I caught one of the top-tier undead.
There are a total of seven top-tier undead, so now only six remain.
Since I didn’t possess the white relic, the reward itself wasn’t overly impressive, but one peculiar thing stood out: this key piece.
Paaaa…
“Why am I getting an item for angels after defeating a demon?”
Shouldn’t the reward be something that gets me closer to the demon realm instead?
That’s how I could take down each undead one by one and eventually defeat their boss, Silence.
I had some doubts, but this was actually a good deal for me.
My goal is the celestial race, after all.
[Well then]
[Hmm?]
“Does that mean I’m on the angel’s side now, since I caught a demon?”
[That’s a point]
[An enemy’s enemy is a friend, right? Haha]
[Feels refreshing~]
“Did I just get one cut?”
[Wow]
[Big relief]
[Seems like they aren’t as strong as expected?]
[Lol]
“Now I can take them all out one by one.”
“Hmm…”
[What?]
“I’m in a dilemma right now. Should I change my direction?”
The original plan was to sweep away the majority of the incoming undead and after the situation stabilized, hunt down the celestial race.
Right now, the demon race is endlessly pushing undead into the continent, while the celestial race isn’t attacking.
The user power is woefully insufficient to fend off all the assaults, so we had no choice but to hold our ground, but my thoughts changed after the recent battle.
‘They’re not that strong after all.’
Ah, of course, the top-tier undead are strong.
Even the best among users, Leo and Yena, would find it nearly impossible to defeat a top-tier undead.
It’s probably only possible if most of the rankers gathered their strength.
But if you ask whether they could bring the continent to ruin, absolutely not.
“Right now, three top-tier undead are officially confirmed. One is Exas, the one I just caught. The other two are a clown and an undead that appeared in the west.”
The clown I remember was quite strong, but its power was nearly on par with Exas.
I couldn’t confirm the one that appeared in the west directly, but it seems users are managing to hold it off fairly well.
It may be tough for now, but there’s a chance they could catch it if given enough time.
‘There’s a high possibility that something has appeared in the north where the Angel Guild is located, and Yena and Leo are in the south or central. They should manage well enough.’
Of course, one thing that worries me is that Yena chose the ‘black relic’ instead of the white relic…
“Alright then.”
With Yena’s caliber, I guess I can trust her.
Is it my level, so should I trust it?
Anyway, even if we get beaten, the Angel Guild will do their part in their own way.
[What’s good?]
[?]
[Huh?]
“I think it’s about time for me to start doing my part.”
I gripped the shard of the key of light and gazed into the distance.
Celestials.
“Let’s go catch an angel.”
■
I decided to go catch an angel, but I didn’t rush out immediately.
First, after cleaning up the undead that were reported to have appeared, I forcibly summoned the Kraken, who’s busy playing romance, to take care of security, and also called Karabus and Gapwoo.
Thanks to Lasty being asleep, Karabus, who looked somewhat manageable, grumbled again, but after a ‘smooth agreement’, he decided to help out.
These three will step in immediately if an urgent situation or a need to deal with the undead arises.
Of course, we only decided to deal with the top-tier undead that appeared near Elbrite or Pharaoh’s Empire.
After taking those measures, it has already been 18 hours.
Having been logged in for about 40 hours straight, I popped out into reality for a quick break and received information through Discord and the community.
Even without my direct searching, information and current opinions are endlessly being posted on the alliance’s community and my Lily’s Group Discord.
We’re still struggling with the undead’s attacks, but it’s not a threat of destruction yet.
Near the famous large city, strong residents and ranker users are stationed, and they’re somewhat fending off the assaults with their power.
Of course, if a top-tier undead appears, it all becomes meaningless…
“After all, among the users, there are asymmetrical powers.”
There are plenty of strong folks.
In the battle against Exas, it wasn’t that there weren’t decent rankers or named ones, but if we had someone in the top 100, we wouldn’t have been taken down so easily.
And above all…
“I can’t just leave it be.”
Before they pull off any more tricks, I need to eliminate the Celestials as soon as possible.
“I feel like their trick already worked, though.”
─So angels aren’t actually the good guys?
└For real, lol, those demon bastards are attacking a ton, but the angels are just sitting there.
└Great angels.
└Lily’s the bad one, they say.
└That’s just a job penalty, isn’t it?
└Self-hatred penalty, lol.
└Oh my.
“……”
Thump.
■
[Lilha]
[?]
[Ooo]
[Moo-yeo]
[Lilha-yo]
[RLHHHH]
[I thought I would rest for a day or two, but here I am back after just one day, lol.]
[Hey Lily]
[Huh]
[Kya]
[Divine Lily]
[There are too many undead, Lily, help me out!]
[Lily, aren’t you pushing it too hard?]
[Top-tier undead have appeared!]
“Today, I won’t be capturing the undead. As I warned earlier, I have a place to go.”
I pointed to the towering pure white door behind me.
The viewers in the chat were all like “Ooo”.
Some of them were making a fuss about how demons were more urgent, but they were few and quickly drowned out.
“There are two disasters, right? The demon and the angel. If we focus on one side, we might miss the other.”
Division of roles is fundamental.
While those with the white relic catch demons, I, with the black relic, will catch angels.
What a neat and comfortable division of roles this is.
Of course, strictly speaking, it would be easier for me to catch demons due to my characteristics, but that wasn’t really important.
“What’s important is that we capture all the angels.”
[For real, lol]
[Let’s go catch all the angels~]
[GGGGG]
[Hmm]
[We gotta catch the angels, definitely gotta catch them]
[Isn’t catching demons the priority right now…]
[Let’s go for it first]
[Angels, hmm…]
[Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go]
[Do I seem like I’m complaining more than usual today?]
I slowly walked toward the pure white door.
The door that hadn’t budged at all before the day of disaster.
The door that would never open even with a hammer, now opened smoothly as I approached.
It wasn’t because of the piece of the light’s key.
The door had opened even without the piece before.
‘Then what is this for…’
Light flowed out.
The unpleasant holy power seeping from the door enveloped me, and I felt my body moving somewhere.
“…?”
When I arrived, it was a land of pure white.
Green grass and trees. And a strangely static sky welcoming me.
In this garden-like place, there was a giant white shrine that didn’t sit well with me at all.
“I don’t think this is the Heavenly Realm.”
The concentration of divine power couldn’t be this low in the Heavenly Realm.
[O]
[It’s so white]
[Doesn’t it give you goosebumps?]
[Ooooh]
[It’s cleaner inside than I expected!]
[So can we just kill everything now?]
[What’s missing?]
[It’s blinding!]
[Twinkle twinkle]
[Pretty, huh?]
[Isn’t it just to break it?]
“Should we? Should we break it?”
I pulled out my hammer.
The building’s design was already annoying enough. It was supposed to be a place for the Celestial Race, but isn’t it only logical to smash it?
Just before I brought the hammer down on the building,
“Looks like our guest isn’t very polite.”
Sre…
Someone came down from the second-floor balcony of the shrine.
Pure white wings and two blue eyes. And flowing pure white clothing.
It was a woman decked out in a way that screamed, “I’m an Angel.”
The holiness was probably so weak it didn’t even qualify as a lower level, maybe a clone made from sharing a soul.
‘Or maybe she’s just this weak.’
[Angel?]
[OMG]
[Kind of pretty, huh?]
[Similar to Lily…]
[Whoa]
[Hahahahahaha]
[Is it a mirror?]
[Lily’s prettier]
“Let’s kill the angel, Lily.”
“If you need a mission, please speak. The administrator of this place, Haelro, despises chaos.”
“Mission?”
“Didn’t you come for power and rewards? They can be obtained through the missions we offer. It’s about assisting our duties and maintaining the balance of the world.”
“Aha?”
So that’s how it is, huh?
I had wondered why there hadn’t been much news about users targeting angels, but here they were pulling this kind of trick.
No wonder, if you look at the posts that were getting attention, they were all about demons while hardly anyone talked about the Celestial Race.
It seemed they were either discreetly benefiting from missions or the celestial side had set restrictions against sharing information.
After all, this angel was also one of the ‘disasters’ that needed to be dealt with.
They hadn’t harmed people, but standing with the demons and seeking their own benefits wasn’t much different from the Death Guild.
‘They might have harmed people.’
I shrugged the hammer onto my shoulder and walked past the woman into the building.
The quiet interior of the pure white building.
“If you didn’t come for a reward?”
“Excuse me?”
“I came to break it.”
The only balance I would provide is for both angels and demons to die.
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