The Witch Sabbath Ritual was held on schedule.
Tsukishiro Yuki knew that Hikami Meruru would not fail her trust.
Likewise, her Animus was not the kind of hypocrite who would sacrifice a few individuals for the sake of all humanity.
When Tsukishiro Yuki flowed upstream through time and space within the magic of [Death Rewind] and felt the summons of the "Sabbath Ritual," she responded to the call just as she had the previous twelve times.
She condensed a physical body to descend upon this beginning before the extinction of humanity————
Phew.
It really is nerve-wracking.
Tsukishiro Yuki took a deep breath. The waiting of twelve cycles, spanning nearly a thousand years, had left no room in her eyes for anything else.
All she wanted, all she craved, was to be with her Animus and defeat the solitude that had haunted her heart since the day the Witches were exterminated.
"It looks like the ritual succeeded!"
"Is that the Great Witch? She doesn't seem to be anything special."
As Tsukishiro Yuki's physical body finished condensing in reality, the Witch-transformed states of the young girls were lifted one after another.
They looked at the figure in the center of the Tribunal with either curiosity or hostility.
She was the source of all this pain, the cause of all these consequences.
Hiro, Emma, and the other eleven innocent girls... As sacrifices offered to herself, Tsukishiro Yuki did not pay them much mind.
She admitted that before she met her Animus, the two human girls named Hiro and Emma had made her feel a glimmer of what humans called "shining points."
This had even led her to consider not destroying humanity, handing the choice of humanity's destruction over to one of them.
But that ends here.
Now, she was going to take back that authority.
How could a brief three years of getting along compare to a vigil of nearly ten thousand years?
...Wait.
There are strangers on the field.
When she looked toward the imposter Sakuraba Emma—who shouldn't exist—standing alongside her Animus, as well as a strange white-haired girl wearing a giant witch hat, a sense of crisis befitting a Great Witch immediately put her on alert.
[Variable].
Could this be the so-called trial given to her by the gods to cross the number [13]?
"Is this the Big Sister who can destroy humanity? She doesn't look like anything special~"
The little white-haired girl with a keyhole on her forehead floated closer. Tsukishiro Yuki discovered that she actually couldn't see through the thick darkness behind the girl.
But it didn't matter.
She just needed to act.
Tsukishiro Yuki snapped her fingers, and a raging flame instantly ignited beneath the girl's feet.
Magic from Shito Arisa—[Ignition].
"?!"
Upon contacting the air, the flames turned into a high-temperature fireball sufficient to devour a human body, instantly swallowing the girl's figure————
Or did it?
"Big Sister, declaring war without announcing it isn't something a good child should do~"
"It seems you are a bad child just like Abi~"
A cold, slippery sensation came from her shoulder; clearly, Abigail, who should have been devoured by the fire, was unharmed.
The girl, who looked more like a Witch than Yuki herself, struck the ground with the key in her hand. Tsukishiro Yuki immediately felt several tentacles formed of thick darkness wrap around and seize her body.
Immediately afterward, they twisted heavily like wringing out a towel, appearing as if they wanted to strangle her into minced meat.
"Yuki...!"
Hiro and Emma in the judgment seats cried out in alarm.
Although the two sides had already started fighting, they still couldn't accept the fact that their close friend had become a mortal enemy in such a short time.
Especially Nikaido Hiro.
Her mood was extremely complex; she hoped Yuki would be defeated, yet she did not wish for her to be killed.
"I am very grateful for your worry, Hiro."
"But are these the reinforcements you invited? If it is only to this extent, I'm afraid they cannot defeat me."
Magic from Hikami Meruru—[Healing].
That was magic capable of restoring a person to their original state even if only a head remained.
Clearly, the bones of her entire body had been snapped by the tentacles just a moment ago, but with just a slight movement of her mind, her body was restored to its original state.
"Your immortality is quite high, strange Big Sister~"
"It's a pity my Noble Phantasm is suppressed in this world, otherwise making you go crazy directly might have been the best method of disposal."
Abigail, who had completely transformed into the Door Witch, had ribbons fluttering on her petite body. She narrowed her eyes, looking as if she had met a worthy opponent.
Suke-gege really is too much. To think it would be such a troublesome opponent, and the other party even has the home-field advantage.
If I had known, I would have waited for Uncle... Sigh~
"Abi... You are Abigail Williams?"
Through the other party's self-introduction and the discussions of the girls, Tsukishiro Yuki easily deduced Abigail's full name.
She remembered that in the history of this world, that was an up-and-coming Witch who rose to fame through the Witch Factor she herself had disseminated.
But eventually, she fell into madness and died as Debris.
Obviously, the little girl before her eyes could not be the Witch from her memories.
It seemed she was an outsider just like her Animus.
"Why protect the humans of this world?"
"Clearly, you are just an outsider, and I can sense that you have suffered persecution from mortals just the same."
"For a creature like humans, surely it's better for them to go extinct, right?"
Tsukishiro Yuki smiled faintly, raising her hand and pointing down.
Magic from Natsume An-An—[Brainwashing].
There was no need for the other party to agree with her; she could simply turn her words into a steel seal and stamp it into their mind.
————Tsukishiro Yuki had to do this because she had already used [Witch Killer] but found it did not take effect.
Judging by the flow and aura of magic, it was this girl named Abigail who was protecting the girls on the scene, and also protecting humanity.
If she didn't control her, she simply couldn't execute the plan to destroy humanity.
"Is it a power similar to 'hypnosis'?"
"Unfortunately, that won't work on Abi~"
Although she felt some power knocking on the periphery of her mind, the trait of [Existence Outside the Domain EX] held by Abigail ensured she would not receive any mental interference.
Because she was madness itself!
"Yuki, give up. You won't be our match."
"Extract the Witch Factor and leave. This way, everyone can live happily and beautifully."
"Let the past be past, how about it?"
On the other side, Witch Emma manipulated the [Witch Killer], which had evolved into a soul essence, blocking Tsukishiro Yuki's retreat with invisible force.
She and Abigail, one in front and one behind, surrounded Tsukishiro Yuki in the center, making it impossible for her to advance or retreat.
"Heh."
"You say it lightly. Even if I let my Animus judge, he wouldn't agree that the blood feud of genocide should be brushed over by a lightweight apology."
"Furthermore..."
"I, Tsukishiro Yuki, the only Great Witch remaining in this world————"
"I have a reason why I must exterminate humanity!!!"
The Great Witch with white hair and white pupils had a gaze like an arrow. She raised her hand and pointed to the sky:
Magic from Kurobe Nanaka—[Hallucination].
Magic from Tono Hanna—[Levitation].
As the sound of Tsukishiro Yuki's chanting fell, the Tribunal beneath the girls' feet shook violently.
"?!"
"Everyone careful, get down quick!"
"The ground, the ground is rising into the sky!!!"
A strong sensation of hypergravity came from beneath everyone's feet. The Witch's island known as Prison Island,
Just like that, the entire island was lifted into the high heavens by Tsukishiro Yuki with incredible power.
"Damn it, I can't hit her at all!"
During her spellcasting, every attack from Witch Emma and Abigail was easily captured in advance by [Hallucination], allowing her to dodge with ease.
"It's useless."
"For twelve thousand years, there hasn't been a moment I wasn't looking forward to this day."
Tsukishiro Yuki shouted sternly. Transcendent magic surged within her, forming a halo like a rainbow behind her back.
At this moment, she looked just like a god descending upon the world, far beyond what human strength could resist.
"Oh heavens..."
"Against this kind of monster, can we really..."
The girls prostrated in the judgment seats were shivering and trembling.
Especially Hiro and Emma; they had never imagined that their best friend was such an existence.
Would a god really treat mortals as friends?
Or was it that they were merely toys for her to pass the time?
The satellites in the sky were also alerted.
Across the entire planet, even the mortals who did not know what was happening on the isolated island felt a palpitation in their hearts at this very moment.
"Let the game of playing house for underage little girls end here."
"In the name of the Great Witch————I hereby declare the extinction of humanity!"
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