Trap (16)
-Mortals cannot choose the way they are born and live, but they should choose the way they die, shouldn’t they? You choose the way you die.-
As I woke up.
The words of the God of the Underworld echoed in my head.
And as I stroked Miso’s head and got up, I was greeted by none other than a huge fire.
It was a fierce flame that seemed to engulf the entire Elvengard.
The flames created a pillar of fire, engulfing the forest and slowly advancing towards Elvengard.
“Ifrit······.”
It wasn’t hard to find the culprit.
In the fire.
Inside it, a huge spirit body was raising its body with its eyes wide open.
The Great Spirit of Fire, Ifrit.
The one who once caused the great fire in Elvengard, has done it again.
“Why is that bastard doing that again······!”
Even though my mind was already fierce, why did Ifrit cause another riot?
I wondered if there was another misunderstanding, so I ran over and soon found Mia and the elf elders waving their hands in front of the flames and tearing Ifrit apart.
Then Ifrit’s breath flew towards Mia.
“Whoa?!”
I rushed in and hugged Mia and took off.
The place where Mia had been until just now was engulfed in flames.
Ifrit had just tried to kill Mia in earnest.
“Ifrit is not in his right mind now. He can’t be stopped no matter what, so run away and evacuate the residents first.”
“Ah, ah······. Yes······!”
“Pull yourself together. The residents will live if you, the priestess, live. I’ll see you later. Let’s have a drink then.”
“Yes!”
Mia seemed to be a little out of her mind, so I stroked her face and helped her regain her senses.
Mia must live.
Because the lives of 100,000 people depend on Mia.
Even if the World Tree burns and Elvengard is destroyed, the fact that Mia bears the lives of those 100,000 people will not change.
Mia and the elders ran away to guide the residents to evacuate.
I checked that the avatar of the little princess and Guiho, who had lost consciousness because they had met the God of the Underworld for too long, were safe.
Myeong was also unconscious, sleeping soundly with a colorful breath.
I put them in the room for a while.
I went back to Ifrit with Miso.
[Kyaaa!!!]
“Is it a state where dialogue is not possible······.”
At the time of the previous great fire.
At that time, Ifrit clearly ignored the pleas of Mia and the elders and tried to burn the World Tree.
However, he did not try to kill Mia, who was blocking his way.
But now it’s completely different from then.
Dialogue is impossible.
He doesn’t care whether there are people in his path or not, he just burns them all.
Ifrit is clearly out of his mind for some reason.
And the identity of the guy who made Ifrit like that is······.
[Kyaaa!!!]
“······?!”
Then, with a loud bang, another giant rises from the distant forest.
The lake water ripples and rises up, becoming a large water drop.
Soon the shape of the water drop changes and takes on the form of a large spirit body.
“The Great Spirit of Water!”
That wasn’t all.
On the other side, a thunderstorm came with a sizzling sound.
Soon, the thunderclouds swirled like a tornado and descended, taking on the form of a spirit body.
On the other side, a strong wind blew and formed a circle of wind.
The circle, like a storm, soon took on the form of a spirit body.
Fire, water, electricity, and wind.
A strange phenomenon where the four elemental spirits are all gathered in one place.
But what’s even stranger than that is······
[Kyaaa!!!]
[Kyaaa!!!]
“I’m going crazy······.”
The fact that they are all trying to finish off Elvengard.
All of them seem to have lost their minds, their eyes blank, and they just scatter their power everywhere without discrimination.
Someone is clearly controlling the spirits!
-How are my works?-“······!”
At that moment, a voice echoed from the sky.
I lifted my head in surprise at the creepy voice, and a humanoid body entered my field of vision.
Skin as white as white jade.
A handsome face that felt slightly artificial and違和感.
And the identity of the guy floating in the air with his huge black wings spread out was obvious even without looking.
Transcendent Luna.
It’s the transcendent version of Luna that appears in the latter half of the story.
“I was looking for you, Luna.”
-Of course you recognize me right away! How do you like my new body! This is the perfect evolution of a human! Transcendent!-
Transcendent.
A body that has overcome all human limitations.
Luna had finally managed to create a transcendent.
The question of ‘how’ came to mind first.
But now is not the time to worry about that.
It’s time to prepare for the attack that will come pouring down right now.
If that’s really a complete transcendent.
It will be incomparably stronger than Yerina or Transylvania.
-Are you scared? It’s understandable! I am now the one who rules all spirits! I have become the king who rules death!-
“What······?”
-It seems you’re too stunned to understand! I have finally escaped even the limits of death! Now I have reached a realm no different from a god! Ehehehehik!!!-
Luna, who looked down at me like a bug and laughed sinisterly.
As Luna said, I was stunned.
I tried for a moment to understand what Luna meant, but failed.
The underworld god came and went just now, but he claims to be the king of death?
Are you out of your mind?
“Don’t you know who just came and went?”
-Who came and went? What are you talking about? I did feel a little dizzy for a moment because there was a problem with the dimension.-
Luna, who tilted her head as if she really didn’t know.
This kid. It seems that he didn’t know that the underworld god came and went because he was stuck in the dungeon.
No, in fact, most of the people whose ‘eyes’ were covered would not have noticed what had happened.
That’s why he’s talking nonsense about being the king of death and escaping the limits of death.
‘Isn’t this an opportunity?’
I was embarrassed, but I quickly calmed down and realized that this was an opportunity.
When I came into contact with Luna, I was sure that part of the underworld god in me would take Luna to the underworld.
All I have to do is get in touch somehow!
It wouldn’t be that difficult now that Luna is complacent.
“You’re really great. Now I feel awe. As expected, Luna, you are the human closest to God.”
-Hhik! This is the first time anyone has ever recognized this! You must be especially extraordinary among humans!-
“Yes. I know how great a work it is. So, can I ask for a handshake?”
-······-
Snap.
I reach out my hand towards the sky.
Then Luna, who was watching my position for a moment, hardened her expression.
-I’ve seen how far you’ve climbed······. How dare you reach out that dirty hand to this transcendent!!!-
“······!”
At that moment, an enormous amount of magic power gathered around Luna’s transcendent.
No, it’s not magic power.
That’s clearly yin energy.
The energy of evil spirits that cannot be handled by the human body originally surged in and became a sphere that exuded an eerie aura.
-It’s a pity to kill an extraordinary human! Farewell! Ehehehehik!-
A huge sphere that flies towards me without giving me a chance to use my hands.
It’s so big that there’s no way to avoid it.
Then is it okay to cut it?
-······-
However, even if I grab the sword, the magic sword does not respond.
It seems that even the magic sword does not know how to cut the yin energy.
If there is no way to avoid it, you have no choice but to take it and endure it!
The moment I raised my arm and covered my head.
The sphere of yin energy hit me hard.
-What?!-
The moment it touched my body.
It shattered into pieces and scattered in all directions.
No shock or damage was transmitted to me.
There is no wound on the hand that touched the sphere.
I was surprised by this strange phenomenon for a moment.
‘That’s right. Part of the underworld god still remains in me.’Soon, I realized that the true King of the Dead was within me.
No matter how Luna figured out how to handle spirits, the Underworld God is a being who has made a spirit his own flesh.
The level of the realm is different.
No matter what Luna does, she cannot harm me with the power of the spirit.
-Ifrit! Kill that bastard!-
[Kreee······.]
-Damn it! Why are these guys broken!-
Even if I order the Great Spirit, the Great Spirits turn their backs and fail to attack me.
It seems that as a spirit that has formed a spirit body, it cannot touch the Underworld God.
Luna seems to be bewildered and runs wild for a long time before soaring into the high sky.
-From the beginning, I didn’t intend to kill you directly! All I want is the look on your face when you lose everything and despair!-
“What are you talking about? You were trying to kill me desperately until just now.”
-Shut up! Watch as Elvengard burns and people die in droves!-
I realized that the compatibility was terrible, and I flew away in an instant and hid my appearance.
I was quite embarrassed by this.
‘How do I contact you like this?’
The first condition for sending Luna to the underworld is contact.
It became impossible because Luna realized she was at a disadvantage and ran away.
Perhaps even if I find her and chase her, Luna will refuse all contact and just march in the sky.
And above all, I have no way to chase her to the sky yet.
In a word, it’s screwed.
Rather, Luna’s fear made things worse.
“Ifrit! Stop!”
In the meantime, the four great spirits are advancing towards Elvengard little by little.
Even if I scream and block the way, the Great Spirits just avoid me and move forward.
I never listen to my orders.
I’m afraid of hurting the Underworld God in me, though.
However, the part of the body itself is so small that it is not enough to follow orders.
Even the four great spirits are now trying to surround Elvengard.
The evacuation of the residents has not yet been completed.
At this rate, tens of thousands of elves will be engulfed in the disaster of water, fire, lightning, and storms and will be wiped out.
‘I have no choice but to lock up Ifrit again.’
At least one of them must be eliminated to open an escape route.
Then, like last time, I have no choice but to capture Ifrit.
“Ifrit! Be locked up one more time!”
Give the magic stone necklace to Miso.
Miso spins the line and sends it to Ifrit.
For a moment, the necklace flashed and glowed, trying to swallow the core of the spirit body.
“What?!”
The core resisted and did not get sucked in.
Is it because of the power of the transcendent?
It seems that the trick of locking Ifrit in a magic stone no longer works.
A moment of frustration washes over me.
But I got up again with strength in my legs.
If I stop here, the future is only the annihilation of 100,000 elves.
‘I have to catch Luna’s transcendent and stop her!’
There is only one way to stop that future.
Send Luna to the underworld and bring the Great Spirits back to their senses.
However, I still have no idea where Luna has escaped or how to catch her when she has escaped to the sky.
“Eugene! It’s a big deal! A winged creature that looked bad in the dungeon earlier jumped out and made this mess······. Ah! Why are you bloody again······.”
At that time, 질, who was running out of breath, came to me and clung to me, sobbing.
Behind him, Yerina, Julia, and Transylvania are seen walking slowly with hardened expressions.
“Did the dungeon raid fail?”
“Yeah······. I couldn’t get through the undead······.”
The dungeon raid failed.
And Luna’s transcendent, which was completed in it, eventually shattered Elvengard.
No matter how much the main heroines are superhumans, they cannot stop a huge natural disaster as individuals.
Just let go.
I just have to watch Elvengard perish with countless elves.
Superhumans like us can somehow survive the flames with injuries, but not everyone is like us.The faces of the heroines were already filled with frustration and despair.
Me too.
······I thought.
‘Wait a minute. How did the Transcendent complete at this point?’
The point at which Luna’s Transcendent appears is the very end of the game.
If it could have been made earlier, there would have been no reason not to make it.
In other words, it means that the prerequisites are so tight that they can only be met at the very end.
This time, Luna completed the Transcendent much earlier.
How on earth?
How did she meet the missing requirements?
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“Dungeon······.”
The answer came quickly.
Luna’s unique dungeon.
If you consume the undead legion born in it, nothing is impossible.
It wouldn’t be too much to sacrifice the undead who are endlessly resurrected and fighting to supply energy.
“The dungeon? Is it already gone?”
“No. It’s still there······.”
The fact that the unique dungeon has not yet disappeared.
It means that the Transcendent is still receiving energy from the undead legion in real time.
In other words, the Transcendent is not yet complete.
Despite being incomplete, it crawled out to destroy Elvengard in a hurry.
Then, what needs to be done now is set.
I feel like my vision has cleared in front of my dark eyes.
“Enter the dungeon.”
“······?!”
If I can’t find it.
Just make the guy come find me.