Too Lazy to Explain, and You Don't Deserve to Hear It
Higashino Makoto raised his hand.
There were no lines, no warnings, and no unnecessary communication.
Simply put: I'm too lazy to talk, and you're not worthy to listen!
Magic surged from his palm, transforming into a pale golden beam that instantly pierced through the king's body.
The beam of light entered through the chest and exited through the back, leaving a fist-sized circular hole in the wall with smooth, mirror-like edges.
The king didn't even have time to change his expression.
He looked down at the hole in his chest, then looked up at Higashino Makoto, his mouth open as if to say something, but he only coughed up a mouthful of blood.
His body fell straight down, the scepter rolled from his hand, bounced twice on the floor, and came to a stop.
The woman in the purple robe's scream was cut short before it could even escape her lips.
The second beam of light pierced through her forehead.
She fell backward, the crystal ball shards in her hand scattering across the ground, reflecting tiny sparkles in the sunlight.
The remaining black-robed soldiers either gripped their spears or had already let go, preparing to flee.
Higashino Makoto glanced at them.
All the soldiers who took up arms saw their weapons decay and turn to dust.
His strength began to drain away, he grew weaker and weaker, and finally he could only lie on the ground like a dead fish, unable to move.
Higashino Makoto walked through them.
Her long, silvery-white hair swayed gently in the windless corridor, and her dark robe was spotless, without a single drop of blood.
He didn't look back at the soldiers lying on the ground, nor at the corpses of the king and the sorcerer.
Their lives or deaths were a trivial matter to him.
As he stepped out of the palace gates, sunlight shone on his face.
He squinted, stopped, and stood on the steps.
"Time can turn back? How nostalgic."
He said it in a low voice.
Without a doubt, all those he killed during the Judgment just now have come back to life.
Time was abruptly pulled back to its starting point, as if someone had pressed the save/load button.
It reminded him of Subaru Natsuki; his ability to Return by Death was exactly the same as what had just happened.
Then, he remembered the setting from the original work.
There is a Lost One named Akari, whose ability is time reversal.
If she wanted, she could turn back time in the entire world.
"Isn't this the save/load technique?"
Higashino Makoto twitched the corner of his mouth.
He probably knows what happened now.
He killed those Executioner, including the female protagonist named Agate.
In order to save Akari, Agate activated time reversal, pulling the entire Earth's time back to the moment he was born.
But what does this mean?
This means that the power within the Akari is of absolute priority in this world, and even the "Garden's " power to sever Authority cannot suppress it?
During the Judgment, he unleashed a miniature world, where the Scales of Justice came into play.
Logically speaking, all Authority in this world should be suppressed.
He closed his eyes and sensed the state of his body.
Garden Authority... cannot be activated.
What's going on?
He tried opening the Garden again, but there was no response.
I tried using the rules of the small world to override the outside world, and it worked normally.
The Scales of Justice can still be used, the Blood Moon can still be summoned, Judgment can still be activated.
But the Garden, that realm specifically designed to sever Authority and protection, simply cannot be opened.
He thought back carefully and realized that he hadn't used the Garden alone since he became the Pride Demon.
Each time, it directly unfolds a small world, using its power to cover the outside world.
He assumed the Garden had also been developed, since he considered the small world and the Garden to be one entity.
But now it seems that the Garden Authority been assigned to his game character.
His game character, the moment he transformed into the Pride Demon, was compressed into a corner.
It was suppressed by the form of the Pride Demon.
He cannot use the magic or skills of the game character, including the Authority called the Garden.
"So now I can only use brute force, and I can't disable the opponent's skills anymore?"
He sighed.
It's like when you're playing a game and your mage has their crowd control abilities disabled, leaving them only with pure damage.
High enough damage can certainly lead to victory, but it's just not satisfying.
The left punch deals high damage, the right punch deals high damage, and the 5A-level combo is also very useful.
The ability to silence the opponent is a fun and engaging mechanic.
I've been using the same simple and brutal 5A-level combos all along, and I feel like one day I'll turn into a stone head and get linked up with Malphite.
He walked down the steps and headed out of the imperial city.
Since the time reversal was done by Akari, she must still be somewhere in this world.
Agate was there too. The two of them were bound together, one Executioner, the other a Lost One, a love-hate relationship.
If I remember correctly, it also included elements like body doubles, love triangles, and "white literature" (a Chinese internet slang term for something tragic or heartbreaking).
The entertainment industry is truly chaotic.
What angered him even more was that despite killing so many transmigrators, they hadn't received any proper punishment, and the three of them were happily together?
Because he was also a time traveler, he was quite dissatisfied with this and decided to teach them a lesson.
The course is simply titled, "What Does It Mean to Break Through 100?"
"Muninn, help me find someone, a time traveler, her name should be something like Akari, and the name she's with is Agate, her identity is Executioner."
"Yes, Higashino."
Not long after, Muninn was found.
Two young women, one with black hair and the other with pink hair.
The one with pink hair is Agate, the Executioner; the one with black hair is Akari, the Lost One.
They were in a small town less than 100 kilometers from the capital.
Higashino Makoto's lips curled up slightly.
"We've found you."
Ultimately, he didn't feel anything about killing, as long as it wasn't a massacre.
For example, Elsa Granhiert, as an assassin, certainly killed more people than Agate.
But Higashino Makoto didn't care.
Ultimately, it's because they killed time travelers.
This gave Higashino Makoto a sense of shared sorrow, so he decided to take action against them.
It wasn't out of a sense of justice, but purely out of selfish desire.
You've made me unhappy, so I'll make you all even more unhappy!
Not only the three main characters, but also a guy who has lived for over a thousand years.
Her name should be Byakuya.
She seems to be one of the first few time travelers, the "god" of the church, Agate is her clone.
The final outcome seems particularly clownish.
He originally planned to possess his clone, Agate, and travel back in time with his best friend, Akari, whom he had waited a thousand years for, to live a peaceful life.
As a result, due to the excessive use of power, the Akari lost all its memories and completely forgot about her.
In the end, the three main characters reached a consensus, and she became a complete outsider.
No, the final boss was defeated by his best friend, his own stand-in, and the stand-in's fangirl.
What a tragic ending!
Although it was his own doing.
After all, she was the one who founded the church, which included the "Executioner."
Having lost his teleportation magic, Higashino Makoto could only move through small worlds, which slowed him down considerably. He thought to himself indifferently as he traveled.