“I didn’t expect it to turn out like this.”
[For real]
[What’s with the forced teleportation? LOL]
[How dare you use a spear in front of Lily?!?]
[What’s with the forced quest acceptance?]
[For real LOL]
[You shouldn’t mess around with a spear in front of Lily, it’s not cool LOL]
[Wow]
[Ugh, can’t kill that thing?]
[Angel’s listening in]
[Where the heck is this?]
[Did I die or something?]
I was relatively strong, but in the end, it was just borrowed power.
I tried to overpower and extract information in one go, but who would’ve thought that something ridiculous like ‘forced quest acceptance’ would happen?
It breaks the common sense that quests are a user’s freedom, but it’s not something that never happens.
In fact, among those advancing hidden quests, forced quests are not uncommon at all.
I’ve also had similar forced situations happen a few times.
‘Disaster quests are pretty much the same thing.’
Since they are quests that automatically get accepted just by being near the area where the incident occurred.
The problem starts from here…
“It seems like I have to complete the quest to get out.”
[Sub-Quest: Request of Light (Light Sanctuary / Highest)]
Objective – Fulfill what is desired at the Light Sanctuary.
Reward – Already fulfilled.
Currently, I’m in the ‘Light Sanctuary’.
At a glance, it looks no different from any shrine I’ve seen so far, but I felt a significant amount of holiness.
‘It’s close to the Heavenly Realm.’
Compared to the ‘Midworld?’ where the shrines are located, it’s in a physically much closer space.
If I do something here, the chances of it affecting the Heavenly Realm are high.
The quest’s objective is to ‘fulfill what is desired at the Light Sanctuary.’
“What is desired?”
There’s only one thing I want.
I don’t think the Celestial Race is seriously telling me to fulfill that in their quest…
“Shall we go in for now?”
[Yeah, yeah, yeah]
[There’s a shrine here too]
[It’s kinda big, huh?]
[Is there anyone inside again?]
[Let’s smash, smash, smash, smash, smash]
[Go, go, go, go, go, go]
[Wait, Lily, don’t destroy the shrine, the quest got canceled!]
[?]
[LOLOLOLOLOLOL]
[Let’s go, let’s go]
[Ah]
[Remote destruction of the shrine is hilarious LOL]
I saw a white building twice the size of a shrine.
Unlike before, I didn’t feel anyone’s presence inside, and only a small fountain flowed gently in the center of the structure.
The statues and stained glass are impressive, but there’s no familiar face or special patterns that I recognized.
It wasn’t much different from the things in the shrine.
Even after searching every inch of the four-story building, nothing notable came up.
Returning to the first floor, I quietly looked down at the fountain that I hadn’t checked properly yet.
“…Huh?”
[Why?]
[Let’s just break it, Lily.]
[Huh?]
[What’s there?]
[???]
“What’s there?”
It looks like just water on the surface, but using Holy Power, I can see something beneath it.
It looks like a Dimension Gate shining with a blue light, but…
I can’t see what’s beyond it very well here.
‘It seems like a person…’
“Hmm…”
I hesitated for a moment but decided to go in.
I might be able to break the sanctuary, but right now, there’s nothing here.
It would be troublesome if I randomly smash something and end up trapped.
“I think I should go in here.”
[What?]
[Into the water?]
[???]
[Are you going to swim?]
[Yup!]
[It’s just a fountain, right?]
[Swimming sounds fun, haha.]
[What’s there?]
“They say water is a mirror reflecting other worlds, right? There seems to be a Dimension Gate under the surface, and I think going through it will lead to something different.”
Saying that, I jumped into the water without hesitation, heading towards the Dimension Gate beyond.
The fountain was less than 50cm deep, but my body was sucked in naturally.
Once again, I was transported somewhere across dimensions.
“…?”
Splash!
I emerged in a lake within a forest.
As my head popped up from the water, a group of animals that had been peacefully drinking scattered in panic.
Well, it would be surprising if a person suddenly jumped out of a water fountain.
Splash!
As I rose from the water, water dripped from my body.
Before I knew it, the Dimension Gate I came through was closed off.
“Hmm… This place feels somewhat similar, I guess.”
It may not be as good as the sanctuary, but I still feel quite a bit of Holy Power here.
[Whoa.]
[Lily in the lake, whoa!]
[Why aren’t you wet?]
[WTF]
[Is that a child?]
[Physics doesn’t apply, lol.]
[I knew it would be like this, haha!]
[Lily’s outfit is waterproof????]
[No way, haha!]
[Hahahahahaha!]
[Crazy people, lol!]
[Let’s ban them all, Lily.]
“…I feel like I saw a person before coming here, but now there’s no one around.”
I had seen a blurred figure on the other side of the Dimension Gate, but now that I’m at the lake, there’s no one.
Is the visible position different from the actual position?
I shook off the water completely and stepped out of the lake.
Perhaps feeling a bit more relaxed than before, a few herbivores like deer and rabbits peeked at me.
“Yep.”
Squeak?!
I reached out and picked up a white-brown rabbit by the scruff of its neck.
The rabbit flailed around, trying to escape my grip.
[Are you gonna eat it?]
[Are you going to eat the rabbit?]
[Oh my god, no way!]
[Cute]
[Rabbit meat is delicious, yes yes]
[So pitifulㅠㅠㅠㅠ]
“Could it be? I was just checking.”
The rabbit was just a rabbit.
It wasn’t much different from the rabbits living in Deoen Continent, and a small amount of Holy Power was detected, but this world itself is pretty saturated with Holy Power.
It’s not odd for something to hold a tiny bit of it.
Releasing the struggling rabbit, it dashed off and joined the group of rabbits peering out.
So cute.
After checking a few more animals, I soared high into the sky.
This world consists of vast forests and gigantic mountain ranges surrounding them.
At the peak of the mountain range, I could feel quite a bit of Holy Power, but unlike before, I didn’t see any Celestials or shrines.
‘Do I have to smash something?’
What am I supposed to achieve here…
─This way.
“?”
While searching the mountain range, I heard someone’s voice.
I followed the trace of the voice and soon encountered a woman in a small wooden house.
“Lady Gabriel?”
“It’s been a while. Has it been about five years?”
A user with waist-long pure white hair and white eyes.
The Saintess of the Angel Guild, Gabriel, was sitting in a house located in the mountain range.
[Oh?]
[Gabriel, yes!]
[Angel Guild?]
[Gabriel’s coming!]
[Why is the Angel Guild here?]
[Oh wow]
[Seems like they’ve gotten stronger.]
[Five years?]
[?]
[It should have been at least a year.]
“Excuse me? Five years?”
“Oh. The perception of time is a bit different here. I misspoke. It’s been about a year, right?”
“That’s right. We haven’t met since the Kraken raid.”
After fighting alongside the Angel Guild in the Kraken raid, the entire Angel Guild had disappeared to undertake a world quest.
And right when the year changed, they returned.
“I thought you would be fighting the dead in the North.”
“Oh, there are friends like that. There are some of us still lacking, you see. Some are helping with the demon hunting, and some are working on things over here.”
“Things over here?”
“…It’s related to our growth.”
Gabriel answered flatly.
She seemed calm in the past, but the atmosphere has changed quite a bit.
Should I say she’s calm to the point of being cold?
It was somewhat different from the image of Gabriel who used to bicker with Guild Master Michael.
“Lady Lily might not be pleased, but for our growth, cooperation with the Angel side is necessary.”
“Cooperation?”
“Yes, cooperation. We need to gain strong power through them to easily deal with disasters. It’s a necessary task.”
“We need to gain strong power through this to easily catch the disaster. It’s a necessary task.”
“Then who catches the angels?”
“If the Angel Guild grows stronger through the Celestial Race and catches the Demon Race.”
“Conversely, who catches the Celestial Race?”
“The Angel Guild, aided by the Celestial Race, wouldn’t be able to attack the Celestial Race.”
When asked like that, Gabriel answered as if it were obvious.
“They promised peace.”
“Peace, huh…”
“Yes. Looking at the current situation, only demons are attacking. Rather, the angels are trying to help and prevent the disaster.”
“……”
“Moreover, looking at the disaster message, even after 180 days, unlike the demons, the world isn’t destined for destruction. It’s just that balance is being restored and coexisting with the angels…”
“Do you believe that?”
“I don’t believe it 100%. There must be a reason why the System classified it as a ‘disaster’.”
Both angels and demons are disasters.
But the image presented at this moment clearly shows that the demons are closer to being the disaster.
“But isn’t the demon’s power insufficient to deal with angels at this overwhelming point? Everyone is already struggling; we can’t turn everyone into enemies.”
“That’s where roles come into play. The Angel Guild members and most users will block the demons, while the remaining users with me will block the angels.”
“The angels represent balance…”
“No.”
The ‘balance’ they refer to doesn’t mean that.
“You shouldn’t think that ‘we’ will exist in their balance. It might lead to an even more terrible future than with the demons.”
Regardless of what you choose, the outcome doesn’t change.
There’s just a difference in degree; the disaster has already been foretold.
[ㄷㄷㄷㄷ]
[Angel Haters vs Angel Guardians LOL]
[What’s this?]
[Scary…]
[Looks like they really hate angels LOL]
[Gabriel is disappointing…;;]
[Hmm]
[Looks like she was meant to be an angel guardian more than anyone else]
[Oh my]
[LOL]
[But Gabriel’s words aren’t wrong]
[It’s difficult]
[Let’s just let the winner of the fight decide, LOL]
Gabriel let out a sigh.
“I figured you would come at me like that… but there’s nothing I can do.”
“Are you going to fight?”
“Of course not. I know Lady Lily well.”
Gabriel waved her hand and smiled brightly.
The immense holy power emanating from the rosary around her neck felt different— it was the holy power of balance, not a mere imitation.
“I will help you. So you can go out.”
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