Daphne stood before the Eye of God, her smile serene, looking like a perfectly well-behaved girl.
A little farther away, four people-or humanoid things-of varying appearances stood rigid in the enormous room, utterly motionless.
Hundreds of magical automata lay shattered and scattered across the floor. The only intact one vanished after she enveloped it in pitch-black magic.
"You, you... what did you do?" Morrison, the Eye of God, stared at Daphne in disbelief.
Just a few seconds earlier, Daphne had suddenly said that should be enough.
Then countless golden runes had abruptly appeared in the previously empty room. After that, the four Australia Wizards who had been chasing Daphne around and attacking her all froze in place.
Well, considering God's Wings, God's Vessel, and even God's Sword had been airborne at the time, perhaps "stood in place" was not quite appropriate.
"But I don't want to tell you." Daphne smiled at the fellow before her, who seemed by far the most normal of the five.
"Why didn't you attack? I was hoping to subdue all five of you in one go, but you never made a move. Don't tell me those puppets were your last resort?"
"You... you..." The Eye of God's mind raced, but he still could not make sense of it.
Naturally, Daphne was not about to explain. In truth, though she looked utterly unflappable, her little heart was practically leaping out of her chest.
That had been so fucking dangerous.
Especially those first few minutes.
What Daphne had used was the Spatial Binding Spell from the Tower Chapters. This binding spell was specifically designed to deal with wizards corrupted by the Evil God.
Daphne had laid out the Tower Chapters' sealing power around her. Whenever a wizard corrupted by the Evil God used the Evil God's power,