C362
“Ugh-”
Choi Han jumped and looked down. Cale was still trembling slightly, with a pale face.
-Choi Han! Why is our Human like this?
Raon’s voice was heard.
Kwang!
A loud noise resonated in his ears. When he raised his head to look, he saw Holy Knight Boltien fighting Bishop Serisa.
Kwang!
The clash was so violent that the students, who had already evacuated the lecture hall, and the other Holy Knights didn’t dare intervene.
“Die, slave of the Sun God, I’ll kill you!”
And Bishop Serisa’s words made the faces of the priests and Holy Knights who had accompanied her turn pale.
“…It’s a disgusting spectacle.”
Holy Knight Boltien said with a calm voice and raised his large sword.
“The moment the sunlight falls.”
Wooong.
His sword vibrated.
The moment the sword turned white…
“The heat that burns everything will remain.”
Fwoosh!
A golden aura rose towards the white sword.
“Khuh-khuk. It’s ridiculous that you follow something so insignificant that can’t be seen in the darkness, calling it light!”
Bishop Serisa laughed repeatedly, trembling strangely.
Wooong-
She clenched her hand and the gray aura concentrated more on her, making her sword lengthen.
“…”
“Die!”
Boltien remained silent, Serisa uttered a curse.
Kwaaang!
The two clashed again. A deafening noise of another level resonated, making the whole lecture hall vibrate.
Kugong-.
The lecture hall floor sank in the place where the two clashed.
Crack-crack-crack-!
The lecture hall walls cracked from the impact.
“Evacuate the priests!”
“Raise the shields!”
“Deploy the holy shield!”
The few remaining knights moved hastily.
One of the knights looked at Choi Han, hastily deployed a protective shield, and approached him.
“!”
But he stopped.
Wooong-
Cale, who was lying on the ground, trembling, and Choi Han, who was assisting him. A white light shield was created around the two.
-Choi Han, don’t worry! I’ll protect you!
It was Raon’s shield.
-The Human said that you, Choi Han, shouldn’t use your power! Don’t use your power!
Don’t reveal your dark aura.
Raon remembered Cale’s words.
“…Alright.”
Choi Han readily accepted Raon’s concern.
“Ugh, ugh-”
Instead, he examined Cale. His face was gradually improving. Only his frown, as if his head hurt, was a nuisance-
‘Huh?’
He saw annoyance on Cale’s face.
At that moment, Choi Han felt calmer without realizing it.
-Choi Han! The Human seems to be alright! His expression is coming back to life!
That’s right.
Choi Han’s shoulder, which was about to answer without realizing it, moved.
He raised his head.
Swoosh!
“Khuh-khuk!”
Boltien’s sword was stuck in Serisa’s belly.
Although the bishop’s swordsmanship was pretty good, it couldn’t compare to Boltien, the best Holy Knight of the Sun God.
“Crak!”
Blood gushed from Serisa’s mouth.
“!”
Choi Han was surprised to see the blood. Because it was mixed with a gray liquid.
It was a strange sight.
“Ugh… No, no-”
It was then…
“Cal-friend!”
Cale managed to open his mouth and slowly opened his eyes.
Choi Han looked at him in surprise.
“Bishop Serisa. Let’s hear the story in more detail at the temple.”
Boltien said firmly.
“Of course, if you move a little, your life will end.”
In his icy warning, only sincerity was felt. But Choi Han didn’t focus on that. He was only hastily examining Cale.
“Khah-khah-hah!”
At that moment, Serisa let out a loud laugh.
Thud, thud. Blood was running down her mouth, but she seemed to be happy.
“Oh, Chaos! Finally, it has begun!”
With those words, her hand moved.
“This is bad, bishop!”
Boltien’s eyes widened.
Serisa’s two hands grabbed Boltien’s sword.
The sword that was stuck in her belly.
Sssshh-sss-sss-!
The hand wrapped in gray smoke grabbed the sword, making the palm of her hand burn.
The golden heat burned her hand.
“!”
Boltien tried to pull the sword out hastily.
But…
Phoo!
Serisa pulled the sword with more force. And she pushed it deeper into her belly.
“This is bad!”
Holy Knight Boltien, with his experience, immediately understood the situation.
He quickly pulled his hand off the sword.
It was a precious sword, but…
“Khuh-khuk. It’s too late! Oh, beginning of chaos, it will begin from this foolish creature!”
It wasn’t as valuable as his own life.
Crack.
The gray veins that had swelled on her body broke.
Yes, her body broke.
In a brief instant…
The moment Boltien saw this, he opened his mouth.
“Everyone, get out!”
But he couldn’t even finish saying it.
Because the explosion was faster.
Kwaa-aa-aa---!
Serisa’s body exploded.
The gray smoke and liquid began to spread in all directions.
Just by looking at it, that aura was dangerous.
But Boltien couldn’t escape hastily, avoiding that aura.
‘Behind!’
There were still two students behind him.
He had seen the shield enveloping them.
But…
‘No.’
That gray aura can’t be stopped with that shield.
Something terrible and primitive that provokes fear.
That thing, whose identity couldn’t be identified, was chaos itself.
‘No.’
Could we escape that power, even me, the other Holy Knights and the priests?
Above all-
What would happen if that power came out of the lecture hall?
“Damn it!”
Boltien came to a conclusion. He jumped towards Serisa, who was exploding. That he cover that gray aura and liquid.
Try to stop it somehow.
“Heat of the sun!”
With burning golden light.
Try to stop it with this holiness.
Boltien acted according to his belief.
“!”
But he couldn’t do it.
“Huu-uh!”
Serisa exploding. Among her breaking body, among the gray aura-
‘Eyes!’
He saw the eyes looking at him.
Those eyes were like-
‘Yes. God-’
They made you think of an absolute existence.
When he received the Sun God’s power for the first time. That absolute and unknowable power that forced him to bow his head before its brilliant light.
That power was looking at him now.
But unlike the Sun God, this power was suffocating him. His whole body froze.
It was terror.
No, is this terror?
He couldn’t distinguish it.
The moment he made eye contact with those eyes, everything became indistinguishable. It was pure chaos.
It was then…
“!”
Boltien saw something else other than those eyes.
‘Silver?’
A silver line appeared in front of him. But the moment he realized, his stiff body relaxed. The terror subsided.
‘What’s going on?’
Before he could wonder more, Boltien felt a force pulling him back.
Choi Han, the red-haired student, was pulling him.
“What-”
Before he could ask what was going on.
Kwaa-aa-aa-aa-ng-----!
Serisa finally exploded. Boltien saw something else in that place where Serisa and the gray smoke had been.
Saa-aa-aa-
He saw a pair of giant wings along with a gust of wind.
The silver wings enveloped Serisa, who was exploding.
“Ah.”
And in the center of those wings was a shield. The silver shield and wings embraced Serisa.
‘Well.’
That power was clearly Good.
It was similar to the feeling of warmth he felt when he felt the Sun God’s heat for the first time, but a different freshness enveloped him.
Tree.
Yes, it smells like a tree.
He felt the scent of the forest.
“Crak!”
At that moment, he heard a groan behind him.
Boltien could see the blonde-haired, blue-eyed student’s extended hand, who had been unconscious, towards the shield. He could see the silver line coming out of his hand and touching the shield.
That shield was created by the student.
And the student was bleeding.
[A skill has been born!]
[Skill: Indestructible Shield (Range: EX. Impossible to determine)]
Cale took a deep breath.
-Human, I put a shield inside the shield! Just in case, I made it five layers!
Raon and Cale had created a shield together after a long time.
As a result, the repercussions of Serisa’s explosion calmed down.
Kugong. Kung.
However, the explosion was pretty strong, making the lecture hall vibrate and cracking the walls even more.
-Anyway, it’s nothing compared to Dragon Lord Neo!
It’s true.
For Cale and Raon, who had grown stronger, Bishop Serisa’s explosion was nothing.
-But human.
Raon’s voice turned serious.
-Why did you bleed? Isn’t this like eating cold soup now?
It’s true. But Cale had spit out a good handful of blood.
[A skill side effect has been discovered!]
The skill explained it.
[Side effect: Vomit blood]
[*The side effect can be relieved by increasing mastery.]
[Current mastery: 0]
[*Caution: Even if mastery is increased, side effects are likely to occur depending on the degree of force used.]
This damn game.
-Well. Doesn’t it feel like we’ve returned to the beginning?
Super Rock said clumsily.
-But your body is healthy.
The Crybaby also said cheerfully. It was true. He had vomited blood, but his body was perfectly healthy. But Cale didn’t have time to react to those words.
[Shake hands with the believer of the God of Chaos (Serisa)!]
When that mission was completed, the next mission appeared.
[Go to the place where the believer of the God of Chaos, Serisa, received her first chaos!]
Cale saw that place in Serisa’s memories. It was a really unpleasant and horrible scene. The mission had also specified the exact location.
One of the Three Great Powers.
Another place different from the Eastern Empire and the Western Empire.
“…Lan.”
The Kingdom of Lan, to the north, the nation of training.
That place was different from the Western Empire.
If he had to choose a similar place among the places Cale had experienced-
‘Martial arts.’
That place was similar to martial arts. And the moment Cale confirmed the place he had to go to in the Kingdom of Lan, he thought.
‘Should I call the Heavenly Demon?’
But Cale’s thoughts couldn’t continue.
Saa-aa-aa--
The silver shield disappeared along with a gust of wind. And in that place, only a little gray liquid remained.
Thud. Thud.
The moment that liquid fell to the lecture hall floor, it seeped in and began to consume what surrounded it.
‘Chaos contamination.’
A similar phenomenon had occurred in Choi Jung-gun’s body. Cale didn’t have time to confirm it correctly.
“…Who are you?”
Holy Knight Boltien approached Cale and Choi Han. Suddenly, he was speaking to them with respect.
“How is it that one carries a sword imbued with the power of the sun-”
Choi Han.
“And the other has an unknown divine power?”
Cale.
Looking at them one by one, he spoke.
The moment he made eye contact with Cale, the last one, Cale opened his mouth, feeling the commotion around him.
In a low voice, so that only Boltien, who was close, could hear him.
“Evil.”
What?
Doubt bloomed in Boltien’s eyes, as if he couldn’t believe it.
At that moment…
“Or maybe goodness.”
Cale smiled, saying that.
“We are only fighting against those who want to destroy this world.”
Boltien approached Cale.
A pale-faced man with clear blood marks.
“What-”
What does what you’re saying mean?
He wanted to ask.
“!”
But Cale raised his hand to stop his approach. Boltien looked at the only one who was injured in that place, the one who had saved him, or rather, the one who had saved everyone from Serisa’s explosion.
“I’m affiliated with evil.”
Cale’s words made Boltien’s body freeze.
‘Evil?’
He couldn’t believe it.
Boltien couldn’t avert his gaze from Cale’s mouth, full of blood marks, which was smiling weakly without realizing it.
“Holy Knight Boltien. We can’t mix, you and us.”
It’s true.
If they are affiliated with evil, we can’t mix.
“So don’t get close.”
The student’s words are true. But Boltien’s instinct told him he was wrong.
“We saved each other today, so let’s consider it a draw.”
The blonde-haired man smiled and stood up. Choi Han helped Cale stand up.
-Human, do we do a teleport?
Wooong.
A teleport formation was immediately created along with a black light.
Cale said goodbye to Holy Knight Boltien.
“Well, see you later.”
Because he had nothing to do with Holy Knight Boltien, nor did he feel like having anything to do with him.
He was only a person passing by.
But Boltien didn’t think so.
Holy Knight.
He had lived as someone worthy of that position, and Boltien realized he was at a very important crossroads.
“Wait!”
Boltien opened his mouth urgently.
“Tell me the reason for all this!”
The great bishop Serisa.
He had to know the truth about what had happened today through her.
But the man who had called himself evil wasn’t someone who answered easily.
“Chaos.”
He said that and warned Boltien with a serious face.
“Be careful of chaos. And find it.”
Chaos.
That existence had been tormenting Boltien for days.
Cale looked at Boltien and thought.
‘Yes.’
It’s unknown when he’ll meet this guy, Boltien, again.
Anyway, I have to give him a hook.
“I’m sure you’ll reach the same conclusion.”
Cale told him.
“And then, we’ll join together to protect our territory.”
Boltien couldn’t answer the man’s ambiguous words.
“No matter who we belong to.”
No matter who we belong to, we’ll join together to protect our territory.
“…”
Boltien couldn’t say anything. Because he couldn’t join evil. And as if he understood that, the blonde-haired man smiled kindly and waved.
“Well, see you soon.”
Fwoosh!
The two men disappeared in front of Boltien.
“Captain! Can we just let them go like that? He’s a witness, we have to investigate.”
A Holy Knight who had been watching hastily approached and opened his mouth. But Boltien still didn’t say anything. He only looked at the place where Cale had disappeared and then said.
“He saved my life.”
Hmm.
Boltien said in a low voice, without even looking at his subordinate, who was groaning.
“…When seeking chaos, the sun will surely give you the answer.”
Yes.
By doing that, the path will finally be seen.
And Boltien was sure.
‘It seems I’ll see them again.’
Those two men.
It seems I’ll see them again soon.
His intuition was pretty accurate.
‘And I have to take a look at the Sun God’s Cult.’
Also the identity of the sword imbued with the power of the sun.
Clearly, something-
‘Something I don’t know is happening.’
Holy Knight Boltien’s eyes sank deep. But the light that remained in his eyes was clear and bright.
* * *
“Let’s call the Heavenly Demon.”
“The Heavenly Demon?”
“Yes.”
Cale intended to go directly to the Kingdom of Lan, to the north, to complete the next mission.
At that moment, Raon intervened in the conversation.
"Human. Isn’t that place close to where the Crown Prince will go?"
“It’s true.”
Choi Han opened his mouth.
“Then, we’ll give this Sun Sword to His Highness.”
“Alright.”
Cale decided to go to the Kingdom of Lan to meet the Heavenly Demon and Alberu.
