Reunion (4)
There are countless ways to hone one’s will in the world.
Whether it be magic, swordsmanship, or sorcery, it is possible to surpass one’s limits and derive one’s own unique mysteries.
All of these mysteries converge and lead to a single path.
The Ultimate.
I closed my eyes and spread the Ultimate around me little by little, and I sensed it.
‘This is not the end.’
All mysteries lead to one path, the Ultimate.
But that does not mean it is the end.
There is a realm beyond the Ultimate, a path to follow.
So far, I am the only one who has reached this point.
But from now on, others may surpass me by far.
I continued to concentrate and try to master the Ultimate.
When I cast a mystery, I had to wield a strong will, so I could not help but end up with a destructive blow.
However, in the case of the Ultimate, it is possible to cast it without much fanfare.
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The Ultimate is a sword that cuts through the essence.
Before cutting, there is a stage of skimming and understanding.
Light radiates around me.
However, unlike ordinary light, it is light that bends and changes direction.
The essence of the things touched by that light is turned upside down.
Information about their essence flows into me like a flood.
Since it is an unfamiliar type of information, it is very slow to process.
While the information that can be obtained from the appearance is intuitive, the essence is something that is often unclear to define.
Just as there are no people who are evil from birth, and just as there are no people who are only good, the essence cannot be anything but a complex that is not simple and clear.
That is why, even if you look into the essence, you cannot be proud to know everything about it.
Rather, seeing the essence makes me feel even more confused.
After spending a lifetime trying to understand things by looking at their appearance, I realize that it is impossible after seeing the essence.
It is a realm where I realize my ignorance, breaking free from the illusion of understanding.
‘I give up on understanding.’
I can’t understand everything.
Each person’s life is different, and the enlightenment they gain is different.
Even if it seems contradictory and irrational to me, it may be an answer for him.
The same will be true when others look at me.
Is it easy to understand that I fell in love with women who have deceived each other and trampled on their emotions all their lives?
As I skipped the process of trying to understand, the processing speed seemed to increase significantly.
The light of the Ultimate, which seemed to have stopped, spread to the surroundings in an instant.
Before I knew it, the light filled the room and escaped outside.
Widely. Wider.
The light spread endlessly, dyeing the whole earth and sky.
My field of vision continued to widen.
Connecting the essence and the information of the essence, I gained a view as if I were looking down on the entire surrounding scene from the sky.
‘I can grasp all movements within a radius of about 10 kilometers.’
That’s not all.
If I want, I can cut everything that touches the light.
However, the problem is that if I scatter it so widely, everything around me will fall into the category of destruction.
It seems that I still need a lot of training to cut only what I want.
“Hmm?”
That moment.
I sensed a strange object entering my field of vision.
Something is coming towards this place.
When I checked his face, a smile came to my face.
“Cornelia.”
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A day has passed since the pillar of light rose.
The place where it rose was clearly the Union headquarters.
Since the last communication was ‘under attack by the airship fleet’, Alicia, Transylvania, and Guiho had no choice but to return in a hurry.
The communication was completely cut off.
The communication network was completely disabled and could not be accessed at all.
Neither wired nor wireless could find a communication network connecting to the Union leadership.
I couldn’t help but worry.
What the hell happened?
After the archive was scorched, even the Union headquarters······?
I couldn’t help but think of ominous thoughts.
“You must have broken it yourself. Didn’t you say that even the emergency communication network is not working?”
“Yes, Guiho.”
“The emergency communication network is supposed to work in any situation, so it couldn’t have been broken by an external force. It must have been stopped for security reasons.”
That was certainly true.Judging from the fact that communication was cut off all at once, it is unlikely that they were incapacitated in an instant, and it is more likely that communication was stopped by an internal decision.
According to the situation, did the 1st Fleet betray them?
Or a rebellion?
Alicia felt her head getting hot.
“There is a carriage that went ahead. It passed this road about 30 minutes ago.”
“······!”
At that moment, Transylvania returned on horseback.
Sure enough, there were clear traces of wheels and horse hooves on the ground.
Someone had passed through here.
And it was very recently.
The group’s alertness increased significantly.
They still didn’t know the situation at headquarters, and they didn’t know who had betrayed them, so they had to assume that everything they encountered was an enemy.
Before they knew it, the carriage climbed the hill and the entire view of the Allied headquarters came into view.
“Is it intact?”
Unexpectedly, the headquarters came into their view without any damage.
The side that was destroyed was the airship fleet.
The wreckage of nine airships that had crashed on the open field was hard to believe even after seeing it.
There was no shelling, but that wasn’t the case.
The number of shells fired when nine airships fired a salvo was 72.
And what was rolling around the wreckage was nothing other than brass shell casings.
Judging from the fact that there were easily over 100 of them, there must have been at least two salvos.
But the barrier blocked that much firepower······?
Let’s say it blocked it.
The fact that such a situation had occurred meant that it was a full-scale war.
The fleet attacked the headquarters with the intention of completely destroying it.
Then why did the airships crash after only two salvos, without a third or fourth salvo?
Where in the world is there a weapon that can shoot down all nine airships?
Alicia quickly found the answer.
“Ah······!”
The strongest person Alicia had ever seen.
It wasn’t a story of physical strength.
It was a story of the strength of a person.
That person had now returned, overcoming even death.
As Alicia clutched her chest with mixed emotions, voices of joy erupted from both sides.
“Oh! Eugene is back!”
“But who is the girl he’s holding? Her eyes are dim and I can’t see her well.”
“Hmm. I’m not sure, but judging from the fact that Sola is escorting her, isn’t she the Mayor of Briem Cologne?”
“······.”
Eugene was not alone.
The carriage that had arrived earlier.
And Cornelia Briem, who was clinging to Eugene, shedding tears of joy and moving her lips incessantly as if recounting the past.
Come to think of it, Mayor Briem had a verbal agreement with Eugene, but didn’t she say that they were even engaged?
She confessed first, and Eugene accepted. I heard that Mayor Briem became Eugene’s only solace as he wandered around and was consumed by anxiety.
At first, I felt sorry for Mayor Briem when I heard that story.
After her first marriage ended in disaster, her second marriage······.
I thought she had a cruel fate to bear, having to wait for him until he died, especially since his body was never found.
But now, the situation was reversed.
“They say that because there is parting, meeting is precious. That’s definitely true. Cornelia, if I hadn’t been encouraged by your words, I wouldn’t be here now. Your wish and your connection brought me here.”
“Sob······. Did I say something like that······?”
“Yes. I wasn’t cowardly connecting with people, so you were frustrated and told me that. Don’t you remember?”
“Ehehehe······. At that time, I just liked you so much, and I didn’t want a one-sided love, so I said that.”
“Well, whatever. In the end, it’s true that I came to a realization thanks to that.”
“But I······. What should I do······?”
They look happy.
No, the torrent of emotions that cannot be fully expressed by the word happiness swirls between the two.
There wasn’t much conversation due to the limitations of human language.
Instead of words, they were using their eyes to resolve and communicate all the emotions they had during that time.
There was a three-year gap.
But through that communication, the gap was filled in an instant.
They had both experienced a lot, and they had both suffered countless wounds, but they felt that they were healing each other’s wounds.
What do you call that?
Love······.
Yes, it was love.
Alicia watched the two of them passionately communicating without a single violent act from a distance, and for some reason, she felt a burning pain in her chest.”Ah! You’re back too!”
The moment Eugene’s deep voice echoed, Alicia flinched and trembled.
It felt as if she had been caught peeking.
Alicia instinctively averted her eyes as his gaze turned towards her.
What is this feeling?
Why do I suddenly feel this way when I see a handsome man and a beautiful woman making love?
Alicia bit her lip.
This feeling wasn’t right.
I had to forget about it.
With that in mind, she put on a smile and walked down the hill.
“Eugene!”
She ran towards him with a cheerful laugh.
Ah, isn’t this it?
Three years ago, I hated Eugene and treated him rudely.
But isn’t it strange that I’m treating him the same way after three years?
Which is right?
How should I define my feelings?
Thump, thump, she could feel her heart pounding.
And she could feel the pain inside it.
Alicia swallowed her tears, which felt like they were about to burst out at any moment, not knowing what to do.