episode_0678
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‘Wow… the visuals are quite impressive.’
I looked up at that huge heart and exclaimed inwardly.
It seemed like the nucleus that Emily was talking about was the heart.
Honestly, it doesn’t make sense if something that leaves such a strong impression isn’t nuclear.
A black heart throbbing as if it were powering the entire cathedral of silence.
Around it were swirling chains that appeared to be made of the same material that made up the building.
———!
A chain that changes speed as it swirls around, as if it were receiving power with each beat of the heart.
‘Just looking at it, it looks like it would be difficult to touch…’
Because it was a chain of pitch-black color, it seemed like it had some kind of strong durability or was poisonous enough to infect anyone who touched it.
Or, since it was an abnormal entity, it could have acted in some other way.
It’s probably a final barrier to block intruders who make it here by breaking through the mental attack.
Wouldn’t it be possible for the chains to move as you get closer, striking or wrapping the intruder?
Of course, if something like that is holding up, you can attack it from a distance.
I pulled up my abilities in both hands.
A silent flame burned away the darkness that enveloped the space and created a bright light.
It was a light that had a warmth that made it feel hot compared to the cold, emotionless light that originally illuminated this place.
The reaction to this came quickly.
When the light reached the black heart that had been pulsating quietly, the pulse of the guy that had been showing a steady beat changed.
——! ———!
A psychic wave that spreads quickly, as if signaling an emergency.
At the same time, black fog rolled in from all directions.
The black, snow-like clumps of fog I saw on my way here, past the gate.
When I approached to observe, things that had retreated on their own gathered to protect their hearts.
Did I say that the interior of the Cathedral of Silence was so vast that it was difficult to sense its end?
Because of that, it was assumed that it had some kind of characteristic, such as spatial distortion or something.
‘I do wonder if it was too easy to get through the leaping stone considering that kind of spatial distortion was applied.’
That part must also be a characteristic of an abnormal entity that is difficult for humans to understand.
Anyway, that’s probably why the number of clouds of fog that gathered was quite large.
Enough to cover the ceiling and walls in an instant.
I took out various explosives, including flamethrowers and flashbangs, from my inventory and gave instructions to the Awaken officers.
‘Just use weapons that suppress the area. They’re just like insubstantial fog anyway, so shooting them won’t have much effect. Just block the ones rushing in from the surrounding area, and I’ll take the frontal attack.’
-Crackle… crackle… !
But the answer I got from the executives was somewhat strange.
Their voices, which should have been expressed as text, were just outputting a crackling noise, as if they were full of noise.
‘Is it because of my heart?’
I looked at the rapidly beating black heart.
It seemed like the psychic waves he was emitting were affecting short-range communication waves.
I don’t know if it’s because it’s right next to me, or if it’s because it’s stimulated by my ability.
If the Awaken executives were just ordinary robots who passively followed my orders, there would be a problem.
Having received no orders, they would have been completely paralyzed and engulfed in fog in an instant.
However, they were all androids equipped with artificial intelligence at a level that was almost identical to that of humans.
Even though it has undergone several upgrades through Maria, it has been modified for combat, including EMP immunity.
For a moment, I saw the black fog that had gathered around me disappear with a flash of vision.
The Awaken officers started fighting with the weapons I had taken out.
Flashbangs and concussion grenades exploded, and flamethrowers burned away the fog.
However, given that the Cathedral of Silence itself suffered no damage at all, it appears that its durability was no joke, as it survived high-altitude bombing without any problems.
‘Anyway, you’re saying that you can fight a battle of this level without me giving you any orders?’
Of course, I couldn’t just sit back and watch because if I didn’t deal with the nukes quickly, I might not be able to handle the incoming amount of water.
I raised my hand and stretched it out in front of me as if shaking it.
Wow!
The flames spewed out a pillar of flame with a heat that made the flamethrower’s flames look comical.
The moment the flames were about to burst into the black heart.
A black fog swarmed in from the surroundings, blocking his path.
They blocked the heart with endless amounts of material, melting away like a snowman in an oven.
If my strength was really like an oven, I would have fallen over first from exhaustion.
But if I had to make a metaphor, my strength would be closer to a volcano than an oven.
‘The quantity is endless? Then it will just burn out faster than it can be replenished.’
I concentrated my mind and raised my abilities even higher.
As the flame pillar grew brighter, it took on a form almost resembling a beam of light.
Then, the thick wall of black fog could not help but become thinner.
Even though all of those who had been attacking the Awaken executives had given up on attacking and turned to defense, it was still not enough.
Eventually, the fog shield was broken.
And the moment my flame touches the black heart.
———!
A chilling scream rang out.
The noise level of the flashbang is so loud that it can be heard as if a bird is chirping.
It was such a loud scream that I wondered if ten thousand people could produce a similar sound if they screamed at the same time until their vocal cords were torn.
The scream shook the air, causing the Awaken officers, who had no organs like the human semicircular canals, to stumble momentarily.
Kukukung…!
And at the same time, I felt a vibration under my feet, along with the sound of something collapsing, as if a landslide was occurring.
‘The sound of a landslide…?’
I raised my head and opened my mouth.
“Ah, ah. One, two. One, two. I can hear it!”
So, is this the solution to the Cathedral of Silence?
‘It was easier than I thought?’
As I was about to turn around with that thought in my mind, Ike, who was next to me, grabbed my shoulder.
“Hey, Captain. That’s… ”
“That?”
Ike points with his finger at the spot where the black heart was.
I turned my head in that direction.
There was my black heart, still engulfed in my burning flames.
But there is one thing that is peculiar…
Thump…
That the pulsation is still continuing without stopping.
Heart pounding
With each beat of my heart, I could see my flames surrounding him grow noticeably weaker.
When the flames that had been so weak were barely left, as if they were surrounding the heart.
Thump!
All the remaining flames were blown away, along with a heartbeat that was noticeably stronger than before.
Hwaruk…
“… … .”
I squinted my eyes as I watched the sparks disappear into thin air.
Of all the enemies I’ve encountered so far, this was the first one that managed to extinguish its flames before I could withdraw my powers.
Although Touma of the Two-Sun Hyeop Haengnok did put up some resistance, strictly speaking, my strength at that time was somewhat mediocre.
‘You’re saying that you didn’t eat a whole city in one day?’
I found it funny and the corners of my mouth went up.
The black heart that had shaken off the flames had no sign of being charred or not because of its original color.
But considering that the silence surrounding the Cathedral of Silence had disappeared, and that the movement of the chains surrounding the guy had changed, it seemed clear that something had hit him.
Chorrr!
The chains floating around the black heart began to spin violently, wrapping themselves tightly around the guy.
The chain’s movements continued to spring out from the floor, ceiling, and walls, wrapping around the heart until it was no longer visible, but it only came to an end after increasing its size several times.
No, rather than saying it’s not the end, should I say that we’re ready to move in earnest?
“What should I call this?”
I shrugged my shoulders and looked up.
That would be so, because what was floating in the air before me now was no longer something that could simply be called a black heart or a chain.
A being looking down at me with its chained body bent over.
Behind its back, which seemed to be shaped like a human, were crude wings, and above its head, chain links were constantly rotating and waving.
‘Should I roughly call him the Archangel of Silence?’
I thought it would be okay to call it that since it had wings and a halo-like organ.
It didn’t really matter that none of them showed the sacredness they should have had.
While I was thinking about a nickname for the guy, a chain that had sprouted from his body flew towards me.
Chorus!
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