-What, the crazy woman?
Wrath was startled and quickly rolled his eyes.
-Wh-where! Where is the crazy woman?
The guy prepared to run away immediately while swallowing dry saliva.
-Huh?
Wrath looked around, but confirmed that there was no person or animal that looked like Evelyn anywhere and blinked his eyes.
-There's nothing! There's absolutely nothing at all!
The guy frowned and thrust his face forward, asking why he was deceived.
'If she appeared here as a person or animal, she would naturally be caught.'
Raon waved his hand at Wrath.
-What nonsense! If she's neither a person nor an animal, how could the crazy woman come here?
Wrath tilted his head as if he didn't understand.
'She's here right now.'
Raon pointed to the grass swaying gently in the night breeze.
-N-no way...
Wrath trembled his jaw while looking at the Wind that seemed to sparkle with greenery.
-The crazy woman is in this Wind?
The guy screamed with eyes that seemed to not believe it.
'That's right.'
Raon nodded his head while smiling faintly.
'Since she couldn't disguise as a person and Animal Possession Magic was being detected, there was only one method left.'
He raised his finger and called the Wind that was tickling his hair.
'Nature.'
Raon curled up the corners of his mouth while wrapping green Wind around his long, delicate fingers.
'Evelyn created magic that allows her to put her own soul into nature.'
Evelyn didn't despair even though her lifelong Animal Possession Magic was detected. No, she might have been disappointed, but she didn't stop there, researching new magic and eventually reaching the level of putting her own soul into nature.
Though they had grown up on different paths as a Martial Artist and a Magician, her effort and mental strength always brought admiration.
-Cr-crazy...
Wrath held his head and bowed it while looking at the Wind that seemed to reflect Evelyn's laughter.
-She's really a crazy woman! What fanatic obsession!
The guy screamed that Evelyn's obsession now seemed like even Lust couldn't catch up to it.
'However, it's not perfect yet.'
Raon waved his hand while smiling.
'Since nature is so vast, they say the soul itself might disappear while trying to melt it into nature.'
Evelyn didn't succeed in the magic of melting souls into nature from the beginning either. She devised various methods and repeated countless failures before finally succeeding with what is now soul-opening magic. As Wrath said, it was no different from magic created by her obsession.
-How scary, it seems You will never be able to escape that crazy woman for your entire life.
Wrath trembled his fingertips and squeezed his eyes shut.
-But why Wind? There's also earth, and fire or Cold Energy that are familiar to You.
The guy slightly dropped his jaw as if he was curious about that.
'Only Wind succeeded.'
Raon spun his finger around.
'As you said, she tried researching fire and Frost that are most familiar to me first, but they all failed and only Wind succeeded. And even then...'
He looked up at the sky and pointed to the Wind sparkling with green light.
'Only Wind with this forest scent blooming was possible. As if someone was helping her.'
Feeling the green Wind rising from the forest, he drew a gentle smile thinking of that person who always comes to mind.
-Hey! It can't be that guy now...
Wrath said no but sighed as if he wasn't certain.
-I wish she would just go away now.
'Yeah.'
Raon chuckled and nodded his head.
-Now tell the crazy woman about this place.
Wrath wagged his tail, saying his curiosity was satisfied so that was enough.
'Huh? I already did?'
Raon shrugged his shoulders while looking at Wrath.
-Y-you did? When?
Wrath opened his eyes wide as if he had no idea.
'As I said earlier, this magic isn't perfect yet. The content that can be conveyed is limited, and the duration is short. So Evelyn just heard about the situation here and went back immediately.'
Raon nodded his head, saying Evelyn had already left.
'She'll use the information I gave her to find this place and research ways to break through the barriers.'
He said he could trust Evelyn in such matters and smiled.
-What an idiot!
Wrath screamed and swung his hand blade.
-What nonsense are you spouting! That crazy woman will never give up on You!
The guy shook his head vigorously, asking if he still didn't know Evelyn.
-It's obvious she's watching even now!
***
"Haaaaah..."
Evelyn exhaled hot breath with her eyes closed.
"Even looking like that, he's so cool. That's Raon for you."
She swayed her body left and right while covering her reddened cheeks as if watching something ecstatic.
"Um."
Burren approached Evelyn carefully.
"It seems to be over now, so could you please tell us..."
He licked his lips, asking her to tell them about the information Raon had investigated.
"I'm busy right now! It's not over yet, so get lost!"
Evelyn shook her head with her eyes closed, saying the magic was still in progress.
"Ohohoho! Look at those abs!"
Contrary to saying the work wasn't finished, she muttered strange words and let out a creepy laugh.
"The work isn't finished my foot!"
"Hmph..."
Martha and Runaan lifted their legs and kicked Evelyn's back and buttocks.
"Aaaah!"
Evelyn, suddenly attacked, screamed and tumbled forward.
"I'm operating magic, what are you doing!"
Evelyn stood up abruptly with her purple eyes wide open.
"It's all over! Who do you think doesn't know!"
"You definitely said abs..."
Martha and Runaan wrinkled their noses, saying they could see right through Evelyn's intentions.
"Ugh, is it starting again..."
Dorian, as if he had seen this often, read the mood and kept his mouth tightly shut.
"Tsk."
Evelyn clicked her tongue as if annoyed at being caught by Martha and Runaan.
"U-um, setting us aside, those people are here too, so please tell us something."
Burren raised his hand and pointed behind. At the tip of his finger stood Glenn, the head of house of Zieghart, and Rector, the owner of the Holy Sword Alliance.
"There's an earthquake happening now, and thunder is striking from the sky!"
Burren trembled his shoulders while looking at the eerie expressions of Rector causing earthquakes and Glenn calling down lightning. He screamed that he couldn't keep his composure under the pressure of the two staring silently.
"Ah! That's right!"
Evelyn brightened her crumpled expression and approached Glenn and Rector.
"Grandfathers! I've brought news of Raon!"
She smiled brightly, saying it was the story of Raon they had been waiting for.
"Kehehehem!"
"Now we'll finally know!"
Glenn and Rector had been waiting desperately for news of Raon, but their expressions were calm as if it was nothing special.
"First, the place called Heaven is a land maintained by human desires. Using divine power..."
Evelyn laid out all the information about Heaven that she had heard from Raon to everyone.
"A life-and-death duel of desires..."
Glenn let out a hollow laugh as if absurd.
"It's a method of squeezing human souls like rags. As expected of Derus Robert."
Rector frowned, saying it was a much uglier place than he thought.
"That's right. Most people in Heaven will probably have their souls consumed and find it hard to live long."
Evelyn said it was a dangerous land and let out a cold smile.
"Th-then isn't Sir Raon in danger too?"
Dorian trembled his jaw, worried about Raon.
"That's not the case. Raon isn't an ordinary human."
Evelyn grinned and waved her hand.
"That's right. The realm of the soul that Raon possesses is larger than even mine."
Rector drew a gentle smile, saying Raon's soul would be larger than his own.
"Even if that entire land called Heaven were poured out, it probably couldn't contain Raon's soul, so there's no need to worry."
Glenn also nodded calmly as if agreeing with Rector's words.
"That's a relief then."
"Whew..."
Martha and Runaan seemed relieved by Glenn and Rector's words confirming Raon's safety and let out sighs of relief.
"Th-then what preparations should we make?"
Dorian swallowed dry saliva, seeming worried about what they should do based on the current information.
"Obviously..."
"What are you asking! That's..."
"From now on..."
Burren, Martha, and Runaan opened their mouths simultaneously without anyone saying anything.
"We have to bring down Heaven itself!"
***
As soon as dawn broke, Raon went to find a tower similar in height to his own.
"A-are you going to start from here?"
Charlie rolled his eyes as if asking whether they could start from a slightly lower place.
"Hmm..."
Raon stroked his chin with his arms crossed as if he would listen to Charlie's words.
"F-finally you're following my words!
Charlie clapped his hands loudly as if believing Raon was respecting his opinion.
"Good! This Charlie will do his utmost to support Lord Zilfen so your tower can reach the sky..."
He was smiling brightly and nodding his head when it happened. Swoooosh. Raon approached the tower and lifted his leg.
"U-um, Lord Zilfen? What are you doing right now..."
Charlie instinctively felt ominous and blinked his eyes rapidly.
"Provocation."
Raon twisted up the corners of his mouth and kicked the tower with his raised leg. Kwaaaaang! Because it was filled with the desires of demon kings, the tower shook as if its roots would be pulled out, and terrifying vibrations occurred from the ground.
"Cr-crazy... He's really a crazy human!"
Charlie opened his mouth wide as if he couldn't imagine Raon would provoke so blatantly.
"Aaaaaaaah!"
"Wh-what's happening!"
"It's an earthquake! An earthquake has occurred in Heaven!"
"Run away from here!"
People around the tower also started screaming and scattering in all directions.
"Heoook! My tower!"
But exactly one person didn't run away even though the earth was violently twisting, but rather ran inward and grabbed the shaking tower.
"Y-You! You're the one who tried to destroy my tower!"
The owner of the shaken tower realized Raon was the cause of this incident and ground his teeth so hard they made a grinding sound.
"That's right. It's me."
Raon walked forward holding his waist and stood in front of the Tower Master.
"Stake this tower and have a life-and-death duel with me."
He curled up his lips, saying to fight staking the tower that contained everything of his, not some half-hearted desire.
"A-a life-and-death duel staking the tower? What a crazy bastard!"
The Tower Master frowned as if it was absurd.
"If you beat me, twice the desire staked on my tower will be accumulated on your tower. Then..."
Raon slightly raised his hand over the shaking tower.
"It should reach about that height."
He grinned while pointing to a tower three times higher than the Tower Master's tower in front of him.
"H-how can I believe that..."
The Tower Master was attracted to Raon's proposal but pressed his lips down as if he couldn't believe it.
"The Srude Priest will guarantee that. It was a proposal that came from his mouth."
Raon waved his hand, telling him to go ask the Srude Priest if he couldn't believe it.
"I-it's true. The Srude Priest said it to Lord Zilfen yesterday."
Charlie said he also heard those words and swallowed dry saliva.
"Tw-twice?"
"Then it's worth doing, right? If you win, the tower doubles!"
"Right. Even if the risk is high, the reward is too big!"
"I-I want to do it?"
"You have to do this! If you don't, you're an idiot with no reason to be in this Heaven!"
The people who had run away gathered around again and threw out comments. Everyone looked at the Tower Master with piercing gazes as if he should accept this.
"Ummmm..."
The Tower Master still seemed troubled even by the talk of doubling and moistened his dry lips with his forked tongue.
"If you don't want to do it, you don't have to."
Raon grinned and waved his hand at the Tower Master.
"There will be plenty of Tower Masters willing to fight me."
Thanks to the Srude Priest, he had gained initiative that shouldn't have existed originally. With just the reward of the tower doubling, he could dominate the situation in this Heaven.
"Say it with your own mouth. Will you seize the opportunity or..."
Raon arrogantly tilted his chin while looking at the anxiously trembling Tower Master.
"Will you live as a coward for the rest of your life."