episode_0172

“I finally caught you, you rat-like bastard.”

“It would be best to securely bind him. Velphagor is a genius of escape, so it’s hard to predict when and how he will try to flee.”

|Aaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!|

Caught in the hands of the Frost Lord and the Assassin.

The Archdemon screamed wildly.

But no matter how much he struggled and unleashed his magic, these superhumans effortlessly subdued and suppressed the Archdemon with sheer force.

Seemingly unfazed by the intense magic that burned their flesh, they paid no attention to the pain.

The superhumans had reached a level where they could easily endure such minor suffering.

To them, the Archdemon’s magical attacks were merely ticklish.

|Luna!!! Help me!!!!!!|

“······?!”

At that moment, a bustling sound came from inside the dungeon.

In the darkness, red eyes began to appear one by one.

Tran Silvia’s expression darkened.

“Darn it. They look so much like our kind, it’s disgusting to cut them down······.”

An undead army armed with old swords and shields.

Tran Silvia felt a moment of kinship with their pale skin and red pupils, but then regained her smile at their grotesque appearance.

The Bloodkin, as they were known, were beings who lived eternal lives in youthful and healthy forms.

If it was that eerie creature, she could easily take him down.

“Are they infecting people to multiply······!”

Shivering at the sight of mercenaries dressed among the undead army, Yerina realized they could infect people to multiply indefinitely.

She understood why Elvengard had mobilized such a large army to seal off a dungeon.

“The Darkia Horde.”

The undead army charged forward in a horde.

Tran Silvia drew her sword and stepped back.

As her momentum gathered at her fingertips, the sword vibrated.

“Ironblood Storm Thrust!”

Swish!

A series of rapid thrusts struck.

Sharp gusts of wind slashed through the undead army.

Limbs were severed, and the undead army writhed on the ground with their upper and lower bodies separated.

Yerina’s face paled at the sight, but as the undead body parts began to wriggle and reassemble, her expression hardened again.

Regardless of where arms and legs originally belonged.

Whether heads were attached or not, the body parts began to connect and move on their own to fight.

There were undead with two upper bodies swinging swords back and forth.

Undead hopping on one leg.

And undead with arms attached where legs should be, hopping towards them.

“Have you seen such grotesque things······!”

Yerina was horrified by the sight, finding no words other than ‘horrifying’ to describe the scene.

These things should not exist in the world.

Now she understood why Eugene was so determined to chase after the Four Kings and eradicate the dungeons.

|Ahahaha!!! Try cutting them up a hundred times with that fancy sword! The undead army will infinitely resurrect and overwhelm you until you turn to dust-|

Crash!

At that moment, a golden flash burst through the open door.

In the bright light, the undead army was engulfed and disappeared from sight.

The area where the flash passed turned to ashes.

And the undead army.

Left no trace and vanished.

The magic that animated the undead was completely destroyed by the divine light, preventing them from resurrecting.

“······.”

As dozens of undead soldiers disappeared in an instant, the remaining remnants stared blankly at the spot where the flash had covered.

Without looking back, they quickly fled into the dungeon.

“What are you doing!!! Luna! Help me!!!!”

The demon, with his face slammed into the ground while being held by Yerina, let out a desperate scream.

Amidst the continuous squeaking sounds coming from the dungeon.

I decided to ignore that side and focus on the task at hand.

“To summon the Divine Realm, a ritual must be performed. First, by transmitting ‘will’ to the Divine Realm through something like your Longinus… and waiting endlessly through the ritual to generate manpower, there is no other way.”

“Then, is the ritual preparation complete?”

“It’s modest, but… well, for something prepared in haste, it’s quite decent.”

Exhaling heavily, Guho straightened his back.

Standing next to him, I could see a complex array drawn on the vast ground.

Black sand was evenly spread on the floor.

After drawing the intricate foundation of the array with white dust, Sogong finished it with precise magic.

Totems the size of humans stood like pillars in the four directions.

“What is this?”

“I don’t know either. It’s a ritual related to the Divine Realm, and it creates the manpower for the Divine Realm, that’s all I know.”

“What do the shamans even know? Isn’t this all just a bunch of nonsense?”

“If we had the resources like the wizards to build towers and gather people and money for research, it wouldn’t be so mysterious! We have to hide and secretly research due to oppression from all sides! If you don’t like it, figure it out yourself!”

“…”

A casual remark elicited a strong response.

It seemed to be a sensitive question for the shamans.

Anyway.

With this, we will summon the Divine Realm and bring it into the present world.

Guho had confidently boasted earlier that it would work out well, but now his face was filled with concern.

Whether we will succeed in summoning or if there will be no repercussions even if we do, nothing is certain.

“I have to handle everything.”

It’s not just for my own benefit, but for what I have done.

Having received help from so many people, it is now my turn to take responsibility and ensure success.

I will never allow casualties among those who have helped me.

“Sogong. Is the ritual preparation complete?”

“Yes, Master. You can light the incense now.”

“Here.”

With the announcement that everything was ready, Mijeong poked me from the side.

The Longinus spear she held in her small fist revealed itself.

Opening the lid, a space for a device to fit inside was visible.

The remaining leaves were busy moving around.

“Work, Magic Sword.”

“As this kid is finally being brought out after a long time-”

It had been a while since the sword had been taken out.

As soon as I grasped it and brought the noisy Magic Sword towards the Longinus spear, its form slowly changed and merged into the spear.

Fitting perfectly into the empty space, the Magic Sword began to rotate in sync with the leaves, serving as a guide to the Divine Realm instead of the navigator parts.

“Let’s begin.”

“…”

Nodding silently, Guho clapped his hands together.

As the incense sticks placed around the array caught fire, white smoke rose.

In response, the array shone with Sogong’s magic.

Sogong poured alcohol into a small cup and placed it in the center of the array.

At the same time, I infused magic into the Longinus spear to activate it.

And with a strong determination, the space in front of them began to distort and warp.

In an instant, a small light bead-like object shot into the distorted space from Longinus’s window.

Immediately after, the distorted space returned to normal.

And Longinus’s window stopped functioning.

“Did it work?”

“Probably…”

“What do you mean ‘probably’! This is a matter of life and death for how many people!”

Gwiho, angrily grabbing my collar.

I also want to give a definite answer.

But even though I’ve gone through regression multiple times, this is my first time using Longinus’s window…

About a minute passed with Gwiho tearing up and clinging to me.

Suddenly, a projection of Sogong sitting in the middle of the room trembled and shook.

Gwiho also stiffened with his mouth tightly shut.

“…”

As we fell silent, a heavy silence descended around us.

It felt as if we were the only ones left in the world, as the surroundings became eerily quiet.

“Ah…”

When I came to my senses, I realized that everything around us was painted in darkness.

All around us was nothing but pitch-black.

The world outside of the window had disappeared, and we were trapped in a deep abyss.

Or maybe.

It’s not that we’re trapped.

It’s possible that everything outside of the window has been erased.

“!”

The thought sent shivers down my spine, making me suddenly feel uneasy.

A world with only the window unfolded before us.

The voices of people, the sound of the wind, even the rustling of leaves, all disappeared, leaving a pervasive silence.

With the surrounding sounds completely gone, even the sound of clothes brushing against each other felt amplified, and it seemed like even Gwiho’s tense breathing was echoing loudly.

“What in the world…”

“Sogong! Can you still communicate with the spirits?”

“Uh… Something feels off…”

Sogong furrowed her brows and shook her head.

Normally, the spirits should have been drawn to Sogong’s body by my ‘will’ and manifested, but…

Sogong expressed concern that the spirits were not responding.

And she was right.

Something was definitely wrong.

No matter how strong the pull of my will, if the spirits could wield this much power in the mortal realm…

I thought it would be a simple conversation with one person.

But my calculations were off.

Completely off.

|Screams|

“!”

Thud!

At that moment, the glass on the table in the middle shot up and disappeared into the darkness.

Then, a mournful wail enveloped us from all sides, and we had to cover our ears until the sound subsided.

“What kind of determination did you put in the message you sent to make this happen?”

In the midst of the noisy wailing, Gwiho whispered to me with a grim expression.

It was already decided from the beginning what I needed to say to capture the attention of the spirits.

“In short, the evil spirits that should be in the afterlife are wandering in the mortal realm because the creator of the afterlife, the deity, is so incompetent that this situation is still happening-”

“You damn bastard!”

I’ve always known that making people angry is the best way to get their attention.

But I seemed to have made them too angry this time.