After listening to Soji, Shion, who had been focused on gathering the Miko's power, failed to notice that danger had quietly arrived beneath her feet.
At that moment, Shion was preparing to suppress Mōryō's consciousness at any time after Mizuki Ember sealed it inside her body.
Just then, Shion suddenly sensed a disturbance beneath her feet!
Bang
The ground beneath Shion cracked open, and a purple-black dragon-headed tentacle shot out. Before Shion had any time to react, it swallowed her whole.
"Hahaha! Foolish human, you fell for it! This little Miko is mine now!"
Seeing that it had successfully swallowed Shion, Mōryō immediately burst into wild laughter.
At that moment, Mōryō could practically see itself grinding Soji into the ground.
"Damn it! Mōryō, you bastard! If you've got the guts, come at me!"
Faced with this situation, Soji still had to pretend that he had truly fallen for the trap.
That was genuinely torturous for Soji!
It was too hard for him!
"Human, don't rush. Your turn is coming soon!"
Seeing Soji, who had always been utterly calm, suddenly reveal a look of urgency, Mōryō grew even more excited.
However, perhaps because it had focused all its attention on Soji, Mōryō failed to notice that after swallowing Shion, the Miko of the Land of Demons, its strength had not increased in the slightest.
That was an incredibly strange thing!
After all, the Miko of the Land of Demons and Mōryō were two sides of the same coin. Their powers actually shared the same origin.
In other words, if Mōryō had truly succeeded in devouring Shion, it should have immediately been able to wield the power belonging to the Miko of the Land of Demons.
Yet none of that happened.
At the same time, the transparent bell hanging on Shion's chest,