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Roberto, known as the Spatial Architect, and the possessor of the Cheat Ability of the same name was doing his best to retrieve as many people as possible inside of his Spatial World, a special space that he could create and maintain through his Ability.

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However, because it had a space limit and the Spatial World was devoid of light and other things, it was only a last resort for him to save people inside… However, he had no option now.

Roberto has always been a gentle and tranquil man, even on Earth, he was known for being relaxed and calm, even though the stress of working as an office worker, he was even a bit admired by his companions due to this.

When he reincarnated in Kritias, he was given a lot of commodities, and through his Cheat Ability, he had finally thought that he could have a nice life devoid of concerns…

But well, that could not be so far from the truth.

'Saving' the world only led to its imminent demise, fragmenting into pieces as their benefactor gobbled all the divinities of the Great Gods, wanting to dominate the world by himself as the sole ruler.

However, the Gods were given Divinities separately because it was impossible for a single one to maintain the world, they needed to work in unison.

But Bestellen had long gone through a dark path that made him insane, something within him had changed him, and the Heroes were very late to understand and realize this when the world was literally falling apart, as space opened and closed, and gates leading to otherworldly dungeons appeared, with powerful creatures trying to conquer the world or just envelop it with more chaos.

If things went as they were… the world would end.

And Roberto could only do what he could, and help who he could…

It was too late to even regret his decisions, he knew that as long as he kept being with his friends and protecting the people in need, there would, perhaps, be a way out of this…

But maybe his judgment was too warped now that he had gone through so much suffering…

He only gritted his teeth as the group of people kept entering his Spatial World.

"Please, hurry up, everyone, get inside!" he cried.

Roberto glanced at the last stand, the last humans, elves, and dwarves which had barely survived in the ruins of the Empire of Bestellen.

All of this chaos, however, was not even caused by the many dangers around the heroes, but by the heroes themselves…

"Gabriel… why are you doing such a thing?! What is wrong… with you!?" he thought, as he glanced at a group of people, the last few dozens of people that were running towards his Spatial World.

After getting these people inside, he was told by Catalina to go retrieve Cecilia and Jonathan, and then run away from this place as fast as possible, and to never glance back… if his friends survived, they would meet in the ruins of a nearby nation, where another small group of survivors was existing deep underground, which was being taken care of by a few other Heroes.

However, things did not happen as planned.

BOOM!

Suddenly, gigantic, black-colored roots covered in sharp spikes emerged out of the ground, as enormous vines, carnivorous flowers, and monstrous cursed trees emerged one by one, capturing the last group of people within their vines!

"W-What?! This power… it could only be Camilla…!" thought Roberto, as he glanced at his side, where he found a gigantic, black-colored plant monster made of endless entwined vines covered in purple and crimson roses.

Sitting atop it there was a beautiful woman with a sinister smile…

In a flash, Roberto was surrounded.

"Camila…!" said Roberto.

"Hello there, Roberto… If you do not want to see these people becoming food for my children give it up and join us," said Camila, her expression was cold and ruthless, she was serious about all of this… if Roberto were to doubt, the death of these innocent people was… more than imminent.

"Camila, you can't… possibly be serious! You were… a good person! What happened to you? You never toyed with other people's lives like that! What has gotten into you?! You're not… the same as before…" said Roberto, remembering the sweet and nice Camila back on Earth…

"Roberto, that was years ago, people change as we live and experience more things… I have changed, I do not see life the same innocent way as you… All of you… And Eustace… All of you took what was most precious to me… now there is nowhere for me to go… and I will make sure that there is nowhere to go for Eustace too!" said Camila in anger, her eyes gleaming with wrath!

Roberto was surprised, this was… not the same person he knew.

Camila had changed.

She became someone different.

She was now… not the friend he remembered.

"Perhaps I should grab you and see if you can speak as I pinch you with dozens of needles, huh?" asked Camila as she manipulated a large spiky vine to emerge at the feet of Roberto!

Flash!

"L-Let me go!" cried Roberto, he feared using Space Magic because he didn't want Camila to take the lives of the prisoners… he was left without options!

However!

"Soul Dragon Breath!"

BOOM!

Suddenly, an enormous blast of blazing flames reached Camila, impacting the plant she was sitting over as it exploded into burning pieces!

The flames began to expand all over the other plants, making them shriek in agony as the people managed to free themselves in time thanks to Roberto's assistance!

"That's… Natalia's attack!" said Roberto, glancing at a beautiful red-haired woman descend from the sky while flapping draconic wings emerging as flames from within her soul, this was the power of her Dragon Soul Cheat Ability, which after reaching its maturity, had become a powerful Elder Dragon Soul!

"Roberto, are you okay? Healing Warmth," said Natalia, healing Roberto's wounds on his feet.

"I am fine-"

"NATALIA!!! My plants… you bitch! I am going to fucking kill you now!!!" roared Camila, as she unleashed the entire power of her Cheat Ability, Devil's Garden, which let her summon and control dark plant monsters!

She drank some mana potions and immediately began to attack Natalia with a large snake made of dark vines, roaring as it clashed against Natalia!

CLASH!

"Roberto, there is no point in trying to rationalize with this woman, she's completely nuts, run away! I have come here faster to save you, but the rest of the group is about to come here!" said Natalia.

"…Okay!" cried Roberto, as he uses his Spatial Magic Spell 'Short-range Teleport', which let him Teleport at around ten meters around him, this way, he was able to easily run through the ruins without being stopped!

"Damn it, come back!" roared Camila, as she unleashed a gigantic vine tentacle, pointing it at Roberto!

BOOM!

However, Natalia's fire breath was fired into her vine tentacles, blasting them into pieces!

"YOU BITCH…! I might as well kill you where you stand! Black Arrows! Poisonous Nails!" roared Camila, conjuring magic while using her plants to generate powerful spells, showering Natalia with them!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Blasts of darkness and poison exploded over Natalia's body, as she defended herself using her large fiery wings as shields, however, most of the damage began to get into her body!

"Tch! Blazing Ring!"

Natalia counterattacked with the Blazing Ring Spell, generating a giant ring of flames that closed into Natalia's monstrous spiky vines protecting her body, restricting her monetarily!

FLASH!

"Unnaagh…! You… bitch!" cried Camila, unleashing a giant vine tentacle from the ground right below Natalia, which impacted with a strong hit!

BOOM!

Natalia defended herself with a large wall of flames, however, the vine's strength and speed were enhanced by a coating of dark magic, breaking through Natalia's defenses and reaching her in no time for a strong and low hit!

"UNNGH…!"

Natalia then saw countless Dark Spears shower her, as she evaded as much as she could while using her wings to shield herself!

Clash! Clash! Clash! Clash!

"Just because you can use fire magic and have an overpowered dragon soul doesn't mean that I don't stand a chance! I have plenty of tricks below my sleeve! I am not the same as before!" roared Camila, drinking another mana potion and then covering herself on vines, forming a giant vine snake coated in sharp, metallic spikes!

"DIE!" roared Camila, as she moved her gigantic snake towards Natalia while coating it in the Shadow Enshroud Skill, giving it an impermeable coating to her vines, so they wouldn't be as susceptible to flames as before!

"You've indeed grown stronger… but you're still way out of my league, Camila!" roared Natalia, as she unleashed her Dragon Soul, an enormous dragon of flames emerged out of her body, pointing its jaws towards Natalia, and firing a powerful beam!

FLASH!

The beam reached Camila's vine, burning through it as if nothing!

"W-What?!" asked Camila, as the fire crossed through her shoulder, blasting it into pieces and leaving a large and burnt wound!

"UNNGGYAAAAAHHH…! Y-You… bitch…! Nnnghuuh…!" cried Camila, covering her wounds with vines as she directed her hand towards Natalia, guiding dozens of Vine tentacles towards her alongside dark spears!

However, Natalia had already readied a new attack!

"This is your end! Draconic Fire Storm!" roared Natalia, combining magic with her Dragon Soul, as she generated a gigantic storm using the fire of her very Dragon Soul, the storm flew towards Camila's vines and destroyed them all, turning them into ashes and reaching her!

"Aaaaaggghh…! You bitch…! I hate you! I HATE YOU! I HATE ALL OF YOU…! I hope… that you and everyone you love die horribly!!!" cried Camila in agony, as her entire body was impacted by the flames, her flesh burning as the pain took ahold of her mind!

"Mom… dad… I am… coming…" she muttered, as her mind blacked out and the fire consumed her body.

Natalia sighed, dissipating the flames as her friends came to her side.

"Camila…" she sighed.

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