The Goddess, Please Devour the Evil Deity!

——"Lolo lolo lo, where do you think you're running off to?"——
As this eerie voice filled the air,

Hein's joyful expression instantly froze in place.
The moment he turned to look at the sky behind him, his eyes widened in disbelief at the sight he beheld. His face contorted into an expression uglier than tears.
"Could it be, could it be a mistake?"

At that moment, the terrifying Thousand-Faced Bird that had previously attacked the Ghost Cry Army, now unfolded its massive wings above him, casting a shadow that blotted out the sun, enveloping Hein and the plain below. The bird's deep blue eyes, like vortices from the abyss, stared down at Hein, as if they could tear his soul apart. Not just the bird's head, but numerous faces of the dead all turned their gaze upon Hein.
At that moment,
Hein also horrifyingly discovered... among the human heads connected by tendrils around the Thousand-Faced Bird’s head, there now appeared a familiar face... it was none other than Shestira, the marshal of the alliance.

Shestira's face still bore the fear and despair of her last moments, twisted in a way that one could hardly associate it with the valiant marshal she once was.
Seeing Shestira’s dead face, Hein felt as if he was looking at his own future.
In an instant, fear eroded Hein's sanity. His entire body felt like it had plunged into an ice cellar; his complexion turned deathly pale, and his strength seemed drained. His heart thumped so violently it felt as though it might burst out of his chest.

"Why, why is this happening?" Hein whispered in fear and disbelief.
Hearing this,
The Thousand-Faced Bird glared at Hein disdainfully, mocking him.

"Lolo lolo lo, why? Did you really think you could run away with my precious collection? Fool?" Shestira’s head spoke with a tone of contempt.
Before the echo of the voice faded,
"Ah—!!"

Amid Hein’s piercing scream, the Thousand-Faced Bird’s claws struck fiercely!
With the bird’s landing, Hein, who had managed to fly up into the air, was once again slammed back to the ground. Simultaneously, the dead faces on the Thousand-Faced Bird’s claws opened their rotting maws and frenziedly began tearing at Hein’s flesh.
Bite after bite, they devoured Hein's flesh relentlessly.

In a moment, the man's screams echoed across the plain.
Hearing this sound, the delight in the Thousand-Faced Bird’s eyes intensified. Tormenting such a futile creature bit by bit to death, listening to their agonized screams, was a particularly favored pastime of the Thousand-Faced Bird.
However,
After subduing Hein, the Thousand-Faced Bird turned its attention forward. After all, its purpose here was not merely to torment a human.

It sought to obtain more perfect collectibles.
And the daughters of the God-given Woman were clearly a good choice.
"Lolo lolo lo, you didn’t think you could escape, did you, little girls?"

The Thousand-Faced Bird issued a chilling series of chuckles.
The beast soon locked its gaze on Aeria and her sisters. Seeing Vya lying motionless on the ground, a flash of displeasure crossed the Thousand-Faced Bird’s eyes.
Torturing and killing to obtain the heads it desired was its hobby.

If they were half-dead, it couldn’t enjoy the process.
However,
What displeased the Thousand-Faced Bird even more was that the remaining two children… one of them wasn’t even looking at it. And the other, although looking its way, had no trace of fear on her face?!

Just silently staring at it.
"Lolo?"
The bird’s head tilted, its aura growing even darker.

It was a venerable servant of the great Sky Evil God Uluti. No human dared not to fear it, even the God-given Women were solemn in its presence.
However,
A God-given Woman, not yet fully grown, and only of second order in strength, looking at it so calmly?

As the servant beast pondered, Hein's wails interrupted its thoughts.
——"Save, save me, Liana..."——
The voice was weak, but the dead faces’ ears still helped the Thousand-Faced Bird catch Hein’s plea.

Liana?
At the mention of this name, the Thousand-Faced Bird’s eyes suddenly narrowed, and a look of surprise appeared on the many faces of the dead. Only then did this servant creature notice the figure holding Aeria and Mia.
The Thousand-Faced Bird was inherently disdainful of humans.

Especially the weak.
Therefore, when it had first arrived, it completely ignored the figure because the aura of spiritual power around it was only about the third order, hardly catching its eye.
However, after focusing on that figure, the Thousand-Faced Bird suddenly paused.

Then,
Its wings flared open,
Looking at that familiar face, a piercing, arrogant, and excited screech erupted from the Thousand-Faced Bird's beak.

"Lolo lolo lo!! So it’s you!! How lucky I am, lolo lolo lo!"
The giant bird laughed wildly.
The main task given to it by Lord Uluti was to kill Liana and obtain the Sacred Stone.

Its secondary task was to eliminate Liana’s children.
Because it had not detected Liana’s aura earlier, the Thousand-Faced Bird had opted to pursue Aeria and the others first.
Unexpectedly?

In pursuing them, it stumbled upon its primary target?
Lolo lolo lo~
It truly was finding it effortlessly after an exhaustive search.

“Long time no see, Liana Anlosi.”
Facing the God-given Woman it had once battled, the Thousand-Faced Bird greeted her with a ferocious expression.
“It’s only been three years, how have you become so weak? What’s the difference between you and the trash I've annihilated before?”

The cold voice contained a thick layer of mockery.
Previously, it had still feared this God-given Woman somewhat.
But now,

Her power lost,
Facing it, what kind of ludicrous expression would she show?
Strictly speaking, the more powerful the human, the more the Thousand-Faced Bird enjoyed seeing their expressions of collapse.

"Hand over the Sacred Stone honestly, and I might mercifully let you die less horribly~ lolo lolo lo~"
As the beast screeched, countless dead faces on its body opened their mouths. In an instant, a stench of death and terrifying cursed power pressed down, targeting Liana.
The Thousand-Faced Bird wanted to see the God-given Woman crumble and beg for mercy.

However,
Facing this overwhelming cursed power, the expected scene of ‘Liana’ panicking and bursting into tears did not occur… The ‘God-given Woman’ remained quietly kneeling on the ground, simply raising her hand to release a burst of emerald energy… which enveloped the unconscious girl.
Seeing this, a flicker of disappointment crossed the Thousand-Faced Bird’s eyes.

Her strength had declined, but it seemed her dignity as a strong woman remained. Well then, it would first crush her dignity.
To see if she could remain so composed after being reduced to a human wreck.
Daring to oppose Lord Uluti? There was a price to pay.

With this thought, the Thousand-Faced Bird howled furiously, and terrifying cursed power concentrated in Shestira’s dead head. The next moment, a dark blue death ray shot out from Shestira’s single eye, sweeping towards ‘Liana’.
Faced with the Thousand-Faced Bird’s attack, ‘Liana’ finally reacted. But she didn't make any defensive or evasive moves, instead simply raising her head and looking dazedly at the deadly blue light.
“Hmm?”

“Shua~”
With the passage of the laser, a red line suddenly appeared on ‘Liana’s’ neck.
Following,

The girl’s head simply fell from her neck and rolled onto the ground...
Thousand-Faced Bird: Uh… did I succeed? o_O??