Ch.124119 – Disturbance

# [Pope Callistus I is controlled by the Laurel of Creation.]

# [Find and destroy all of Callistus’s Life Vessels. (0/5)]

# [This is Beelzebub’s true power… I shall condemn this heresy without fail.]

“Sister, be careful!”

Adella screamed into the void.

The world is spinning backward. Probably because I’m falling headfirst, making everything look inverted.

When I blink, I can see the sun beyond descending below the horizon. Since I’m upside down, it looks like it’s hiding upward.

A single strike sent my body flying.

I realized if I hadn’t carefully balanced my vitality stats through Part 3 with minimal attribute points, I would have died instantly.

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-It’s all over now… it’s the end…

In this inverted world, a massive fly was leisurely traversing the sky.

Ten thousand eyes moved independently before simultaneously focusing on me.

“This is seriously creepy.”

[Casting: Elastic Modulus Adjustment]

The ground suddenly inflated like an airbag, enveloping me in the soft scent of earth.

People should really walk on solid ground. Flying around is for pests.

The heart-dropping sensation like riding a roller coaster subsided, and I slowly got to my feet.

[SaveMeFromGradSchool: NoName, why on earth did you kill Daniel?!]

I know.

Without the Execution Blade of Parma, I’d have to search for Callistus’s Life Vessels across different maps.

And that would significantly slow down the progression.

I gripped Schiavona, which has accompanied me this far.

The Pope, now transformed into a house-sized fly, flutters its buzzing wings as it drifts through the sky.

“Are you okay, sister? Are you hurt? What were you thinking jumping at that monster? You scared me to death!”

Adella suppressed her emotions as she helped me up.

-This is your fault, King Nyang ^^

-We’ll have to travel between maps to find the Life Vessels!

-Please stop being so stubborn, teacher

-Adella, I’m so sorryyyy

-NoName must have a plan, I believe in her

-Even with the Execution Blade, you can only attack flying mobs when they come down, so this takes forever and now we definitely can’t clear it

[Behold. Fear. Welcome the god descending upon the world!]

Enormous wings cast shadows across the sky. The surrounding weeds began to rot.

Crows appeared from nowhere, creating a cacophony as they circled around the Pope.

Really noisy from all directions… chattering endlessly…

“Adella, hand me one of your daggers.”

“Huh? Here… take this…”

The handle, warmed by Adella’s body heat, felt comforting in my hand.

Gripping the knife in reverse, I concentrated all my aura into my legs.

Eyes wide open, I began running toward that damn fly.

Humming a nursery rhyme I often sang long ago.

“A ship that sailed the distant seas in search of continents.

Carrying the dreams of 32 passengers.

When fierce storms swallowed the bow.

The ship broke in two.”

-?

-?

-?

-What?

-^?^

The Pope, now called Beelzebub, roared.

With that roar, crows transformed into swirling blades came flying at me.

“The captain was an upright person.

Women and the elderly first.

The ship floated up again.

Now 16 remained.”

I’d absorbed most of Adella’s combat movements just from watching her fight, even with the dagger.

I easily deflected the randomly flying blades and increased my speed.

The moment I darted beneath Beelzebub.

As if refusing to let anyone pass through its domain, embers rained down from the sky.

They poured from the fly’s wings.

“Raising sails on a warm day.

The ship crashed and shattered against a reef.

Captain, Captain, the ship is filling with water.

Who will you save first?”

-Throw out the elderly

└ That phrasing sounds really bad lol

-Just random selection?

-Wouldn’t it be better to save the younger ones first?

“The captain was a considerate person.

Those who couldn’t swim first.

The ship floated up again.

Now 8 remained.”

Enduring the mixed stench of burning firewood, rotting corpses, and sewage, I finally reached the first position and drove the dagger into the ground.

[El(1)]

“Through the telescope, the continent was visible in the distance.

But a shark appeared and tore apart the deck.

Captain, Captain, the ship is filling with water.

Who will you save first?”

-What kind of twisted rhyme is this lol

-Cut by age again, I guess

-You’ll die if it touches you, what are you even saying!

└Her last words damn

No time to hesitate.

I retrieved the dagger, jumped to my feet, and ran toward Baal again.

Thoroughly enraged by my taunting, it trembled its antennae.

“The captain was a just person.

The innocent first.

The ship floated up again.

Now 4 remained.”

Suddenly my ears throbbed. My vision blurred and the ground swayed like waves.

The waves emitting from Baal’s antennae were toying with my brain.

Even a five-year-old wouldn’t fall for this cheap trick.

[Writing: Inverse Laplace Transform]

[2nd Circle Counter-casting: Destructive Interference]

“The continent was visible through the fog.

But pirates appeared and fired cannons.

Captain, Captain, the ship is filling with water.

Who will you save first?”

-Come to think of it, why doesn’t the captain ever get off? lol

└ Right? So annoying lol

-Because the captain has to drive?

-With the ship in this state, what difference does the captain make

-Wait, is she drawing a magic circle?

-NoName, you’re making me dizzy, teacher!!!

I headed to the opposite side and inscribed a rune on the pan-magic circle I had prepared earlier.

[Ras(2)]

“The captain was a brave person.

Those who would fight alongside first.

The ship floated up again.

Now 2 remained.”

[You dare mock me! I shall not let you depart peacefully!]

Beelzebub’s six legs swept across the ground.

What seemed small when airborne now appeared as thick as the massive pillars of a temple up close.

Mud and filth whirled past, disorienting my vision.

For a moment, my foot got caught in the collapsing ground and I nearly lost balance, but with Adella’s help, I barely escaped.

Reaching the position facing the sun, I engraved the third rune.

[Maven(3)]

“The continent was visible right before their eyes.

But lightning struck and shattered the ship.

Captain, Captain, the ship is filling with water.

Who will you save first?”

-This captain is seriously trash

-So out of 32 people, only 2 survived? 3 including the captain?

-We don’t know the ending yet

What I’m doing now is inscribing runes into a pan-magic circle.

When suppressing the Corrosion of Sloth or facing enormous enemies like now, a magic circle of appropriate size is necessary.

Especially for synthesis formulas based on Arabesque, larger circles yield better efficiency, so I put my utmost effort into creating it.

[Samattra(13)]

Earth magic amplification coefficients 1, 2, 3, 13.

Even a third-level amplification coefficient should be sufficient.

After recording all the runes and returning to the center of the colosseum, I exhaled roughly.

Even in a game, this level of exertion rapidly builds fatigue.

“The captain was a kind person.

Pregnant women first.

The ship floated up again.

Now 1 remained.”

Mana flows into the 50-meter diameter magic circle.

All the mana in the atmosphere is drawn toward the runes of the magic circle.

Even that wasn’t enough, as it seemed determined to scrape every last bit of mana from my body.

The wind whips my hair and Adella’s skirt flutters.

The magic circle, which had been emitting excessive light, suddenly went dark, then…

[Pan-casting: Arabesque Knot – Earth]

KWAGAGAGAGAK!

With a blinding flash, geometric chain patterns erupted from the ground and wrapped around Beelzebub’s body.

Seemingly endless, the magic circle voraciously consumed mana to generate knots until the entire body was completely bound.

The Arabesque Knot, also known as the Executioner’s Knot, is a useful spell against creatures like Beelzebub that transfer life.

It blocks all lifelines, forcibly grants life and flesh to the shell, then takes its life again.

A convenient killing spell that works regardless of remaining lifespan, as long as you defeat the main body.

“The Utopia ship arrived at the continent.

The captain and a woman disembarked.

Cannibals appeared and captured them.

Before dying, the woman cried out.

The captain was a terrible person.

Among those you abandoned was my husband.

The ship never floated again.

Now no one remained.”

-That ending damn

-Everyone died

-nooooo

-What was the captain supposed to do?

-For real lol

While the spell enveloped the demon’s body, I turned my attention to the chat.

“The captain tried to save as many people as possible but met a miserable end. What lesson can we learn from this?”

-Don’t get caught in a sinking ship?

-At least he was good at fixing the ship

-The price of misandry?

└ Misandry lol

└ But it’s true, he only saved women at first

-Sailing seems quite dangerous, teacher

“It may seem like a rational standard, but the outcome is catastrophic. Even if it was the best choice… would the result have been different if everyone hadn’t been abandoned from the start? Probably not. So what’s the point of my story?”

I grabbed the handle of Schiavona, which I had hastily stuck into the ground.

It took some strength to pull it completely free from the rock.

The tip of the sword pointed toward the mummified fly. What I needed to do next was crystal clear.

“The captain shouldn’t have set sail on a stormy day from the beginning. Don’t you think so, everyone? Those who are unprepared or powerless don’t have the right to make moral choices.”

If the captain truly believed he remained moral until the end, he was nothing short of foolish.

People are shortsighted creatures who don’t judge right and wrong from past actions.

The same applies to Daniel.

Those who fiercely pursue survival as their sole purpose don’t even recognize what they’ve done wrong.

The excuse “I had no choice” is just so convenient.

That’s evil, and the banality of evil.

In the real world, people living ordinary lives often demonstrate behaviors more fitting of “evil” than someone like the Pope who blindly enjoys murder.

And the reason I condemned him wasn’t because I’m particularly moral.

[Quick Cast(0.2x): Innate Magic – Estasha Style Second Form – Schadenfreude]

The difference between him and me…

“I’m strong enough without that execution blade.”

[Replication: Alphonse Schipot]

[Casting: Innate Magic – Ashtile’s Ring]

The blueprint containing his innate magic unfolded from the library in my mind.

I was surprised to find it was a sword technique applying the Pauli Exclusion Principle and electron degeneracy pressure.

If Alphonse had been at the Magic Tower in my previous life, I would have wanted him as my top disciple.

“Triwiki is god… I am invincible…”

Before my mouth could ramble on further, I resolved to quickly defeat the fly.

“So don’t doubt me, you pests—mmph…!”

God, how embarrassing. I hastily covered my mouth and turned off the camera voice.

The insect, with its six legs escaping through the Arabesque Knot, struggled like a fly caught in a spider web.

I brought down a lightning strike that could fell even a demon lord onto Beelzebub’s body, putting my entire weight behind it.

* * *

Swirling storm clouds gathered above Baal’s head.

Dark blue lightning struck from the clouds that stole light from all creation.

Five bolts of lightning pierced through the giant fly’s head and body.

The Arabesque Knot emitted a brilliant light for an instant, tightening its contents even more.

Beelzebub’s body was compressed, squeezing grotesquely through the gaps between the knots.

When it reached the limit of contraction, cracks appeared in the massive cocoon.

PAAAAAANG-!

With an ear-splitting explosion, the fly’s enormous body disintegrated into powder, and the sound announcing the boss clear echoed throughout the world.

[Part 3: The Crumbling Tower of Babel END]

[Part 4: $#%%&#%@^]

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[▶Exiting World of Arsheria.]