Episode 259
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Countless guns were aimed and triggers were pulled.
It was a weapon of mass destruction that the people of this land could not even imagine, but not to Dale.
Dale raised his pitch-black shield amid a hail of bullets.
At the same time, outsiders began to move.
It was fast. The movements were beyond those of knights who had reached the realm of Avatar. And I could understand it just by looking at it.
While wizards and knights manipulated their powers through things like the Heart Circle and Auror Heart, these outsiders did not.
Mana in the air was freely fusing with nanomachines without any separate process.
It is exactly the same power that the warrior and the goddess Sistina once showed.
In the first place, how do these beings remember the shape of a gun and know that the mana in the air is nanomachines?
‘no way…….’
After thinking about it that far, Dale asked back.
“Sistine, was it you?”
That day, I saw her hologram frozen in the face of the cosmic winter. But it was just a hologram in the first place. Her true identity was already the information of electrons and light that covered this planet.
“… … .”
At the same time, the movements of the outsiders came to a halt.
─ I still have a duty to restore the old world.
Suddenly, a blue hologram appeared there.
─ And to carry out that mission, I created ‘Soldiers of Ascension’ to carry out my mission.
“A goddess who loves people, would wipe out all life on this planet? And then you can call yourself a goddess of mercy and compassion?”
─ I still love people.
Sistine answered.
─ But the people I love, there is no one left on this planet.
“… … .”
Still she loved people, but she did not love humans, for her mercy and loving-kindness were never directed to those on this earth.
“I remember when you were first born.”
Dale said, recalling a scene that still lingered vividly in his memory, despite the warrior’s abandonment of him.
A large amount of mana swirled around and was absorbed into Dale’s aura heart. At the same time, the aura swirled around as if it was exploding, and Dale’s avatar appeared from there.
A warrior from another world armed with the armor of a Night Raven Knight.
“We also remember what you loved and how much you sacrificed yourself for us.”
─ The user is not registered in the database.
“Noah, I remember you.”
─ The user is not registered in the database.
The same answer came back.
“Even if you close your eyes and ears and turn your head away, you cannot escape the truth. The people you love and the world you love will never return.”
─ No, I remember the molecular structure of the world and the people I love, and I can reconstruct it using the nanomachines of this planet.
Sistine answered. It was a divine way of thinking that humans could not understand. It was not something that could be measured in terms of truth or falsehood.
Just as humans do not understand God, God also does not understand human thinking.
And Dale was human. At least to Dale, no matter how 100% identical the molecular structure was, the world of the past was restored, but it was never real.
That was the truth Dale faced as the Shadow Lord.
“… … I can’t leave it like that.”
Dale answered.
“Because I love this world just as you love that world.”
Dale turned his head. There was his sister, Lize, trembling in fear beside him. And Sepia, who was willing to stand up for Lize and Dale, was there too.
In the Duchy of Saxony, there were his father and mother.
Dale is not a warrior from another world. Even if he had his memories, they would be nothing more than a dummy.
That is why I swore to protect this world against the fear of the end and winter.
Even if it was a ghost of the old world that could not be protected, it would be no different.
─ As expected, it was a user not registered in the database.
Sistine said as if she had known it would be so. For a moment, but with a bitter mockery.
Once again, the outsiders moved, fusing with the mana of the area.
Their bodies were fused with nanomachines, imbuing them with powers rivaling those of an Auror Knight, and not only that, they were showered with magic that surpassed that of a high-circle wizard.
Each and every one of them is an unparalleled master of swordsmanship and magic. They are the executors of ascension who carry out the will of the goddess Sistine.
It was definitely strong.
But no matter how strong they were, they were no match for the Shadow Lord.
The spreading darkness engulfed the outsiders.
Suddenly, Shuve appeared behind Dale, and was spewing tentacles at them.
Choaack!
Swirling tentacles wrapped around the metal of the Outsiders. No matter how fast or strong they were, they could not outrun the Shadow Lord and the Old Dark Mother who guarded him.
At the same time, the ‘Aura Blades’ were simultaneously wrapped around their metallic bodies.
The bodies of the Outsiders began to glow, bearing the sharpest aura of all time.
It was not a suit of armor, but an aura body that literally functioned as a sword throughout its entire body.
“… … !”
Furthermore, as knights, they did not stop at using Aura, but the outsiders stretched out their arms all at once. Magic was scattered.
Blue strategies, red firepower, white drum dance… … A baptism of magic that unfolds freely without being restricted by color or thought, all in an attempt to seal off the Shadow Lord.
Each and every one of them was truly the strongest soldier imaginable.
It was impossible to know how many people, other than the Shadow Lords, could stand against them and claim victory.
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They are not alive. Neither trickery nor lies mean anything. Their metal bodies do not burn even in the face of the strongest raging firepower.
Only then could I understand the roots of their thoughts.
Steel. Power that comes from the nanomachines that once covered this land.
And at the end, the apocalypse was approaching, devouring this world in order to return the old world to its former glory.
It is not an indefinite end or fear like a cosmic winter.
Grey Goo.
An apocalyptic scenario in which self-replicating nanomachines devour the entire Earth, ultimately leading to the destruction of the planet.
─ Before creation, there is destruction. In order to bring back the people and the world I love, this is inevitable.
Sistina said. Dale, now armed with the Shadow Lord’s avatar and Dark Blood armor, stretched out his arms.
At the same time, the shadow circle cast over the heart began to accelerate, and the primordial darkness was scattered.
A power that was obtained by making a contract with the old Dark Mother, without relying on the nanomachines of this land.
The possibility of creation that can become anything.
“You’re wrong.”
The darkness that swept over like a tidal wave engulfed the Outsiders, and Dale spoke.
The darkness scattered by Dale’s shadow circle contains the creative power of Shuve.
And what can be anything is what can be nothing.
“There is no destruction before creation. There is only nothingness.”
The primordial darkness engulfed the Outsiders, and when it disappeared, there was nothing left, for the machines had been given form and dismantled into the state they were in before they were created.
─ That might be the case.
Leaving the outsiders behind, Sistina continued speaking calmly.
─ But neither one will make a difference. Destroying the world is the same as returning it to nothing.
“… … .”
─ Now it begins.
Sistine said.
─ Soon the Ascension Army will finally rise up.
How many are there? Probably countless. Each and every one of them is an Auror Master and possesses powers comparable to those of a high-ranking wizard.
They can even project weapons from the old world, so there’s no way they can be stopped by cold weapons.
─ Only when I have the nanomachines of the land, sea, sky, and the entire planet under my control, will I be able to fulfill my duty.
“What is your duty?”
─ To protect the peace of the world and the people we love.
Sistine answered.
That day, the ghosts of the white and dark winter night died. But the ghosts of the destroyed world were still there.
Sistine’s hologram disappeared, and Dale also unlocked the world of ideas.
Dale turned his head silently, leaving those left behind.
“Lize.”
“Brother… … .”
There was a little sister trembling beside Dale, terrified.
“Why is it that the goddess of love and mercy… … ”
And even though she was young, Lize would be able to understand what Sistina was up to. Furthermore, she wished for the destruction of this world.
“Her kindness and mercy are not directed towards us.”
“… … Then who is it aimed at?”
“Things that no longer exist.”
Dale answered blandly.
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“Ah, Goddess… … !”
The goddess of love and mercy was there.
The Sistine Chapel, now a land of the goddess who has resolved to become independent from the empire and has been reborn under the name of a church.
In front of him, the White Tower Guardian Celestial and all of the church were kneeling.
They could not suppress their surging devotion towards the goddess who had just revealed herself before them.
─ It is time to prove your faith.
Sistine said.
The Templars of the Knights Templar, the proud knightly organization of the Catholic Church, knelt down one after another.
“Please reborn me as a warrior of the Goddess!”
“Please let me be reborn as a rider who carries out the will of the Goddess!”
Looking at them, Sistine silently stretched out her arms.
The mana in the air began to swirl and envelop the body of one of the Templars.
“Ahh, ahhh… … !”
He may not know that countless microscopic machines are eating away at and reconstructing his body.
Just be intoxicated by the indescribable ecstasy and accept the baptism of ascension bestowed by the Goddess.
After the baptism, there was a human figure made of smooth metal.
Ascendant.
─ Please fight for me.
In front of the believers who were bowing their heads, the goddess continued speaking calmly.
“I will fight with my life until the kingdom of the goddess comes to this land.”
Soon, there was nothing left that looked like human flesh and bones.
Just countless armies of ascenders bowed their heads to their goddess.
