A massive, charred body, almost carbonized, fell from the center of the explosion, crashing into the earth like a meteor and kicking up smoke and dust that filled the sky. It was the Kyrieloid. It lay motionless in the deep crater, its body covered in horrifying cracks, and only the faint electric sparks that occasionally flickered across it proved it might still have a sliver of life left—though it had clearly lost all ability to fight.
"Did... did we win?"
Looking at the Kyrieloid, which had already fallen and could no longer rise, everyone present could not help but have that same question in their hearts.
"No, it isn't over yet." But just then, Alexis said exactly that.
"Look. The monsters around us are still here."
As if to prove Alexis right, the Kyrieloid, which had already looked as if it was about to turn into charcoal, suddenly twitched.
At that moment, a dazzling yet bizarre pillar of multicolored light tore through the sky without warning and struck the Kyrieloid's charcoal-like body with perfect precision.
The light did not bring healing. Instead, it was like the most violent corrosive, forcing the demon that had already fallen silent to let out a heartrending wail.
"Gaaahhh—Mephilas! You bastard!!!"
That howl was filled with the utmost agony and overwhelming hatred. With the last of its strength, the Kyrieloid cursed that name.
The colored light completely merged into its body. In the next second, unimaginably violent energy erupted like a volcano!
Its charred outer shell cracked inch by inch, then peeled away, revealing pale-blue skin beneath, like the depths of a frozen hell, radiating a chill that made one tremble.
The originally bright-yellow energy core in its chest now looked as if it had been soaked in blood, transforming into a violently pulsing scarlet