70 – Holy War
by Afuhfuihgs
Clack.
Ha-yeon, who had fallen from the sky, landed lightly on the ground and gathered her mana.
Fortunately, there seemed to be no corruption or anything like that.
“Where is this…”
Looking around, she saw the interior of a classic building with no sunlight entering.
It was a space she had never seen before, but a single word came to mind when she saw it.
“Temple…?”
A dark space, but resembling temples she had seen somewhere.
Come to think of it, an unknown voice had said that this place was a Sacred Place.
It was clearly related to the New King Church, and the space that those pseudo-religious people called a Sacred Place was probably their territory.
She couldn’t let her guard down.
[The Constellation, ‘Moon-Cleaving Flash,’ urgently begins searching for an escape method from the otherworld dimension, ‘Sacred Place NeOOse’.]
Otherworld dimension.
It was just a different way of saying Dungeon.
It was just that the way it was connected was different from a Dungeon connected by a gate.
This subspace was, in simple terms, a space within another dimension.
But it’s being censored?
“This place must be quite dangerous too.”
In a different way.
Ha-yeon, who said that while drawing the Divine Sword of Black Flames, did not let her guard down and moved forward.
Step, step—
The only sound of shoes in the silent space.
And she saw something.
A black space.
It wasn’t just that it couldn’t be seen because there was no sunlight; it was a dark space even to Ha-yeon’s eyes, which had activated ‘Hver’s Evil Eye’.
Feeling strange, Ha-yeon was about to head there when—
“….!!!”
Something shot out from there like it was being fired.
Before her head could give the order, her body moved and knocked it away.
[You have encountered an S+ class monster, ‘Abyssal Sacred Body’.]
Abyssal Sacred Body.
It was a monster with a name reminiscent of the Aether of the Abyss from before.
‘Should I even call it a monster…’
Just a pit.
No form could be felt.
First, she used Sacred Haze to strike at the spot, and the dark pit disappeared.
But that wasn’t the end.
Ping—
“No…!!”
This time, a pit appeared in a different place and fired dark mana.
She knocked away the projectile again and looked at the pit with a frown.
“As expected, it wouldn’t disappear just by hitting it once.”
Even though it looked like that, it was S+ class.
It probably possessed much stronger power than this.
So she had to end it before that.
“I have to move.”
She sprinted down the hallway with smooth movements using Sacred Haze.
After breaking through a really long hallway, she saw two hallways.
[The Constellation, ‘Moon-Cleaving Flash,’ advises you to head to the right.]
“Constellation-nim?”
[The Constellation, ‘Moon-Cleaving Flash,’ says that they will tell you the details later, so trust them for now.]
If you say so…
She had never been harmed by listening to Constellation-nim’s words so far, so she listened to his words and headed to the right without delay.
Then she saw a classic but not huge door.
“Do I have to go in here…”
Ha-yeon, who was on high alert even while slowly opening the door, couldn’t help but be surprised as soon as she saw the inside.
Because a huge pool was created in the center of a fairly large space.
A shining water that emitted the only light that contrasted with this gloomy Sacred Body.
It was definitely not ordinary water.
“……”
She began to approach as if possessed by the water.
Something was leading her.
Splash.
She bent her knees and scooped up the water with her hand.
The water, which had been in her hand for a while, flowed down no matter what she did and returned to its original place.
“…..”
Silence.
A drunken feeling.
But even so, it was a strange situation where she was maintaining her reason.
In that situation, something was heard in her ear.
-My name is Eleina, let’s get along.
Ha-yeon’s voice.
But a voice that was not her voice.
-Hmm… yes, ‘Hairel’ would be a good name.
She felt a sense of déjà vu.
In the meantime, a man’s voice was heard.
-For you… I can give anything.
At that moment, her heart began to beat rapidly.
A voice she had heard somewhere.
A longing voice.
The moment she heard that voice, Ha-yeon instinctively moved and sank into the mysterious water.
“Ugh, ugh!”
Land bathed in fresh sunlight.
And two people walking across the vast meadow.
Eleina stumbled on a stone on the ground and her center of gravity shifted forward.
It was a situation where she would have fallen normally.
“You have to be careful, you are going to be the head of Pretzna, can you be like that when you are that old?”
White hair and blue eyes.
The appearance of the man who caught her as she was about to fall and smiled brightly.
An absolute beauty.
Perhaps it wouldn’t be awkward to attach that modifier.
“I’m only 15 years old, Hairel-ssi, my father is still healthy and there’s a lot of time left until I become the head of the family.”
Eleina, who would have already fallen in love if she were an ordinary girl, said firmly.
She stuck out her lips and got up by herself as if she was sulking.
The man called Hairel smiled brightly and headed to her side.
And he headed forward without saying anything.
In front of them was a huge golden monster.
Its size, like a mountain, and the spirit of mana emanating from its body were clearly not ordinary.
Hairel took out a chilling blue sword and said.
“Are you ready?”
And Eleina drew a sword.
A sword body made of flames.
And above all, the strongest Divine Sword.
“I even received a Divine Sword from my father, it would be a disgrace to the family if I couldn’t kill it.”
That sword.
It was just like Ha-yeon’s ‘Divine Sword of Black Flames’.
“….Hah!”
When she woke up, her whole body was soaked in a liquid that was either water or sweat, and on the contrary, her whole body was full of energy.
“Hah….hah….”
She took a breath and looked at the System window that appeared in front of her eyes.
[You have discovered a fragment of the forgotten Constellation, ‘Nine Lights Divine Sword – Fire’.]
[You have discovered a fragment of the forgotten Constellation, ‘Nine Lights Divine Sword – Ice’.]
[The fragments merge with the item, ‘Divine Sword of Black Flames’, and engrave the true name.]
[You have acquired the SS-class Divine Sword, ‘Divine Sword of Red Light’.]
[The remaining fragments have not yet found a fusion body.]
A little redder.
But at the same time, the temperature rose even more.
Hellfire.
Yes, it was just like hellfire.
Ha-yeon lifted the sword.
Because it was the same weapon she had seen in the memory she had seen earlier.
“Did you say it was my father’s sword?”
The Divine Sword of the person called Eleina, that is, the woman who looked so much like Ha-yeon, whom she called her father.
But even though she was forgotten, she was a Constellation.
Also, a Constellation that was expected to be quite high-ranking.
Then, was the person called Eleina a Constellation?
‘Besides…’
Hairel.
It was definitely our Constellation-nim.
She couldn’t forget.
Why did he appear here?
[The Constellation, ‘Moon-Cleaving Flash,’ advises you to get out of here quickly.]
“Ah…yes.”
But there was no time to think about that.
Ha-yeon, who had come to her senses, put away her sword and left the room.
Then she saw the hallway again.
She started going straight again.
[The Constellation, ‘Moon-Cleaving Flash,’ advises you to turn right for the last time.]
She had been running straight without stopping thanks to Constellation-nim’s continued advice, but even so, more than 30 minutes had passed.
This damn Sacred Place was disgustingly wide.
Well… it was a bit strange that there had been no enemies and silence had flowed during that time.
Bang—
“No, please stop coming out!”
The attacks of the Abyssal Sacred Body that occasionally came out while going were also quite tricky.
To be exact, it was easy to block, but it was difficult to keep paying attention to it, so the mental exhaustion was great.
Anyway, it was over now.
When she turned right at the last corner, she saw a huge door.
A classic door with a good mix of black and white.
Ha-yeon was moved and moved forward.
And at that moment.
“Aren’t you finding it too quickly than I thought? Your Constellation-nim must be quite amazing?”
The voice she had heard before.
The moment she heard that voice, Ha-yeon instantly gathered all her mana and knocked away the attack flying from above.
Clack!
“….Blood?”
It was definitely blood.
A projectile whose components were blood, even though it was solidified and shaped like a weapon.
Ha-yeon was surprised by that, but she couldn’t think.
“Transformation?”
The weapon, which had been solid, instantly became liquid and rushed towards her.
Ha-yeon, who evaporated it with the Aether of Black Flames emitted from the Divine Sword of Red Light, turned her head to the side where the voice was heard.
“Still, don’t you think it’s too much that you don’t have a single wound even though it was a surprise attack?”
Red hair.
Like Baek, whom she had met before, he was wearing a sacred robe, but it was very flashy.
In other words, a man wearing the robes worn by a Cardinal was walking towards her with a sly smile.
“This is a matter of life and death, what do you mean too much.”
She sharpened her senses.
The opponent was a Cardinal.
Moreover, this was a place where there were no enemies for some reason, but it was expected to be the main base.
She didn’t know what would happen.
“More than that, where is this place that I can’t see a single living thing?”
At her question, the man pointed at himself and said.
“This is a space that only Cardinals can use, and the other Cardinals have all gone on business trips, um… come to think of it, I haven’t introduced myself yet?”
Was it just her imagination that his hair was redder than before?
“I am Kairon, the 3rd Cardinal of the great New King Church.”
He said that and gestured slightly.
And a spear of blood stretched out from that action.
Starting with Ha-yeon countering it, an unexpected fight with the Cardinal began.
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