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It was truly an unpleasant darkness.
I felt like I had jumped into mud, my whole body was sinking into sticky tar.
I can’t see anything.
I can’t hear anything.
It should not be recognized, nor should it be understood. I had that intuition without any basis. Outside of this world. Because the darkness there did not simply mean the absence of light.
Immediately after that, feeling in my body returned.
“Puh-ha!”
Leon let out a breath he had been suppressing without realizing it. Perhaps because all five senses were blocked, the frustration was nothing compared to diving. The rest of his group looked similar to him.
But there was no time to complain.
The moment they exited the passage, what greeted them was a group of enemies surrounding them in a battle stance.
“everyone!”
Cesare shouted in an urgent voice.
The difference between the prepared and the unprepared is huge. As if what they had discussed just before entering was effective, the group quickly dispersed to their positions and raised their weapons.
It feels like it could start at any moment.
A single word of a spell or a single step could break the thread of tension.
It was that moment.
“Hey, you’re incredibly late!”
A voice that could only be described as frivolous, unsuitable for this tense atmosphere, rang out.
Bright and cheerful.
The guy who walked out from the center of the foreign magicians was smiling cheerfully. He is not mocking them, nor is he making them pretentious. He looked genuinely happy and didn’t know what to do.
“We also put in some effort this time, but I never thought you would delay us this much! thank you!”
Red robes shake with exaggerated gestures.
Then, the pattern engraved on the outside of the robe swayed in an unholy shape, enough to make the viewer dizzy. It is the same as the darkness I faced a moment ago.
Taboo.
Knowledge and power that should not exist in this world.
“Are you a preacher? !”
“yes! That’s right!”
At Cesare’s anger, the bastard nodded without hesitation.
Even within ‘evil’ there is a hierarchy.
There are believers who only use the foreign law they have downloaded, and believers who have researched the foreign law on their own and have been consumed by its power. And it was the evangelist who spread the foreign law widely and was treated as a full-fledged official.
In terms of position in the Holy Order, it is at the level of bishop. In an ‘evil’ group that is already small in number, they are quite high-ranking personnel.
“What a great day it is! The ritual was a success, the sacrifices were worth their worthless lives, and the true teachings of God were presented before the foolish and narrow-minded servants of the Goddess!”
He is a madman.
The same thought passed through the minds of the rush team.
They were not reflected at all in the eyes of the guy who was shouting and laughing like crazy. It was unrecognized, like an empty wind or a stone rolling on the ground.
Even though we are talking, we cannot communicate. Even if you talk, you will only be wasting time.
“hey.”
But Leon found something that needed to be addressed.
“The ritual was successful? “There’s nothing wrong with that.”
“iced coffee! How foolish! “There is no way to save the servants who can only see one inch ahead!”
The preacher, enraged by those words, rolled his eyes.
“The great work has already begun! All the sacrifices have been made, and now only the moment remains for the great work to be accomplished! Now, realize that your fight was pointless!”
When the guy who threw away the formal respect threw a fit, the foreigners started to move using those words as a signal.
And Leon quickly exchanged opinions with El Cid.
‘I heard the ritual was successful? Then it’s all ruined, isn’t it?’
[No, not yet.]
El Cid’s voice was still calm.
[The principle of ‘Swallowing the City’ is the same as fishing. Using the essence of compressed vitality as bait, they attract monsters wandering outside the dimension. In other words, there is still time until he finds the bait and bites.]
‘fishing… . If that’s the case, it means it’s unknown when the monster will find the bait and whether it will bite.’
[Well, that’s right.]
Maybe there’s still an hour left, maybe it’ll come in just a few seconds.
Ultimately, it is a race against time.
Leon, who saw through the logic, shouted loudly.
“Bishop!”
Cesare pursed his lips at those words.
There are a total of 12 foreign magicians surrounding them. There were a lot of people trapped in the labyrinth, but the people gathered here were the real ones.
If the scale tips even once, it loses.
Cesare, having made up his mind, raised his left hand upward.
“Merciful Goddess, don’t let us get lost even in the darkness of the night. “Come here with cozy light.”
At the same time, a bead of light popped out.
A bluish photosphere.
The orb that left Cesare’s hand rose to the distant ceiling and began to emit a soft light like the moon in the night sky. Then all the foreign magicians took a few steps back and screamed.
[Hoo.]
El Cid saw that and was slightly impressed.
[It is a combination technique of holy magic and auror. Although it may not be as good as the sun, it can suppress the power of the outer dharma.]
‘Is it possible because it is a moon attribute?’
[You might be able to do it if you practice more. It is more efficient to just use my own light.]
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In any case, the control over the momentum was successful.
The moonlight overhead was so annoying that the magicians had a hard time trying to cast spells.
That moment is the gap that the party should aim for.
Karen moved before anyone else.
Pippipipit!
Four daggers pulled from his waist shoot out like thunderbolts.
Four green auras cut through the air, and from that point on, a full-scale battle began.
* * *
Whole body messenger.
The battle between the two groups was extremely fierce as soon as it started.
Wow!
Cesare’s mace struck a single magician.
Its body mutated into an unknown material, making it harder and more durable than metal. Perhaps that was why his body did not explode but bounced off with a loud noise.
However, as if he could not handle the shock, the wizard soon died as blood poured out from every hole in his body.
There are 11 enemies remaining.
ɣɖɢŭɕɕɱʊɕ!
ɧɧɨɩɬɭɮɯʗʘʙʚ!
A strange spell resonates.
Several types of external methods intertwine with each other, distorting reality.
Hideous monsters were summoned, and the air, colored with indescribable colors, wriggled like living things. Extradimensional creatures that can wipe out an entire village, one by one.
A dog with dozens of tentacles wriggling, a four-headed snake, and even a lump of flesh that no similar animal comes to mind.
“How come every single one of them looks like shit!”
Khan, who pulled out the monster dog’s head with one hand, shouted in a nervous voice. Even to him, who had seen all kinds of ugly things in the back alleys, the appearance of these monsters was terrifying.
Sometimes I hesitate to hit it with my fist.
Some of them had extremely poisonous body fluids, so my hands almost melted when I hit them without wearing an aura.
Karen was also having a hard time with unfamiliar people.
“No, where on earth is the vital point?!”
No head, no eyes. I stabbed her with her poison-soaked dagger and there was no reaction, so it was very difficult to figure out how to attack her due to her lack of pure attack power.
It would be different if the ‘shadow’ was handled properly, but it was no different from revealing the identity of the ‘Guardian’.
That’s why the deadlock continues.
Lastly, Leon.
Sigh!
I cut down the monster snake that was targeting Karen.
I cut off its four heads and crushed it by stepping on it, so it won’t move anymore. Normally, every single piece of flesh would have been burned, but it was thanks to the Holy Sword that it had nullified its regenerative power.
The solar auror also played a role.
As if instinctively recognizing his nature, the monsters were reluctant to get close to Leon.
‘Not yet.’
Leon, who had cut down another guy, looked away.
The leader of the foreign magistrates, the preacher, had not yet joined the fight. Do you think there is no need to step forward, or are you waiting for the right time to step forward?
Either way, it was not a pleasant situation for the group.
‘As it is, it’s just a war of attrition. ‘I don’t know when the monster from ‘Devouring the City’ will come, but the longer it lasts, the more dangerous it will become.’
Leon’s eyes stared back at the preacher.
The center of consciousness where ‘City Swallowing’ is taking place. A horrifying force was emanating from beyond.
‘Before that, we have to kill them all and destroy Jin.’
El Cid compared ‘Swallowing the City’ to fishing.
The sacrifice is the bait hanging at the end of the fishing line, and the monster is a fish that just devours the city along with the bait.
The preacher said:
“Swallowing the City” has already begun.
Then it is too late to stop fishing. Even if you close the gap in the open dimension, a monster that smells it could come looking for you. The best way is to cut the fishing line with the bait intact.
“… shit.”
Leon cursed briefly.
We need to overcome this situation as quickly as possible, but the contradiction of not being able to intervene was so painful. The Holy Sword is the natural enemy of ‘evil’. Even once he uses his power properly, he is sure to notice.
Even if he wipes them all out with a single blow, those who notice the hero’s existence will risk their lives and grab his ankles.
‘My role is ultimately the final blow.’
A secret sword to destroy <Swallow the City> and defeat the trap prepared by that suspicious preacher.
You must save it until the end.
Just as the Joker has no value once it has been overturned, a disadvantageous game can only be overturned by catching the opponent off guard. I knew I had to remain calm, so I managed to cool my boiling blood.
It was then.
Excited.
Everyone who was fighting fiercely froze.
Excited.
It sounds like your ears are going to fall off. You wonder where the sound came from, but soon realize that it is resonating from inside your own ribs.
Excited.
My heart is pounding as if it will jump out of my body.
Fear.
Without knowing anything, I am just afraid. I don’t know why I’m afraid or what I’m afraid of. Still, I’m afraid. Goosebumps growing on my skin make me feel scratchy as they rub under my clothes.
Perhaps when a human looks down at an ant, the ant may also have this sentiment. The overwhelming difference in class itself arouses fear.
“―Keu, keuh, keuhhihihihi!”
In the midst of all this, there was the only one smiling.
He is an evangelist.
With a face full of joy, he holds his body trembling with fear and laughs like a crazy person.
“come! I’m here! The Messenger of God has answered our call!”
Leon’s face turned pale when he understood what he meant.
〈Swallowing the City〉 is coming.
If we don’t cut the fishing line immediately, this city will be destroyed. The destruction that had reached the back of his head pushed his back.
‘El Cid!’
El Cid, reading his urgent mind, spoke.
[Don’t reveal the Holy Sword yet. Still, the situation requires a breakthrough. Consume half of the accumulated power to use holy magic.]
‘Is it possible with sacred law?’
[Are you tired. But thanks to the moon that kid made, a good idea occurred to me. To perfectly recreate the goddess’s symbol, both the sun and the moon are needed.]
Whether it was coincidence or necessity, this situation was quite unfortunate.
At that moment, people with the aura of the sun and the moon gathered together, including a bishop who could use complex holy techniques and a warrior with a holy sword.
In any case, it was a very unfortunate event for ‘Evil’.
[Now, try following along.]
I open my mouth to recite the words El Cid sings.
High-ranking law.
The moment Leon put a phrase into his mouth… … .
Hwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
In the basement, where there was only Cesare’s faint moonlight, warm sunlight flooded everywhere.
