"Hmph—"
Facing Mash, Edmond Dantès, and Heracles as they charged at him, Goetia let out something like a cold laugh, then—spread his arms.
Crack—
Goetia's arms split open. It was as if two enormous mouths had appeared on them, but what emerged from within was not teeth or tongues, but—
Eyes.
Eyes identical to those of the Demon God Pillars.
Which meant—
Bzzz—
Whoosh—
Beams of magical energy blasted out from the eyes that had appeared on Goetia's arms.
"Watch out!"
Mash knew Heracles, but not Edmond Dantès. Even so, she would have trusted him with her back even if they had never met—his answer to Fujimaru Ritsuka's call and his appearance here proved that he too was a warrior who fought for humanity.
She raised her shield, placing herself in front of the other two. But—
"RAAAAAAAAH—!"
Fearless of death, Heracles leaped over the defensive line Mash had formed and swung his massive axe down, utterly unconcerned by the magical beams piercing through his body.
As for Edmond Dantès, he was far faster than Mash. Like a shadow, he slipped past her sight, and when he appeared again, he was already at Goetia's rear flank. In his hand was a sphere crackling with lightning and wreathed in black flames.
"Behold—hell!"
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM—!
Not only did the sphere in Edmond Dantès's hand erupt, but blue-black magical energy also surged out from the air around him, crashing toward Goetia's back.
Goetia sensed Edmond Dantès's intent and gave a cold laugh.
"Do you think we have never seen something as mundane as hell?!"
He raised a hand, catching Heracles's axe with his hardened wrist. Then, with a slight turn of his body, he evaded Edmond Dantès's attack, his voice filled with contempt.
"It is precisely because we have witnessed enough hell