Izumi soared straight into the sky, rising past a thousand meters in a single breath.
After casually erasing a Stage V Gastrea with a flick of his wrist, he began to chant.
His voice echoed—no, resounded—across the entire world.
"O God of the Void, hear this proclamation—the defeat of human wisdom."
The moment the first line rang out, people everywhere instinctively lifted their heads toward the heavens.
Standing on the scorched earth below, Le Fay shivered in excitement.
At the instant Izumi's voice reverberated, the stars across the entire Milky Way trembled as if nodding in response.
"Your vision grows stagnant, your limbs grow frail, your knowledge has ceased to advance."
"In the name of the final remnant of humanity, I declare all choices, all failures, all prosperity—returned to nothingness."
With every verse, the planets across the galaxy began to pulse, a chain of magic circles lighting up in the vastness of space.
Worlds linked together, forming a colossal super-structure of sorcery.
Then—
Countless meteors were pulled from their natural orbits, dragged toward Earth like a storm of divine punishment.
"Let this strike topple even the gods.
Let the bells of revolution ring!"
At the final verse, the sky burst open.
Countless meteors howled downward like divine spears.
They struck the surface of the world—every corner of it.
Boom.
Boom, boom, boom—
Explosions roared across the planet, devouring mountains, cities, oceans.
Le Fay stared at the sight like a zealot witnessing prophecy.
"Izumi-sama… sugoi!"
"Sukoi! Sugoku kakkoii!!"
A spell capable of ending a world—of course Le Fay was thrilled.
This was the ultimate beauty a mage could witness.
Her mouth nearly watered at the spectacle of millions of glowing magic circles spanning the heavens.
But others… did not feel the same.
Watching the rain of meteors engulfing the world, Seitenshi could only stare, frozen in horror.
He—he was actually destroying the world?!
With the sole exception of the ground beneath their feet, the entire world was being turned to ash.
Izumi descended from the sky, landing lightly.
"Alright. That's done."
"Let's go home. You've all trained enough for now."
He looked toward Kato Megumi, Shironeko, and the others.
In only a few days, they had all reached E+ rank.
Shironeko had even reached D-rank.
For first-years, that level was unbelievably strong—stronger than many upperclassmen.
A good harvest indeed.
Hearing that they would be returning, the group readily agreed.
Meanwhile, the Saint-Emperor and Tendou Kikunojo were stunned speechless.
They're just… leaving?
After turning their entire world into ruins… they're just going to leave?!
There couldn't be many survivors left.
Maybe barely a handful.
The Saint-Emperor opened her mouth—to protest, to scream, to beg—but she froze at the sight suddenly appearing in the distant sky.
A spatial fracture opened.
And through it—
angels descended.
"W-What…?"
Even the Saint-Emperor could only gape.
Even Izumi blinked in surprise.
"Oh? People from the Three Factions?"
"And that's… Gabriel."
From the rift emerged Gabriel, the Seraph with twelve pure white wings—
the famed first beauty of Heaven.
Even Izumi had to admit it:
…She's ridiculously beautiful.
Gabriel surveyed the devastated world, her brows knitting in visible confusion.
After taking only a few moments to understand the situation, she spotted Izumi's group and flew toward them with the angels she'd brought.
When she landed before Izumi—
He noticed something unexpected:
A human girl among the group.
Silver-white hair.
Azure eyes.
An aura of purity.
"…Is that Kanase Kanon?"
Gabriel offered Izumi a polite bow.
"Nice to meet you, Izumi-san.
I am Gabriel. It is an honor."
Izumi grinned.
"The famed Beauty of Heaven—your reputation precedes you."
"I didn't think you'd get here this fast."
Gabriel only smiled lightly and let the compliment pass.
Her gaze instead swept across the ruined land.
"Izumi-san… may I ask what happened to this world?"
Izumi shrugged.
"As you can see."
"All of this is my doing."
"As for why? Simple.
The people of this world deserve to die."
Gabriel's expression tightened.
Everyone… deserved to die?
Was he truly that ruthless?
She inhaled, ready to question him—but Izumi opened a portal and released several Cursed Children behind him.
"Just look."
"With your angelic senses, you can tell whether these kids are innocent or not."
"And there are still a few surviving adults left."
"Check them too.
Their sins should be thick enough for you to taste."
Gabriel turned her attention to the children.
The Cursed Children immediately hid behind Izumi, wary of the winged visitors—
yet trusting Izumi completely, the one who had rescued them from hell.
Gabriel froze for a moment.
She could see it clearly:
The traces of Gastrea infection.
The lingering injuries.
The trauma.
Even healed, the marks remained.
Her brows knitted.
Just… who would do something so cruel to these children?
Izumi's voice cut into her thoughts.
"You've realized it, haven't you?"
"As you can see, these children have been beaten, abused, exploited—every single day."
"Despite possessing great potential, they were treated as tools. As monsters."
"There are hundreds of thousands like them in this world."
"Without our intervention, their fate would never change."
"And the ones responsible?"
He gestured around them.
"The humans of this world."
"So?
Still think I was wrong?"
Gabriel slowly shook her head.
"No. You were right."
"If it were me… I would have done the same."
She didn't hesitate further.
Though she was an angel, Gabriel was no naïve saint.
She knew evil when she saw it.
If sinners die, then so be it.
In the endless multiverse, she had seen far worse.
Behind her, Kanase Kanon looked at the Cursed Children with deep pity.
Izumi tilted his head toward her.
"She's the Church's Saint Maiden??"
Izumi's thought:
'The story kept getting out of control already!!!!'