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Chapter 138 - At the End of Tears and Choices

Her friends were falling to pieces. An air of despair filled the scene. But at its center, Ares Scarlet raised her sword.

"Let's stop this... now!"

Her voice was quiet, yet as powerful as thunder.

"Trying to win with individual strength alone is the same as Valdro! Getting strong by yourself, winning by yourself, what's left after that!?"

Valdro jeered from above.

"Even if you gather, you only compound your weakness. True evolution is a light only the selected can obtain!"

But Ares cut his words off with a single roar.

"Silence!!"

"We don't want to evolve! If getting stronger means abandoning someone, we choose to stand together and fall together!!"

The wind swirled, and the bodies of her remaining friends responded.

"This isn't just my sword. What's aimed at you is Lumiere's courage! Robele's elegant fury! La Muse's pain! And our very bond itself!!"

Ares raised her sword high.

"So this one strike is one for all... and all for one!! One for everyone! And everyone for one!!"

"Everyone! With my voice!!"

In that moment, all their powers became one.

The hero's party's hearts united, and they began a full-scale, all-out assault!

Slime Princess Lumiere.

"All-Attribute Mix Slime Mode☆!"

Her rainbow-colored body transformed into a dragon, simultaneously unleashing lightning, fire, and ice magic!

"These are the supple fangs of a princess!"

Zombie Count Robele.

"I'll be taking back my lace knitting, you hear!"

The legion of undead knights roared, surrounding Valdro.

"Don't underestimate a maiden's grudge♡!"

La Muse, the Silver Lamb.

"Jump to the right! Bottom left, I've got his shadow... Now!!"

A silver flash crawling along the ground launched a series of strikes from mid-air.

"This is our mixed-blood answer!!"

Hero Ares Scarlet.

"And... I will bring it all together!"

She activated Flash of Resolve, Ex Luminaria! The light overflowing from her sword synchronized perfectly with her friends' attacks, becoming a pillar of light that pierced through Valdro!

Valdro cried, "What... what is this...!? Why won't the light fade!?"

For the first time, a hint of fear mixed into his shout.

"Evolution is a solitary selection... for incomplete beings like you...!"

Ares swung her sword down.

"Even so, I believe in an evolution and a future where we all advance together!!"

Doooooon!!!

The jet-black wings were scorched by the light, and the sky shattered. Valdro's form crumbled within the brilliance.

"Why... why have I... lost..."

Ares simply took one step forward.

"Because this is a choice that transcends tears. We chose to stand together."

The light faded. The wind returned. Everyone collapsed where they stood, and then they smiled.

Mamoru the Hobgoblin murmured quietly from the shade of a tree.

"...Well done, hero. The form of evolution you chose, it got through loud and clear!"

Hero Ares Scarlet and her party were victorious against the demon lord form of Valdro.