ROLL OVER AND DIE (「お前ごときが魔王に勝てると思うな」と勇者パーティを追放されたので、王都で気ままに暮らしたい)

According to witnesses, the victims were attacked by a large flock of eyeballs.

Sara's not coming today either?

Flum?

Flum?

Flum.

Flum?

Flum?

Flum.

Flum?

Are you okay, Flum?

Your face!

Hmm? Is there something on my face?

Don't you remember?

You were popping out eyeballs!

Huh? What the heck? Did you have some kind of bad dream?

You weirdo. Anyway, where's Milkit?

I didn't dream or hallucinate it!

I clearly remember the smell and sounds!

You'd turned into a monster, Ink!

A monster? That's such a mean thing to say.

But I know what I saw!

You weren't human!

I'm a human being!

The Church's tinkering must've turned you into something inhuman.

That's why...

That's why you don't have a heart.

Huh?

I see. Now I know what that medicine you took was.

It was meant to suppress your powers.

But you stopped taking it and your powers went out of control,

so those eyeballs appeared...

and went after all those people— after Sara.

No!

No, no...

No, no, no!

I wouldn't do that!

I love Sara and all of you!

But Ed, Jonny, and even Ottilie disappeared!

And now Eterna and Milkit are gone, too.

I wouldn't hurt my friends.

You did, though!

That's not what a friend does!

So I'm not a friend?

I guess...

I'm not allowed to be anywhere else but there.

Why... Why is this happening?

Get out here, Flum Apricot.

FLUM DEIN

DEIN AND FLUM

Dein!

What are you doing here?

What else? A little guinea pig ran away,

so I came to take it back.

Wait, did you abduct Milkit too?

The mummy girl's probably being tortured by the lady.

She'll be dead by now, I'd wager.

"The lady"?

Can't you figure it out?

I mean the mummy girl's former master,

Satils Francois.

Huh?

Is that why she reacted like that?

Whoa.

Come at me, Flum!

You want to save your friend, don't you?

If you can even call this freak a friend!

I like that murderous rage of yours. Bring it, Flum.

Dein! Where'd you go?

I'm impressed you could keep up. Attagirl, Flum!

Dein!

I'm sorry to say this after you chased me so far,

but it's my job to get her where she needs to be.

If you want her, you'll have to fight your way out.

Dein!

What's with them?

They're working together and moving in sync.

How?

Scan.

GODIN TORRES 2,482

Godin Torres, total stats of 2,482.

C-Rank? Is this one the leader, then?

GODIN TORRES 2,482

Huh? Godin again?

I know that one. He's Grimmy, Dein's lackey.

GODIN TORRES 2,482

Why does it say Godin?

GODIN TORRES 2,482

GODIN TORRES 2,482

They all have the same name and stats?

GODIN TORRES 2,482

What's going on here?

GODIN TORRES 2,482

Something's up with their eyes. The Church must've meddled with them.

Here he comes.

Reversal!

One down!

Am I supposed to take all of them on...

all by myself?

I...

I'm not going down.

I refuse to die here!

Flum, use your prana!

Strike the ground with your prana!

A technique that cuts up the enemy with a barrage of sword slashes:

Cavalier Arts: Prana Storm.

Stay alert, Flum. There's more coming.

Right!

Gadhio.

You came to help.

Yeah.

This girl named Sara asked me to.

Huh?

Sara's... alive?

Yeah.

Having thought she'd lost everything, Flum had been shrouded in despair,

but with those words, a ray of hope began to shine within her once again.

I have to go.

Link up.

Connection.

Flum!

Get going!

I'll handle this.

What the heck? You're a freak.

One of the Children?

Ink blabbed about that too?

That useless nitwit.

You spiral monster.

Prepare to die!

Right back at you, mister.

Connection.

Just wait! I'll be right there...

Milkit!

Ink!

I see.

The stable outside the yard has a hidden passage to the inside, huh?

A Church lapdog?

Welcome, Flum Apricot,

to Satils Francois's mansion!

Where are Milkit and Ink?

Beats me. You should worry more about your own life.

Ha! You're the one who's gonna die!

I'm sending your ass to the grave!

That's one bothersome body you've got there.

I could say the same to you.

Did you get that in return for joining the Church of Origin?

Yes, that's right.

Isn't it great?

And just for that,

you sold out your buddies?

I had no other choice!

You're no different!

If you were faced with absolute power

that no amount of money or influence could ever equal,

a power that could even change the laws of the world,