The legs come to a halt just before piercing through everyone.
The trembling legs struggled to move, and the blue wave mark was engraved on the heart of the corrupted spirit that grasped them.
“The Spirit King’s command.”
The corrupted spirit, as a ‘subordinate’ spirit, follows the will of the Spirit King.
“…?!”
The corrupted spirit intended to continue the attack as it pleased, but the body resisted it.
Only the devoured mind kept trying to attack.
The naiads exuded a different aura than before as they slowly approached the spirit.
“…Did you really grant me power?”
“……”
“Then why is the spiritual synchronization…?”
The spiritual synchronization bound to the spirit had not yet been undone.
If the qualifications of the Spirit King had indeed transferred to the naiads, they should be able to release the spiritual synchronization bound to the spirits as well.
Yet, the naiads could not accomplish that.
“No… Why?”
“…Do you really not remember anything?”
“We must carry it out. Tear the fabric and soak the sea with their blood. Only then…”
Swish!!
The chains of water extended and bound the corrupted spirit.
The spirit was bound without resisting, just like before.
“……”
To be precise, it couldn’t resist.
The naiads, taking the corrupted spirit, landed on Sre.
Sre was crying loudly, feeling immense pain for the first time.
[ㅠㅠㅠㅠ]
[Don’t cry]
[Even crying is cute]
[So does that mean Naiad is the real Spirit King?]
[Lily would die first, LOL]
[That was close]
[Hing hing]
“Ugh…”
“I’m sorry. First…”
Swoosh… The energy of water enveloped Sre’s injured arm.
Due to the kraken’s powers mixing in, ordinary healing techniques didn’t work, but the water spirit was originally a healing spirit as well.
Among the six spirit kings, it was the one most specialized in healing.
As the water energy seeped in, Sre’s pain eased.
“I managed only the pain. Since I’m not fully adapted yet, this is my limit…”
“Uuuh…”
“I will surely repay this grace.”
And…
The naiads turned their gaze toward the kraken.
Regeneration was notably complete.
“We must leave this place first. If we stay here, the Spirit King… His madness may strike.”
“Is the synchronization not undone?”
“Something powerful is suppressing control. However, the power I sense is oddly familiar. I can feel the spiritual energy as well.”
“Calm.”
“Like the Spirit King.”
“There are two Spirit Kings?”
“Such a case doesn’t exist, but it’s not certain. I can still feel the energy I knew from the Spirit King.”
“……”
Two kings in one attribute…
There haven’t been cases like that in the past, but all sorts of things happen in this world.
It’s not strange for something more to occur, especially since he didn’t die and even passed on the qualifications of the Spirit King.
‘…More to come.’
“Hurry up. If we keep going like this and the light source wakes up…!”
“Why did the Spirit King appear?”
“…What?”
“It shouldn’t have been that hard to find.”
Since before the Great Cataclysm began, I had searched the ocean for the sea dungeon.
After that, at the request of the Spirit Lord and the Spirit King, I thoroughly searched the sea, and many have continued to search until now.
Even the Naiad, a water spirit who understood the situation well, couldn’t find it until she showed herself.
The Spirit Kings who were supposed to share the link were no different.
[Really?]
[?]
[Huh?]
[Why did it suddenly appear?]
[Is it because the Kraken is on the verge of dying?]
[???]
[Is the main body in a critical state?]
“…Could it be that the light source is in danger of dying?”
“If that were the case, it would have shown up when I burst all my eyes. It was simply too haphazard of an appearance.”
It was plausible that the cracks in the seal exploited the gap when everyone was exhausted from battle, but if we look only at the outcome, didn’t the Naiad stop it far too easily?
Even if she didn’t know at first, she must know about Naiad’s betrayal by now.
There must be a fundamental reason.
The sudden appearance of the Spirit King who had been hiding tightly.
Like the Spirit King’s actions that seemed ‘uncontrolled.’
Above all, it appeared as if the sky had opened…
“…Sky?”
“Huh?”
I look up at the sky.
It was already a dark sky, and I had been so out of it that I excluded it from my senses.
“…Well done, I hear.”
The sky, divided by black lines as if different sheets of paper were stacked on top of each other.
The ‘space’ of the sky is open.
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[What’s this sky?]
Author: Lily
(An image of a split dark sky)
While watching the Kraken raid on Lily’s broadcast as Deoen, the sky suddenly opened up out of nowhere, lol.
It looks super suspicious, and I’m not going in, but on Lily’s side, the Spirit King is coming out?
Naiad cut her off right away, but from what Lily says, it seems to be one of the demon’s power abilities, probably from the world boss?
By the way, we still haven’t caught the Kraken, and the demon is already showing up;;;
It’s coming out like this;;;
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Comments (512)
─ㄷㄷㄷㄷ
─Tear apart reality!
└Space tearing ㄷㄷ
└Hahaha
─Haven’t caught the Kraken yet?
└Yup, Lily also got left behind
└The Kraken must really be strong, if Lily used all her strength and still had to retreat;;
└175 Worlbo looks like trash?
└So is Lily also trash? Haha
└Lily isn’t trash, though
└For real lol
─Fact) Whether it’s 175 or 200, if only the seal was done properly, we could’ve caught it
└For real! With six seals, we could catch it; why do they keep losing one or two and making this harder?;;
└The seal is that person’s…
└Oh dear
└Oh dear! Are you insulting the top-ranked (previously) Sword Saint who’s gone AWOL with only six required raid bracelets?
└Aao, Sword Saint, damn it lol
└Info) For real, if the Sword Saint hadn’t pulled out, it would’ve been way less damage and easier
└Don’t hate on the Sword Saint!
─So what’s that portal?
└Mrl, but that mask seems like it’ll be trouble
└It showed up here too, but it feels a bit unsettling lol, it’s not like I’ll die immediately, right?
└Seeing as there’s no verification post…
└Whoa
Pitter patter. Pitter patter. Pitter patter.
Pitter patter. Pitter patter. Pitter patter.
How should I put it?
There was definitely a purification response happening steadily, but why suddenly…
Zing…!
As I opened the door to the lab, the inside, now completely chaotic, was revealed.
The bizarre demon beasts were just the basics, and the space was flickering and changing every moment.
Within the space, there were unseen demon beasts glaring at me, even the Eight Swords couldn’t handle, excluding Duke Huangyeol and Spirit Lord.
I locked eyes with the demon beasts.
“……”
Uwoong.
A yellow beam sliced through, and the demon beasts were split in half in a heart-beat.
A huge claw, resembling a giant bear, narrowly missed Rayna, the manager of here, and scraped against the floor.
She wiped the blood that had stained with magic and immediately examined the demon beast’s condition.
“…Something’s off.”
No matter how strengthened it was due to the demon race, its foundation was half-demon made by herself.
Since it was touching on even the mental side, it should be impossible to resist unless it changed every bit of flesh.
But the demon beast I just split…
‘It was definitely different.’
It resisted enough that I had to use 20% of the strength contained in the device.
Tzzz! A golden orb floated in the air.
─Rayna.
“Master.”
─Report the situation.
“Purification work is facing obstacles. Signs of spatial division have surged multiple times, and several entities that seem likely to rampage have appeared.”
─I see.
“Yes. We need more strength from Goddess for variable blocking and purification work. Additionally, I will report regarding the points to the swords…”
“I need more. Additionally, with the points I reported on the swords…”
─ The swords hold their ground.
“…?”
Reina doubted her ears.
If no action is taken now, leaving the mountainous variables that could go haywire would be crazy.
If that isn’t resolved, cracks in space will emerge across the world, and demon beasts will overrun everywhere.
In that case, other places aside from the Empire won’t be able to hold out…
‘Ah.’
The golden sphere rings.
─ The swords will only handle matters within the Empire.
“Lily Elbrite is not strong enough to deal with óctĭpes and vácŭum. She will surely fall.”
─ Are you sure?
“According to the analyzed data, that is the case.”
Just facing the sea monster has already put a lot of burden on her.
If the demon race gets involved in this situation, Lily will undoubtedly fall.
─ The data says so. But data isn’t everything.
“…?”
─ That time, it wasn’t even a limit.
“Are you referring to that time? The recent war?”
The war where the Magic Lord, Karia Matchelpid, was taken down, and Duke Robelian Huangyeol lost an arm.
I remember using quite a bit of power then, and if that wasn’t the best, what was?
The sphere smiles faintly.
─ We still don’t know her limits. Therefore, we must push her to the brink.
“Given her personality, there’s a high chance she won’t accept it.”
─ Whether she wants to or not, she will have to accept it.
Even when the situation reaches its extreme, she will absolutely not give up.
Even if she has to retreat once, she will challenge again and again.
That’s Lily Elbrite, and that’s how she has been all along.
─ Before she gets stronger, we need to see what’s at the end of that. If we go beyond that, it will be hard to control.
“… I shall follow your orders.”
Thunk.
The golden sphere loses its light and falls.
As a result of this incident, resentment towards the Empire will only grow stronger, but that doesn’t matter.
If it’s the Lily Elbrite in the data, she may be pressured, but she will definitely not be able to do anything to the Empire.
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And the next day.
The Empire’s castle sank.
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