“Of course, as long as you have the courage to face the severance.”
When he came back 300 years later, the fairy tale story of how he miraculously met his surviving colleague from 300 years ago did not come true.
Lemi Elibaden.
As the dragons say, people die.
At that time, what Yoshhar cautiously suggested to me was to mention Lista’s corpse. It took a lot of courage just to nod.
“If so, follow me.”
As Yoshhar left the prayer room, Lane took a deep breath and asked.
“… … how was it?”
Just asking that meaningless question made my throat choke.
Did she want to know a fragment of the reality that Rista had to endure in order to prepare for the reality she would soon have to face?
Yoshhar glanced back for a moment, then let out a voice wet with grief.
「If you are asking about Lista’s days taking care of you here, she behaved brightly and cheerfully as always.」
“okay… … ?”
“Even so, there was no one who could not recognize the shadow of sadness cast over that smile.”
“how?”
“It’s because I laughed too often. He must have been trying to hide his sorrow.”
The entrance to the underground sanctuary, or charnel house, was sealed with a grand barrier, but when Yoshar placed his hand on it, a dragon word rose majestically and the curtain of light slowly began to dissipate.
「Kwangryong, who took pity on you, sent light to the body of the child and made it unchanged for 300 years… … Maybe that would be a more brutal reunion for you.”
Does it mean that Lista’s body does not rot and remains as it was 300 years ago?
As Yoshhar feared, I was worried about whether I would be able to withstand it when I faced it.
At the same time, it was a reunion that was so embarrassing that I belatedly remembered what I had intended to ask when we met.
“Yoshhar, can you tell us about the end of Turaina?”
Didn’t Turaina say that she retained the beauty of her youth even in her old age? Did he also receive the light dragon’s favor?
“Toureinara… … .」
I expected good news, of course, but when Yoshhar hesitantly replied, a hint of anxiety rose.
“As I Yoshhar said earlier, I cannot answer that question.”
No, it’s not a word.
In recent years, I have been raising my head from a corner of my head, but it should be said that this is the moment when one of the worries that I have been forcibly suppressed is clearly amplified.
“Could it be the same reason why we can’t tell the identities of the black magicians?”
That moment was the turning point.
In such a short moment, so many things happened one by one that my head couldn’t accept it.
Darkness, an overwhelming darkness with no end known, covered the field of vision, no, the world.
Then, an aftershock so strong that it was impossible to stand properly rippled across the ground, and a terrifying scream as if tens of thousands of beasts were bursting at the same time tore through the eardrums.
‘Nonsense… … .’
My heart beats like crazy, and I automatically go into battle. This familiar aura that fills the air to the point of taking your breath away… … It is the abyss.
giggik… … .
… … Chick-geek, crick-geek… … .
… … giggik… … Queek, Queek Geek… … .
… … … … … … gigg.
The high-pitched sound, as if fingernails were scratching the glass nervously, the pain as if their ears would explode, and the whole body was drenched in cold sweat.
“Yoshhar, this, this, no way… … Isn’t it?!”
Lynn had only heard that sound once. That sound meant only one thing.
In the final battle, it was the sound made when the lizard lord’s seal was broken and the world axis cracked. To be precise, the sound of someone on the other side of the seal forcibly digging the seal and causing a crack.
Yoshhar, who was unaware of the seriousness of the situation, suddenly took the form of a dragon with a mighty explosion of light, and flung himself out of the doorway, spreading his wings.
“What the hell is this… … ?”
When I managed to break through the gust of flapping wings and run outside, madness was unfolding before my eyes.
“Ha, ha, ahahahaha… … !”
“Hee, hee hee hee hee… … !”
The guards who had been tearing at their faces to the extent that they were covered in blood were bursting into madness as if they had lost their minds.
And those eyes… … .
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Those two eyes… … .
It slowly fades to dark blue. It looked familiar. Because it was the process of being consumed by the madness of the abyss and turning into a dead man.
“This crazy… … .”
This is nonsense, this is nonsense.
This is the Emperor’s Office.
It is said to be the center of light that spreads to the world, the headquarters of the Gwangryong Orthodox Church, and the headquarters of the Yellow Dragon Corps… … .
This was happening where it couldn’t happen.
“Pippi! Cassena!”
Panting for breath, he hurriedly searched for the party, but the situation was hopeless.
The depth of the abyss was so thick that the dark blue air currents flew thick like fog, gradually blocking my view.
“Pippi———!”
How many times must I have shouted so that my throat would burst?
Thankfully, Pipi was able to find Cassena thanks to the barrier of flame that spread round.
Inside the barrier, Cassena was gasping for breath, but for a moment she felt dizzy from the feeling of extreme relief.
Had it not been for Fifi, Cassena would have met the same end as the guards. It was not an abysmal concentration that ordinary people could endure.
“Nice job, Pippi. Keep guarding Cassena.”
The yellow dragon corps led by Yoshhar and other cardinals soared up innumerable enough to cover the sky, hovering around one point.
Voices that are not of this world flow out, around the cracks in the dimension that are gradually tearing apart.
I didn’t even have time to look up at it for a moment. In the next instant, dark blue light spread like sparks from my feet and covered the ground.
“——?!”
Countless letters and mathematical formulas wriggled like snakes on the ground, which was quickly being eroded by the abyss.
magic square… … ?
And every time the light flickered, the tumor of the abyss sprouting in the sky pulsated as if resonating. noticed at once If so, this is the dimension.
“Bell Curious.”
Her vision was stained bloody, and a pure white flower with seven leaves bloomed from her eyes and rotated beautifully.
In front of the blood relative’s secret technique that solves everything in the world with mathematical formulas, everything in the world was broken into numbers and information was delivered to the point where the brain burned white.
Kneeling down on one knee, carefully examining the structure of the magic square, her eyes shuddered.
‘What is this… … ?’
Magic, sorcery, and black magic were elaborately intertwined, and the level of the combination was overwhelming enough to be called art at all.
┏ 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 ┓
ㆍ The rune symbols used are a combination of Modifier-type Lutichen, Incantation-type Altigma, Taboo-type Orbios, and Amplification-type Delwei Shirt, ratio 2.2:2.1:3.7:2.0.
┗ 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 ┛
In addition, the rune symbols used were viciously and complicatedly mixed up like some kind of password. As if someone was going to insure against disabling this with the inverse.
This rune combination was speaking.
If you touch just one wrong number, your brain will be eaten by the abyss. So don’t you dare step out.
“under… … .”
A mixture of tension as if walking on thin ice and a fierce fighting spirit erupted into a laugh.
‘okay… … I will accept this match.’
Solve the vector equation of the vertical line forming the 293rd equation.
The equation is inverted, expanded into elementary elements, and then recombined.
The blood vessels in his eyes ruptured one by one, and the blood stung him, blurring his vision.
are you okay.
Still, it’s okay.
At this time, unlike the existing mathematical formula, the key to winning is to replace real roots with imaginary roots to adversely affect the effect of the magic square.
Dripping, blood ran down both cheeks, met at the chin, and fell to the ground in drops.
are you okay.
Yet, more can be done.
It is difficult to solve something based on sorcery or black magic, but even if only the magic formulas based on Lutishen and Delwei Shirt are twisted, such an elaborate high-order magic square can cause considerable damage.
‘Correcting the coordinates of the rift caused by the world axis is impossible at this point, so if so, modify the power. To minimize the damage.’
It was a task that required delicate concentration that could only be described as threading thread through a thousand needle holes without a single mistake.
213, 269, 351, 421.
Mathematical equations are put back together through separation, inversion, and recombination processes in a magic square that has been fitted like a puzzle. This completes the 67th equation.
Now, the remaining magic power is about 2,000? I can still do two more… … It was at that time that I was out of breath and wiped a cold sweat on my forehead.
“Hmm?”
It was as if I heard a heart-throbbing, welcome voice from beyond the fog of the abyss.
“There are still foreign substances left.”
again… … Accompanied by the sound of high-heeled feet hitting the marble sharply, the outline of a familiar yet unfamiliar hat wriggled vaguely through the fog.
No, this is not clear.
Because Bell Curious’ overuse of recoil had temporarily blurred her vision. Maybe you saw the wrong thing.
But the hearing was clear. I’ve definitely heard that voice before.
It seems to be a little more bewitching than the one in my memory, but it seems like I’ve heard it so often that I’m sick of it… … Whose voice was it?
“I will handle it.”
The root of the problem was the momentary loss of concentration due to the error in the memory that lingered in the head and the invasion of magic that was so powerful that it made one’s hair grow soft.
Chalk, the sound of a metal fan unfolding.
At that moment, an indescribably mighty storm from the abyss hit Rain with the sound of fire and flames rising.
“what… … ?”
A 2-star barrier can’t last even one second?
As soon as he threw himself at Cassena and Pippi and opened a new barrier, the iron fan cut through the air as sharp as a scythe.
Then, the storm first wrapped Rain and Cassena in a circle, and then blew them far away. Plowing the ground of the orbit, smashing all the marble paving stones.
“… … .”
Valencidis, who was glaring at the situation with an open fan covering her nose, said to the woman in the hat, Tureina.
“The sense of opening a barrier in that moment… … I guess I missed it.”
Turaina glared at Valensidis with disbelief for a moment, then put a smoking pipe in the shape of a fire dragon into her mouth and gave a short command.
“Take care of it and come back.”
“yes.”
Then Tureina moved to the inside of the Imperial Palace as if she were visiting her own courtyard. No one could stop her like that.
The person who escaped from the swamp of madness and tried to respond, albeit weakly, was bent and wrapped around the smoke emitted by Turaina, and was torn limb from limb and scattered on the floor of the Imperial Palace.
Trampling expressionlessly on the strewn gore, Turaina entered the grounds and turned her attention to the doorway leading to the catacombs.
‘I knew it would be quite difficult to release the barrier, but… … .’
Whether it was because all the cardinals were away, or if there was a crack in the world axis, the barrier had disappeared without a trace.
Whatever the reason, it was good.
If you can get in there, if you can meet them, that’s enough. Cigarette smoke permeated Turaina’s lungs, thicker than usual.
“I’ll save you now, Master.”
* * *
Later, the world cataclysm recorded as a runaway of sunspots was clear enough to be seen even in ＜Deleiten＞.
“Could that be… … .”
Madelia saw the vibrancy of the heavens and earth, covered with evil clouds, and hurriedly donned a coat and called for soldiers.
“I’m going to the Emperor’s Office immediately. Summon all available troops.”
It was only natural that everyone’s attention was focused at once, not just in ＜Delayten＞, but the sound of the tearing of dimensions echoed across the continent.
“What is that?”
Leoren, the star of the palace, who was lying on the roof to take a nap, and Doran Slade, who was heading to ＜Haraldoniki＞ with his men from the special affairs department.
“… … .”
And even for the heroine, whose whole body was covered in the blood of the ‘old one’ she had just defeated, that spot of darkness was clearly visible.
Her name is Frisvia, equipped with super-high mechanical equipment all over her body.
He was ranked first among the eleven platinum ranks, who were said to be the strongest among adventurers.
Inside the optic helmet, Frisvia’s mouth twisted slightly.
“Huh, did it eventually start south of the wall?”
And on that day, an urgent letter was delivered to all available forces.
Starting with the five Yellow River Secretaries recognized by the emperor as the strongest in the empire, to the platinum adventurers who are the strongest among adventurers… … .
It was the declaration of martial law.
* * *
When I came to my senses, no, when I opened my eyes, there was a stench of rotting recordings everywhere.
The magic power that surrounded her whole body in a circular shape slowly faded away. I must have used my defense magic… … what? There is no damage to the barrier.
How the hell did this happen, the answer was two. Either it was threatening hallucination magic, or the opponent didn’t intend to harm us in the first place… … .
“It flew too far… … .”
And Lane knew the answer.
Embarrassedly, he caught his breath and put Cassena on his back. It flew to the forest area north of the city, so I could see the disaster that hit the Hyohwangcheong at a glance.
everything alive… … It was also hell, weeping in pain.
“Emergency, emergency, emergency!”
At that time, Pipi, who was flying in the sky and wary of the surroundings, came down urgently. At the same time, a mighty magic power came to tighten the lungs.
‘sh*t… … As expected, he wasn’t drawing even half of his power normally.’
It was the student council president, Valencidis, who appeared in front of him with an overwhelming miasma that rotted everything around him.
Now I wonder if he needs that title.
As her breathing trembled rapidly, waves of black magic comparable to those of five stars were condensed in Valensidis’ hand.
“Now you’ve shown your true colors, son of a b*tch.”
I wanted to put Cassena down because I had to fight with all my might, but that guy is a better master than me when it comes to ‘fighting’.
Should I call it evil?
At that moment, he would catch Cassena as his weakness and cook me easily. It’s the worst situation where mobility is cut in half, but Cassena can’t be put down.
‘Even I can’t make a hand sign, so I can’t open the image barrier… … .’
No, since most of the magical power was consumed with Bell Curious in the first place, there is no magical power to unfold the image. I have to find a way to live somehow.
“Hey, why aren’t you talking?”
But the guy didn’t answer.
The very gap between behavior and attitude was unbearably irritating.
“Answer me.”
“… … .”
“Answer me, damn you! why! why?! You saved me when you could have just killed me? Why did you fly it here!”
Before I knew it, a savage darkness appeared on the palm of Valencidis, enough to devour everything in the area.
Bell Curious.
Just as he was hurriedly displaying his vision in a bloody color, Valencidis suddenly looked up at the sky.
“Neither you nor I can go against the huge flow of natural order, right now.”
“… … ?”
“But you can judge what is right and what is wrong. And what choices to make. Of our own free will.”
And the moment Valencidis stretched out his hand, a wave of darkness exploded from that hand.