Overturned Tower

Among the black cherry blossoms in the sky, claws that were bigger and more terrifying than the previous claws were burning with black flames, growing creakingly from the flames.

The sound was like an ancient tree pulling up its roots.

Just like in the illusion, Russell held the hand of the "delphinium".

His ferocious karmic fire claws also tightly grasped the vine spears that penetrated him.

They were supposed to be plants, but now they were making miserable squeaking sounds, like scalded rats.

It wasn't burning - it was devouring.

The vines were burned, gradually becoming dark and hard, and then gradually turned into a dark red like ashes.

The "budding lover" feels intense fear about this.

It let out an unexplained scream and gave up on the vines that came into contact with Russell.

Countless bright red juice burst out from the fracture like blood. Cutting off a part of himself makes it extremely weak.

But it's correct.

Those vines were slowly sucked in by the flames, making a terrifying crunching sound.

Through the perspective of those vines, "Budding Lovers" finally reluctantly understood the nature of this flame——

The flame was not burning in the void, but rather like an alcohol cotton ball burning with flames.

In the flames, there was a vague and hazy mist.

Under the stimulation of strong emotions, it suddenly began to emit a faint yellow light.

……What it is?

What kind of monster is that? !

Just by being in contact with Russell's essence through "broken limbs" and his abandoned body, the budding lover feels a kind of fear from the source.

It makes a high-pitched neighing sound that only demons can understand.

The fierce and violent cry was full of hesitation, confusion and fear:

This...is this human?

How could this be a human being?

Impossible, absolutely impossible, never, never, never, never deny, reject, ah ah ah ah——

On the other side, after devouring a part of a complete and ancient demon, Russell in the form of flames began to look more alienated than his original posture.

There is one more vertical pupil than before - two vertical pupils that look like flowing liquid gold. They are Russell's only exposed real organs related to the appearance of "Russell".

But that is not completely true, but a representation of the source of holy order that was forged and hammered into Russell's body by Zhonggo.

He has a ferocious appearance like a shadow demon——

With the continuous input of "love", "hope", "mission", "reason" and other emotions that are "impurities" compared to anger, Russell's fire of anger has turned into a pure black fire of karma.

Those flames burned his soul and formed his flesh and blood. It has no legs, and from its "heart" down it is nothingness composed of smoke.

The dark red metal thorns roughly formed his bones and skin.

——That was the "Wedge of Pain" hatched from his body.

It failed to devour angels, but swallowed demons - this made its appearance not holy and rational, but full of the chaotic deformation unique to demons.

Russell only felt that his consciousness became light and airy.

The anger that seared reason seemed to disappear in an instant.

It's like drinking too much, and it's like dreaming. He even stepped on cotton, and everything in front of him was covered with an unreal filter.

Russell seemed to be in the restaurant where he and Delphinium had their first meal.

Delphinium chuckled and sat across from him.

Countless ultramarine flames turned into flying birds, crashed into the "budding lovers" who were trying to escape, and dragged the demon, who was clearly in a state of chaos, into a separate space with only blue.

While it was still looking around.

— it forms one of the two roses in "The Head," suddenly pierced by black thorns.

"Here, I'll give you this. This is the best meat."

With a pleasant smile on her lips, Delphinium held a piece of meat and handed it to Russell's mouth.

Russell groaned and took the piece of meat in his mouth, chewing it happily.

——Then there was another one, and then its whole body was densely penetrated by steel thorns burning with black flames. Just like when it penetrated Alice before.

The black flames burned and spread, and it screamed as shrill as a rat.

"And this, try it too. It's rare to have such fresh meat."

Delphinium held her chin with one hand and picked up the roasted beef tongue with the other hand and fed it to Russell: "I'll give it to you, don't be angry."

"I'm not angry..."

Russell, who was fed, only felt happy and said something unclear.

——The frightened demon tried to resist, but was nailed to his spine by endless pain.

It was slowly dragged and pulled into Russell's chest.

A mind-numbing crunching sound was heard.

"I can't eat anymore, I really can't eat anymore..."

Russell begged for mercy: "You should eat a little too. I'm really full... Or is this some kind of punishment game?"

"If you can't eat it, don't eat it. Eating too much will hurt your body."

Delphinium chuckled.

The next moment, the illusion in front of me gradually faded away.

As the anger that gradually subsided returned, Russell's consciousness became clear again. It's like someone who has drunk too much and suddenly sobers up. He is suddenly pulled back from a place far away from the world, and the things he dreamed about begin to be quickly forgotten.

He noticed that he had transformed back into a human body, with only his fingertips still burning with some black flames that had not dissipated.

This should be the compensation for being completely irritated this time... The flame he summoned from his heart has gone beyond the scope of "furnace fire".

It was the first time he had ever been so serious, so violently angry. Even Russell himself was shocked.

He turns out to be angry too...

The demon who was still imprisoned in the ultramarine barrier of the "caged bird" in front of him had only a broken piece of thorns left.

The two roses on its head had been completely burned, had lost their vitality, and gradually began to dissipate on the ground.

——But somehow, it gave Russell a feeling of "relief".

Russell, who was relieved for no apparent reason, glanced at it indifferently.

And the demons huddled together in fear, making a squeaking cry.

In order to prevent it from harming new hosts, Russell has been standing in the barrier of this caged bird.

Only when the demon completely dissipated and turned into ashes did he remove the barrier from the caged bird.

The entire villa has been smoked to darkness. All furniture and collections were scrapped.

Even the gardens have disappeared, and the surviving neighbors have already woken up and fled in fear.

Russell was left alone, standing in this huge villa that had been reduced to ruins.

...The incident has been resolved for the time being.

But a subtle nausea, as if eating durian, still lingered between Russell's lips and teeth.

At this time, the God's Vessel, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly appeared behind Russell in the form of Alice with a smile.

"I thought you would want to imitate it. After all, its psychic powers are indeed very strong."

"Don't make such a joke, it's a little disgusting."

Russell sighed: "Yes, I can, but if I don't want to, I don't want to..."

"I really can't have such a selfish love. It makes me feel sick to my stomach...just thinking about it makes me feel sick to my stomach. No, it seems to be a bit nauseating..."

"Are you hungry?"

"Tsk...there must be something wrong with the dinner I bought on a bad day."

Under the setting sun, the clouds look like fire.

Russell was alone, talking to himself, and walked away lively: "I have to punch him hard when I get back."

This villa no longer even had a door, so he could only find another place to rush back to.

Since he failed to capture the devil alive, it seems that this month's bonus will have to be reimbursed again.

——But perhaps it would be better if this kind of spiritual power is not exploited by the company.

The most gratifying news for Delphinium is that the innocent girl who was controlled by psychic powers and jumped off the building will not appear again.

When you get back, tell her the good news by her bedside.

It's a bit stuck, so today's update is a bit late!

But I still finished it successfully (puffs my chest)

Tomorrow there will be two more chapters about Delphinium waking up, and then this volume will be over~