episode_0195

“Why are you doing that? With that look on his face.”

The man asked me calmly, with a completely normal appearance and expression.

“… … .”

To that question, I could not give a calm answer.

It was because one question was filling my head.

As I cut down the man, I also cut down his regenerative power.

With my intention to step into the realm of transcendence, I cut it down with certainty.

It wasn’t an illusion.

Although concepts such as regenerative power are invisible, I clearly felt them through my senses of expansion.

The man’s regenerative power was cut by my thoughts.

However, the man regenerated his body just fine.

‘… how?’

How did the regenerative power regenerate the body without damage?

I couldn’t understand it at all.

And that’s my question.

“Hmm. Judging by his expression, he seems puzzled. How did I regenerate my body?”

The man said it out loud as if he had looked into my heart.

“Really, you seem to have forgotten everything.”

A regretful look appeared on his face.

“I really want to tell you, but… Then there is no point in fighting.”

Shaking his head slightly, the man slowly raised one hand.

“Okay, now it’s my turn.”

Those red eyes gave off a magical light.

Suuu

An ominous energy began to surge from the man’s whole body.

“… … !”

At that energy, I inadvertently took my breath away.

The nature of the energy itself was familiar.

Because it was the energy I had grown tired of from the religious leader and from the encroached Mary.

but.

The man’s energy was unlike anything I had seen before.

The magnitude of the power, the intensity of the ominousness of the energy, and the energy shown by the religious leader were incomparable.

Facing that energy, I was momentarily overwhelmed.

That energy made me feel distant just by looking at it.

It is said that humans become overwhelmed when they face something they cannot fight against.

For example, when faced with natural disasters such as storms or tsunamis that the normal human body cannot fight against.

However, I am not an ordinary human.

I have reached a level where I am halfway beyond human beings and cannot even be expressed with the word superhuman.

I was overwhelmed by the man’s energy.

It wasn’t a catastrophe or disaster or anything like that.

‘world’.

The energy the man gave off, the energy that pressured me.

It truly had the vastness and grandeur of a world.

“I hope you don’t disappoint me.”

Saying that, the man snapped his fingers.

──────────.

Everything flew away in an instant.

***

Kuung─

“What… ?”

At the sudden heavy noise, the people inside the academy raised their heads and looked towards where the sound came from.

That’s right, the towering mountain in the center of the academy.

However, they soon took their eyes off the mountain.

Because the mountain was so large and high, and because the distance was so far away, it was impossible to see what was happening on top of it from afar.

However, not everyone paid attention like that.

There were people who couldn’t take their eyes off the mountain, as if it were nailed in.

This was the case for Estelle and Cairn, a man and a woman standing in the middle of a battlefield where numerous monsters and humans were intertwined.

As soon as they heard the roar, the two quietly looked at the top of the mountain.

In that state, the two didn’t say anything, but they were both thinking the same thing.

Something unusual must have happened at the top of that mountain.

Just like that, Cairn’s eyes became a little deeper, and the young worry behind Estelle’s eyes became deeper.

They realized that something was flying towards them from the side of the mountain.

“That… ?”

Estelle, who was frowning at that point, soon opened her eyes wide.

It was because she realized that the sight of them getting so close was familiar to her.

***

“… Hmm. I adjusted my strength a little bit wrong.”

Saying that, the man brought his raised hand in front of his eyes.

The man’s appearance, looking down at his hands with a calm complexion and mumbling, was no different from before the loud noise.

However, that didn’t mean nothing happened in the crater.

The proof was the changed surrounding scenery.

The crater itself remained unchanged.

However, the scenery has clearly changed.

The monsters that filled this wide crater had disappeared without a trace.

This is not a figurative expression; the monsters really left no trace.

Without any traces of blood, flesh, or anything else, monsters that were difficult to count disappeared from the world.

The reason why such a result occurred was simple.

Because the energy the man gave off completely destroyed the space inside the crater.

Just like that, his creations disappeared from this world due to his own power.

The man had a calm expression, as if he didn’t care at all about the outcome.

“Are you safe?”

Just like that, the man who had been muttering to himself for a while suddenly turned his head and asked.

Where his gaze was directed, there was the religious leader who was still prostrating towards the man in the same posture.

“Yes. Thanks to the owner’s care, I’m safe.”

The leader spoke without even raising his head.

In that voice, there was still unwavering, unwavering loyalty.

“Okay.”

Looking at the religious leader, the man calmly nodded.

The man placed a shield around the cult leader before causing the explosion.

So that the leader does not get caught up in the disappearance of space.

However, it wasn’t because he particularly cared about the religious leader.

There was a need to do that, so the man acted like that.

The man and the leader signed a contract.

In exchange for destroying humanity in this world, the cult leader gave his soul to the man.

However, humanity is still alive and well, and the contents of the contract have not been fulfilled.

Therefore, the man had to protect the religious leader.

At least until the terms of the contract are fully fulfilled.

At first glance, it may seem strange that a transcendent being who can destroy the world if he wants to be bound by a contract, but because he is such a transcendent being, he is bound by a contract.

Once a contract was officially entered into, the company had to abide by its terms.

For that reason, the man protected the religious leader.

Just like that, after confirming that the leader was safe, the man turned his head forward again.

Then he said:

“It’s been a while since I used my strength, so I can’t control my strength as I want. Thanks to this, all the creatures that were created died.”

Even as he talked about the deaths of his creatures and subordinates, his face was extremely peaceful.

“Well, it doesn’t matter anyway. Just destroying humans would be enough on my own. Don’t you think so?”

Suddenly the man shifted his gaze and asked a question.

What is where the gaze is directed.

“Perdion.”

It was Wade, covered in blood and breathing heavily.

***

“Why on earth did you do that?!”

The voice, which usually had only a gentle tone, took on a color of anger on rare occasions.

The eyes of those around her were focused on her, but Mary, the owner of the voice, paid no attention to those gazes.

Her eyes were fixed on one place.

Toward none other than Veluid.

“What were you thinking when you left Wade there? !!”

I rarely raise my voice at others… No, Mary, who didn’t even say anything she didn’t like, was pushing Belluid with an angry voice and tone.

There was more than one emotion on his face, but the most prominent one was anger.

Mary was angry.

To Veluid, who forcibly dragged them away and left Wade alone in the crater.

She wasn’t the only one who was so angry.

Although they were not speaking, the expressions on the other group members’ expressions were not much different from Mary’s.

They were all looking at Veluid with slightly different eyes.

However, despite receiving such attention.

“… … .”

Veluid didn’t say anything.

He just quietly listened to Mary’s words pouring out to him.

It was then.

“Stop it.”

The owner, whose quiet voice did not suit the heated atmosphere, intervened.

The owner of that voice was none other than Estelle.

“The author probably did it because he had an idea in mind.”

Estelle said that with a calm face.

“But… !”

To that, Mary came forward to refute it.

The expressions of those around her became heavy at her attitude.

Because they knew how scary it would be to dare to raise one’s voice toward Estelle.

Normally, Mary would never do something like that.

However, Mary was now so agitated that she couldn’t even think about it.

Those around them were worried.

Estelle’s anger, and her anger harming Mary.

However, contrary to such concerns, Estelle was not angry.

She spoke with an unchanging expression and without even looking at Mary.

“Do you think it would have been helpful if you stayed?”

“… … !!”

Those words were spoken calmly, leaving Mary speechless.

It was because there was no way she didn’t know.

Beluid’s intentions.

Why he forced everyone out of the crater.

“Even if you stayed there, it wouldn’t have helped. So, just keep quiet and watch.”

Saying that, Estelle looked at the top of the mountain with distant eyes.

“… … .”

Then, Mary said nothing more.

‘… Then, Wade is carrying too much of a burden on his own.’

… I just swallowed those words inside.

Anyway, the crowd became quiet, and they all looked at the mountain.

I hope that the person left there alone is safe.

The moment the crowd became quiet.

“So, please tell me what you just said.”

A calm voice that did not suit the situation pierced their ears.

Naturally, the crowd turned their gaze in the direction from which the voice came.

They saw Ethan staring intently at Veluid.

At those words, Veluid glanced at the group for a moment.

“… I don’t think it’s something to talk about here.”

expressed his intention to refuse.

It was an act of consideration for Wade, who wanted to hide his secret from the group.

However.

“You don’t even know what you’re talking about anyway, so does it really matter?”

Ethan didn’t accept that rejection.

“Because it bothers me. What you said.”

“… What does that mean?”

To Belude, who calmly asks a question.

“I brought that guy here. Is that what you led?”

“… … .”

There was confidence in Ethan’s eyes as he asked that question.

Listening to the conversation between Wade and Veluid, Ethan knew that Veluid was the one who brought Wade to this world, and that there were others who cooperated there.

And, after hearing that, Ethan thought.

Maybe it wasn’t Belluid who led it.

There was no clear basis.

It was just a feeling.

His superhuman senses simply caught the subtle atmosphere coming from Veluid’s attitude, voice, and everything else.

However, Ethan trusted his senses and intuition.

That’s why I asked Veluid.

The truth. and.

“Who really led it?”

The identity of the person who brought Wade, who was reincarnated in another world, back to this world.

To that confident and open-minded question,

“… that… … .”

Veluid was slowly opening his mouth.

Jerk─

Footsteps were heard.