Dimension Game Empire Chapter 424

The air currents gathered, emitting a dazzling light from the position of the divine tool eyeball.

Then—the ‘Heretic God’ appeared.

Short, shoulder-length, light purple hair, delicate and pretty features, and an atmosphere that made people feel calm and composed. The petite ‘Heretic God’ appeared before Ena, and unlike the solemnity and awe felt when facing other Heretic Gods, there was a sense of approachability.

She wore a slightly loose, ruffled light blue top, pink lace cuffs, and a pleated gradient skirt. Her small, jade-like feet were covered in pure white cotton socks, and she wore slippers with a homely feel. Her half-lowered eyelids seemed a bit lazy, but her deep red eyes were somewhat puzzled.

As if wondering why she had suddenly come to this place.

Ena Kiyouin was slightly stunned.

This attire and temperament were too unconventional for a ‘God’, weren’t they?

Could there have been some mistake in the ritual…?

But in the next moment, Ena immediately rejected this idea.

Multiple coils were wrapped around the girl, converging at one point—and the shape of this point was an eyeball. This object, like a third eye, was almost identical in style to the previous divine tool.

There was no mistake, this was that youkai god.

Ena instantly raised her vigilance, slightly releasing the power of the ‘Ama no Murakumo’ sword, guarding the unconscious King. ‘Gods’ and ‘Godslayers’ were mortal enemies, and this manifested Heretic God was clearly not the kind of mad god who only knew how to fight.

She would never miss the chance to exploit the weakness of her enemy.

“Where is this…”

Satori Komeiji revealed a puzzled expression.

This was clearly the outside world, that is, reality. But—she was clearly resting in the Underground Palace just a moment ago, so why had she suddenly come to the outside world in the blink of an eye, surrounded by these shrine maidens, feeling emotions of reverence and vigilance?

This reverence faintly caused her youkai power to increase slightly.

‘Satori’—was her name, and also her race.

The ‘Satori’ clan possessed the power to see through people’s hearts, that is, mind-reading. Whether it was ghosts, humans, youkai, or any other existence, the youkai ‘Satori’ possessed the ability to read the minds of others.

Because of this characteristic, the ‘Satori’ clan was hated, rejected, and hunted by youkai and humans alike.

No one would want their heart to be read by others, right?

Therefore, this race was on the verge of extinction, almost passing down in a single line, struggling to survive. Each generation’s leader would be given the name ‘Satori’, hoping to preserve the bloodline. Even in the vast multiverse, this was an extremely rare race.

So rare that it was almost nonexistent.

This situation was alleviated only after the establishment of ‘Gensokyo’. Satori Komeiji also took root in Gensokyo, living a leisurely life for decades.

Satori Komeiji pondered for a moment, then turned her gaze to the surrounding environment.

‘These shrine maidens all possess the aura of spell power… are they the onmyoji that remain in the modern era?’

A sense of crisis that she had not felt in a long time surfaced in Satori Komeiji’s heart. She subconsciously scanned the surrounding shrine maidens with the third eye on her left chest, the ‘Eye of Satori’, reading their thoughts to understand her current situation.

(Is this the Heretic God?)

(‘King’ seems to have had some accident, what should we do?)

(The youkai god’s power shouldn’t be strong. If we rely on the Ama no Murakumo sword, we should be able to suppress and expel her—as long as we can hold out until ‘King’ wakes up.)

Satori Komeiji became increasingly confused.

Heretic God, what was that? In recent years, hadn’t the outside world gradually lost its faith and reverence for ‘Gods, Buddhas, Demons, Immortals, and Youkai’, and gradually lost its mysterious power? Why did these shrine maidens still seem to possess mystery?

So many onmyoji actually existed in the outside world.

Moreover, did the era still have the existence of a King?

Ama no Murakumo sword?!—Susanoo-no-Mikoto’s sword??!

Satori Komeiji looked at the sword in the black-haired girl’s hand, and suddenly felt a fatal threat and the aura of ‘divinity’ from the sword—an aura she was not unfamiliar with, having felt it in Gensokyo before.

This was a genuine ‘divine sword’.

The youkai power inside her body stirred after a long time. Satori Komeiji had faced countless pursuits by human onmyoji and expulsions by fellow youkai in the past. That fearful feeling was awakened by the current situation, and she revealed a vigilant expression.

In battle, the ‘Satori’ clan, although lacking strong physical qualities and combat-oriented innate abilities, possessed the power to read people’s hearts, anticipating the enemy’s moves and guessing their combat intentions was merely a basic skill for them.

This talent also made the ‘Satori’ fighting style lean towards rationality, planning, and calculation.

Satori Komeiji subconsciously turned the ‘Eye of Satori’ towards the black-haired, red-eyed boy who was clearly the object of the shrine maidens’ service. Although she could feel a sense of closeness coming from him, the current situation made her subconsciously ignore this feeling.

Then—she tried to read his mind.

‘What… is this?’

Her consciousness blurred, and her spirit wavered.

Unable to comprehend, unable to observe, not a concept or memory, not even information or data, the things floating in this man’s consciousness were impossible to describe in words, as if they were truths that living beings could not touch.

If she had to say—it was 「」.

One glance was enough to shatter the spirit of an ordinary person, lose their ‘self’, and become an idiot 「」.

Before reaching a certain realm, the only outcome of touching this level of existence was—to be swallowed by it, mentally collapse, bleed from all orifices, and lose one’s ‘self’.

And Satori Komeiji touched this 「」.

“Crack—”

As if her brain had been struck hard by a hammer, Satori Komeiji’s body fell like a kite with a broken string, her youkai power in chaos, falling from the sky, vertically crashing to the ground. The girl covered her head, letting out a painful wail.

Including Ena, the shrine maidens looked in surprise at the ‘Heretic God’ who had suddenly fallen before them, a girl like a wounded little beast. The ‘God’ before them had indeed encountered some kind of situation, but out of reverence for ‘Gods’, they did not choose to attack.

Not everyone had the fearless heart of a Campione.

After a long time, the youkai god slowly raised her head from the ground, her beautiful face and clothes stained with some dirt, looking somewhat disheveled. Compared to her previous calm and composed appearance, the girl revealed a timid expression.

Like a little beast that had always been bullied and driven away by its own kind, that timid, helpless, and pitiful expression.

Her deep red eyes lost that sense of composure, looking around in confusion and helplessness. Upon seeing the shrine maidens, her pupils suddenly shrank, revealing a fearful expression, and she subconsciously wanted to hold her ‘sister’s’ hand, but grasped at nothing.

“O-Onmyoji-sama, w-why am I here… Koishi? Where did Koishi go?”

The frightened, helpless expression left the shrine maidens looking at each other, thrown into confusion.

What was going on? Was this an expression that a Heretic God would show?

Satori Komeiji, who had always escaped ‘pursuit’, noticed the opportunity when the onmyoji fell into chaos. She subconsciously mobilized that pitiful bit of ‘youkai power’ she had, seized the gap, and escaped from the imperial court.

“W-What on earth is going on?!”

Ena was stunned, watching the ‘Heretic God’ run away while surrounded by a group of shrine maidens.