As the collective embodiment of all humanity's evil thoughts in this world, it could create as many clones as there were humans in existence. As long as a living human remained on this planet, she would never truly die.
"Wasted effort! You can't kill me—"
Countless voices overlapped, coming from every direction as though billions of people were roaring in unison. Yet protected by the Dress of Heaven, Illya was completely unaffected by the sinister soul-rending voices.
At last, when the first drop of black mud was purified into pure transparency, the voices suddenly fell silent. Then... the entire Black Sea erupted.
The liquid magical energy, tainted by evil thoughts and resembling black mud, surged into towering waves. Even the world inside the Greater Holy Grail began to shake violently.
Yet Illya, clad in the Dress of Heaven and wielding the Jewel Sword, stood like a reef amid the sea. Holy radiance flowed from her body, and she did not waver in the slightest.
In fact, as the world shook, the radiance spread faster and faster.
"Haha—"
A burst of wild laughter suddenly rang out.
"I understand now! You may possess endless magical energy, and the Dress of Heaven may restrain me, but how long can your body endure? Haha—"
All the World's Evil laughed madly.
"So you saw through it... so what?"
Yet Illya's gaze did not change at all.
This was no secret. Anyone with even a little knowledge of magecraft could have figured it out after calming down. Besides, she had long prepared herself for a battle of attrition.
She would purify as much of All the World's Evil as she could. If she failed, she would not stubbornly fight to the death. She would flee immediately and find Touko Aozaki before her body collapsed, then switch