Inner Voice: All Heroines Hear My Inner Voice Chapter 1114: Damocles was terrified

The battle at the Dimension Gap has ended.

One—no, two problems, including the one caused by Damocles, had been resolved by then. However, there was still one problem remaining.

Eiji's clone didn't look happy.

"Eiji, what's wrong? Didn't we win?" Irene asked her husband's clone standing beside her.

Judging by his expression, he didn't seem happy at all.

"It seems that way… But if what the leaders of the Three Universal Civilizations said is true... There was one rat that broke away from its group before I arrived. The problem is, I can't sense its presence."

Eiji was talking about Psyker.

He had overheard the leaders of the Three Universal Civilizations discussing that man before he killed them.

Even with Rasiel, The Almighty, and his perception as the Supreme God in Monkey King mode—he couldn't figure out where Psyker was now.

He only knew a few details about him from the original work. As far as he could recall, Psyker was one of the villains who had caused quite a bit of trouble for the protagonist, Han Xiao.

Before the Evolution Cube fell into Han Xiao's hands, Psyker was the one who possessed it. He discovered the Evolution Cube in an ancient Star Field. From the very beginning, it was an artifact from a lost civilization.

Long before the canon began, Psyker relied on the cube to become a Beyond Grade A, which allowed him to activate his ancestral bloodline.

Psyker also used the Evolution Cube to influence all members of his race and help the entire race evolve—easily completing a journey that would have taken other civilizations millions of years to accomplish.

His entire race achieved perfection. Their bodies, lifespans, intelligence, and so on all surpassed those of ordinary species. The combat abilities of a newborn are nearly on par with those of a Grade C Super.

Psyker naturally cherished the Evolution Cube dearly. When Han Xiao stole it from him, he willingly revealed the existence of the Evolution Cube to the Arcane Church so they could work together to get it back with their help. That's because Psyker knew Han Xiao was many times stronger than him—he had even been defeated by him before.

In this life, some things have turned out differently.

Psyker not only cooperates with one of the Universal Civilizations, but also with the Crimson Dynasty and the Federation of Light.

'But how did he know it was me who stole the Evolution Cube? Wait, I wasn't the one who stole it. Miss System did it.'

[I didn't steal it.]

Miss System denied that she was a thief.

'How exactly? If you didn't steal it, then what?"

[I took it from the timeline before Psyker found it first in the ruins of the lost civilization. Technically, I just found it and gave it to you, host. And because of that, the Psyker in the future lost the Evolution Cube right before his very eyes.]

Every one of Eiji's clones and his original self fell silent.

Come to think of it, Miss System did more or less the same thing to get Excalibur.

'Then, how did Psyker know that I was the one who stole the Evolution Cube?'

[That...]

Miss System sounded hesitant.

She clearly knew something.

Or maybe she had a hunch.

'Miss System?'

[I'll be offline for a little while. It won't take long—it's been a while since this system underwent maintenance.]

'!?'

She's not using maintenance as an excuse to dodge the question, is she!?

Miss System? Miss System!

She's really offline.

"The rat you're talking about... It might have already run away and gone back to where it came from, Eiji." Irene didn't realize her husband's mood had suddenly soured because of a woman.

Eiji's clone remained silent.

Putting aside Miss System's mysterious attitude. He was actually skeptical that Psyker had escaped before meeting him.

Instead of running away, he might have done something else, and he probably isn't too far from here.

Eiji's guess was correct.

That's because, right now, the other world where Damocles and Tohru come from has been struck by a terrible disaster.

Before we get into the details, we need to go back a few minutes. Specifically, right when Tohru had just heard the commotion caused by his father.

In the middle of a certain city that had been razed to the ground by the magical version of <Planetary Devastation/Chibaku Tensei> unleashed by Alpha.

Before Damocles, in his dragon form, had fully managed to break free from that object the size of a small planet. The other members of Shadow Garden had arrived.

"I'll cut you down, you big lizard!"

A haughty voice rang out from the sky.

Behind layers of dark clouds, a pale blue light shone like a star. That light came from the magical power emitted by Epsilon.

She plunged from the sky at the speed of sound, causing her long blue hair—tied into a braid—to flutter aggressively.

In her hand—or more precisely, her weapon—was a slime scythe shaped like a harp. She swung it downward, aiming precisely at one of Damocles' arms. The slash was not only precise but also released a powerful projectile through the magically enhanced vibration of the strings.

*SALSH!! BOOM!!"

In an explosion that obliterated a quarter of the object the size of a small planet, Damocles' eyes widened, and a pained roar escaped his mouth.

"GWAAAAGHHHHH!! It hurts! You little bastard! How dare you...!"

Fresh blood spurted from his right shoulder. One of Damocles' hands flew off and fell to the ground along with the debris.

By then, Epsilon had landed on the ground and leaped over to Delta and Zeta's side. As she did so, she flicked one of her braids with her hand.

She stared at the huge red dragon, which was screaming in pain, with arrogance on her beautiful face.

"Hmph! Why wouldn't I dare? You're just a big lizard!"

Damocles wanted to retort to Epsilon's words and unleash his dragon's breath to kill her.

But before he could do so—another attack was unleashed toward him. This time, countless large, black hands made of magical energy sprouted from the ground. Those hands gripped Damocles and even pushed back the debris that was about to fall back toward him.

He was swallowed up like the meat filling in a meatball.

"Damn it! You think you can hold me in this position forever!?"

"Who wants to hold you in that position forever? You're so heavy. My pretty hands will get sore—there's no way I'd want to do that. You just need to stay there for a moment."

In response to Damocles's outburst, a woman's amused and somewhat brazen voice rang out from the other side of the battlefield.

There stood a woman with long black hair and pale skin. Her curves undulated like a succubus. Her ears were slightly pointed like an elf's, and her face was as beautiful as a goddess's.

After all, she was a Demon God.

Not only was she a member of Shadow Garden, but she also bore the label of "protagonist" above her head.

She is Samantha Bella.

The female protagonist of *The Villains Need to Save the World?*

By the way, those words aren't entirely true. If she wanted to, she could support Damocles's weight for as long as she pleased with her hands of darkness.

In the process, she could even sit in a chair she created with her darkness and cross one leg over her shapely thigh.

She looked relaxed and stared at Damocles as if putting on a show.

Damocles felt deeply humiliated.

He was the Emperor of Demise, one of the strongest dragons in the other world. When had he ever been toyed with by his enemies before?

These women in tight bodysuits are strong and despicable!

"Thank you for holding this fat dragon for me, Bella."

A charming voice sounded in front of Damocles; a beautiful woman with a voluptuous, curvaceous figure was floating in the air before him. She also had a pair of bright blue eyes, very long, wavy, light blonde hair, and a blue ribbon tied at the back of her hair.

She was Liala, a demon-god hybrid who had once been Leohart's adoptive older sister.

Ahem! Just a reminder. Unlike in the original work, where she had a Master-Servant contract with Leohart. In this life, she has fallen in love with Eiji, become a member of Shadow Garden, and is one of his women.

In the course of events in the past, she naturally gave Leohart a green hat and made him experience NTR.

"!?" Damocles.

When did this woman appear in front of him!?

Of course, he didn't realize it.

Liala has the ability to speed up time. In other words, she can move before the people around her can see her.

At first glance, it looked as if she had teleported, but that wasn't true.

"Honestly, you don't need me to do this." Bella complained because she knew all too well about Liala's abilities.

"Fufu. That's not true—I still need you, Alpha-sama, and the others to chip away at the enemy's HP. Then~ I'll deliver the finishing blow."

Liala raised one finger and cupped her large breasts with her other hand, wearing a cute expression.

Bella, Alpha, and the other Shadow Garden members were speechless. Don't be fooled by that blonde woman's cute appearance—she's actually one of the cruelest among them when it comes to dealing with Eiji's enemies.

The proof was that even though Damocles saw a smile on Liala's face, the dim light in her eyes made him shudder.

A feeling called fear suddenly enveloped his heart, causing his massive body to tremble.

Even so, he wouldn't give up just because of fear. His pride as a haughty dragon wouldn't allow him to do that.

"Die!!"

Damocles opened his jaws and was about to fire a dark red energy wave from his mouth.

Liala shouldn't have been able to dodge from such a close range—she didn't even bother to dodge.

She reached out with one of her slender hands, blocking Damocles' energy blast with just the palm of her hand.

*BWOOOSHHH!!*

In midair, her voluptuous body wasn't pushed back even a little.

And she wasn't injured at all.

Damocles' eyes widened.

What the hell!?

"Shooting a woman in the face is a terrible act. Fat dragon, you must be punished."

With a smile on her face, Liala sent the energy blast—powerful enough to incinerate several cities—back into Damocles's mouth.

"GUGHH!"

Damocles panicked as he swallowed his own attack.

*BOOOOOM!*

An explosion occurred inside his stomach, making his already huge belly even bigger, and black smoke poured out of his mouth.

Damocles rolled his eyes upward; he was on the verge of fainting.

"Euuuww... That looks painful." Epsilon commented.

"Is it just me, or does that dragon's expression look like an ahegao?"

The voice came from the magic communication circle among the Shadow Garden members.

It was Eta.

She wasn't a combat specialist like Gamma, so the two of them were just helping to secure the battlefield by setting up barriers to keep ordinary people from interfering and evacuating those within range of the attack.

"Eta, I hope you didn't say that. It makes me sick."

Epsilon complained, hugging herself. Zeta, Beta, Bella, Alpha, and the others felt the same way.

"Uh, sorry."

Eta apologized before getting back to work. She was conducting research on her latest technology while carrying out her mission.

Damocles' eyes flickered; he shook his head to clear his mind.

"Didn't you pass out? That's too bad... If you'd fainted, you wouldn't have had to feel such excruciating pain."

As soon as Liala said that.

An aura darker than any demon's erupted from her body. The magical fluctuations she emitted made the gravity around her incredibly heavy.

That power surpassed Chaos, the Demon God, and the Hero Spirit King—all of whom possessed immeasurable power far beyond the S-class. If she wanted to, she could even defeat the Ten Gods from the original work all by herself.

Damocles felt his body go numb just from sensing the terrifying aura of the woman in front of him.

What kind of creature is she!?

Why does the human world seem to be a hiding place for monsters even more terrifying than a dragon like him?

Will he die before he gets to meet his daughter?

Before Liala took the initiative to attack—

"Wait a minute, don't kill him! My father... He's just an old man who's too proud and stubborn."

Damocles's eye twitched.

Still, he was relieved and happy when he saw his daughter! Still, what kind of outfit is she wearing?

Meanwhile, Tohru, wearing a maid's uniform, floated with dragon wings on her back. She stared at Liala, who was shrouded in a very dark aura, with fear in her eyes.

Liala glanced at her without saying a word.

Tohru quickly added. "Eiji-sama has sent me to deal with her. Please hand her over to me! I promise I'll make sure she stops causing trouble for the rest of the day."

"Ara. So Eiji-chan sent you. All right, this fat dragon is yours."

As soon as she heard that Tohru had been sent by Eiji, the dark aura enveloping Liala retreated back into her body, and the magical fluctuations she was emitting also vanished.

She smiled sweetly.

The sky, which had initially grown darker, gradually began to brighten.

Tohru knew there were many women stronger than her in Eiji's harem. The woman in front of him was definitely one of them.

She was even capable of rendering her own father helpless with just her aura.

What a terrifying woman! She mustn't provoke her at all.

A few seconds later.

Damocles returned to his humanoid form and stood face-to-face with his daughter.

"Tohru, you—"

"Shut up! Old man, you really need to stop making a scene like you did before. You're embarrassing me in front of my husband and my sisters."

Damocles had originally intended to scold Tohru for not coming home for so long. However, he didn't expect to be scolded first by his daughter.

And what had he just heard?

"Husband? Sisters? Tohru, you're my only daughter—and who on earth are you calling your husband!?"

Damocles ignored the pain in his body and couldn't help but get angry because it seemed like someone had eaten his cabbage.

Tohru wasn't intimidated in the least; she even met her father's piercing gaze and proudly said, "Of course, it's Eiji. He's an extraordinary man who saved my life by removing the God Sword from my body. I've been following him and serving him as one of his maids and women ever since. As for the sisters? The women who beat you up earlier were some of them. My husband has a harem."

"!!!" Damocles was stunned.

So, his only daughter had essentially become a concubine to a man?

And that man was Eiji, whose house he had been looking for earlier.

His whole body trembled; he wanted to scold Tohru and force her to go home rather than continue living in the human world. Even though he knew Eiji had saved his daughter's life, that was all.

A human has a short lifespan compared to a dragon. Rather than have his daughter waste her time staying with Eiji—

"Eiji isn't human. He's practically a dragon far stronger than you, old man. So, you should be happy to have a son-in-law like that and have no problem with me continuing to live with him."

Worried that her father might misunderstand, Tohru hurriedly told him about Eiji's race and just how strong he was. She also speculated on why he had come to the human world.

Unlike in the original story, where Tohru was in love with a human like Kobayashi, In this life, she proudly told her father who the person she loved was.

"...." Damocles was silent for a moment.

He wasn't stupid; he was even smart enough to realize that if he forced Tohru to go home with him, the women in tight bodysuits watching from the sidelines would beat him up.

He didn't want to be humiliated in front of his daughter, and if what she said about Eiji was true, he really didn't have much of a problem with it.

"Can I at least meet my son-in-law to see if he's like you say he is, Tohru?"

"That can be arranged, but… Right now, some of my sisters are giving birth. Old man, Eiji can't be bothered by you right now. You'd better go back to the other world and come back after I contact you later."

"Is that so? Hmm... All right. I'll go back to our world. Tohru, you'd better not lie. By the way, call me Father."

"Yes, yes, Father! Hurry up and go!"

Damocles rolled his eyes; he was a little sad because his daughter didn't seem to miss him at all.

With that, Tohru managed to send her father away and send him back to the other world. She didn't know that would be the last time she'd see her father.