140 – Unfinished Trial
“Herald? What just happened at the Academy…”
The two of us were startled by the flash of light that instantly shot high into the sky.
A huge explosion and an indescribable vortex that occurred in a place believed to be the Academy….
Did a big fight break out there?
“Let’s hurry a little more…!”
“Yes!”
I wonder if something happened to Aris and Arcia… I’m starting to feel uneasy for no reason.
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What just happened?
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A momentary flash of light and a rush of dust after a brief glare…
“Arsia… I think something just fell…?”
Perhaps she had seen something wrong, but Aris also opened her eyes blankly and tried to see beyond her fog.
“Me too…”
Things happened so quickly from the mother and daughter’s point of view.
Amidst a hopeless situation, a black shape appeared like a comet… And after a short period of time, an explosion occurred and the situation suddenly became calm.
“It was a good supplement for the first time in a while.”
In the meantime, a mysterious voice breaks the silence and rings out.
“There’s someone inside!”
A clear presence is felt in the thick fog.
“Ugh… Did I go too far though? I guess I should hug Harold a little when I meet him?”
He spits out lines that make them doubt their ears…
“Hmm? I think I just heard a name I shouldn’t have heard… Did I hear it wrong?”
“No… I heard it too…”
A voice they have heard for the first time and a familiar name flowing from that voice. The true enemy has disappeared, but in their hearts, another caution is established.
“Huh? Come to think of it, you guys were there too, right?”
After a while, an overwhelming presence walked out from the dust.
Tenebris is a darkness of such a different dimension that it feels like the tip of an iceberg compared to her.
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to interrupt the fight. I just needed some strength.”
Unlike the serious mother and daughter, the girl in black offers a light apology in a calm manner.
Looking back, this was the first time they met face to face…
“No, I’m rather grateful. It was a moment of crisis. By the way… Didn’t you say Harold earlier? It sounded like a man’s name.”
Since she received help, Arcia questions Mir in the most friendly manner possible.
“Hmm? That’s right, he’s my future husband.”
Then, the hearts of the two people fluttered, and on the other hand, they started to think about what might happen.
It is her same name. With the same imagination, she denied the person she was thinking of and tried to maintain her rationality as much as possible…
“So, did you go here too?”
As if a wedge had been driven in, the irreversible statement made me lose the sense of humor I had barely been able to hold on to.
That’s because there was only one student at the academy who used the name Harold…
Aris, who was vaguely aware of that fact, also widens her eyes.
“Are you talking about Harold Wicker?!”
Aris’ words soon made Mir’s eyebrows flutter as he became impatient to hear her definite answer.
“Huh? How did you do that…”
It is a confirmed fact that no more words are said…. The man that the mother and daughter and the elder dragon were thinking of was the same person.
“….”
“”……””
The atmosphere became cold in an instant… It was an ordeal that was barely overcome, but it turned into a strange trend again…
“Arsia, Aris!”
Voices and various pretenders interfering between mother and daughter and the ancient dragon.
It turned out that Arsia and the others had come to visit.
“Arsia…?”
“Mir… Why are you here? And hasn’t Harold come yet?”
However, the short-lived peace was short-lived… As Abne mentioned his name, the situation became colder once again…
“”Ha…?””
“”……?””
This place where eight girls gathered suddenly turned into a place of ice.
“”……””
They look at each other and look back on their memories.
Some of these people know everyone…
There were also beings I had never met or heard of before.
“”……””
And in this situation, they were able to instinctively sense it…
“Hmm… Things don’t seem to be going too well?”
Right now, everyone here is loving only one man.
We could tell that fact just by looking at each other’s eyes, expressions, and mood.
“First of all, I know everyone, but… I know that you all love my brother.”
Yura was the first to break the silence in this happy meeting.
The girl who is by his side and has met them all at least once.
“This is my first time seeing that person over there…”
Erina continues Yura’s words by pointing to her principal, Arcia.
“……..”
However, the heavy silence that came again after Erina…
Each of them had various thoughts and thought of the man they truly wanted, feeling a crush on him, but they seemed momentarily confused by the fact that they could never hate him.
In such silence
“Kids? You’re out…!”
The main character in question appears.
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When I arrived at the academy with Marika, everyone was gathered.
Is it just a coincidence… Or is it something decided…
I myself had no idea what I had just thought…
A strange feeling arises from a combination that seems to match but does not match.
And above all….
“Herald? I knew that, but… I guess there are more women than I thought?”
Everyone had an expression on their face that wanted to express their dissatisfaction with me.
“Huh? So…”
If you think about it, there were people you met for the first time, right?
Aris and Arissa haven’t even met Elena yet…
“You really have a lot of legs?”
“No matter how nice the people are, there are so many of them…”
The atmosphere is becoming increasingly strange?
I find myself taking a step backwards without realizing it.
“No matter how much this world tolerates such things, isn’t this a bit excessive?”
However, the more you step back, the closer the girls come…
Wait a minute, this feels a bit…
The moment I had a strange thought in my head…
ㅡ ㅡ ㅡ ㅡ ㅡ ㅡ ㅡ ㅡ!!
“Huh?!”
“What is that?!”
In the center of the royal capital, a pillar of pure white light soars into the sky.
That scene… Really?
It’s my first time seeing it, but at the same time it’s a familiar scene… A scene I’ve seen many times across the screen…
“Wait a minute, I think you want to tell me something. I’ll tell you later! Let’s go in the direction of that pillar first!”
That means there is no time for this right now.
When I shouted in an urgent voice in a serious but light atmosphere, everyone reacted awkwardly…
“Are you sure we’ll have to talk about it later?”
“I reward you for betraying my heart…”
Thankfully, the desperation reached them and the current situation was put aside.
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Go beyond the point of view, the center of the royal capital
It’s still the time before the huge pillar rises…
“Herald! Where are you?!”
A goddess was desperately looking for a man named Harold.
Excluding the time of Morione in the past, how long has it been since I visited the royal capital…
“Herald!”
Like a mother trying to find her lost child, she desperately calls out his name.
In a war where everyone is dying…
In a sad and cruel world where gods clash with each other and go their separate ways, they must cut down yesterday’s friends.
The only goddess who literally wants to be forgotten and has virtually no enemies broadens her horizons to the fullest.
“I guess it’s because several gods are running wild… I know they are in this area… But I can’t discern their exact location…”
If the god they serve is not hostile to anyone, the believers will probably be safe.
“What if… I get caught in a fight…? I don’t think I’ll be defeated easily… But if something happens… I…”
But she was stomping her feet, anxiously worrying about what might happen.
Will she be able to reunite with the man she so desperately wants?
“Ugh?!!”
It would probably be impossible for her to overcome the being that appeared before her.
“Huh…?”
A vast flash of light ignites in the field of vision.
And the infinite light soars high into the sky
Inside it…
“It seems like it was just right.”
A being wearing a mask and a double-bladed sword walks out.
“…..!”
Although it was the first time Eleona saw the existence, she knew it.
She is similar to herself, but she is a very different god…
She said that she had been suffering from loneliness for a long time and that after eons of patience, she wanted to live a peaceful existence.
“Eleona, listen to your man, right? I’m Tempus.”
The being she faced was different.
On the contrary, she wanted to succumb to the pain and die.
“If I tell you this much, you’ll understand, right?”
Words spoken as if she knew all this
Eleona was able to intuit…
Now, this being is what she has to deal with…
She felt similar pain, but what she wanted was different… Because she suffered endlessly and had such a desperate goal….
“Tempus…”
A strength similar to hers… No, she has existed for a longer period of time than herself, so she may have the upper hand.
“Come on.”
No one knows what eyes are behind the mask.
But…
“…..”
It was clear that she was looking beyond herself.
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“Ha!”
Her lightly leaping towards her, her fist thrusting out
Ting –!
However, this did not work for her.
He blocked Eleona’s blow with his double-edged sword, and it was clear that flesh and iron collided, but what was the sound of the same metal sound?
And…
Kugugugugugung -!
Even if you block it, it bounces from the center due to its overwhelming force and flies far into the distance.
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“Whoa…”
I can’t see the enemy, so I take a breath…
“….?!?!”
When did it arrive? Tempus moved behind Elena and was aiming for her neck.
“What?!”
I barely avoided the blow, but the attack did not end.
Let’s jump high to avoid the blade, and the white light magic flies towards Elena.
“….!!”
Those things instinctively sense that they cannot be hit… Or even blocked.
Time Magic
The greatest, cruelest and most unrivaled magic in history…
It was a magic that only one being could use in this world.
“Spear of the Sun!”
Elena intercepts such magic by launching a hastily constructed spear.
Kugung -!
Fortunately, the magic could be canceled out
It was truly lethal… But the firepower itself did not seem to be at a level that could not be handled.
A huge explosion covers the entire center of the royal capital with gray fog…
ㅡ !
And then Tempus leapt through the fog to Elena and swung his double-edged sword.
Ting –!
The metallic sound rings out once again, and this time, he retracts the blow and kicks it away, blocking the only safe attack.
“We can never win with just the two of us.”
“Unless the man you love brings other women with him…”
“What…?!”
Eleona’s face darkens at such provocation.
She becomes angry because he has touched the fact that she hates the most but has to accept.
Eleona knew… That she could not have him all to herself…
Of course, if she thinks about her own happiness, wouldn’t she know it… That she, too, inevitably has no choice but to accept it in order to smile…
The fact that other women lusted after him… I had to accept it to some extent.
“Ugh..!!”
Eleona, enraged by Tempus’ words, punched out with all her might.
Thump ㅡㅡ!
Tempus takes that blow and falls to the floor.
With this strike, the entire continent is distorted.
“”Oooaaa?””
Embarrassed screams coming from afar…
Most people would have fallen to the ground due to the sudden earthquake.
“It almost caused a big problem. If I hadn’t paid attention, at least the people of this kingdom would have been crushed by the shock.”
If you think about it, it was a strange fact…
If the entire continent had been affected, areas near the source would have been completely wiped out…
Everyone only sensed something strange and was alive and well.
“If that man had been caught up in it, what would he have done?”
“…!!”
Although it was her own mistake that she could not deny, Eleona gritted her teeth and groaned because her enemy was none other than her enemy.
“Shut up!”
He lunges at Tempus, who casually stands up from his seat.
But it is the attraction of Tempus…
“Delete time.”
“?!”
The magic cast right in front of Eleona…
There is a magic that disappears as infinite time is stolen just by passing by Eleona’s eyes.
“Ugh!”
However, I managed to change direction and succeeded in evading…
“Huh?!”
However, as I dodged the magic, what was reflected in my pupil was a heavy blade…
Thump! Boom! Boom! Boom!
In the end, he gets hit squarely and this time, his body flies to a distant place.
Thump! Boom! Boom!
How many buildings did they destroy?
“Tch…”
He clicks his tongue in annoyance at the slightly stinging blow.
“Ho-oh, is there really no choice at least once?”
But Eleona quickly got up and jumped at Tempus again.
Pajijik ㅡ
This time, blow away the magic right in front of you.
“It’s incredibly painful.”
To respond, he casted a time spell… But Eleona was faster, and Tempus’ attack was neutralized before it reached her, causing her to experience exhilarating pain.
“We haven’t exchanged much information… But such a large area of land has become pitiful. It will take quite some time for the distorted territory to return to its original state.”
He attacks Elena with a relaxed atmosphere where he says what he wants to say.
Ting –!
As they clashed with each other and competed for strength, Eleona’s arms and Tempus’s double-edged sword were trembling, and an even bigger gap was created in the floor that had already gone as far as it could go.
“Eleona… As I said before, you will definitely need Harold to kill me. It won’t end like this.”
Eleona is about to get fed up with her still relaxed attitude.
“Shut up! You have no right to say that name!”
Kwasik -!
“Hmm…?”
However, contrary to those words, it is a piece of a double-edged sword that has been cut off.
Beyond the mask of Tempus, leisure disappears for the first time.
“You…”
Tempus realized the danger even though it was too late, but he was already in Elena’s hands.
“…….”
The God of Time captured with a mask…
“I’ll finish it all in one go…”
And Eleona radiates endless dawn from her fingertips that hold her tempus.
Whaaa!
The light of dawn is more magnificent than the pillars of Tempus.
“I see…”
Tempus mutters as if he understood something before disappearing from existence.
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“We’ve arrived, huh?!”
When we finally arrived at the center, what greeted us was infinite light.
Like the earthquake earlier… The tension builds in a scene that wasn’t in the game.
However, that feeling of darkness was short-lived… A sight that was difficult to see in the light.
“Eleona…?”
She grabbed the tempus and incinerated the being.
“…………”
The god of time whose appearance is gradually fading away…
“Phew… It’s over… It wasn’t long, but it was a difficult fight.”
Soon, Tempus was erased without a trace, leaving behind only the two men.
“What…?”
The last ordeal ended in more futility than expected…
“Hmm? Harold…!!”
After finishing the battle with Tempus, Eleona found me and ran towards me.
I am still uncomfortable with her peaceful smile, but I am gradually accepting the reality…
Is it really over…?
I don’t know the situation, but… Other people seemed to have the same thoughts as me to some extent, with similar expressions on their faces.
“My man!”
Eleona suddenly leaps towards me and embraces me…
I’m not sure about the situation yet, but… Eleona seemed to have finished Tempus before I even arrived.
“Eleona? How did this happen? Did you deal with Tempus?!”
But suddenly Morione runs out and asks Elena a question as if it were urgent business.
“I guess so.”
A light answer…
I became more confident with the question I just asked.
It feels a bit futile, but… The final ordeal is clearly over…
Eliminate the tempus and start the rebellion of time.
“Really? Well… Thank you for your help.”
Oh my!