#483
A glowing purple eye light was revealed. I couldn’t even see the pupils. For a moment, Diana could feel the gaze passing over her as if she had been burned.
“… … .”
That alone made her freeze like a frog before a snake.
All sorts of deaths flashed through my mind, but I couldn’t run away, let alone catch my breath. The only reason I didn’t collapse was because my entire body’s muscles were stiff.
Of course, Ian didn’t make her imagination a reality.
“Krrrrr… .”
It opened its sharp teeth without any lips, and once again let out a sound that seemed to gnaw away at its soul.
It was natural. In fact, Ian was only checking the status of the group. Even now, he recognized Seren, who had barely raised her upper body, and Moro, who was standing side by side, almost simultaneously.
“… … .”
It was right after that that Ian caressed the nape of my neck with a hand that had turned dark green. One of her eyes was slightly distorted.
It was the first time I realized that my vocal structure was not suitable for speaking.
Boo-oooo-
With Yanar Tash’s roar echoing through the air, Ian expressed his intentions in the way he could now. He extended one arm toward the group and flicked his wrist up and down several times.
“Stay…back?”
Lucia asked blankly. Instead of answering, Ian turned around, his sharp teeth showing even more clearly.
He bent his knees and kicked the ground as the tentacles swung forward, wrapping around his body.
Kukwak-!
The tentacles shot out in unison, and Ian’s body was blown away. Beyond the rising gray sand, the purple trail he had created quickly disappeared into the distance.
Boooooooo-
Beyond the sand fog, towards the reddish-brown silhouette that was beginning to rise again.
Lucia, who had been watching the scene, finally looked back at Diana, who was standing next to her.
“saw? As expected, Ian is completely crazy- Diana?!”
Lucia, with her eyes wide open, rushed to her. Diana, who had been frozen like a statue, collapsed as if she were falling down. Lucia supported her as if embracing her, then turned her head as she dug under her armpit.
“Are you okay, Diana?”
“This is… crazy… ridiculous…”
Diana muttered, holding her breath. Cold sweat covered the area around her mask and the nape of her neck. She turned to Lucia, who was slowly getting up, and spoke in a trembling voice.
“It wasn’t just a demon. Literally… It looked like chaos incarnate… !”
“surely… .”
Lucia, who had blinked one eye for a moment, nodded her head as she straightened her knees.
“… That’s true.”
“what… ? How could you-”
“Did you forget? I have already seen chaos incarnate. “We even fought back.”
“… her.”
“Maybe that’s what the Daemons ultimately wanted. To be reborn as beings of pure chaos. Now I understand why Yog calls them failures.”
Diana looked at Lucia blankly. This time she wasn’t in fear. I was speechless at Lucia’s boldness in continuing to think calmly even in this situation.
Lucia added, keeping an eye on Seren, who was approaching her with a jerky pace through the gusts of wind.
“The important thing is that Ian’s soul is still there, no matter what his appearance is.”
“… Lucifer. “You really are.”
Diana, who was exclaiming with admiration, paused. The continuous gusts became stronger for a moment, and an earth-shaking tremor began to spread.
Boooooooo-
Beyond the increasingly thick sand dust, a huge red-brown gleaming silhouette was being sucked back into the ground. The same was true for the blurry purple trail in between.
Seren, who was approaching, crouched down again, and Lucia grabbed the hem of her cloak with one hand.
Even as the gust of wind blew fiercely, the Immortal’s hooded cloak still clung to her body, billowing in a fluttering manner.
“f*ck… Are you planning on going through the entire desert? ?”
Diana, who lowered her posture while still being supported by Lucia, eventually muttered. Because it meant that she would have to chase after Yanartash again, across a desert filled with quicksand and whirlwinds of sand.
Instead of answering, Lucia turned her head to the side. She was a purple silhouette approaching through her swirling sandy fog.
Krung… .
It was Moro with his mane flowing. The guy was walking without falling even during the earthquake and windstorm.
Coo coo coo coo… .
In the meantime, the earthquake subsided rapidly. The sand-mixed gusts continued. Without a word, Diana and Lucia straightened their postures and looked beyond.
The gray sand fog only became thicker, and the ominous red-brown silhouette that had been embroidered in it could no longer be seen.
Pusss… .
As Moro stopped next to Lucia, Seren stood up in front of him again. Her right hand stretched out to stroke her side, as Lucia looked at her as she approached.
“Are the stigmata okay, sir? “I was worried because I was getting closer to Ian.”
“yes. Priest. I had to do my best to calm the stigmata… .”
Seren responded with a bitter smile on her lips, and continued speaking as she stepped in front of Lucia.
“More than that, Your Majesty, it seems like you’ve completely thrown off the shackles. Even more than any other demon I’ve ever seen… .”
She paused for a moment, then added.
“… “He looked almost like a void being.”
“But at heart, it was still Ian.”
Unlike Seren, Lucia answered calmly and shrugged her shoulders.
“You’ve seen Gyeongdo, right? So, for sure, he will return to his original form.”
“Priest… .”
Seren’s eyebrows lowered. Her expression was clearly one of pity.
It was clear that the young apostle in front of him thought that he had impossible hopes.
“This is not the time to be worrying about Ian.”
That was when Diana intervened. Without retracting her gaze from glaring beyond, she added.
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“We have to get out of here quickly.”
“… … ?”
Only then did Lucia and Seren look in the same direction and their eyes widen almost simultaneously.
Beyond the ominous, swirling sand fog, the whirlwinds were rising like bamboo shoots.
It was growing at an incredible speed, sucking in the surrounding fog.
“Diana is right. Let’s get moving.”
Lucia, who finally remembered the concentric waves emitted by Yanar Tash, immediately turned towards Moro.
After lifting Diana up, she immediately skillfully climbed onto the back of Moreau’s neck.
“… … !”
It was only then that I realized that there was more than just one rising sand vortex. Ominous spirals were rising from all over the place, as if they were surrounding them in a wide circle. That must have been why the gusts were swirling around so chaotically.
“If you get involved in even one, it’s over.”
Diana exhaled as she wrapped her arms around Sere’s waist as she climbed onto the saddle.
Seren nodded and grabbed the reins.
“I guess I have no choice but to trust Moro.”
“Please. Moro.”
Lucia whispered as she wrapped her arms around Moro’s neck. The mane of the creature was swaying with purple chaos, but it had no effect on Lucia, who was protected by the Immortal’s hooded cloak and the Holy Blood.
Growl…!
Moro, who had been snorting and looking around, finally ran out with all his might. It seemed as if he was trying to cut through the sand fog that was swirling and swirling. Seren was the only one who noticed that this was also the direction where Ian’s presence was felt.
Kwaaaa-
As the group lowered their heads and lowered their posture, the gusts of wind became increasingly stronger.
The sand whirlwind, which suddenly rose into the sky, was now growing sideways.
They even moved as if they were flowing in different directions. One of them was getting closer, but Moro did not deviate from the area in a straight line.
The guy was moving in a very large circle to the left, and he suddenly jumped up or even slowed down and turned around.
“… … .”
But even Diana didn’t question the guy’s actions.
This was because he knew that Moro was avoiding quicksand.
Rather, I was relieved that the guy’s detection ability was still intact even in this situation. No matter how much I tried, I wouldn’t be able to run like I was doing now even if I got caught in the water.
Quagwagwagwa-
Soon Moreau passed a sand whirlwind that was getting closer. There was a wind that could be called a gust of wind, but it didn’t even cause me to stumble, and it wasn’t even that close.
Diana looked back at the whirlwind that had passed by, filling her field of vision for a moment, and let out a silent sigh of relief.
He even rested his head on Seren’s back. At any rate, for the time being, he was free from the threat of death.
“no…?”
It was only a few seconds before Lucia’s exclamation reached my ears. Diana, her eyes wide, lifted her head from where she had been leaning. Her hair was tousled by the wind blowing from behind. Then, Diana’s mouth, hidden behind her mask, gaped open.
“Oh my… crazy…”
Because the desert beyond the dispersing sand fog was stirring.
A great number of sand worms were jumping and jumping in front of them. It seemed as if all the sand worms in the desert were undergoing a great migration.
“Is Yanar Tash… calling you…?”
Seren quietly muttered as she realized that this was also the path that Moro would eventually follow.
“Run slowly, Moro. Slow down… !”
Diana patted Moreau on the back without even pretending to hear him.
Moro slowed down a little while snorting in annoyance.
It was right after that that the waves that had been rolling in front of me calmly dug into the sand for a moment.
The moment Diana’s eyebrows furrowed even more as she paused.
Pasasasasa-
The larvae started jumping again. It changed direction and was being pushed towards the group. Even the larvae behind were changing direction one after another, like a spreading current.
“Direction! Direction! We have to change direction!”
Diana, who had opened her eyes wide, shouted while pounding Moro’s back. Her eyes wandered around, lost in their place.
“f*ck…! Where the hell am I going-”
“It’s already too late.”
It was Lucia who spat it out. Holding out her mace, drawn from her belt, to Seren, she looked at Diana with her eyes that were beginning to turn red.
“We have to fight. “If you do that, you’ll only get closer to that whirlwind zone.”
“… … .”
Diana, who had been looking at her, eventually closed her eyes tightly.
“Are you okay?”
It was then that Seren, who had accepted the hammer, asked. Hadn’t Lucia already expended a considerable amount of strength to get here?
“It’s not okay. of course.”
Lucia answered calmly and spread both hands wide. She added as flames began to spread through her grasp.
“But what can I do? “I have to try it.”
“Moreau is now chasing the saintly agent. If she can break through and escape, she might be able to get help.”
“What a great comfort….”
When Seren added, Diana grumbled quietly. Contrary to what she said, she suddenly had a throwing dagger in each hand.
“Your hooves will be a little hot. “I apologize in advance, Moro.”
Lucia sighed, looking at the wave of larvae approaching. She held out her right hand as Moreau snorted at her.
Kwaruk-
A blazing fireball shot out from above her grasp. The fireball exploded dazzlingly above the larvae’s heads. It was scattering small flames in all directions.
Quarrrrr-
The larvae, with flames transferred to their bodies, burrowed into the sand as if in a fit.
It would have been meaningless. Because it was a flame that would not go out until the divinity contained in the ember was exhausted.
But it didn’t matter.
Hwaruk- Kwaaang-!
Because that much space has been created.
When Lucia immediately stretched out her left hand, the fireball flew a little further behind her and exploded again.
Before the flames could even die down, a new fireball was swirling and blooming in her right hand.
Hwaruk- Kwaang-! Kwaaang-!
Lucia stretched both hands forward alternately. A path of fire was opening in the middle of the wave of larvae that spread out and spread out.
Groan-!
And Moro rushed into the middle of it without hesitation. The flames burning in the sand even transferred to its hooves, but Moro only let out his snort and ran on without paying any heed.
Parsasasa-
Before I knew it, larvae fluttering left and right began to pass by. Most of them passed by Moreau before turning properly, but some flew accurately in a parabola.
Sigh!
A blurry trail passed by Seren, who was looking around and raising her mace.
Kwajik-!
It was a throwing knife. It was stuck right in the middle of the gaping maw of the larva. The larva, with its slightly distorted trajectory, squirmed as it passed by.
“… … .”
Seren glanced back. Diana, with her eyes suddenly desperate, was drawing a new dagger.
He forgot to complain and kept looking around.
Kwaang-! Quarr-
Of course, even in the midst of all this, explosions continued in front of her. Perhaps because she had experience, Lucia threw fireballs very skillfully and without any gaps.
Groan-!
Moro suddenly raised his head and roared right after Lucia created a new fireball in her right hand.
She stopped and reflexively stretched out her left hand to grab her mane, while Moro, who twisted his body to the side, slowed down to a skid.
It was right after that that the companions found out the reason.
Kuhwaak-!
The sand nearby rose up as if it were exploding, and a huge black-gray trace rose up in a small parabola.
Quagwagwagwa-
Yanar, with his mouth wide open, swept through the area as if plowing a field.
While Diana raised her eyes and looked to the side, Moro growled again and swung his head.
Kwazijic-!
This was because the larvae that had been passing by left and right were now fluttering and rushing in. The blade-like horns on Moro’s head and the bridge of his nose swatted away all the larvae that were rushing in.
“… … !”
Only then did Lucia blink her eyes and throw the fireball in her right hand to the left.
Kwaaang-!
The wave of larvae stopped for a moment when Yanar blocked the way.
Because while Moro paused for a moment, the larvae that had passed them began to return.
Sssssssssssssssssss-! Kwaduk-!
As Moro ran ahead of Yanar, Diana also started throwing knives to the left.
Quagwagwagwa-
Yanar was digging back into the ground, scattering sand. The wave of larvae rushing in beside the rising sand was getting closer. Perhaps because they had changed direction after being blocked by Yanar, they were popping out even more densely.
“… … .”
Lucia, who was raising her hands blazing with red magic, stretched them out with all her might toward the center.
Kwaaaaaa-
Dazzling flames radiated from her grasp. She turned all the larvae that passed in front of her into fireballs, and also turned the area behind her into a sea of fire.
“Keep running… on the path you were going… towards… the road!”
This was what Lucia the Evil One shouted. Moro, who was growling, ran into the middle of the sea of fire. Purple chaos rippled dangerously all over the creature’s body. It must have been because the flames were blazing on its hooves.
Kwaaaa-
Lucia continued to breathe fire without stopping, as if trying to open the way for the guy. It was a heat that not even a single larva could penetrate.
“… … .”
Seren’s eyes, looking at Lucia’s back, showed concern.
She had already noticed that Lucia was overexerting herself. Even now, aren’t her fingertips trembling as she spits out her flames?
“Faster! Damn it…! Moro! Run faster! I’ll catch up!”
Diana, who had been throwing knives without stopping, shouted. Of course, her knives were not infinite. The blades that had been packed in the leather belts around her body were now almost empty.
“… … .”
Seren looked down at Moro’s hooves that were burning, and bit her lower lip without realizing it.
Both Lucia and Diana had an intuition that they would reach their limit before they could break through this wave. Moreover, Yanar would soon attack them again. If Moreau’s sprint stopped once more, it was clear that he wouldn’t be able to hold out this time.
But in fact, she knew a way out of this situation. However, it was just a way that she might not be able to turn back.
Suddenly… .
His sharp teeth dug deeper into her lips. Blood flowed down. The reason her eyebrows were twisted wasn’t because of pain.
It was because I felt ashamed of myself for being conflicted even in this situation.
Even this young apostle is fighting with the determination to give up his life, and hasn’t the Holy Father already made an irreversible choice for them?
But even in this situation, you are hesitating.
Teok-
Finally, she placed her left hand on her breastplate and closed her eyes.
Then, she focused her mind on the stigmata that had barely suppressed the resonance. The chaos tangled inside her was burning hot, and she could feel a hazy wave between them. Seren focused her consciousness on that wave.
“… … !”
The pain of her soul burning continued. The clearer waves were burning away the original chaos contained in her stigmata.
Crrrrrrr-
And in the meantime, Lucia was continuously emitting flames.
But it was already at its limit. Her face was pale, with cold sweat streaming down her face, and her red hands were shaking.
It was only for a moment that I gritted my teeth and held on.
“Wow… !”
In the end, Lucia coughed up a mouthful of blood. The flames spewing out of her grasp suddenly extinguished.
“Lucifer?!”
Diana raised her eyes and looked back.
“Okay….”
Her voice, which had been adding, suddenly died down. Lucia wiped her mouth with the hem of her cloak and spat out, not realizing that Diana had frozen.
“It’s okay… It’s okay… .”
Even as she felt dizzy, she was observing her insides half-instinctively.
The stigmata were empty, but there was still a little bit of magic left. Her eyes burned brightly again as she clenched her teeth.
Groan-!
Moro roared fiercely and let out waves of chaos. The purple light, which had been dwindling dangerously, suddenly became clearer and spread out across the guy’s entire body, drawing a diagonal path.
Quaddukduk-
It was a curtain of chaos that swept away all the rushing larvae. While Lucia blinked her eyes in confusion.
“… Thank you for your hard work. “Priest.”
Seren exhaled, wrapping her left hand around her waist. The reason Lucia paused was because there was a cool low frequency in her voice.
Lucia looked back and her mouth fell open in a daze for a moment.
“Sir Seren…?”
It was because a purple light was spreading all over Seren’s body. Seren looked down at Lucia with her eyes also dyed purple, and licked her blood-covered lips.
“Now I will open the way.”
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