Chapter 426 389 – Crushing Him to Death with a Single Finger

Seeing the chunks of heart and flesh scattered across the floor, the Shadow Demon maids immediately stepped forward and cleaned everything up.

Once the office was spotless again, Mjurran finally turned back around in a daze.

When she raised her head and looked at Takumi once more, there was no longer the slightest hesitation in her eyes.

"Master, I, the witch Mjurran~ am at your command!"

"First, fuse with one of my pieces."

As Takumi spoke, he tossed her a Divine Envoy piece.

Mjurran caught it and immediately merged with it.

An enormous torrent of information poured into her mind, explaining the purpose of the piece while also giving her a complete understanding of her current circumstances.

"So you're a transmigrator from another world, Master."

A trace of astonishment appeared on Mjurran's face.

It wasn't as though she had never encountered Otherworlders before.

However, the ones she had seen had all been summoned here. Most were controlled by the locals and used as weapons of war.

At the same time, feeling the tremendous surge of power within her body made Mjurran even more reverent toward Takumi.

The enhancement from this Divine Envoy piece alone had given her strength thousands, perhaps even tens of thousands of times greater than before.

Even Clayman, whose power had once seemed utterly beyond her reach, probably wouldn't be her match anymore.

While Mjurran marveled at her newfound strength, Takumi had already finished browsing through her memories.

"Although I still can't directly manipulate fate, prophecy is easy enough."

"Aura Prophecy—Lock-On!"

Takumi moved a fingertip through the empty air.

Using Mjurran's memories as an anchor, he immediately pinpointed Clayman's location.

Then, with a sweep of his hand, the scene before him shifted and displayed Clayman's current whereabouts.

Clayman, who had only recently contacted Mjurran, was presently plotting how to break out of his predicament.

"Use Mjurran to draw their attention. Ideally, have her cause a major disturbance first, then make full use of her and let her die."

"Carrion and Frey can also be exploited."

"If I make proper use of the current situation, I should be able to gather enough souls to awaken!"

Clayman muttered to himself, still trying to manipulate everything from behind the scenes.

Watching him talk to himself on the screen like some kind of clown made Takumi laugh, Kagali speechless, and Mjurran unable to hold herself together.

As she laughed, Mjurran finally understood what it truly meant for an overwhelmingly powerful veteran to come down and stomp a beginner lobby.

Every one of Demon Lord Clayman's schemes looked like nothing more than a clown's one-man show in Takumi's eyes.

Even though he was already being watched and had his exact location locked down, Clayman remained completely oblivious.

"Hm? There really is something wrong here. Kagali, it looks like this former subordinate of yours was being controlled too."

As Takumi continued observing Clayman, he noticed something unusual.

Clayman's memories were somewhat disordered.

At several crucial moments, Clayman had originally intended to withdraw, only for his thoughts to suddenly take an abrupt turn and push him toward reckless confrontation instead.

It was like a soldier deciding one moment to take off his armor and retire to the countryside, then suddenly deciding the next that fighting was the greatest thing in the world.

"[Past Sight]!"

Takumi focused his "gaze" on Clayman and peered into his past.

In an instant, everything Clayman had experienced unfolded before Takumi like a vast scroll.

Tracing the memories backward, Takumi soon found what he was looking for.

"Tatsuya Kondo of the Eastern Empire used mental suggestion to interfere with Clayman's thoughts decades ago."

"As for his objective..."

Takumi tapped the desk lightly as his thoughts moved at lightspeed.

Most likely, the Eastern Empire had intended to use Clayman to probe the Great Forest of Jura—or perhaps even find a way to control the Storm Dragon.

Given the sheer scale of the Eastern Empire, any overt move it made would immediately put the surrounding nations on guard.

Planting a pawn like Clayman in secret was far more sensible.

Even if Clayman eventually failed or was exposed, it wouldn't matter. Nothing would directly implicate the Eastern Empire.

If Takumi hadn't possessed [Past Sight], along with a few scattered memories about Clayman's setting from his previous life, he probably never would have discovered the scheme hiding behind everything.

"This is the downside of never reading the novels. I barely know what the hell happens later."

"Good thing this is basically a beginner lobby. Steamrolling everyone is pretty fun."

Takumi chuckled softly and withdrew his gaze.

Kagali, who had now learned part of the truth, let out a quiet sigh.

So Clayman really had been subjected to mental manipulation.

No wonder some of his actions had always seemed so inexplicable.

"Rather than letting him keep going down the wrong path like this, it would be better to kill him and then let him be reborn as a member of the empire, Master."

Kagali looked at Takumi.

As Clayman's former superior, she made one final request on his behalf.

"As you wish."

Takumi answered and simultaneously reached toward the screen in front of him.

Under Kagali and Mjurran's astonished gazes, Takumi's hand actually sank straight into the screen!

Meanwhile, Clayman, who was hiding in a secluded location, suddenly felt an intense palpitation in his chest.

He instinctively looked up at the sky, and his pupils abruptly contracted.

From the pitch-black heavens, an enormous, pure-white "pillar" had emerged.

It radiated brilliant white light, illuminating the entire sky.

But upon looking more carefully, the distinct ridges and grooves covering its surface were unmistakably fingerprints—

Magnified countless times over!

The enormous index finger descended straight toward Clayman like a meteor tearing through the heavens.

"Aaaaaagh!!!"

Clayman screamed and tried to flee, only to discover that the air around him seemed to have solidified.

An invisible gaze fell upon his body.

It truly felt as though Mount Tai itself had descended upon him, crushing him relentlessly beneath its weight.

BOOM!!!

Caught completely off guard, Clayman was slammed onto his back and driven deep into the earth.

The surrounding ground fractured inch by inch, spiderweb-like cracks spreading outward with Clayman at their center.

Flat on his back, Clayman could only stare upward in despair as the pillar-like finger descended upon him.

BAAANG!!!!

In an instant, Clayman and everything within a radius of several kilometers were reduced to nothing.

All that remained was a bottomless cavity in the earth, like an abyss staring silently back at the world.

After crushing Clayman to death with a single finger, Takumi casually withdrew his hand as though he had just done something utterly uninteresting.

At the same time, Clayman's soul was drawn into [Pseudo-Hell].

Staring at the bottomless abyss displayed on the screen, Mjurran barely dared to raise her head.

The slight sense of arrogance she had developed after becoming thousands or tens of thousands of times stronger was completely extinguished.

Too strong!

It's like we don't even exist on the same dimensional level.

Just what kind of being is standing in front of me?!

At that moment, the awe Mjurran felt toward Takumi reached its absolute peak.

Kagali was equally stunned after witnessing Takumi take action.

You can actually do that?

He really just crushed him to death with one finger?!

Still, there was no need to panic.

She was Takumi's secretary, after all.

After one round, two rounds, three rounds of continuous "progress," sooner or later she would surely approach Takumi's current level.

At the same time, Takumi crooked his finger, dragging Clayman's remaining subordinates directly before him.

His gaze swept across them.

Then he raised a finger and pressed downward.

Splat!!!

The remaining subordinates all exploded where they stood.

Only a single trembling fox was left behind...

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