episode_0198

Leon entered the mirror with Rebiya.

The surface of the large full-body mirror, after letting Rebiya and Leon in, created a strange ripple as if it were water, then quickly calmed down.

“Hah, they really went inside the mirror.”

“The Hero and Lady Rebiya’s presence has completely disappeared.”

Baekryeon watched the scene with wide eyes, and Lucy cautiously looked at the large full-body mirror at Leon and Rebiya’s presence which had completely disappeared.

“They can come back, right?”

“If the disciple doesn’t forget how to get out, they will return safely, so don’t worry.”

Seollin glanced at the Sword King and spoke brusquely, but the Sword King turned around as if nothing was wrong.

“Then, now that they’ve gone, we should prepare as well.”

“Prepare? What does that mean, Sword King?”

At the Sword King’s words, Baekryeon tilted her head and looked at the Sword King.

And Saintess Batori, who met the Sword King’s gaze, nodded and said.

“I see… They are coming.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“What? Coming? What are you talking about?”

“Lady Batori. What exactly is coming?”

As they exchanged suspicious words, Seollin raised her guard and spoke sharply, and Lucy looked at Saintess Batori.

“Why was the location of the ‘mirror’ revealed to them…? Could it be because you, Sword King, once entered and exited the mirror?”

“Yes, that is correct. I once entered the mirror’s interior for investigation.”

“!!”

“I can’t be sure, but it seems they have a way to know the location of the mirror the moment someone enters the ‘mirror’s interior’.”

They have a way to know the location of the mirror.

What those words meant was extremely simple.

“The Witch’s followers are invading the Holy Kingdom?”

“Is that possible?”

“Their madness and obsession cannot be understood with ordinary standards.”

To Lucy’s question, the Sword King answered lightly and said to Saintess Batori.

“So, we must prepare to stop their invasion. Saintess Batori.”

“I understand. I will inform His Holiness the Pope.”

* * *

Woo-oong…. Woo-oong….

A sound of something ringing can be heard.

It sounded like a small foghorn, or like dozens of tuning forks resonating.

Because the sound reverberated from all directions, it was difficult to know where the sound was coming from.

The surroundings were filled with a strange purple light and a chaotic mixture of colorful light clusters.

“Ugh, I’m dizzy….”

“I know. It’s not a very pleasant space.”

Rebiya frowned and held onto my clothes tightly, as if she felt sick from the dizziness.

I also stroked Rebiya’s head for a moment and then looked around.

“Is this the inside of the mirror?”

“I think so?….”

“Really…, I can’t see anything. If I stay in a place like this, I might really go crazy.”

Rebiya and I entered the ‘mirror’ that the Sword King brought.

This interior is filled with constant, strange noises that reverberate, and there’s nothing to see, and strange colors that hurt just to look at. If I keep staying in this place, it seems like it could be overwhelming.

“But…, I don’t see the ? Do I need to move somewhere?”

“But where to?”

“That’s…, I don’t know either.”

As I said before, there is nothing here.

The sound continues to reverberate, and it’s impossible to determine a direction in this place full of eye-hurting colors.

I just have to…, walk.

“Let’s go somewhere for now. Rebiya, are you okay?”

“Yes, yes! I think I’m still okay.”

“Tell me if it seems difficult. I know how to get out….”

Rebiya nodded.

After that, it was simple. Rebiya and I continued to walk through this unknown space.

As I kept walking, it seemed like something was visible in the distance.

“A wall?….”

“I think…, so?”

“…Let’s go.”

Was I just lucky enough to move in the right direction?

Or is the being sealed here, the , leading us there?

Or is the black rabbit’s ‘luck’ manifesting?

I can’t know which is true. But since there’s nothing I can do right now, I have no choice but to head there.

As I walked towards what looked like a wall, the shape of the wall-like thing gradually became clearer.

It was a huge wall, like a cliff, dividing this vast world.

The surface of the wall was uneven, and it was filled with countless cracks, like shattered glass.

Furthermore…. Something was approaching beyond the wall.

“That’s…, me?”

“H, Hero? Why is the Hero….”

“….”

Walking from beyond the wall of broken glass shards was a being that looked exactly like me.

From the way it walked to the holy sword at its waist, everything was the same. Is this just a being that reflects me, since this is simply a mirror world?

“…Rebiya, step back.”

“Yes!”

Rebiya stepped back, and I drew my sword.

Then, the being approaching from beyond the glass wall also drew its sword, just like me.

“….”

“….”

I raise my sword.

The opponent raises its sword in the same way.

“Earth Split”

“….”

Shwaaack, Kwaaaaaaaaang!!!!! Jjeoooooooong!!!!!!

Just like when I clashed with the Sword King using before crossing into the mirror, a tremendous shockwave erupts.

What was even greater than that time was that this time it was a true containing magic power, so its power itself was extremely overwhelming.

Of course, I adjusted it appropriately so that Rebiya in the rear would not be affected.

“Hmm….”

“….”

After the aftermath of the completely identical power of the strike subsided.

I looked at the being standing there unharmed, just like me, and thought for a moment.

‘Is it a monster with a doppelganger-like feel?’

There are usually several ways to deal with this type of monster, but the most typical is to overwhelm it with a power that far exceeds the output that the doppelganger can produce.

“…Ss, Hooo.”

I lightly calm my breathing.

And then, I spewed out the sword techniques.

Earth Split

Sea Split

Mountain Split

Jjeoooong!!! Kwaaaaaaaaang!! Kwaaaaaaaaang!!! Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaang!!!!

Three struck in succession.

Of course, it is not the that strikes them all at the same time. It’s just striking them in succession, one after another.

As a result, the world is torn apart several times.

A deafening roar hits my ears, and the aftermath of the raging storm rages.

“….”

“…It’s not working even with this.”

Nevertheless, it was standing there unharmed.

Just like me.

“Rebiya. I might not be able to take care of you. I’ll try my best to make sure you’re not harmed, but I’m not sure, so put up a barrier if you can.”

“Yes?…. Ah, yes!”

Rebiya hurriedly raised her divine power through prayer and spread a white divine barrier around herself.

After confirming that, I pointed my sword at the being across the wall that was still looking at me.

“Okay, then…, let’s go all the way.”

Kwang!! Kwang!!! Kwang!!!!

I swing my sword.

Each time, it collides with the same trajectory and force as when I swung my sword.

I continue to raise my power until the opponent can’t withstand my power, and cut through this strange world altogether.

“….”

But the being beyond the wall completely offsets even that and clashes back.

Even if I increase the speed, even if I draw up my power, it responds.

“Tch, let’s see if you can do this too!….”

Everything in the world stops.

Only I, with the speed of consciousness that is running wild, and the body that can move at that speed, can be free in this world of sensation one step above.

” : Pseudo>”

Therefore, the that can be deployed closer to perfection

“Heaven and Earth Split”

I slash, strike down, and pierce.

The strikes that are manifested closely at the same time cause a synergy effect between each other’s techniques, transforming them into several times greater power.

“….”

But even so,

Kwaaaaaaaaaang!!!

“Kyaaaaaaaat!”

The divine barrier that Rebiya had spread was shattered, and Rebiya rolled over several times from the impact of the collision that was still not offset,

“….”

“Are you kidding me.”

The opponent was unharmed.

As if this was nothing.

“…Ah.”

And then, I finally come to one thought.

I don’t know if that thought is the answer or not, but anyway, I can’t stay like this, so I retrieve my sword and approach Rebiya, who had rolled away.

“Rebiya, are you okay?”

“I, I’m okay-ooh….”

She doesn’t look okay at all, but there are no noticeable external wounds.

Perhaps she is just dizzy from rolling over several times.

“Lean on me, Rebiya.”

“B, but…. That being over there….”

“…There might have been something I was seriously mistaken about. And if that’s right, there’s not much to worry about.”

“?”

Supporting Rebiya, I slowly headed towards the shattered glass wall.

As I got closer, ‘I’ beyond the wall also got closer.

Closer, closer.

Now, at a distance of only a few centimeters, I took a step forward as is.

Pajik, Pachaaaang~!!!

The solid glass wall that had withstood everything from to shattered in an instant, as if nothing had happened, and the world began to be dyed with white light.

“T, this is?….”

“When I think about it, it was a foolish act. After all, if it’s a ‘mirror’…. Unless I have hostility towards myself, there’s no way that ‘me in the mirror’ would attack me.”

“Ah….”

Rebiya also let out a short groan, as if she had finally realized it.

“Pull yourself together. I have a feeling that we’re about to enter the real ‘inside of the mirror world’ now.”

Looking at the world being dyed with pure white light, I gripped Rebiya’s hand tightly.

Then Rebiya also clasped my hand tightly.

So that we never fall apart, no matter what happens beyond the light that fills the world.