-1052- The gods and ancient beings of this world

On the battlefield, the fierce battle between Altera and the Original has continue escalating.

Upon closer observation, the dynamics of the battle have shifted.

Initially, Altera could overpower the Original with her destructive power, but gradually, the Original found a way to counter Attila.

That is...

"Come forth!—Sadalmelik Albus!"

With a surge of rushing water, Sadalmelik Albus appeared suddenly, causing a tsunami that surged towards Attila's direction.

Facing this torrent, even Attila had to choose to retreat.

The Eleventh Beast Vassal, Sadalmelik Albus, symbolizes regeneration and healing.

It can heal all things, restoring them to their original state.

It can revert all things to before their birth, returning them to nothingness.

Its method is akin to reversing time, consuming time itself, returning everything to its pre-existing state. Thus, although symbolizing regeneration and healing, its actions are destructive, leading to annihilation.

In other words, the abilities of this Beast Vassal are similar to Altera's destruction, yet different.

Altera can destroy all things, hastening their journey towards the end.

Sadalmelik, on the other hand, prevents things from ending, instead causing them to regress, ultimately leading them to return to nothingness and self-destruction.

As a result, when Altera destroys everything before her, Sadalmelik's torrent restores them, ultimately erasing Altera's destruction, making her completely non-existent.

Previously, when she swept through everything with the power of destruction, the torrent of Sadalmelik would have been completely obliterated before it could consume the destructive power, evaporating into nothingness.

But now, in order to prevent Rozen from consuming too much energy, Altera can only channel her destructive power into the Divine Sword, using it to attack. Thus, she falls short of the regenerative and healing tsunami, which would engulfs her, causing her to disappear without a trace.

In light of this, when facing the other Beast Vassals, no matter how many times the Original summons them, Altera can easily destroy them with a single strike, without any suspense.

However, when facing Sadalmelik Albus, an existence similar yet opposite to herself, Altera has no choice but to retreat.

This vulnerability was seized upon by the Original.

"Though I know not whether you are a spirit or an ghost, you lack substance, no flesh. Manifesting directly in spiritual form, obeying a mere human, is truly foolish."

The Original vibrated the incomplete aurora wings on her back, uttering disdain.

"Let me grant you release, free you from the constraints of humanity. You should thank me for liberating you from this unknown and dreadful existence."

Saying so, the Original no longer summoned the other Beast Vassals but concentrated all her magic power into Sadalmelik Albus, pushing its power to the limit.

Now, the torrent formed by the serpent-haired Sadalmelik became even more surging and tumultuous, like a massive waterfall crashing down, rushing towards Attila's direction.

Altera raised the War God's Sword in her hand, fearless, with only cold fighting spirit.

Her destructive power concentrated on the sword, even the entire sword shimmered with rainbow-like brilliance.

In this moment, Altera conceived the idea of using a Noble Phantasm.

The true trump card of a Heroic Spirit ultimately lies in the Noble Phantasm. Even if one's own strength is weak, with a powerful Noble Phantasm, one can change the course of events.

Altera prepared to use one of her two Noble Phantasms, combining it with her destructive power to annihilate her opponent.

Although the activation of a Noble Phantasm would consume a considerable amount of energy from Rozen, compared to sweeping through everything with a breath of destruction, the consumption was relatively small. Additionally, Altera intended to use a relatively weak Noble Phantasm, reserving her true trump card for another time and place.

"I won't harm your life, but I will shatter your civilization," Altera spoke with a clear yet icy voice.

"War God's Sword, shine brightly," Altera commanded, concentrating her magic power onto the sword in her hand.

Just then...

"Hmm?"

Altera suddenly halted her movement, her ruby eyes flickering slightly, then she directly dematerialized, disappearing in a spiritual form.

"Rumble!"

The waterfall-like torrent crashed down onto the ground, demonstrating its terrifying power, decomposing the precarious artificial island once again into building materials, stones, and sand, utterly annihilating it.

"Are you trying to escape?" The Original, taken aback, then showed a hint of anger upon witnessing the scene.

Until a voice reached the Original's ears.

"One... two... three... four... five... six... seven... eight... nine... ten..."

A familiar incantation echoed in the Original's ears.

"——————"

Mysterious and profound, the incantation resounded one by one, heard by the Original, and seemed to penetrate into her body, awakening another spirit, another soul within that body.

"This is...!?"

The Original finally remembered the true nature of this incantation.

It was a spell called "soul resonance," a jujutsu used to summon souls.

"You...!"

The Original sharply turned her head towards a direction.

There, Rozen knelt on one knee, forming seals and chanting the incantation, causing the substitute charms for the ten divine treasures to materialize into their respective forms, swirling around him.

Beside him, Avrora looked tense.

Then, Rozen spoke towards the direction of the Original.

"Nagisa! I know you can hear me!"

Rozen's voice transmitted into the Original's body through the jujutsu of "Spirit Resonance."

"Help me! I'll deal with her!"

Rozen said succinctly.

But with just this sentence, the suppressed soul within the Original's body was awakened.

And immediately, it obeyed Rozen's command, starting to contest control of the body with the Original.

"What...!?"

The Original was shocked at first, then bent down in pain.

Her hair, which had been constantly changing colors like a rainbow, began to flicker intensely, sometimes returning to black, sometimes reverting to rainbow colors, constantly alternating.

Inside the Original's body, two souls were engaged in a fierce struggle, vying for control of the body.

"Puny humans... You dare...!"

The Original was both shocked and enraged, and could only focus on regaining control of the body.

Meanwhile, the ritual had begun.

"Kinu! Gyokuto!"

Rozen called upon his two guardian deities.

"Ching!"

"Ching!"

In an instant, Rozen's cloak and ring emitted light, transforming into a three-legged crow and a snow-white rabbit, floating around Rozen like the sun and the moon, and slowly rising into the air.

In this situation, Rozen began to chant.

"Commander of Onmyoudou, Tsuchimikado hereby declares to the gods and ancient beings of this world..."