Pick Me Up!-Chapter 302.2: Ragnarok (7) (2)

I walked over and crushed his skull beneath my boot.

...”The casualties...”

Including the civilians, it was likely in the tens of thousands.

Not that I cared.

“You crazy bastard! How could you commit such a massacre? You’ll be struck down by divine punishment! You piece of trash! The CEO will chop you into pieces and—ugh!”

I flicked a dagger into his forehead.

Judging by the insignia on his shoulder, he was the commander of the defense forces.

Not that it mattered—he was just another piece of trash that needed to be disposed of.

“H-He... help...!”

“Hck! Hghh... Aghhh!”

All around, the wounded, missing parts of their bodies, writhed and groaned.

I walked leisurely through the burning streets.

The Mobius headquarters building was growing closer and closer.

「Ahahahaha! What is this?」

I stopped walking.

Not far ahead, a girl stood in the middle of the road, dressed in a pure white one-piece dress.

She had a fresh, delicate appearance and wore a bright, radiant smile.

‘Tel.’

So you finally show yourself.

I knew you’d been watching.

‘It’s a projection.’

Tel’s figure was flickering and distorting.

Her real body was definitely in the highest floors of the Mobius headquarters.

「This... This is beyond expectations. You just went and started destroying the city outright.」

“......”

「You just slaughtered tens of thousands of innocent lives for no reason. What a disappointment, Loki. I thought you had at least a shred of sympathy left. Ahaha! But I guess blood doesn’t lie. You really are the monster who devoured all of Townia’s children!”

I ignored her and kept walking.

「Oh? I came all this way to greet you, and you’re just going to ignore me?」

“......”

「I came to correct the little misunderstanding you seem to be having. Loki, do you really think that just because you absorbed a few low-tier gods, you can beat me?」

“......”

「I was even willing to show you mercy, despite your miserable situation, but you just had to betray me like this. I mobilized an entire fleet for you, personally sent you a message, and yet... This is how you respond?」

“......”

「This is your last chance. Stop throwing your pathetic tantrum and come back to me. I swear on the name of the Goddess—I will restore the two dimensions you’re so desperate to save. You’ll never get this chance again. If you refuse this offer...」

“And if I refuse?”

I stopped walking.

Then, I smirked.

“What are you going to do about it?”

「Then... you die.」

“Oh?”

「Don’t get cocky, you piece of trash. Do you really think that absorbing a handful of third-rate gods makes you strong enough to defeat me? You think you can take on all of Mobius? You think you can beat us?”

I turned around.

Tel’s flawless, jade-like face no longer bore a trace of a smile.

Her expression was as cold as ice.

「You really don’t know your place, Loki. I don’t like men who can’t grasp reality. You should be begging for mercy right now, yet you have the nerve to act so arrogantly?」

“......”

「Do you not know what happened to El Cid when he defied me? Here—let me give you another example.”

From Tel’s right hand, a black mass emerged.

It took the shape of a human, then collapsed onto the road.

Bloodied.

Severely burned all over its body.

Its skin, oozing pus, was grotesquely charred and peeling.

The figure let out a faint, voiceless moan.

「Betrayers end up like this. Think carefully! Think very carefully, Loki! If you take another step forward, there will be no turning back! Ahahaha!”

Tel’s projection abruptly vanished.

“......!”

The figure on the ground slowly crawled toward me.

Its mouth opened as if to speak, but no words came out.

Only a hoarse, guttural wheezing.

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“Lo... Lo....”

“...Cizel?”

Pick Me Up!’s director, the deputy of Alpha Zero.

One of the 32 executives, and the one who gave me hints about El Cid’s truth.

That once proud and fearless woman was now nothing more than a lump of flesh writhing on the ground.

‘This is bad.’

Her entire body was covered in third-degree burns.

Of course, this wasn’t an ordinary injury.

The burns eating away at Cizel’s body were saturated with all kinds of curses.

As long as she was alive, they would never heal.

And she would suffer unending agony.

“......”

She had lost nearly all of her divine essence.

She was nothing more than a half-dead corpse, stripped of all her powers.

If this was what happened to her, then Alpha Zero was likely already...

‘Betrayal, huh.’

I suppose they were punishing her for giving me information.

[Loki, I’m back!]

Ting!

A twinkle of stardust flashed beside me, and Freya appeared.

[With this, Anytng is officially rolling in wealth~!]

Freya twirled in the air, scanning the area.

[...Looks like quite a mess.]

“It was nothing special.”

[By the way, this patient here... Who is she?]

Freya’s expression twisted in a grimace.

“Cizel.”

[Cizel? You mean that Cizel? ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) Wait—no way! That Cizel?! What the hell happened to her...?]

“I’ll explain later.”

I grabbed Cizel and hoisted her up, tucking her under my arm.

She let out a pained groan, but that wasn’t my problem.