"How could this be..."
Angra Mainyu had been about to sneer, but the next moment, he froze.
For pure, immense magical energy actually overflowed from this body filled with black mud, slowly enveloping Roland.
And the source of that magical energy was none other than his body, wrapped in cursed black mud!
Streams of pure magical energy pierced his body like swords, finally forming a golden Holy Grail that slowly flew toward Roland's hand.
As that magical energy flowed out, Angra Mainyu's body began shrinking like a punctured balloon.
"My power... no... give it back!"
Angra Mainyu let out a deafening wail. Once the hole was opened, the magical energy from the Reverse Side of the World was limitless, but the power he could hold as its vessel was finite.
If Roland had merely drawn out his power, Angra Mainyu would not have feared him, because it would soon replenish itself. But what was gathering in Roland's hand now was his vessel itself.
"Bastard! Do you know what you've done?! I was about to raise the crown and bring this world new changes and eternal calamity, and you dare..."
Countless mouths filled with sharp teeth split open across Angra Mainyu's still-enormous, shrunken body. As they opened and closed, they uttered the same curses in overlapping voices.
The light of magical energy gathered into a golden Holy Grail, the manifestation of Angra Mainyu's other side.
Although he seemed to possess flesh and a personality, he had essentially only used the Rat Talisman to bring himself to life and manifest his desires. Angra Mainyu's essence remained that twisted black Holy Grail.
The golden Holy Grail slowly floated toward Roland. It did not look particularly majestic, and was insignificant compared with Angra Mainyu's main body, yet it carried half the Holy Grail's essence.