episode_0103

Enemies are constantly flocking from all directions.

Ares, who had endured them, felt that his body was gradually beginning to strain.

Obviously, it became increasingly difficult to receive the opponent’s swords, which should not have felt any pressure, and the speed also noticeably slowed down.

No matter how strong a Paladin was, there was nothing he could do to deal with numbers exceeding thousands against people who were not ordinary people and had a certain level of military power.

That’s why I had to collect the score and get out of here…

‘When will you come?’

Even though quite a bit of time had passed since Bard Garon left, I was starting to feel anxious that he wasn’t coming back.

There is only one case where it doesn’t come for this long.

‘Could it be that the enemies were ambushing me?’

If the enemy knows in advance and is waiting.

If so, it was a very dangerous situation.

Because the score has fallen into the hands of enemies.

If all it took was for the devil to gain power, he could probably find a way, but that wasn’t the problem.

Advent.

This was truly the problem with this situation.

Originally, transcendental beings could not descend to the underworld.

Because their power is too great to be contained in the underworld.

The universal law of causality was a structure that prevented them from descending to the underworld.

As a result, it was impossible for beings who had reached transcendence to descend to the underworld.

However, there were several ways to make such demons descend.

First of all, the form of offering offerings.

It is possible to descend to the underworld for a while as long as you make a sacrifice large enough to make the devil descend.

It was virtually impossible to obtain a sacrifice large enough to enable a transcendent being to descend.

But there was another way for demons to descend into the underworld, and that was through the songs of the bards.

Unlike general gods, the stories of demons are not widely known in the underworld.

Since it was basically evil, it was natural that it was not welcomed by humans.

Moreover, since they are beings who stand in complete opposition to the gods, the gods do not let their stories spread.

Also, for various other reasons, the stories of demons were unknown.

However, when a bard with special abilities creates a song about the devil and spreads it.

This soon brought great power to the devil, and at the same time the devil’s presence was widely recognized, he gained the power to descend to the underworld, even if only for a moment.

When that time comes…

‘You can’t win.’

Why is the transcendent the transcendent?

They escaped from the small world of the underworld and stood on top of it.

No matter how weak a transcendental person is, he cannot handle the lower world.

But what if the demon they summon is of high rank?

It was safe to say that the lower world suffered damage that was close to destruction that day.

‘So we have to stop it somehow.’

Even if it means giving up my life.

Ares first reflected on the way out.

I thought of the basement I was coming out of like a slow scene.

Basically, the higher your level, the better your memory, but Ares was particularly special.

He could store all his memories in his head and retrieve them at any time.

Ares’ unique ability that no one else in this world has.

Being able to pull out memories and see them vividly at any time was something that no one in this world could do.

Ares used his memories to roughly picture in his mind a place other than the entrance leading up to this place.

A different road than the one that came up here.

As a result of continuing to connect them in my head, I eventually arrived at a location.

‘There it is.’

Ares, who figured out the location, immediately kicked the ground.

It was quite daunting, but I still had the stamina and strength to run.

The distance can be reached by sprinting for approximately 3 minutes.

Ares, who was currently focusing on sprinting with all his strength, was able to arrive in 2 minutes, ahead of schedule.

And the sight I saw as soon as I arrived was an altar that summons the devil.

It was Garon kneeling there.

The sheet music is in front of Garon.

Fortunately, Ares realized that it was not too late and rushed in to stop it.

However, there was someone blocking his path.

“Seeing it like this again.”

He was the one who put him in this dungeon.

With a bitter smile on his lips, Ares realized that the current situation had been planned from the beginning.

“I’ll tear you to death!”

Ares swung his sword.

The speed was unbelievable for someone who had been fighting for a long time, but the opponent was the opponent.

Even in an intact state, it is not easy to guarantee victory.

Moreover, Ares has already lost once.

Naturally, I can’t beat him in my current weakened state.

Nevertheless, Ares moved.

In any case, your life is practically thrown away.

All I had to do was destroy the sheet music, so I aimed for that.

However, the other person is not an idiot and there is no way he would not know that fact.

Of course, Ares collapsed because his strength was completely exhausted.

The power to cure all conditions and even recover from fatigue has just been used up.

There was no way left for him now.

Other than waiting for the hero Kariel to notice this situation and come quickly.

Ares was so humiliated by this situation of having to rely on his master who was practically following him.

A paladin is a being who assists a hero.

However, I felt disillusioned when I saw myself leaning on the warrior.

Normally, I would punish myself for being so incompetent.

I didn’t even have that kind of luxury right now.

“Whoop… ”

Barely maintaining his composure, he looked at Garon in the distance and shouted.

“Bard-!!! Tear up that sheet music right now!”

The score is the situation in front of Garon.

It was a distance where I could reach out and tear it apart if I wanted to.

So, the argument was to shout loudly to tear up the sheet music.

He quickly noticed that something was strange about Garon.

‘There is no focus.’

His eyes were out of focus, as if he had been brainwashed.

“It’s so ugly that it looks like a rag. But?”

Ares frowned at the other person’s sarcastic voice.

However, the other person laughed at him, as if asking him to try more.

“That bard was brainwashed. I will start singing soon and the song will spread all over the world.”

“Watch. The moment when the devil descends. Even if the hero or saint you follow comes, you will never win.”

There was joy in the eyes of the person who said that.

He seemed really happy about the impending end.

The other person spoke again.

“Now! Get started! The coming of the devil!”

The brainwashed Garon’s mouth moves according to the shout.

Music flowed from his mouth according to the song made.

As if it were imprinted in his brain, the perception of the devil was strongly embedded in Ares’ head after hearing that song.

‘… Is this the power of a bard?’

I only heard about it, but I never thought it would be this level of forced awareness.

In particular, Ares, who followed the goddess of light, felt even more repulsed.

It was a time when I kept feeling nauseous and felt like I wanted to vomit somewhere.

Coogung!

Suddenly, thunder began to rumble in the air.

The clouds in the clear sky gradually disappeared, and dark dark clouds filled the empty space.

It was only for a moment that the bright sunlight that illuminated the world disappeared.

It seemed similar, but different, like when the devil intervened in the underworld before.

‘Descent.’

This time, unlike before, I attempt to descend directly.

Is that why? The aftereffects of energy were beyond imagination.

The earth turned over and a huge typhoon swept across the sky.

It is so majestic that it feels as if the world has sent down a disaster directly to destroy the dimension.

In particular, Ares was hit even harder because he could sense the presence of evil energy beyond.

‘It’s hard…’ ‘

Holy power and magic energy are extreme.

Basically, divine power purifies demonic energy, but this also does not have much meaning.

No matter how superior you are in competition.

Because that also applies at the same level.

In the face of overwhelming force, the superiority of compatibility becomes meaningless.

It just makes sense that the weaker side gets eaten.

In that sense, Ares was literally feeling the perspective of a human standing in front of a giant.

It’s big.

It wasn’t just big, it was huge in every way.

The presence scatters, the resulting aftermath, and even the demonic energy that is continuously released.

Ares trembled.

That was something that no human could handle.

It only seeks destruction. A huge disaster that may be more dangerous than the devil is descending.

For the first time in his life, Ares felt fear, and at the same time, smoke billowed from the spot where a bolt of lightning struck the ground.

Soon, when the smoke cleared, it was a devil who appeared.