

Lijie muttered to herself.

In her heart, she was vaguely aware of the truth. Those rumors about Speaker Nicholas are true. Wei woke up several times intentionally or unintentionally, but she deliberately ignored them.

I'm afraid that Nicholas's "crime" really wasn't just the use of undead troops......

[Lijie! Suddenly, Wei's voice interrupted her chaotic thoughts, and the interrupted spell communication was finally restored, [How are you? Stay there and don't move, I'll pick you up right away!" 】

Lijie smiled.

It is a shame for a soldier not to die on the battlefield. However, isn't it a form of cowardice to escape the truth......?

Sure enough, I still can't bear to see it. The man looked sad.

Lizzie retracted the dagger into the cuff of her boot.

[I'm fine. She replied.

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At the moment when he was hit by the dark spiked cone Nicholas.

Nicholas felt the fear that Lévy had felt a moment before.

This is...... What the?

The imposing "Obsidian Falcon" could not be maintained for even half a second and began to disintegrate at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At the same time, Nicholas's soul, and even the very concept of "Nicholas Okard", were rapidly collapsing.

Is it the attack ...... of concept transfer? No, it's not just ......!

Nicholas is more powerful than Levy. With his mind racing, the most terrifying war mage in the cloud world already understood what kind of predicament he had found himself in.

……

When the girl first crossed into this world, she discovered that the bald star with a bad taste had put some kind of "curse" on her in order to limit herself from using transformational spells to turn back into male.

Take the final conclusion of Mr. Palamedes' research - she can't use gender-changing spells on herself, and if she forcibly changes under the pressure of the curse, the male body will even collapse instantly due to the pressure of the curse.

Even if a male clone of a male or other species is created, the clone will be instantly destroyed by the power of the curse.

The law of "not having a man's body" is like a wedge, and the bald man has driven it into the concept of the existence of a girl. In Mr. Palamedes' judgment, this curse on the body was even more terrifying than the curse of soul aging that came from the evil gods before the Cloud Age.

After all, bald people are more powerful beings than those ancient gods!

However, with her boundless imagination, the girl eventually turned this "curse" into her most powerful weapon.

Through physical contact, a new conceptual link is inserted into the enemy's body, and they are also affected by the bald star's curse.

From the perspective of the legendary spell "Concept Shift", simply relying on the Cone Touch adds a link between the enemy's presence and its own curse.

And from the point of view of combat...... The piercing of the cone is only a transmission of the curse it possesses.

For women, the curse has no effect in the slightest.

But for men, a momentary curse is enough to completely collapse their own existence. This curse doesn't make people become women - bald stars with ulterior motives want to see those who break their own rules explode to death than a simple ban.

It can be said that a girl who has learned to spread her curse is invincible in the face of male enemies!

Like a fire-stealing Prometheus.

The girl with a little bald star power on her body also has a trace of power over the whole world through this power.

Whether it's Nicholas, or Levy.

The moment they were hit by the spike, they were doomed - no matter how many clones they had, no matter how many life-saving skills they had, as long as they were hit, they were doomed!

……

"It's ......higher than the conceptual attack," Nicholas understood, "and the ...... of erasure attacks from a higher dimension based on the condition of 'whether or not they have a male body'"

Once the conditions of the curse are met, the curse is activated, and even changing the body is useless.

"It's ......"

In the moment when he knew that he was going to die, Nicholas made a decision.

Even if it only lasts a few more minutes. Even if you die, you have to drag the world to the end ......!

"Light the fire......!"

……

In the age of the clouds, it is almost impossible to try to become a god. The gods of the forerunners were left with nothing left, the web was shattered, the world was closed, the sea of clouds occupied several of the most important and accessible priesthoods, and the curse of the soul made it impossible for people to accumulate time any longer.

Every "priesthood" holder is the master of that concept.

In the Cloud Age, there were several legendary spellcasters who tried to forcibly obtain the godhood, only to be crushed by their own godhead. Before the new "God of Knowledge" was born, his own short life was completely affected by the concept of "knowledge", and his personality completely disappeared.

It is not known whether he became part of the concept of "knowledge" or whether he simply evaporated from the world.

And what Nicholas is doing now is to use his last time to do his best to carry out an incomplete godhood, and to relate his essence to a certain priesthood.

Of course, even true gods can't escape the curse of bald people. But at least, if some of the memories are trying to merge with the fictional concept, maybe they can hold on for a while longer......!

Take advantage of the characteristics of being neither human nor god in the process of sealing the gods, and temporarily escape the punishment of the curse ......!

As for which priesthoods to try? That kind of thing has been thought about a long time ago.

"The Priesthood of Solitude. Magic, domination, war......! ”

Every legendary mage has dreamed of becoming a god. These three priesthoods were, of course, something that Nicholas dreamed of a long time ago.

“……”

The god of "magic" was occupied by the sea of clouds, and the priesthood of "rule" did not respond to him. Only the concept of "war", which was not affected by the sea of clouds and accompanied Nicholas for life, the vacant divine position, "revealed" a trace of "interest" in him.

…… A hint of interest is enough. No success is expected anyway.

Nicholas's "Obsidian Falcon's" body has been completely shattered, and its soul is about to dissipate. However, with the unfinished ritual of canonization, Nicholas's body still remained in place like a phantom, and did not disappear directly.

"You're ......!" The girl was taken aback.

Nicholas didn't choose to waste his time with the girl. Even in his peak state, he can't really become the god of war consciously, let alone now. He just took advantage of a loophole to keep his mortal self conscious for a few more minutes.

"It was Palamedes who performed the 'Fall of the Sea of Clouds' ritual," Nicholas longed, "and now rush to him, and I may be able to keep the entire continent falling." ”

He flew past the girl and rushed into the black floating city above.

"Victoria!" Dimi, who had turned back into a human form, had a bloody arm and flew to the girl's side, "We need to ...... quickly!" ”

The girl shook her head.

"No," she said, "it's over." Come, I will heal you, and then we will go together to witness the final end. ”

……

Nicholas flies over the Black Floating City.

Closer, closer. The "Deep Dark Dome" is just around the corner. Just one more step, and you can—

Then he saw it.

Mr. Palamedes, dressed in a white robe, stood in front of the door at the entrance to the "Deep Dark Dome" with a sad look on his face.

"Is the ceremony over?"

"The current sea of clouds doesn't need you to maintain it, but has completely transferred it to those young people?"

"That'...... I'll take you with me! ”

He didn't give up until the last moment, even if he knew that he had already been defeated, he still wanted to expand his already meaningless victory.

The false god of war rushed madly towards Palamedes.

Then, he stopped.

“……！”

Palamedes in front of him, just like him, is like a dream bubble that will shatter at any moment.

So Nicholas understood.

"That's right. Palamedes ......"

Mr. Palamedes held out his hand. Instead of waiting for Nicholas to disappear on his own, he didn't use any complex arcane arts, but let the two most elite forces of the cloud world annihilate each other.

"It's time to rest in peace, Nicholas."

"Is this the ending you want, Palamedes?" Nicholas muttered.

Then, he exhaled the last breath of his life.

After a few seconds, Nicholas's translucent figure vanished.

The canonization ceremony failed.

Memories and souls are also reduced to nothingness.

The war mage named Nicholas Okard didn't even have a body left, so that's it...... Fall!

……

The girl and Dimi both flew in.

"Mr. Palamedes?" Dimi looked at the middle-aged mage in front of him suspiciously.