Chapter 704,
Chapter 179. Unavoidable Trap (3)
Suddenly, as Beradin waved his hand, a green spear appeared in the air.
The green spear had a form very similar to that of record magic.
An energy that feels the same as the one seen in the land where the remaining energy of the sun god, which Ziffle calls ‘holy land’, remains. Jin recognized that it was the price for saving Valeria in the Holy Land.
“…record magic?”
“You must have come across the original often, but wouldn’t it be embarrassing if I showed such a surprised expression after seeing the imitation?”
But rather than Jin, the elders who entered the office seemed more surprised.
“Sogaju. Did you finally get that magic!?”
“How did you not tell us about this kind of celebration!”
The elders were shining greedy eyes as if they didn’t care about the tragedy the federation was experiencing.
Veradin continued to smile, but Jin read the darkness in that smile and intuitively realized what was going to happen next.
It was a purge.
“Why didn’t you tell me, elders? Because the old and worthless don’t need to know.”
“What town is that!”
“Sogaju kkeok cow woo woo woo woo…!”
The elders who were trying to answer suddenly grabbed their necks and twisted their bodies.
It was because I couldn’t breathe. Some letters were engraved on the green window of Beradin.
“I just thought of the hard work I had done so far and showed it on the way. As I said, it didn’t take too long, did it?”
Ronil stood calmly as usual, as if he knew this would happen, and Veradin frothed and looked down at the fallen elders.
One of the elders could be seen holding his breath and resisting Veradin’s magic.
He barely stood up with bloodshot eyes and stretched out his hand toward Veradin.
A deformed fireball protruded from his hand, but Veradin fired and lightly cut it.
As the fireballs scattered, tears of blood flowed from the eyes of the elder.
“Ah, you should be saved…”
Those were the last words the Elder, who had only resisted magic for a moment, heard.
As he fell forward, there were no living elders left in the office.
Jin felt goosebumps all over his body. It wasn’t because of the magic that was close to the power that Beradin had shown, or because of the swordsmanship that was difficult to find.
It was because I realized once again that my friend had changed. friends and brothers. They all turned into monsters.
“Originally, I was going to deal with it after you left, but this isn’t too bad either. How far have you been talking anyway? Oh, it said that we were checking the size of despair. Take a look at this.”
Veradin’s green window spread wide enough to fill the office.
In it was drawn a map of the world, full of lingering black blots in all directions.
In particular, Hufestor was so dark that it was difficult to find transparent parts, and the rest of the continent was filled with stains that were lighter or the same.
“The dark parts marked on this map are the despair being harvested by the evil spirits. About 50% of the bust is now complete.”
“What is the basis for the estimation of 50%?”
“The rate at which ship ram is formed. Every time the black spots increased, a change was taking place in Ram. Orgal went before you, and he put Ram and the perfection of the bust on the same line.”
Veradin pointed with his finger to the spots of Draka, the autonomous districts, and the Milkun Kingdom.
“These spots were formed at the same time that the Commonwealth was attacked by Dipus Runcandel, and the civilians of the Milkun Kingdom were massacred and taken hostage. It continues to grow and grow even now. It must be because the trust of the civilians who thought that the Federation would be as safe as Draka, especially our home, was broken.”
Just as he said, the spot procrastinating over there was growing little by little, but without a break.
Compared to the whole of Hufester, it was obviously small, but compared to other places, it was very large.
Jin’s gaze, which was quietly examining the spots, reached the Tikan Kingdom.
Ticans also had black spots. The size was literally just a dot, but it was particularly dark, so it stood out.
‘Sister Mary…or Yuria’s despair.’
Two people immediately came to mind.
“I have heard about the relationship between the 7th rider and the 4th rider. Besides, Az Mill’s contractors must be distressed to see some terrible future.”
Veradin said while conscious of Jin’s gaze. Jin looked at the other spots without answering.
Among the spots on the side of Hufestor, there was one land that was most actively changing.
Riccarton.
The land where the prophets of the past gathered human sacrifices.
In the past, Jin had asked Dox, the Black Knight, to investigate the place. Dox has been out of touch since then.
“Looking at Riccarton closely, you seem to have noticed too. We’re pretty sure the Fourth Horseman is transporting all the hostages there. After the Federation was attacked, Riccarton is the place where despair is most actively fostered.”
Then it was clear what had to be done.
Hitting Riccarton and rescuing the hostages.
Small-scale operations like the previous ones were not suitable. More than 10,000 hostages could not all be alive, but the situation was not good, and even if only 1,000 were saved, a fleet was absolutely necessary.
“Doesn’t it seem absurd that humans fight against gods? If there was no element of despair, there would be no reason for the world’s best forces to come forward to save the civilians in this situation.”
“what?”
“I mean, if the opponent was human, it would be terribly inefficient. What if you, chaos immune, get hurt while trying to get civilian jobs? What if there is an irreversible loss to other high-end power? It shouldn’t be.”
Jin felt as if he was listening to Rosa in his human days, not Beradin.
Now, in the world of Veradin, ordinary people seemed meaningless.
“Stop talking nonsense. Not a good story to hear. Anyway, if you’ve been to Orgal, you’ll be familiar with this situation. All we have to decide is the date of attacking Riccarton and the number of troops to mobilize.”
“Yes, I think it would be best to move as quickly as possible. There must be limitations to the mobility of the 4th Horseman and the forces of chaos, but I can’t estimate that part at all. Does Heister do the same?”
In the first place, Valeria’s current record magic could not even create the map that Beradin had formed.
Jin nodded, and Beradin shrugged.
“It’s a pity… I can’t handle the original to that extent yet. If you’re going to use it like that, you’d better hand it over to us.”
“You’re talking nonsense again. I agree that the operation must be launched quickly. Before the Fourth Horseman attacks somewhere again…”
The moment Jin said that.
Suddenly, new spots were forming on the map.
Veradin was startled and looked at the map. It was the empire where a new spot of despair was formed.
Among them, it was the land directly guarded by Dante, the capital.
Due to time, not only Dante but also colleagues including Siris and Casimir could be together in the Imperial Capital now.
“…You move scary when you say it, although it may not be the 4th rider.”
“I have to go right away. Let’s go and talk about the rest.”
As Jin turned around and tried to leave, Beradin followed.
“Let me go too.”
Jin looked at Beradin for a moment and then nodded.
* * *
Imperial Capital.
“Disband the pursuit team as of the current time to take care of the people’s safety. The head of the household gave an order!”
“yes!”
At the shout of a commander, the knights stopped while arranging their ranks. All around them were ghosts and corpses. Knights were mixed, but most were civilians.
The knights scattered and began to take care of the fallen people everywhere. Every collapsed building was littered with civilians.
About 30 minutes ago, out of nowhere, a black dimensional gate opened in the middle of the capital. The Chaos Dragon and the black ships that poured out of it instantly turned the area into hell, and Dante started responding almost simultaneously.
Fortunately, Casimir and Siris had just arrived. If he hadn’t been able to ride the mote, no matter how quickly he responded, he would have suffered more damage than he did now.
It took only 15 minutes for Dante to arrive at the scene and destroy more than 80% of the Chaos Dragon and Black Ship. Even so, thousands of casualties were literally unavoidable.
Now, Dante ordered the pursuit team and garrison to rescue the people, and the knights of the family, including the Dragon Knights, to wipe out the remnants, while chasing the fleeing enemy commander.
‘You will surely find me and tear me to pieces…!’
Dante’s eyes full of rage scanned the front without rest. It had already escaped to the outskirts of the capital, but it was in a situation where it failed to be caught by Dante while continuing to form a dimensional portal for escape.
Because Morte was exhausted, he could no longer use teleportation, so the moment he lost sight of him even once, it was over.
But Dante wasn’t the type to let go of him just because he was impatient. Moreover, this place was the center of the land he protected.
Sak-!
As Rashid radiated his brilliance, parts of the outer forest were cut out like pieces of a puzzle.
Dante fired a new sword energy in all directions of the cut-off forest to block the commander who would be inside.
He forced himself to pierce Dante’s sword skills, but showed an indecent act of stumbling forward, and Dante did not lose sight of it.
“You son of a bitch!”
After striking the helmet with the hilt, the face revealed was none other than Joshua Runcandel.
“Was it you Joshua Runkandel…!”
Joshua looked even more intimidated than when he was last beaten by Bale. Her eyes shook unsteadily, and cold sweat flowed incessantly from her pale face.
-Let’s go and strike the empire. It was originally supposed to be done by the Fourth Horseman, but I didn’t inform him for you. If you successfully end the terror in place of the 4th Horseman and return without Nana Kaju’s help, I’m sure he’ll give you another chance.
Before the Empire strikes, Joshua was told that by Illina.
But now that they’re captured, they can’t get back without help, and the terror doesn’t quite live up to what the Prophet expected.
Again, Joshua was a failure.
What’s more, what makes Joshua more desperate.
It was the fact that another dimension door unrelated to him was forming from the far sky behind Dante’s face.
Inside, Difus’ army could be seen escaping.
So Joshua’s despair was once more growing for Rosa.
