Is that...... There are no words of supernatural power.

Neither from pre-Second Age secrets, nor from otherworldly knowledge.

It's just a repetition of the covenant that Elle had made.

It was at the end of the gallery's nightmare, the first cry of the dead Elle and the newborn Angelo—

In the sound of Annan's chanting, many lines cracked again on the gray sky that had been torn apart. It's like when glass is shattered...... Rainbow light spilled out of it, turning into chains bound to the gray, two-faced demon god.

It was a chain of oaths and curses from the Holy Covenant.

It was the chains that made the gray boy who raised his fists and was about to smash one of the movements to ...... And not Annan's chant itself.

"—I curse you, you will be betrayed by your dreams. You will be exhausted, your spirits will be withered, and you will be betrayed and your relatives will be separated...... Until you finally betray your dreams.

"I curse you too...... The dreams that you betray will turn into your greatest curse and deepest nightmare. It will haunt you for the rest of your life when you abandon it, and you will wake up from a nightmare...... Regret for the rest of your life for what you have left behind. ”

Annan sighed slowly: "This is ...... Elle's Holy Covenant. ”

It was a curse that no one knew and no one saw.

- Except for Annan as a keeper of secrets.

Even the skeleton duke couldn't hear the contents of this secret.

Until now.

More and more iridescent chains peeked out of the cracks in the sky, bound to the gray giants.

It was a curse that came from the past.

The smiling half of the boy's face roared with rage, while the weeping half of his face was still weeping quietly...... And there was no resistance.

Glass-like iridescent chains burst out of the cracks. With so many cracks, the gray sky itself was dyed with rainbow color......

"It's your own power...... Midas. ”

"Elle" just raised her head and sighed softly: "Angelo is your work." It is because of her unique relationship with you that this curse can be fed back to you so clearly...... A relationship that connects like an umbilical cord. ”

The "Angelo's umbilical cord" that was sought out from the gallery was the fictitious organ that connected man to God.

It was the back hand that the Skeleton Gong used to occupy Angelo's body, but he was so closely connected to Angelo - even able to go back in time to the beginning.

If other gods "betray others because of their dreams", Angelo's power will not be able to completely entangle this curse on them.

But only Elle – or Angelo – is different.

Or rather, only at this moment the skeleton is different......

Because the skeleton has abandoned his original body.

- Yes.

He was a nightmare that was inhaled while inside Elle...... So, it's a curse on Elle's own body, on herself.

And yet at this moment.

The gray sky, which could only show the upper half of the giant's phantom, roared in anger again:

[Betrayer——]

[No-]

His roar was like thunder. Rumble.

The gray, huge Demon God's right fist slammed into force, and in an instant, the iridescent chain bound to his right arm shattered, slamming it to the ground:

[——Dream to speak of!] 】

It's like a tsunami.

The whole earth was torn apart by the shock wave, and it was lifted straight like a tidal wave. The haze was shaken into the sky, and the yellow dust like a sandstorm was stirred into the sky.

And at this moment-

The power of the earth was suddenly crushed by an invisible force, and a wall of rock rose in front of Elle.

It was the rock striking technique used by the street children.

And a corner of the sky suddenly turned crimson.

The flaming meteorite was dragged down by Arthur at an angle—a sharp whistling sound, smashing towards the Gray God's phantom.

The centaur girl with a huge bow and arrow raised her bow and shot a brilliant arrow.

The swordmaster, dressed in a single robe, meditated for a long time - he opened his eyes in an instant and slashed out an attack that seemed to unfold the heavens and the earth.

It was a support attack from the other Purifiers.

But for the Skeleton Male, who had already revealed his true body as a god, these attacks didn't make any sense.

He simply roared in rage, sweeping through the attacks with his right arm, as if sweeping all the pieces off the board.

The dark gray glow that exploded like a supernova explosion destroyed these attacks with ease.

But above the sky, more rainbow chains pierced the void and nailed to his right arm.

At the tip of these chains are sharp, slender spikes. When they were nailed into the body of the demon god, scenes of "the past" flashed before Annan's eyes.

- That's the truth that is being devoured, Skeleton ...... Or the memory of the Eternal Father.

Look at those memories...... Finally, Annan sighed deeply.

I see.

And so it goes.

Midas's struggles no longer make any sense.

Celicia on the side will choose to launch an offensive at this time, presumably she and the centaur have already seen it......

- saw the end of the final defeat of the Skeleton Prince.

“…… Are you still wondering when exactly you ...... Ignoring morality for the sake of dreams, transgressing the law for the sake of dreams, betraying loved ones for the sake of dreams? ”

"Elle" looked at the chained giant, and asked again.

It wasn't a "verbal bomb" used to attack the skeleton.

It's just plain ...... I want to answer the "answer" to his doubts.

"That's fate...... A predetermined fate. Of course, it may also be called the "Final Fruit". ”

The Skeleton Father was unaware of Angelo's Covenant;

Angelo also doesn't know about the past of the Skeleton Male.

It is precisely because of this passing coincidence...... led to this scene today.

"Maybe even you forgot about it...... When you were young, what were your real dreams. ”

The iridescent chains struck further through the cracks in the air.

They are nailed to the limbs and wrapped around the arms...... The gray demon god dragged slowly but surely towards the earth.

Finally, the demon god fell to the ground with a bang.

It was only then that they finally saw what the gray demon god was wearing.

He was draped in majestic armor of white gold, and the distorted, painful faces of countless souls flowed slowly on the surface of the armor like flowing clouds. From a distance, it is actually a gray relief.

- It was the soul of the giants locked in the body of the skeleton.

Ancient giants were not a supernatural race...... This flowing soul is the foundation of the bones to become a god.

He passed the ritual of "Death of the Country" and adhered [the death of a country] to his body. As a result, the dead were given a flowable transcendent soul equivalent to the Silver Rank...... It is precisely with the bones as the "seedbed" and the souls of the dead of a country as the filler that the immortal prince has the possibility of becoming a god.

But for the deceased, this is no blessing.

This means that they will also suffer never-ending torture after death. The suffering they suffered is the confirmation of the "betrayal" of the Skeleton Father.

But the skeleton who has the "death of a nation" is faced with the pull of this thin and fragile rainbow chain......

He felt so powerless.

His eyes overflowed with disbelief.

[This can't be...... Your truth could not be more perfect than mine! 】

[My life is full of betrayal! I have betrayed everyone, and I have been betrayed by everyone! And you-

[-You don't even dare to betray anyone, Elle! You can't even scratch the surface of betrayal! 】

[You haven't even done a good job of being extraordinary, how dare you embark on the path of transcendence? 】

“…… That's what you think. ”

"Elle" sighed deeply: "You really ......

"Is it deeper than Elle's?"

She walked slowly, the dust stirred up by the fallen demon god's body parting from her sides, not staining her white dress in the slightest.

Soon, "Elle" reached out and pressed her hand to the gray god's forehead.

"If you really forgot...... Then let you see. ”

(End of chapter)