This is the story of a magician and an elf girl.

"...It's a very clear choice... Elf girl, how about starting now?"

"Ah... we can start anytime."

Linnai, who had never thought that she would open the coffin again, tried to borrow the power of the tree spirit to open it, but Xiaobi rejected her request and said, "Girl... what are you doing... do you really understand?"

"Xiao Bi... I have decided... I will give him true happiness... a true future... Even if it means..."

"Even if it means taking the wrong path! You won't hesitate to borrow the hand of that goddess! !"

"I will do it even if it means borrowing the power of the devil."

"! 』

Linna forced Xiaobi to open the coffin, and pried open the outer shell of the coffin in one breath. The body wrapped in vines had long been devoid of flesh, and only the clothes he wore when he was alive and the white bones were left. Linna felt very guilty when she thought of the past, and looked in the direction of Hera and warned her: "... As expected, the "power" is still there... It really is worthy of being the treasure that I have been pursuing..."

"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up."

"... You are so impatient. I have been waiting for this moment for thousands of years. Well... I would be lying if I said I am not impatient. Let's start now - I can't wait any longer."

Hera raised her hand and ordered the phoenix to start collecting the souls and life energy of all the dead in the area. Linnai, who was able to see the vague outlines gradually entering its body in a spiral form, was convinced that the phoenix did have the ability to manipulate souls and life energy. With its power, she could revive the magician.

"Come, immortal phoenix... Today is the moment when your mission is completed. I am Hera, the servant of the Phoenix, the Queen of Heaven, Hera! Infuse the power of all souls into the magician!"

“GA ...

The screaming phoenix was wrapped in the flames of hell that burned more and more fiercely. It flew towards the remains of the magician like an animal whose life was about to be burned out, and its flaming feathers dancing in the air fell to the ground.

"Bang!"

A huge amount of energy began to be injected into the magician's body. The fire that was enough to burn the earth and the laws splashed the last glory of the phoenix. When its outline was about to disappear, Hera also began to create a new body for the magician and activated her power: "It's done... Come! Resurrection! The pioneer of intelligence - John!!"

"!" "!" "!" "!"

As if alive, the lines began to weave magic around the dishevelled body. The nerves and blood vessels wrapped around the bones began to be covered by muscle tissue. The bright red internal organs began to regenerate without any reason. The white ribs were connected back to their original positions one by one. The tender fingertips were covered by hard nails. The empty skull was filled with brain tissue and brain stem, and then covered by the black hair growing on the scalp...

"……elder brother……"

"Success...success...success!"

"That is……"

"... Sir John..."

“…How could this happen…”

The sharp and fierce corners of the eyes gradually took shape, and the indigo irises began to emit light from under the eyelids. The hero who was known as the pioneer of intellect and the magician in the legend came with a face covered in light.

Won.

What a silly girl! You allowed me to successfully resurrect the magician. Things went even more smoothly than I had imagined. I originally thought that a more complicated operation would be required to obtain the magician's body, but I didn't expect it to be so easy to do. I am indeed a genius.

Of course, that magician is a huge threat, and I know it better than anyone else. But as long as I use the power of "Soul Binding" given to me by old man Hades, I can freely control the magician's consciousness. In other words, no matter how strong he is originally, as long as he is my puppet, he cannot pose a threat to me. What's more, his power has been weakened. This time it is a complete victory for me. Athena, you lose.

Next, all I have to do is to do the right thing, get the intellectual legacy of the magician, and then use that power to increase my authority. Just wait and see... Zeus, this time I will definitely return to heaven and drag you, the bastard, off the throne to be my seat. All the gods... all the laws must be used by me, everything... no, the world is already in my pocket.

What about the remaining trash and the elf? Ah... why not use the power of the magician to kill them all... Not bad, not bad, I suddenly thought of a good scene, let's try it now.

"..."

Just when Hera didn't know what the hell was going on, the magician who regained his body neither looked at Linnae nor Athena, nor did he pay attention to Jack, Wendy and others - the only thing he saw after his resurrection was the sky he had always looked up at.

"...The result... is still unavoidable..."

As if he had foreseen everything, he closed his eyes and lowered his head, looking at Linnae, Athena, Wendy, Jack, the adventurers, and Hera.

Jack had to admit that he felt like he was being seen through, and he had a very bad premonition.

Protect the other side of light... The world is about to be swallowed by light... If those mysterious words can really predict the future... then now is not...

"Brother...I..."

"Kill her, magician. You are no longer the same person you were before. I want you to say goodbye to the past and kill those good-for-nothings who always take advantage of you. Use the power of magic to once again show the power that originally belonged to the devil!"

"!" "!" "!" "!"

Hera immediately ordered the magician to use the "Soul Binding Technique" given by Hades, the god of the underworld. As long as John is still alive, he will not be able to resist the order from Hera, and he will kill everyone he sees here.

"The power of the devil?... You sound as if you know the truth about my power very well, but don't misunderstand me. Ever since I obtained this power, it has always been the power of light, and it will not change in the future."

However, that desired outcome went against Hera's expectations.

"Huh? Why...?"

"Snap!" The hand that pierced Hera's chest stained her brows red. The magician ignored the order and grabbed her heart at a very close distance. Hera had no ability to understand the situation at all. She had no idea what was happening and was hung in the air by him with his bare hand through her heart.

The splattered blood dyed the ground red, and the situation began to deteriorate with the rebirth of the magician.