Genius Warlock-Episode 594
594. A monster that swallows everything (9)
Oh... oh oh... oh oh oh... oh...······.
Leviathan, a sea monster that resembles an overall crocodile..
The gigantic monster, whose entire body was covered in aquamarine, was torn apart by its head, upper body, and lower body, making a sound of air being let out..
The torn bodies were held by giant gods made of clouds, air, sea, and deep sea rocks.,
The sea where the giants dipped themselves was stained a horribly vivid blood color..
Even if Leviathan was a non-standard creature that transcended common sense, it was a phenomenon that was difficult to understand..
Creatures are not real creatures, but similar creatures created by humans based on emotions..
Although it looked like a living thing at first glance, it was not a real living thing..
An example of this is that when it completes its function, it disappears like smoke..
However, instead of disappearing like smoke, Leviathan shed a large amount of fresh blood and internal organs that dyed the sea red, and the body did not disappear either, remaining in the hands of the giant god created by Merlin..
It seems like a real living thing.
‘Is it the power of the devil??’
Merlin guessed, recalling his teacher's reasoning that the power of the devil must have been involved in the creation of Leviathan and the energy of the shadow-creature that controlled Leviathan..
It was a very possible story..
The power of the devil was more than what is said in the Paterism..
So instead of being surprised or embarrassed, Merlin pulled out a book out of thin air..
That's right, it was his book.
Para la la rock.
When Merlin held the book, it turned the pages on its own and opened to a blank page..
The history that Merlin must fill.
Merlin ordered the Sky Giant, the Sea Giant, and the Earth Giant, who were so enormous that they could not even be compared to him, to hand over the body of Leviathan that they were each holding..
The sky giant held out Leviathan's head, which was stuck in a thundercloud spear.,
The sea giant held out the upper body of Leviathan, which was impaled on a trident.,
The Earth Giant held out Leviathan's lower body, which was impaled on a rock spear..
Leviathan's eyes had lost their luster as he had turned into a skewered dish, his tongue was sticking out, and blood and internal organs were pouring out like a waterfall..
It seems like centuries would not be enough to handle it in a normal way..
Merlin takes control of the space where Leviathan's body is located. She took control and put it inside the book she was holding.
The sight of the indescribably gigantic body of Leviathan stretching out like cheese and being sucked into a small book was an unbelievable sight even now in the age of magic, but it was nothing compared to what was to unfold next..
As if sorting out a troublesome matter all at once, Merlin caught Leviathan's blood spreading beyond the horizon with his magic and put it in the book along with the blood-stained sea water..
It looks closer to a miracle than magic. However, Merlin felt no satisfaction, joy, or superiority from what he had done..
Compared to what's happening far away right now, this was just a nuisance..
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━!
Merlin is far away. I saw an island almost on the horizon..
To the island in the center of the Sea of Forgetting.
Something was happening on that island that even Merlin couldn't comment on..
At one time, the colonial city that was used as a transit point for the United Kingdom had turned into a huge maw like a lamprey, beyond the island.,
Inside, a pure white flame that returned all surrounding colors to nothingness and a black shadow that could withstand the flames were running rampant..
The lamprey's maw, which has multiple jaws like flower buds, consumes the energy of the burned-out person in its body and the souls of countless children to resist white flames and shadows. tried to swallow something inside.
Merlin seemed to know what it was..
“······.”
So well. To the point where I wish I didn't know.
The lamprey's mouth, which is no less inferior to that of Leviathan, gradually tried to close its mouth, but then a huge shadow pierced the lamprey's mouth, coiled like a snake and ripped it open..
[Ga...Ah!···········Gaaa...Aaaaa...Ah!!]
The lamprey's mouth screamed loudly, and at the same time, the sea split and twisted, and black clouds formed in the sky..
It was neither a simple natural phenomenon nor a physical force..
It was a high-dimensional phenomenon that was difficult to explain..
Even an archive with a thousand years of knowledge and wisdom cannot be easily judged..
Kwagwagwagwagwagak······!!!
The sound of the earth breaking was heard and the lamprey's mouth was torn off again..
The huge shadow gorged on the torn parts with white flames and used them as food for itself..
As if it's not enough to eat.
Merlin looked at the sight that seemed out of this world and looked at the old watch in his hand..
The clock in Leviathan's stomach, which had stopped just now, began to move very slowly..
Tick... Tick... tick······.
“haha······.”
Merlin smiled involuntarily as he watched the clock moving slowly..
It was so scary and hopeless, it actually made me laugh..
The human body was truly wonderfully yet terribly designed..
Laughing relieved some of the tension, but at the same time it made me feel even more desperate..
There's nothing I can do but smile.
I even went out of my way to somehow avoid and twist the apocalypse, but it was no use..
No, on the contrary, even the struggle turned into a device and came back..
It was like laughing. Do you think your sins can be escaped to this extent?.
“······ha.”
This allowed Merlin to completely abandon his expectations..
Isn't it your level?.
Maybe we can twist the apocalypse and avoid it?.
I was able to give up hope that was not even 1%.
After all, the apocalypse could not be prevented or avoided..
There was nothing I could do but wait for it to come..
When he confirmed that fact again, Merlin felt a quiet, calm fear..
The fear that plunged all archives into despair.
I definitely thought I accepted it and made up my mind, but.
When I actually faced it, those feelings disappeared and two new emotions emerged instead..
One was injustice. He thought he knew and knew everything, but for some reason, a childish and irresponsible feeling arose because it was his time..
The second was a foolish hope. if······. If we eliminate the core of eschatology, wouldn't it be possible to eliminate it, or at least postpone it?.
Surprisingly, even though Merlin knew he was foolish, he was increasingly leaning towards that second feeling. quite seriously.
Even though I knew it wasn't right, logically, emotionally, the fear that transcended cognition forced me to make more comfortable and foolish choices..
Like any other normal people.
It was thought that by accumulating a thousand years of knowledge and wisdom, it had transcended human thoughts and emotions, but in the end, the archive also failed to surpass human limitations..
“Haaa······.”
Merlin took a deep breath and gathered his thoughts..
Merlin put the watch in his arms and cleared his throat. after that-
“-Elderly?!!”
I turned my head to one side..
I can't believe I heard a woman's voice in the middle of the year of oblivion..
I thought I had misheard because of my age, but no. I thought a flying lizard was flying in from afar, but then I saw a woman..
A woman riding on a dark red flying lizard.
The sky giant, sea giant, and earth giant were moved by the unusual energy.,
Merlin raised his hand to stop them and send them back to where they belonged..
The sea giant turned into foam and returned to the bottom of the sea..
The sky giant split into clouds and air and returned to the sky..
The giant rock that made up the Earth Giant's body disintegrated and returned to the deep sea..
The sight of each giant returning to its original position was an incredible sight that would make an average person lose their senses, but the pink-haired woman only looked at Merlin without blinking..
Perhaps because I was riding a dragon, I was fearless... Or, maybe that's how determined I was. Well, you'll find out soon enough.
“You are an elderly person, right?!! Dave brought me here?!!”
As soon as the dark red dragon stopped in front of Merlin, the woman asked loudly..
At first glance, she appeared to be a fairly educated woman, but even so, her body was that of an ordinary person..
Nevertheless, rather than being frightened by Merlin, who defeated the sea monster, she observed whether he was a dangerous person or not..
“Hmm... exactly. Miss Jane.”
Jane stood on the dragon and bowed politely..
Despite the unstable footing and strong winds, her posture showed courtesy and determination..
It is not the absence of fear, but the determination to overcome fear..
Merlin wondered what she would say. Exactly, I wondered what Oliver's second friend would say..
“hello. It is an infinite honor to meet this great archive..”
“You know me?”
“Sisterhood is hearing news from the Magic Tower through... And there is only one person in this world who can defeat a sea monster single-handedly..”
Jane may have an ordinary body, but her heart is steel. She suppressed her fear and spoke calmly and politely..
“I'm sorry, but can you help me??”
“······What help do you need??”
Jane pointed to Neverland without hesitation..
The lamprey's mouth was half gone, and instead a larger shadow filled the empty space..
Just like Leviathan, it is a sight that would drive the average person crazy if they saw it..
Jane pointed to that place and asked..
“please help dave.”
“······I need your help, but it's possible.?”
“of course.”
Jane answered without a moment of hesitation..
***
“······Ugh.”
The center where pure white flames and pitch-black shadows flutter.
Oliver was sweating desperately and trying desperately..
To somehow regain control of the shadows..
“Pfft······!”
But it was all in vain.
Neither direct control of the shadow nor the flame in his right arm worked..
As if controlled by someone else, the shadow escapes Oliver's control and expands its size infinitely. It just ate up Neverland, which had turned into something like a lamprey..
Pan's shadow and Pan, the countless children who make up Neverland..
The situation that Oliver least wanted to be in.
Oliver tried to block the shadow by directly attacking it with white flame, but instead of taking any damage, the shadow even swallowed the white flame..
“······.”
It was out of line.
Even though it contained the emotions, vitality, and magic of a human meat chef, combined with Oliver's magic, and ate quite a few of Pan's creatures, Oliver's shadow was ultimately nothing more than a creature..
However, I couldn't understand why they ignored and ate the flames of those who were burned..
Even though the power contained in the shadow was great, there was a distinct difference from the flames of the burned one..
A strange phenomenon that is difficult to explain no matter how much you think about it. There was only one way to convince him of this..
the shadow itself-
“-no.”
Oliver stopped his thoughts. Because no. Because he decided he wasn't.
Oliver denies the phenomenon unfolding before his eyes, thinking that there might be a reason he doesn't know. He continued to try to control his shadow..
Just like before, it was useless.
“follow my control······.”
As Oliver watched the shadows escape his control, he felt the helplessness he felt when he first encountered the Burned Man..
Feeling helpless and unable to do anything.
I also experienced despair, fear, anger, and resentment. An absurd situation that cannot be avoided no matter how hard one tries. The good news is that this is... ah.
Oliver sighed inwardly..
Because of the urgent situation, I only now remembered that Merlin was nearby..
There's no way that Merlin would be attacked by a sea monster, so he's probably watching this..
As his thoughts wandered, Oliver became curious..
What would Merlin think when he saw this scene? Also, what kind of action will that thought force him to take?.
Before I could even think about it, I suddenly felt a vast amount of magic power and complex magic from the sky..
A foreign force that you have experienced once in the past.
Oliver looked at the sky and saw that the shadow that had grown high in the sky and devoured Neverland had stopped like a painting, as if to let him know that what he felt was not a lie..
Beyond the shadows, high in the sky, I saw Merlin..
Merlin spreads ten books in the air and catches the shadows in space..
Although the distance was so far away that the person looked like a dot, Oliver could clearly hear what Merlin was saying..
“Excuse me.”
“····please.”
As soon as Oliver answered, he focused his attention on his right arm instead of his shadow and extinguished the white flames that were spreading indiscriminately..
Now it will only be a hindrance.
Fortunately, the right arm followed Oliver's wishes..
flinch.
Just as he was trying to soothe his burned right arm, Oliver felt an ominous sensation..
The shadow bound by Merlin's power moved ever so slightly..
Surprisingly, just as it endured the flames of a burned man, Oliver's shadow began to resist Merlin's power to restrain it across space..
Some, but not all, of them gradually twitched, and eventually, slowly, they regained their physical freedom and rushed towards Merlin..
Just.
Merlin, who watched this, stood there and snapped his fingers..
In response to that sound, Oliver's shadow and Neverland, which had been transformed into the mouth of a lamprey, shattered like glass and scattered in the air..
The power of the shadow was greatly reduced, and Neverland, transformed into the maw of a lamprey, disappeared like a crumb in thin air as the aftereffects of the impact spread throughout its body..
Oliver was relieved. Even before I could fully enjoy that feeling, the remaining shadow of Oliver began to stir..
Angered by the interruption, the shadow once again stretched out its hand toward Merlin, but a flash of lightning struck from one of the books Merlin had opened and intercepted the shadow..
The shadow that withstood the white flame spewed out smoke and shrank..
The strength had clearly weakened..
‘But why don't you follow my control??’
thought Oliver, looking at his out-of-control shadow..
A major crisis was averted, but even so, it was not fundamentally resolved..
If things continue like this, the war of attrition will only continue..
Oliver had to be able to control the shadows. If you can't do that······.
“dave!!”
As Oliver looked down at the floor and tried to control his shadow, he heard someone calling out to him from above..
a very familiar voice.
When I raised my head, I saw Jane. She was Jane who jumped from the sky.
“dave!!”
Jane calls out to Oliver once again.
‘no.’
Oliver said to himself.
Now that its power has been greatly reduced and even Neverland has disappeared, the shadow has found new nourishment..
The ominous thought did not go astray, and the shadow, weakened by Merlin's power, changed its target and advanced towards Jane..
At that moment, Oliver felt a strange sensation as if time had stopped. It's like having your own time away from the world's time..
The shadows slowly spread out from all directions to engulf Jane, and Jane fell without taking her eyes off Oliver even though she saw the scene from the front..
Shining with determination to risk his life.
In the slowly flowing time. The distance between the shadow and Jane gradually narrowed, and Oliver was able to realize one thing..
If he can't control his shadow, Jane will be eaten..
his second friend.
“······follow my commands!!”
***
Words that came out instinctively without going through the brain.
As soon as those words came out, Oliver's time began to flow like the world again..
The cracked and twisted sea regained its peace, and the dark clouds in the sky disappeared..
As the dark clouds disappeared, the sun shone down from the sky, and the sunlight fell on Oliver and Jane's heads..
“Are you okay?”
“······yes. I think it's okay.”
“That's a good thing.”
Jane smiled and answered with tears in her eyes..
“I'm so glad.”
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