Mare walked to a spot dozens of meters away from the group. A magic circle more than ten meters wide began to appear around him, glowing faintly with dark purple light.
As Demiurge observed, his pupils suddenly constricted. He sensed a familiar, terrifying feeling.
"This is… Calamity?!"
His gaze locked onto Mare. "Is it the same [World Calamity] as Lord Ulbert's?"
He could not understand how someone in Nazarick, besides Lord Helant and his own creator Lord Ulbert, could actually possess the power of Calamity.
"Mare's special class is [Apostle of Calamity], which grants him a certain ability to command the power of Calamity."
While explaining, Helant encouraged Mare. "Use the experience points stored in [Avarice and Generosity] to replace your mana!"
"Yes, Father!"
Mare gripped his staff with both hands clad in [Avarice and Generosity]. The runes on the complex magic circle around him began to flow rapidly.
As the power of Calamity continued to gather, a wave of malice from the world strangely seeped into everyone's hearts.
Even the Zy'tl Q'ae, which possessed little wisdom, clearly sensed a tremor from the depths of its soul.
It wanted to move, but the kilometers-wide pit carved out earlier by the river of sword energy made movement difficult, forcing it to remain a sitting duck.
With a thought from Mare, a surge of experience points sufficient to compensate for his mana loss erupted spontaneously from [Avarice and Generosity].
Once everything was ready, he looked at the evil tree with sharp eyes. "Maximize Magic: Lesser Calamity!!!"
BOOM!!!
A red light flashed on Mare's staff, followed by a sudden eruption of dark purple mana that swept forward like a torrent. It decomposed the thousands of kilometers of grassland ahead with unrivaled force.
In an instant, with the spot where Mare stood as the dividing line, the area behind him remained lush green grass, while the area in front had been completely transformed into scorched, burning earth. The air filled with the sharp scent of ozone and charred wood.
At the center of this scorched land, the Zy'tl Q'ae struggled to stand up. Relying on Helant's buff skill, it had once again survived a lethal attack.
Helant and Momonga exchanged satisfied looks. In terms of sheer visual impact, the "Lesser Calamity" Mare had unleashed actually seemed even more impressive than [Billion-Blade].
Of course, this was also because Cocytus had deliberately held back his strength.
Still, there was no denying that Mare, with his [Apostle of Calamity] class, was absolutely the most suitable person to wield the World Item [Avarice and Generosity].
As long as the storage of experience points could be maintained, he could be turned into a turret mage, endlessly releasing "Lesser Calamity."
"Since you have already gained a preliminary understanding, I shall provide the finishing touch."
Momonga suddenly teleported in front of the Zy'tl Q'ae.
Thanks to Helant's Vitality Anchored, although the evil tree had truly felt the pain from the damage, it still retained the basic form of a tree.
What must Lord Momonga's intentions be? Demiurge could not understand for a moment what the Supreme Being intended.
He had heard Lord Ulbert mention that Lord Momonga seemed to have a serious collecting hobby, but this posture did not look like he was going for a collection at all.
He turned expectantly to the other side, hoping Lord Helant would provide the answer.
"Did not you all say before that you have never seen a Christmas tree?" Helant explained patiently.
Christmas tree!
Demiurge was startled. That was right. Before the evil tree quest began, Mare had indeed mentioned the matter of a Christmas tree.
All the Guardians, including himself, had only heard of it but had never seen it with their own eyes.
At this moment, all the Guardians' eyes were fixed on Momonga before the evil tree.
"Maximize Magic: Delay Magic: Time Stop!"
As Momonga's final word fell, time seemed to have its gears forcibly jammed. The entire world turned into shades of gray and white.
The evil tree's originally hideous appearance was instantly frozen.
Only a strange click-clack sound eerily proved that time still existed.
Momonga raised his hand, found the proper angles among the evil tree's branches and crown, and condensed his mana.
"Triplet Maximize Magic: Triplet Greater Thunder!"
Nine spheres of cyan-black light quickly landed on different parts of the evil tree.
At that very moment, a crisp crack echoed through the air. The gears of time began to turn once more, and the world regained its color.
Boom!
The nine thunder spheres instantly detonated with flashing lightning. The connected electrical arcs looked like layers of small bulbs and wires wrapped around a Christmas tree.
The moment this scene appeared, Momonga stopped time again, and the world returned to gray and white.
Unlike the previous time, however, the golden electrical arcs on the evil tree were perfectly preserved.
Momonga examined it from top to bottom, and finally, his gaze settled on the empty tree crown.
"Helant-san, it is still missing a star!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Helant pointed from a distance, and holy light condensed within him.
"10th Tier Magic: Meteor Fall!"
A meteor dozens of meters in diameter ignored the effects of Time Stop and landed directly on the crown of the evil tree.
Thanks to Helant's powerful control over his strength, even a 10th-tier spell did not cause even the slightest energy leakage.
The meteor was shaped into a five-pointed star, radiating a golden glow atop the evil tree's crown.
"It seems it is still missing a little something…" Helant pinched his chin. The more he looked, the more he felt the evil tree's dark brown bark was an eyesore.
He simply detonated the life force left behind by Vitality Anchored within its body, instantly causing countless lush green leaves to sprout.
With that, a Christmas tree was officially completed.
"So this is… a Christmas tree?" Mare's eyes reflected the transformed evil tree, his face full of pleasant surprise.
Shalltear and Aura followed Mino's lead, taking out image-recording items and frantically taking photos and videos.
Cocytus and Herox also showed curiosity toward this new thing.
A warm current surged through Demiurge's heart, as if he had returned to Lord Ulbert's side.
Albedo held Helant's arm with one hand, the wings behind her waist flapping wildly. "So this is a Christmas tree. Can we make one in our room?"
Helant and Momonga looked at each other from a distance. The so-called Christmas tree was something they used to jokingly call the Tree of Pain back then.
After all, only single people would gather together to play games during the holidays.
You would not see someone like Touch Me coming online very often during the holidays.
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