Chapter 349 – Assemble

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The distortion of Yggdrasil’s magic creates a gap that connects space.

View the entire space as a large sheet of paper, forcibly fold the paper, and drill holes through the parts you want to connect.

The opened dimension gate is maintained for a while using the user’s magic, but it is forcibly opened by the power to return the world to its original state, and the hole is also closed.

What would happen if the paper called the world was not folded and only a hole was drilled?

A hole is made outside the paper, and the place where the beings who have fallen from the paper go is the trash can of the space called ‘the gap in the second dimension’.

If so, isn’t it simpler to open a passage to a possible 2D gap by simply drilling a hole than to create a dimensional door that allows space movement?

If you think so, that’s another story.

This is because the resistance of the world is stronger when the passage to the other dimension is opened.

If it’s connecting spaces, there’s no danger of bringing in uncontrollable beings or dirty magic that exist in the gaps in the other dimension.

A gap that directly connects to a gap in another dimension is too dangerous.

Beasts, predators, demons…Etc.

In the dimensional gap, various monsters that human imagination can create actually exist.

In order to protect itself from such things and the things within itself, the world strongly resists the magic that opens the rift in another dimension and hinders it.

If so- how did those of the Exiled Church, who could easily open the door, get such power?

While Cassius stayed in the banishment realm, he investigated the records and documents remaining in various worlds.

It was because the fact that they existed in the realm of banishment itself was highly likely that they had flown through the rift of another dimension by them.

Of course, most of the records left by the beings blown away were full of hatred, anger, and resentment towards the mysterious organization called the Exiled Church, so I didn’t want to read it that much.

Besides, there were few people who investigated the theory and principle, so it was true that there was no information worthy of information.

The most reliable analysis, but the book of laws thought to contain information related to magic, was written in a language that Cassius could not read or decipher.

Before borrowing the body of Peruvian Luca, before losing her body her, Aleigh Star talked.

“The things they use are not of the type of magic. They make a gap in the world’s laws… So to speak. It’s like an ‘illegal act. It doesn’t help.”

That’s why, even in the book of the law, it doesn’t contain useless information, so I tell you to give up.

However, if you investigate the ‘illegal’ power they use, you will be able to find out the origins of the Exiled Church and what exactly they are working for.

And, if you don’t investigate the person who created that power.

Aleista shook her head as if she had no obligation to tell her that far, but the opportunity came back.

While the others went to rest, Cassius had a conversation with Yggdrasil.

“About the Exiled Church and the power they use…Is it?”

Yggdrasil answered with a slightly difficult face.

Not surprisingly, when she was thrown by the Exiled Church, she was the youngest World Tree.

Her Exiled Cults Her were probably less wary of her, so she never became deeply involved with them.

However, when she came to her senses her, her people her were thrown into the dimensional rift one by one, and came into the realm of exile.

Under such circumstances, Cassius thought, she wouldn’t know much about them.

“I’m not sure, but… It’s kind of like the power the ‘Father of All’ uses.”

Cassius knew that there was a father of all things.

If you look at ancient records, you know that a lot of that name appears through study.

Therefore, it was understood to some extent that ‘a real person’ or ‘existence’ was.

Sometimes it is expressed as a spiritual leader who leads mankind with enormous knowledge.

Sometimes he is portrayed as an evil figure who has arrogantly dominated mankind and manipulated history behind the scenes.

But in either record, no personal information about him.

Not a single word came out about name, age, gender, race or appearance.

That’s why, it’s impossible to know whether he it’s really human, or whether it’s an alien being like a demon.

“What exactly is that ‘Father of All’?”

“The Father of all… Is the common Creator of you and me. His original name His is ‘Adam’.”

“—Adam.”

The common Creator of the World Tree and man?

Then, is it really ‘God’?

“By other names, he is also called the designer. The reproducer. Or, heir.”

“Yggdrasil… You seem to know a lot about him.”

At Cassius’ words, Yggdrasil shook his head from side to side.

“All the knowledge I have is just something passed on from other people. What I know is only fragmentary information. …If there’s one thing that’s certain—- he’s absolutely nothing like a ‘god’.”

“You created humans and the World Tree, so you’re saying you’re not a god?”

Cassius questioned her with her confused head, not quite understanding.

“Yes. Rather, I heard that he too was created by humans.”

“…Then why is he the creator of man?”

To Cassius’ question, Yggdrasil paused for a while before answering.

“The humans who created him are humans from the primordial world. And, the humans from the inherited world are beings created by Adam based on humans from the primordial world. And with a certain purpose, we also created the world tree. But, Thinking that we had no use value, he expelled us from the world using the ‘Exile Church’, which could be said to be his direct subordinate.”

“…”

Cassius covered his mouth with his hand, probably shocked by those words.

If the missing link that exists between the original world and the inherited world is ‘Adam’.

It is said that he has been interfering with this world until now with ancient technology.

If the question about it is solved to some extent, it is a hypothesis about the secret technique of the Exiled Church that opens the ‘gap of the second dimension’.

Although it uses magical power, if it is not magic, it is highly likely that it is using magic tools or ancient technology.

If so, what you need to find is not the Archmage, but the Engineer.

“…Gray. And Hermes is the key…”

In particular, Cassius had never seen an artificial spirit with a highly developed intelligence like Hermes before.

“Maybe it helped. Young sage.”

When Yggdrasil said so, Cassius nodded his head.

“I think I can get some direction on what I need to do when I go back. I think coming here was the right answer to learn a lot.”

“Could it be that you… The reason you didn’t avoid this ordeal even after reading the future was to learn about ‘Adam’?”

Yggdrasil answered with a slightly disbelievable expression.

“No way… I just needed to gather as much information as possible from the unavoidable future… And, a body like this would be a harvest if it was a harvest.”

Saying so, Cassius clenched his severely twisted demigod fist.

It was an ugly appearance that could not be found as a handsome boy in the past, but Cassius did not seem to really care that much about his own appearance.

“The future that your eyes are seeing… No, what kind of future are you envisioning?”

To Yggdrasil’s question, Cassius seemed to think quietly for a while before answering.

“To give back to that girl the false peace and happiness created at the sacrifice of one girl.”

“…”

Cassius recalled his conversation with Yggdrasil as she passed through the portal she opened.

Now, the landscape you see is not a green forest, but gray, gray, white bones and rotating flesh.

It is the world of the dead where death becomes the rule and the starting point of everything.

“This is the world of the goddess of death…”

Amelia involuntarily shuddered at the eerie magic power that filled her surroundings.

Moose trudged out from Amelia’s back her and muttered annoyedly as she kicked the stone on the floor.

While I was here, I dealt with boring scarecrows, so I couldn’t help but feel the heat of coming back.

“Ah-ah-. She came back after all… So? Is she a terrible enemy after all?”

“Well. Rather than that, let’s find Cleon first. Amelia. Which side is Cleon on?”

At Sif’s words her, Utgart, who was next to her, raised her head and supported her.

[As long as you tell me the direction, I’ll fly right away.]

At the words of Utgart, whose tension rose after walking around in nature, Sif pressed his head her with his hand her.

“Calm down. What are you going to do if you wander around and bring enemies again like last time?”

“She’s right. This place hates change. … Uninvited guests like us are intruders who have no reason not to be hostile to them.”

When Freyja went through the portal with Luca Peru one last time while agreeing with Sif’s words, she naturally created a weapon in her hand her, a bow, and was wary of the surroundings.

Amelia listened to Sif ask Cleon’s whereabouts and focused her mind for a moment before she slowly lifted her finger and pointed to one side of her.

“Cleon, obviously in this world … Her direction is her that way.”

“That way… I mean. More than that, why is it such a mess here?”

Sif listened to Amelia’s words to her and only then looked around as if he was concerned.

There were huge holes in the walls, and traces of battle were visible here and there.

Scorched ground, splattered bloodstains.

“Ah…? What, is this the barracks’ training ground? I didn’t know that sword was gone…”

As Moose rummaged through her earlier memories of her, she moaned as she realized that the Zweihander she remembered was missing.

“A knife?”

“Ah, there’s such a thing. Never mind. When I tried to pick it up, an annoying guy popped out and I gave up. Does it sound like someone picked it up… Heh, it wouldn’t hurt to fight him .”

Moose conjures a sword of flame as her itchy, red hair her, like a lion’s mane, blazes.

Then Amelia put her hand on Moose’s back with her ice hammer in her hand and-

“Hehe…”

As Moose was immediately incapacitated by Amelia, it was to wilt as if water had been poured on her.

“I’m kidding, I’m kidding! Sheesh, this guy… He can handle the opposite magic…”

“Don’t be silly… Tell me what’s over there, Moose.”

At Sif’s words, Moose caressed his chin a little, and then he opened his mouth as if realizing ‘ah’.

“Over there… That guy’s workshop. He’s It’s ‘Rich’, one of the executives in this realm.”

“Hee hee hee! Lee, Rich…!?”

At that, Peru Luca screamed from her pale face.

The existence of a lich was also an object of longing for wizards in a sense, but the recognition that it was a being that strayed from the human path by committing a taboo was stronger.

“What kind of existence is a lich?”

When Gray asked a question, Moose scratched his head in response.

“No matter what kind of guy he is… I should say he’s a weird guy. The undead in this realm basically have no ego or emotion, but some of the executive undead are allowed to do that. He is particularly greedy for things related to knowledge… They tried to grab me and dissect me.”

“Anatomy!?”

Peruluca once again uttered a voice that sounded like a scream.

“Well, then, is it a sword that Cleon could be being dissected by a lich…?”

“Could it be that the goddess of death is to dissect Cleon!?”

As the story progressed in a strange direction, Cassius put a hand on his forehead and tried to stop everyone.

[I can’t stand it! I can’t allow Cleon-sama to dissect his body so easily! Since he is alive in the first place, isn’t the girl over there able to track Cleon-sama as well!]

Before that, Utgart raised his voice loudly.

“But, the opponent is a cruel lich…!? The wounded Cleon could be dissected, and he’s just making his heart beat…!”

At Utgart’s words, Peruluca spoke while holding both cheeks with her hands.

For a moment, when a terrible scene passes through everyone’s head-

“Come on, let’s hurry! We have to stop Cleon from becoming a frog specimen!”

“Okay!”

Except for Cassius, they all started to move in the direction Amelia pointed out.

In the end, Cassius, who saw that things were going on without any gap to stop them, sighed.

Following them, somehow matching the speed, he ran to the place where the lich was.

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Running in front was Freyja and Peruluca riding behind him.

Freya’s developed eyesight her pointed her finger in that direction as soon as she saw a shabby building in the distance.

“There’s a shabby cabin over there. Is it that one?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

At Moose’s answer, Freya squints his eyes and tries to take a closer look there.

Then, it was seen that the door had been torn apart by something intense physical impact.

“…Something, the door is blown off.”

“Maybe it’s a trace of Cleon’s resistance to being dissected! Cleon doesn’t seem to be moving from there yet, so hurry up!”

At Amelia’s words, Sif climbs on top of Utgart.

“I’ll let you speed this time! Let’s go! Utgart!”

[I get it! Hold on tight, Sif!]

Expecting to have slowed down as much as his body he has grown, Utgart flies to Choi Highway as soon as he gets Sif’s permission.

That speed was comparable to when Gray was wearing a blackout suit.

“Pa, it’s a fast sword!”

Like that, the next moment when Utgart seemed to arrive first.

Suddenly, as if his body had bumped into something, he collided in the air with a ‘blank!’, Then fell helplessly to the ground.

Utgart’s horns and Sif’s forehead hit the invisible wall at the same time, and they sprawled to the ground with their eyes spinning and spinning.

“Is it a barrier…”

When Cassius muttered that, Luca Peru nodded and reached out his hand.

Then, it was found that the magical barrier was open, blocking their way.

“You can use the Dhampir’s power to melt it down.”

“Then please… Wait, someone comes from the inside.”

While Freyja was talking, Freya felt someone walking from inside the cabin.

When I naturally took a combat stance, I could see a red-haired girl appearing from the other side of the barrier, trudging along.

Naturally, Amelia and Gray couldn’t help but be surprised to see her face her.

“L-Layla…!?”

“What, judging from that reaction, you guys are Cleon’s colleagues. I’ve been waiting for you.”

Leila looked at her party with her hand on her waist and said, “Huh. She does and she voices interest.

“The races and origins are different… Well. That side has various possibilities, so the win rate is high, but… “

“You witch! Give Mr. Cleon back!”

“Ha!?”

When Peru Luca lifts her finger and calls out to her, Layla raises her voice as if she is dumbfounded.

“What are you talking about!?”

“Don’t pretend! You dissected Mr. Cleon from there, leaving only his heart and brain in his formalin!?”

In Peruluca’s head, it seemed that it had already reached that point.

“…Can someone explain what he’s talking about…?”

“That, that’s…”

Amelia, too, knows that her opponent her is Lyla, and she wonders how to react.

“Don’t worry. I’m fine.”

Cleon walks out of the cabin and appears to everyone.

The clothes he is wearing are a little torn, but he appears in front of the party with a more certain recovery than when they were separated.

“Cleon!”

“Mr. Cleon!”

Then, while Amelia and Peruluca were about to run towards Cleon at the same time-

Cooong!

Then, once again, I collide with an invisible wall and fall backwards.

“…”

Seeing the two collapsed like that, Layla snapped his fingers to release the barrier.

“How many people did the barriers that were spread out in case the goddess would attack?”

Lila sighs and counts the fallen.

It was 4 kilos.