591. [STAGE 35] Into the Darkness (2)
It wasn’t until some time had passed since the fall that I came to my senses.
“Prince!”
When I opened my trembling eyes, Damian, who was wrapping a bandage around my head, shouted with delight.
“Prince, this is Damian! Would you like to know?”
“Surely you know, trigger guy. Ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy… … .”
“What a relief. Blood came out of my forehead, so I was worried that you might have been seriously injured.”
Damien wrapped a bandage around my forehead as he sang the song ‘Get better’. Wash it moderately, because it’s heavy on your head.
Wrapped in a bandage like a turban, I looked around and asked.
“here is? What time is it?”
“It’s the field south of the crossroads! About 30 minutes had passed since the fall… … !”
“30 minutes or so… … .”
With Damien’s help, I staggered to my feet.
“How is the war situation?”
“Lord of the Flies crashed, but broke through the southern wall of the Cross Road… … It dug into the city of Crossroads.”
“what?! To downtown?!”
“yes. However, after a short rampage, I was just standing still with the barrier activated… … We are currently on alert and reorganizing our forces.”
I had a hunch. Not only me, everyone would have intuited it.
That this fleeting moment of tranquility was nothing more than a brief moment of silence right before the final battle.
When he came out of Geronimo, Lucas, who was standing there with a haggard complexion, saluted. His always well-groomed blond hair is also in a mess.
“Lord.”
“Lucas, are you okay?”
“I am always fine. Do not worry.”
As always, Lucas was bluffing. And, as always, I passed.
Along with the corpses of the mutant flies around the empty space, the new, huge, new mutant flies that had never been seen before were also dead.
As I looked over there, Lucas explained.
“It looks like these monsters attacked while we passed out. As expected, the warriors of the Aryan kingdom who came to save us struggled… … .”
Lucas, speechless, turned his head, and on the other side, the bodies of the warriors of the Aryan Kingdom were lying side by side.
“When I came to my senses belatedly, Quylan had defeated all the remaining monsters.”
“Right. What about Kuylan?”
“It is over there. but.”
Lucas pursed his lips.
“The condition is not good.”
“…….”
Quylan was sitting on a hill not far from Geronimo. I cautiously approached him and called his name.
“What is Kuyla?”
Then, Quylan looked back. I flinched and shook my shoulders.
Quylan is his ancestor… … It had become similar to the wolf king Lunared.
His whole body was covered with a silvery red mane, and he literally became a werewolf himself.
I was able to recognize him by the X-shaped scar on his forehead, his characteristic braided hair, and… … .
It was because of Yoon in his arms.
Yoon, covered in blood, was breathing faintly with a pale complexion, and in front of him, Janice was sweating and treating Yoon.
“majesty.”
Janice, who found me, bowed. I approached and asked.
“What is Princess Yoon’s condition?”
“… … This is a game where you have to pray for a miracle.”
I mean, in reality, it’s difficult. I closed my eyes tightly.
“…….”
Quylan was looking down at Yun with sad eyes as he held onto Yun tightly with his hands that had turned into those of a wolf.
I put my hand on Kuylan’s shoulder and said cautiously.
“Quilan, I am going to play Lord of the Flies from now on. I will slay that monster by any means.”
“…….”
“You may stay here. If you want to nurse Yun, do so.”
Then Quylan slowly shook his head and opened his mouth… … gave a human voice.
“No, chief. You will need my strength. I can go with you.”
Quylan slowly polished down and lay down on the blanket on the floor.
“Because I am a very lucky man… … Share half of my luck, Yun.”
Quylan lightly pressed the tip of his nose, which had grown like a wolf, to Yun’s nose.
“I will create my own miracle, and I hope you will create your own miracle.”
Quylan stood up and looked in my direction.
Before I knew it, all the heroes who boarded Geronimo were lined up behind me.
Quylan strode to join the ranks. I nodded and looked around at everyone.
“let’s go.”
After looking around at the faces of his colleagues, who were clearly fatigued like hardened blood, but whose eyes were fiercely shaped.
I said forcefully.
“The time has come to end this damn battle.”
***
Kelly Bay, Kellison, and all other airship crews were left behind.
After ordering them to repair the airship, they returned to the Crossroads with only the rest of the combatants.
I don’t know if I’ll be able to reactivate the airship in the remaining battles, but it’s better to leave that possibility.
“Seniors!”
As we approached the crossroads, Evangeline, covered in dirt and dust, greeted us. Apparently caught in the collapse of the castle wall, her white armor was a mess.
I stopped to listen to the damage report. Instead, he changed his words and asked.
“How many troops can fight now?”
“It is difficult to determine the exact number because the entire organization was torn apart due to the collapse of the castle wall, and it is being reorganized at random… … It’s enough to encircle the Lord of the Flies once.”
“What is Lord of the Flies doing now?”
“I summoned all the flies in the area and absorbed them, and after that, I sat still like that… … I am quietly meditating.”
dark night time.
The forces surrounding Lord of the Flies were shooting lights at the enemy corps commander. Facing the light, the Lord of the Flies did not even move.
‘Why are you so quiet?’
If you’ve absorbed the flies of the present world and recovered, you won’t go wild… … why?
I’m puzzled, but Evangeline is ah! After making a noise, she said.
“And, there was a report from the wizards in the manor house.”
“At the manor house?”
“yes. The cloning gangsi Paris operation was suddenly executed by itself… … They said there was no time to use their hands.”
Surprised, I looked at Lucas.
“Lucas, please… … .”
“yes.”
Lucas nodded with a slightly nervous expression.
“It looks like the midnight cloning operation we prepared has been carried out.”
Suddenly, in the mental world of Lord of the Flies, the words of the Midnight Sun after seeing me came to mind.
“Send me more”… … did you say
Perhaps the Midnight Sun noticed that we were preparing more clones and tried to use this strategy.
And in the end, she did it with her own hands.
“The Lord of the Flies is said to have summoned and absorbed the flies of the present world. If the white nights cloned in this process also infiltrated into that Lord of the Flies.”
I nodded and accepted Lucas’ words.
“The Lord of the Flies and the Emperor of Magic… … They may be fighting a battle within the collective consciousness.”
I gritted my teeth. This was a method that even I hesitated.
Will it be a trump card to find an unexpected breakthrough, or will it be a handshake after an unreasonable attempt.
The results would come out now.
***
Inside the collective ceremony of Lord of the Flies. in the mental world.
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
The white night let out a sharp scream.
She was a grotesque figure. Dozens of limbs were arbitrarily attached to her long torso, and dozens of heads, from the white bones to the blue Jiangshi face, were also arbitrarily attached to her body.
It was the result of dozens of replicated ‘white nights’ rituals all meeting together in this mental world.
These liches were merged into one because they were the same entity, but they refused to melt into each other.
So it turned into a hideous shape like a centipede – watching this, the old fly laughed.
《Kick Kick Kick Kick! Kiki Kiki Kick! It’s funny, it’s funny! Isn’t it too ugly to use the grandiose name of the great emperor, undead!
The dozens of overlapping voices of the midnight sun resounded at the same time.
“You bastard, on the subject of Paris, don’t make fun of your mouth… … !》
“I think it would be more accurate to call you an Abomination rather than a Lich at such a scumbag? Haha, to think that someone like this is trying to steal the body of the Lord of the Flies… … .》
The old fly, clutching the scepter, roared as it extended its wand forward.
“Looks like I’m looking too shallow!”
Shoot Aaaaaa!
The floor of the mental world shook and black waves rose, and immediately after that, it became a high tidal wave and hit the midnight sun.
It was a wave made of flies.
It was the spirit of the flies newly absorbed by the Lord of the Flies. The Midnight Sun sank without moving in the open sea of this huge Paris.
Hundreds of millions of flies began to gnaw at the midnight sun. The old fly giggled and laughed.
《Drown in the sea of insignificant things that you have underestimated… … !》
The old fly intended to melt the magic emperor and eat it slowly.
But next moment.
Shoot aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa… … .
The water level of the sea fell rapidly.
The old fly, puzzled by the sudden situation, noticed it before long.
Kwajik! Quadduk! Kwajik!
was eating
magic master.
That lofty, arrogant and proud undead lich… … He was chewing and swallowing the flies that covered him at random.
“That’s terrible! Disgusting! How miserable! Borrowing the body of Paris, and coveting the spirit of Paris!”
Dozens of heads of the Midnight Sun shouted at once.
《But- I exist here! this contempt! this insult! In this blasphemy! I truly exist-!”
The white night swallowed up the waves of Paris in an instant, and at the same time.
Damn it!
outside the mental world, in the real world.
The great body of the Lord of the Flies began to split.
The flies that formed the integument fell down in all directions like black snow, and the flies that fell like that gathered together again… … It began to merge into a human female form.
“This, what is this, my God… … .”
“What the hell is going on… … ?!”
The human soldiers who surrounded Lord of the Flies trembled and retreated.
In front of a surreal scene far beyond human comprehension, the best the soldiers could do was to stay put and not run away.
“Ah ah ah ah ah-!”
Finally, another monster completely differentiated from the Lord of the Flies and equipped with substance… … The revived Midnight Sun raised his hand in front of him and examined his body.
《… … After I got used to this look, it’s not that bad.”
Her voice was calm.
《Innumerable ‘I’s’ exist at the same time, but this sense that they are all one… … Do you like it.”
The white night whispered with her red compound eyes flashing.
“I’ll eat you all, Paris. I will take your kingship and make it entirely mine.”
《…….》
The Lord of the Flies, which had lost its outer shell, shrunk into a gigantic chrysalis.
Madly mad at such a Lord of the Flies, the midnight sun declared.
“After that, I will set this world on fire! I will complete the task that I have not been able to finish, and this time I will achieve my dream of ascension!”
Then, the white night looked around and looked at the humans below.
“After that, Ash. I will imprison you and your subordinates in purgatory and make them suffer for eons of time, just like I did.”
The white night burst into high laughter and rushed at the Lord of the Flies without hesitation. He was determined to win at once.
And, in line with the rush of the midnight sun… … .
Gee!
The horns on the Lord of the Flies’ head flashed with blue light.
“uh?”
A bewildered sound flowed from the mouth of the white night who noticed the opponent’s trick a beat later.
giggling, the Lord of the Flies whispered.
“This is a technology stolen from humans… … It can only be used against ‘allies’. However, since your body is of the same species as mine, it seems that you can use it.”
“Wait, no, that’s nonsense-”
The Lord of the Flies used teleportation magic.
Sending the opponent to unspecified coordinates, the Lord of the Flies asked happily.
《Have you been to the other side of the other side, Undead?》
《……!》
《It is said that beings that originate from nightmares cannot come back once they set foot in the spirit world. If you’re also a monster… … You will be lost forever there.”
Enveloped in blue light and forcibly teleported, the Midnight Sun screamed.
《Don’t talk nonsense, my origin is… … !》
Flash!
The blue magic door opened and the magic particles spread out in all directions- and the next moment, no one was there.
The Lord of the Flies, who had easily erased the Midnight Sun from the world with his teleportation magic, giggled and looked down.
《Now, the weightlifter who tried to usurp my empire is gone.》
In front of a duel beyond the recognition of transcendental beings, humans were terrified and trembling.
The Lord of the Flies smiled as he looked down at those people with satisfaction.
《Shall we resume the fight between flies and humans now?》
