The water blade struck with tremendous force. In the next instant, Yato was sent smashing into a house, his entire body crashing through it.
"Yato!"
Seeing Yato sent flying and slammed into the house, Iki Hiyori suddenly cried out and prepared to rush into the building, which had already become rubble, to save him.
But before she could take more than a few steps, Yato emerged from within, clutching Yukine as he walked out step by step.
"Master Seele..."
Seeing that Yato was unharmed, Iki Hiyori had no time to relax before she saw Bishamon walking toward him again. Her expression changed, but being sensible enough to know she was no match for Bishamon, she could only look pleadingly at Seele beside her. At this moment, only Seele could help Yato.
"Fine! Seele also wants to see the power of this so-called Vessel of Calamity." Seeing Iki Hiyori's expression—especially those catlike eyes pleading with her—Seele found herself unable to refuse.
"Thank you, Master Seele!"
Seeing Seele agree, Iki Hiyori hurriedly thanked her.
"You say you don't like him, yet you're this worried..."
Seele shook her head helplessly. Without giving Iki Hiyori a chance to argue, she appeared in front of Yato in an instant, scythe in hand, blocking Bishamon's path.
"Bishamon..."
"You were originally a human. In life, you worked as a 'pioneer'—a military spy—and after completing an important mission, you were silenced by others. After your death, those who feared your revenge and haunting worshipped you and built a shrine for you. Thus, you ascended into a Vessel of Calamity, a God of Calamity, making it your work to fulfill others' wishes to kill."
"However... as time passed, humanity gradually forgot you. Now... after sleeping for five hundred years... what did you awaken for this time?"
Seele gripped Nursery