Guren was locked in combat with the Blue-Eyes White Dragon when suddenly, the dragon threw its head back and roared, then vanished into thin air.
Guren was taken aback for a moment, then a chill ran down his spine as he sensed a dangerous presence!
Guren tilted his head slightly and saw the sin key hurtling towards him, his pupils constricting violently!
But it was already too late. Once activated as a weapon, the sin key locks onto its target in the direction of attack, rendering them immobile!
A wall of fire erupted around Guren, followed by a thick Demonic Aura emanating from mahiru no yoru, enveloping him. Even Mahiru couldn't ignore the danger posed by the sin key!
So much so that Mahiru released the power suppressing Shinya.
"What an awful feeling! Mahiru, Guren, you released me just for this?"
Freed from suppression, Shinya was met with the sight of a shirtless little boy appearing beside Guren.
But where did Guren and Hiiragi Mahiru have the time to pay him any mind?
They had severely underestimated the power contained within a single sin key.
Guren's several layers of defense were like paper before the sin key, shattering upon contact!
The sin key's speed unabated, it pierced through Guren's body, shattering half of it including his heart!
Clarity returned to Guren's eyes for a brief moment before he uncontrollably spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Ah! I just got released from suppression!"
Shinya's form grew ethereal as he let out an unwilling roar, then blood trickled from the corner of his mouth as he was forcibly pulled back into the blade.
Hiiragi Mahiru endured her injuries, shot a worried glance at Guren, then glared sharply in Luke's direction before also returning to the blade.
Their connection with Guren ran too deep, so his injuries directly affected them.
Guren's body remained in the Seraph state, but he no longer had the strength to fly and began to fall from the sky.
Luke watched the falling Seraph, the corners of his mouth lifting.
"I really am a sharpshooter!"
But then a figure flashed past Luke, rushing towards where Guren was falling.
"Follow!"
Krul's voice snapped Luke out of his self-admiration. It seemed Krul had sensed something unusual.
Luke, coming to his senses, also felt a Cursed Gear reaction in the direction Guren was falling and immediately gave chase.
Fortune is fickle.
When Luke could see Guren's landing point, he couldn't help but frown.
He saw a Man in a Suit, holding a gun in one hand and dragging Guren's mangled body with the other, entering a large, spontaneously appearing rift.
"dimensional gun?! The Hyakuya Sect!"
This truly was outside Luke's plans. His thinking had been rigidly confined by the 'plot,' so he hadn't considered the Hyakuya Sect's interference at all.
Luke sped up. He couldn't let another hunter snatch his prey!
Unable to use the demon sword's amplification, Luke drew asuramaru and activated his Demon Transformation!
Luke's speed doubled, and in an instant, he was beside Krul, giving her a slight nod.
Krul understood immediately. She grabbed Luke's clothes, and without resistance, the entire Vampire was hurled like a javelin!
Seeing it was too late, the Man in a Suit could only frantically close the dimensional portal.
The portal closed, but the upper half of Guren's chest had already passed through the rift. The closing portal sliced Guren into two parts!
Luke was ultimately one step too late and failed to capture the Man in a Suit. He really wanted that guy's cursed gear, the dimensional gun!
Luke adjusted his posture mid-air, plunged asuramaru into the ground, and forcefully halted his momentum.
Unfortunately, asuramaru was too sharp, providing limited deceleration. Luke still crashed into a stone pillar.
Luke stood up, brushed the dust off himself, and walked over to Guren's lower half.
"He should be dead now, right? Playing doppelganger tricks at the end."
Luke poked it with his hand. No movement.
Krul walked over, having already retrieved the sin key Luke had fired, and tossed it to him.
"You hold onto it yourself. My clothes don't have pockets."
Luke caught the sin key and joked with Krul.
"Just tossing it to me like that, aren't you afraid it might cut me?"
Krul curled her lip.
"You're so fussy. What about this corpse?"
Krul nudged Guren's lower half with her foot.
Luke raised asuramaru, intending to cut into Guren.
"Let's open it up and see if there's a sin key inside. I wonder if he can condense one without the ability to summon the Trumpet."
But Luke found Krul's leg swinging directly at him.
Luke tilted his head back, dodging it.
"Don't you dare do such things to my brother."
Krul said to Luke, her expression calm.
Luke gave an awkward smile and picked up the nearby mahiru no yoru.
Luke could feel that the two demons inside the blade were extremely weak and had fallen into a deep slumber.
A few minutes later, Luke looked dejected.
"Unlucky. Didn't find it."
Krul didn't seem to care much about this.
"You just called that human a member of the Hyakuya Sect, so he's Rig's subordinate?"
Luke stretched his body.
"Yes. It's fine. I'll snatch it back from him sooner or later."
"Don't underestimate him. Rig is strong."
Krul's reminder warmed Luke's heart.
"Don't worry. I don't fight battles I'm not prepared for."
..."Mr. Saito, the sin key is inside this guy's head."
Saito took the sin key extracted by his subordinate, stored it along with the two sin keys he already had, and instructed.
"Handle Guren's corpse properly. He's practically a demon now. Proceed with turning him into Cursed Gear."
"Yes, sir! His existence is truly a miracle! It must be said, Hiiragi Mahiru is indeed a rare genius! The cells of human, demon, and Seraph, all mutually eroding, actually achieved coexistence within his body! He will definitely become the strongest cursed gear!"
The researcher couldn't help but marvel.
Saito shook his head, implying something.
"Right now, there's a cursed gear housing a being that is truly powerful! So powerful that I've spent my whole life trying to catch up to him..."
Saito looked up at the sky, muttering to himself.
"I've finally caught up to you, Progenitor."
...On Luke's side, having had his prize snatched, his pent-up anger found no outlet. The Imperial Demon Army became his punching bag, as he cut through them like vegetables.
Can't win, can't outrun them, how is this even playable?
Fortunately, the members of the Shinoa Squad had long since left the battlefield with Narumi's group. Luke had informed them of Yuichiro's whereabouts.
Ferid's expression remained fairly normal, but his mind was in turmoil.
How does Luke still have a sin key? Guren's experiment was different from mine. With only half his body left, he definitely can't be alive!
Ferid's covert acts of devouring his own kind became more frequent. He was feeling a sense of crisis.
But he also knew he couldn't act too hastily for now.
Currently, the high-ranking nobles supporting him were pitifully few. Ferid set his sights on the Progenitors outside Japan.
At the same time, Ferid kept a close watch on the location of mahiru no yoru.
Ultimately, Ferid's cooperation with Guren was built upon Hiiragi Mahiru. Guren only served as the executor.
Ferid also realized that Kyle had probably played him! Guren never intended to reveal his Seraph power in this battle from the start.
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