BUTTON NOSE

Leonel felt like the lotuses were about to be stripped from his control. Just as he was about to deal a death blow, Evergreen awoke and her Idol shook. She didn't manage to rip the control back from Leonel immediately, but the slight change was enough for Leonel to be thrown off and for the backlash to cause his inner organs to rupture once again.

Zoltene and Solaraan weren't slow to take advantage. Two of their four palms, each, whistled forward. Even before they reached Leonel, the pressure alone was like a mountain descending from the skies.

Gravity twisted and time stopped. Space compressed and reality folded.

Half of Leonel's body was destroyed in a single instant of time, and it seemed that in the next instant, he would be churned into minced meat.

Taking advantage of Leonel's sudden faltering and the subsequent backlash, Evergreen ripped her lotuses back under her control entirely and then began to grind them downward. Facing attacks from the front, the back, above, and below, there was simply no escape.

BANG!

There was no suspense. Leonel was crushed to ash. Even his blood was minced and compressed at such high pressure that there was nothing but wisps of charcoal remaining, fluttering through the air.

Aina faltered slightly in the skies. She knew how much Leonel and the others were fighting for her, and that because of this she had to do her best to claim victory as quickly as possible, but it was also because of this that she couldn't focus.

"LEONEL!" She roared.

Aina suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood in agitation and rage as the Brazinger family's Heirloom was wrestled almost completely out of her control.

But the moment she sensed this, her fury seemed to have reached a completely different level.

"GIVE IT TO ME!"

Aina's roar dyed the skies red and this time it was the bearded Brazinger who found himself flying back.

The Brazinger family's Lineage Factor was triggered by Aina's fury and for the first time in a long while, she found herself losing herself to a boiling lust for blood.

This hadn't happened since the Joan Zone so long ago… and even Leonel didn't know why such a thing had only appeared once and then vanished.

He had assumed that maybe it was because of Aina's Clairvoyance.

Ever since Aina could remember, she had always had a voice in her head that told her to kill herself. Of course, this was because her Clairvoyance had already seen through the fact that she was a God Childe and would have to do so to unlock her true potential. But it could be said that this was the one command that she never truly listened to.

He had assumed that maybe it was because of Aina's Clairvoyance.

Ever since Aina could remember, she had always had a voice in her head that told her to kill herself. Of course, this was because her Clairvoyance had already seen through the fact that she was a God Childe and would have to do so to unlock her true potential. But it could be said that this was the one command that she never truly listened to.

However, back then, she was doing her best to separate from Leonel. She didn't know anything about his talent at the time and had believed that she would only harm him. owns all content.

Her thought process was simple. She wanted to kill all the Brazingers first, and only then would Leonel hopefully still be there to wait for her.

That moment in the Joan Zone was actually driven by her Clairvoyance. It wanted her to go all out because it knew that even if she died, there would be something even more mighty waiting for her.

But what her Clairvoyance didn't account for was Leonel almost dying in order to save her.

After seeing the state Leonel ended up in because of her, Aina never went so far again. She didn't want to see Leonel bedridden because of something she did ever again. And ironically, it was exactly this moment that led to her being so overprotective of Leonel, the very thing that led to their breakup in the first place.

However, that moment had other cascading effects… For one… Aina never truly tapped into the greatest strength of her Lineage Factor. She always held back because she didn't want to end up in a situation where Leonel was putting himself on the line for her.

And yet, what happened in this case? Here she was, still struggling with an enemy, while everyone else was on the verge of dying.

She was so furious that she didn't even remember to check the fact her wedding band was still tattooed on her finger.

Aina's hair became blood red, and her eyes followed suit soon afterward. The battle ax trembled fiercely and suddenly began to struggle against the grip of the bearded Brazinger all on its own.

Wings appeared behind Aina, extending out from her hips and her hair grew so long that it formed a river of blood.

Skeletons and melted flesh zombies tried to claw their way out of her hair, but they seemed suppressed by some sort of violent pressure that pushed them down. This pressure didn't come from the universe… but rather, Aina herself.

And now, she suddenly chose to release them.

Howls filled the air as the Brazinger family Heirloom zipped through it, slapping into Aina's palm with a resonant, thunderous BOOM!

At the same time, a shadowy spirit in the form of the Heirloom pulled itself out from the crack in space, ripping through reality and entering the Heirloom at the same time.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

"DIE!"

Aina raised her ax high, and then a shocking scene occurred.

Space rippled and the hook of the battle ax seemed to catch it. Almost like a pin in a blanket, Aina punctured the veil and then ripped it down.

God Runes flooded the surroundings and an ax blade that sundered reality itself peeled down from above, aiming right at Evergreen.

Evergreen's expression changed and chaos reigned on the battlefield.

And yet… as though there weren't enough surprises today, another figure suddenly appeared high in the skies.

It was a young woman with long blue hair and striking blue eyes. She would have been inconspicuous if not for her adorable, button-nosed appearance. She should have been in her twenties, yet she could easily pass off as a naive high school girl still growing into her own.

That was when, before this woman, another crack similar to the one that had just closed on Aina's end appeared.

No one noticed this woman until it was too late and the Adurna were caught off guard.

When Leonel's brothers, beaten and bloodied, looked into the skies, they were caught off guard as well.

Little Nana?