Chapter 502 – Leisure Not Given (5)

“I made eye contact with Rahim, who was devouring the body of a noble ruler. At the same time, the seal that was supposed to bind the evil spirit bound my mental body.”

“What is that…”

What on earth is going on?

Rebecca nodded her head as if she understood as her mouth widened in confusion.

“I had the same thought at first. Rahim? Why? But I didn’t even have time to continue my thoughts. “At that moment, the pressure on my mental body became more and more intense.”

I tried to escape in a hurry, but it was a seal meant to trap evil spirits. Since she was caught by surprise without much preparation, it was difficult for even Rebecca to escape.

“So I changed my mind. If you can’t escape on your own, you’ll have to wait for someone to save you. “I used all my remaining energy to apply a magic trick to the life support system.”

“Oh, did it open on its own when I touched it?”

“You’re right. This is a one-time grant that automatically opens the device’s door upon contact with a Yandel student or Iona. “Because I used my hands in a hurry, the surrounding area became a mess in the aftermath.”

“You expected us to come visit you.”

“I thought that any Yandel student I saw would make sure I was safe, even if it meant digging a hole in the ground. There are also limited ways to summon the spirit. How is it? “It actually happened, right?”

Rebecca shakes her upper body and giggles, as if she is still having a hard time controlling herself.

In short, does this mean that in that short amount of time, he calculated and prepared in advance what we would come looking for and how he would be rescued?

Hero Party Archmage Cjamba is no joke…

Am I not the only one who felt that way? Everyone let out a sigh mixed with half admiration and half relief.

“Whoa… Anyway, I’m glad it was resolved well. Oh, it was inevitable that the location of the chairman’s office would become known because a hole was actually drilled from the plaza to here.”

“It’s okay. The biggest reason I hid my true identity was because I was concerned about being attacked by cultists. However, thanks to the Yandel students, the cultists have been rooted out, so there is no need to hide it as paranoidly as before. … And there isn’t much time left for me to be comfortable in this life support machine.”

Rebecca’s purple eyes calmly sunken. She knew it intuitively. From now on, a very important story will come out.

“… What did you see on the seal?”

“As I said a little while ago, it looked like Rahim was eating the body of a noble ruler.”

“And?”

“That’s it. Although he restrained me when our eyes met across the crack, Rahim did nothing else. Even when I rebel to escape.”

“Yes? “You didn’t do anything?”

“Yes. “It was just holding Flora’s body and concentrating on eating the noble ruler’s body.”

“… “Is this possible?”

The body of God is so strong that even a hero party in its prime cannot kill it and seals it away. But you ripped it off and ate it? How?

Rebecca smiled wryly at my question and nodded her head.

“Surprisingly, it was possible. They were slaughtered thoroughly by cutting out the flesh with a holy sword and breaking the bones into small pieces before swallowing them. I’m not sure because I saw it through the crack, but it looked like it had been eaten close to 80%. “A noble reign can actually be seen as a state of being dead or on the verge of death.”

“Well… That might not be the case, Rebecca.”

“Ah, righteous light. “It’s been a really long time since I’ve seen you in person like this.”

The person who refuted Rebecca’s words was Solari, who had already risen to the surface. Both of them are protagonists of the War of the Gods, so maybe they are familiar with each other, but their voices are quite friendly. However, the content that followed was, contrary to the tone, sinister.

“If Rahim had been sane in the first place, would he have thought of catching and eating the evil spirit? Even if he was sane, would he be able to remain sane even if he had an evil spirit inside his body? More than anything… Why did the noble rule work so quietly? “Even if it’s sealed, it can at least regenerate.”

“…”

Rebecca is silent. In reality, all of Solari’s questions are valid.

Rahim Party was able to cut down the evil spirit and inflict fatal wounds, but it was impossible to kill it, so he chose to seal it.

Moreover, isn’t the noble ruler much stronger than other evil gods? Not only is he left alone, but Rahim, who is probably weakened from maintaining the seal, is doing permanent damage? This is impossible.

“Unless lofty rule pays for itself.”

“Ah.”

“And drinking the blood and flesh of a god is closer to a ritual that allows one to resemble the body of that god. This method was banned long ago because the side effects were too great for both gods and believers… “There’s nothing an evil spirit trapped in a seal can do.”

“B-but…”

Rebecca’s lips twitch as if she’s afraid of something, but she can’t continue speaking. Her Solari drove a wedge towards her.

“It’s a shame, but you have to admit it now, Rebecca. Rahim must have been consumed by madness now. No wonder he was trapped with the oldest evil god, and one more twisted than any other evil god. “It’s amazing that he’s lasted as long as he has.”

“No… It can’t be…”

“There is a high probability that the stubborn rule is working on purpose. “If your being becomes one with Rahim, you can drive out his tattered mind and soul and obtain the body of a warrior.”

“Ugh!”

Rebecca was shaking her head as if denying reality, but eventually chewed her lips as if she could not deny Solari’s words.

Based on the information given so far, Solari’s hypothesis is the most likely. However, it is difficult for me to completely agree.

Rahim at H&A. So, this is Rahim from the simulated future that Fafnir collected all the information on the continent of Aurelia.

He remained sane and sealed until the very end, and when his reign was released, he burned the rest of his life together with Rebecca, leaving a deep scar.

Thanks to this, the player is so old that he doesn’t even know its origin… You will be able to defeat Gohan Reign, the evil god of evil gods.

These results did not come out of nowhere. A simulation that Fafnir has run countless times. Rahim and Gohan Reign must have played very important roles in that.

In my memory, Fafnir ran a simulation while being wary of the noble reign that was sealed in the most unstable way, and thanks to this, Fafnir’s predictions became infinitely closer to the future.

In fact, I, who indirectly received information through the game H&A, was considered to have stolen the future, and wasn’t I granted causality enough to bring Tarla’s information to Seething Silence?

That’s how reliable Fafnir’s simulation is. Now that I have intervened, many things have changed, but the fundamental parts will remain the same.

Did Rahim, who was thought to fulfill his mission as a warrior until the end, really become consumed by madness and become corrupted?

When I think about it like that, it feels extremely uncomfortable, like there is a thorn stuck in my throat.

… Well, even if my intuition was right, it wouldn’t change what we have to do.

If Rahim is in his right mind and is chewing, tearing, and tasting the noble reign for some reason, it’s okay. It must have been a method of defeating evil spirits in one’s own way.

But what if. What if Rahim had gone crazy long ago like Solari said? What if you just couldn’t resist the whispers of a noble ruler?

Then it becomes a problem. The noble ruler will not be able to escape from the seal, but Rahim, the subject of the seal, will be a different story.

If the noble ruler in Rahim’s body walks this land again… That is a threat that cannot even be compared to what it was before.

“We must prepare before it is too late.”

“I have the same thoughts as my husband. Rebecca. Didn’t you say that Rahim took almost 80% of his noble reign? “How long do you think it will take to finish eating?”

“… Looking at the speed at which I eat, I think it will take about a month. But.”

“But?”

“Considering the time difference between inside the seal and reality, it will be much faster. “It’s hard to say exactly how many days.”

It’s going to turn. There’s less than a month left now. We are so unprepared right now. I have not yet fully mastered the dragon’s power, and the other women have not yet achieved enlightenment.

Rebecca flicked her fingers as if to reassure me.

Perfect!

What appeared like that was a bird’s eye view of the academy as if looking down from the sky. Rebecca traced her finger as if tracing over it and continued her words.

“Don’t worry too much. This academy is a facility that also acts as a pressure stone to prevent arrogant rule in times of emergency. Even if Gohan Reign is released from the seal, he can still be tied up for a few days. In the meantime, if we evacuate the students and gather the power of the entire continent once again… There is a chance of winning. “There must be.”

Shining lines along Rebecca’s fingertips. At first, it looked like a simple scribble, but when all the lines were connected, it became a magic circle so complex that even I found it difficult to understand.

I know this. Because it was the same shape as the magic circle used by Rebecca when she and Rahim dealt the final blow to the noble ruler in H&A.

She sighed and nodded her head.

“It hasn’t been long since we parted ways with the punitive force, but now I see you again. “It’s ridiculous.”

“It’s still hard for me to think that Rahim collapsed, but even if that were the case, thanks to student Yandel, I knew in advance and had time to prepare…”

It was at this moment that Rebecca, struggling to maintain her composure, tried to change the topic of her conversation to the future.

Kugugung-

The sound of thunder echoing from deep underground. At the same time, an indescribable distortion is transmitted from the skin.

“S-No way… But how so quickly… ?”

Together with Rebecca, who was embarrassed, we hurriedly passed through the long pit and came up to the ground.

And what unfolds before our eyes is a huge monster and a hero inserting a sword into its heart. And it was the image of an elf saintess sleeping in his arms.

A scene from the heroic story was stuffed in the place where the Rahim statue was.

“What’s this…”

The seal was not broken. It’s not that the academy’s deterrent function is broken. It is simply that the seal of Rahim and his noble reign protruded from deep underground.

… However, the seal continued to expand. As if it’s trying to devour us.