“Let’s take care of this quickly! If we use up everything left, we can catch it.”
Yena has 8 lives remaining.
Having already closed two of Kraken’s eyes, perhaps we could manage to deal with the remaining three eyes—excluding the one that’s been completely sealed.
‘So thought Yena.’
“Let’s get moving.”
“Alright. This time, let’s not stick too close….”
“No, that’s not it.”
Meow?!
I quickly slip away from Yena, who is still attached to my side.
Sharp legs rise from the spot we were at, and the wriggling fourth eye is vaguely glaring at me.
“Let’s go back.”
“Huh? This is a perfect opportunity…”
“Unfortunately, it’s insufficient.”
“Insufficient power? But if not now…”
I shared a single message with Yena.
Only then did Yena go, “Ah!” and shut her mouth.
[00:03:01]
3 minutes.
Three minutes left until the seal is broken.
[Already?]
[???]
[Oh]
[An hour has melted away;;]
[What? An hour has passed?]
[Wow]
[OMG]
[Can’t we seal it again? We caught everything]
[Let’s re-seal it, go go go]
[Is it coming back?]
[Isn’t it hard since everyone’s dead?]
“I’d love to keep pushing forward, but as you can see, there are a lot of deceased owners around.”
The Heavenly Horse is exhausted, and the Magician is dead.
Black is barely breathing, hiding away.
More than anything, I’ve also consumed quite a lot of Holy power, so further sealing is impossible.
The first raid ends here.
Yena, still dangling by my side, goes meow…
“But… if we don’t seal it, we definitely can’t catch it?”
“That’s right.”
“Even if I go into full awakening mode?”
“Yes.”
We definitely can’t catch it.
Yena was only able to face the Kraken because the conditions were right.
Sealing the Kraken’s power, creating the conditions to ambush, and everyone helping her excel—that’s how it was possible.
Of course, if Yena had only normal powers, she wouldn’t have been able to pull it off, but luckily, she had gained strength just in time.
‘With this much, she should be on par with Leo.’
If she masters the secrets of Myeosin as well, she might even be equal to the unyielding Sword Saint.
“I thought of one, but I destroyed two, so that’s quite the achievement. My level went up too, right?”
“Hehe, I leveled up to 108. Nearly 9 levels, right?”
[Oh]
[108??]
[???????????]
[Crazy]
[If it’s 108, isn’t that right after Lily?]
[Ranking 2 is Yena ㄷㄷㄷ]
[Great Yena]
[Great Yena]
[Lily Sword Saint Leo Yena Let’s Go]
[Georine]
[Ye God ;;]
I stepped out of the attack range and took care of the few remaining users nearby, completely escaping the sea.
Kugung…!
The moment the seal was lifted, a strange power burst forth once more.
A storm accompanied by dark clouds raged, and dozens of gigantic legs writhed ominously.
Yena, who had a pouty expression from not being able to contribute more, gazed seriously into the distance.
“…Did I really fight that thing?”
“Want to go back?”
“I… don’t want to go… No!”
Ugh…
Yena, clutching her dizzy head, hurriedly exited the port.
What she just clutched her head about wasn’t merely a worry over her speech.
‘I locked eyes with it.’
Yena was being watched by the light source right in front of her and was already within its influence.
Of course, she destroyed that eye with her own hands, but merely looking at it would be enough to crack her mental state.
She turned her gaze to the few surviving users.
From the Angel Guild, there were Laguiel, Michael, and Gabriel.
The fainted Heavenly Horse and Leo were resting in the floating ship that had been waiting, while the exhausted Black returned to his own floating ship.
A few guild masters from the large guilds were also visible, but their conditions didn’t look good at all.
It’s probably better to die and resurrect for recovery, but they wouldn’t force themselves to die, right?
‘The higher the level, the tremendous the experience point loss.’
Even when gathered together, there were barely ten of them.
“First, let’s repair and rest for today.”
“…Yes.”
“Then we’ll take our leave.”
“Thank you for your hard work…”
Everyone returned to their respective floating ships or utilized special skills or magic.
I too boarded my floating ship, checked on the Heavenly Horse and Leo, then surveyed the surroundings.
“A lot of the floating ships got damaged.”
Not many floating ships remain.
[A lot broke earlier]
[Magic Engineering blood tears lololol]
[Are we done for today?]
[For real, they were breaking like snacks]
[If they’re gonna break, give me one]
[Done? Done? Done?]
[No Done, No No No No No]
[No way]
“I won’t end it right away; I’ll go back, do some repairs, and then continue.”
As the floating ship cleared some distance, I heard a sound like someone tapping in the air, and Yena came up.
“Phew! I feel like I can live now!!”
“You’re here?”
“I almost died… yes! Let’s go!”
■
At this moment, the surface sea was in chaos.
The turmoil continued deep underground in the empire as well.
Amidst the busy footsteps echoing through the depths, Reina Pol Er, the Empire’s first Magic Researcher, entered internally, with a protective shield surrounding her.
Reina entered the interior, wrapped in her shield like a cloak.
Thud…!
Crash! Clash!
Woof woof woof!
The experiment chamber had been a mess for a long time.
Most of the experiment chambers that held the demi-demons were shattered, and some had vanished, as if the ‘space’ itself had disappeared.
A black void with not a sliver of light.
Reina walked through the interior of the laboratory, careful to avoid touching that area.
Graaaw!!
A demi-demon, crawling on the ground, lunged at her.
Even before things went haywire, it was strong enough to rival a Knight of the Empire, but now that the demon race was awakened, it was another story altogether.
It had the strength to match a Commander of Knights.
As a frail researcher, Reina was no match for such an existence.
“…….”
With a flick of Reina’s hand, the white device strapped to her wrist shot out a beam of yellow light.
As the beam made contact with the demi-demon’s surface, it seemed to split into two, as if its very existence was severed.
Splat…!
Gurgh…
“Subject name v-97. Disposal.”
Boom!
Casually pulling out a magical panel and marking the disposal, Reina continued on toward her destination.
The deeper she went, the more bizarre things became.
From monsters that could easily rival a Commander of Knights to those that could crush top-tier outsiders—
She even spotted monsters capable of defeating the subordinate Eight Swords from time to time.
Kaboom!!!
“…Subject name v-12. Disposal.”
Of course, nothing could stop Reina.
She was the creator of these beings.
Even if their foundation was the demon race, Reina had prepared a device that could instantly sever the physical forms of her subjects.
The creator’s ‘light’ sliced through numerous offspring as she finally reached her destination.
The creator looked up at another creator.
“vácŭum.”
If Reina was the one who made them, then the being before her was the one who granted the materials.
She stepped back from the being and took out another device.
No further approach was allowed.
“Space division confirmed. Connection point not found…”
Click!
Woosh!
A glass vial shot from the device, riding the line of mana, and struck the surface of the demon.
It was swallowed whole along with the vial.
The vial disappeared somewhere beyond space without a trace.
Having achieved her objective, Reina turned away without hesitation, reaching toward the space, only to withdraw her hand again.
She couldn’t recklessly open space in front of ‘that.’
“Master. This is Reina.”
─…Is that a communication magical stone? How old-fashioned.
“Apologies for using it out of necessity as the space division is intensifying.”
“I’m sorry for having to use it under such circumstances.”
— How’s the purification process going?
“The injection has been completed, but there’s no immediate response. It seems we haven’t registered anything yet because it’s being overshadowed.”
— I see. How about the spatial teleportation?
Zzzzzzzz!
Another test subject splits apart.
“It seems a few have made their way outside. These are additional entities discovered beyond what was already reported.”
— Got it.
Thud.
The magical stone loses its light.
The entities that went outside are threatening individually, but it’s not a big issue.
Most entities can be handled well enough with the power of the Eight Swords, and there’s even the Sword Saint, one of the Outsiders.
This could even be seen as an opportunity.
‘The Spirit Lord and his blades.’
Having that half of the Empire’s forces to move them is quite enough justification.
I’ve heard they were planning to act to stop the monsters from the sea, but their top priority is the Empire.
Even if everything else perishes, the Empire must remain intact.
Of course.
“…Has it… widened?”
It’s not just a matter of justification.
Leina glances at the floor and exits the laboratory.
Half of the lab was already not in this dimension.
■
“Phew! That was really, really hard!”
“Good job.”
Originally, I had planned to conduct Yena’s return broadcast right away, but it turned out to be more taxing than expected, so I decided to postpone it until tomorrow.
Since the Sword Saint hadn’t come, I had to directly handle the sealing, as well as buff the Angel Guild, Leo, and Yena.
In addition, blocking the constant attacks from the Kraken and the effects of that extra eye drained me quite a lot.
After the broadcast ended, Yena barged into my house and rolled around on the sofa, purring.
The influence of the fusion is strong.
“I finally awakened… I can’t even count how many times I died…”
“But it must feel rewarding, right?”
“Hehe. It feels good, indeed.”
Hehehehe.
“…But didn’t you say there were three bosses?”
“That’s right.”
“Can I just focus on one? I mean, isn’t it dangerous to ignore the others and end up getting ambushed…?”
“You’ll be fine.”
Scorpio’s essence is the Pharaoh’s power, so it shouldn’t be able to rampage too much.
The Demon Race is being held back by the Empire, but… with Duke Huangyeol around, as long as there are no variables, they should be able to manage it well.
‘As long as there are no variables.’
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