Chapter summary: Subaru and Satella drop a WMD on Capella. That's it. That's the whole summary. What else could I write here?

Skipping steps, while using combination of Yin magic, Guiltywhip and Reality Slasher portal technique, the Sage and his lover rather quickly descended down to Electra.

"Oi, Reeeid, the fuck are you doin', get up!"

"Ha? Oh, for fuck's sake, Flugel, let me sleep."

"Where are the others? I thooought it was you makin' the ruckus."

"Nah, someone down below. Others went down to check for the source of noise."

"And you? Why the fuck are you stiiill here?"

"I dunno. I'm just kinda tired."

"Ah, cmon! Get uuup, you lazy ass!"

Pulling him by the ear the Sage finally managed to lift the Sword Saint from the floor.

"This is serious deeeal, Reid! It was loud enough to be heard from Maia! I need your streeength and your… seeeriously why the fuck chopsticks… ah never mind, you'll remind me that latter. Let's go!"

Meanwhile, down below.

"That was annoying, you Witch wannabe! Where's your knight? Is his leg fine? Last time I played way too rough with him."

"Subaru is fine, and he will come soon to kick your bottom! Your nasty cursed blood did not work on him! Hya!"

Another large icicle was jammed into the Black Dragon's throat. Unfortunately, that too had little effect.

"Careful, Emilia-sama. Make sure no blood spills on you. Take that, you cultist!"

Rem followed through with her morning star, giving the Royal Candidate time to pull back.

"I'm fine, Rem. We just need to hold on until Subaru returns. He will know what to do."

"So freezin' her don't work either. Alright, Julius, ya next."

Anastasia took charge as an impromptu strategist of this confrontation. Emilia and Julius were up-close were they would perform best, while Shaula, Beatrice and Rem stayed at the distance providing covering fire.

"As you say. Al Clauzeria!"

The rainbow-colored vortex shot out of the blade of the purple-haired knight engulfing the accursed Archbishop. The impact was clearly devastating, as left half of the Black Dragon was utterly obliterated by this attack. However:

"Ah, that tickled."

The ever-regenerating Capella shrugged even that assault off without any issue.

"Purple-head, clear the line of sight! Hell Snipe: Barrage Variation!"

The one addressed quickly disengaged after his attempt to slay the Archbishop failed right before thirty-six shining needles struck the Dragon. Predictably, that attack failed to do any permanent damage as well.

"Urgh, it's like beating jello!"

"Fair assessment, Shaula-sama. That was a splendid attack nonetheless."

"Master taught me that. But it's nothing compared to what Echidna-san or Tella-san could do. You'd be breathless after you witness Al Shario or S.M.B up close."

"Betty feels like Subaru is somewhere on Electra, in fact. Hold on! El Minya!"

The former librarian's attack connected as well, forming a dozen crystals all along the black scales, but the Dragon regenerated faster than crystallization could spread.

Occasionally Capella did counterattack, but her skills were no match for the people in this room, as her assault was easily countered by Emilia's, Rem's and Julius's efforts. The demi-beasts that swarmed through the opening were also a problem, that while not strong, were still requiring some attention.

It was at this moment that assistance finally arrived. From the place where Capella breached the perimeter initially another Dragon had emerged.

"Does thou require mine assistance? Fear not, friends, for myself shall provide thee with all mine power!"

From the mouth of said Dragon a white flame emerged, engulfing the Black pretender. This did have some effect. The Capella's form, engulfed in flame, began to dissolve into the black flaming sludge. However, after the part of said sludge that wasn't on fire separated from the part that was, it reformed back into the form of Sin Archbishop (albeit human form, not the Dragon form).

"Urgh, bloody Gospel didn't warn me I have to fight half of Lugunica in here! Let alone that senile lizard!"

"Oh, you have nooo idea, you dumb bitch."

"Subaru!"

And this was the point when battle had turned in their favor.

"Oi, Reid. Clear the trash mobs first."

"Eh, sure."

Within half of a minute with the help of Volcanica Reid managed to clear the swarms of the demi-beasts.

"'lright, plan D first."

In an instant the blonde cultist quite literally exploded from within, turning into a water balloon of boiling blood, bone marrow and viscera. The reason for it was the Dragon Sword in Sage's hands.

"That was easy. Why da fuck were ya even callin' me, Flugel?!"

"Nah, loook. She's reformin'."

"Fuck, that's ridiculous! Ya turned her into a puddle!"

"Yeah, Authorities are fuckin' broooken, I know. Plan Y."

The Yang Sword set the ever-reforming sludge that was Capella Emerada Lugunica permanently aflame. While it did slow down her regeneration somewhat, it did not stop her.

"Hmmm, plan Y is a bust, what abooout plan R?"

The mass that was nearly done reforming back to the form of the Archbishop of Lust was suddenly split apart by the portal which then violently closed leaving only half-formed head remaining.

"What's with the names?"

"That's ooobvious, Julius. D is for Dragon Sword, Y is for Yang Sword, R is for…"

"Reid? Reinhard?"

"Reality Slasher. The ooother two are RA1 and RA2, respectively."

Julius sighed. He still did not make peace with Subaru's naming patterns.

"Or R can aaalso mean Rabbit. That's where I sent that other part. You know, I kiiinda joked about weaponizin' the Rabbit Dimension, buuut…"

"It did not work either, I suppose. Pay attention, Subaru. Next one."

"Oh, yeah, plan S is next. 'lright, Tella, your move, I'll brin' her outside."

Satella nodded vigorously, clearly excited to show her capabilities in protecting her boyfriend to others. Subaru, in a meantime, opened another portal leading him and still regenerating mass of flesh outside.

"Eeeveryone, come through, now! Can't let that skank's innards dirtyin' my crib."

His companions followed the Sage without question.

"Julius, Emilia, Volc, Beako, get us covered as much as pooossible! Tella-tan is about to raise hell."

One after another the domes of various colors emerged all around the group.

"Stage is set, Tella-tan, now!"

Before Subaru could be caught in an epicenter he slammed a bottle of Silver Beauty into Capella's mouth, paralyzing her, then quickly escaped to the area protected by the barrier through the hastily made tear in space.

"Cor Leonis."

Using his Authority he connected her patron to mana pools of all his friends for the maximum effectiveness.

In an instant the air all around Augria Sand Dunes suddenly grew stale. The familiar paralysis suddenly engulfed Sage's companions once again. Only three others: the Sage himself, the Divine Dragon and the first Sword Saint remained collected, albeit tense. The shadows engulfed the woman in a black dress as she formed the matrix of the spell. Her eyes began glowing bright purple. The air grew so supercharged with mana that half-elf's hair began floating in the air as if during the storm. Her expression grew cold and hateful as she reminded herself the pain that the target of her onslaught inflicted on her beloved back during the assault on Priestella. Her Envy violently trashed within her mind, vigorously approving what she was about to do.

"S.M.B."

And then it happened.

What did S.M.B. stand for? Satella-tan Maji Bomb. Originally, it wasn't intended to be used literally, of course. But when they finally finished making that spell, the name came up all on its own.

It was akin to a natural disaster. No, even this comparison would be insufficient. For a brief second the sky went completely dark. Brightest stars and even the light of setting full moon went off like a burn-out lightbulbs, leaving only various barriers that crew put up as the only source of light in the desert. Then the shadows surrounding Satella shot out from her in the direction of the Sin Archbishop. As they connected the actual damaging part of the incantation took place – the wave of complete darkness in form of a half-globe surrounded the place where Sin Archbishop just used to be. And then, with a loud boom and a simultaneous quake, it began expanding at the rapid speeds, soon engulfing the Sage and his companions.

Back at the capital of Lugunica.

"Ah! What was that!"

"I don't know. Must have been an earthquake."

"Urgh, another problem for our behinds. What's with tonight? Marcos, make sure the victims of this quake are attended to."

In the Crystal Palace of Lupugana.

"Woah! What was it? Do you know, Stargazer?"

Seventy-Seventh Emperor of Vollachian Empire flinched from the surprise.

"I have no clue, your Maaajesty. 'Tis must be something unforeseen even by the Stars abooove."

"Oh, fuck!"

"Language, Garf!"

"I mean that was just so sudden, sis. Sorry for swearin'"

"What do you think was that?"

"Captain's doin', no doubt, Brotto. Only Captain can pull off somethin' like that."

"I'd say that it might be a work of Subaru-kun's giiirlfriend. The one we all happen to feeear."

Eventually the darkness dissipated.

Emilia's outer ice barrier cracked and shattered immediately. Julius's barrier soon followed, despite his spirits' frankly spectacular job. Volcanica's barrier took the brunt of the assault and held the longest, but it too had faded. Beatrice's inner barrier held, but just barely. In truth, it wasn't Satella's full power, she just measured it just enough, so the barriers would hold. Still, the impact was immense. It was certainly enough to form a ginormous crater all around them. Subaru estimated it akin to the impact of a nuclear or maybe even a thermonuclear warhead, minus the radiation. Thankfully, it was far away from any sign of civilization. As for the Sage's tower, it held remarkably well, a proof of truly spectacular construction, it was almost fully intact. The Seal too was untouched, but only because Subaru brought them away from its location.

"Hoshin's balls…"

"By the Dragon..."

"That was reeealy…"

"...devastating, in fact."

Emilia was perturbed by the sheer extent of destruction her counterpart could cause in the worst case scenario. Meanwhile, Beatrice was somewhere in between of bafflement, jealousy and admiration. That was way beyond even the Great Spirit of Yin's level of expertise. Anastasia and Julius were simply gawking. So did Rem, who just had zero words she could say. Simply enough, she clearly understood now why she should've not tried to attack Satella back in Priestella.

"Now that is the REAL magic. Master's greatest work."

Even though Shaula could never make something like that, she felt proud too. She wasn't the only one:

"Alright, that was maaagnificent, Tella-tan. 10/10 on the explosion department – Crimson Demon loli would've been veeery proud of you. Now all we need to work on is the proooper chant…"

"'ey, Flugel! She's alive."

At the bottom of the crater the few remaining drops of what once was Capella Emerada Lugunica began to reform once again.

"Ah, for fuck's sake! What, do I need to destroy you on subatomic leeevel?! Just diiie already, you dumb bitch!"

"Emmm, any other ideas Natsuki-kun?"

"Urgh, fuck it! Plaaan A! I'm tired of playin' around! Everyone, stay behind me."

"Good luck, love."

"Yeah, I'm gonna fuckin' erase that bitch."

And then Subaru disappeared in a freshly made tear in space leading him straight to the epicenter. Others followed.

"That hurt, you meatbag! That hurt, that hurt, THAT HURT!"

"Yeah, go figure. You liiiterally tanked a nuke. Wanna drink?"

The Sage pulled another bottle of Silver Beauty from his belt (he brought three: the first was emptied atop the tower, while the second disappeared in the explosion). He pop-opened the bottle and reached out. Unfortunately for the Sin Archbishop, his clumsy movements caused him to spill the drink onto her face.

"AAAAAAAAH!"

The skin that made contact with the drink suddenly began to boil.

"Wait, seeeriously?! Whiskey is your counter?! That's fuckin' dumb. I thooought you were talkin' about Tella blowin' you up into smithereens."

"AAAAAAAAH! You pathetic little slab of meat! How dare!.."

"Nah. Shut it. Skiiip dialogue. Don't need your dumb monologues again. Eh, well, usin' a keg of whiskey on you is kinda wasteful, so let's do thiiis instead. Plan A."

"What? What are you doing?! Let go!"

Subaru grabbed her arm with his palm whilst simultaneously raising his pinky. Despite Capella's desperate efforts she could not break such a simple looking hold, surprising everyone around the Sage.

"You don't know that hold? So uncuuultured. The greeeatest Kung Fu master taught me that one. Hmmm, I wonder if there are a couple panda-like demi-humans in 'ere… Anyway, what I meant to say is: "Goodbyyye, Capella Emerada Lugunica, and thaaank you for the meal." Star Eating, phase one. Skadooosh!"

With that he lowered his pinky. The two Authority users disappeared into the white light.

"Da fuck was that? What plan A stands for?"

"Authority, I suppose…"

"Where did Subaru-kun disappear to?"

"I have no clue. But my contract is still intact, in fact."

"Urgh, fuckin' Flugel and his shenanigans."

"Well, if that doesn't work at least we can dunk her into a whiskey vat. I guess Natsuki-kun will call that one "plan W"."

Gluttony.

It was a strange Sin for Subaru. He wasn't really a person that stuff his cheeks with something. He liked to eat, but wasn't particularly Gluttonous. Alright, maybe he did like mayo and whiskey a bit too much. Maaaybe. That being said, he always associated food and drink with friends and family, for him the greatest dinner in the world would not be good without them. Both back home and in this world too. Communion. That was his Gluttony.

At the moment of activating his Authority he had two things he wanted to do: destroy Capella and find a way for Louis to be free. It was a balance in a way – a new family member against the nasty cultist he wanted to murder the hell out. So Gluttony responded in kind by forcefully separating soul of Capella Emerada Lugunica from her body.

"Aaand we're here. Hey, Louis, I'm baaack."

"Uau!"

"Where did you bring me, meatbag?"

"Emm, Heaven? Hell? Limbo? Afterlife? I dunno, I'm not religious."

"Let go!"

"Oh, right. Your Lust first. Thaaat was a bit stupid of me. GIVE IT TO ME!"

The feeling of Envy that was familiar to the Sage at this point returned. It felt easier this time. Maybe alcohol was really just that effective at breaking both the Sin Archbishop's body and will.

To him Capella Emerada Lugunica was the most repulsive being in existence. In his opinion, she was disgusting no matter what form she took. She was akin to taking solid bunch of cooking ingredients and then slamming them all together, creating a disgusting uneatable mash. Just like every other Archbishop she wasted her seemingly endless powers on bunch of disgusting pettiness that stroked her enormous ego. It was absolutely atrocious. What he was about to do to her was just a karmic punishment. She deserved it.

And then it was done. The woman before him was no longer the blonde little shape-shifting brat, but rather an old-looking hag.

"What did you do to me? You made me ugly!"

"Ah, so thaaat's what it does. It basically makes you opposite of what you weeere... I guess, Louis strugglin' to speak also makes sense. Somewhat. Aaanyway, bye-bye, Capella. I'm takin' Louis with me and leavin' you here."

"What?!"

"Yeah, I'm leavin' you here for a decade or two to see if you are at least sooomewhat redeemable. Might get you a new body if you'd be on your best behavior. But, I'll take your old one for my neeew daughter. Star Eating, phase two."

With that the Sage and his new loli left the white void, leaving Capella to contemplate her hubris.

Suddenly in a similar flash of light the Sage returned. However, instead of happy expressions some of the Sage's companions looked worried if not outright hostile – Emilia, Beatrice, Julius and Anastasia, more specifically. A different blonde girl with a very long hair and white dress held Subaru's hand.

"Is that the third Gluttony, in fact?"