(Heartfelt thanks to 'World's End Ballad', 'Youyouzi's Lament', 'Long Lian Qingxue', and 'Q Yongjiang Yiku Q' for the tips!)
"----?!"
When Noah's gaze fell on Tammuz, Tammuz's entire body suddenly trembled, his face filling with terror.
It was not just Tammuz. Even the battle prostitutes lying sprawled across the ground looked at Noah with fear in their eyes, their hearts trembling uncontrollably.
It could not be helped.
Just moments ago, right before their eyes, Noah had personally slain a god and sent him back to the heavens, where he would almost certainly never return.
To those of the lower world, godslaying was an utterly taboo act.
Yet Noah had done it without the slightest hesitation.
Naturally, no one could help being afraid.
Just as modern people feared murderers, Noah, who had violated a taboo—the law—in the eyes of ordinary people, had naturally become an object of fear.
Noah had no particular thoughts about it. He merely stared straight at Tammuz. After a while, he stepped forward and walked toward him.
"Y-You... what are you trying to do?!" Terror rose in Tammuz's heart. He wanted to move, but his earlier injuries sent pain tearing through his body, leaving him completely unable to budge. All he could do was cry out in panic.
"Don't come any closer! Don't come any closer!"
Someone who could kill even a god without blinking would naturally have no reason to hesitate over killing a person.
With that thought, Tammuz's heart was already consumed by fear. Watching Noah draw nearer and nearer, he actually began to beg for mercy.
"Don't kill me! I'm innocent! Attacking you before was just an act, only an act!"
At those words, Noah stopped.
Tammuz let out a breath of relief.
But then Noah murmured.
"An act. It really was an act.