Chapter 138: Confirmed kill (2)
“Why…”
When Athena asked, Aphrodite questioned.
“In Pantemonium, one of the two must die. Since I am alive, Frontier is dead. “Why are you questioning this?”
“…”
Athena closed her mouth.
The gods around her saw her in her silence.
“Athena, you were afraid of the Ecclesis of Frontier. “When the Pantemonium opens, the god who enters with it will definitely die.”
“… Aphrodite, you.”
“How do you know that? Athena. How do you know about Frontier’s power?”
“Because I also fought with Frontier.”
“At the Pantemonium?”
“Okay.”
“Then how did you get out? “Why are they both alive?”
“… “That is the power of Frontier.”
Those are the cold, sunken eyes of Aphrodite.
But not only she, but the gods around her find Athena’s words strange.
“… “Frondier can cancel Pantemonium?”
“… No. You can re-enter.”
And by the same principle, it would probably be possible to leave. Although she had never seen it, Athena thought that Frondier might have escaped this Pantemonium with Aphrodite in that way.
“Nonsense.”
Aphrodite declared.
“No god would believe such a thing, Athena.”
“Aphrodite.”
Aphrodite is full of doubts.
Rather, Athena looks at it strangely.
Right now, our thoughts don’t match at all.
‘Aphrodite, you also entered and came out of the Pantemonium.’
Aphrodite apparently entered the Pantemonium with Frondier.
That too under the leadership of Frontier.
In that case, she must have suffered from Fron Deer’s Ecclesis. Still, she is suspicious of Athena.
No, that’s not the bigger problem in the first place.
‘How could Aphrodite win?’
It’s not that I look down on Aphrodite.
However, Frontier can never win with the power of Eclexis, Athena, and Aphrodite.
Frontier erases the enemy’s Ecclesis like an eraser. And since I am an eraser, I have no scenery.
If you draw a line with a pencil, the eraser erases it. This goes beyond a matter of compatibility and is closer to cause and effect.
‘If things had gone as usual, Frontier would definitely have won. ‘Frondier must have seen it.’
So why?
Why would Frondeer look after Aphrodite?
‘… ‘Did you two hold hands?’
The two stayed in the Pantemonium for quite some time.
I don’t know what we talked about.
However, Frondier is a good talker, so he may have persuaded Aphrodite.
Aphrodite needs golden apples. He dreams of restoring her body and returning to Olympus.
But the voting is already a mess, and we don’t know when the opportunity to get the golden apple will come again.
But then, if Frontier offers to give the golden apple with his own power.
‘Aphrodite, did the god fall for that kind of candy?’
It’s still just a doubt.
But since Aphrodite won the Pantemonium, he can’t help but think that he might be on the same side as Frondier.
On the other hand, Aphrodite and Athena think exactly the opposite.
‘As expected, Athena. You collaborated with Frontier. Re-entry into the Pantemonium. Such nonsense.’
As Athena thought, Aphrodite talked to Frondier.
However, it wasn’t about holding hands.
Frontier doesn’t tell such a simple story.
Rather, she told Aphrodite a story that was difficult for Athena to imagine.
‘Frondier chose death to save the devil.’
Even though he is a devil, he is worthy of high praise for sacrificing himself for his subordinates.
He even felt a kind of emotion when he said that he would enter the pantemonium and give up his life.
But that frontier is alive?
‘I guess you don’t want to be caught lying, Athena.’
Athena had already convinced those around her that the Ecclesis of Frondier was stronger than the gods.
How did you know that? Because you were the victim of Frontier’s Pantemonium.
In order to maintain that absurd lie, we would have no choice but to shout that Frontier is alive.
In other words, at this point, Athena and Aphrodite thought the same thing about each other.
You are on the same side as Frontier.
Neither of them held hands, but they began to suspect each other.
“… “I’ll leave the authenticity to a later date.”
Hermes came out from there.
“Let’s go back. “No matter what Athena thinks, our victory is clear.”
“… Okay.”
Athena was not convinced, but nodded her head.
Frontier is alive. She is the only one who believes this.
She or she really might be dead. There is no better proof of Aphrodite’s survival, and it is also the reason why everyone was confident of victory.
‘… That frontier.’
Is she really dead?
Athena turned and walked with the other gods, her eyes briefly resting on the spot where the demons had scattered.
* * *
“… “It’s peaceful.”
I was lying in Aphrodite’s Pantemonium.
Funny enough, a short break came in the middle of enemy territory.
“The most uncertain part of this operation was ‘losing,’ so it seems like it worked out well.”
I wanted to prevent war.
Fighting between humans is fine, but I couldn’t stand it when gods or demons got involved.
If they play pranks on humans, it’s only fair that I prank them too.
However, in Agoris, the button for war had already been set to a greater extent than I thought, and it seemed like fate or something was really at work.
You may not know if the stone has not yet started rolling, but the stone that has started rolling simply does not stop.
The stone of war had already been rolled away, and it would be extremely difficult to prevent war from occurring at all.
There is only one way to stop a war that has already begun.
Either win or lose.
“Even if it’s fake, if everyone believes it’s real, it’s a real victory.”
The gods killed the demon king.
It would have been appropriate punishment for the devil provoking God.
I was defeated by Aphrodite and trapped in her pantemonium.
And this part was quite difficult.
I was planning on losing to Aphrodite. Only then will Aphrodite be sure that I am dead.
But I don’t know how to lose.
‘It was the same in Bael’s case, but being trapped in the Pantemonium does not mean complete death. ‘You don’t have to be completely mentally broken to be declared victorious.’
Bael and Athena, I won the Pantemonium and escaped on my own, but they were alive.
Of course, it was close, but somehow I came to my senses and returned to normal.
I could re-enter the Pantemonium, but when I won, I always got out of the Pantemonium. That wasn’t up to me to decide.
So I really must lose. At least so that Aphrodite can leave on her own.
So I thought of a way.
‘I can never tell my colleagues.’
Just like I won by erasing Bael and Athena.
In order to lose, I erased myself.
This power is definitely my power. I was confident that even if they erased me, I would be okay.
Of course, regardless of whether I am confident or not, if I tell this to the people around me, they will probably be so angry that they will beat me up a lot. Do you have thoughts or not? It’s not a joke.
‘First, I accept her power to deceive Aphrodite, and then slowly erase myself in the process.’
If you do this slowly, Pantemonium will take Aphrodite out on its own.
After all, I did it.
Losing.
“And if I leave 10 minutes after I told Gregory, it will be roughly resolved.”
I looked at my smart watch to see if it would work, but it didn’t work either.
After all, this is the world of spirits, so these things are just decorations.
So I don’t know exactly when 10 minutes will be later.
But it would be better to take your time. Since I don’t know the situation outside, it may not be feasible to move me. It is difficult to wake up too early and make eye contact with God.
“… Good.”
When the time was right, I stood up.
I don’t know exactly, but 10 minutes have clearly passed.
“Let’s go back.”
So, as I always did, I opened the door to Pantemonium.
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* * *
When I opened my eyes.
“… ?”
I was lying down, and I saw several people in front of me.
Elodie and Selena were looking down at me, and for some reason, they both looked like they were about to cry, no, they were crying.
‘What?’
Moreover, over there, Lili was holding Bael by the collar and shaking him.
“Why isn’t it happening! “How long has it been since 10 minutes have passed?”
“I do not know either! Let go of this! How dare you, the king of hell… !”
“The king of hell and all! You are the only one who has the experience of escaping Pantemonium with Frontier! What’s happening inside! “What conditions do you need?”
“Hey! Frontier just brought me out too! “I understand what the conditions are!”
“You devil, you can’t help at all!”
It’s incredibly noisy.
Moreover, it wasn’t just them who were making a fuss, everyone was talking seriously.
But even for a moment.
“… Ah!”
I made eye contact with Elodie. And Selena too.
I blinked slowly and told him I was okay.
Selena was surprised to see me, her tear-stained face distorted, and she looked at me like that –
Wow!
“Ouch!”
I hit him in the face.
Pow!
“Evil!”
Elodie planted her fist in her abdomen.
“Hey! This! Bad! What are you doing, wake up now! Are you very relaxed alone? Uh! Just relax for the rest of your life! “When you die, you can live your life in peace!”
“10 minutes! You said 10 minutes! If this is going to be the case, I don’t know why I ran away at the right time! Even counting down!”
Puck! Match! Pow! Match!
“Aya! Evil! For a moment! “What is this, evil!”
I was hit like crazy.
I thought I would get beat up if I told what happened inside, but I was getting beat up regardless of whether I said it or not.
“Uh, how long has it been?”
I barely asked while getting hit.
Selena shouted.
“It’s already been an hour!”
… One hour?
What was supposed to be more than 10 minutes ended up being an hour?
Is my sense of time okay?
I was embarrassed myself, but I protested fervently.
“It’s okay because I lived.”
“Just die! “Die, you bastard!”
Puck! Puck!
Selena and Elodie’s hands and fists did not contain sincerity, but instead contained anger. So it hurt more than the actual damage I received.
“… “There you two.”
The savior has come.
It was Basileo.
“Everyone is watching.”
“… Oh.”
Selena and Elodie looked around at those words.
Those around me must have been dumbfounded as the two of us continued to beat each other for a long time without even having time to rejoice when they confirmed that I had woken up.
“… Ah, um.”
I also felt a little embarrassed and stood up.
I looked around. In a forest dense with tall trees. It was a somewhat unfamiliar scene.
“Where am I?”
“We’re nowhere yet. “It’s on the way to Edrium.”
“… “Where is it?”
I feel like I’ve heard it somewhere before.
Elodie glanced at me with cold eyes.
“You were there last time. A country of devils. “I heard you met Bael.”
“Oh, I did. “His name was Edrium.”
I only heard it once and skipped it over, so I couldn’t remember it.
Selena said from next to her.
“After moving to Mr. Gregory’s location through shadow transfer, he was moving to avoid the eyes of the gods. “I don’t think the gods had any intention of searching for us in the first place.”
“Because if there are no people around with divine power, the eyes of God cannot reach them.”
Elodie added.
“Divine power…”
My eyes involuntarily turned to Elodie.
Are her five gods okay?
“I’m fine. It is very difficult for Veda to go to Olympus, and even if he tries to possess, there is no justification for it. “I’m going to denigrate my faith for no reason.”
I was reassured by those words.
Then suddenly a thought occurred to me and I asked.
“But why did you stop moving? “Is it because I didn’t wake up?”
“That’s one reason, and another reason.”
Elodie slightly shifted her gaze as she spoke.
Gregory was there. The sight of a human being other than a crow was still unfamiliar.
Gregory saw me and came at a slightly faster pace.
“Frondier, I’m reporting.”
“… “You are also very consistent.”
“I’d like to make a lame joke, but I’m a little in a hurry.”
I nodded at his words.
It’s such a report that Gregory should have woken me up right away. It’s probably important.
“I found the gate.”
“… !”
“Among the remaining 72 demons who did not follow Bael, there were some who were moving suspiciously, so I followed them. “The gate was hidden with concealment magic.”
“… “It turns out there wasn’t just one traitor.”
I was reading that among the 72 demons there are traitors. Because that’s the surest way to hide the gate.
But if it wasn’t just one person, it would have been much easier to hide the gate. If we covered a large area around the gate, the other 72 demons would never find it.
“I still don’t know what their intentions are, but the gate is still open.”
“Just ask what your intentions are.”
“Ask?”
Gregory asked, and I raised my head and looked around.
I raised my voice because I couldn’t see the person I was looking for.
“Purpur, where are you?”
There was no answer to my question.
Hmm.
How can I effectively deal with this guy?
“Hey, it’s here.”
When I came up with about 7 ways to torment him, Furfur came to me on his own.
Loyally, he knelt down and bowed his head deeply.
What is it? I thought you were planning to hide.
“Furfur, I have a question.”
“Please speak.”
“What is your intention?”
“… Yes?”
Purpur raises his head and looks at me.
I thought he hadn’t heard me, so I asked again.
“What are your intentions, you guys?”
Elodie and Selena just delivered a bunch of Emotional Damage fists