“White wolves… … ?”
However, the situation was so terrible that it was devastating.
The young man pulling the reins of a frothy pony in the lead had no left arm, and the woman wriggling in the saddle had both legs wrapped in bloodstained bandages.
At that moment, the realization that something was terribly wrong crossed my mind and the hairs all over my body stood on end.
– The leader of the wolves… … They said the main unit was destroyed.
Did the white wolf really perish? Breathless, gasping for breath.
“It’s cold, it’s cold… … .”
“Lady, light up!”
“Oh, yes! okay!”
The woman, whose eyes were unfocused, looked up in a daze, as if she had come to her senses amidst such an urgent cry.
“Ah, Lord Arakish… … !”
“What is it? What happened?”
“Stop, stop, this is not the time to explain! I need to get to the barrier quickly, quickly… … He’s coming, he’s coming… … !”
At that moment, the young man suddenly grabbed Cassena’s wrist and let out a beam of light with unfocused eyes.
“Die, die, all, all die, heh, heh, heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh… … !”
Watching Cassena nervously shake off that hand… … A cold sweat broke out on his back.
“Ah, what are you doing!”
Something, something strange… … I felt like something, something important, was twisted to the point where it gave me goosebumps.
What the hell did you see?
What the hell have you been through?
These people are not ordinary people who are quickly eroded by madness, but elite soldiers who have always fought in the land of the abyss, white wolves?
“Who is that guy?”
The moment I asked, feeling a chill running down my back, a deafening scream of death broke out from far away in the pine forest.
“Oh, oh, don’t come… … Ahhhhh!
The cry that froze our hearts was cut short with the sound of flesh being torn apart. It was gloomy to see the birds flying high.
“There are more survivors in the back—”
“——Don’t go.”
Instinctively, as I tried to step toward it, the woman grabbed me by the shoulders and shook her head frantically.
“If you go, you die, you die! Hee, hee hee, hee hee hee! All, all, all dead, behind there, all those left behind are dead! Nothing but a barrier can stop that monster!”
The fear wriggling in his expression and voice was close to madness, and it pierced the nerves of the listeners.
“Alakish, even you cannot stop the monster. You have to go to the chapter, the barrier, the barrier! hurry!”
Four or five more screams echoed in the woods while the woman was talking. They were all different voices, but the distance was getting closer.
“We cannot leave behind those who are still alive.”
Up until that point, I wondered if I was indulging in arrogance.
The fact that he was once the great wizard of the warriors’ party, and the fact that he had the Jinryong, Arakish by his side, might have made that unfounded confidence even greater.
Of course, there were also realistic judgments. If you gather the survivors well and take them to the barrier, you will be able to build a great friendship with the white wolves.
“Oh, it comes… … .”
A terrifying scream echoed incessantly in the pine forest, where pure white frost, or rather, an extreme blizzard, came without any warning and cut off the son-in-law.
and… … It got so cold.
It’s like being naked… … .
Since I received the blessing of fire from Arakish, I have never felt unbearably cold.
“… … ?」
Arakish’s pupils, which had been squinting into the blizzard, expanded uncontrollably in the next moment.
“… … Hit it!」
Then, as if bouncing, he turned around and pushed the basket containing the dragon eggs into my arms. There was no blood in her eyes.
「Run away! Immediately!”
An incomprehensible cold sweat broke out on the face of Arakish, who was always dignified because he was so strong that neither his body nor his mind could match him.
“Let’s fight together! I can help-”
“—No, take Cassena and these humans here and go to the wall! Hurry!”
It was the very next moment when I came face-to-face with the surreal being.
I thought I could hear light footsteps in the blizzard… … A blizzard raged, and the music that came in was dizzy and began to run amok.
At the same time, the concentration of the abyss grew beyond imagination. So corrupt and dense that you can’t even breathe.
“Ohhh?”
The moment I recognized that I had heard that voice, something hot burst out of my nose and ears, dizzying my vision.
oh, blood… … ?
why, why… … ?
In what seemed like an eternity, frozen in time, the only sound you could hear was the ponies frantically running towards the barrier.
“I didn’t expect to find it so quickly, but it’s the king’s grace.”
The guy who walked out of the snow in clogs, flapping the sleeves of his uniform made of abyss, had the appearance of an 8-year-old boy at most… … .
“I was looking for you, the alter ego of Asura.”
Its transcendent presence did not even allow mortals to stand normally.
The invisible force pressed my whole body into the ground with an enormous load, to the point of bending my knees halfway… … .
Cassena, who had recently grown noticeably, was already lying face down on the ground, clutching at her heart and painfully regurgitating blood.
“No, should I say the alter ego of an alter ego?”
The white wolf lying in the snow… … The moment he passed by him, he died instantly with blood pouring out of the chil-gong.
“Go ahead, Rain! I can’t afford to fight while protecting you against Shar’kath!”
Only Arakish stood guard in front of us, but when the hell did he get hurt?
I’ve never seen or heard of it.
Oops, such a monster, even when it’s Rin.
What had Arakish made just now, had he decided that I would be more of a hindrance than a help?
‘No, it’s not like that… … .’
Arakish trusts me and entrusts me now. The safety of her daughter and Cassena, whom she cherished so much… … .
Arakish is strong.
To the point where I can’t even compare.
Had I been in a similar situation, I would have made the same decision. Creating a situation where he can fight to his heart’s content would be the greatest help to Arakish.
But is it right to leave Arakish alone against such a monster?
After a brief hesitation, the moment he took off his left glove and was about to establish an image barrier, Arakish smiled brightly.
“Kyu Al Nog, believe me.”
It was a promise to return without fail, and at the same time, it was a word of restraint that only Jinryong could use. Totally caught off guard.
His body moved wildly, and he picked up Cassena with both hands and started running tenaciously and resolutely toward the barrier.
The only control left over my body was my head. Gee, this… … I looked back at Arakish, and then shouted urgently.
“Arakish, no, no, no! Let’s fight together, Alakishuiiii—!”
A wry smile that could only be built at the end of life formed on Arakish’s lips as he looked at Lane, Cassena, and their daughter as they moved toward the wall.
pleasure.
sadness.
and regret.
It’s okay even once, I wanted to hug that child with a warm smile when he came out of the egg. Just like Karenden and Tersia did to me.
‘Goodbye, my daughter…’ … .’
And when he burned the abyss’ spider web that had secretly followed him with his breath of fire, Shar’kas, the White Dolyeong (伯道令), asked with interest.
“You know my true name. Will you recognize me?」
If he wanted to, he could have chased and killed him, but now, with the best game ahead, Shar’kath didn’t even care about those bugs.
“I wonder how far he inherited his memories from Asura.”
“The great fire will guide the end of this Arakish today, and I will be faithful to the mission until the end.”
“Will you not answer me? Heh, even so, it’s useless. It’s enough if you look directly at me.”
Before he could finish his words, Shar’kath crossed his arms, and a loathsome web wriggled like a snake from his fingertips.
When the abyss of heaven and earth began to tremble, Alakish’s body exploded with annihilating flames, taking the form of a sacred dragon.
And in the next instant, the primeval fire and primordial darkness collided, and the whole pine forest was burned or rotted away, and cracks spread like a spider’s web on the ground, collapsing the strata.
At dawn, when the night was ripening densely and the stars in the night sky began to shine more mysteriously than the moon, all sounds stopped abruptly with the last rumbling of the earth shaking the ground.
All sounds fell into the abyss.
* * *
From the beginning of prayer, a gloomy silence hung over the Emperor’s Office, which had soared high into the sky and scattered warm light across the world.
Because the abyss left a deep scar on the heart of the light dragon Haraderiman, who was the ruler of order, the light dragon had been asleep for over 90 days and his body was slowly decaying.
Now, it was as clear as looking into the palm of the hand that the order of the human world would collapse little by little and face catastrophe.
“Is there really no way to fix His Holiness?”
When Fayquor Caseline Alter Aradamantel asked in a tone of disbelief, Cardinal Hargon nodded heavily.
“Who can redeem the king’s abyss? It’s something that even the gods find difficult.”
Originally, only Haraderi presided over the meeting attended by all the key figures of the Imperial Office, but now the holy stone was empty.
Following the convocation order of Hagon, one of the five true dragons who perform the cardinal duties, it has been two years since the existing three Paquireors gathered together.
Not only that, but Ocelot, the head of the ‘Golden Children’, a heresy interrogation agency, Yuliana, the shaman of the stars, and Doran Slade, the head of the special affairs department, even attended, so there was no need to explain the seriousness of the meeting.
“To begin with, I am still not sure why the seal of the Queen of Time was halfway lifted. The analysis was just finished yesterday, but the magic square Turaina prepared was perfect.”
It was a great reversal technique that converted the power of brilliance that was extremely concentrated in the Emperor’s Office into the power of the abyss, causing a rift in the world axis.
Therefore, it would be safe to say that ‘the Hwanghwangcheong made such a thing successful’ rather than ‘how did the Hwanghwangcheong do such a thing successfully’.
I wonder if Turaina would have prepared it alone… … .
“Is it possible that Turaina hesitated?”
Doran shook his head resolutely at Yuliana’s question.
“doesn’t exist. If so, wouldn’t the Black Church have noticed and used countermeasures?”
That is why, in the development of the situation, the framework of one part does not fit.
Time and space should have completely collapsed, and the Lord of Time should have descended to this land. But something strained the rift… … .
Something that Turaina and the Black Church had not expected intervened.
“Even though it was imperfect, the fact that the seal of the king was broken is, in fact, there is no way it wouldn’t have its aftermath.”
Micara Alter Pladimarte, the current oldest Paquilor, opened her mouth.
“Sir Hagon, there must be something going on in the Arctic or Antarctic as well. It looks like we need to organize an investigation team with our payers.”
It was a reasonable proposal in the current urgent situation, but it was embarrassing that Hagon, who had insight dozens of times higher than humans, shook his head resolutely.
“His Excellency is saying that because the power cannot be dispersed. Everyone should know that Archmage Rin’s body disappeared during this incident.”
When Ocelot, the head of the engine, defended Hagon’s will, Milone Alter Gaumris, famous for his blunt personality, crossed his arms and replied.
“Who doesn’t know that? Both continents are in an uproar.”
“The problem got worse. I have to say I honestly have no idea what’s about to happen.”
“So what is it?”
Everyone’s reaction was only slightly different, but the expression on the face of why he mentioned something that he could not know, but Ocelot’s next words opened their mouths in a daze.
“The corpse of the hero also disappeared. Lista Alter Surpin.”