chapter 22
22 – 5-Godhead
“……What? Are you crazy?”
The candidates, led by Barton, tried to stop him.
“Please, another way…”
“Are we all going to fight together?! Do you want to be like the instructors?! Wake up!”
I stopped them.
I didn’t mean to go on a passenger plane.
It was because there was a number that came to mind as soon as I heard the word handshake.
“The reason why the Lighthouse of Humankind serves the De Yeevitz family is that the De Yeevitz family has always stood at the forefront on the battlefield.”
The more chaotic it was, the more powerful people had to be calm.
Only then can the followers have faith.
I deliberately spoke slowly to reassure the candidates.
“Now I will prove why I am the eldest son of the de Jewitz family. There is no time for long talk. I have a way. Watch carefully to see who will lead you in the future.”
There were no more candidates throwing up.
I was just ashamed to beg for my life with a small child in front of me.
I approached Qarha.
The closer she got to her, the colder she was, no matter how much mana she produced to protect her body.
“Kid, I didn’t expect you to come out.”
Qarha opened up her hidden magical powers to give me a sense of intimidation.
As I dare to guess, her strength was more than that of a sword master.
Even though my master is black magic, even in melee, I, a sword expert, was not at the level of trying to do anything alone.
For over a thousand years, it was indeed a monster that deserved the favor of the great demon Moloch.
I continued to speak as I forcibly pushed her mana that seemed to crush her whole body.
“Bjorn de Yeevitz. Greetings from the Marquess who guards the northern part of the Esteria continent, the royal family of the north, and the eldest son of the De Yeevitz family who leads the Eternal Light Humanity Lighthouse.”
I greeted her in the manners of her old kingdom, but Qarha looked at me with her disenchanted eyes.
“Kingdom of Atronia, Kingdom of Kortan, Duchy of Bern, Knights of the Golden Horseshoe, Knights of Dragonia, Hogul mercenaries…. On the days when your ancestors casually abandoned their hometowns and ran away playing boats, These are the names of the brave men who stood in the way. But now what? Marquis? Northern royal family? What light? At best, what do the deserters and barbarians stand for and fight against?”
Apparently, she expected Barton to stand in front of her.
It’s a situation where cold water is poured on Yu-hee, so I won’t look pretty.
But that’s what it was.
“It is not servile to run away from a strong person. Brave people risked their lives to stop you, and our ancestors planned for the future, so I was able to face you like this.”
You guys couldn’t exterminate humanity because you weren’t enough. What kind of bullsh*t is that?
Even in the moment of crisis, I turned and broke the Qarha.
It was my instinct imprinted on a genetic basis.
Of course, the demon Qarha could not understand the highly developed human political rhetoric.
“So, if you test your bravery against humanity again, I want you to know that there are people like me willing to risk their lives to stop you on the continent of Esteria.”
I reached out to Qarha.
She had no doubts.
To her, this situation was a small whim to relieve her own boredom, and I was like a parrot who could break her neck at any time.
Talk hard.
Make me more happy.
But the end is fixed.
You must be thinking that.
“Hmm, yes, child. I hope you can endure my grace with that bravery.”
Qarha tried to hold my hand.
I got goosebumps just by brushing my long fingernails like a beast.
I could see the ice-pale blue skin like a corpse and the affected areas seething with pus here and there.
No matter how you think about it, it was quite reckless and dangerous to directly skin-to-skin with Qarha, the Great Demon of Plague.
But Qarha didn’t know.
The lion, the king of the plains, sometimes dies from minor wounds.
[Now!]
‘I know!’
The moment Qarha grabbed my hand, his hidden gin shouted.
I instantly concentrated my mind and raised the mana of the fire.
The flame of Jin, which is said to burn away even the gods, moved through his fingertips to Qarha.
“This, what is this… Kwaaa!!”
If the dragon Dragonak symbolizes truth and the world tree symbolizes harmony, Jin symbolizes circulation.
Creation and destruction.
The proposition of the world given to Jin was absolute.
The small ember that had been transferred to his hand quickly spread to Qarha’s whole body and burned roaringly.
“Everybody! Run for the ship!”
At the same time, I shouted at the candidates.
The flames of Hwajeong were clearly strong enough to burn the opponent’s soul.
However, I haven’t been able to pull out that much power yet.
Although the great demon Qarha was caught off guard and caught in the flames of Hwajung without filtering, there was no way he would die from just such a blow.
It was just to buy a little time.
“Well! Jean! He’s hiding there !!
Qarha exploded with mana as if trying to drive away the burning flames.
The dense fog evaporated around Qarha.
As if I had been hit by a nuclear bomb, I was blown away by the wind pressure.
“Heuk! The bottom!”
The ice on the floor could not withstand the impact and broke.
The waves roared as the ice that had been holding on broke.
The fortunate thing is that despite the riots of her Qarha, the flame of her fire is burning her persistently.
Amid screams that rip through the sky, I sprinted towards the ship, stepping on the rocking pieces of ice.
– Cra la la la!
Realizing the urgency of the owner, the dongsache rushed at the same-age group.
However, the instructors who lost their swordsmanship and became the lowest level demons were not Amber’s opponents.
As if cutting tofu, her sword smoothly cut the heads of the corpses.
There was nothing to worry about over there.
The problem was that I had to deal with Qarha’s rampage alone.
“Jin!! You wormy bastard! I will definitely kill you!!”
As I ran until I was out of breath, I felt a huge flow of mana from behind.
[Watch out! At this scale, it’s magic of at least 8 circles!]
I got goose bumps at Jin’s warning.
What? How many circles?
Are you saying it’s the 8th circle?
No matter how evil it may be, a wizard gathers that enormous amount of mana in an instant and shoots it without fighting?!
With magic of that scale, the words ‘be careful’ were meaningless.
Qarha’s eyes were fiercely following me, even amidst the spicy smoke from her burning flesh.
It seemed as if just touching her hand with the turbid red blood would annihilate everything around her forever.
“Die, [Blood Explosion…”
At that moment, Qarha’s left leg was burned to ashes by the flames of the fire, and her center of gravity collapsed.
The trajectory of the crimson blood was twisted on the axis of her collapse, and it deviated from me, the original target, and drenched the sea.
“Oh my god…”
Even though the magic was suddenly ejected during casting, its power was amazing.
The red blood soaked in the ice dug into the sea and instantly became thick like pus.
I hurriedly protected myself with my magical powers.
If it had been a bit later, his lungs would have hardened and he would have died instantly.
“Bjorn! We’re almost there! Run for the ship!”
Before I knew it, Amber on the boat shouted from afar.
I sprinted towards it with all my might.
“Jin! I will definitely…! I will kill you!!”
A shriek broke out beyond the audible frequency range.
The magic power fluctuated as if to launch an additional attack soon after.
But sooner than that, the flames of Hwajeong covered her body.
“aaa!!!”
[It’s a big hit right now, but I’ll be back soon! Run quickly!]
As Hwajeong said, terrible screams continued to be heard from behind, but there were no additional attacks.
It looked like he had suffered major internal injuries from using large-scale magic while burning.
I glided on the ice and threw myself onto the boat.
“Let’s go, come on!”
As soon as I got on the boat, the candidates hurriedly rowed.
[You can rest assured as long as you reach the enemy line! I can’t chase down there!]
Beyond Jin’s excited voice, the pain-filled screams of Qarha gradually faded away.
“Amber, have you seen my charisma?! Are you bored?! I still don’t have charisma?!”
“Is it time to throw a prank?!”
Contrary to the nonsense he spat out, his body felt excessively heavy, perhaps because of the recoil he used when he used Hwajeong.
No, it wasn’t because of the recoil with Hwajeong.
I hurriedly looked at the hand that held Qarha’s.
The skin was becoming increasingly purple and necrotic.
“Damn it! Bjorn! What the hell is that magic! You saved us all!”
“Heogee…… Huh…”
My body felt strange.
Can’t you breathe?
No matter how much I stretched my diaphragm, my lungs didn’t move.
I could feel my alveoli hardening.
That magic!
In a really fleeting moment, I caught my breath.
I thought it would take my life in that moment.
When I noticed, everything was already irreversible.
Ah, this is death.
f*ck you, you shouldn’t act like a guest.
In the face of fast approaching death, I couldn’t do anything.
The hospitality of Barton, Amber, and the candidates gradually faded.
My body was hot and my eyes were closed.
“Bjorn-sama? Bjorn?!”
The last time I heard Amber’s cry, sensing something strange, I lost consciousness.