275 – Ending – 2
“That is… ….”
Nyx and Minerva recognized the identity of the spider at once. It was one of the types of bugs that inhabit the Poison Swamp area on the other side of the continent.
By the way, something was a little strange.
They ate and fought each other every day, so except for a few particularly strong individuals, they never grew to a size larger than a building, and they never even came up to a place like this to attack humans.
In other words, fighting spider monsters in the imperial palace was not supposed to be common sense.
“How did you get here?”
As it should have been, what was that scene through the window?
While the thoughts of the two looking down at the garden became complicated, the knights were steadily subduing the spider monsters one by one. No matter how embarrassed they were, the Knights of the Silver Dawn were the most elite troops of the Empire.
However, others appeared one after another, and this one started to be pushed back. Several spiders were creeping over the walls surrounding the imperial palace.
“…… I will have to go see it.”
If this continues, one person will have to deal with not one, but four or five at the same time. Watching the knights gradually push back, Minerva tightened her hand holding her staff.
“I won’t stop you. It’s true that you need help too. What do you want to do with your soul?”
“The child was worried that we would die, so giving up like this would be according to the child’s intentions. Stop worrying. If I take care of them and I have time, I will come back to you then.”
A faint smile appeared on Minerva’s face.
“What…… Heuk, what happened, cool…… Minerva…… ?”
Kai Killia, who was leaning on her sofa and breathing heavily, swallowed a vomit and asked a question.
Since the expressions on Nyx and Minerva’s expressions are unusual, it’s certain that something has happened, but he must be asking because he couldn’t guess exactly what the situation was just from listening to the conversation.
Except for Floretta and Luna, who have not yet come to their senses due to the reaction that just woke up from sharing memories, everyone else had the same reaction.
“We can’t give you a definitive answer either. I guess you’ll have to listen to the details to find out.”
“…… Take care of it.”
After staring at Minerva for a moment, Caiquelia helplessly shook her head. The others seemed to be hesitating whether they should help Minerva or continue with her work.
“Do you want to stay here together? I will block them Children should do what children do.”
Minerva nailed her firmly that she would go out on her own, and used her teleportation by gently tapping her floor with her staff in her hand. Her destination was the Imperial Palace Garden.
When she arrived at the garden, she saw a spider the size of a three-story building rushing at the knights not far away. Minerva swung her staff and carried her knights behind her.
The spiders, who were confused by her suddenly evaporated target, looked around her with dozens of pairs of compound eyes, found her Minerva, and rushed at it. Eight legs kicked the ground hard.
“Isn’t this very strange?”
Minerva muttered as she burst the body of the spider approaching in front of her like a balloon. It was because the other spiders didn’t care at all even though her companion exploded at once.
Right now, Minerva’s hideous mana was flowing out of Minerva’s body to the point that even a fairly high-ranking monster would roll up her tail and run away. The problem is, they don’t even react, let alone get scared.
No matter how wormy they are, they have the minimum intelligence to judge the situation. He was intelligent enough to run away from an opponent he knew he couldn’t defeat even if he attacked.
But not now. It was the feeling that whether he died or not, whether his comrades died or not, he would attack only to bite the human in front of him.
“Where are you putting that disgusting face?”
The thought was brief. Minerva burst all the other spiders. Of course, I didn’t forget to burn it after blocking it with a shield so that the bodily fluids left after the explosion wouldn’t spread around.
When the situation was over, the knights who had retreated approached. The sense of awe that filled my heart at the sight of him bursting the spiders with a single gesture was a bonus.
“Thanks for your help! Eternal Wizard!”
“I just did what I had to do. Stop greeting. More than that, I’d like to hear what happened first. Do you know why they appeared?”
“We don’t know either. It’s like that outside the imperial palace right now. According to His Majesty’s order, everyone has gone out to block it, but fortunately there have been no casualties yet, but the progress is not very good.”
“Did the outside say that?”
“Yes. Currently, only minimal troops remain in the Imperial Palace. His Majesty seems to want to help the outside world more, but sending more troops here could endanger the imperial palace, so I couldn’t.”
If the whole empire was like this, there would be no serious situation like this. Minerva hardened her expression and spread the mana waves. The three wizards closest to me flew right in.
“Skientia-sama!”
“Minerva, now—”
“Has anyone used the detection magic? Report the situation.”
With a dry voice, Minerva cut off the words of the wizards like a knife. The three bodies stiffened.
“According to His Majesty the Emperor, the situation is similar not only here, but throughout the Empire. They are incomparably more ferocious than normal monsters, and they all agree on the fact that they have grown several times in size.”
“Due to the divine power, I couldn’t confirm the Seongguk side, but I guess from the report from the border area that monsters are walking in the Seongguk direction, it seems that the Seongguk side is in a similar situation.”
“Okay. Good job. Step back now. Don’t come any closer.”
After briefly congratulating her for her hard work, Minerva raised mana from her entire body. Just enough information for me. As for the details, you can think about it after dealing with them. Every minute and second was a waste.
Seeing the silvery white hair fluttering in all directions, against the laws of nature, the wizards took the knights and retreated far away.
That was an action that meant that Minerva was really determined to use magic. If you stay nearby, you might be swept away by mana and melt away without even leaving a shape.
The silvery-white pupils were out of focus. His body began to float in the air. The body that floated into the air stopped only when the tips of its feet reached the level of a person’s eyes.
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“Look over there! Heaven!”
One of the knights exclaimed in surprise. It was because huge silvery-white pupils, like those of Minerva, were floating in the sky.
The sight of huge pupils floating in the sky moving swiftly and looking at the ground felt very bizarre.
“…… Ugh!”
Someone let out a short scream. A thicker concentration of mana rose around Minerva’s body.
One of the wizards hurriedly shouted at the chilling sensation felt through his skin even though he was obviously far enough away.
“I can’t stay here! Back more people! Hurry!”
“You’ve become much stronger than before, haven’t you?! Is this possible?!”
“If you have time to move your mouth, move your feet first! How many spells are still left to learn! If you die here, you won’t learn more magic!”
The wizards were flustered and widened their distance even further. The ground beneath Minerva’s feet was melting and evaporating. The 10-meter radius had turned into a death zone where nothing could exist.
The pupils continued to form. Until every place in the Empire came within its sights. The number reached tens of thousands.
The silvery-white eyes that covered the sky of the empire looked down at the ground. People on the ground also looked up at the eyes floating in the sky.
Originally, it would have been impossible even for Minerva to monitor the entire empire at once by launching tens of thousands of pupils into the sky. It would have been impossible even for Minerva.
But now it was different. I got two ancient scrolls, and even had the opportunity to learn otherworldly magic.
Although it was not possible to fully understand it due to lack of time, Minerva’s genius brain managed to construct a new magic even in that brief moment.
Hundreds of thousands of silvery white eyes supported Minerva’s will. A pale purple light burst from the pupil. All the people of the empire stared into those eyes as if possessed by something.
“Haa… ….”
Caught in a storm of mana, Minerva let out a blue breath and slowly raised her left hand forward. Hundreds of thousands of eyes floating in the sky widened.
The monsters that were rampaging all over the empire rose into the air at once. Countless numbers of monsters struggled with their limbs and let out a roar.
Anyone with eyes could see. The sight of hundreds of thousands, no, maybe hundreds of thousands of monsters floating up into the sky.
Anyone with a heart could be in awe. The fact that the Empire was the one who made such miracle-like magic possible.
“That…… Skientia’s…….”
The wizards of the imperial palace were no exception. No, on the contrary, I was looking at it with much more concentration than normal people.
People who are not versed in magic can only feel ‘awesome’ when they see it, but wizards know how much mana and magic they need to do something like that.
Whoops, Minerva squeezed his left hand. Then, millions of blue spears descended from the sky and pierced millions of monsters one by one.
The smaller ones died immediately after being pierced by a spear, but most of them were still alive and struggling even after being pierced straight through. It was because the body was so big.
But that didn’t last long either. The blue spear that pierced his body emitted an enormous amount of mana. The monsters that had been soaked with that mana completely evaporated without leaving a single piece of flesh or blood.
“… ….”
Minerva, who annihilated monsters across the empire in one fell swoop, came down to the ground. The garden and nearby buildings, which had been burned, were back to normal.
Stepping on the grass, Minerva took a deep breath, supporting himself with her staff. Suddenly, blood flowed out of his left eye like tears. Dark red blood mixed with the coughing cough.
“…… Well, that’s how it goes.”
No matter how confident you are, you just spent too much. He wiped away the blood that flowed like tears, and wiped the coughing blood with his sleeve.
“Skientia-sama!”
Minerva saw the wizards running towards her and quickly erased the traces of hemoptysis. At least it shouldn’t be bent now. She still had to show her strength.
The current Minerva was such a being.
“Awesome! What did you do?!”
“What kind of magic did you use?!”
“It’s still too much for you guys. Maybe it’s a bunch of life. And, since you’re tired, could you step away for a while?”
“Oh, yes! Sorry!”
The wizards got farther away. Minerva left only the bare minimum of mana and used the rest to create a blue mass in the air.
The chunk of blue mana split into dozens and took on a human shape. Long silvery white hair down to his thighs, silvery white eyes. And a jet-black robe that covered her body.
It was the figure of Minerva.
“This is…… ?”
While the wizards were confused, each Minerva, who understood its purpose as soon as it was created, opened its mouth.
“I want to follow you. I have work to do.”
Even the voice is the same as the original. At the sorcerers, who looked at her in bewilderment, Minerva beckoned her. Everyone who understood the gesture formed a group and dispersed.
Once you make it, you don’t need any additional maintenance until you run out of mana, so you can buy time to recover your strength. Minerva drew in a breath full of the taste of her blood.
“You are amazing.”
I heard a voice next to me. Minerva, who created a simple sofa with her magic, slumped over it and opened her mouth.
“How did those kids get here?”
“If the soul can’t accept death, there’s nothing I can do about it even if I’m by your side. It’s the same whether I’m there or not. Now everyone is accepting new memories. I’ve prepared a magic circle for you to call me when it’s over, so it’ll be fine.”
“What about the progress?”
“Caecilia and His Holiness the Pope are very quick to accept. It probably takes less than 30 minutes to actually share memories.”
“I’m glad. I’m so glad.”
Minerva slumped back on her couch. She just overdid it a bit, but her life was not affected anyway. If you rest for a while like this, you will be back to normal again.
With so much unlearned knowledge left, he could not have sacrificed his life here. The things I haven’t gotten yet are too precious for that.
“What are the clones you just made?”
“This is a magic that was improved in the past. They have moderate fighting power, and they can share sight with me.”
“It must be convenient. Why did you make it?”
“Maybe the Seongguk side might need some help. To keep an eye on him…… For a moment.”
Minerva, who was sharing her sights with the alter ego that arrived first in the Holy Land, stood up without realizing it. She staggered as the momentary recoil came, but she didn’t care.
“Why is that?”
“…… It would be quicker to see for yourself than for me to explain. Would you?”
“I will not refuse.”
Nyx calmly accepted the request and shared sight with the clone with Minerva’s help. In her left eye, she could see the people of the Holy Land fighting monsters.
The faces of the people who went mad to kill even one more monster with an evil expression that couldn’t be defeated by the monsters.
“…… ?”
Why did they become fanatics as a group, the thought crossed Nyx’s head.
“The Holy Son promised salvation! Wipe out all these ungodly things and prove your faith!”
I thought I knew the reason.