32 – Advent – 2
The gaze of something in Kartina’s body reached the man in front of her. As soon as the finger pointed at him, the man’s body exploded in all directions as if an explosion had occurred from within.
The human body and internal organs, which had been turned into red meat, were buried all over the walls, ceiling, and floor.
The lower body, which had suddenly lost its upper body, hesitated in place and collapsed. The intestines that were still in the body spilled out from that section.
The blood-soaked clothes turned a dark red.
Standing beside him, a blonde woman in armor stood blankly with a sword drawn in her right hand. He didn’t even seem to want to wipe the blood off his face and armor.
The next victim will be that woman. Kartina snapped her fingers to make the man’s corpse nest in her body.
But nothing happened.
When an unexpected situation occurred, Kartina tilted her head. Why couldn’t that corpse piece be absorbed by himself? I didn’t understand. There was a slight crack in his expressionless face.
The moment Kartina tried to move her fingers again, the man’s body began to return to normal. Pieces of meat spread all over the place piled up one by one.
The man, who regained his original form in an instant, frowned and clicked his tongue. I felt bad for some reason.
Kartina, who witnessed the scene, convinced herself inwardly. It’s because he hasn’t died yet, so he hasn’t been absorbed into himself.
If it really is, you just have to try one more time. Kartina’s fingers pointed at the man again. The man’s body exploded again.
Kartina could not absorb the corpse this time either. That means the man isn’t dead yet.
I can’t do this.
Kartina turned her eyes and looked at the woman next to her. It was an expressionless face, but I could tell. Inside him, anger like the flames of hell burned.
Long, slender fingers pointed at the blonde woman. Trembling, the woman’s body trembled. And that was all.
The crack on Kartina’s face grew a little bigger. When unexpected situations unfolded twice, he was unable to maintain his composure.
One’s body exploded twice, but he did not die, and the other did not even burst.
While Kartina panicked, the man who had finished restoring his body stood up on his feet again. The man shook his head.
“Is it over?”
I was expecting a lot from the fact that I had dedicated the entire population of a city to summon it, but as expected, it was of no use.
It’s definitely a powerful attack, if your body explodes just by raising your finger and pointing at it. That’s right, but the attack probably isn’t all there is to it.
I’ve seen many of these things before. It was the way pagan puppies chose as a last resort.
Whether it is a god or a servant of a god, it is to bring a sacrifice to summon something of the religion they believe in.
The wishes made were generally similar. Most of them wished to defeat their enemies or to be given infinite power.
And the endings were mostly the same.
The pagans are swept away by something they have summoned, and that something goes on a rampage by itself and then runs out of faith and sacrifices, or is subjugated by a punitive force.
There is no way that the mental states of those who were summoned forcibly by offering sacrifices in the first place would be fine. I don’t know if I would rather gain strength through the faith and voluntary faith of countless church members and bestow divine power.
In fact, before Christine was completely destroyed, the Holy Church displayed absolute divine power based on its numerous members.
First of all, there was no doubt that something in Kartina’s body was a very powerful being.
If there were people around, and if there were no strong people outside the standard like Serena, it was an existence that could annihilate at least a few units of human beings in a city.
The problem is that all the people here have been sacrificed to summon that thing, and Serena is right in front of them.
Serana, who was looking at me, asked in a calm voice.
“Are you all right, lord?”
“It’s fine as always. As usual.”
It’s a problem because it’s so good.
He opened and closed his fists, checking his body condition. There’s no place that doesn’t move, and there’s no part that feels like it’s gone somewhere. It was still the same as it was then.
“How are you Serena?”
“I’m fine too.”
“really?”
“That’s right.”
The eyes don’t look like that at all.
At first glance, Serena seemed to be maintaining an expressionless expression.
But if you look closely, it’s probably because I exploded twice right in front of your eyes, so I was ready to rip Kartina and everything inside it to pieces.
Her lips, which were slightly tighter than usual, trembled.
To calm down, he stroked his head. It’s not like I’m doing this once or twice, it’s Serena’s loss if I get angry.
When I touched her, Serena blushed and lowered her stance to make it easier for me to stroke her. It was clearly visible. You’re probably asking for more.
“What are you?”
While stroking her hair as she wanted, Kartina opened her mouth. Serena’s head turned toward it.
When he saw me, he managed his expression at least, but when he saw Kartina, he didn’t. A ferocious spirit emanated from Serena.
It faded right away anyway. I wanted to get angry at something, but I kept stroking my hair so I couldn’t manage my expression properly.
Serena was constantly trying to maintain a solemn expression by forcibly tightening the corner of her mouth, which was about to go up and twitching, with eyes that kept trying to relax.
“What answer do you want?”
“Your identities.”
“A being made of blood is asking us to reveal our identities?
“I’ve never seen a human like you.”
“Why are you seeing a human with super regeneration for the first time?”
“It’s not that kind of problem.”
Kartina’s body floated in the air. The hair started to fly in all directions again. Do you want something bigger this time?
The restraining magic circle on my wrist and ankle emitted a bright red light again. The blood that had been smeared everywhere in the drawing room was absorbed as if being sucked into Kartina.
The magic circle on the floor disappeared. Instead, a magic circle appeared on Kartina’s chest. It was a magic circle with a six-pointed star rotating counterclockwise with an ominous sound.
Between the two circles enclosing the Six Stars, there was a lot of scruffy writing written on it, but it was written so small that I couldn’t recognize what it was.
“I accepted the contract, and I received the sacrifice worthy of it.”
The mansion vibrated. When he removed his hand from Serena’s head, Serena, who had returned to being the blunt Royal Knight Commander, covered her body with mana as if in response.
“However, beings out of flow are interfering with the fulfillment of that contract.”
“…?”
“Oh, it’s nothing special. Originally, those guys are like that. If it doesn’t go your way, you’re out of the flow.”
Serena seemed to want to know what that was, so she tipped it off.
For those guys, the normal flow would be for them to successfully fulfill their contract, but since they were interrupted, they said they were out of the flow.
We, who are in front of it, become beings out of the flow.
We only lose if we try to understand them.
“So, you guys—”
“Serena, attack. Don’t use your skills.”
As soon as I finished speaking, Serena jumped out at an invisible speed.
It feels like the answer is dragging on, but since there will only be sophistry, there is no reason to listen more. I wonder what I would do if I listened to the words of a guy who couldn’t even kill me.
When Serena wielded the World Eater, the drawing room was split apart along with Kartina’s body. It was cut so cleanly that the cracks were barely visible.
I have to save Kartina, but I told her to attack, knowing that she wouldn’t die anyway. If you eat that many sacrifices and die in one slash, you’re just being scammed.
Due to the vibrations that resonated through the mansion, the fragments of the parlor that were split apart could not bear their own weight and slowly sat down with a grotesque sound.
Likewise, Kartina, who had been exactly cut in half, looked down at her body for a moment and put her body back together.
Serena, of course, didn’t let that go. My wrists and ankles fall off, my thighs are cut off before I even realize it, and my head is cut before my body collapses.
In the blink of an eye, Serena, who had finely sliced Kartina through a sieve, returned to my side again.
A red light leaked from Kartina’s body, which was scattered almost to the level of powder. The light condensed into a human form, and slowly faded to form the shape of Kartina.
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Just like Serena, who saw me explode right in front of her eyes, there was a sense of ferocity in her expressionless eyes.
“Aren’t you annoyed by the interruption? So try attacking with something stronger this time. Not something crude like a body blow.”
Kartina’s expressionless face was slightly cracked.
