Trinia fought valiantly against the Parasite Queen but was overpowered.

The Parasite Queen lunged at Trinia and began to parasitize her.

"Tr-Trinia? Are you okay?"

Saccharin asked.

Trinia remained silent. It would be more accurate to say she was unable to respond.

-Crack hiss…

A pure white halo appeared above Trinia's head.

Judging by its unstable flicker, it seemed Trinia was resisting.

The halo appeared and disappeared repeatedly.

"No, no... Trinia... Stay with us... You can't lose..."

Saccharin.

She rushed toward Trinia, trying to snuff out the halo that had appeared above her head.

She waved her hands and tried to cover it, but the halo was not something that could be dealt with in such a manner.

Her actions were of no use.

"Tr-Trinia... Please... Open your eyes..."

Saccharin shouted, trembling.Two Demon Beasts were watching her.

They were wolf-like Demon Beasts the size of a house.

Saccharin had tamed these beasts.

-Grrr…

The look in their eyes was anything but tame.

Saliva dripped from their mouths as they stared at Saccharin.

It was no longer the gaze of a creature towards its master.

"Ahh… this is why I dislike abilities like taming..."

The Parasite Queen had seized control.

For now, she was somehow holding them at bay, but the moment Trinia's body was completely taken over, control of those beasts would entirely shift to the Parasite Queen.

If that happened, Saccharin would die.

That’s why she was desperately trying to erase the Halo hovering above Trinia’s head.

But it was to no avail.

As the Halo above Trinia's head began to emit a bright light, a grin stretched from ear to ear.

"It's been a while since I've had fine meat, the bodies of superhumans are unmatched."

-BOOM!!!

Two beasts pounced on Saccharin.

And then, the black tendrils extended from Trinia's hand.

They aimed to strike Saccharin.

[Leap]

But I was a step quicker than they were in reaching Saccharin.

"You, you are..."

I asked her, having saved her by the slightest margin.

"You've lost control over the beasts, right?"

"Yes, yes..."

I handed Saccharin over to Sirius and said, "Evacuate Saccharin with Antaterica."

"...Alright."

Sirius took Saccharin and, alongside Antaterica, withdrew from the battlefield.

"Heh... Do you think you can accomplish anything by staying? The only path left for you is death."

"You keep rambling, it seems you haven't gained full control yet."

"..."

"Laurent, for now, we have to destroy that Halo."

Currently, what we could attack was only the Halo.

The rest was intertwined with Trinia, so to kill it meant killing Trinia too.

'I can't allow that.'

For the time being, if we kept destroying that Halo repeatedly, a crack in the Parasite Queen's control might appear.

We could only hope Trinia would come to herself through that gap.

"...So we just need to destroy that Halo?"

At that moment,

A black-haired woman appeared behind me.

In a flash, she soared and cut down the Halo hovering above Trinia's head.

"Concept Severance..."

The Player joined the fray.

"Heh, how fortunate that Iscaliote is in our country."

"Indeed, without her... who knows how much damage there would have been..."

"Yes, how much defense budget have we saved this time?"

"This year alone, we saved roughly 1.2 trillion won."

"Yes, we're fortunate to have Iscaliote."

"They're disgusting and annoying people."

"…"

A familiar voice was heard.

It was Trinia's own voice.

‘Iscaliote, my sister, who took on and dealt with all sorts of dangers for the world.’

"…"

‘Those people who see her merely as a blank check are utterly loathsome and detestable.’

Trinia listened in silence.

‘To the point where I want to kill them.’

The same voice continued.

Mostly about Iscaliote, Trinia's sister.

It was about the people who had exploited her.

Listening quietly, Trinia finally couldn't hold back and spoke up.

"…People never honored her noble sacrifice; they were busy criticizing rather than coming to her aid."

[I don't use that kind of old-fashioned manner of speaking.]

The monster speaking, the Parasite Queen.

Ignoring Trinia's words, it continued its monologue.

"They treated my sister's power as if it were public property. People weren't grateful, and politicians only used my sister to save money…"

[Who says she's your sister?]

"It doesn't matter, Trinia, blood of Iscaliote."

The creature, the Parasite Queen, speaking through Trinia's voice.

It was one of its skills to invade minds—mental assault.

When it failed completely, the Parasite Queen revealed itself.

A mountain of corpses filled one side of the wall.

It took on a form resembling a human face and began to speak.

"Give everything you have to me, and I will ensure those who tormented your sister pay for their sins."

[What sins are you talking about?]

"…The ones who drove your sister to the brink of death…"

[My sister isn't dead yet.]

"She came close, but little one, aren't you sad that your sister ended up in such a state?"

In front of Trinia, a monster mimicking Iscaliote appeared.

It was fully formed with limbs and appeared to have a healthy complexion.

The Parasite Queen had shattered Iscaliote's body, skinned it, and burned it, crafting it to appear as close to reality as possible.

Over time, it became eerily similar to the image of her sister that Trinia had often seen in the hospital room.

It was a horrific sight that made one want to avert their eyes.

Yet, Trinia continued without flinching.

[What era are you talking about? That's a story that's already ended.]

With those words, Trinia held her Unique Armament close to her.

A transparent Crystal Sphere.

An object akin to the doppelganger of a superhuman, the source of the power that defines a superhuman.

Everything the Parasite Queen desired was contained within it.

The Parasite Queen pondered over how it might seize that object.

At that moment, Trinia spoke up.

[To live is to take from others. This is a natural thing for animals or plants.]

Two Crystal Spheres hovered above Trinia's head.

They glowed blue and green, rotating above her.

They symbolized the bond between water and earth.

[Nonetheless, the reason why humans seem particularly vile is because they take so much for their own happiness.

My sister wasn't just a victim, yet so many things were taken from her.

Freedom, happiness, safety, peace, health.]

The Parasite Queen's eyes gleamed.

Though it was unclear why Trinia had begun her monologue, it seemed as though there was a crack in her mind.

If that gap could be exploited, perhaps Trinia could be brainwashed. As that thought crossed the Parasite Queen's mind.

A black and white Crystal Sphere appeared above Trinia's head and started to rotate.

'...What in the world is she doing?'

'I need to find a crack in her mind more than anything...'

[However, I believe this is something that can't be helped.

Humans are born lacking, they are not made to protect what they have, but rather to take from others to fulfill themselves.

Humans lose everything if they don't take from others, just like my sister.]

'I have no idea what she's trying to say.'

Iscaliote just kept losing?

So what is she trying to say?

Just as a question mark appeared above the Parasite Queen's head, two additional Crystal Spheres appeared above Trinia’s head.

[Parasite Queen, do you know what I'm creating?]

The Crystal Spheres, filled with fire and lightning, represented the elements of fire and thunder.

They began rotating between the black and white Crystal Spheres.

Though the Parasite Queen had never witnessed such a form before.

As the rotation speed increased, seeing the composition of the elements...

An inexplicable sense of unease began to rise.

"...You, could it be..."

[The ideal I strive for is a world where everyone can protect their precious things.

The completion of humanity, where there's no need to take from others.]

'Is she forcibly generating attraction to combine the elements?'

[One of the ways to achieve my ideal is.]

'If a practitioner without the control to unite five elements creates something like this...'

[Distributing the Full Spectrum my sister had, to others.

The reason I aspire to be a professor is for that reason.]

The Parasite Queen.

At this moment, with the vast human knowledge she had absorbed, she realized what Trinia was trying to create.

"Stop!!! Stop it!!! That thing you’ve made in such a manner is something even Iscaliote cannot control!”

Trinia, in an instant, seized control of her body and senses from the startled Parasite Queen.

Then, moving her eyes, she confirmed the two figures charging towards her.

Number 1 Disciple Hiro.

Number 2 Disciple Gardner.

These two, taught by her, would be capable of extinguishing the Full Spectrum flames that would burn both the Parasite Queen and even Trinia’s own life.

[I entrust the future to you, my dear disciples.]

Trinia tossed the final Crystal Sphere she was clutching tightly above her head.

A colorless orb.

It symbolized wind.

"Aaaaah!!! Stop, stop it!!!"

In an instant, as the Halo was being cut down to prevent the Parasite Queen from focusing on her brainwashing, she suddenly screamed, and the parasites controlling Trinia's body began to ignite.

"No, no!!! How could this be…"

The flames of the Full Spectrum engulfed her entire body. She twisted her body to suppress them, but it was in vain.

-Whooosh!!!

The emanating Full Spectrum flames surged up like an inverted waterfall, creating a pillar of light that connected heaven and earth on the Uninhabited Island.

“What on earth is this…”

I, along with Hiro, was rushing to destroy the Halo when it unfolded.

They both stopped in their tracks.

In front of them, the Full Spectrum flames were consuming everything.

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