165 – Chaos (5)
After leaving the room with Lynn’s determined request, Ruriel immediately went to the place with the five swords and opened her mouth.
“We need to get something right now.”
“What is it?”
“A….lang….this.”
As Ruriel spoke softly, they all let out a soft exclamation, saying, “Oh,” and then spoke.
“Does the type matter?”
“We should try to get something that matches?”
“We’ll probably find something in Lartania. It’s not like before, it’s incredibly developed now.”
Ruriel nodded along with the Five Swords, who were all nodding their heads.
“Then let’s split up and look for it from now on. I’m going to go to other territories from now on in case it’s not there.”
“Got it.”
“Then.”
After saying all she had to say, Ruriel immediately turned around and started moving, and after watching her for a while, Ruin said.
“Well, shall we get started too?”
“Sure, let’s do that… but speaking of which.”
“Hm?”
“If it’s all the same to you, should I find you some of Loriel’s things too?”
After hearing one of his five swords’ opinions, he became momentarily absent-minded.
“…That’s not a bad idea.”
After nodding his head, Kallan’s five swords immediately began to move.
To find ‘it’.
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“…W-what, right now?”
“Right now.”
In response to River’s question, Kim Hyun-woo replied without hesitation.
Of course, he wasn’t telling River to fire a missile right now without thinking.
He could easily imagine what would happen to his territory when the missile was fired.
But even though he could easily predict what would happen to the territory after the missile was fired, Kim Hyun-woo did not hesitate in his decision.
‘There’s no reason to take half-hearted morality into account.’
Right now, even if the Eastern Union Clan saw the missile that Lartania had made, they would definitely try to attack even more rather than backing down.
The goal of the demons and celestials – more precisely, the ultimate goal of those who are trying to accomplish something in this world – was the destruction of the world.
In other words, there was no room for negotiation if they showed the missile to those who had such a goal.
From their point of view, I would be one of the people who should be killed unconditionally in the first place.
And, Kim Hyun-woo wasn’t slow to grasp the situation enough to worry about firing a missile while talking about morality without having the power to protect himself properly.
‘It’s right to wipe them out before they can prepare for battle properly.’
Of course, Lartania’s forces had been greatly strengthened by the return of all the heroes, but Kim Hyun-woo didn’t know the strength of the celestials.
Of course, if the celestials aren’t stronger than the heroes, it doesn’t matter, but what if the celestials’ forces are similar to the heroes’?
Even if they weren’t similar, there was a chance that the heroes could be badly injured or killed while fighting the celestials.
And, Kim Hyun-woo thought that firing a missile was more appropriate than creating such a probability.
What was important to him were the heroes who had returned to Lartania and his territory.
That’s why.
“I’ll ask you. Or will it take a little longer to launch?”
As Kim Hyun-woo spoke to River, she pondered for a moment before nodding her head.
“No, it won’t take that long if I just do some basic preparation, there’s not much preparation to do in the first place.”
She said that, and soon smiled and replied.
“Okay, just wait a minute…! First of all, I need Shandra to launch…!”
With that, River started to run somewhere, saying to wait a minute, and soon some time passed.
“Bye, Dad…”
“Shandra…huh? You’re not wearing your usual clothes today?”
Kim Hyun-woo spoke as he saw Shandra, who was a little more depressed than usual, wearing a black, tight-fitting leather outfit instead of the wizard-style clothes she always wore.
“Yeah, just a simple change of pace?”
Shandra said that and seemed to look at River with a slightly dissatisfied expression, but soon erased that look and continued speaking.
“Are you going to launch it right now?”
“Yeah.”
“Okay, if you don’t change the target, it won’t take that long to prepare, is it the Eastern Union Clan?”
“Yes.”
At Kim Hyun-woo’s affirmation, Shardra seemed to nod and, despite being dressed in leather, raised the staff she never let go of and began to chant loudly.
And then.
Woooooooooong-!
The missiles in the basement of the blacksmith guild began to resonate.
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Eastern Union Clan’s office.
“So, you’re saying he gave you this?”
“Yes.”
“Hmm…”
There, Lawton and three angels were looking at the ’emptiness’ in the palms of their hands.
“…Indeed, it’s clearly emptiness.”
“Yes, it’s not a fake.”
“There’s no doubt that it’s the power that defiled him.”
The three angels sitting in front of Lawton were sub-angels who received direct orders from the archangels, who were among the upper ranks of angels.
The angels, named Celaim, Palar, and Kyrian, looked at the emptiness with expressions of surprise and then looked at Lawton and said.
“Were there any other deals besides this?”
At the question of Celaim, who could be considered the leader of the sub-angels, Lawton shook his head and said.
“No. But the emptiness said that we have the same goal up to a point.”
“The same goal…is it about dealing with the Outer Gods?”
“Yes. He said that we should cooperate until we deal with the Outer Gods.”
At Lawton’s words, Celaim closed his mouth and thought for a moment before speaking.
“Do you believe that?”
“Not at all, but as you can see, the power that the emptiness gave me is real.”
As Lawton said that, he suddenly created a sword of light on his hand.
Woooooooooong-!
A sword emitting a clever resonance and a holy light.
Lawton then crushed the black jewel in his hand with force.
Crack-! Crackle-!
Soon, the power of the crushed jewel began to seep into the sword of light that Lawton was holding.
“!”
“…This is…!”
“Really!”
Lawton looked at the sub-angels who were each uttering exclamations of astonishment at the sight of the sword that had turned gray as the light seeped into it, and then held out the now gray sword and said.
“…It really is the power of that emptiness. The power that defiled and degraded our God.”
As Lawton said that and removed the sword of light, the jewel that had been crushed and turned to dust in Lawton’s hand just a moment ago returned to its original state as if time had been rewound, and Palar said.
“…It’s definitely the power of that emptiness.”
“Is it really okay to use it?”
Kyrian spoke with a serious expression.
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However, Celaim, who was watching the scene, remained silent for a moment before answering.
“…But for sure, if we have the power of the Void, dealing with that Lartania wouldn’t be difficult.”
“That’s right. Unfortunately, it seems like the heroes who protect the Otherworld have gathered in Lartania right now. The situation has become troublesome thanks to the demons who can’t do their job properly. But if we have the power of the Void.”
“We can deal with them easily.”
“Don’t you guys know? This Void turns everything it touches into ‘nothingness,’ even if it’s ‘that person.’ If we have such power and wield it, no matter how strong the heroes of Middle-earth are, they won’t be able to handle it.”
“That’s right, for sure.”
Sellaim nodded in agreement, and soon spoke.
“…Then shall we ask the Archangel for permission soon and open the sanctuary once again…?”
-but couldn’t finish his sentence.
It was only natural.
“…What’s that?”
Sellaim muttered those words with a blank expression on his face.
Seeing Sellaim’s face, Lawton and the two other Archangels, who were blank for a moment, turned their heads to one side.
“…?”
Soon, they could see something flying across the blue sky beyond the terrace, creating a white line that perfectly divided it.
“…What’s that?”
“What is it?”
The angels had questioning expressions on their faces.
But soon.
“…Huh?”
“Why?”
“Doesn’t it look like it’s coming this way?”
When Sellaim, one of the angels who were blankly staring at the sky, said those words, the other two angels nodded as they carefully observed it.
“Definitely…”
“It seems like it-”
While the two angels agreed and talked like that-
“-what?”
-they realized that the thing flying in the sky was already flying right in front of the terrace.
“!”
Lawton realized it late and tried to do something, but at that moment.
KWA-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-NG-!!!!!!
The angels were engulfed in a blinding white light.
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