The manga doesn't do a good job of showing how terrifying Maria's power is but if you read the LN, you get to see what her power really does:Okay, so Caria is sharing her pain with everyone around her, I understand that. What is Maria doing? It seemed like she chomped on the goblins (because there was a "nom"), but then she made the mechanic guy stop functioning and forget his abilities.
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Old Mechanic made eye contact with the girl.
“Do you…believe in love?” she asked. “Love exists, y’know?”
〈!〉Old Mechanic has forgotten Attack.
〈!〉Old Mechanic has forgotten Agility.
〈!〉Old Mechanic has forgotten Courage.
Out of nowhere, a tremendous sense of emptiness filled Old Mechanic. He was losing his mind in a way that felt like it was being slowly devoured. He’d long since forgotten how to fight and even how to flee. Now he could only display the emotions he was left with.
“E-Eeek…!”
Here was a man who was said to be as robotic and unfeeling as the many mechanical weapons he created…and the first emotion he ever showed was fear. A pathetic voice squeezed passed his lips. His knees clattered against each other as they shook. No one would look upon him now and think that he was once the sinister Earth General who’d terrified the world and brought an end to a great many people and their kingdoms.
The girl’s eyes twinkled as she ate up his reaction.
“Is it scary? Are you scared? Hey, aren’t you scared?! Ahaha! See, you are scared! Soooooooooooooooo SCARED!!”
The girl frolicked up to him, grabbed his head in both hands, and stared into his eyes. It was as if she was drinking in every ounce of the fear he felt, making her scarier than anything else. Old Mechanic was finally reduced to abandoning all his pride to scream like a baby.
“U-UWAAAAAAAAAAAH!! Demon Lord! Please save me, Demon Lord!”
Correction, he’d already lost his pride to the void.
“Don’t worry. You can just forget if you’re scared.”
〈!〉Old Mechanic has forgotten Fear.
〈!〉Old Mechanic has forgotten the Demon Lord.
〈!〉Old Mechanic has forgotten who he is.
Old Mechanic convulsed once before standing there in a stupor. His eyes had glassed over, mirroring what remained of his subordinates. He looked like a man who’d completely forgotten who and what he was.
The girl—Maria—stared at him with a deranged form of compassion.
“Forget. Forget everything. The good, the bad, the world, everything… I’ll erase it all for you.”
“Ah, um… What? Huh?”
“All that will be left is love.”
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Old Mechanic made eye contact with the girl.
“Do you…believe in love?” she asked. “Love exists, y’know?”
〈!〉Old Mechanic has forgotten Attack.
〈!〉Old Mechanic has forgotten Agility.
〈!〉Old Mechanic has forgotten Courage.
Out of nowhere, a tremendous sense of emptiness filled Old Mechanic. He was losing his mind in a way that felt like it was being slowly devoured. He’d long since forgotten how to fight and even how to flee. Now he could only display the emotions he was left with.
“E-Eeek…!”
Here was a man who was said to be as robotic and unfeeling as the many mechanical weapons he created…and the first emotion he ever showed was fear. A pathetic voice squeezed passed his lips. His knees clattered against each other as they shook. No one would look upon him now and think that he was once the sinister Earth General who’d terrified the world and brought an end to a great many people and their kingdoms.
The girl’s eyes twinkled as she ate up his reaction.
“Is it scary? Are you scared? Hey, aren’t you scared?! Ahaha! See, you are scared! Soooooooooooooooo SCARED!!”
The girl frolicked up to him, grabbed his head in both hands, and stared into his eyes. It was as if she was drinking in every ounce of the fear he felt, making her scarier than anything else. Old Mechanic was finally reduced to abandoning all his pride to scream like a baby.
“U-UWAAAAAAAAAAAH!! Demon Lord! Please save me, Demon Lord!”
Correction, he’d already lost his pride to the void.
“Don’t worry. You can just forget if you’re scared.”
〈!〉Old Mechanic has forgotten Fear.
〈!〉Old Mechanic has forgotten the Demon Lord.
〈!〉Old Mechanic has forgotten who he is.
Old Mechanic convulsed once before standing there in a stupor. His eyes had glassed over, mirroring what remained of his subordinates. He looked like a man who’d completely forgotten who and what he was.
The girl—Maria—stared at him with a deranged form of compassion.
“Forget. Forget everything. The good, the bad, the world, everything… I’ll erase it all for you.”
“Ah, um… What? Huh?”
“All that will be left is love.”
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