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56 Fairy Forest (7)
“ That… … I can’t tell you. I’m sorry.”
These were the words that came out of Achenidia’s mouth.
‘It is, too.’
Shion nodded his head as if he had guessed.
I poked it once just in case, but it was still the same.
There was no way I could unravel the key information so easily.
“ Causality is also causality… … Not saying it was one of the terms of the contract and the bet. Perhaps Orrelion, if you complete the contract, you will know naturally.”
After saying that, Akenidia, who looked at Zion with worried eyes for a moment, opened her mouth again.
“… … But to give you one clue, we were puzzled when we heard the price of your contract. We thought you could do it yourself, without anyone’s help.”
Even thinking about it now, the goddess’s face, who said that she didn’t understand the cost, was already questionable.
“ Even so, seeing such a request made it seem like he had a different idea.”
It was an ambiguous word.
He asked the gods in return even though he could achieve it himself.
‘ It is clear that it has to do with Heukseongha’s restrictions… … .’
There were still not enough clues at this time to guess more than that.
‘ Do you have no choice but to go to the end of the world?’
There, it seemed that he had no choice but to meet and ask Luminus, the god of this world, once again.
at that time,
“ Um… … I’d like to talk a little more, but I think that’s all for today.”
Achenidia, who turned her gaze to the entrance of the cradle rather than Zion, opened her mouth with a tone of regret.
“ Is it already time for Advent?”
“ No, it’s yours, not mine.”
With those words, the goddess lightly waved one hand.
OK,
Whoa!
The air became like a large screen, and it began to illuminate the scene outside the entrance.
‘ That guy… … .’
With him, Zion’s eyes sank.
On the screen are the highest-ranking fairies, including Riusina and Diena, looking at the front with tense expressions.
And there was one woman who was confronting them.
No, it couldn’t be called a ‘woman’.
Although it took the form of a human in appearance, the power transmitted beyond the screen was not that of a human at all.
Zion knew the identity of such a woman.
“ The Jealous Archduke Jellis.”
it was undoubtedly
There was no other existence in this world with such an appearance with such a presence.
‘ Did you come here right after losing the war?’
It was very likely.
I didn’t know why I had to come to the Fairy Forest.
‘ Good job.’
Soon, a small smile appeared on Shion’s lips.
If Jellis showed up like that, there was a high probability that he had already taken over all the demonic forces remaining in the fairy forest.
If so, they too will soon appear along with Jellis.
So, this was an opportunity to sort out one of the demonic touch and the archduke on the fairy forest at once.
‘ Of course, there must be enough power.’
With that thought, Zion opened her mouth to Achenidia.
“ I don’t think we’re in a situation where we can talk any more. See you later.”
“ Yes, I’m sorry, but I will look forward to the day we meet again. At that time, I will also serve mint tea that I made, so you can look forward to it. Well then… … .”
Shion flinched at the last words and turned her head, but there was no one in the place where the goddess was already.
and,
“ Si, His Majesty Zion!”
The priest Spirena, who had moved again with the passage of time around him, belatedly called Zion.
“ Uh, how did you get that ring… … !”
Not knowing that their god had just gone, Shion sat down on a nearby rock, letting her words on the drum to be thrown away.
Outside, he was confronted with one of the archdukes, and it was literally an instant situation, but Shion couldn’t go out yet.
Because he knew very well that he could not withstand a demigod-class being with the power he had now.
So, even if I went out, defeat was decided.
There is only one way out of this situation.
‘ I’m going to break through the 7 stars right now.’
Until then, I had no choice but to hope that those outside would hold out.
“ Sir… … ?”
Spirena calls Shion, who is acting incomprehensible, in a questionable voice.
“ Don’t let anything get close to me.”
Black stars began to rise in Zion’s eyes, giving instructions to her.
* * *
“ Oh, are you showing your face now?”
‘ cradle of the world tree’ smiled warmly as she watched the people slowly coming out of the completely destroyed building.
‘ Demon… … It’s more than a great supply that I’ve only heard of.’
It must have been the first time he had seen it, but Diena could recognize the fact the moment she saw the woman.
A distant presence as if you had to get permission to move even a single finger.
Because the demon was feeling a transcendent presence that a mortal could never have.
Even though I was just watching, the alarm was ringing endlessly in my head.
Even fairies were coming out to sit down as if their legs had lost their strength.
‘ I can never deal with the people here.’
After thinking like that, Diana opened her mouth to Jellis.
“ You… … what? Why did you do this?”
He wanted to buy some time until Elbrium’s troops, who noticed this situation, came to support him.
Jealousy, knowing her intentions, replied with a grin.
“ Should there be a reason? I know you and I were always at war.”
“ Still, there has never been a case in which a demon like yours has moved directly like this. Looking at the situation, it doesn’t seem like it was planned in advance… … Could it have been that he was pushed out of the Demon Station and forced to cross over to the Empire?”
Diana knew.
Recently, a great war has been waged inside the Magic Station.
In addition, if we put together the various information obtained, the existence in front of us was highly likely to be the head of the force that had been defeated in the war.
“… … what? Ha ha ha ha ha ha!”
At the words of the 5 princesses, Jellis burst into laughter.
Due to the overwhelming wave of power that erupts from it, the surrounding space is torn apart and begins to scream.
The fairies, unable to withstand the wave, kneel down or give up as they are.
How did you laugh like that?
“ Yeah, right. I lost the war and was kicked out of the magic station. Also, due to the joint efforts of those two lethal guys, his physical condition is not perfect.”
Jealousy, who had slowly stopped laughing, nodded and acknowledged Diena’s words.
“ So, eat the world tree and try to regain some strength. So, you have to open that barrier a little bit.”
Even though he was revealing his own secrets, there was no uneasiness in Jellis’ face.
Confidence that you can trample on those in front of you at any time.
“ I would like to just destroy it, but if there is a scratch on the world tree inside, it is a big deal. It has to be eaten whole, from root to tip.”
“ Do you think you will listen to me?”
Saying that, Diena, who was looking at Jelles with her tongue licking her lips once with a tired look, said, resisting the pressure using the natural sea.
But nevertheless, her hands were trembling.
“ Of course I won’t. So from now on, I’m going to make you listen to me.”
At the same time as those words, the wave of power flowing from Jellice begins to grow stronger.
Dedede!
“ Think about holding out and focus on defense.”
It was the moment when Diena, who activated the elemental starlight, spoke in a low voice to the people around her, recalling the reinforcements that had not yet arrived and Shion in the cradle.
“ You don’t like it?”
Simultaneously with the words of refusal, Liusina, who was next to her, began to walk towards Jellis.
“ On the last border, the owner ate it all by himself, so I didn’t have much opportunity to enjoy it.”
self-
Thousands of mouths and tens of thousands of magical eyes created around the witch.
It was the moment when Liusina, who had already put on a creepy smile on her lips, was trying to focus them all on the Archduke.
A purple light flashed from the tip of Jellis’s fingertips, questioning while looking at the witch, and then disappeared.
That moment,
Fuhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
The demon eyes that surrounded her, the mouth of the beast, and Liusina’s body exploded as it was.
Flesh and fresh blood scattered in all directions, torn so that not even bone fragments are left behind.
The Jealous Grand Duke, who swung his fingers to remove such fresh blood, continued.
“ I have no intention of having fun or watching. So I want to finish it quickly.”
With those words, Jellis, who had been distracted from him, was the moment when he turned his head to the rest of the people.
“ Yeah? But what about it?”
A terrifying voice echoed in her ear.
It was the moment when Jellis, startled for the first time at the voice she should never hear, turned her head toward the direction the voice came from.
a little faster than that
“ I don’t want to end it quickly.”
Aww!
A perfectly regenerated witch’s hand grabbed the archduke’s neck.
* * *
self-
Numerous stars begin to rise above the darkness that spreads centered on Zion, which sits on a rock.
“ This is… … .”
Exclamation naturally flowed from Spirena’s mouth as she looked at the marvelous sight as if looking at the universe.
However, as if that was not the end, the newly emerging black stars began to suck up all the other stars and start calling them out.
The total number is six.
But Spirena could see that the number of black stars she was counting was wrong.
‘I have one more.’
Another black star was slowly revealing its outlines among them.
Unlike other black stars, the newly revealed star was so faint that it could not be seen without attention.
As if it would disappear at any moment.
No, actually, the seventh star was slowly disappearing.
And beyond maintaining that star, it was Zion’s job to make it clear from now on.
‘ It is much more difficult to raise the Heukseongha from 6 to 7 than to raise it from 1 to 6.’
Of course, there was a reason.
Because Heukseongha’s rise to the 7th star meant that he would be freed from the cycle of reincarnation, albeit incompletely, rather than simply increasing his level.
In other words, it goes beyond the limits of mortality and leads to immortality.
The difficulty was incomparably high because it was to escape the fate given to that existence and acquire the rank of a demigod.
‘ With the current achievements that are only mid-six stars, I can’t even challenge myself to reach 7 stars… … .’
Now it was possible.
Because Sion now has the Mukryunghwan that he left behind in the past.
No, to be precise, there was a Heukseongha stored in the Mukryeonghwan.
Of course, the same 6-star Heukseong-ha might not be helpful, but the saved Heukseong-ha was left by himself, who reached a whopping 8 stars.
Therefore, the density and quality of that power had to be much higher.
‘ Use this to forcibly tear off the restrictions blocking the way to the 7th Castle.’
It was a method that had never been tried before, so I had no idea what kind of side effects it would have, but Sion’s face, which sucked the Black Star of the Ring, was as calm as usual.
Both the past and the present Heukseongha were originally their own strength, so there was no way they could not succeed.
Even if you fail, if you turn that failure into success, that’s all.
sususu-
As the new Black Star is accepted, another star begins to rise above the universe that Zion has unfolded.
A black star that is more heterogeneous and huge than any other star that has ever come up.
Dedede!
In the aftermath of the force emanating from such a star, the entire cradle of the World Tree shakes like an earthquake.
The spirits screamed and moved away from Zion as if they were terrified.
“ Hey, what is this… … .”
Spirena, completely crushed by that strange and overwhelming sight, unconsciously sat down and let out a dazed voice.
At the moment when another black star that has finally emerged completely permeates towards the faintly shining seventh star, hoo-wook!
As if all lights were turned off, the light in the cradle disappeared in an instant.