– I can’t just become one with you willingly, Mother.
– Luke?
– Lily?
– Mother! I said I wouldn’t become one with Luke anymore. Why are you changing your mind!
And then Ignis appeared behind me.
– Ignis too… What’s going on?
Deus slightly tilted his head, looking displeased.
– Holy Spirit Ignis. I had planned for our daughter to be the last to unite with me.
– Mother…
– You’re not just thinking of becoming one with me, but with Ignis too?
Indeed, the concept of the Trinity I wrote in the scriptures was about the Holy Mother, Holy Son, and Holy Spirit becoming one.
– No. This stops here. No one shall become one.
I stepped forward in front of Deus and declared.
– Mother. Stop here. I don’t want to fight you either.
– Luke…
She looked at me with a pitiful expression.
– Yes. I don’t want to fight with Luke either.
Did she understand?
– I don’t want to hurt Luke. So… ugh!
She held her head as if it pained her.
– Ugh… No… I won’t let Luke suffer…
Is she fighting her inner divinity?
Please… please win.
I don’t want to fight either.
No matter how much she tried to devour me, she was still a benevolent god.
I want to restore our good relationship.
– No. I am Deus. Holy Mother, Holy Son, Holy Spirit. I am the Trinity, Deus where one becomes three.
She looked at me again with a resolute expression.
– All of Deus’s “words” must be fulfilled.
As she gestured into the air, a sense of pressure settled around us, coupled with the chains flying toward her.
Did it ultimately come to this?
It can’t be helped.
Boom!
I also took control of the surrounding area with my divinity to counter her domain.
– …What is this?
Deus looked bewildered.
– This opportunity was created by Lily! I’m going!
Lilith dashed out like a bolt of lightning.
Boom!
Lilith struck hard, but Deus blocked it with one hand.
– Hah!
From behind her, Ignis revealed herself and unleashed a firestorm at Deus.
– Ignis!
Deus still blocked Ignis’s attack with one hand but he stepped back for the first time.
– Ignis. My daughter. I said I would allow you to become one after Luke. Don’t you like that?
– I won’t do anything Luke doesn’t want!
– The Trinity is our mission and our essence itself. Are you denying our existence!
The hesitant woman from before was nowhere to be seen.
Now she seemed entirely intent on absorbing Ignis and me.
– Even if it means my own annihilation! I will protect Luke.
She looked entirely different from her usual childlike demeanor, now resolute.
– …I see.
Boom!
The spatial pressure descended again like before.
– A disobedient daughter needs her mother’s discipline.
Her divinity was once again trying to dominate this space.
I wrapped my divinity around it to stop her encroachment.
– Luke. Why do you keep obstructing your mother?
She tilted her head slightly and looked at me.
– Am I supposed to let a crazy woman who’s trying to devour me do as she pleases?
– …My beloved son is pushing me away like this. How sad your mother is.
Despite her former self being entirely consumed by the scriptures, she was still acting like a loving mother.
– I didn’t want to hurt my son.
Boom!
The pressure she exerted was incomparably stronger than before.
Her divinity quickly filled the entire space.
– It cannot be helped.
I thought I was getting better at handling the divinity within me…
But her divine power was absurdly strong.
…Did she really go easy on me until now?
How can she possess such power…!
– Until now, I carefully restrained myself, thinking Luke would be hurt. But it seems that’s no longer an option.
Boom!
Once more, the pressure came crashing down.
I must not be pushed back.
If I’m overwhelmed like this, her pressure will affect Lilith and Ignis who are in battle.
I must… endure…
I raised both hands high, attempting to push away her divinity, but I was outmatched.
I knelt down without realizing it.
– Luke!
– Lily!
– Where are you looking, my daughter?
Crash!
– Ugh!
Deus’s chain pierced Ignis’s chest as she turned around, startled.
– Ignis!
The chains dragged Ignis, who was now impaled, towards Deus.
– Ignis, my daughter. Your love for Luke has always been remarkable.
Ah, no…
No matter how much Ignis is a divine spirit, if it continues like this…
– He’s… my Luke!
Deus’s face twisted as he came face to face with Ignis.
– Ugh… Mother…
– The first to become one with me is Luke. This is predetermined. So wait here. After becoming one with Luke, I’ll give you a chance too. You’ll see the scene where I become one with Luke from there.
Countless chains burst forth from Deus’s gestures, binding Ignis.
All parts of her body except her face and mouth were restrained.
– Opening!
In that moment, Lilith sprang out from behind Deus and attacked her back.
Boom!
– Wh-What?!
Deus blocked it with one hand and snatched Lilith’s arm.
– It was a full-power strike…
Lilith’s attack was definitely not weak.
It had the same amount of divine force as the attacks used by Atzoatl and Saros when they unfurled their unique domains.
How could she dismiss such a powerful attack so easily…
– Yes, Lilith. The last remaining piece of “Chaos.”
Deus slowly turned to face Lilith.
– Ugh!
While being grabbed by Deus, her chains bound Lilith as well.
– How dare you try to take my son away!
– …Hah. I’ve known Lily for much longer already.
– …You knew Luke before me.
Lilith thinks of me as Lily.
She likely believes I’ve known her since before meeting Deus.
The issue is that Deus would know I manipulated her memory.
If she tells the truth to Lilith… this would be the worst.
– Luke’s previous life. Yes, that’s true.
…Huh?
– However, that was an ancient time that Luke doesn’t even remember. And you couldn’t protect him properly, leading to him in a miserable state!
– Th-That was…!
The chains from Deus continued to bind Lilith’s mouth.
– With this, all the interruptions have disappeared.
Deus slowly turned her head toward me.
I was still kneeling under the pressure of Deus’s divinity.
At this rate… I will be consumed by her.
If that happens… Ignis and Lilith will…
…I can’t let it be like this.
I can’t let it happen!
– Gwaaaaaaaaaah!
I ignited all the divinity left in my body and stood up.
Right now, I couldn’t defeat Deus.
The gap in power was insane.
I never thought that Deus would have been hiding this much strength in the previous fight against Lilith.
She was being careful, fearing it might affect me.
But then a thought struck me.
Judah’s last stand.
I heard that Judah burned his own divinity to annihilate Saros.
If that’s the case…
By burning my own divinity, can I gain enough power to rival Deus?!
As I began to incinerate my divinity, Ignis and Lilith looked on in shock.
They shook their heads vigorously at me.
– No!
Deus, who hadn’t moved until now, rushed towards me in a panic.
– Luke! If you do that, you will perish!
Just as Deus was about to reach me…
I stood tall and threw a punch at her.
Boom!
My fist struck her chest.
A decisive blow that carried everything.
For the first time, a solid hit landed on Deus, but…
– …Luke. You truly are my son, aren’t you?
Yet she looked at me with a proud expression.
– But I can’t let you do something so dangerous.
Swish!
Numerous chains shot up, binding me.
I tried to resist with the power I gained by burning my divinity…
But still, it was insufficient.
I thought it was going to be the decisive move…
But this too seems ineffective.
– Now, the time has come!
Deus, her face flushed, approached me.
– Luke, let’s become one with your mother!
Deus smiled brightly and raised her right hand.
Boom!
She hit her own face.
…Huh?
– Do you think I would let my son be touched even a little!
And half of Deus’s face transformed into another face.
…What is this?
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