◈ Episode 558: Inflection Point (2)
“As expected, it was something like that.”
Only then did Ludger feel that the missing pieces of the puzzle were fitting into place.
Nirva’s words were not lies to avoid the immediate situation.
As a result of Lumensis’s involvement in the underworld, it became difficult for him to touch the cage.
So, Lumensis tried to take over the continent using the church, but even that was not easy.
After the saint’s death, the power of the church weakened over time without her intervention.
In particular, the impact of scientific developments was significant.
The beginning of the industrial revolution.
Disbelief in God, growth of philosophy, development of magic engineering, and emergence of capitalism.
The weakened Holy Kingdom of Bretus suffered a major blow when it locked its doors about 20 years ago.
That period was exactly when Ludger Celisi left the Kingdom of Bretus with Grander.
Really, is this completely unrelated?
no.
Because of his presence, the flow of this world has been reversed.
“Now that you know the truth, do you feel sorry for your situation?”
“No way.”
Ludger dismissed Nirva’s ridicule with one word.
Actually, I’ve been vaguely feeling it since some time ago.
own talent. This power of hearing the voice of God.
That it must have some kind of connection to coming into this world.
‘The reason is probably because of my purpose.’
I was a vessel.
Considering that the purpose of a vessel is to contain something, its role was very clear.
“You are a vessel created to contain the power of Lumensis and control the world on his behalf. “At this point, can we really call it a bowl?”
If I had to call it that, Ludger should rather be called like this.
─[Holy Grail].
The Holy Grail is something that can have a huge impact depending on what you fill it with.
However, the Holy Grail left the hands of the Lumensis Church.
How foolish it is for those who are blinded by desire to kick away the blessings that were given to them.
The Holy Grail, which the Lord God put so much effort into, is wandering this continent alone.
It wouldn’t have been this bad if someone had picked it up and used it.
However, surprisingly, this Holy Grail moved by its own will, filling the contents based on what the person saw and felt.
It is not a Holy Grail that was forcibly created by someone.
It was a Holy Grail that was completely completed through my own thoughts.
What if the vessel to contain God was completed by filling it with something?
Isn’t that what we should call God?
Nirva felt regretful.
Looking at Ludger’s attitude, he seemed to hate the Holy Kingdom of Bretus and Lumensis.
Nirva also wanted to overthrow the evil Rumensis.
The purpose was the same, but the methods were somewhat different.
In the end, Nirva, who pledges loyalty to the goddess, and Ludger, who changes everything with his own will, are water and oil that cannot mix.
‘If I were to offer this person to the goddess, it wouldn’t be a problem to cover the entire world with dreams.’
If we did it right, we might even be able to eliminate Lumensis watching us from across the high sky.
We can never hold hands anyway.
Since they were separated, Nirva had no choice but to kill or capture Ludger at all costs.
Ludger also had the same thought.
“You’re making a fuss.”
Wow.
A bundle of black tentacles protruded from Ludger’s shadow and bound his body as he lay on the ground.
Ludger was now focusing all his senses on Nirva.
Just in case he does something.
On Ludger’s shadowy face looking down at Nirva, blue eyes flashed sharply.
“It may be meaningless, but it wouldn’t matter if I at least cut off a limb for the sake of subduing it.”
It was a kind of sentence.
Nirva, who had been suppressed, had no strength left to resist Ludger.
But Nirva laughed.
It seems like this situation is fun. It seemed like things were finally going the way she had hoped.
‘Smile?’
Ludger raised his guard against Nirva even more.
He focused all his magic and senses on Nirva, as if he would make sure he never did anything foolish.
Ironically, Ludger never expected that it would lead to a mistake.
Ludger, who had focused his senses on Nirva, was late in appreciating the approach of other beings.
Someone suddenly fell from the air and stabbed a dagger into Nirva’s heart as if waiting for this moment.
Sigh!
It happened so quickly that there was no time for Ludger to stop it.
As the blade pierced Nirva’s heart, golden blood flowed from the corner of Nirva’s mouth.
It is a weapon created by concentrating all kinds of powers and curses over several decades.
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Since the heart was stabbed with that, even Nirva had no chance of surviving.
death.
As an apostle of dreams, how shameful it is to die in the dream world.
But this was actually what Nirva had hoped for.
Nirva’s eyes turned to Franz.
He said, grinning at Franz, who was glaring at him hatefully.
“thanks.”
“what?”
Franz did not understand the meaning of the laughter.
It would be difficult for anyone to understand.
Who can believe that Nirva is actually wishing for death and is deliberately causing death?
Even Ludger, who immediately had a bad intuition, kept wondering whether he should kill it or not.
‘Why? If the apostle himself died, wasn’t the resurrection of the goddess virtually impossible?’
There was still not enough energy to resurrect the goddess.
I guess Nirva’s purpose was to stall time until then?
“no way.”
An anxious thought passed through Ludger’s mind.
“Are you trying to sacrifice yourself?”
It was just a mere guess. No, I hoped it was just speculation.
However, Nirva let out a vain laugh, driving a wedge into Ludger’s anxiety.
“Goddess. “My humble servant, I take refuge in you.”
Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow
Nirva’s body slowly turned into sand and began to disperse.
The main body collapsed and completely disintegrated, leaving only the sparkling glass-like debris in its place.
Nirva, the apostle of dreams, died completely.
But Ludger could not be happy.
Nirva died, but that death was exactly what he had hoped for, and was only the beginning of what would happen later.
“It’s here! “I heard a sound from here!”
“What about the devil? “Where did he run away?”
Afterwards, the people chasing Nirva arrived one after another.
They were surprised to see Ludger in good health, and were surprised again to see that no trace of Nirva had disappeared.
“Is that devil really dead?”
“Then what happened? “Is it all over?”
Students who had been watching the fight from afar also approached, looking closely.
There was a look of relief on their faces that it was all over now.
However, Ludger’s stern expression did not seem to be able to calm down.
“you… … .”
The moment Ludger opened his mouth to say something to Franz, who was standing there blankly, the Infinite Prison shook violently.
“Uh, huh? “It’s shaking!”
“Everyone be careful! “The caster dies and the prison falls!”
A prison that vibrates loudly with a rattling sound.
The weak students screamed.
“Protect the students!”
“Everyone be careful!”
However, contrary to my concerns, I did not feel any major conflict.
The moment Infinite Prison touched the ground, it crumbled into sand and flowed down.
The people inside were fine thanks to the soft sand.
People were bewildered by the external scenery of the deep sea that was visible again.
“Did you buy it?”
“I survived! “I survived!”
Everyone who was caught in the crack and fell to the middle floor was happy, shedding tears, at the fact that they survived safely.
It’s covered in sand, but that doesn’t matter.
What matters is that you survive right now.
However, among the happy people, there was someone whose serious expression could not be resolved.
Alex, wearing a mask, was relieved to see Ludger looking fine, but at the same time read something in his expression.
‘what? The leader’s expression… … .’
Alex’s body stiffened as he questioned.
The hair on my whole body stood up.
My muscles became stiff, my backbone felt tight, and cold sweat broke out on my back.
Pantos felt the same thing.
His pure white hair stood on end, and a terrifying wildness instinctively emerged from his whole body.
Pantos’ eyes turned to the huge obelisk in the distance.
“Something happens.”
The muttering was quiet, like he was talking to himself, but everyone could hear it clearly.
Right now at this moment.
This is because the people who were happy simultaneously fell silent.
what?
Why am I shaking?
My voice doesn’t come out.
People were puzzled by the strange reactions their bodies were showing.
My mind didn’t understand, but my body’s instincts were more honest than anything else.
Everyone’s eyes turned to one place at the same time, as if someone had planned it.
A huge obelisk tower rising in the distance.
In a place where I had no idea how such a huge structure existed in a world like this, something black and sticky rose up.
“What is that?”
Someone asked in a bewildered voice, but there was no answer.
Everyone’s eyes and minds were completely captivated by the magnificent sight unfolding in the distance.
It’s black.
It resembles something indescribable, bubbling, like sticky tar flowing from factory wastewater.
The black mass that rose up slowly inflated like a balloon.
It was throbbing and throbbing, it looked like a huge heart pierced by a stake.
Eyeballs floated above its surface.
Tsk!
People who saw the eyes became as hard as stone.
The sight was so bizarre that no voice came out.
Convex. Convex.
Countless eyes of different sizes appeared and disappeared repeatedly like bubbles.
Some people who saw that scene slumped down in their seats or began to gag.
The changes didn’t stop there.
The huge lump of honey snail swelled up on both sides.
Protruding through the skin-like surface were two huge arms.
Black liquid gurgled out of the surface where the arm protruded, as if amniotic fluid had burst.
It was so big that even from a distance, it felt like a waterfall shaking the ground.
Coo!
Two huge hands touched the ground.
Even though I only gently touched the palm of my hand, Dreamland screamed as if it would be torn apart.
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It’s just one hand movement.
But one world was shaking.
Its form, moving slowly, began to gradually take on the shape of a human being.
The eyes that appeared on the smooth black surface disappeared all at once, and a human head suddenly rose up in their place.
Slowly raising her upper body with both hands on the ground, she looked like a woman with long black hair.
It looks like it was roughly carved out of black beeswax.
Or, it looked like a doll made by pouring beeswax directly onto a person.
There was no separate nose and mouth. On her face, only pure white eye glow, presumed to be the pupils, rose softly like fog at dawn.
Ludger immediately realized the identity of that being.
Goddess of dreams.
Noksanna opened her eyes.
“Resurrection, you said?”
The Dreamwalkers stared at Noksanna with bewildered expressions.
It was then that Clara Cowen stepped forward and spread her magic.
The energy of stability contained in the dream calmed people’s hearts.
“Everyone, stay alert. Look over there.”
The place Clara’s wand pointed to was near Noksanna’s solar plexus.
“The god of heresy has not been completely unsealed yet. “With that gigantic structure piercing through the heart, it is not too late.”
Those words gave people hope again.
Although the heretic god opened his eyes, it did not mean that the seal was completely broken.
Currently, Noksanna’s body was still pierced by the obelisk.
Although it rose up in a human shape, its movements were slow, and its range of motion was clearly limited.
perhaps.
I didn’t know if there was any hope.
“okay. If you stop it now… … .”
“There is still hope.”
Everyone became of one mind and one accord.
Even if you were scared and tried to run away, it was virtually impossible as long as it opened its eyes.
Since I had come this far, I had no choice but to fight, whether it was porridge or rice.
Although I couldn’t completely wash away my fear, I vaguely had hope that I could do it.
“okay. “If the seal is still in effect, it is quite possible.”
“You defeated that apostle too. Even if it is a heretic god, it can definitely be stopped if it is not in perfect condition.”
The first to step forward were the wizards of the Dream School.
“Hey you bastards!”
Zandman deliberately raised his voice loudly to raise morale.
“I’m sure you’re not going to get scared and run away from here!”
Dreamwalkers responded with smiles to the provocative words.
“That’s ridiculous!”
“If I leave here, I will take off my Dreamwalker title!”
“The dead will be laughing at us in the underworld!”
Elisha also refined his magic and spoke to the teachers of Seorn.
“Everyone, are you ready? “This is the last time.”
Seorn’s teachers all nodded with stern expressions and prepared to engage in battle.
If you think about it rationally, fighting would have been crazy, but with the Dreamers next to me screaming like that, I felt like I had a will to fight that I didn’t have before.
Rude was also ready to fight.
His gaze turned to the masked Owens members.
No words were needed.
Since the meaning was conveyed sufficiently with just a look, Alex nodded and gestured.
This was also part of the war.
“Rear units go back!”
“Everyone, be prepared!”
Everyone lined up and aimed their weapons at Noksanna seen in the distance.
The plan was to launch a simultaneous attack when a signal was given.
At that moment, Noksanna’s pure white eyes turned towards this direction.
Kugugugung.
The goddess raised her hands that were on the ground.
Gurgling.
Something like black tar clumped up on the top of my palm and took on a single shape.
It was a smooth, shiny, jet black bell.
Noksanna is trying to do something!
“Attack!”
Magic was fired simultaneously in response to an urgent command.
The magic poured out by hundreds of wizards flew across space toward Noksanna.
Noksanna didn’t even pay attention to the magic and just stared at the bell.
rattle.
I shook it lightly once.
and.
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The world went dark.
