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The situation was dire.
“Your Majesty!”
“What is this? Why is the king consort…?!”
Queen Tamahi shouted again to the royalty and guards approaching.
“Step back! Don’t get closer!”
She had clearly heard what Alberu had said.
‘That guy is going to explode.’
Hinpa Gong’s condition was truly serious. The gray spear he had been holding in his hand had disappeared.
Grrr-Grrr-
Instead, a strange sound echoed, and a gray aura enveloped his body, creating gray smoke, like a volcano about to erupt.
Also, the gray aura, boiling like lava. Hinpa Gong’s face could be vaguely seen through it.
“Ugh!”
He was suffering.
“Ha-”
Queen Tamahi felt several emotions at the same time.
Hinpa Gong. Their relationship hadn’t been one of love or closeness.
They hadn’t touched hands, except on official occasions.
Despite that-
“¡Kuaa!”
It seems like I cared for him.
Though she had thought that someday she would have to kill him, because he was their enemy, she couldn’t help but feel bitterness seeing his suffering, since she had spent time seeing him.
Fortunately, it wasn’t sadness. Rather, Tamahi’s mind was quite cold.
“Everyone get off the island!”
She used her inner energy to amplify her voice.
“Prepare to establish a magical seal outside the lake!”
Her voice reached the martial artists waiting outside the lake.
“Charun!”
“Yes!”
The Sword Master, Charun, quickly guided the royal relatives.
“Your Majesty, you have to flee quickly!”
The gray aura was unsettling. Charun felt that Tamahi couldn’t face that, and told her to flee quickly, but.
“I’m the last one.”
She shook her head at those words. Charun, with a resigned expression, evacuated the royalty.
“Ugh!”
Meanwhile, Hinpa, the Guide, kept screaming in pain.
‘It’s not physical pain.’
Queen Tamahi had a reason to feel compassion for him.
‘His mind is collapsing.’
Hinpa.
It seemed like he was feeling mental despair, beyond physical pain.
‘And they-’
Her eyes turned towards Cale and Alberu, who were facing Hinpa.
“Ugh-”
Blood-red blood came from Cale’s mouth, again.
“Should I pat your back?”
Cale looked at Alberu, who was by his side, at those words, and Alberu said seriously.
“I’m not joking.”
He supported Cale, and lifted him.
Grrr-Grrr-Grrr---!
The strange sound surrounding Hinpa was intensifying. And Alberu, through the gray aura covering Hinpa’s body, could see a faint silhouette.
‘Eyes.’
It was said that eyes had appeared, when Choi Han had encountered the God of Chaos.
The moment those eyes became clear, Hinpa would die, and-
‘Judging by the speed, he will explode in a few minutes.’
Then, we have to hurry.
He said to Cale.
“Here, magic works.”
The island allows magic to be used. That means-
“I’ll block him. You don’t put in effort, escape. As much as you can.”
That meant that Alberu could do something.
He said that to Cale, and then turned his gaze towards Queen Tamahi.
He intended to leave Cale in her charge.
‘Let’s minimize the damage.’
It’s impossible to completely block Hinpa. But, it would surely be possible to alleviate the situation, and evacuate the people.
Splash, splash-
The sound of people fleeing through the lake was heard.
“Ah, oh my god-!”
It was at that moment...
Alberu stopped.
Grrr-Grrr-Grrr----
The center of the gray aura, where the strange sounds were coming together.
Only Hinpa’s face could be seen.
He was crying gray tears, and screaming.
“Oh my god, why have you abandoned me…?!”
He wasn’t afraid of dying.
Simply-
“Was my faith not strong enough?”
He felt indignant.
“Why?! Why…?!”
His gaze turned towards Cale.
Cale, who could barely stand, with blood running down his face.
He had clearly used an aura that contained chaos.
Also, it was a powerful aura that was squeezing him, in an instant.
It wasn’t from the Saint.
But even he could use that power, that the initial saint had used.
All of that pointed to one thing.
“Why, are you giving that person new chaos…?!”
That person in front of him.
The god of chaos had given that guy, not only the power of the saint, but also a new power that he had created.
A power that he, who existed in an important position, and had dedicated his life to chaos, couldn’t even dream of obtaining!
That power!
He had given it to that guy, whom he had never seen before.
“Why?! Why?!”
He couldn’t believe it. His voice, coming from his mouth, was filled with despair, fear, and sadness, deeper than the fear of death.
Was I... abandoned by God?
He couldn’t say those words. Therefore, he only complained, and let himself be carried away by that chaos.
“Why-”
At that moment....
“It must have been insufficient.”
Hinpa, whose vision had become blurred from gray tears, heard an indifferent voice.
“Ugh.”
The voice, though weak, was firm, despite the fact that he was vomiting blood. Hinpa, through his vision, could see Cale, who was the cause of everything, who had caused him confusion and despair.
Cale said.
“Your faith, you know.”
Your faith must have been insufficient.
Cale said that, and slightly raised the corner of his lips.
He was smiling, even though he was covered in blood.
It was like a mockery.
‘Damn guys.’
The Primordial Night.
While recording the path to the sanctuary of chaos in his mind, Cale saw related scenes.
He had seen a scene in Hinpa’s memories.
The sanctuary.
The Primordial Night.
It was a cemetery.
A cemetery without any kind of mourning.
Simply, a place of execution created for chaos.
It could be said that it was like a battlefield.
Many lives had disappeared there.
The Guide hadn’t just led the devotees there.
Hinpa had sent many people, many lives, to that chaos.
Cale’s indifferent eyes turned towards Hinpa, the Guide.
Cale said the most painful words he could say to someone who was afraid of being abandoned, while also having faith in the god of chaos.
“Your faith was insufficient.”
Your faith was insufficient.
“Ugh.”
He vomited blood again. Now, I feel a little better. Though it didn’t hurt much.
Grrr-Grrr----
“No! My faith wasn’t insufficient!”
With Hinpa, who was screaming, as the center.
Grrr-Grrr, Grrr-Grrr---!
The gray aura vibrated violently.
That’s going to explode soon.
Cale straightened his body.
Of course, he was getting a little help from Alberu.
“No, no! It wasn’t like that…!!”
Towards Hinpa, who was screaming.
Cale continued speaking.
Your faith was insufficient.
“And I, even though I don’t believe, have obtained power.”
Hinpa’s scream stopped.
“…What?”
This time, Hinpa’s voice trembled with fear and chaos.
He couldn’t even mention what he had heard.
But Cale continued speaking.
“The god of chaos, that madman. I truly hate him.”
“…!”
What was reflected on Hinpa’s face was no longer despair or fear. He was making an expression of someone who couldn’t understand what he had heard for the first time, something he couldn’t believe.
It was chaos, truly.
The moment Hinpa’s chaos reached its peak.
Grrr-Grrr-Grrr---!
The strange sound stopped.
Those who were fleeing stopped, unable to hear that sound, and stood still for a moment.
Everyone’s gazes turned to Hinpa, who had calmed down.
Swoosh-
Only the sound of the water continued to echo, and everything else was silent.
People saw.
Eyes.
One eye appeared in the middle of the gray smoke that had completely enveloped Hinpa.
That existence, which couldn’t be explained, which could only be recognized as an eye, was definitely looking at them.
Everyone in this place thought the same thing.
That eye was looking ‘directly at them’.
And they froze.
Blink.
The eye blinked once.
Though that time was fleeting, people had to look at that scene slowly, as if they were trapped by that gaze.
They couldn’t move.
The aura of chaos, which was different from Bishop Serisa’s time.
People were hypnotized by that eye.
But not everyone was affected.
Blink.
The eye blinked again.
The moment it was about to blink a third time.
“React!”
Someone broke that silence.
Alberu Crossman.
“Duck!”
The moment he shouted that.
“!”
“…!”
People moved unconsciously.
The reason is unknown.
Simply, suddenly, they felt a warm aura in their bodies.
They realized that their bodies had become cold.
As if they felt a warm breath on the back of their hands,
they felt warmth.
They didn’t have time to realize that that warmth was from the sun.
Because even Alberu didn’t know it.
“Duck!”
But at Alberu’s voice, who shouted again.
Blink-
The moment the eye blinked a third time.
People were able to break free from that hypnosis.
And they also realized what they had to do.
There’s no time to escape.
Then, instinctively, they ducked their bodies and covered their faces with their arms.
They huddled together as much as they could.
Meanwhile, they saw one last scene, in a fragment of their vision.
Alberu.
The bright light emanating from his hand, a mana light as clear as sunlight.
A magical shield enclosing Hinpa’s explosion.
And one more thing.
A shining silver line emanating from the hand of Cale, who was next to him.
Giant silver wings and a shield blooming at the end of that line.
Unlike the sinister chaos.
The silver light, which made the heart feel warm just by looking at it, and which seemed to have a refreshing aroma.
The two lights complemented each other harmoniously, and found their place.
The two lights blooming in the midst of chaos.
It made people imagine a sprout sprouting from the mud, a hope.
People couldn’t help but look at those lights, absorbed.
¡Kwaaang-Kwaaang-Kwaaang----!
A gigantic explosion, which even drowned Hinpa’s scream, occurred, and people huddled together as much as they could.
“Hmm.”
Alberu let out a sound.
He had imitated Raon.
He had created several shields.
Drizzle.
Blood ran down the corner of his lips.
‘Ha.’
It seems like my magical ability is inferior to Raon’s, even to Rosalyn’s.
Alberu felt his insides churn every time his shield broke.
“Ugh-”
He couldn’t help but let out a groan.
However, he endured.
He created another shield.
And when it broke, he created another one again.
How many times had he repeated that?
Crack.
Alberu didn’t stop, even when several high-grade magic crystals broke.
Because he also wanted to know his limit.
And-
‘That madman!’
Cale Henituse.
That guy, though his face was covered in blood, was standing, and was enduring the consequences of the explosion, which were stronger than what Alberu could endure.
Alberu’s shield, which broke easily.
Because of that, the shield that was outside, had to endure the consequences of the explosion more.
‘When did he become so strong?’
Alberu had been there when Cale had first deployed the shield.
Compared to that time,
‘I’m crazy.’
Cale had truly become strong.
Compared to when he had captured the White Star, he had grown several times.
“Hmm.”
But Alberu didn’t have time to think about it.
Because he didn’t have time.
How much time had passed?
Not even a few minutes would have passed.
Drizzle.
When the blood running down the corner of Alberu’s lips, turned blood-red.
“Haah-”
He let out a deep sigh.
“…….”
He looked away to the side.
Cale was holding his tired shoulder.
And Cale Henituse’s shield was still shining.
“Huu-”
Alberu let out a deep sigh. His insides wobbled, as if his mana had been drained, due to the sudden overuse.
If it were me-
‘I couldn’t face Hinpa.’
But Cale Henituse had faced him with ease. Though he had vomited blood-
‘After all, he’s a guy who’s trying to oppose the god of chaos.’
It wouldn’t make sense for that guy, who’s neither a saint nor a bishop, to be dominated by Hinpa. Though Alberu knew it.
‘Then, me?’
He wondered.
“Hmm.”
But Alberu couldn’t continue thinking, because he felt dizzy, as if he had motion sickness. He was simply standing, as if nothing was wrong.
‘Even this, can’t be hidden from Cale Henituse-’
That’s why he’s looking at me with that impious gaze-
‘!’
Alberu couldn’t continue thinking.
‘What’s going on?’
He felt a strange inexplicable sensation. His entire body warmed up. Without realizing it, he raised his head towards the point where that sensation had begun.
‘…Sun-’
The light shining towards him. He had never felt the sun as warm, when looking at it. Rather, he had spent more time, as a dark elf, ignoring the sun. And now, he’s looking at the sun completely, but- The fact that that light feels warm-
‘It’s strange.’
It was a truly strange sensation.
“…….”
And his insides, which had been churning, calmed down.
Kuung-
Though the earth trembled and moved, due to the consequences of the explosion. The sunlight, heading towards Alberu, remained the same. After all, the sun has always been the same.
‘Something-’
He felt like he could touch something.
But Alberu also felt that it wasn’t time yet.
He looked away from the sun.
Swoosh-
Only the sound of the water could be heard.
There was no gray smoke or anything left where Hinpa had been.
Only the shining wings and shield remained, in their place.
Alberu suddenly remembered the first time he had seen that shield.
He thought.
What hasn’t changed since the first time we met, is Cale Henituse.
“It’s worth trying.”
And that impious and arrogant appearance. It’s still the same.
“Ha, haha-”
Alberu couldn’t help but laugh.
Swoosh-
A quiet laugh filtered into the Lake of Tranquility.
“…….”
“…….”
And the people of the Kingdom of Lan, who were looking at Alberu and Cale, were stunned.
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