Gone Without a Trace

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At this moment, Noah felt an intense surge of emotion churning violently within his heart.

Especially when he saw Asia crying, the emotions roiling inside Noah erupted outright.

Although he had not known Asia for very long, her kind and innocent nature had already made Noah regard her completely as one of his own.

Even now, Noah had not forgotten the circumstances under which Asia had been driven into a corner, forced to seek refuge with someone whose face she had only seen once and knew absolutely nothing about.

That kind and innocent Asia had been driven to such desperation that even Noah, who had only just met her, felt a trace of killing intent toward that already-dead God. It had even led him to wipe out Linali and the other Fallen Angels.

And now, Diodora was saying that he had orchestrated all of it?

Just because Diodora enjoyed corrupting church nuns?

Noah no longer knew how to describe his feelings at that moment.

The only thing he could be certain of was that Diodora, who had merely made Noah somewhat displeased before, had completely erased that displeasure from Noah's heart.

Because there was no longer any need to feel displeased.

"Bang—!"

Like a sharp blade, magic power so piercing it seemed capable of cutting someone into a thousand pieces surged explosively from Noah's body, instantly enveloping the entire world.

"—!"

Led by Sirzechs, Serafall, Ajuka, and Falbeum, every devil present felt their breathing seize up.

"What—?!"

Rias, Sona, and the High-Class Devils all felt their hearts suddenly constrict, making it difficult even to breathe.

"Smack, smack, smack, smack—!"

Some of the weaker Low-Class Devils were