Darkness, an inexplicably huge explosion of darkness blackened both consciousness and vision.
The reverberation of the explosion soaring like a mountain, so huge that the echoes of the explosion could be seen even from afar.
A swirling whirlpool of miasma led by black magic raged, and the thick forest in the area all became ugly and withered.
“… … ?!”
Maybe in that moment, I could have adjusted the damage so that it wouldn’t come this way with Bell Curious (it’s impossible to erase it because I don’t have magic)… … .
I didn’t do it on purpose. Because it didn’t have to be.
The power of the explosion and the coordinates of the bombing were not facing this way for some reason.
“What are you… … .”
Instead, in the aftermath of the miasma, Valensidis’ left arm, which was vaguely visible, was missing. When I saw blood dripping from the cut surface and soaking the ground, I was dumbfounded.
Has magic control failed?
No, the Valencidis of the world?
Amid the chaos, where her heart rate was pounding madly, Valensidis pointed to the other side of the forest with her left arm.
“good. If you run that way, you will be able to get out of this mess. This is the direction the task force is heading in, so we can get some help.”
“… … ?!”
“I lost this left arm in a fight with you. I missed you so much Even Master wouldn’t doubt this much.”
At that moment, something came to me, a realization that should not be expressed and should not be felt. Something I felt little by little during the festival… … .
Then another realization came.
The reason was that the attack Valencidis had launched at the Imperial Court the other day was grandiose, and there was no real threat there.
‘That bastard, are you really trying to save me?’
In order to avoid suspicion, he deliberately blew off his left arm using maximum power magic.
But why?
For what reason?
Perhaps seeing the suspicion in those eyes, Valencidis, who had stopped the bleeding on his left arm with a healing spell, spoke incomprehensibly.
“Looking at you makes me feel like looking in a mirror.”
“mirror? What bullsh*t!”
“Right now, all actions are similar yet different, even the movement of turning one’s back is the same, so it seems like we can’t understand each other… … .”
But someday, someday we’ll meet again, we’ll meet in the same place.
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I believe so.
Origin, personality, past and present… … Even though everything is different, we walk with the same beliefs and the same future.
“I threw away this left arm for that day. That’s all… … go now before it’s too late.”
Laughing bitterly and turning his back, the form of Valensidis disappeared in an instant into the thick fog of miasma, before he had time to catch it.
Do not be ridiculous.
Don’t be funny, motherf*cker.
What are we going to do with this now… … Such confusion ran through my mind, but the bridge was running hurriedly to the north.
‘For now, we have to put Cassena in a safe place… … Anyway, there is a light dragon over there. Fighting is after recovering mana.’
Poisoned by miasma, Cassena fainted and was wheezing heavily. You have to get out of the Abyss’ sphere of influence and treat it properly.
Do you dare to be kind to me?
After resolving the magic problem with Cassena, I’ll go right away and put a suffocation, without any kind of warmth… … .
He made that decision, but he knew better that he would not be able to do that when they met again.
– Thanks, Lane Ludwig.
I pushed my feet desperately through the fog of the abyss. As the soil rotted away in an instant, my ankle kept slipping out and I almost fell several times.
I ran and ran, but I only felt like I was struggling in a mire. My whole body was sticky with sweat from the hot, strong winds brought by the monsoon front.
It was obviously broad daylight, but the dark clouds that engulfed the sky and the mist of the abyss made the world darker than the previous day.
An explosion of magical powers colliding was heard. Behind him, in the city, screams echoed endlessly.
And finally, tok, tok, todok… … A damp, watery smell began to mix with the air, covering the stream with black stains.
The monsoon season, which started pouring down with thick raindrops in an instant, took away the body heat in an instant.
‘I’m laughing… … .’
I spread the wind curtain in a semicircle to block the rain, but I couldn’t stop the ground from turning into mud, so my running speed gradually slowed down.
‘That son of a black magician, you’re laughing properly once in a while… … .’
One knee buckled in the mud, but he quickly straightened up and started running.
I was annoyed by the rain water that drenched my face and stung my eyes and trickled down like tears.
– Still, I believe. Someday, we will meet again, one day we will meet in the same place.
On the subject of such a massacre, what’s the matter?
Are you really mentally ill?
Although it is a supreme fact that there are no normal people among black magicians.
‘What the hell, what the hell are you doing… … .’
The screams echoing in my ears were completely cut off by the sound of pouring rain. That was the last sane explanation I could give.
At that moment, the tumor of the abyss, which formed a terrifying shape in the sky, burst, and the dimension was torn apart, and something like dark blue vomit poured out.
Right this way, straight.
And, the ‘something’ that vomited up the vomit met the eyes of countless eyeballs that bulged hugely beyond the crack.
“Find it————”
“———Yes.”
“Everything————”
A voice resonating directly in my brain, a sharp pain that seems like my whole body is being torn to pieces, my brain, my brain is shaking… … .
ah… … .
body strength… … .
The moment his whole body’s strength drained away and his knees buckled, the moment he and Cassena rolled across the ground just after closing and opening their eyes.
“Lin, Lin, Lin!”
In the face of the flood of vomit filling his field of vision, the very moment when Fifi desperately and powerlessly spread the flames wide.
────── Exactly.
The last time I heard the snapping of my fingers, I stopped… … world time.
It is neither a figurative expression nor a literary expression, as if the story in it stops when the book is closed.
To put it roughly, wouldn’t it be the unidentified material that was pouring straight down or the pipi that was spreading the flames, or the movement stopped and was fixed?
‘this… … how… … .’
Of course, I couldn’t move either. It could be said to be the ultimate magic.
however… … .
There was someone who walked in such a world as if it were natural.
“I’m sorry, but I need to leave this land for a while.”
It was a truly unique costume. Because it was all about simple white clothes, a style that no tribe wears anywhere on the continent.
But why is it that the glasses worn on the face give the impression of being more advanced than any civilization we have ever seen?
I couldn’t see his features because they were both light-like and dark-like, but I could tell at once that they were of a different class.
“If you think about it a little, you’ll understand, but these guys’ owners are looking for you right now. He’s still a quick-witted guy.”
you are… … ?
who the hell are you… … ?
As if to answer that question, as he approached, the black sheep draped around his neck resonated, emitting dazzling black light in the stopped world.
“Did you sometimes call me Void and other times Truth? Strictly speaking, both are wrong.”
Truth be told… … Even before the conclusion of the accident was reached, the man snapped his fingers and suddenly the whole world shrank beneath his feet.
And the sight of all the world at a glance, like a globe, was amazing. Originally, it should have been, but… … Something was different about this.
All the visible land was covered in the abyss and melted down miserably, and all the suns and moons were falling and turning into a world without a single light.
“The erosion of the abyss has begun. From now on, I will slowly eat away at the world, and eventually it will be like that. Unfortunately, you can’t stop it.”
Unable to respond, he suddenly tapped my forehead with his index finger.
“The reason I brought you to this era in the first place was not to stop that destruction. It is to be recorded and passed on, the light of the last age.”
The moment I thought that there was a ripple at the fingertips, my vision went dark in an instant and my consciousness plummeted to the bottom of the endless darkness.
“I’ll go to a rough land, but if I don’t give up until the end, I’ll be able to come back.”
uh, ah… … ?
Dark, deep into the darkness, as my consciousness was dragged without a chance to resist, a meaningful voice quietly waved in my ears.
“Okay, it’s just started… … The hundred-year journey of your life.”
* * *
Only after the horse that had been driven hastily since dawn was about to collapse with foam, Ludwig Kavon and Brim Ludwig absentmindedly tugged at the reins.
“What is this… … .”
＜Haraldoniki＞ was originally a beautiful city with the sea to the east, mountains to the west, coexistence with forests to the north, and Gwangryonggado (Light Dragon Road) to the south. It was the center of art and religion.
But this look… … .
Like rotten teeth, all the structures melt and rot, so the city is not just bleak, but ugly.
“Your Excellency, Madam!”
Swann, the family’s guardian knight, hurriedly led the cavalry, but Ludwig and his wife did not wait for them and spurred them down the hill.
No way.
It can’t be.
Madelia Page’s hastily sent letter to Griffin a month ago contained completely unbelievable information.
“Stop!”
The soldiers of the Kingdom of Dunos, who were controlling access at the north gate of the city, tried to cross their windows to block the road, but someone from the inside waved their hand.
“Please let me in. I am Prince Ludwig of the Holy Human Empire.”
The person who explained that to the soldiers was Doran Slade, head of the Magical League Special Operations Division.
Trust in him is evident in any country, and when the gatekeeper nodded, the soldiers immediately withdrew their spears and took hold of the reins.
Scared to do so, Mrs. and Mrs. Ludwig immediately jumped out of the saddle and hurriedly approached Doran.
“Doran, what the hell is this… … .”
“Once, other people have to pass, so please eat inside.”
He had always had a smiling face, but now his complexion was full of fatigue and his eyes were wide open. There was no smile on his face.
Inside the city, the situation was even more dire.
All the intact buildings were converted into temporary wards, but all the beds were full with those who did not regain consciousness.
“These are all those who became dead and then came back to life as knights. If Gwangryong hadn’t been able to fill the gap in the dimension, I would have had to kill him.”
The dead are those who have been engulfed in the abyss and can never return to their original state. It has to be killed… … Someone who was a family member or a friend just a moment ago.
“Doran, I want you to tell me what the hell just happened.”
“Someone has built a large-scale magic square centered on the Emperor’s Office. It’s a magic square that shakes the seal of the World Axis, and it looks like it’s trying to summon one of the ＜Forgotten Kings＞ to put it simply.”
“How is that possible? This must be ＜Haral Doniki＞… … ?”
Large-scale magic squares are only bigger, but the principle of construction is the same as regular magic squares.
In order to complete it, careful work must be done on the central circle as well as the subsidiary circle, and this is the headquarters of the Yellow Dragon Corps.
How could such a thing be possible? Unless the legion went blind and mute as a group.
“Cardinal Yoshhar says it seems to have used a human as the central circle.”
“person?”
“I once obtained Turaina’s research paper. Of course, it was forbidden, but it was to construct a central circle or subsidiary circle of a large-scale magic square by inscribing magic into a person’s body.”
Kavern, who had a strong understanding of magic, had no choice but to breathe in vain.
It is said that he is a disciple of the great wizard and the great priestess, and his ability to conceive far surpasses that of a criminal… … And even the ability to put that idea into practice.
Brim, who was restlessly listening to the story, interrupted in an urgent and sharp voice, unlike her usual.
“That’s fine, no matter what… … ! So what about Lane? where is lane? Tell me where he is, Doran, please.”
“And on the day of the situation, I was able to pass into the Hyowang Office without much suspicion, and now there are three suspects who are missing.”
“Doran!”
“Chief Cadet Valencidis, and Lane Ludwig and Cassena Page, who came for the ceremony.”
The moment Doran silently listed the names, a whitening shock passed through Brim’s chest.
“Valencidis is the prime suspect. It is presumed that they fled with the leading forces, but the other two have no charges to prove their relationship with Tureina… … .”
The moment Doran looked away as if he had no face, Brim, who understood everything the junior was trying to say, knelt down weakly on his knees.
“Currently, we are trying to free our men and collect the remains… … I have said the same to His Excellency Madelia. I’m really sorry, senpai.”
The shock of the unexpected result was so strong that at first, not even tears came out.
No, I knew. I knew it, but I just desperately denied it.
Brim, who had been staring blankly at the ground like someone who had gone crazy, finally covered his face with both hands and sobbed.
“No, it can’t be, it can’t be… … .”
Kavern, who didn’t want to understand this situation until that moment, shook his head.
“I couldn’t have died. That child was a magician superior to all adults… … Yes, it’s Guangryongseong! Should I ask His Holiness where the children are now?”
It is said that the supernatural power of the light dragon Haraderi reaches all over the world. It wouldn’t be a problem to be able to confirm whether the child was alive or dead.
“Impossible.”
Holding on to the last, really last ray of hope, he shouted so desperately, but Doran just shook his head helplessly.
“This is top secret, but it is said that Kwangryong was fatally wounded when he filled the gap in the abyss. In fact, just being alive is a miracle.”
Doran, who watched Kavan’s eyes widen in awe, then helplessly drop his painfully contorted face, drew a line in his impossible hope.
“I am very sorry.”
Only then will the Ludwig family quickly give up and start educating the next heir… … .
Doran, who held the two of them by the shoulders once in a while and moved away, felt more unfamiliar fear than sadness.
After disturbing the Paquilors and pulling them out of the country, they attack the Emperor’s Office, and the Gwangryong, who has been leading humanity to unity in the name of religion for a thousand years, is in critical condition, and the body of the Archmage is missing… … .
‘The abyss really is waking up… … .’
The dragon age, or golden age, was drawing to a close, and a summer like nothing we had ever experienced was about to arrive.