155. The Holy Maiden Returned from Hell
Hargas, who had been enclosing himself in darkness and strengthening his powers, released his form. The eternal giant’s body quickly shrunk to become a human, and his servants also lost their protection.
No, that wasn’t all. The darkness lifted and revealed his face, as if he had aged for decades in an instant. Unbelievable change that would happen in that short moment.
All the power that escaped him condensed into a sphere in Hargath’s palm. Looking at the slowly rotating condensation of power, I let out an exclamation.
[Oh, it’s serious.]
I felt an extremely compressed flow of power from the sphere. The darkness I bestowed upon him, the power of magic that he originally possessed. And even the vitality of the body. A state in which the three forces are disorderly mixed.
Gias imposes certain restrictions on the caster. Among them, Gias, which presupposes self-sacrifice, grants amplification of power that is ridiculous compared to the cost.
Hmmm, this should be enough to reach the hero, right? Even that wasn’t enough, Hargath approached me holding the orb of darkness.
[Here’s your strength.]
[Hmm. Well, good.]
I brought out more darkness and ghosts than just a moment ago. Almost empty inside me. The consumed darkness would be filled over time, but the emptiness was still unavoidable.
The black orb that swallowed the darkness and ghosts I sent was bigger than before. Holding a slow-rotating orb nearly the size of his head, Hargath moved to his feet.
[I.]
He opened his mouth to say something, but then he corrected himself.
“I didn’t want to fight the hero.”
Instead of the mental waves emitted by the Elder Lich’s memories, he vomits with a human body. Although his body had deteriorated, his voice still had the faint youthful vigor of it.
[Why, are you scared now?]
“It’s scary. What being in the world could not be afraid of those god-given terrors?”
The images of Cream and his party were still reflected on one wall of the studio. Even if it wasn’t so, Hargas completely let go of his dungeon. Miscellaneous things could not dare to block the warrior’s path.
Tear, burn, explode. The screams of monsters abandoned by their own creator echoed through the dungeon walls. However, the Creator who should have listened to their agony was looking elsewhere.
[Then you should have lived quietly. Huh? So that nothing will stand out to our master.]
“It can’t be helped. For those with power, a fate befitting them.”
Oddly enough, instead of lying down, the coffin stands upright and leans against the wall. As Hargath drew closer, the coffin’s contents shook and the chains that bound it rattled.
Looking at it, I was seized with an indescribable emotion. Something familiar It sounds crazy, but it feels like looking at myself in the mirror.
While I stared blankly at the scene, Hargas approached the coffin and reached out his hand as if to open the coffin lid. However, the coffin shook more strongly, as if rejecting his touch.
The orb of Hargas’ collected power was sucked in through the slightly opened coffin lid, and the being inside the coffin fell silent.
[That one?]
“Gods are cruel. They decide our destiny from the heavens, look down on the ground and shake our lives as they please. And, when I lose interest, I throw away what I was holding and shaking. Yes, it would be like a bored child.”
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However, Hargas ignored my words and spoke incomprehensible words. Should I kill Hargath spun in a comical pose as I felt the slightest tingle.
When I saw his face again, I was stunned. Even though only a little time had passed, his face was noticeably older than before. Even at this moment I’m looking at you.
“What is inside is a toy that God abandoned.”
A roar. And the door to the workshop opened.
After running and fighting for a long time, the cream still hasn’t faded in the slightest. And Choco, who seemed relaxed like the owner, took a proud step. Two holy swords gleamed from their waists.
“I found it.”
[hahahaha, hello?]
While Hargas, who had issued all these orders, neatly ignored them, Cream stared at me with wide-eyed eyes. Seeing that burdensome gaze, I awkwardly greeted Cream.
“Why did you help me?”
[Huh?]
Ah, I noticed this right away. Cream’s expression became even more stern as if he had read my thoughts. Even so, the eyebrows raised a little more.
[Are you upset?]
“No.”
“You’re in big trouble now.”
Choco patted Cream’s back in anger, then caught Cream’s gaze and shut her mouth. Cream took a step with an expressionless face.
The workshop of a wizard and a shaman is a place where all the power of the target is maximized. Stepping into it is no different than recklessly sticking your head into the jaws of a monster. But she had no hesitation.
Regardless of Hargath’s will, the battle room that detected the intruder unruly activated the system to destroy the rude intruder. Countless curses, traps, and blades rain down on the slender girl.
And.
– Activate the blessing of heresy eradication (S-)!
– Detect the location of the nearest Heretic. All stats are increased by 30% when fighting heretics.
“Angry, that’s it.”
Brilliance exploded from the girl’s body.
In the ruthless storm of divine power, all the malice that was revealed to the girl loses its power and is pushed away. In the midst of the fragments of the curse that were scattered after dying, Cream waved her hand like a conductor.
Using the divine power of the source that surrounds them as fuel, a rain of flaming arrows pours down like a torrential rain. The flames swept everywhere, leaving only one sword stuck in the ground.
[······Gulp.]
I swallowed, feeling the unpleasant heat that swept through me lessen. I couldn’t be as fortunate as now to be immune to Cream’s divine power.
Luckily I avoided being hit directly by the flames, but the broken blades that had lost their power were still scattered on the floor, and Cream, which had walked through the cracking embers, picked me up.
Ahahahaha, over there. My eyes are scary I unknowingly shook my sword blade briefly.
“I am the master.”
[That…]
“Every day, different, having, eyes, turning.”
Ugh, my heart hurts a little when you hit me with a fact. I squeezed out an excuse for a moment, then opened my mouth.
[Wait, you must be wrong!]
“Misunderstanding?”
[I was just kidnapped! Did that make me not even touch my handle?]
As if there were no parts to be stabbed, I stepped out confidently in reverse. I’m not lying. Seriously, Hargas didn’t even touch my handle.
It is not the soul of a transcendent who has lived for a thousand years, nor the body of a lich who has overcome death. If you did well, you could have swallowed the opponent as it is, but it’s a pity.
Though he was stupid in many ways, he didn’t seem to be that stupid.
“You think, there was, right?”
Ah.
“Lend, lend, give power.”
Cream narrowed her eyes. You knew everything It was the time when I, driven into a corner, could no longer make any excuses and was breaking out in a cold sweat.
Giggigg. In a corner of the workshop that was out of our line of sight, the dull sound of something twisting echoed.
Come to think of it, we were in the middle of a battle.
[Master!]
As Choco, who had transformed into a beast in an instant, swelled up, came running, and at the same time, Cream stretched out his hand toward the source of the sound. Lightning bolts from her five fingers tore through the air.
The place where her fingertips are directed is an old man who has dried up and looks more like an old tree than a human. And it was a huge coffin placed in front of the old man.
Thunderbolts erupted from Cream’s fingertips and struck again and again. However, as if waiting for that moment, the defense system of the workshop gathered its last strength and spread the force field.
Katsutsutsutsutsu!
Every time the divine bee struck the station field, the entire workshop shook, the space warped and cracks splintered on the walls. Even in the madly fluctuating space, the old man was quiet alone as if he could not see the outside scenery.
Hargas rested his hand on the lid of the coffin. He appears to be doing nothing, but the withering away of his flesh was clear to my eyes every moment.
As Hargath’s life force is sucked away, the opposite is also true: the chains surrounding the coffin unravel one by one. The flower of the silver chain is in full bloom.
“Now, my nemesis who has forgotten his purpose…”
Finally, the lid of the coffin was thrown open and turned upside down. With all the energy in his body exhausted, Hargas was unable to avoid the coffin lid that came crashing down on him and was crushed under it.
The Elder Lich, the demon king of eternity… It is hard to believe that it belongs to an existence with such a luxurious nickname. The body that had been crushed by blood clots quickly turned to ashes and scattered.
Something is strange. I instinctively attempted to absorb his soul. That moment.
[Kuk!]
Blue sparks flew in the air. An unknown shamanistic coercion resisted my taking away his soul. The soul that escaped from the body soon split into several pieces and scattered.
I think I know now. He didn’t just choose death. Geass, which presupposes his self-sacrifice, greatly amplifies the power of his sorcery.
Those who should face death borrow the magic of Lichhwa to get out of this battlefield. A surprisingly clever move. He managed to escape from the hero.
On top of that, there was probably some kind of sobriety that would be enough to f*ck the hero.
[Ah.]
The being who had walked out of the coffin was looking around with an emotional expression as if he was born and seeing the world for the first time. However, contrary to her childlike behavior, her body was that of a mature woman.
With long, vermillion-colored hair that is as vivid as the sunset, a pious aura that cannot be hidden even with an old and worn-out robe emanates from its body. The moans of an unknown person.
[Nonsense.]
I couldn’t tell if it was the holy sword’s voice or the muffin’s voice. Maybe it was both.
Standing lightly on the ground, the being put his hand inside the coffin he had walked out of. Soon, something unrecognizable in his hand.
Hundreds of thousands of unrecognizable pieces are added to the handle made of a silver cylinder to form a huge pillar. The screaming head of a non-human dangled from the end of the metaphysical structure.
I didn’t know what it was, but it was clear what it was used for. As if gauging its own strength, the existence swung the pillar a few times and thumped the ground with it.
“That seems to be much stronger than the guy doing Elch or something?”
[·······.]
Choco pulled out a muffin and stood beside her. The holy sword in Cream’s hand was already scattering light. Strangely, however, both swords were silent.
As if you can’t even keep your mouth open when an overly shocking situation comes up. The being staring at the two beams of light aimed at him soon closed his eyes and put his hands together.
As if praying. Contrary to her virtuous self, her scarlet hair fluttered wildly as she began to pray, her ungodly energy exploding from all over her being.
[I am the first hammer forged by the Great Veil.]
Contrary to the prayers praising God, darkness gushed endlessly from her body. Everyone felt the blasphemous disrespect in him. Only, except for being in a coffin.
The being that walked out of the coffin with a black halo cast upon itself declared holy.
[The companion of diligence, the nemesis of eternity.]
Her presence was still with her eyes closed, but it seemed no problem to her that her vision was covered with her eyelids. A jet-black aurora spread widely over the broken workshop.
The next second, she threw a battle cry at us. The remnants of the laws of the other world hanging from the demon’s skull hammer were torn to pieces, and the violent truth struck someone else’s heart, not mine.
[In the name of me, Murphys Law, let evil fall!]