Chapter 52 – Resolution

000

The gap that appeared in the air was slowly widening.

The stem extends from beyond, wrapped in powerful magical energy.

Slowly, it erodes the world around it.

Eustes sits down beside Tio’s corpse.

He had no choice but to watch the descent of Jeolsui.

Maxwell was able to cut it somehow by borrowing the power of the holy sword.

Huge monsters of different sizes so far.

Even if I borrowed the power of the Holy Sword, there was no way I could do anything about it.

“Is it over…”

The words of such renunciation came out of his mouth spontaneously.

If it was something that would happen even if the culprit was defeated.

He did all he could.

Eustes thought so and tried to escape from his tent.

The moment Tio’s corpse was wrapped around him and he was about to move his feet.

Eustes paused as if bound to the spot and thought about something.

Her own mother had once returned to her mansion for her own sake.

As a result, she knew she might die.

Tio also threw her own life twice.

She protected herself

This life may have already ended a long time ago.

He stands here at the expense of others.

There was no way he could run away from this place.

I apologized to Tio and put the body on the ground.

And catch Mistiltein.

It took time for the Beast Beast to enter this world through a narrow gap as its existence was huge.

The situation outside has not yet been sorted out.

All he could do was swing his sword to close the gap.

I took a deep breath and aimed the holy sword at the beast.

The magical power of another dimension can be purified by divine magical power.

If the rift between dimensions is also made of magic from another dimension,

It would be possible to fill the gap by pouring the sacred magic of the holy sword into the gap as much as possible.

“Go… Mistiltein!”

The moment he somehow grabbed his sword and stepped his foot towards the county.

Bang! And the pillars of the giant tree that fell from top to bottom pressed down on Eustes.

It was such a shock that even if I opened my mouth, I couldn’t hear it.

The impact nearly gets him caught between the ground and a tree trunk, but he manages to pull himself out to the side.

Eustes almost fainted from the pain that seemed to have shattered his whole body bones.

However, thanks to the divine magical power that Mistilthein has accumulated, he somehow survives and heals himself.

When he suddenly comes to his senses, the jeolgyesu looks at him and distorts his face.

It was like laughing at the weak.

“Kuh… Shit!”

I somehow survived thanks to the power of the holy sword.

There was no change in the fact that he was at an overwhelming disadvantage.

Somehow, avoid that guy’s tree trunk.

I had to approach the dimensional gap.

“Somehow…”

Injury to the body can be done somehow with the magical power of the holy sword.

At least there is no way to stop moving forward-.

Suddenly, Eustes realized.

The Holy Sword is a sword, but it is not an ordinary sword.

Its power is based on divine magic.

Augmenting the user’s physical abilities.

Control of the release of magical power.

Strengthen the hardness of the sword.

As a sword in various forms, it functions as a hero’s partner.

“Emission of magical power…! If it’s a holy sword…!”

Let Eustes aim his sword at the Beast Beast.

The Jeolgyesu tilts its head and grabs the body as if trying to break a toy.

“Kuh…!”

It felt like my bones were being crushed by the feeling of pressure applied to my entire body.

Somehow, the arm pointed at the crack where the sapling was coming out.

Releases mana in the form he imagines.

A silver needle floating in the air.

It was a lump of divine magic separated from Misteltein.

“It’s done…! Go!”

With the sound of bones breaking, the protruding needle of magical power gets stuck in the widening gap in the other dimension.

In Eustes’ mind, an unknown childhood memory pops up.

An expensive piece of clothing that my father had instructed me to never destroy.

However, when he disobeyed his father’s order due to his own reccklessness and a huge hole was opened.

If you go to your mother crying.

Mother fixed the garment with skillful sewing.

“Quaaaaagh!!”

The pain that overtakes the body causes blood to flow from the mouth, and the eyes are bloodshot, and tears of blood flow out.

When the intestines are broken with a squeaking sound.

The speed of recovery slows down compared to the speed of gradual destruction.

However, the use of magical power does not stop, on the contrary, it creates more and more needles and sends them flying through the cracks.

“I’m the most useless…!”

The voice of Eustes shouting while vomiting blood.

“Everyone… I’m living my life doing my part… But I, who ran away until now, am the most worthless… !”

The magic needle creates threads from its body and moves between the torn gaps.

The needle and thread dancing in the air are like sewing the fabric of the world.

The gap was slowly closing with each movement.

“That’s why… It’s impossible for other humans to die first…! It’s not possible…!!!”

A screaming sound close to grotesque.

Crunchy! When the sound passes and the sensation of the whole body being crushed.

Before long, Eustes’ body begins to sag.

But at the same time.

The magic needle finishes its role and forcibly seals the gap in the second dimension that has been slowly widening.

[KURRaaaaa!]

The cut-off tree that was forcibly separated in half by closing the gap.

A sound close to a scream echoes as it is separated from the half body that has not been able to come over.

The ground shakes the air is agitated.

Unable to properly aim his body due to the pain, if the county cleaver released the power he had in his hands.

Eustes falls to the ground.

Misteltein’s light was slowly fading after Eustes had finished his work.

With angry eyes, the beast of prey managed to manage without falling off the cliff.

Randomly stretch out the tree trunks of the whole body.

Each one was a thorn as sharp as an iron awl.

In order to destroy the barriers of hateful humans covering the surroundings.

In the process, Eustes is pierced by a thorn.

Mistiltane desperately blocks vital points such as the head and heart.

Yet. The veil of barriers collapses.

Finally, the jeolgyesu returned to the world, albeit imperfectly.

001

Cooong! A vibrating vibration enveloped the entire guild building.

Some of the gathered adventurers, including Luti, fell down or stumbled.

“What, what?”

“Is it an earthquake?”

The rookie adventurers looked at each other hummingly.

The veterans also took up arms without realizing it, as if they were uneasy.

“Miss Ruti…”

“Yeah. Something, not good, is coming.”

Quon felt something and his hands were shaking.

Luti was looking at the outside of the building with the pupils that had changed at some point.

While everyone is anxious, silence spreads in the cluttered building.

And after a while, the door of the building slams! And open

The ones who entered were ordinary villagers, not adventurers.

“Hey, that’s a big deal! The tree monsters are coming towards the city!”

At those words, everyone’s complexion changed.

The Seasonal Beast descends completely and begins to change the world.

Its territory extended to the city.

After hearing the story, the veterans immediately grab their weapons and leave the hall.

Rookies only hesitated while watching such seniors.

“Mr. Luti, us too!”

When Kuondo grabs her staff and follows the veterans out, Luti also nods at her and tries to go outside.

Talk to newcomers who don’t know what to do.

“You evacuate the villagers! Move them to the temple!”

Then, the adventurers follow Luti’s instructions.

Ruti sighs and goes outside.

A shout is heard from the gateway between the city and the forest.

If you spurt the wall with light body movements and climb to a high place.

There, you can see the shadow of a huge tree.

It becomes a distance like this, and the top is higher than where you are standing.

“Shradsel, the Beast Beast…”

And the gaze naturally moves toward the gateway.

There, I could see the figures of the descendents of the beast that had risen from the ground.

The veterans are at the forefront and dealing with them, but

The number of enemies was probably infinite as long as the number of cuts didn’t disappear.

Ruthi was hesitating.

The enemy who crossed over from the gap in the other dimension is outside the oath.

She said that if she went to deal with Jeol-su, she would be able to stop it to some extent.

But when that happens, only humans remain here.

Only the adventurers, including Quon, had to deal with the family.

Right now it’s near the gateway, but soon the whole city will turn into a battlefield.

If that happens, they alone will not be able to protect this place.

Even if the beast is blocked, how many people will be sacrificed in the city in the meantime?

“…Lesia. What would you do?”

Ruthi asks herself, placing her hand on her chest with her hand clenched.

If Lesia was still the guild master here, not herself.

There may not have been any occurrence of the juncture itself.

They can’t be like her no matter what.

Cleon, Talcheck, Rooty.

Everyone who shares her memories with her follows her.

Luti leaps from the building and pours wind magic on her followers.

If the cutting power of the blade of the wind tore the people apart.

Surprised to see it, the adventurers look back at Luti.

“Spread the defense line as wide as possible! It’s centered around wizards who can use fire magic!”

When Ruti gives instructions, her adventurers somehow follow suit.

“Quon! Go to the temple and ask for support from the clergy! And the rookies there, let’s bring supplies from the town as much as possible here!”

“All right!”

Giving instructions to Quon, he also faced his followers.

“We protect the city. The city of adventurers, ‘Elesia’… With our own hands!”

The adventurers and Luti are determined to stop the family.

To them, this city was a place worth risking their lives to defend.

`…Please, Cleon. Lila…!`

002

After hearing Lyla’s telepathy, the three returned to the place where she was.

Putting down her wounded Eusteth, she stood in front of her barrier that she had spread out.

Then, the barrier collapsed.

Lila, who had regained her senses, was looking up at everyone.

Although my breathing was a bit rough as if my body was still not in my condition.

“…How about magic power?”

“About 10% of the recovery… It was inside the barrier, so it was a bit quicker to recover.

Lila squeezed her hand to make sure her body was moving properly.

“If you’re going to do something, you’ll have to do it quickly. It’s half the body, but it’s that big, so it travels quite a distance with each step.”

Leila nodded her head as Rubera pointed at a huge tree approaching from afar.

“That can’t be done with an attack from the outside. If you’re going to do it, you have to burn it from the inside.”

“Inside…?”

Lyla nods her head as Iona expresses her question.

And she suddenly confirms that Iona is there.

“What. Wasn’t it in the city with Talchek?”

“It’s long, so to speak…”

At Iona’s words, Laila is silent for a moment, then shakes her head.

“No, I get it roughly. Talchek is here.”

Cleon nods at Lyla’s words, thinking that she couldn’t have come alone.

“Well. That’s roughly it. So what does burning inside mean?”

Layla looked at Cleon and began her explanation.

“It’s literally. Entering the inside of the Seasonal Tree and using flame magic is the least effective way.”

“…”

Upon hearing this, all three fell silent.

“You’re not going to do that, are you?”

“Ah, then, is there anyone here who uses fire magic better than me?”

Lyla shrugs her shoulders at Rubera’s words.

Her face was a little pouty, as usual.

What she was trying to do was self-destruct.

“Don’t be silly.”

When Cleon spoke firmly, Layla turned to him.

“If you do that, you’re just putting a heavy burden on Quon.”

“That’s Quon…”

After seeing Cleon’s words with a slightly sad face, Layla returned to the same expression as before.

“It’s to protect Quon. The opponent is a huge enemy that changes the world itself. We can’t defeat it without any sacrifice.”

“Does that sacrifice need to be you?”

At Cleon’s words, Layla replied with a wry smile on her face.

“I have to.”

“Uh, why!?”

At Iona’s bewildered words, Layla looks back at Iona.

“If Alvein’s holy sword runaway is the cause of the beast’s return. I was the one who provided the first cause.”

Layla seduced Alvein to break up with Cleon.

The result was the decisive battle between Cleon and Alvein.

And it led to this incident.

“Then. I’ll take responsibility.”

At those words, Iona and Cleon are silent.

However, Ruba opened her mouth as if she did not care.

“If that’s the only way, it can’t be helped… You said earlier that you only have 10% of your magic power left. What can you do in that state?”

Exactly. Although it was true that Layla’s total magical power was higher than the others.

Even so, it didn’t seem like anything was possible with the magical power that was left.

“You know, right? The strength of the magic that humans wring out right before they die.”

“…No way.”

Layla responds to Ruba.

Rubera could still feel her mother’s protection hanging over her body.

Power so powerful that it can be maintained even after ten years of death of the sorcerer.

If a magician like Lyla burns life and draws magic, maybe-.

“There’s a possibility… I don’t think there’s any. Okay. Then how do I put you in there?”

Rubera nodded and agreed to Layla’s plan.

Cleon grabs onto Ruba’s arm.

“Wait a minute, are you serious?”

Then, Lubera looked back at Cleon with an expression of what he meant.

“I just agreed on the most effective method among the suggested methods.”

“Well, there might be another way!”

At Iona’s words, Ruba looked at Layla.

Her face was always aloof.

Cleon, Iona, and Luvera follow Luvera’s gaze and see Lila’s face.

Her expression contained the determination of someone who was prepared for everything.

“I also wanted to do it in a way that I wouldn’t die.

“Lyla…You…”

Cleon couldn’t find the words to say to her and could only clenched his fists.

“Wait a minute…! There must be some other way!”

As if Iona hadn’t given up yet, she took out a notebook from her waist bag.

If the knowledge you’ve gathered so far can be of any help to you!

But when Ruba looked at the notebook, she suddenly remembered something.

“…That’s it.”

At Ruba’s words, everyone’s eyes are focused on Iona.

“Yes? This notebook?”

When Iona tilted her head, Rubera shook her head.

“No. It’s not a notebook. Previously, it was used when I defeated the Plant Golem with my followers in this unexplored territory.”

“…Ah! It’s a scroll!”

Rubera’s words nodded as if Iona had come to mind.

Layla listened to the two of them, and she thought about something for a moment.

She jumped up and raised her head.

“I see… Collection magic…! If you use a scroll, you can activate magic inside the object you attach it to. No, but the firepower…”

“Ugh… That’s right. There’s a limit to the incantation that can be written on the scroll, and above all, the amount of blood is insufficient…”

Iona thinks of something together as if she understood Layla’s words of hers.

Rubera and Cleon didn’t understand their story properly.

“No, wait! When I take the form of a sword, I can use divine magic, so with that…”

“You mean writing with a sword? Considering the firepower, you have to use at least tier 5 magic. And there’s no scroll paper… “

“…The cut factor is a tree, right? A scroll is a piece of paper. And”

“Paper…Is made of wood.”

The two looked at each other for a moment, then looked back at Cleon at the same time.

“”Cleon!””

“…What is it? Did you come to a conclusion?”

Iona and Lila raise their mouths at the same time.

Then Lila returned to normal and opened her mouth.

“Be prepared. I have to dictate from now on.”