episode_0159

“Are you ready?”

Do Yu-jin, who had climbed up to the roof of the power plant building, asked loudly.

“… … ”

“… … ”

“… … ”

There was no reply to his words.

Instead, a strange atmosphere that could not be defined in a word was squeezing his heart.

Ahem-

Do Yu-jin, who tried to ignore him by coughing in vain, turned her gaze to the other side, to where his shadow was sending signals, and thought.

‘Is that the mountain?’

Do Yu-jin, whose eyesight had been enhanced by magic, narrowed her eyes and looked at the building halfway up the mountain, thinking.

‘It may be a little late, but wouldn’t it be better to go into that building now?’

In fact, Do Yu-jin was confident.

If we use our traits to move while keeping our presence hidden, I am confident that we will be able to clear that place out easily, just like we did when we cleared out the black dog pack in China before.

‘If it were me before I came to Japan, I probably would have just done it that way.’

But now he has chosen to throw his heart into an imperfect probability rather than a certain future.

It was an act of throwing his heart into the odds he hated so much, but he couldn’t help it.

Because things have changed so much since I first fell into this world.

‘I need strength.’

Now, it was not enough for him to survive and live a happy life.

Do Yu-jin’s new goal was to protect not only herself but also everyone around her, without leaving anyone out, and then make everyone happy together.

And to do that, it would require much more power than initially thought.

Kuk-

To gain that much power, it was necessary to take these kinds of gambles.

Do Yu-jin, who thought about that fact again, took a deep breath and quietly lowered her gaze.

Silently and fiercely, like an eagle watching fish in a flowing river.

Did he feel something when he saw Do Yu-jin like that?

The three people who had been pressuring Do Yu-jin while exuding a heavy atmosphere shook their heads quietly as if they would let it slide just this once, and began preparing the tasks that each of them had been asked to do by Do Yu-jin when they came here.

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“What the heck is this… … ”

Looking at the map spread out on the giant screen, Ruyas muttered in a voice mixed with frustration.

What followed was a confused shout from the chief priests, dressed in the same clothes as Luyas.

“Two of the three great monsters disappeared like this?”

“The remaining one is tied up by a strange guy who suddenly appeared.”

“What the hell happened? All the Awakened ones who were strong enough to be careful went to the side with the barrier. So how could this happen?”

“Is there something strange about the current state of this screen… … ”

“You all know very well that that can’t be true!”

“That, that’s true, but… … ”

They were talking noisily, their voices filled with impatience and confusion, and at one moment, as if they had made a promise, they looked at the red gauge at the bottom right of the screen.

90, not 100.

What these numbers meant was simple.

The plan… …the plan they had invested so much resources and manpower into over the past few years had failed.

When they all stood silently as if they had become a stone statue in despair over this fact.

Ttukbuk-

“Calm down, everyone.”

The leader appeared with quiet steps and spoke in a compassionate voice.

“Ah! Pastor!”

“Reverend!”

The senior priests, who had confirmed the appearance of the cult leader, smiled brightly and regained their composure like addicts who had been hit with drugs.

But some of them still couldn’t hide their worries.

“But, Master. If this continues, the plan that our church has prepared with all its might… … !”

“It’s okay.”

The leader spoke in a soft voice, cutting off the man’s worries.

“You don’t have to worry about anything.”

“That, you’re saying that, no way… … ”

“Yes, it is true that the picture we originally drew is a little distorted, as you can see now. However, our picture praising God, the plan we prepared, is not yet ruined.”

Nod-

“We still have one way left to draw pictures to praise God.”

“Ahhhh… … ”

Those who heard those words were so moved that their whole bodies trembled, and then they immediately knelt down and prayed, while some others shouted with joy.

“Oh, right! Now that I think about it, I locked all the mine guys I hired to keep them from doing useless things underground. If I use them… … ”

“Ah, right! That’s the number! That would definitely make up for the lack of sacrifices! Those guys have a different quality of energy than the city’s non-believers and miscellaneous monsters!”

Many of the chief priests cried out with joyous faces.

And in the midst of such enthusiasm, Luyas thought quietly.

‘It’s impossible.’

If I use mines, I will definitely be able to make up for nearly half of the sacrifices I am currently lacking.

But even if we did that, it would still be half the problem.

‘What on earth can I do to make up for that half?’

Luyasu lowered his head and thought and thought again.

Because I couldn’t see it.

I am talking about the eyes of a snake writhing behind the eyelids of the leader who has a gentle face like a shepherd looking at a lamb.

And then at some point.

dump-

Several of the senior priests in the room suddenly lost consciousness and collapsed.

“What, what is it?!”

“Raid?”

Some quickly rang the bell to indicate the emergency, but it was no use.

Because this phenomenon was happening not only in this small room, but throughout the entire church.

“What the heck is this… … !”

When everyone is confused by an unknown phenomenon.

“We will remember your sacrifice.”

The leader spoke in his usual benevolent voice.

“I hope you have a good dream.”

“Huh?”

When the chief priests heard that, they unconsciously let out a questioning exclamation.

It was a foolish cry, the realization that they were not lambs following a shepherd, but pigs being led to the slaughter.

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“Finally! Finally here… … !”

A room filled with darkness.

In it, the leader threw away the benevolent image he had been portraying until then and cried in a voice filled with emotion.

The cult leader, who was shaking his body and shouting in a voice immersed in ecstasy as if enjoying the afterglow of the climax, quickly moved as if he didn’t even want to waste time.

Wheeze-

With a gesture that wraps around his magical powers, he lifts up the fallen ones and arranges the senior priests in the room in a circle.

Looking at their figures, spaced apart like chess pieces, the leader took out the dagger in his bosom.

Then, without hesitation, he stabbed them in the heart and then lowered himself down, ripping open their stomachs.

Ugh-!

A deep sound, like a spring bubbling up from the underground below.

In an instant, a huge pool of blood was created in the center of the room where there had been nothing.

Looking at him, the leader gestured once more.

Gulp-

The drops of blood that had formed a puddle began to move according to his will and began to draw geometric shapes and letters in the room.

Magic circle?

If someone were in that spot, they would probably mutter something like that in puzzlement.

But a young man with a hazy expression might have said in a tone of lamentation about his miserable fate, asking why this was happening now.

Summoning circle.

It is said that it is a special form of summoning circle that exists only to summon one being.

Crackle!

The cult leader took off the clothes he was wearing, exposed his upper body, and swung a dagger, carving various shapes all over his body.

Shapes and letters similar to those drawn in the room are engraved all over the body.

After completing the entire process with a smile on his face, he quickly moved his feet and dipped them into the red puddle in the center of the room.

Then his body began to resonate with the letters in the room, and indeed with the offerings lying all over the pulpit.

The thrill of great power.

He pondered it for a moment, thinking.

It wasn’t that I suddenly felt guilty about the things I had done so far.

Just like thinking about a recipe before starting to cook, I was just trying to check the current situation by recalling the process one by one in my head.

‘First of all, the environment.’

The capital of a country, a place that can be called its heart, symbol, and center.

The man crushed the place by sending mines and releasing monsters, and by killing the government leaders, he also overthrew the government, which could be called the head of the country.

It was as if the castle had been trampled underfoot and the crown had lost its shine and fallen to the ground.

It’s the perfect environment described in the book.

‘Second is the material.’

It reached his ears.

The last words of those who died in this disastrous situation, wandering the underworld, mixed with ghostly energy.

It was visible in his eyes again.

A glimpse of life filling the city in the form of blood.

Thanks to the devices that had been installed throughout the city in advance, all of those things were flowing in ceaselessly towards the building they were in, towards where this summoning circle was.

And the life force that flows in like that will naturally become imbued with magic as it passes through the believers and minions who lost their lives to the poison sprayed throughout the building.

Red wine mixed with a drop of poison.

It is the perfect sacrifice as written in the book.

‘Finally, myself.’

Unfortunately, he himself was not very talented as a summoner.

Although he has devoted a lot of time and has reached a certain level of skill, he is still only a genius.

Therefore, in order to communicate with God, he needed to process himself one last time, just as he would process a raw stone to make a jewel.

Phew-

The man, who had been holding the dagger in his hand, stabbed him toward himself without hesitation.

“Ugh!”

Pain that transcends the body and is engraved on the soul.

A groan of pain naturally escaped the man’s mouth, and his hands trembled as if he was suffering from hydrocephalus.

Chijik-

Crackle-

Yet, with an obsession that could only be called fanaticism, he succeeded in engraving the final sentence that connects to the summoning circle into his body and soul.

Is it true that the reason for the existence of the Kaleidoscope is to overcome the adversity before our eyes by reflecting on our lives?

“You insolent bastards! How dare you call yourself His most faithful servants, leaving me aside? How dare you!!!”

Memories of the past came back to the mind of the man gnashing his teeth.

“I will prove it through today! That I am His most faithful servant! Just as Abraham sacrificed his son Isaac to prove his faithfulness! I will sacrifice myself and the entire church!”

The man shouted and offered without hesitation.

Everything he had built up.

Your own body, mind, and even soul.

Pus …

As a result, the man’s body gradually dried up like a mummy.

But in that state, the man squeezed out his voice full of ecstasy and spat out the words.

In the book… …the last sentence written in the Grimoire.

“Great black wisdom holder who sits in the Manmajeon, please hear my call and come down to this place.”

As soon as those words, weak as the will of a grandfather who had lost all his teeth, but as strong as the last burning flame, ended.

Whaaah-!

The darkness in the room parted and something appeared.

Although you can’t see the figure, something with an immense presence has settled down on the man’s body.

“Ah, ahh… … ”

When the man who felt it closed his eyes and was in ecstasy.

Slowly-

It swallowed the man like a snake and slowly changed his form as if assembling Lego blocks.

Kkaaah–!!!

In the process, the leader felt extreme pain, betrayal, and despair as his soul was torn apart, and he let out a scream made up of mental waves.

But whether or not, something was just quietly mumbling.

It was natural.

Because there is no snake that listens to every single scream of a rat.

But the leader’s last words certainly spread.

Clank-

The man who had been waiting for just this one moment snapped his fingers without missing the sound.

It was as if he was telling me to get out because this was not the place for me.

Kwaaang-!!!

A huge pillar of light fell over the spot where something was mumbling.