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It was a gigantic, burly shadow, humanoid in shape, yet everyone knew with certainty that it was no human.
Like some twisted amalgamation, golden limbs, a white torso, and black, blue, and blood-red patterns covered the entire body of this being that called itself "Curse." Its head-like organ bore no facial features. There was only what seemed to be a slit where its mouth should have been, but Fujimaru Ritsuka could not make it out clearly.
As a Beast, it bore the characteristic [horns] upon its head.
Yet those horns were completely unlike Tiamat's ram-like horns that they had seen in the Mesopotamia Singularity. They were like—some sort of plant in the shape of antlers. They were not animal horns, but rather resembled a clump of vegetation. Yet upon closer inspection, they were not plants either.
There was a depression in its chest. Within that hollow cavity was some sort of core resembling an eyeball. It was as though it truly possessed a gaze, sending chills down their spines and making their hair stand on end.
Fujimaru Ritsuka could clearly feel goosebumps rising along the arm beneath his Mystic Code.
The being known as [Goetia] continued his proclamation.
"I shall not crown myself humanity's destroyer, nor shall I presumptuously claim that I judged you."
"You humans shall become my sustenance. I shall embark upon a journey toward the ultimate point and become—"
"A NEW STAR!!!"
He stood surrounded by Demon God Pillars that billowed black vapor and opened crimson eyes to glare at Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others. Behind him stretched a great band of light, already stained pitch-black, yet still radiating light from the halo at its outer edge.
He truly seemed like a god capable of deciding humanity's life and death—no, something even more powerful than a