episode_0159

There was a lot of debris piled up.

In a space full of gloomy colors that resembled ruins, a bright red boy with burning flames covering his entire body clicked his tongue as he looked around the scene.

Even children as young as three years old can tell that what appears to be all sorts of miscellaneous items are the remains of structures that once existed on this earth.

“Did you destroy everything like this? Dean?”

“The professor only makes big movements on purpose. He is stronger and more just than anyone else in the world, but he also has a secretly affectionate personality. If you don’t do this, the devil might turn his attention to us, so he wants to keep the attention on himself until the end.”

“… Oh yes.”

Han Se-jun clicked his tongue a little as he looked at Yoon Sia. Of course, he also respects and values Dean Northmund, but it would be a bit weird to hear something so blatantly embarrassing.

Turning to Sejun, who clicks his tongue, Yoon Shia looks up across the main castle building, twirling her sneakers and swinging the great sword in her hand in preparation.

“You’re very stubborn. Why would you even say something to break the mood in a situation like this?”

“Indeed, aren’t you the one who lashes out at people you don’t care about?”

“… Profit.”

Jang A-hyeon covers her injured shoulder, frowns, and blurts out a word, and the wrinkles deepen.

Looking at her face, Sejun lets out a small laugh.

“Now that I think about it, you are surprisingly calm. I thought you would jump in to protect the dean.”

“Yes, honestly, I want to do that. But that’s a fight you have to end. And to be honest, it’s hard to say that I’m not a hindrance to the professor’s fight.”

Although it is a calm voice, the muttering tone makes the voice sound weak.

Still, there was no way he wouldn’t understand what she meant, so Sejun shrugged his shoulders and shook them. After that, Jang Ah-hyun’s voice is heard softly.

“Ugh… My body is too heavy. Aren’t you like that?”

“Stay out of the water. Because water seems to be the medium. I think I said it before.”

“Can’t you see what’s going on right now? I feel like I’m already feeling crushed with just this little bit of moisture.”

This is a fact that was intentionally left unsaid. To be honest, I’m pretending to be calm, but it feels like the space itself is tightening and my entire body is being weighed down, as if gravity has increased dozens of times.

Even Sejun, who is healthy, is feeling a lot of pressure, but Jang A-hyeon, who is slightly injured, is feeling even more serious.

It was even more serious because the groans of survivors could still be heard from behind.

“Don’t worry.”

“… ?”

“The professor will organize everything.”

Sejun didn’t know why his gaze fell on Yoon Sia’s eyes at that moment, but he felt a strange sense of relief at the confidence in her eyes and grinned without realizing it.

“Ha, of course, I trust the professor and like him, but.”

“… .”

“Honestly, I don’t think I can be as blind as that woman. To be honest, at that level, it is worship, but at that level, the person being worshiped is also quite embarrassed.”

“… why? Is this strange?”

Of course it’s strange.

Jang Ah-hyun frowned again.

———————

“Tsk.”

I spat aimlessly and swung the staff held in my left hand.

This is a staff studded with magic stones that was taken out in the past when they came to this world and did something ridiculous that was broadcast live around the world.

Hehehe.

With the sound of magical power rotating at the tip of the swung staff, white electricity explodes towards the guy. It’s a lightning bolt.

“Is it time to relax and spit?”

The guy swings his hand, knocking out lightning and talking angrily. I only realized it now, but surprisingly, he didn’t seem to be immune to ridicule or criticism.

In other words, it seems like you can’t stand others doing negative things about you. I don’t know how I managed to please myself until now.

Back when I thought he was just a traitor to the circular religion, he did a lot of things that hurt his pride.

‘Maybe he would go home and overturn the dinner table.’

When I thought about that, I burst out laughing. Although it wasn’t his intention, the guy’s eyes narrowed further, perhaps because he thought it was a criticism of himself.

No, since he has no facial features, I would say it is the area where the eyes would be located.

“Oh, to be honest, I’m a little unsure.”

“What is it? Are you making fun of me again! Or are you thinking of following my will now?”

“It seems like you have a slightly different understanding of it. Do you think it’s worth it to you? Is this a situation where the ups and downs of power are so obvious? It’s just that I’m a bit clumsy at handling this.”

At that moment, a chain of light erupts from the staff held in place once again, and the sound of tearing the air is heard.

It hurriedly deploys something like a shield to block the storm coming at it. The particles of light that passed by without hitting the guy tear up the buildings behind him.

“Oh, my.”

“… What is it, your signature magic? But you’re weak to deal the final blow to me, Northmund.”

“No, rather than that, I just realized something.”

I tilted my head back and stamped my feet slightly. At that moment, the distance between him and me narrows to zero.

I muttered softly as I hit the guy hard in the stomach with the staff.

“Ugh!”

“I know that I am a magic swordsman, but I am actually still quite awkward with magic. I can’t control it properly, and I mainly use it for the visual effect, but light and electric properties aren’t my main strengths. If you don’t go through great preparation like what you just experienced, it’s a level of power that will make you feel dizzy.”

“… What do you want to say?”

“And thanks to you, I think I’ve finally realized it. Why am I so awkward with magic? Rather, I guess I was much more accustomed to cutting with a sword.”

“What a joke!”

My arm was thrown out in front of me with a loud noise. A small sonic boom appears that threatens to tear the target’s bloodstream, and various attribute magics press down on Dimostra in six directions along the flow of the hand.

“It’s not a funny story. In the first place, this magic is not a supernatural ability. Rather, as you said, it is like the power I exercise as a piece of God. It is not a force that follows the laws of this world. This magic thing.”

“… So what should I do?”

“Up until now, I had only used magic that appeared in 『Grandis Saga』, but after realizing it, I found out that I could exercise this power at will. This is a technique I created on the spot. It was pretty good, wasn’t it?”

But as expected, the light and electric properties are a bit awkward. I didn’t know that perhaps the false memories imprinted in my mind were still limiting my ability to manifest reality.

Quagwagwagwang!

The poor traitor devil was blown dozens of meters by the shock that hit every part of his body, and was only able to look straight ahead after he turned his back on the castle wall, which was made up of stones that resembled rocks.

Just looking at his body convulsing makes me feel like my whole body is full of throbbing pain.

And the guy’s face was filled with what seemed like doubt… .

“… what? Is it the shock itself? It’s not attribute magic.”

“I told you so. It’s called power. It is a creative force that goes beyond common sense and you are unaware of it. Although it appears to be an elemental attribute, it is actually a completely different magic, containing only the physical quantity of impact.”

“I can’t believe it… This is so absurd… .”

“Of course, I only just recently realized this, and I’m still awkward at handling it, so there must be a weakness somewhere.”

Could someone like you realize that? I made a mockery with that meaning and I saw him react violently.

“Hahahaha.”

I felt like I lost consciousness for a moment. It felt like I had regained something I had originally lost.

I don’t remember trying to act like that, but when I came to my senses, I found myself standing on the wall he was leaning against, pointing the great sword in my right hand at him.

“You made a mistake. The first mistake was that you underestimated the limits of my abilities when you created me, and the second mistake was that you were too indifferent.”

“… What does the latter mean?”

“I’m so bad at acting. Anyone can see that you are full of tricks, so who would believe you? Everyone expects something like this to happen and prepares in advance.”

I felt him chewing with his molars. At the same time, my great sword tore off his right arm.

A pair of arms explodes, spraying a liquid like a purple glowing galaxy with a soft cutting sound, like cutting tofu.

“Of course, I didn’t prepare that profoundly. of course. The difference in skill between you and me is beyond the level of heaven and earth. What kind of elephant would worry about being scared of ants in the middle of the day?”

When I swung the staff again, eight pairs of elongated, diamond-shaped gems appeared beneath it.

Then, by slightly pulling his body forward, he shot out the eight pairs of jewels.

The diamonds with different lights were launched, moving in the direction of Dimostra.

It made a loud noise.

Kwagwagwagwagwagwang!!!

The ground is torn, the ground is torn into pieces.

With a roar reminiscent of a missile bombardment and scattering shock waves, the eight pairs of jewels hit the membrane it was putting up as a defense shield.

I thought it was an attack of remorse, but it seemed like the guy’s defense was stronger than I thought. Because it couldn’t do any damage to the guy and just exploded in front of the curtain.

The guy did vomit blood in the middle of the episode, but that was just an additional side effect from the instantaneous use of a large amount of mana.

“I saw your leisurely attack well, Northmund. So is it my turn now?”

“… What on earth did you see when you didn’t even try to understand the intent of my attack? Your denial of reality is severe.”

Perhaps because he thought my attack would be blocked and that he would be a little surprised, the reaction was different from what I expected, and he narrowed his eyes slightly as if he was a little uneasy.

When I saw that guy, I smiled and raised the corners of my mouth.

“I think you don’t understand because you lack imagination. I told you that the source of my magic is “Creation”, the power of the thing you call the Great One.”

“… .”

“In other words, it is just a matter of what form I create it in. It’s still a little awkward because it’s my first time, but I think you’ll like it.”

“… !”

When I swing the staff again, eight pairs of shining diamonds head towards the guy again, just like before. At the same time, it unfolds its defense ink and attempts to block the attack.

The diamond-shaped jewels hit the guy’s defense shield, making a loud noise and destroying the surrounding area.

But the result is the same as before. I couldn’t destroy his membrane.

“Same attack as just now! Do you think it will work?”

“It worked. Look below.”

“… Huh?!”

A devil looking down with a dumbfounded look on his face. A demon named Dimostra, whose body is throbbing with starlight, as if the Milky Way had transformed into human form.

His form itself is so foreign, but there is something even more foreign floating on his chest.

That strange thing that seemed to have suddenly fallen and seemed to be either a liquid or a solid was like a black hole that had taken up a place in the Milky Way.

“It’s easy. If your shield bothers you, just throw it inside.”

“… What absurdity!”

“Goodbye Dimostra. This attack will hurt a bit.”

The guy hurriedly waved his hand and tried to hit the object, as if the switch on a bomb had detonated.

“No, North Moon─”

─It exploded inside the guy’s defense shield.