The sudden damage to myself was concerning on its own, but my ability to regenerate it coupled with the concerned screeches of the Doppelganger were even more so. The damage from the continuous blasts of air and explosions is not even close to being stopped by my barriers, chipping away at my body at significant speeds, but I manage to raise my hand in a motion to halt.
"Yes, yes I do."
The malice from before increases in intensity, to the point that the wooden furnishings in the arena catch fire.
"There is no bigger mistake to be made than you giving me the moment to think."
As I'm pushed by Nil, a lattice of multi-colored bands of light swarm around my head in strange patterns, focusing in on the very center of my face.
I can see it now, The Work. It's all so very, very clear now. Everything, why we exist, it's all there, in plain view.
A voice rings out in Izumi's head, going something like "YOU. SUPPORT. ANNOYING DEMON. DIE." as her magic simply ceases to function, as control of it was wrested from her with my greater understanding. I glare at her, peering into the deepest recesses of her being, and merely tug on a few quarks here and there, causing its body to erupt in explosions so great that nuclear armaments appear like a single stick of dynamite in comparison. The explosions instantly destroy the arena, tearing open the reality marble itself along with simply destroying the physical arena.