Kurojin and his son, Marco, were sitting around a table.
A table with three chairs…
Aileen walked forward happily and sat down on the third chair.
With an angry and desperate expression, Kurojin said:
"You promised me you wouldn't leave Marco alone! You promised you'd protect him!….."
With tear-filled eyes and a trembling voice, Marco said:
"Mom… why did you leave me alone?! I hate you…"
Aileen was gasping for breath. Sweat had gathered on her face. Suddenly—
Her eyes snapped open in terror.
She had woken up from a dream. Yagami was sitting in front of her.
Aileen looked around. She searched for her sword, but it wasn't there.
In a defensive tone, she said:
"What do you want from me?!"
Yagami smiled and said calmly:
"Marco is really lucky… to have parents who are willing to give their lives for him."
With wide eyes and a trembling heart, Aileen said:
"You… how do you know my son?!"
With a serious look, Yagami replied:
"That part doesn't matter… I kept you alive for another reason."
Aileen asked calmly:
"What do you want?"
Yagami answered directly, without hesitation:
"Join forces with me."
Aileen said coldly:
"You expect me to ally with my enemy? Are you crazy?!"
Yagami replied calmly, but firmly:
"If you want to kill Hades, come with me. And if not… I'll let you go. Go back to Hades… just like he said—if you return to him without my head… both you and your child will be destroyed."
Grinding her teeth in anger, Aileen fell silent for a few seconds…
Then she said resolutely:
"Fine… but only as long as Hades is alive, I'll remain your ally. After his death, I'll be your enemy again!"
Yagami smiled and said:
"I don't plan on fighting alongside you forever either."
Hallway of the Black Clover Guild:
Yagami entered the corridor.
Shinkuro, Yura, Daigon, Kaoru, Saya, and Masaro were all there.
Yagami walked over and woke Masaro from his sleep.
Masaro jolted awake, breathing heavily. He quickly scanned his surroundings—and when his eyes fell on Saya, he suddenly ran toward her and kissed her without warning!
At the same time, he pulled her into his arms and said with a trembling voice:
"Thank God… I thought I'd lost you forever."
Saya was frozen in shock from the sudden kiss—she couldn't even react.
Daigon, mouth wide open, just said:
"What the hell just happened?!"
Shinkuro muttered under his breath:
"Look at this situation we're stuck in… and this gorilla's love just decided to bloom."
Yagami snapped angrily:
"Enough with the flirting! Open your status screens!"
Everyone quickly opened their magical screens… but suddenly their eyes widened in shock.
Screen: Empty…
Shinkuro said in disbelief:
"What does this mean? Why is it like this?"
Yagami replied seriously:
"I don't know either… but one thing is clear—there's no one left in this world except us."
Everyone stepped back in fear.
"What do you mean no one?!"
Yagami cast a piercing gaze over the group and continued:
"And that's not our only problem… you don't even have magic anymore."
Shinkuro stretched out his hand and shouted:
"Fire magic!"
But nothing happened… no spark, no heat.
Shinkuro whispered in shock:
"Why did we become like this… what's going on here?"
With sharp eyes and a mysterious tone, Yagami said:
"There's only one person who can answer that question…"
Dark Palace – Top Floor
Hades sat upon his throne of darkness. The sound of his slow yet heavy footsteps echoed through the hall. With a sinister gaze, he turned to his loyal general, Ilyris, and ordered:
"Purge all floors. Prepare all the generals for the final war… in three days, we rise to the surface… the time of the end has come."
Then, with a deep, threatening laugh, he said:
"This time… I will personally come for you, One-Eyed God."
Capcom Corporation
"Ohooooo! We're back!"
The excited voices of the developers were heard again.
"But how is it possible that Hades was still alive even though the final floor hasn't been conquered?"
All players were removed from the system. Only eight remained:
Yagami
Shinkuro
Masaro
Nami
Daigon
Saya
Kaoru
Yura
The final war is closer than ever…
Shinkuro said in shock:
"How do you still have magic?"
Yagami replied with a calm smile:
"My power is absolute… no one can erase it."
Everyone repeated in disbelief:
"Absolute?!"
Yagami snapped his fingers — Snap!
And in the blink of an eye, everyone appeared inside the training field.
He looked at the group and said:
"Now, I summon the seven Great Generals of Lucifer, God of Demons."
Everyone was frozen. Only silence remained.
At that moment, Satan emerged from Yagami's body and formed a dark barrier around six people—excluding Masaro.
Masaro muttered in confusion:
"Why am I not inside the barrier?"
Yagami said:
"Release of dark power…"
The ground began to shake. Everyone panicked, but Satan wore a satisfied smile.
Yagami loudly chanted an incantation in the language of the ancient demons:
"O hidden power, by the command of your creator Lucifer, reveal yourself!"
Suddenly, massive shadows appeared on both sides of Yagami:
Right side:
Satan
Anubis
Set
Osiris
Left side:
Ares
Dionysus
Apollo
Ra
The space filled with divine and demonic auras.
Now, Yagami's true power—rooted in absolute darkness—
was on the verge of awakening…
(To be continued…)