— — — — — —
"I don't know. None of the magic I know can do something like this. I've never seen magic that feels like it could wipe out all the spells at once."
Brain was panicking now. His mind was blank. He couldn't think of a solution, didn't know what to do next.
The only thing he could rely on was his other personality, Zero. But to bring Zero out, everyone else would have to be defeated first.
"Wait… I might still have a way!"
Angel suddenly remembered something. Earlier, the pressure Kazuma gave her had been overwhelming. She had completely lost her composure.
Now, finally calming down a little, she reached out and took out the key of Gemini.
"Open the Gate of the Twins! Gemini!"
"Gemini can perfectly replicate an opponent's magic and memories. As long as they can turn into him, we can definitely win!"
Angel had no choice but to gamble everything on this summoning. She couldn't think of any other solution.
"Bili bili!"
The Gemini twins flew out cheerfully, giggling as usual. Then they saw Kazuma striding toward them, murderous aura rolling off him, a severed head in his hand.
"Huh? W-we're fighting him? For real? Won't we die?"
"Nope, nope, send us back! We want to go home! Right now!"
The Gemini twins immediately clung to each other in terror. The last time Kazuma had beaten them senseless, it was already a one-sided massacre in the Spirit World.
And now? They'd been summoned into the human world, their power weakened. Getting beaten again was guaranteed.
They stared at their summoner with a look that clearly said, 'Are you out of your mind? Why would you provoke this monster?!'
"Gemini twins, Gemi and Mini, right? I still remember your names." Kazuma smiled when he saw the two familiar faces.
"He's smiling at us! That's terrifying! Waaaah! Let us go back! Please send us back!"
The Gemini twins burst into tears. Even if they wouldn't truly die in the human world, Kazuma was just too scary.
They wanted to go home. They wanted to eat desserts with their friends. They did not want to get beaten up again.
"What are you two crying for? I order you to turn into him and help me deal with him!"
Angel shouted, holding up the key. Seeing how frightened the Gemini were only made the unease in her heart grow stronger. Her voice turned shrill as fear crept in.
"That's impossible," Gemi said. "Your magic power is way too far below his. We can't transform."
"And even if we could, we still couldn't beat him," Mini added. "That guy is way too terrifying. There's no way to win."
Putting aside the fact that the two of them had already signed a contract with Kazuma and couldn't attack their contractor anyway, their abilities simply wouldn't work on him.
All those buffs and powers granted by the system were things they couldn't copy at all.
As for the Gate of Babylon, they couldn't replicate that either. And even if they did, it would be useless. That magic was just a key. The treasury itself was bound to Kazuma.
Having the key without the vault meant nothing.
Beyond that, Kazuma relied mostly on raw, overwhelming power. A copy ability was meaningless against that.
"Gemi, Mini, stop dragging your feet. Since we know each other, I'll give you a quick end."
Kazuma cracked his wrists and kept walking forward, without the slightest hesitation. Since they wouldn't truly die, he had zero psychological burden.
"No, don't! You can use the Star Chart to forcibly send us back!"
"Yeah, yeah!"
The Gemini twins pleaded desperately.
"Too much trouble. One punch each will be faster."
By the time Kazuma finished speaking, he was already in front of the two little spirits. He didn't even throw a punch. A burst of magical pressure alone was enough to knock them out.
"Aah! I'm dead!"
With a final scream, the two were sent back to the Spirit World. This experience only deepened the trauma in their hearts.
"Y-You… don't come any closer!"
Angel looked at Kazuma, now right in front of her. She was truly terrified. Her legs gave out and she collapsed to the ground.
"I—I surrender! Please!"
"Spare me! Don't kill me! As long as you let me live, I'll do anything you want!"
She put on a pitiful expression, begging Kazuma for mercy.
"So much nonsense," Kazuma said flatly. "You attacked me and still expect me to spare your life. You really want everything, don't you?"
Without blinking, he cut off Angel's head. Beautiful or not, she still had to die. This wasn't some game where you get a reward for losing.
This was the world of mages. Lose, and death is the only outcome.
"Two left."
Kazuma looked at the last two people. The Yin-Yang Release experiments were basically done. Time to end it.
He raised his hand. In an instant, countless Truth-Seeking Orbs filled the space beneath the dark sky.
In the blink of an eye, Brain and Cobra were erased, leaving behind only their heads. Their eyes were filled with disbelief.
"So he was just playing with us earlier," Cobra thought.
Even with fading consciousness, he looked at Kazuma's bored expression and laughed.
It was a self-mocking laugh. Other mages were like clowns in front of them, and now they themselves were clowns before this man.
Clowns who couldn't even make the audience laugh. Just pitiful ones.
Brain, on the other hand, couldn't accept it. He refused to believe it. He still had trump cards. He still had Zero.
But he never got the chance to use them.
One of the Three Great Dark Guilds, the Six Demon Generals, was completely wiped out just like that.
From Kazuma's appearance to the end, less than five minutes had passed.
This infamous dark guild, Oración Seis, was annihilated.
---
Meanwhile, at the guild alliance point.
"Are the Fairy Tail people scared or something? They still haven't shown up."
"Jura, should we keep waiting? Honestly, we should just act on our own. We don't need Fairy Tail."
Lyon spoke irritably. He had never waited this long for anyone before. Fairy Tail really had no sense of manners.
"Ichiya, sorry, but we don't want to wait anymore," Jura said.
"Are you going to keep waiting, or come with us?"
Jura also felt Fairy Tail was being extremely rude. He was preparing to move independently.
"Hmm…"
Ichiya hesitated. Before coming, his guild master had emphasized that they must look out for Fairy Tail.
But so much time had passed without a single Fairy Tail member showing up. Honestly, even they were running out of patience.
"S-something dangerous is coming… s-so scary!"
Wendy had been sitting quietly, waiting obediently, when suddenly her instincts screamed at her. An overwhelming pressure and sense of danger washed over her.
She didn't know where the feeling came from, but she trusted her intuition completely.
Something terrifying was coming.
The next second, the doors to the gathering hall were kicked open.
Immediately after, six severed heads were thrown inside.
.
.
.