There Is No Right Answer (6)

There Is No Right Answer (6)

“They’re more capable than I thought.”

“What should we do?”

“We need a little more time. Just a little.”

“…Then we can certainly buy enough.”

Frontier and the Magical Girls were on the move. They could also know this news.

Lee Gyeong-sik naturally went to find him, but he said he no longer needed to hide. He just said he needed a little more time.

“Do you see this? It’s the essence of despair and hatred I’ve been diligently collecting. An amount and concentration that could never be gathered in Nevaros. This is the evidence. Of how rotten this world is, of how much humans desire liberation. I will be their salvation.”

“Then really.”

“Yes. With this, I can break through limits, transcend, and become a god.”

Smalrilian grinned. To him, Earth was like an El Dorado. A place overflowing with gold everywhere. A place where one could grow stronger just by walking down the street.

The people here hurt each other and themselves almost every day.

That was human life and the origin of Smalrilian.

Once he had a taste, he had no intention of backing down. From the start, he was confident that with this much power gathered, he had no match on this land.

“From now on, we’ll stop them with all our might, by any means necessary. Until the sun rises completely.”

Seeing this, Lee Gyeong-sik contacted all his followers to execute the final plan. He didn’t care about the extent of damage they might suffer.

As long as the supply was certain, there was no limit to the expansion of Smalrilian’s power. Once he fully awakened and gained enormous power, everything would be in his grasp anyway.

Whether Magical Girls or Special Forces, it didn’t matter.

***

“We don’t know the enemy’s full strength yet. Never go in alone. Understood?”

At the same time, in a vehicle crossing a dim road, Director Lee Min-hyeong was on the phone directing everyone.

It wasn’t just vehicles. In the sky above, several Magical Girls were already flying together towards their destination.

“…This is a first. Such a large-scale joint operation.”

Even Karin, one of them, was amazed.

This wasn’t the usual cooperation of a few members from the same company. It was essentially a war between Magical Girls who were practically meeting for the first time and the opposing forces.

“They’re not showing any special movements. Could they be planning to surrender?”

The suspicious point, however, was the opponent’s attitude showing little movement. Neither CCTV nor Rene’s magic detected any significant activity.

Surely they must have heard the news, but it was quiet as if they were waiting for them to come.

“First, surround them.”

Feeling unnecessarily anxious, Min-hyung Lee sweated as he carefully commanded.

Lee Kyung-sik’s base was also a fairly large church on the outskirts of the city.

However, there was no detectable movement until the moment they approached and surrounded it from the ground to the sky.

“There’s no need to run away.”

Rene, feeling puzzled, set up a large defensive wall around the church. It was to block entry and prevent damage from spreading outside.

“They’re still not coming out. Manager Park, the megaphone.”

Min-hyung Lee got out of the vehicle with the agents and looked at the eerily quiet church building, holding a large megaphone in his hand.

“Pastor Lee Kyung-sik! Stop cooperating with the monster now and surrender quietly!”

Min-hyung warned those inside. That there was no other way now, so surrender. That they could purify the power inflicted by Smalilian. That if they continued like this, there would only be more sacrifices.

“You’re trying hard. Still, it’s not bad to see you working diligently.”

Lee Kyung-sik was watching Min-hyung’s actions from inside the darkened office through the window.

“Daughter. Dad will be back soon.”

Lee Kyung-sik muttered quietly, put on his coat, and went outside. Instantly, everyone’s attention turned to Lee Kyung-sik.

Lee Kyung-sik, not caring at all, walked confidently and stood about 50 meters in front of Min-hyung.

“Poor people. And foolish people.”

“What…?”

“You already know everything, don’t you? If you had experienced His miracle, you would be here too, but I won’t care anymore. Because everything will end soon.”

He smirked and blatantly lit a cigarette. Neither Min-hyung nor anyone else, all surprised, could stop his action.

“You’re the foolish one.”

However, there was someone who cut his cigarette in half. Magical Girl Renée, who seemed to shine even in this darkness.

She descended from the sky to the ground and glared at him with furrowed brows.

“You desire miracles and worship them. But are they truly miracles? Did your miracle really come true as you wished?”

“You bitch…”

“What is a miracle to a monster that feeds on despair and hatred? It’s merely a means to create more hatred and despair.”

“Shut up. What would a young girl like you know…”

His composure shaken by Renée’s relentless words, he growled. More than anything else, he was particularly sensitive to the word ‘miracle’.

“You don’t know. Have you, so young and naive, ever had a child? Have you experienced how disgusting humans can be? Aren’t you just parroting what those fools call justice, thinking it’s the truth?”

“…At least now I know who you are, what you’ve been through, and perhaps what kind of miracle you’ve experienced. You, on the other hand, are judging me based solely on appearances.”

Renée smiled bitterly and lowered her head at him as he shouted and pointed. Lee Kyung-sik’s eyes widened at those words.

However, when Renée raised her head again, her eyes were already glowing with mana.

“What’s right doesn’t matter. If you think you’re right, then fight.”

“Kuk, everyone! Attaaack!!”

As a beam of light that drove away the darkness burst from Renée’s staff, Lee Kyung-sik gritted his teeth and shouted.

“This can’t be! The monsters!”

“Shoot! Shoot!”

The darkened church windows shattered all at once, and those who had been hiding burst out. All of his loyal followers began transforming into monsters covered in black slime, soon losing their sanity and roaring.

And an urgent battle broke out. Along with the sound of gunfire, the surprised magical girls also unleashed their powers and entered into combat with them.

“Kuh, kuhuh…”

“Don’t think about running away.”

In the midst of the chaos, Renée wrapped Gyeong-sik Lee in chains of magical power. Having been directly hit by the previous flash, he grinned with a face singed here and there.

“Magical Girl, Renée. Don’t act… so arrogant.”

“…!”

However, Lee Gyeong-sik’s entire body also began to turn black. And with his transformed monstrous hands, he grabbed the chains and broke them right away.

A ring on his finger shone.

“Where do you think you’re going!”

He roared and charged at her, kicking off the ground. With a thunderous sound, his fist struck the layered barriers.

Renée’s eyes wavered as she saw the barriers cracking and breaking. Lee Gyeong-sik’s power was beyond imagination.

“Go cool your head off.”

She trapped him in an illusion barrier. But that lasted only for a moment.

He spewed black vapor, broke through the illusion barrier, and crawled back into reality.

“Don’t pretend to know. You don’t know my heart. Never.”

“I don’t intend to know it now either.”

Renée, having assessed the situation, unleashed her magic once again. It was magic released with the determination to blow away the entire area.

“Heh, don’t underestimate His power. You’ll never win with such half-measures.”

Lee Gyeong-sik didn’t die this time either. Transformed into a large monster, he writhed with dark energy and grinned.

‘It’s the difference in attributes. To break a power denser than black magic, an even greater power is needed.’

She gritted her teeth. From the very beginning, their foundations were different.

Her mana was too light compared to the sticky, cold dark magic corrupting Lee Gyeong-sik, which was made up of the sacrifices and karma of countless people.

To penetrate that, she needed a greater power, or a darker and heavier force.

“Not yet.”

“Th-This?! Ughhhh…”

That’s when a blue light flashed like lightning behind her.

The light of Parma that destroys demons struck Gyeongsik Lee’s body, which was as good as an extreme saint, creating a clear crack. It was the first time Renée and Jeon So-hyeon met. She turned to look at Jeon So-hyeon with a strange expression.

“It’s not over!”

A startled Jeon So-hyeon shouted, pointing behind. As she said, Gyeongsik Lee exploded with anger and started running again with heavy footsteps.

“…No. It’s over.”

Renée, who seized the opportunity created by Jeon So-hyeon, raised her staff once again. The strongest magic she could muster now, the same one she used when fighting Karin.

Numerous colorful magic circles appeared, pointing at Gyeongsik Lee, and simultaneously unleashed their magic.

For a moment, there was an impact and roar so intense that everyone closed their eyes and staggered. Many monsters were also taken out as collateral damage in the aftermath.

Soon, in the middle of the church parking lot that was deeply excavated with nothing left but thick dust, Gyeongsik Lee’s severed head fell to the ground with a thud and rolled.

“Did… did we take him out?”

At that moment, as all the monsters temporarily stopped moving, Min-hyeong Lee swallowed dryly and muttered quietly.