The sudden shift in perspective left Sarasvati and Seraphim momentarily stunned. But soon, they heard Eriri's voice.
"Sarasvati, look down there. Doesn't this place look familiar to you?"
Hearing this, Sarasvati instinctively lowered her gaze. Her expression immediately changed.
"This is… the village?"
Even though they were thousands of meters high in the air, Sarasvati instantly recognized the place below as their vampire ninja village.
"Why did you bring us here?"
Her anxious question received no answer. Instead, Eriri simply extended her right hand and made a grabbing motion toward the ground.
In an instant, the entire mountain—stretching several kilometers and including the village itself—was lifted by an invisible force, suspended high above the earth, leaving behind an enormous crater.
"If I were to toss this mountain into outer space right now, what do you think would happen?"
Eriri smiled sweetly at Sarasvati.
As she spoke, her hand mimicked the gesture of tossing a stone, causing the mountain to rise and fall rapidly in the sky with her movements.
Watching this, Sarasvati's eyes widened in terror, her face twisting with panic.
"No!"
She shouted desperately, afraid Eriri might accidentally let the mountain crash down.
At this height, even if it simply fell freely, there was no way the village could withstand the impact.
Most of those remaining in the village hadn't even formally become vampire ninjas yet. They didn't have the ability of immortality. If the mountain fell, they would all be wiped out.
Because of this, Sarasvati didn't even dare think about attacking Eriri. She could only watch helplessly.
Beside her, Seraphim's face also turned pale. Without hesitation, she rushed in front of Eriri and fell to one knee.
"Lady Eriri, I beg you, please spare the village."
Thanks to Eriri's power, both Sarasvati and Seraphim were able to stand in midair as if on solid ground, even without unfolding their vampire ninja wings.
After seeing Seraphim kneel, Sarasvati also dropped down in front of Eriri without hesitation, pressing her forehead against the ground in a dogeza.
"Lady Eriri, I was wrong. Punish me however you want, but please spare our village!"
She lifted her head, her face filled with desperate pleading. All her former pride had completely vanished, leaving only humiliation.
"Oh my, what are you two doing? You're making it seem like I'm some sort of big villain."
Eriri feigned an innocent look as she glanced at the kneeling Seraphim and Sarasvati. Yet the tossing motion of her hand didn't stop for even a second.
At her words, both Kyoko—present at the scene—and the group members watching the livestream couldn't help but roll their eyes.
One wrong word and threatening to destroy someone's home village—how could that not be the actions of a major villain?
But neither Seraphim nor Sarasvati spoke, continuing to gaze at Eriri with pleading eyes.
To them, the village held immense importance. If it were destroyed now, they would never forgive themselves.
"Alright, alright, stop looking at me like that. I just wanted Sarasvati to experience for herself how easily the vampire ninjas' survival could be decided."
As she spoke, Eriri paused, as though suddenly remembering something.
"Wait… this doesn't really count as being decided in an instant, does it…?"
She raised her left hand, pinching her chin with her fingers, pretending to think deeply.
"Hmm… maybe I should use a simpler method instead?"
Hearing this, Sarasvati's face turned pale again. She shouted loudly:
"Lady Eriri, I believe you!"
"Oh? Do you really believe me? Don't force yourself, you know~"
Eriri looked at Sarasvati again, her expression carrying a teasing smile.
Without hesitation, Sarasvati declared: "I'm not forcing myself. I truly believe you."
At this moment, she didn't have the mind to think about anything else. All she wanted was for Eriri to spare the village.
Seraphim, standing nearby, could tell that Eriri had no real intention of destroying the village, so she didn't say anything further and simply waited quietly to see how things would unfold.
"Well then, since you insist, I'll reluctantly spare this little village."
As she spoke, Eriri stopped her tossing motion. Immediately, the massive mountain—still suspended thousands of meters in the air—began to plummet as though it had lost all control.
"No!!!"
Sarasvati's face twisted with despair. She stretched her right hand toward the falling mountain as though she could catch it and stop its descent.
But she wasn't Eriri. She had no way of controlling the mountain with her own power. All she could do was watch as the mountain, with the village still upon it, plummeted faster and faster toward the earth.
Seraphim's heart leapt to her throat as she stared unblinkingly at the falling mass. Yet, because of her faith in Eriri, her face showed no trace of despair.
Moments later, the mountain crashed into the massive crater below with a deafening impact.
But strangely, the mountain suffered no damage whatsoever. Instead, it fit back into the crater seamlessly, as though it had never been uprooted in the first place.
Seeing this, Seraphim finally relaxed, a relieved smile spreading across her face.
Sarasvati, on the other hand, slumped weakly in midair, her body drained of strength. The despair on her face faded, replaced by the relief of surviving disaster.
Meanwhile, the chat group members erupted into excited discussion about Eriri's display.
[Arifureta (Level 7, Stage 3 / Group Leader): Wow, Eriri, that was too cruel. Look how badly you scared that girl…]
[Arifureta (Level 7, Stage 3 / Group Leader): But I like it, hehe~]
[Kyoko (Level 5, Stage 2): Girl? This vampire ninja is already over a hundred years old. rolls eyes.jpg]
[Arifureta (Level 7, Stage 3 / Group Leader): So what if she's over a hundred? Who isn't still a girl at heart? Look at Frieren—she's over a thousand and still a girl~]
[Frieren (Level 2, Stage 8): Indeed, I'm still very young!]
[Arifureta (Level 7, Stage 3 / Group Leader): And Milim is a few thousand years old, yet she's also still a girl~]
[Milim (Level 7, Stage 2): That's right, I'm a girl too!]
[Arifureta (Level 7, Stage 3 / Group Leader): And Azusa may not be as old as Frieren or Milim, but she's already over three hundred years old, and she's still a girl!]
[Azusa (Level 7, Stage 2): That's true, I suppose…]
[Chika Fujiwara (Level 7, Stage 2): Why don't you mention yourself? You're already over three hundred too, aren't you?]
[Arifureta (Level 7, Stage 3 / Group Leader): Exactly! Even I'm still an adorable little girl. So calling Sarasvati a little girl is perfectly fine~]
[Kyoko (Level 5, Stage 2): …]
[Kyoko (Level 5, Stage 2): Fine, fine, you win.]
[Chika Fujiwara (Level 7, Stage 2): But honestly, when it comes to showing off, no one beats Eriri. Erina is still a long way off—she needs to learn from her.]
[Adele (Level 7, Stage 1): That was indeed a flawless performance—smooth and powerful, with both spectacle and intimidation!]
[Ruri Gokou (Level 7, Stage 2): Taking notes, taking notes!]
[Alice Nakiri (Level 7, Stage 1): Exactly, Erina is still way too lame.]
[Erina Nakiri (Level 7, Stage 2): Don't say nonsense. I wasn't showing off—I was just acting normally.]
[Chika Fujiwara (Level 7, Stage 2): Oh, I see. So for you, showing off has already become normal behavior. Impressive!]
[Erina Nakiri (Level 7, Stage 2): …]
[Natsuki Minamiya (Level 2, Stage 8): Truly shocking. Just this one move alone surpasses anything a True Ancestor could ever compare with.]
[Arche (Level 7, Stage 2): This is nothing. I've personally seen Eriri kick an entire planet to pieces. Compared to that, this little scene isn't even worth mentioning.]
[Kaguya Shinomiya (Level 7, Stage 2): Wait, when did that happen? Why don't I know about it?]
[Chika Fujiwara (Level 7, Stage 2): I don't know either. Yue-chan, do you know about this?]
[Arifureta (Level 7, Stage 3 / Group Leader): I've never heard Eriri mention it. But since Arche saw it with her own eyes, it must have happened the first time Eriri went to the Overlord world!]
[Arche (Level 7, Stage 2): Yue-chan guessed right. It really did happen then.]
[Arche (Level 7, Stage 2): I'll just upload the memory fragment to the group for everyone to see.]
After sending this message, Arche immediately clipped the memory fragment and uploaded it to the group.
[Ding, Arche (Level 7, Stage 2) has uploaded memory footage: "Eriri Blows Up a Planet."]
Seeing the new memory footage, everyone instantly shifted their awareness from the livestream to the memory clip.
Since the video was less than a minute long, their consciousness returned to the livestream almost immediately afterward.
[Natsuki Minamiya (Level 2, Stage 8): That scene was insane… It's the first time I've realized just how fragile the planet beneath my feet really is.]
Her face was filled with shock. Until now, she had only known that the chat group members were incredibly powerful—it was just information. But she had never actually seen their true strength firsthand.
After witnessing the terrifying image in the memory, she finally understood how overwhelming their power truly was.
And that was just a single planet being destroyed. What if it were an entire star system, with countless planets and the sun within it? The scale was unimaginable. She couldn't even begin to picture it, since she didn't truly grasp how vast a galaxy or the universe was.
[Moeha Fujiwara (Level 7, Stage 1): Oooh! As expected of Eriri-nee, you're amazing!]
[Eris (Level 3, Stage 6): Truly incredible. That's far beyond the power of us gods.]
[Lalatina (Level 2, Stage 5): If Eriri were to kick me like that…]
[Kyoko (Level 5, Stage 2): ?]
[Asuna Yuuki (Level 7, Stage 2): Uh…]
[Eris (Level 3, Stage 6): …]
[Ruri Gokou (Level 7, Stage 2): 6]
[Chika Fujiwara (Level 7, Stage 2): Badass!]
[Arifureta (Level 7, Stage 3 / Group Leader): You're not just being silly—you're asking for death.]
[Lalatina (Level 2, Stage 5): Ahaha… I was just joking. I do know my limits.]
[Arifureta (Level 7, Stage 3 / Group Leader): Better be.]
[Eriri (Level 8, Stage 9): Lalatina, if you really want to experience being kicked by me, that can be arranged~]
[Lalatina (Level 2, Stage 5): Really?]
The moment she saw Eriri's message, Darkness' eyes lit up, her breathing turning heavy. She didn't even register how Eriri had called her.
Though she had claimed she was joking, in truth she genuinely wanted to experience being kicked by Eriri. Just imagining it nearly made her lose control.
[Eriri (Level 8, Stage 9): Mm-hm~ Of course it's real. Well? Do you want to try it?]
[Lalatina (Level 2, Stage 5): Yes!!!]
[Eris (Level 3, Stage 6): She's hopeless…]
[Ruri Gokou (Level 7, Stage 2): 6]
[Arifureta (Level 7, Stage 3 / Group Leader): And you said you were joking?]
[Asuna Yuuki (Level 7, Stage 2): Everyone knows you're a pervert, but risking your life for pleasure is another level…]
[Chika Fujiwara (Level 7, Stage 2): Time to prepare the funeral rites.]
[Arche (Level 7, Stage 2): Why choose death so eagerly?]
[Shirone Toujou (Level 7, Stage 1): Pervert!]
[Lefiya (Level 7, Stage 1): Perverts are truly terrifying…]
[Lalatina (Level 2, Stage 5): …]
[Eriri (Level 8, Stage 9): Don't worry, Lalatina. Even if I accidentally play too rough and kill you, I'll bring you back.]
[Lalatina (Level 2, Stage 5): Then I'll leave it to you! And don't call me Lalatina!]
Despite the barrage of criticism from the group members, Darkness didn't feel any remorse. In fact, she looked somewhat pleased.
Now that she knew Eriri could revive her, she became even more reckless, brimming with anticipation for the moment to come.
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