Should Lord Makoto Ride One?

For Yhwach, who had been born unable to see or speak, once he stopped absorbing souls, he would gradually return to that state of being a living corpse.

That was... a state even more terrifying than death, similar to the Soul King, who had now been carved into a human stump and used as a wedge!

Yhwach's power likewise came from continuously absorbing souls!

Back then, he had subjected most Quincy, including Kurosaki Masaki and Katagiri Hanae, to Auswählen, reclaiming the power of all mixed-blood Quincy. That had been when Yhwach truly began recovering his strength.

Then, the war launched in the Seireitei five days ago, along with the slaughter and death it created, had also been intended to gather more souls for Yhwach himself, allowing him to further recover his power.

For Yhwach, sleep was a process of rapidly restoring his strength.

Yet that process had been abruptly interrupted!

For Yhwach, this was undoubtedly an exceptionally terrible situation.

Because these past few days had been a period for Yhwach to expand his own vessel. The more smoothly that vessel expanded—

The more power he would be able to bear with ease when he actively reclaimed all Schrift abilities.

Unlike the lowly mixed-blood Quincy, whom Yhwach regarded as mere nourishment, the Sternritter who had each been granted a Schrift were like robustly growing fruits.

The more fruits he reclaimed, the sweeter the juice called "All Things in Nature" that Yhwach could awaken would become, and the more complete it would be, without the slightest flaw.

"Have you... already become impatient to be buried on the eve of the world falling under my rule?"

Yhwach spoke in a deep voice.

Haschwalth, Ishida Uryū, and the Divine Punishment Guard swiftly retreated behind Yhwach as well.

Only Aizen Sōsuke remained completely still, as