episode_0160

What is the best move you can make in this situation?

This is the question that came to Do Yu-jin’s mind as she thought about the unexpected appearance of Mine, the sudden appearance of a group of monsters, and the unidentified group operating behind the collapsing city.

And now Do Yu-jin was trying to show the world the answer to that.

“Let’s get started.”

Do Yu-jin, who was looking inside the building with Yumi’s help, muttered calmly.

At Do Yu-jin’s words, the three of them nodded once and moved their bodies.

Yumi was the first to start.

“Hmm, since this is my first time using proper magic, I’m a little nervous.”

She spoke in a slightly strained voice, as if she was unsure of herself.

But her mouth says so.

Hee-juk-

The words he spoke were in complete contrast to his refreshing curve.

If it was natural, then it was natural.

For her, who had just inherited Tamamo’s memories, this situation seemed like a perfect opportunity to fully display the power she had just acquired.

“Ugh!”

Yumi raised both hands toward the sky, drawing out her magical power with a cute cheer.

She stared at the sky for a moment, then grabbed the air as if she was clawing at it and said.

“Fox witchcraft, fox rain.”

In response to her order.

Woorung-

The clouds that had been showing a dark color for a moment now completely changed their color and turned into dark clouds, and then started to rain lightly while making a thunderous sound.

“My sloppy dad said I just had to bring dark clouds, so why did you bring rain? Anyway, I said he’s my sloppy little brother.”

Yuna grumbled for a moment as she watched the sight, then tapped the floor with her straightened foot as if knocking.

Shuaak-!

Then, a dark cloud appeared and a huge shadow was created, lifting its body like rubber and wrapping itself around the building they were in.

From the outside, it looked like the entire building was being ground up in a black blender, but in fact, it was quite the opposite.

The purpose of Yuna’s shadow was to protect the building and keep it from collapsing.

“Okay.”

Do Yu-jin, who confirmed that the building was firmly fixed, drew the building and herself with her own shadow and firmly tied the weapon she was holding together.

Very sturdy to withstand any impact.

The moment the support was completed.

“I’ll go.”

Erio quietly muttered as he unleashed all the magical power he had been gathering.

“Come down.”

Drop your straight fingers down from above with a short declaration.

A short and simple action that can be completed in the blink of an eye.

But the results she brought back were anything but simple.

Kwarrr-!!!

A huge lightning bolt hidden in the dark clouds makes its presence known by roaring loudly as if it will tear everything apart.

A monster created by Erio, who boasts natural talent, giving up control and focusing solely on increasing the size of his power.

A power so great that even Erio, who could infinitely nullify all damage done to him by receiving lightning’s love, felt fear without even realizing it.

When Erio looked at him, his body trembled slightly.

“As expected, you’re amazing.”

Do Yu-jin spoke in her usual feminine manner.

Why is that?

As soon as he heard those words, Erio felt his tension relax and the corners of his mouth naturally went up.

I’ve heard compliments so many times since I was born that I’m sick of them, but strangely enough, hearing it from Do Yu-jin’s mouth gave me a new feeling.

Hooo-

‘Perfect control is impossible.’

Erio accepted that fact, but gritted his teeth and concentrated on somehow directing the lightning’s trajectory.

“… … Cheer up.”

A voice barely squeezed out in that situation.

“Yeah.”

At the same time Do Yu-jin answered him.

Kwarrrrung-!!!

The golden beast that had been struggling on the dark clouds let out a loud roar that lit up the night sky, then kicked the clouds away and threw itself towards the spreading ground.

The sight of it falling with its mouth wide open as if it were going to bite everything on the ground.

But the leash that Erio had made with all his might was pulled taut around the guy’s neck.

Phagecic-!

Thanks to that, the guy ended up crashing into a kite-shaped artifact that Doyujin had purchased at a high price from the [Shop] and meticulously processed through [Production], instead of the original target.

Shuaak-!

A lightning bolt boasting destructive power enough to shatter an entire area engulfs the kite and flows through the string to the weapon held by Do Yu-jin.

Kwaaang–!!!

Are you upset about this situation?

Even though he was caught in a trap, a huge shock wave erupted from the weapon Do Yu-jin was holding, as if he was not going to give in easily.

“Ugh… … !

”

Do Yu-jin, who gritted her teeth and endured the shock, looked at her weapon connected to the ‘lightning string’.

[30%… … 79%… … 107%… … 203%… … 532%… … ]

The machine, which had barely managed to start despite being connected to the power plant right next door and receiving power in real time, was now emitting a threatening sound and flashing lights.

Kiiing–!!!

[Power charge rate reached 1098%.]

‘This is crazy.’

The moment when Do Yu-jin unknowingly stuck out her tongue after seeing the numbers she had never heard of before.

–!!!

As if the sun was being obscured by clouds, a huge presence suddenly appeared, pressing down on the area, and then released a mental wave that resembled a scream.

“Ugh!”

“Keep going!”

“Ugh!”

The three, who were half-conscious from having used all their strength, were unable to overcome the shock and let out suppressed screams.

Gulp-

But Do Yu-jin, even though blood was flowing from her eyes and ears, calmly focused her gun on the arrogant target who was screaming that she was there and put strength into her finger on the trigger.

And then I thought.

This time, unlike when we cleaned up the Black Dragon branch, it seems like they’re handling it too noisily.

‘Well, would the result be the same? Some say it’s an assassination if there are no witnesses.’

The moment he pulled the trigger with such a pointless thought, Do Yu-jin’s new weapon looked more like a cannon than a gun.

Kiiing–!!!!!

The giant railgun let out a fierce roar as it gathered the lightning summoned by Erio, the power from the power plant, and the electricity spread throughout the city into itself and mixed them together.

Zaaa …

Soon, he poured out everything inside him through his mouth.

Cookies, cookies, cookies, cookies, cookies, cookies, cookies, cookies–!!!!!

Night splits into day with a shockwave so powerful that surrounding buildings are blown away.

A sight that is more aptly described as transcendent rather than mystical.

That fleeting moment, which felt like an eternity, passed… …and as you can see, the result was this.

Kugugugu–

A gigantic pillar of light, which could only be described as a judgment from the heavens, was seen annihilating everything in its path, including several mountains, and as if that wasn’t enough, it soared into the sky and pierced even the clouds.

A scene of violence that cannot be fully described by the word “overwhelming.”

In front of him.

“… … ”

Erio opened his mouth blankly.

“Tsk, you’re a sloppy dad, but you’re acting like you know everything.”

Yuna grumbled with a proud expression.

“Hmm, this body’s father is truly an amazing man!”

Yumi wagged her two tails with a bright smile on her face.

In the midst of all those gazes.

Kugugugu-

“Hoo… … ”

Do Yu-jin muttered in a small, sigh-filled voice as she threw the collapsing railgun on the ground, as if she had done her part.

“I was worried, but fortunately it was handled without any major problems.”

The land was so hot that it turned black and scorched by the overwhelming heat.

The atmosphere sizzles and spits out residual heat, as if screaming.

The sky, where moonlight shines like a spotlight in places where clouds have cleared.

“Thank goodness.”

It was a rather soft remark to make in the face of this surreal sight, like a giant scar.

◎ ◎ ◎

Crackle-

In a quiet space where only the sound of pages being turned echoed, for the first time a sound other than the sound of paper being turned was heard.

A sound so small that you can’t hear it unless you listen closely.

“Huh?”

But the waves it created were by no means small.

“What the heck, there are so many strange things happening?”

As soon as the hand turning the page stopped, a pink-haired woman appeared, gently trampling through the space, and spoke in a sweet voice that made the listener melt.

“Dantalia, I didn’t know I’d see you with so many wounds on your body. Are you having a lot of fun today?”

The servants who heard her words trembled without realizing it.

He was shocked by the fact that his master’s body, which was like the sky, no, even the sky below, was wounded.

Ignoring the reactions of those servants.

“Okay.”

The purple-haired woman, called Dantalian, spoke quietly, either in a hazy manner, as if just waking from a dream, or in a languid voice, as if reading sentences from a book, or as if tired from constant work.

Swish-

Although it was a short time, it was enough to make the small wounds on her fingertips disappear, so now her hands were showing off the same cold, delicate appearance as before.

The attendants who had seen him thought that the conversation between the two a moment ago might have been a metaphor for something, but the red traces on Dantalian’s fingertips denied their crude imaginations.

Taak-

Dantalian, who had moved the object on the board, muttered while looking at his fingertips as if he was looking at something new.

“Something tried to summon me a little while ago.”

“Huh? I was trying to summon you?”

A woman who was sitting in front of Dantalian and looking at the plates on the table asked back with a surprised look on her face.

“What did you do? Did you use the hearts of ten thousand heroes in that world as materials? Or was the person who summoned it incredibly talented?”

“No, the material was simply the life force of about ten thousand normal humans. The talent of the summoner was not much different from that of a normal human.”

“Oh, really?”

The woman replied in a hoarse voice, as if she had lost interest in those words.

That would be the case, because if the summoning had been carried out under those conditions, the outcome would have been obvious.

‘I guess I died alone without even being able to summon it properly.’

They were great demons of high rank, and as such, in order to summon them, one had to offer a sacrifice of a suitable level.

Of course, even that was only the minimum requirement, and whether or not they would respond to the summons was entirely up to their will.

But you’re trying to call them with a mere treasure that would barely be of interest to even the lowest demons?

It was so absurd that I couldn’t even laugh.

“So what happened? Even though the person who called you died, you wouldn’t have just come out, would you? Oh, and are you going to slowly travel around the world like last time?”

“I can’t.”

“… … Huh? What?”

The woman, who was preparing to open her mouth and say that she knew that, tilted her head slightly as if to ask if she had heard something wrong.

If he had said he wasn’t Dantalian, she would have understood.

The Dantalians she knew were basically clockwise and predictable, but sometimes they would show completely unexpected behavior.

But now she didn’t answer that she wouldn’t do it, but that she couldn’t.

“Aha♥”

And that slight difference caused the corners of the woman’s mouth to slightly turn up.

Whether he had read the woman’s mind or was simply continuing to talk to himself.

Taak-

“The summoning was successful.”

Dantalian said, moving his pieces on the board again.

“What? You succeeded in summoning me with just that kind of sacrifice?”

“Because you called me using the grimoire I spread before. And what you called was only a very small part of me.”

“Oh, right. Now that I think about it, you made those things and scattered them around, right?”

Dantalian nodded.

“I cast a light mental spell to summon me and then scattered it. It’s inefficient for me to go around looking for different worlds myself.”

“Hmm~ Normally, if you use that method, you won’t be able to use your power properly even if you’re summoned, so you don’t usually use it… … Well, you’re better at using your head than your body. Plus, your goal is just to see the world.”

The woman lightly agreed with Dantalian’s words, as this had happened several times before.

And then he quietly shut his mouth.

Because through this conversation, I realized why there was a sudden bruise on her fingertip a little while ago.

“You, did you… … get hit by a human in that world?”

Shudder-!

Dantalian shivered slightly at the woman’s words.

The woman who saw him smiled brightly, realizing that her guess was correct.

“It wasn’t just a one-hit hit. It was a hit during the summoning process, at the moment when the spirit was imbued into the body, so it should be viewed as a simple summoning failure.”

Dantalian spoke as if making excuses.

It was an unusual situation for her, who usually doesn’t express her emotions much.

“A world where there are people strong enough to hurt you… … ”

Of course, Dantalian’s excuses did not reach the woman’s ears.

“What is that? It looks so much fun!”

The woman spoke as she moved the objects on the board.

The game that had been quietly unfolding on the table was already moving towards its climax.

“Where are you?”

“Why are you asking that?”

“Well, I’m just curious about who hit you, so I’m looking into it!”

The woman said with a faint smile.

“You’re planning on going to that playground next anyway, right? I want to go with you.”

“That’s impossible.”

Dantalian shook his head and said.

“Because it happened so quickly, I couldn’t record the exact coordinates.”

“Hey, I can handle that somehow. If it’s really hard, I can help you.”

Dantalian soon nodded to the persistent questioning.

It was hard for Dantalian to get rid of her who showed such interest.

But that doesn’t mean we can just let her go.

“Instead, I’ll find it first and then call you. I have to stop you from doing anything weird.”

“Hmm~ It’s a bit disappointing, but I’ll let it go. After all, you were the one who found it. But after you find it, you should definitely call me?”

The woman tapped the king on the board with her finger and spoke in a voice full of laughter.

“I’m looking forward to this, honestly, the worlds I’ve discovered lately are so trivial that they’re not fun.”

As the woman said this, Asmodeus moistened his lips with his tongue and grabbed the cornered king’s object and smashed it.

Keuk-

Then, one of the two kings who had been waging a fierce war in that distant place collapsed, spitting out blood, and those whom the king had ruled also fell in that place.

Those who survived seeing him cried out in joy at their victory and shouted the names of the two great demons.

The moment a world falls into the hands of demons.

At the same time, another world entered the demons’ eyes.