263 – Chaos Awakens – 3
“Requiem? Hee hee, well. But why?”
“The immortal centipede has started appearing in this world too. Today, only one place was open here, so I could have stopped it by myself.
If it was a rift that could spit hundreds of immortal centipedes like this, there was no need to go to a few grand places. Even if exactly two places are opened at the same time, one side is confirmed as a catastrophe.
Besides, what if it was held in the middle of the city instead of in the mountains like this? That, in its own way, is a catastrophe confirmed.
The best thing would be to prevent the rift from opening from the start, but it’s a virtually impossible goal, so even if the worst happens, you’ll have to have the means to counter it without me.
And, the only means to counter the immortal centipede was the requiem.
“If you ask, I’ll try, but most likely it won’t work, right? Requiem is not a concept that can be learned simply because it can be learned.”
But Nix’s answer wasn’t very positive.
“The reason you were able to acquire it in the past is because your soul has become closer to its essence through countless deaths. It’s because I understand their death while absorbing all kinds of souls. But aren’t the people you’re trying to teach like that?”
I let out a small sigh when I heard that answer. It’s good to say that it’s not very positive, it was the same as meaning that it was virtually impossible. I wasn’t stupid enough to find hope in those words.
“I understand. In the end, it means that the only means against them is you or me. You’re going to be a bit busy in the future.”
“Wouldn’t it be quicker to ask the Goddess about future work? Ki-hee.”
In the end, it was Eclipse. If it’s something related to this world, it would be much quicker to ask Eclipse than to put our heads together.
After the conversation, I went around and collected the corpses of the Immortal Centipede, and threw them all into a pit that Nyx had made by melting the ground.
The sight of hundreds of dismembered and dismembered corpses filling a pit was beyond grotesque and disgusting. Nyx seemed to have felt the same way and clung to me with a sullen smile.
“Hee, hee hee. It’s really terrible. Right, you?”
Then, as if he had seen something he couldn’t see, he buried his face in my chest as he was snugly in my arms. He gently stroked the head of Nix, who was breathing in while buried in his chest, and approached the pit.
I brought my hand to my back and pulled out the immortality. The immortal sword trembled weakly. Gathering strength and swinging his arm, jet-black waves hit the pile of corpses.
The wave that started from immortality quickly ate away at the corpse. Mountains of corpses, numbering in the hundreds, disappeared as easily as ice thrown onto asphalt in midsummer.
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“Yes, Ki-hee. This would be it Can I ask what to do now?”
“I should stop by the holy kingdom to warn you and visit the goddess. An immortal centipede appeared in the world where there was only one left for you. What are you going to do?”
The knight commanders will tell Cecilia.
“Okay. Then to the Holy Land—”
“Before that, wait.”
“Huh?”
I pressed Nyx on the cheek as he tried to teleport. The soft cheeks went indented along with the fingers. His face contorted with a heheheh.
“Why? What’s going on?”
“I wonder if I can learn teleportation too.”
In the past, I would have ignored all but a few magic and divine spells, but not now. Whether it’s magic or divine spells, once you learn anything you can, you may find yourself using them someday.
Nyx’s pupils trembled as soon as I said this, but when he explained that he was only going to use it in battle, he immediately relaxed his expression.
“Move me to a quiet place near the Cathedral of the Moon if possible.”
Originally, I was going to teleport directly inside the Cathedral of the Moon, but the sacred power surrounding the Cathedral became stronger and the coordinates were measured strangely.
I don’t know if it’s Minerva, but I couldn’t help it because I couldn’t pierce that divine power. After going nearby, I had to teleport while looking at the cathedral with my eyes.
Unlike before, Nyx, whose teleportation coordinates were extremely sophisticated, succeeded in teleporting between buildings near the cathedral very easily.
I quickly hid myself behind a wall and poked my head out to survey the plaza in front of the Cathedral of the Moon. There was no time to set foot in the crowd of people who could not control the joy that the saint was born and came to pray.
‘I sensed mana and came back then, so it’s probably the same this time.’
When Minerva and I went to get the Holy Water that had light in it, the Paladins came rushing after detecting the mana used for teleportation. Especially since this is near the cathedral, there was a high probability of reacting much more sensitively.
The prediction came true shortly after. Even though only about a minute had passed, paladins riding white horses, wearing pure white armor from head to toe, rushed at them.
I was going to go a little deeper if people’s attention was focused on it, but seeing that they only prayed for themselves, it seemed like it wouldn’t be the case.
The Paladins got off their horses and entered the alley. I quietly counted the number.
‘Seven.’
It’s not a small number, but considering that this is near the cathedral, it’s not a large number either. I confirmed that the last paladin had entered the alley and suddenly stepped forward.
“Huh…… !”
“Shh.”
I raised my index finger and held it perpendicular to my lips before the startled paladins screamed at my appearance. The Paladins covered their mouths with both hands and trembled.
I gestured for him to follow me and turned once around the corner. It was a location where you could see the inside only when you walked inside.
“Are the seven of you the end?”
The paladins took off their helmets and bowed their heads to the ground, desperately nodding their heads.
“Okay, that’s it. I’m asking you, don’t make a lot of noise because it can be heard by everyone outside, okay?”
“Seo, the Holy Son asked us to do a favor…….”
The three paladins, who were convulsing as if their bodies were trembling, fell sideways. It’s fainting.
“… ….”
I expected this far enough. I tried to stay calm and looked over the remaining four without passing out.
The condition of the remaining four was also not very good. The fact that my breathing rate gradually started to speed up, I felt like I would end up hyperventilating if I left it as it was. I ordered as firmly as possible.
“Four of you, this is an order. From now on, never make a loud noise and only answer questions.”
“Al…… ! Yes, yes.”
The four of them tried to answer loudly until Al, but stopped talking as they hurriedly slapped their cheeks with their fists.
The blow was so hard that in an instant his cheek swelled up and blood dripped from his pursed lips. If that was enough of what came out, the inside of the mouth seemed to be covered in blood.
“…… You guys, if you know how to use healing spells, treat your face first.”
“Seo, the saint took care of us—”
Pik, the two people closest to me followed the three who went to dreamland first. I took a deep breath. The two of them, who did not faint, were calming their swollen cheeks.
“…… Whoa. Yes, i have to say I’m going to see the Pope from now on, but I want to pass quietly if possible. If you know I’m here, there will be a fuss again.”
“Okay. Can we mobilize all the paladins and remove the believers in front of the cathedral so that no one can see?”
“Don’t you know what it means to pass quietly? It’s not that.”
“Sorry, sorry… ….”
One of the people who was about to apologize failed to finish his sentence and collapsed, having trouble breathing.
“… ….”
He bit his lip. Just talking to them made me feel like my mental strength was being cut.
Seven came, but six disappeared and only one remained. It’s not some kind of Internet ghost story, I don’t know if this is true.
“Don’t do anything stupid, just go and tell your boss. I want to come and go here quietly, so even if mana is detected inside the cathedral, there is no need to come.”
If I didn’t tell you in advance, it was clear that the paladins who sensed mana would later shout in all directions that I had come.
In common sense, who else but me would enter the cathedral where the popes are, leaving traces of mana? Trespassing on the Cathedral of the Popes was nonsense.
“Ah, I understand, saint… ….”
The paladin, who survived until the end without fainting, bowed three times so that his forehead touched the ground, and disappeared across the alley with the words that he would take care of these things himself, saying that he would do what the saint would do.
It was fortunate that I went out to the alley instead of the main square, perhaps desperately following my request.
“Awesome, you.”
“I’m about to die. Now that it’s done, let’s move to the cathedral quickly.”
“Kihihi, okay.”
Slightly out of the alley, Nyx calmly used teleportation into the Cathedral of the Moon.
As soon as I entered, I was greeted by the silver moonlight pouring down through the stained glass despite it being broad daylight, and the marble and pure silver interior.
The marble-covered floor made a hollow sound with every step I took. Nyx was looking around, his eyes glinting sullenly, as if this was the first time he had been to a place like this.
“Luna?”
I called out to Luna. Voices echoed everywhere. She was silent There was no response back. Just as she was about to call Luna once more, silver divine power rose in front of the stained glass above the stairs.
It was teleportation used by popes. It seemed that he had met Floretta for a while.
I waited until all the silver light was gone.
“…… ?”
When the silver light disappeared, I doubted my eyes.
Luna was wearing the same outfit as Eclipse.