-In the depths of the Abyss, in a floating castle that is the castle belonging to the lord of that realm of death, the [Couintle] Castle belongs to the Death Lord.
Sitting on his throne, the Death lord suddenly opened his eyes, "It's time, huh? It's a bit faster than I guessed."
After muttering that, the Death lord turned his gaze towards the other inhabitants of the castle, his subordinates.
They had since been, marching silently before him, waiting for orders from their master, the Death lord.
"...!" Perceiving the Death lord's gaze, one of the Death lord's subordinates instantly knelt down, followed by all the other subordinates shortly afterwards.
Even without the Death lord himself ruling them, they all already knew what they should do. Their attention was all on the Death Lord, waiting for the words that would come out of their master's mouth.
"She has already reached the first stage. An explosion of her power will probably break the barrier between the Abyss and the surface world, so, you all already know what you should do' don't you?"
""Of course, My lord!!""
"You can go."
In doing so, all the Death lord's subordinates disappeared into thin air after they bowed once more to their master.
"Sigh~" In the throne room that was now empty besides himself, the Death lord exhaled his breath and stared far, far, very far, to a place that was very far away.
"Although I can see the future, even now I don't understand the reason why you gave such great power to that little girl, 'World'. I'm curious, will the girl even be able to control her power? Or..." The Death lord closed his eyes back before he continued, "She will only end up being a world-destroyer monster?"
"O little Lucy, my proud creation. If you can hear me, then remember these words of mine. That girl will grab 'First' before long, it is a power that belongs to someone who is famous as 'Demon lord' In the world there. Although, she seems will gain the stronger than that Demon Lord's. That power might just swallow the girl's heart. However, I believe you will be able to save the girl and help her."
Leaving the words in the empty room, the Death lord returned to his sleep.
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[Foreign power detected.]
[Valuing foreign powers as Virus.]
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[Vi... Not... This... What... Rectification... ERROR... Can't be understood.]
[System ERROR.]
[Unable to prevent the infection of an individual named 'Vency'.]
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[ERROR. A new Skill is detected.]
[An individual named 'Vency' gets a Unique Skill named 'Horizons of Darkness'.]
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... I heard a voice.
It was a vaguely audible voice accompanied by the screaming sound of a young girl.
The voice intends to say something to me.
... I can't clearly hear it.
The young girl's screaming voice grew louder and louder, it seemed that those creepy big red-skinned people were still torturing the girl.
"Aggrrhh!!"
The young girl's blood splashed around as the red-skinned men pushed their bodies against her.
The girl's body kept dripping blood, her body as if it would be torn at any time.
The sound of wet decay between the two bodies and the young girl's anguished screams filled the surroundings.
The young girl's face had been filled with tears, blood, snot, and some other strange sticky liquid.
She has experienced this thing over and over again. Maybe 10 times? No, 100 times. Uh, not, 1000 times? Or maybe... Even more?
The young girl couldn't escape when the red-skinned men swarmed around her because her hands and feet had been chained by giant shackles.
She could only scream and cry as they did whatever they wanted to her body.
Only the young girl herself is the only human being here. In this cursed place.
She didn't know why she got to this place, or even why she ended up the way she is today.
No, no, not that, she just can't remember anything anymore.
The girl's perception has become dull because of what they all did to her.
Both the girl's mentality and body have reached their limits.
Drop after drop of tears continued to fall from the young girl's eyes as foreign objects continued to fondle her body.
Pain, pain, pain, pain, pain, pain, pain, pain, pain, pain, pain, and pain continued to be felt by the young girl.
Where does the pain come from? Hand? Foot? Stomach? Eye? Lip? Or even in her body? The girl didn't know.
She only felt great pain. Or maybe, the pain came from all over her body.
"Plea... Uh... Se... S-sto... P."
The young girl painstakingly begged them to stop what they were doing to her.
However, what does it even mean? Probably not, for those creepy red-skinned people.
They didn't care about the young girl's words at all and continued to do what they were doing as if they had been possessed by something.
Sometimes they eat the young girl's hands, feet, ears, or even eyeballs, before healing her again.
Sometimes they snagged the girl's skin for no apparent reason, while keeping the young girl from dying from shock, before they healed her again.
Sometimes they tear the girl's body to bring out the 'something' that has grown inside the young girl's body as a result of what they did to her, before curing it again.
Why would they do that? Who knows, maybe they just like to do it? There is no special reason for the actions of those red-skinned people.
Yes, there is not a single special meaning of it...
#Pov Lucy.
"My lady!!"
No, no way! My lady is about to be hit by an attack from that stalker guy!
... Or that's what I thought as I ran towards where My lady was to stop the stalker man's attack.
However, at that very moment, a strange incident happened.
The movement of the stalker man suddenly slowed down.
No, the movement of everything, including myself, slowed down!
That in itself is not a problem. However, what is this? Why am I suddenly filled with the desire to run away from this place? Shouldn't I be going to save Lady Vency?! That was my only duty, the duty of a Maid! The only meaning of my existence!
However, as I expected, I'm not strong enough yet. I won't be able to get to Lady Vency's side in time.
The shadow of My lady being cut off and burned by the purgatory that enveloped the stalker man's sword continued to haunt me at every second that passed at that moment.
However, in contrast to my guess, that didn't happen.
*Clank!* *Crash!*
The stalker man's sword exploded instead, and shattered into pieces when the blade was just about to touch Lady Vency's skin.
It naturally surprised me. But, unfortunately, it's not all over there yet.
Without warning and very suddenly, the world shook very violently at that moment, along with the changes that occurred in the sky.
The beautiful blue sky suddenly turning into a dark red color like blood itself. Dark clouds also began to fill the sky.
It happened so fast, I probably wouldn't have been able to notice it change if the world hadn't gone slower for some reason.
And at that very moment, at a time when the world was being enveloped in a silent dark atmosphere, a sound of a cry of pain from someone suddenly resounded around, "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!" It was the screaming sound of the stalker man.
*Pierce!!* *Pierce!!* *Pierce!!*
Something that looked like a black thorn with fiery red roots flowing around it suddenly appeared, and pierce the heart of the stalker man. Again, and again.
The thorns ceased to appear when the number of them had reached about 58.
Before I realized it, I had stopped my steps, I didn't understand anymore what was really going on when I... Looking up. Look up towards the sky which has now been colored by dark red.
'That' is just suddenly descending into this world. The fingertips of 'That' began to be seen emerging from behind the dark clouds. Slowly, 'That' began to descend into this world.
That nightmare.
... I have some knowledge of 'That'. I once read about 'That' in an old book that was in a private library belonging to the Death Lord.
'That' is one of the 4 strongest Servants who are said to have almost destroyed the world when this world was just created by the gods, Servant No.3 [Collemmuile], who also has another nickname that is [The God's skeleton.]