“Th…
They’re all dead just like that?” Looking at the corpses littering the floor and those wide-open eyes from right before death, Kenma awkwardly scratched his head.
It looked like these people must have suffered quite a shock right before they died.
But come to think of it, the heart wasn’t an organ that caused immediate death the moment it was crushed.
It merely existed as the blood-supply center for the entire body.
Therefore, once the heart was burst from the inside, a person would still possess a few seconds of conscious awareness, feel extreme suffocation and pain, and finally die in despair.
Looking at it now, everyone present probably died the exact same way.
Otherwise, their eyes wouldn’t be popping out like goldfish.
Suddenly— “This ends here!” An angry shout rang out.
Reinhard rushed into the venue, emitting a heart-palpitating pressure.
Upon seeing that all the elders and knights had perished, and only Kenma stood unharmed right in the center of the venue, a trace of confusion flashed across his face.
What on earth was going on here?
Just a short while ago, Reinhard, who had been nearly a kilometer away from the meeting room, suddenly sensed a massive pressure descending—one that even he had to take seriously.
Furthermore, what terrified him even more was that the source of that pressure actually appeared right at the location of the meeting room.
He knew all too well what this meant.
If the owner of that pressure harbored malicious intent, whether it was the elite knighthood of the Kingdom of Lugunica, the numerous elders of the Council of Wise Men who controlled the kingdom’s lifeline, or even his newly acknowledged master, the fifth royal selection candidate, none of them would be left with a whole corpse.
Reinhard was not without awareness of his own strength.
On the contrary, he clearly knew that, not to mention the entire world, at least within the Kingdom of Lugunica, it was impossible for a single person to be his opponent.
Therefore, being able to make him personally feel such overwhelmingly powerful pressure, if they were to suddenly attack, there was absolutely no possibility of anyone inside surviving.
Enraged, he pushed his speed to the limit, crossing a distance of nearly a kilometer in less than a second, and stormed into the meeting room.
Yet now, he saw a scene like this.
Why were everyone inside dead?
Why was Subaru-sama completely fine?
Who on earth was it?!
What on earth had happened?!
Countless doubts appeared in Reinhard’s mind, and just as he was about to be engulfed by the fog of confusion, Kenma casually provided the answer.
“It was Satella, the Witch of Envy, that existence who destroyed half the world.
She just descended.” Satella?!
Reinhard’s pupils suddenly constricted to the size of pinpoints.
He asked in confusion, “The Witch of Envy?
Wasn’t she sealed by the Three Heroes 400 years ago?
Subaru-sama, can you give a detailed account of what happened?” Just like in the previous loop, faced with this extreme stimulation, Reinhard once again obtained the Divine Protection of Calmness, rendering him extremely rational.
“Oh, you mean this?
I still remember many things, are you sure you want to listen?” Facing Kenma, whose expression was somewhat playful, Reinhard instinctively felt that something was amiss, but reason still gained the upper hand.
“Yes, Subaru-sama, please tell me everything that happened here in detail.” Watching Reinhard’s solemn appearance, Kenma couldn’t help feeling a bit curious.
In his past life, someone had asked the author of Re: Zero, Tappei, who would win if Reinhard and Satella fought.
His answer was: Probably neither could kill the other.
The remaining half of the world would be destroyed by their battle and the world would end.
But that was ultimately just the author’s thought.
Now, more than half of Satella’s power was sealed, while Reinhard was at the peak of his power.
Who could possibly win?
Holding this thought, Kenma shrugged his shoulders, his voice clearly appearing in Reinhard’s ears.
“First, after I entered the meeting room, I summoned the Witch of Envy, and then it turned into this state.
Their hearts were all crushed by her, it’s as simple as that.” Upon discovering that Kenma was not lying, Reinhard’s expression and body stiffened.
Kenma chose to press his advantage.
He strode forward, opening his arms wide, the smile on his face just like the night two days ago when the two of them first met.
“As a side note, I haven’t introduced myself to you yet, have I?
I am the darling of the Witch of Envy.
You can call me the Witch Cult Sin Archbishop representing Pride, Natsuki Subaru.” The countless emotions that Reinhard had forcibly suppressed relying on his Divine Protection completely erupted at this moment, and the string named reason snapped under extreme tension.
“Why…” He muttered, abruptly drawing Reid.
“Why!!!” Facing the furious Reinhard, Kenma smiled, rapidly retreating while his voice clearly spread throughout the entire venue.
“Why?
Because I have Return by Death!
Satella, come out and assist me!” Black mist descended and two massive pressures collided simultaneously at this moment, causing space itself to become distorted and grotesque.
Amidst the rolling black mist across the sky, Satella, draped in black gauze, and Reinhard holding Reid, stood on opposing sides.
Watching the confrontation between the two, Kenma grinned.
His crazy actions this time were not purely to see the outcome of the battle between the two, but rather for a crazy plan.
Having destroyed half the world and secretly controlling the save points of Return by Death, Satella is definitely a key plot character.
But she would not possibly choose to kill Kenma with her own hands, unless under an extremely special circumstance.
That was a dead-end save state.
In other words, encountering an unsolvable perilous situation where, if they didn’t reset the world promptly, they might be trapped and die in this loop.
Only at such times would the Witch of Envy choose to take the initiative and end his life.
And only in this exact moment could Kenma obtain the reward for being killed by the Witch of Envy.
With his current strength, wanting to trigger a dead-end save state was not an easy task.
To achieve a truly meaningful dead-end save state, he could only provoke the ultimate fury of the Sword Saint Reinhard and stand on the opposite side of him.
Only at this moment would Satella choose to make a move.