Prayer (1)
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Rey and Ult, who were tasked with defending the base, had a fairly leisurely time at first.
It took quite a while just to form a siege like the monsters that came to the ground enveloping the underground city.
Slowly narrowing the siege as if searching, it had already been an hour and a half when the first monster entered the underground city.
Enemies entered the underground city using the path the elevator had passed and the hidden narrow passage.
Of course, it wasn’t a threat at all to Rey and Ult.
Both were superhumans armed with all kinds of artifacts, and moreover, they had the support of the wind spirits, including Kalgar.
Ray and Ult were afraid that if they blocked the passage altogether, the enemy would push harder, such as collapsing the ceiling, so they left the road moderately open and kept the check in.
It was easy enough to be boring, but stamina was a problem.
Ult was natural, and Rey also got dizzy after using the core that puts a load on the heart for a long time.
Ray and Ult lamented at the same time.
“Hey, I’m going to die like this.”
His voice was light, but there was quite a bit of sincerity mixed in the joke.
Ult sighed as he intercepted the enemy with a red bow-shaped artifact with Genesis standing next to him.
Blocking the enemy in an underground city? Of course it’s not difficult.
However, if I persisted here, it would be like a rat in a poison.
‘The Lord-class demons I saw in the Vision won’t come directly to me, but…’
There were quite a few distances between the underground cities, and the demons wouldn’t leave their seats recklessly to protect ‘it’.
However, that did not make it a wise choice to sit down in the middle of an enemy camp.
Isn’t it a place where you can’t even expect support troops?
Ult didn’t know how much magic Luna prepared for her, but she didn’t think that a single annihilation magic of the 7th or 8th circle was worth 3 hours of siege in the enemy camp.
Rey opened her mouth to Ult, who was frowned.
“You look tired.”
“You’re the same.”
Rey giggled at Ult’s answer and shot the golden spear forward.
The wind spirit accelerated the golden spear moving forward once more, increasing its power.
Kwaang!!!
The long tail, a monster that was sliding down through the elevator passageway, drooped with its head pierced.
Soon, his neck was ripped apart, and his huge body thumped to the ground.
Rey asked as she retrieved the spear.
“How have you survived here?”
“I’m not an expert in magic engineering, so it’s hard to express… There’s a gap in the space you have to step through when using Blink… There’s something like that. I locked myself in the gap in that space. I hid there and survived.”
“Are you saying you were in the subspace?”
Ray was a little chilly.
My shoulders trembled slightly as I remembered someone’s fear, not the fear of someone saying that they would lock them in a space and put them in and take them out when they come back from being injured.
Ult shook his head as Ray was worried about what would happen if he was crumpled into a subspace.
“It’s different from subspace. Anyway… In the gap of space, the sense of time is distorted and the metabolism drops very low. Thanks to that, I was able to survive.”
Of course, damage to the body continued to accumulate in the meantime.
Due to his exhausted stamina due to long hunger and the polluted mana that eroded his body, Ult was not in a state where he could fight now.
If it had been a person with ordinary mental power, he would have collapsed immediately.
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Nevertheless, Ult was moving his body with a strong will.
Kwaang!!
Ult, who had intercepted another monster, asked while pointing his thumb to the tower behind his back.
“But who is that?”
The magician who accompanied Rey looked like a high-ranking official of the Imperial Family or the 5th Great Horse Tower just by looking at his skills.
However, Luna had a very comfortable conversation with Rey, and the sense of distance was also close.
Ray replied with a smirk.
“I’m a legendary orphan from Dinarsan.”
“What…?”
“And, he’s the kind of family I can trust the most.”
After watching Ray with a warm smile, Ult tried to continue the question.
However, the conversation between the two did not continue.
blah blah blah blah!!!!!!
with a sudden roar.
A wave of mana compressed to the limit erupted from the central tower and shook the underground city.
Even Ray and Ult could not completely relieve the shock caused by the wave of mana and spit out blood.
The monsters who entered the underground city fell down on their own, creating pools of blood.
“?!”
Ray and Ult looked back hastily, their lips stained with blood.
A huge storm of mana was raging.
The density of mana was so high that the blue stream could be clearly seen without opening the eyes.
Kwaggagak!!
Part of the ceiling in contact with the storm of mana became powder and disappeared.
Most of the towers located in the center of the underground city had already been smashed and their original form could not be recognized.
The density of the swirling mana continues to increase.
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Now, the mana storm, which felt even sticky, began to pour out light, distorting even his vision.
Feeling the delicate sensations she had never experienced before running through her body, Rey stayed in place and licked her lips.
“Luna…?”
*
The Knights of the Silver Cross, who left for the Forbidden Forest, returned to Rioshko.
A few hours ago, the Knights of the Silver Cross managed to break through the demon worshipers and demons before the underground city was completely besieged, but they had to make a lot of sacrifices in the process of running through the forest quickly.
As a result, a third of the Silver Cross Knights died in the Forbidden Forest.
Gilland, who was at the forefront, was overworked to save as many members as possible, and eventually suffered a serious injury.
Leoni dragged Gilland and brought him to Riosco.
When the Knights of the Silver Cross returned after making great sacrifices, Rioshko went into an uproar.
Healers and priests from all over the city stuck together to heal the knights who were wounded large and small.
Despite being seriously injured, Gilland moved to complete his task after providing first aid.
First of all, reporting.
After a brief deliberation, Gilland exaggerated the situation more than he had seen with his own eyes.
The underground city was infested with demon worshipers.
The horrific chimeras and demon worshipers attacked the Knights of the Silver Cross for a moment, and they had no choice but to retreat.
If the forces of the enemies confirmed by the Silver Cross Knights are, it is expected that they will be able to destroy the realm of the kingdom in an instant.
An agent of the Empire joined the Knights and returned with information about the underground city, and communicated that the Empire would actively intervene in this situation.
Gilland began writing a formal report after communicating those details to the royal family.
Gilland, perhaps, for the first time since becoming an article, added exaggeration to the official report.
It was a way for Rey’s party, who saved their lives, and a way not to make the sacrifices of the dead members worthless.
Because Gilland was a lifelong avoidant of lies, the lies could be trusted.
Gilland wrote the report while dripping blood from his wide-skinned waist.
Leony looked at him restlessly, and there was a lot of noise outside.
Gilland, who listened for a moment, shouted loudly.
“Bring it in.”
The door opened, and Comet, a member of the Imperial Intelligence Agency, disguised as a face, entered the room.
Gilland noticed that Comet was in disguise, but didn’t point it out when the name ‘Leon’ came out of Comet’s mouth.
“Knight, where is Leon? Wasn’t he accompanied by the Knights?”
“What’s your relationship with Leon?”
“It’s long, so to speak, but it’s like a colleague.”
“Are you from the Empire too?”
Comet was silent for a moment at Gilland’s straightforward question, and then stepped forward.
“Yes, I am from the Empire. Where is Leon who accompanied you now?”
“I’ll explain what you know.”
Gilland summarized what happened in the Forbidden Forest and explained it to Comet.
“…So, Leon said that he had a mission left to fulfill, so he decided to stay in the underground city. Thanks to him, we were able to come back alive. If it weren’t for Leon and his party, we would have been annihilated.”
“I’m going crazy.”
Comet frowned and clenched his fists.
Gilland added to Comet, who seemed anxious.
“If you need help, please tell me. Members of the Silver Cross Knights will gladly come out for Leon. There are a few knights who are not seriously injured, so it will be helpful.”
“Hey, now that’s a problem…”
Comet’s head was pounding.
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Now, there was pressure coming from the upper level of the Imperial Intelligence Agency to find out the location of ‘Leon’ and return it immediately.
Besides, the level of pressure was insane.
If things go awry, there were even crazy voices saying that they would occupy the gates of the kingdom and send troops to rescue Leon.
It was said that we were going to war because of one person, of course, the Empire wouldn’t go out very far, but it meant that the things involving Leon were just as important.
‘What the hell is that guy?’
Comet didn’t know Leon’s true identity, but he understood a hundred times that he was no ordinary agent.
However, after listening to Gilland’s explanation, no matter how positively thought of it, Leon must have been a corpse beneath the underground city.
He had no idea how to report this fact to his superiors so that there would be less aftermath.
at that time.
Koo-!
A wave of mana swept through the room once.
One step later, a crack was engraved on the windowpane.
Comet and Gilland looked at each other, blinked, opened the door and walked out.
People passing by on the street seemed to have felt the surge of mana just before, so they stood there and chattered.
Gilland looked around and found a mage mercenary that Leoni had hired.
Gilland approached the wizard and asked.
“Look, it was just… What was it?”
The wizard didn’t answer.
He was just staring at something with his eyes wide open.
Gilland waited for a moment, then backed off the wizard.
“Look.”
“ha ha ha…”
The wizard began to laugh alone, as if he had lost his mind, still not looking back at Gilland.
“Huh, kekeke… Am I… am I… having a nightmare…?”
The wizard rubbed his eyes.
However, even when I close my eyes and open them, the scenery I see is still the same.
The wizard stumbled and sat down.
The gentle shudder that climbed through the veins kept shaking my shoulders, and I had to crouch down.
But I couldn’t turn my eyes away.
I couldn’t turn away from the scenery beyond that I could never see again in my lifetime.
The wizard looked up at the sky with red bloodshot eyes and murmured.
“Pray.”
“…?”
Gilland suddenly looked curiously at the wizard who chanted prayers… Finally, he followed the wizard’s gaze and looked up at the sky.
The clouds were flowing.
It was a sight no different from usual… it wasn’t.
A cloud in the distance was swirling wildly like it was being sucked away.
As if there was a hole in the sky.
It was being sucked in like a contraction towards a point.
Gilland frowned at the first natural phenomenon he had ever seen.
However, it was not a natural phenomenon.
“Put your hands together and pray.”
Gilland looked back at the wizard.
The sorcerer couldn’t overcome the distant fear and awe, clasped her hands and shed tears.
“The only thing we can do is pray .”
