Slaying 1

"Yato..."

Just as Seele fixed her gaze on Rabo, Yato suddenly cried out in pain. The silver tachi in his hand instantly transformed back into Yukine's human form, while Iki Hiyori hurried to Yato's side and helped him up with a worried expression.

"I'm fine..."

Yato braced himself against the ground with both hands, seeming somewhat unwell. Yukine, standing nearby, appeared conflicted and worried, but even more than that, repulsed—and perhaps even a little jealous.

Why did a god like him have girls who cared so much about him...

"..."

Seele looked at Yato and Iki Hiyori behind her, then suddenly froze. Sensing something, she immediately turned and looked toward Rabo again.

"Do you still have another trump card?"

Seele sounded as though she were asking a question, yet also as though she were talking to herself.

"I am a god of calamity, answering impure wishes, staining the Near Shore with blood... Aramitama!"

Rabo gripped his tachi one-handed and muttered with his head lowered. At the same time... the sky seemed to change.

"Be careful, Sister Seele..."

Aso Yuna sensed the aura in the surrounding sky. These things were...

"My name is Rabo. Hold my name within your heart, offer your body as my vessel. All gathered names, heed my command without defiance, and do not answer another's summons! Gather! Shiki!"

Rabo tore off his eyepatch and continuously chanted spiritual words. All the blight around them gathered toward him, and the terrifying aura of blight rapidly converged around him before drilling into his left eye.

In mere moments, Rabo had devoured all the surrounding blight. His body now reeked of monsters, while his left eye had completely turned into a monster's eye—pitch-black, with its pupil darting wildly about.

"He actually... devoured the blight!"

Aso Yuna stared at Rabo's actions in