“…Amazing. To tear apart space like this.”
This is a power that is on a different level compared to simple ‘teleportation’ or causing small rifts between dimensions.
The ability to split the space I’m standing in and make the ‘space’ itself disappear.
If it were forced teleportation, I could easily block it, but I definitely didn’t see the space being blown away coming.
“This technique is closer to the ‘demon race’ than to ‘dragon techniques’…”
“The inert technique of the Void Dragon was a concept that only existed theoretically. I have no idea how it was passed down.”
The Void Dragon is one of the dragon clans born from experiments of the demon race.
The betraying dragons of the dragon clan are among the most notable, having emerged when countless dragons were sent off as experimental materials.
I too didn’t create the inert technique; I merely laid down a ‘framework’ through a very brief conversation.
It was astonishing to see a technique I had never created or realized come to fruition like this.
“What in the world is going on?”
Pitter-patter. Pitter-patter.
Someone short approaches from beyond the iron cage.
The woman continues to glare at me with her hollow eyes.
“Stop with the pointless chatter and stay put. I’ll take care of your fate later.”
“Could you let me know? I’m curious.”
“I should dispose of you right away, but I’m too busy to do that. Just so you know, this prison is a place even the elders can’t escape from unless they use all their power, so it’s best not to entertain foolish thoughts.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. Especially if you even touch the iron cage, the whole place will bear down on you—”
Boom.
“?”
“I’m perfectly fine?”
“Why in the world is this…?”
Rumble!!
The woman in front of me turns her head.
A prison where escape is impossible unless the elders use all their strength.
Naturally, such a prison must be equipped with a ‘hostile’ magic array.
And right now, I just touched that ‘hostile’ magic array.
The woman’s expression crumples.
“…You can destroy even elder-level magic arrays? This is ridiculous—”
“You’re a little late on the news.”
It seems she’s heard that I destroyed the magic arrays during the entrance exam, but she didn’t know that I almost destroyed the Non-Swordsmanship Law.
Minja and Mujoo didn’t brag about it much, and the Elder Council was total chaos, so it makes sense that they wouldn’t know.
“Not something worth spreading around anyway.”
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The entire prison is falling apart.
[LOL]
[Destruction!]
[Ah haha, he breaks all the magic arrays]
[Prison is totally wrecked lol]
[Yeah~ I’m escaping~]
[Prisoner Lily lol]
[Escaping on the first day of imprisonment]
[Go Lily]
As if a chain reaction were occurring, the whole prison begins to collapse, and the woman bites her lip and tears apart space once more.
Shaaa…!
Part of the space where the woman stood is ripped away and transported somewhere.
Moving somewhere.
“Where did you learn that technique?”
“Damn it! Where did that monster-like…!”
“If you tell me where you learned it, I will obediently follow you.”
“Shut up!”
KWAANG!!!
■
“Mmm… that was completely the opposite.”
I was almost crushed under the collapsed prison, but I used the earth to create a way up.
When I made it up, it seemed like a massive sinkhole had formed, and the area was wide open, surrounded by gigantic mountains.
It was an underground prison.
[Destruction Goddess Lily lololol]
[Stop breaking everything, Lily…]
[Great Lily]
[Info) Lily can create a sinkhole with a radius of several kilometers just by touching it.]
[Nature weeps, weeps]
[Kya]
[Where on earth is this?]
“It’s the Eastern Continent.”
It was positioned directly opposite the Western Continent where the Extreme Defense was located.
I don’t know why the prison of Extreme Defense is on the opposite continent, but I thought this prison might not belong to Extreme Defense.
I couldn’t sense any other living beings in the prison except for myself.
The only ones around were rats and bugs scurrying about.
‘Void Dragon’s technique and more, there’s a lot hidden here.’
I needed to meet the Elder even more.
I thought about taking a look around the Eastern Continent since I was already here, but I wasn’t even an Upper-ranked Disciple yet.
Even if I tried to find another sect here, it would be nearly impossible to intervene, making it meaningless.
The reason for the systematic separation must be to either comply with or oppose each sect’s ‘plans.’
I roughly scanned the crumbled prison and headed back to the Western Continent.
■
The place where the ‘Old Prison’ had collapsed.
A man cloaked in darkness approached quietly to sense the energy of this place in the giant sinkhole.
He grasped every kind and size of flowing power, along with its intention and purpose.
After understanding everything, the man rose from his seat and muttered softly.
“…Earth. Has it allied with ‘Space’? No. Since space is divided in all directions, part of the Earth must have devoured space.”
I need to modify my plans a bit more…
Darkness begins to flow down.
The ‘Shadow,’ who had embraced the ‘Child of Darkness’ in the past, fell into a deep abyss as the day approached.
He fell into a deep sleep so he could not awaken for the master of darkness.
“Everything is to become one with that person.”
The shadow mimicked that person’s posture and once again seeped back into the darkness.
■
“Hah… this is really insane.”
“Uh, what happened?”
“I don’t know. For now, I’ve locked him up… or should I say I’ve locked him up?”
“Yes?”
“Excuse me?”
“Oh dear…”
Park Wonhwa, the upper-ranked disciple and top disciple of the High Officials Hall, scratched her head wildly and sighed.
How did it come to this?
On her first day, she admired the disciple who helped her and decided to join the Management Gate.
That person’s sense of responsibility and outstanding skills were simply impossible to resist.
Starting as a lower-ranked disciple, she steadily remained in the High Officials Hall and continued her work.
That person became a senior disciple and moved to the Upper Minister’s Hall, so it became really hard to see them, but she didn’t give up on this work.
“I hope you’ll stay and watch over the High Officials Hall. It would create a better environment for everyone.”
“Can you do that for me?”
“…I must be crazy.”
What kind of amazing position is this that I’m staying here while giving up even the qualification to be a senior disciple?
Especially while enduring all sorts of complaints and curses from above and below.
‘What does that one sentence even mean?’
“Wrong…”
“Oh, I don’t care! They probably died. Do I really need to worry about that outsider?”
“Excuse me?”
Thinking about it, that woman, who stirred up trouble during such a chaotic time, is the one to blame.
The techniques that person taught worked, but are you really telling me that elders couldn’t even escape from a prison that’s nearly impossible to break out of?
Anyway, it’s not even extreme defense, so it’s practically abandoned, and it shouldn’t be a big deal, but it’s truly an absurd situation.
Park Wonhwa decided to clear her mind.
If this issue is resolved, that person had said they’d like to see her once, so all she needed to do was handle her tasks well until then.
“Right, forget it. There are several traps even if I break the prison’s magic array.”
If all those traps have been triggered, no matter how monstrous that woman is, she wouldn’t be safe.
Besides, there’s nothing like a village or anything within the vicinity, so she probably can’t even resurrect.
“Alright everyone! Enough of the nonsense—let’s get to the tasks at hand. If we don’t finish this time, you all know what kind of trouble we’ll be in, right?”
“”“Yes, understood.”””
Finally, seeing the five who were causing a ruckus start working diligently made Park Wonhwa realize how impressive it is that only six people are managing all the disciples of extreme defense.
How is this even possible?
In fact, Park Wonhwa herself felt quite remarkable overseeing all of this…
“…Six people? Why is it six?”
“Excuse me?”
Only then did the clueless ones turn their heads with a sense of doubt.
Next to the youngest, an enigmatic desk had appeared.
On that desk sat a woman with blue hair…
“Oh, that was quite subtle.”
“How did you…?”
“You have a good sense. It’s a perception-inhibiting magic cast with the earth’s energy, hard to notice for most levels.”
How did she crawl out?!
Park Wonhwa was taken aback and immediately began to harness the energy of the earth.
Startled, I immediately manipulated the energy of the Earth.
At the same time, I would split the space again and send it flying…
Woom.
“If you get hit twice, you’re a fool.”
“?!”
The mysterious woman, Lily, twisted the Earth around her.
The Earth, which was about to be split and sent away, trembled as if causing an error, and as a result, the ceiling of High Officials Hall was blown open.
Instead of Lily, who should have flown away with the space, the ceiling was torn off.
“This is how you deal with the anger of space…”
“…You might want to avoid using that technique.”
“W-What?”
“The fact that just twisting the spatial coordinates leads to this much… It could be dangerous if you use it without completely mastering it.”
“Ha! So you’re scared too, huh?”
The distortion of space is a technique that That Person taught me.
It’s an extremely rare technique even among those who have mastered Extreme Defense, and if used properly, it could even blow away the Elder.
I might have twisted it with some trickery, but it’s definitely threatening—
“What would you do if it wasn’t the ceiling but your neck?”
“…..”
Gongwonhwa’s gaze goes to where the ceiling used to be.
The ceiling was roughly torn away due to the twisting.
If it had been a neck instead, as Lily said…
Gulp.
“Th-That could apply to you too, right? As you said, space is allowed for everyone.”
“Since it twists around me, there’s no way for me to get cut off.”
“…Really?”
“Yes.”
Is that even possible?
Gongwonhwa looked at Lily with suspicion, but she had a face that said it was obvious.
It even seemed like she looked down on me as if I was the one lacking knowledge.
“I intentionally twisted the space upwards. If I had twisted it randomly, pieces would have been cut off everywhere.”
If that had happened, not only Gongwonhwa but parts of the bodies of some others in High Officials Hall would have also been severed.
“…What do you want? Why did you come to Extreme Defense?”
“I already told you what I want.”
A new piece of paper appeared in Lily’s hand.
It contained something utterly unacceptable.
“…That can’t be.”
“It can.”
“It can’t.”
“It can.”
“It absolutely cannot!!”
“Why do you say it can’t without even trying? If you give up like that, you won’t accomplish anything.”
“Stop spouting nonsense!!”
“And how you learned that technique too. By the way, High Officials Hall has quite a few hidden Magic Arrays as well. I think it’s over there…”
“……”
That devilish girl…
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