episode_0202

Akasha declared that she would kill Orha.

Does this mean that a lot of effort was put into the sanctuary?

Whatever it was, it wasn’t something I could just say ‘Yes, I understand’ and move on.

“Why don’t you end it in my line?”

“Ha, that’s funny. Are you saying that because you can ascend to heaven even if you die?”

“To me, ascending to heaven is no different from dying.”

That I will never be able to meet Arjen again. At the same time, he will not be able to meet Arjen’s unborn children.

The reason there is no need to distinguish between death and ascension is because both contain the same meaning.

“Of course, I am also interested in your body.”

At Akasha’s sudden coming out, I instinctively wrapped my arms around both of my shoulders.

Now that I think about it, there was nothing sudden about it. Akasha was originally homosexual.

Akasha sighed at my actions and corrected herself.

“That’s not what I meant. It means that you are interested in the faith that might come from tearing your body apart.”

“I see. Then why don’t you attack me right away?”

“I told you so. First, I will clean up the bold kites who purified my sanctuary.”

I thought about it from Akasha’s perspective. To the point where it felt like the sound of things rolling around in my head was real.

The magic Satan developed by Akasha after acquiring knowledge about the Earth suppresses Stella’s divine power to the point that it turns the holy sword into a simple sword.

He also considers those who purified the altar to be Stella’s agents, or priests. In reality, there is only one Orha.

In any case, it is true that they traveled together and purified the altar just a few days ago, so Akasha will guess that she is still nearby.

“Do you think I’ll just watch that happen with my eyes open?”

“You idiot. You can’t catch me.”

After those words were finished, Akasha, who was obviously in front of me, at some point touched the back of my head from behind and continued talking.

“My movement is free within this area.”

“What?”

Before I could even express my question, Akasha tackled me to the ground.

The dragon’s strength pinned me to the ground faster than I could think of using Sirocco to recover my body.

“Wow!”

Even if you surround yourself with faith, the shock can be felt through it. If I hadn’t made any special preparations, it wouldn’t have been surprising if my body exploded like this.

“Crazy… no!”

There are some dwarves who have become friendly with this dwarven village, and there are Wayne and Orha, so I have to protect this place somehow, but not Akasha.

To put it bluntly, if you just fire a large-scale spell from the sky, the dwarf village will be destroyed.

Then, naturally, Akasha’s desired goal of ‘wiping out those who purified the altar’ can be achieved.

“……?”

I hurriedly got out of the hole created by the impact and looked up at the sky, but for some reason, no signs of great magic appeared.

At the same time, even Akasha herself was nowhere to be seen.

“What is it…?”

When I looked down, I could see Akasha working hard through the village with her own hands.

Is there a reason to destroy a building directly without using magic?

I don’t know why, but I’m convinced that it’s not that I don’t use magic, but that I can’t use it.

‘I may not be able to use other magic while maintaining Satan Station…’

It didn’t matter whether it was a magic demerit or a simple lack of magical power. In any case, this gave Orha time to escape.

I tried to evacuate Akasha before she found Orha, but I soon stopped.

I thought that if I did something like that, it could be like telling Akasha about Orha’s location.

In the end, there is only one option left. It is to prevent Akasha’s destructive actions by directly confronting them.

Currently, most of the dwarves remaining in the village are women. They are vulnerable to sunlight and can suffer irreversible damage just by destroying their houses.

Even if Orha was not there, the need to stop Akasha remains the same.

That fact gave me courage and the driving force that allowed me to approach Akasha.

“Akasha!”

“Well, I guess I didn’t have enough strength. It would have been better to just remain unconscious.”

“That can’t happen. This is also my precious source of faith.”

I gave a plausible reason to cover up Orha’s existence, but it didn’t fit my personality in the first place, and Akasha was aware of this.

“Kwikkk, you’re struggling so hard. It’s not a problem to flatten this village by avoiding you, so feel free to interfere as much as you like.”

“You want to turn into a dragon and run away in shame?”

“Ahm. Anyway. If you were a human, you wouldn’t have been able to accept it, but aren’t you also a god?”

“You can only treat me like this in situations like this…”

“Don’t feel upset. Since I got punched by you, I have continued to respect you as a god.”

“Respect?”

“Okay. Otherwise, I would have sent you back to your world like I did last time.”

Since I’ve already said that my faith is useful, there’s no way I can’t help but notice that this is just talk.

“So don’t fuss. If you clean up this town, I’ll play with you.”

“Where!”

He suddenly throws a punch at Akasha who is trying to leave. Of course, I couldn’t catch up with Akasha, who was moving through space at my speed.

“Damn…!”

If we continue to play tag like this, the outcome will be as obvious as hell.

On the contrary, if I relaxed my strength now, I might be helplessly attacked by Akasha who came after the village was in ruins.

Still, there was no choice. If the village collapsed, it meant that Orha would also die.

“Sirocco.”

“Yes! …Are you serious?”

Sirocco, who can read my mind, asked about my true feelings even though I didn’t say anything.

I nodded instead of answering.

“Anyway, Akasha avoids me when she sees me. Because my attack seems threatening. I’ll keep Orha far away from where she is, so please take care of her.”

“Are you…?”

“I’m fine. Because I won’t die.”

You wouldn’t know it if it were Eugene, a human, but Akasha had no prior preparations for Eugene, a rookie.

Unless he found a way to neutralize my faith right here and now, I really had no reason to die.

“Oh, please take care of Wayne on the way too.”

I just try to ignore the thought that Akasha might be able to do that.

“Okay….”

Sirocco, who confirmed my sincerity, literally disappeared like the wind, and I chased after Akasha again.

“Akasha!”

“Hmm… I thought I would understand with a sharp mind, but it seems not.”

“Do not speak solemnly about running away or hitting. Just by looking at you walking around the village without using magic, I can roughly understand your situation.”

“Ah, yes. You talk like you discovered something great. Yes, even if that’s the case, my inability to use magic right now won’t be particularly bad for you.”

It’s true. The space movement may be a unique effect of Satan Station, but it is still able to avoid me.

“The reason you don’t remove the magic is because you’re scared of Wayne, right?”

“Do you think so? I just want to show you myself.”

“Magic? I think I showed enough.”

“No. Even if I kill the warrior and the saint right here, Stella is blocked by Satan Station and can’t do anything.”

“What?”

The word saint. Words that I didn’t want to hear from Akasha came out.

“Did you think I wouldn’t notice if you acted like a fool? The speed of your altar purification definitely exceeded my imagination. If so, questions naturally arise.”

“…….”

“It is clear that many people were needed for the purification, but how could they move so quickly and purify the altar… It is a place where there are few people and traffic is not good.”

“That’s just it…”

“It’s not just that. The more people there are, the slower the speed is. Considering the number of altars, I guess I should just ignore them all and take the sky path.”

Akasha trampled on the house at her feet and continued her story.

“Then, of course, the number of people who participated in the purification would be three at most. The only beings who can purify my altar with such a small number of people are saints.”

“You’ve been playing with me all this time. If you know that much, you will also know the location of the saint.”

“Ah, rest assured. I really don’t know that. Unfortunately, I have never seen that saint in person. Throughout my long life.”

If that’s true, it’s great news. This meant that not only could Orha’s safety be assured right away, but she could also pose a significant threat to Akasha.

I now know very well that the biggest threat to Akasha is not strong power, but unknown territory that he does not know about.

“Hehehe, what you are thinking is written all over your face. I guess you need to practice your expressionless face more.”

Akasha, who laughed at me, looked up at the sky that had turned cloudy due to magic and said.

“No matter what power the saintess has, as long as it is a power given to her by Stella, it is useless here. There is no difference from ordinary people.”

That was the reason why Akasha did not remove the spell even after neutralizing Wayne.

“…I see. Got it. That means we have a chance of winning if you can somehow break this spell, right?”

“That should be so… but what can you do now when you are neither a hero nor a saint?”

“There’s probably nothing I can do. But you don’t seem to know where you are or what you’re trampling on?”

“Are you really counting the dwarves as their strength now? Seriously?”

“No. But there is a dwarf here and someone who cares about this village. Even though the direction was a bit twisted.”

“…No way.”

Akasha, a fellow dragon, should have known better that most dragons liked dwarves’ works and wanted to keep them under their control.

And the ‘no way’ that was lingering in Akasha’s mind came out to catch him.

“Kaaaa! You damn bastard! What are you doing near my rare!!”

It was Araj, the owner of the mine rare, who appeared as his real self from the beginning in order to avoid being overwhelmed by the momentum.