“Are you going to help me?”
“Yes. I think you can’t get out of here right now. Right?”
“Well, that’s true.”
Unless you break the quest forced by the Celestial Race, you can’t leave this place.
Of course, it’s not that you can’t exit to reality, but it’s possible to move in Deoen.
“Why are you helping me when you’re on the Celestial Race’s side?”
“We have a bond from fighting together. I’ve received a lot of help. I think it’s only natural to do this much.”
[Hmmm]
[That’s not wrong, haha]
[Gabriel, you… ]
[Can’t we just smash everything and get out?]
[Hmmm, Lily…]
[Yeah, how much has Lily been helping? Haha]
[So true, lol]
Gabriel smiled and got up from her seat.
The small house where Gabriel was located was a modest space of just about 10 pyeong.
She walked to the small dresser next to the bed and took something out from inside.
“Do you know where this place is?”
“Well, I guess… the Sanctuary of Light?”
“The Sanctuary of Light is somewhat far from here. This is also my training space.”
In Gabriel’s hand was a small map.
When she unfolded the map, it floated gently, rising up between her and Gabriel.
It didn’t seem like a map just of this place…
“As Lady Lily knows, the goal of the quest is ‘to achieve what you desire.’ The problem is, you can’t achieve what you want here, because there’s no one but me and the small animals.”
“So what do we do?”
“We should go somewhere else. To a place filled with ‘enemies’ or angels.”
Hmm…
Gabriel pressed her finger down on one of the worlds unfolded on the map.
Then that world began to swell, growing in size.
A place tinted with considerable darkness that didn’t fit the white world.
“I think this place will do. Just right, there’s also a suitable friend active there…”
“Are there angels there?”
“There are angels, and conversely, there are demons too. You won’t lack anything to achieve what you desire, Lady Lily.”
Gabriel said to wait a moment and went out of the house, returning with a basin.
An ordinary basin filled with blue water.
As she brought her hand to the water’s surface, something started to reveal itself dimly below the surface.
It’s the Dimension Gate.
A Dimension Gate similar in form to when you crossed over here.
[Oh]
“Is it okay to go in?”
[Hmmm…]
[But the basin kind of sucks though;;]
[Hahahahahaha]
[Are you gonna put your head in the basin?]
[LOL]
[Isn’t this sending me to some weird place?]
“Do I just go right in?”
“Yes. If you want to move to another place, just throw this into the water puddle. You can go anywhere where there’s a certain level of water.”
Gabriel gave me a piece of her rosary.
I took it and looked down at the basin.
So, I’m going to stick my head in the basin…
“…Hmm.”
Isn’t it just putting my head in?
I tossed my body into the basin while thinking ridiculous thoughts, and thankfully, nothing embarrassing happened.
“If you see that friend, please treat them kindly…”
With Gabriel’s last voice, my body moved somewhere again.
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Kugugugung!!
Kieeeee!!!
Grrrrr!!!
Kaang! Kagakagak…!
Stop! Don’t let a single guy in the castle!!
“!”
As soon as I crossed the dimension gate, what I saw was a black sky and a bizarre chimera flying around in it.
A chimera tangled with a dragon, a bear, and a wolf, along with other random creatures.
Screams, weapon clashing, and desperate voices filled the air, and I surveyed the area where I had emerged.
[?]
[What’s this, a pool of blood?]
[Ugh.]
[It’s a total mess right as I arrive.]
[Did I pop out from the ground?]
[Why is there so much blood?]
[Looks like I’m not getting wet again this time.]
[Blood, blood.]
[Wait, is this also a water surface? LOL]
“Blood is a liquid, but…”
Why do I have to pop out of a pool of blood, of all places?
Feeling absurd, I sprang up from the pool of blood.
Around me were corpses, and as the bizarre chimera swarm noticed me, I waved my spear lightly and pierced them all.
Kiiiii…!
With the bodies all tangled and confused, the souls were almost crumbled due to being soaked in magic.
It’d be a good thing to cleanly send them off.
While looking around, I discovered something better.
“There’s even an angel among the corpses.”
Now that I look closer, there were a few corpses of celestial beings alongside those of chimera and demon race.
Their power is merely at the subordinate level, but there’s no doubt they are celestial.
They seem even more celestial than the ones I saw in the shrine.
‘Maybe this world is closer to the heavenly realm.’
“It seems like this world is one where angels and demons are fighting. The demon side has a demon skilled in making chimera…”
For the demon race, creating abnormal creatures is child’s play, but making them precisely and powerfully isn’t exactly easy.
It’s easy for the demon race to create something elaborate and powerful, but it’s not a simple task.
The small chimeras we just caught were already enough to surpass the Lower Celestial Race individually.
Besides, that thing flying in the sky earlier was quite advanced even among the intermediates…
“!”
Kieeeeeee!!
A chimera, part dragon, part bear, and part wolf, goes berserk.
As it prepares to unleash its magical breath, not only the chimeras below but even the angels fighting them start to flee in panic.
I grabbed my spear.
I’ll catch both, but let’s deal with that one first…
“Kyahahaha!!”
“?”
Someone charged at the chimera dragon.
Short white hair and eyes of the same color.
Dressed in a vibrant red outfit, she wielded a white hammer that emitted a rough holiness.
“…Lady Uriel?”
“Die, you lizard bastard!!!”
Kwaaaang!!!
With a huge explosion in mid-air, the chimera dragon’s head was blown off.
A massive amount of purple blood poured down like rain.
[???]
[Oh shit]
[It’s Uriel]
[Why is she here again?]
[The one Gabriel mentioned must be Uriel, lol]
[Elend’s curse]
[Hahahahahaha]
[Woah~]
[Uriel?]
“Phew! That was exhilarating!”
Uriel shook off the blood covering her body and placed the hammer back on her shoulder.
In the air, she had a satisfied expression until she spotted me and quickly swooped down.
“Oh? Lady Lily!”
“It’s been a while.”
“Why are you here, Lady Lily? Didn’t you always side with the demons?”
“Gabriel sent me here. She said I could complete a quest if I came.”
“Your sister did?”
Uriel tilted her head.
Unlike Gabriel, Uriel seems a bit similar to Yena.
“Haha! This is perfect! Can you help me with a quest?”
“A quest?”
“Do you see that castle over there? The one that looks just like the Demon King’s Castle?”
Over there.
Uriel pointed to the sky that was tinted black.
Though the rocky mountain was stained with blood and corpses, upon closer inspection, there was a gigantic castle built in a muted hue.
‘On the opposite side, there’s a white castle.’
“My quest is to break through the monsters and take over that castle. It would be great if you could lend a hand as a fellow cursed one. Of course, I’ll help with your quest too.”
“Cursed one?”
“The Hammer Family. Lady Lily uses a hammer as well.”
Ah, the hammer.
Actually, during our first meeting, Uriel and I talked about hammers.
It was somewhat fun, and using a hammer does make me think better about it…
I shook my head while looking at the hopeful Uriel.
“I can catch a Chimera, but it seems a bit tough to conquer a castle.”
“Huh? Why is that?”
“Because we have to catch an Angel.”
I briefly conveyed what I had casually told Gabriel.
The relationship between demons and angels, the reasons we can’t just leave angels alone, and so on…
It was heavily opinionated, but Uriel nodded without much thought after hearing the gist of it.
“Okay! Then it can’t be helped.”
“Are you sure? If that happens, won’t you be affected too, Uriel?”
“So what? Lady Lily is not in the Angel Guild, and she’s actually willing to catch monsters, so it’s totally a good thing.”
Haha! Uriel laughed cheerfully.
[Wow]
[That’s refreshing]
[Getting some good vibes?]
[Assistant Manager]
[As expected of ‘Uri’ el haha]
[Doing it more smoothly than I thought]
[Why is Uriel so likable? hahaha]
Uriel floated up lightly.
Was she also inheriting powers like Gabriel? A pair of white wings emerged behind her.
“Time attack, huh… Ah, could you make this one thing instead?”
“Huh?”
“I acknowledge hitting Angels, but I can’t hit them myself. You understand, right?”
“I understand.”
From the standpoint of receiving power from Angels, they can’t oppose them.
I also didn’t want to tell the Angel Guild to completely oppose the Celestial Race.
As long as they could defend against the ‘Demon Race,’ I didn’t really care.
“I’ll keep doing my best, but if we meet again, I won’t hit. Deal?”
“Uriel?”
“There’s no need to hit when our goals are different, right? Am I wrong?”
Uriel said this with a sly smile.
Well… she wasn’t wrong.
“That’s true. But if you come to ‘defend,’ I might attack.”
“Okay! If I come this way, I’ll attack too.”
Uriel flew towards the castle teeming with Chimeras, reminding me to keep my promises.
I adjusted my spear and looked towards the other side where Uriel had gone.
“Shall we go?”
To catch an Angel.
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