Charlotte looked back and could vaguely make out a mountain-sized monster floating on the sea amid the endless storm. It flickered in and out of sight through the tempest, hazy and grotesque, its appearance impossible to discern clearly.
He drew a finger across his throat in a threatening gesture.
Opportunities to threaten an Evil God were rare. Charlotte had to seize this one—what if he won himself a Joy of Destiny?
He owed the Serpent of Destiny quite a few Joys of Destiny, and that unfilial son Amon had borrowed a huge sum in his name. Charlotte was certain the Serpent of Destiny had done it deliberately. Otherwise, how could she have allowed Amon to borrow recklessly, and under his name at that?
Of course, perhaps it was because he had mocked the Serpent of Destiny for not knowing arithmetic, and that righteous god had given him a small punishment.
Though the moment the thought of blaspheming a god had surfaced in his mind, he had hurriedly extinguished it and replaced it with loyalty and faith, even writing down the principles of arithmetic...
Well, that probably made it sound even more like he was mocking the little snake for not knowing how to count!
Though the throat-slitting gesture was not common in this world, the Evil God hidden within the storm clearly understood the provocation. It flew into a rage, drove the storm forward, and pursued them closely.
Just as Charlotte was about to order the fleet to accelerate, Juno and Emilia rose into the air one after the other. Together, they chanted, "All that I point to shall become ashes. All that I see shall become dust. All that I behold shall vanish like smoke!"
The storm that connected sea and sky was blown apart by two forces of