111. Goddess of Darkness Yunir (2)

At the summit of the World Tree, the battle between Yunir and Knoia began.

The party watched the battle between a god and an evil god defying that god for hours, without uttering a word.

The condensed magic that Yunir created crashed directly into Knoia. Knoia screamed.

Kyaaaaaaaak-

Even the party, who were already incorporeal, trembled at the horrific scream.

‘An absurd amount of magic…’

If the magic I create is like a small stream, perhaps.

The magic Yunir creates is like the ocean that covers 70% of the world. Compared to that magic, the breath I create isn’t even a watered-down version of it.

Lilia held my hand tightly.

“Yunir-kkeseo is the creator of the Mazoku. She is a goddess in the truest sense, so there’s no need to be so upset, Yulian-nim.”

Lilia seemed to have read my mind. I was a little upset, but Lilia was right.

Perhaps, this place where Yunir has manifested is the earth and the present world. So she can’t use all of her divine power.

Even so, the magic that seems to collapse the space around the World Tree is pressing down on all sides.

It was still midday.

But the jet-black magic that Yunir creates covers everything, even obscuring the sun. A temporary solar eclipse created night around us.

Although she borrowed an appearance resembling a human, Lucia, because she manifested on earth. What Yunir is doing is already a miracle that transcends humanity.

So, in fact, I have much more reverence for Yunir than jealousy, which I feel when seeing a strong person. Because my blood as a Mazoku is thicker.

The Yunir before my eyes was a real goddess to me.

So, what’s really fueling my competitive spirit right now is.

It’s because Knoia hasn’t been pushed back at all against that transcendent being, Yunir. No, rather, Knoia was overwhelming Yunir.

Chiiiiiiiiik-

The giant snake Knoia, who was over 100m tall.

Half of its body was blown away by Yunir’s attack, which was like a breath just now. But soon, very dense demon power gathered in that blown-away body. And that bizarre body was regenerated.

Kyaaaaaaaak-

When it opened its regenerated giant mouth, fangs like the pillars of the Great Temple were revealed. Knoia bit Yunir as it was.

Pajijijijik-

A magic shield quickly wrapped around Yunir. But the demon power that had formed on the fangs like Aura destroyed that very solid shield.

Guaaaaaaaak-

As it was, Knoia’s fangs wounded Yunir’s body. Magic gathered at the wound and healed it. But it was a clear hit.

The Goddess of Darkness was being attacked by Knoia like that. As her creation, I felt a terrible resentment towards Knoia.

‘That’s the enemy I have to face… Damn it.’

The enormous demon power that overwhelms even the magic of the main god, Yunir. That wasn’t all. When Yunir’s shield was broken, Knoia quickly changed its body.

Knoia became a demon beast in human form, about 3m tall.

The demon power that gathered in its arm turned into a giant spear. It rushed towards Yunir’s body once again.

Kakang-

Yunir also took out her sword and deflected that spear attack. I’ve seen Mazoku swordsmanship once through Remiella.

The swordsmanship used by that Mazoku god was so high-level that it transcended even the swordsmanship of Sword Saint Aylin, whom I know.

But even Yunir’s swordsmanship couldn’t counter Knoia’s attack.

‘It’s frustrating. Yunir-kkeseo is being attacked by such a trivial creature…’

Cecilia, who is also a dragon, had a similar expression to me. Even the other party members, who were human, were feeling Yunir’s disadvantage and had bleak expressions.

Once again, the enormous demon power created by Knoia’s spear was swung towards Yunir.

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Knoia’s strike.

Not only the World Tree, but the city shook as if an earthquake had occurred from that strike. At that moment, when even the atmosphere was shaking as if it were being torn apart.

“Goddess-isiyeo!”

Belatedly, seven allies appeared around Yunir. They blocked Yunir’s strike all at once.

Dragons and elves. Dwarves. Their appearance resembled Mazoku. But instinctively, I could feel that they were beings that transcended Mazoku.

‘That elf is. Ruiril, perhaps.’

She always borrowed Emily’s appearance. So her appearance was quite different. But one beautiful elf with light blue hair stood out.

“Those people are Yunir-nim’s apostles. The seven demon archdukes.”

Lilia was right. The archdukes, who had been fighting the transcendent demon beasts that Knoia had summoned, had joined to help the goddess.

“I’m fine, so the people of this city…”

“Mother-isiyeo! With our strength alone… we couldn’t stop the apostles of that demon beast. There are no people left alive in this city now.”

Among the seven archdukes, a dragon with jet-black scales spoke. Instinctively, I recognized that he was the archduke of wrath.

“Is that so… Even this city…”

“But we will definitely protect Mother! That hideous demon beast will never hurt Mother…”

The demon archdukes all shielded Yunir. But Knoia overwhelmed even those seven archdukes.

Aaaaaaaak-

One of the demon archdukes had his arms and legs blown away by Knoia. Even the other archdukes were instantly fatally wounded by the spear that Knoia swung.

Yunir shouted.

“You cannot stop the old humanity, which is chaos itself! All of you, step back.”

“No! We will protect Mother even if we all have to sacrifice ourselves!”

Papapapang-

But the magic that Yunir created pushed the archdukes far away.

“Mother! No!”

“Even I cannot face that demon beast as it is now. If I am to stop that Knoia, that is the only way…”

“No, Mother!”

In an instant, Yunir condensed all of her magic into her body. The enormous gravitational force created by that condensed magic pulled Knoia towards Yunir.

“Mother! What are you doing!”

The archduke of wrath roared. He desperately tried to approach Yunir again. But the magic shield that Yunir created trapped the archdukes.

At that moment, Lilia said.

“Yunir-kkeseo is… trying to seal that Knoia in her own body.”

With the intuition of a saintess. Lilia seemed to have realized what Yunir was trying to do. And Yunir shouted.

“The moment I seal that demon beast in my body, I can no longer exist as a goddess. I will divide the divinity I have among you. So that my children who exist on earth… the Mazoku, do not lose their magic. I ask you to take care of them.”

“Mother!!!”

All of the archdukes desperately shouted. But Yunir, as her divine will was firm, could not move her body even a little.

“Even if I succeed in sealing that demon beast, I cannot suppress all of that enormous resentment… While I suppress that resentment with my body… I will have to leave the rest to Jedin. But… even that Jedin will not be able to destroy this Knoia.”

Kyaaaaaaaak-

Yunir embraced Knoia.

Knoia desperately resisted. But Yunir’s enormous will, which had turned into a mass of magic, was swallowing Knoia.

At that very moment, the party heard Yunir’s last words to the demon archduke.

“When Knoia is resurrected again in the future… you must find that Saint of Destiny who will stand against that evil will… that Saint of Destiny who will carry on my will… and Jedin’s will…”

And at that moment. The surrounding space collapsed like shattered glass.

At the same time, I lost consciousness.

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I regained consciousness.

When I opened my eyes, I could see the red gate that the party had first entered beyond. I hurriedly checked the party’s condition.

Everyone seemed to have temporarily lost consciousness like me. They had dazed expressions as if they had just woken up from a dream.

‘Fortunately, no one is missing.’

One by one, they regained their senses. Lilia, who seemed to have a relatively normal expression, approached me.

“It seems like we’ve escaped from the memories of the past now. But it seems like we’re still in the underground 6th Shrine.”

She was right.

I could feel demon power from the surroundings. But I couldn’t feel Knoia’s sharp and enormous demon power that was tearing my body apart.

And during the short time I lost consciousness. I recalled Yunir’s end, which had passed by like a dream.

“Yunir-nim sacrificed herself for the sake of not only the Mazoku but also us humans… for all life on earth.”

I nodded at Lilia’s words.

Even she, the Goddess of Darkness, could not defeat Knoia, who was a mass of the old humanity’s terrible resentment. In the end, Yunir’s choice was to seal Knoia in her own body.

That was no different from giving up herself as a god.

“The terrible demon power must have contaminated the goddess.”

She sealed Knoia with divine power. But she had no choice but to lose her divinity because she was contaminated by Knoia’s resentment, demon power.

And even if she suppressed Knoia with magic. Knoia’s power of chaos was too strong.

“If we had left the goddess as she was, Knoia would have swallowed the goddess instead… Yulian-nim, did you also see it? Those four seals… no, five seals?”

Tears welled up in Lilia’s blue eyes.

I also recalled Yunir’s end that I had seen and nodded to Lilia.

“Yes. Jedin and the six gods under him sealed Knoia’s body, which was the goddess…”

Even Jedin, the main god of light, could not permanently destroy that Knoia. So Jedin and the six gods under him made a decision.

They used divine power to divide Yunir’s body into five parts.

‘That way, the demon power of Knoia can be suppressed by the divided seals.’

The demon power that Knoia had was too enormous to be sealed in Yunir’s body as it was.

Yunir’s body, which was fragmented by divine power, was sent to various parts of Iseland.

East, west, south, north. Four of the five divided bodies were scattered at the farthest distance. They were separated so that Knoia’s demon power could not gather again.

“Even that divine seal. In this modern era, it could no longer suppress the demon power.”

“Yes. Yulian-nim.”

“And those four seals that have been released are…”

“That’s right. That is the four Chaotic Gates that appeared in Iseland 100 years ago.”

As Lilia said. The secret of the Chaotic Gates was being revealed.

A part of Knoia that was sealed using Yunir’s body. The form in which that part was released again in Iseland was the Chaotic Gate.

It was the source of the demon beasts.

The rest of the party was silently listening to the two people’s explanations. At that time, Chloe raised her hand and asked a question.

“Wait. You said that Jedin divided Yunir’s body into five parts. Then the rest of the body is… Is the fifth seal perhaps in the Old Imperial Capital?”

As Chloe said. There were a total of five Chaotic Gates in Iseland.

To be exact, a new Chaotic Gate appeared in the Old Imperial Capital 20 years ago. And that Chaotic Gate was sealed by my parents, Lucifel and Agnes.

“The gate in the Old Imperial Capital was… sealed by Yulian-nim’s parents. The Ice-Hearted Demon King and the Great Saintess sealed that Chaotic Gate.”

“But it’s strange. No matter how much the two of them are evaluated as beings who have surpassed humans. Still, how could they seal the demon power that could only be sealed through the body of the main god with human power…”

Chloe was right.

If they could seal the Chaotic Gate with human power, they would have tried to seal the other Chaotic Gates as well.

Lilia immediately answered that question.

“That’s because the fifth seal is not completely released yet, unlike the other seals.”

Lilia’s explanation continued. Yunir’s body. The seal created with that five-divided body.

Among them, the fifth and final seal, unlike the four seals that have already been released. Lilia said that the seal still exists without being completely released.

At that moment, I realized the truth of this underground 6th Shrine.

“Pantheon Academy. That final seal remains in this underground 6th Shrine. Yunir’s body that sealed a part of Knoia.”

“Yes. Yulian-nim. The underground 6th Shrine. No, Pantheon Academy itself has been maintaining the fifth seal until now!”

Lilia was right. At that moment, the system’s notification window was activated.

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「Formal Student of the Sacred Academy Pantheon」

* Final Main Quest 「Top Student of the Sacred Academy Pantheon」

: Encounter the ‘Truth’ located in the depths of the 6th Shrine.

* Sub Quest 3 「Memory of the 6th Shrine」

: Continue to descend into the underground of the 6th Shrine.

: Survive the memory of the 6th Shrine.

[The truth of the 6th Shrine has been unlocked.]

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At the same time as that notification window. Strong demon power began to concentrate in this place, which was like the inside of a giant temple.

“That is, is that Yunir, perhaps?”

At Lilia’s words, everyone focused on the empty space in the temple. From there, a woman with long black hair and black wings was descending.

I made eye contact with that woman. She opened her mouth and said to me.

[You’ve finally arrived. Saint of Destiny. Yulian von Reinhardt.]