Genius Warlock-Episode 687
687. Advent (1)
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“Argh...! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa······!!”
A prosperous country covered by a veil of darkness.
Beyond the curtain, I could hear frogs croaking and people screaming..
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“Heeeeeeeek...!! what?! what?!!”
Countless frogs poured out of the water that had turned into blood, and everyone who saw the scene was terrified and screamed..
In the residential area where the workers of the Holy Emperor live, in the Holy Knight School where holy knights are raised, in the theological college where priests are trained, and in the temple where priests live..
And among them all is the hill in the middle of the Holy Empire. It also included Seonghwangcheong, a white palace located at the top..
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“Ugh... go away. Go away!”
The Holy Knights and Servants in charge of security at Seonghwangcheong wielded brooms instead of swords and guns and struck down the frogs that occupied the inside and outside of Seonghwangcheong..
Funny enough, brooms were more effective against swarms of frogs than knives and guns..
Actually, there wasn't much of a difference..
In front of an endless swarm of frogs, even using a broom was nothing more than peeing on frozen feet..
Right now, I needed that urine..
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The black-green frogs sticking out of the blood kept approaching without stopping, as if they were not afraid of people, and the paladins and servants standing guard in front of the room kept pushing the frogs away, unable to rest..
The cardinal priests were taking refuge in the room behind them..
They still had a hard time accepting the current situation, so their eyes were shaking, some were out of breath, and some even closed their eyes and looked for God..
Well, it was natural..
Because all the water in Seonghwang City turned into blood, and flocks of frogs poured out of it..
In a prosperous country, the center of Paterism,.
disaster. It was a disaster unprecedented in history..
“shit······! shit······!! Everyone, just hang on for a moment.!”
The Holy Knight and the guard captain in charge of the security of the Holy Emperor entered the room, leaving the servants with a brief mission..
To check the condition of the cardinal priests.
At the time, I really didn't know what would happen if something happened to the cardinal priests, the leaders of the Paterism, in the midst of this disaster..
This was not just an internal affair of Seonghwangsi-guk..
It was a problem for the entire world that maintained order around the Paterism..
Squeak!
The Seonghwangcheong security guard opened the door roughly, as if expressing his urgency..
“Are you all okay??”
“It's okay for now... what the hell is going on?”
one of the cardinal priests asked. However, the guard captain, who was just a paladin, could not say anything..
No, rather, I wanted to ask. What on earth happened?.
The water turns to blood and a flock of frogs comes out..
I wanted to ask the cardinal priests who serve God closely what happened. Isn't it like the wrath of God??
“Is there any water??”
A middle-aged cardinal priest who was supporting a fat cardinal priest during an unknown disaster spoke..
The fat Chugi priest sitting on the chair didn't look good and was breathing heavily, probably because he was shocked..
“I need something to drink. Is there any water??”
“sorry. majesty.”
The guard commander only apologized..
All the water in Seonghwang City, including drinking water, turned into blood and there was nothing to drink..
At least that's according to what was reported..
If we sent people out to search, we might find water that hadn't turned into blood, but unfortunately, we didn't have the manpower to do that..
I had already sent it to find another cardinal priest, and sent it again to protect His Majesty, so I really had no help anymore..
The proof is that even though the screams are echoing throughout the city, there is no response..
Then someone made a hissing sound..
“that······. As long as I don't kill him...!”
The old, fat cardinal priest said he needed water, and his throat cracked as he wondered if he really needed water..
Although he was sweating coldly, he opened his eyes and continued talking. It's like I'm possessed by something.
“That devil...! It's because of that devil...!! Even now, I'll kill that guy...!”
The excited Cardinal Priest gasped before speaking..
One of the additional priests who saw this held out a small water bottle..
“Water?”
“······It's alcohol.”
“······.”
“wine. First of all, drink this..”
Instead of questioning the fact that the Chugi priest was carrying alcohol in a water bottle, he opened the water bottle..
Perhaps because he thought he could drink something, the fat Chugi priest's condition got much better..
“We have to kill him right now. Archive or whatever······.”
The chief priest suddenly stopped while speaking while holding a bottle of water..
With an unusual silence, the fat Cardinal Priest's eyes widened.······.
“Kuehhh!!”
He let out a horrible vomit..
What was in the water bottle was not red wine. Tiny head lice.
Countless lice poured out of the water bottle and spread across the floor, and the other cardinal priests who saw this were horrified and took a step back..
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It made a horrifying noise and spread widely.,
After drinking a bottle of water, the Chugi priest grabbed his neck with bloodshot eyes and vomited blood, as if his teeth had gotten into his throat..
Kekkek. breath.
Drip. sound of falling blood.
Buck buck. A scratching sound echoed in the room..
Um, buck buck.?
Everyone turned their heads and looked at a cardinal priest..
He was scratching himself under his pajamas. Even if everyone is watching, I won't stop and continue.
The scratching gestures became increasingly rougher, and soon I lifted my pajamas and looked down..
Drizzle······.
There were lice there too.
The third omen is.
Those exposed under the pajamas spread from body to body, floor to floor, and then to other people..
Even those who were not touched by teeth suddenly grew teeth and scratched themselves..
The cardinal priests all screamed, took off their clothes, and tried to get out of the lice-infested room by pushing each other..
In the process, one cardinal fell and another cardinal stepped on him..
The guard captain of Seonghwangcheong, who was looking at the terrible scene in silence, had one word pass through his head..
hell.
Seonghwangcheong, where God is worshiped, turned into hell.,
***
“I'm dying!!”
A dark yellow blade, almost golden..
The blade sharply cut the air, creating countless afterimages..
Every time the blade moves, the air splits, the earth splits, and countless sword winds and fragments are created..
A sight closer to a machine than a person, a phenomenon rather than a machine..
In that terrifying scene, a man was literally walking a tightrope..
I went into the sword typhoon relying on a protective gear made by the spirit..
Kevin threw his fist into the eye of the typhoon in the midst of a close call..
“who else!”
Sister Della, who was in the eye of the typhoon, saw the flying fist and forcibly twisted the direction of the blade, cutting off Kevin's arm..
Through force, not technology.
However, despite all that effort, the severed arm was just ice and not a real arm..
A trick created by spirits. As soon as she realized this, Sister Della felt a sharp pain on her right side..
“Turn it off······?!”
Kevin's fist hit the exact spot where he went..
Della winced due to the extreme pain that even her body blessed with the holy law could not handle, but Kevin did not miss the opportunity and continued to swing his fists..
chin.
side.
lower abdomen.
heartland.
Philtrum
pit of the stomach.
neck.
This is an area where even one proper hit can kill you..
Fortunately, Della's body, which had been deprived of the holy laws of several paladins, withstood this, but it did not erase the pain..
She made a strange sound, not sure if it was crying or screaming, and swung the blade forged with holy magic wide, widening the distance between her and Kevin..
It hurt. It hurt so much. Hurry up and recover with the holy law-
-Well done!
Before Della could even regroup, a hot pain passed through her shoulder..
The ice tomahawk that took the paladin's life flew and cut Della's shoulder..
Thanks to the Holy Law, the wound wasn't deep, but the sharp pain from the fist and other injuries was enough to shake Della's composure..
Kevin, who saw through the shaking, cast several ice tomahawks and threw them at Della, who used Holy Magic to block them..
[Obice Lucis)]
A brilliant barrier of light formed at the same time as the chanting..
The tomahawk that Kevin threw at that strong barrier shattered like glass..
In response, without a moment of hesitation, Kevin filled his fist with the power of the spirit and struck the frozen ground, shattering it into pieces. At this time, the ice crystals generated created pure white ice smoke and spread it around..
to block vision.
Della decided to aim for the side or back where there is no barrier. The light barrier was transformed into a dome shape..
[Divine Protection])]
A perfect form of defense that can protect the north, south, east, and west. However, the real target was different..
[Purify)]
As Sister Della cried out, the shield that protected her burst into flames..
A sacred method that burns the shield and uses it as fire power..
Considering the nuns and girls around her, Della spread the flames with minimal firepower..
It may not cause much damage due to its reduced power, but it will be able to push away the fog made of ice particles..
Della planned to swing the blade made with holy magic at Kevin, who would appear as soon as the fog cleared..
one. If I hit just one attack, I could win..
Della waits with such earnest hope. However, Della could not swing the sword..
I can't see Kevin anywhere..
As I turned my head to look for the missing Kevin, he broke the frozen ground and revealed himself..
Wow-!!
The moment the ice fog obscured my vision, I dug into the ground..
Sister Della allowed Kevin to attack once again when he suddenly appeared from under the ground..
Intense pain in vital areas.
But this time, instead of being swayed by the pain, I forced myself to move my body and fight back..
A powerful sword tried to cut Kevin's body into pieces, and as before, Kevin used a protective gear made of ice to avoid it by just a piece of paper..
Once again, Della swung her sword sharply and pushed Kevin away, then created a blade made of holy magic above Kevin's head and threw it down..
The intention is to widen the distance between them by creating a gap with attacks pouring in from all directions..
However, Kevin did not even see the attack and instead came closer to avoid it..
He had already figured out Sister Della's attack pattern from the previous fight..
“Have you ever thought about it??”
said Kevin, dodging the blade swung by Della..
“The core of a Paladin is Holy Law, so why do they still train Paladins for so many years?.”
Sister Della swung her sword again. It was so big and straight that Kevin ducked into her arms, avoiding it..
“Why do we train ourselves to train, develop weapon skills, and undergo various training and education without resting, except when we are sleeping?.”
When Della tried to swing the knife again, Kevin stopped her by striking her hand first, then swung his fist and struck Sister Della in the chin..
“It is true that the power of Holy Law is overwhelming, but that is not everything..”
As if to prove her words, Sister Della stumbled and got down on one knee..
Originally, he would have had his jaw blown off, lost consciousness, or at least fallen face down, but his body, strengthened by the Holy Law, was able to stop him from just momentarily losing his balance..
However, on the other hand, it also means that it does not eliminate all damage..
It was true that it significantly reduced the damage received, but it was literally just a reduction and it gradually accumulated on the body..
“Whether it is magic, black magic, or holy magic, it is ultimately one of the most useful weapons. If you're stealing something instead of honing it yourself, it's meaningless no matter how powerful it is. Even more so, if the power to steal is not yours..”
Kevin informed the shallow thief. The cruel but obvious truth.
“Do not be ridiculous!!”
At those words, Sister Della exploded the stolen Holy Law and rushed at Kevin again..
“It's my power! It's my will!! He chose me, and I chose to follow!! It's my strength alone! my will! Don't talk about topics you don't know anything about!!!”
Is it because of anger that transcends pain? Della's attack became much stronger than before. However, the movement has also become too large..
Kevin did not miss the widening gap and used Della's strength, strengthened by the Holy Technique, to catch the arm that was being thrown down. Della was thrown into a corner..
The reason for the provocation in the first place was to target this..
Della, who flew under her own power, hit the wall in the blink of an eye and created a puff of smoke, while Kevin cast an ice spear with the help of a spirit..
“Something like that······!”
Della sarcastically stumbled from shock..
No matter how injured I was, I was confident that I could block an ice spear like that..
Kevin didn't know this either..
So Kevin extracted the emotion. your feelings.
Shuhahahaha······!
The firm will gathered at Kevin's fingertips. Kevin applied his will to the surface of his ice spear in sync with the spirit and breath..
It was a technique that would have been impossible alone, but it was possible because the spirit and mind communicated..
Kevin's firm will seeped into the ice spear and turned black, and Kevin took his stance and threw the spear..
[Yeomgang (念杠))]
A black spear so straight as to be boring stretched out quickly and straight at the sound..
Sister Della felt that something was unusual, but was unable to avoid it due to the damage accumulated on her body. Instead, she tried to block it by erecting a shield containing condensed holy laws..
Just before the black spear touched Della's body, a brilliant barrier of light rose once again to protect Della..
━━━━━!!
The black spear imbued with Kevin's will pierces the barrier and pierces Della's heart. She pinned her to her wall..
“······!!”
Della died while standing, with the entire basement shaking..
It's a very bland ending for someone who tried to summon a demon and stole the holy magic of a paladin..
But Kevin took it for granted..
The power itself was clearly strong enough to be threatening, but the level of the person using it was low enough..
What if I couldn't use the power of the spirit and only used magic? Since there was a means to oppose the Holy Law, this was an inevitable result..
If he had been a properly trained paladin, he wouldn't have known..
A properly trained paladin would not have been able to easily overpower them in close combat..
After putting an end to the situation, Kevin looked around..
“Sir.”
“yes it is here.”
When he turned his head in the direction of the sound, Kevin was able to spot Joanna, who was rescuing the girls trapped in the ice..
Joanna rescued the girls with the help of a spirit in the form of a bear..
All of the girls, who had been exposed to a lot of cold and ice, turned pale and lost consciousness, but to be honest, Kevin wasn't particularly impressed..
Judging by Joanna's behavior, it felt like she was tricked into being here, but sometimes being stupid is a sin. She didn't particularly feel sorry for the girls..
I have no intention of killing him, but I guess I can say that I don't really care if I die. So Kevin decided to do something more important first..
“Sir, sir. First of all, the driver needs to get out of here..”
Kevin proposed this considering Joanna's central role in the demon summoning ritual and her relationship with Zeno..
No matter how I thought about it, it was right to get Joanna out of here first..
“Yes, but before that, can you get these people out of the way first? I'm sorry for helping you. Please.”
Joanna pointed to the girls who had not yet escaped the ice..
While Kevin and Joanna were fighting, about 15 people were released, but there were still many more people trapped in the ice..
I understand because he is a saint, but at the same time, it was frustrating..
It was then.
“I'm not just doing this because of emotions..”
Joanna said with serious eyes..
In her eyes, as she said, there was faith and confidence instead of spontaneous emotions. The belief that this will lead to better results.
“The apocalypse to judge human sins. In times like this, it has to be like this. Please believe me.”
Kevin thought about those words for a moment and decided to follow Joanna's wishes..
We believe that taking care of rationality and efficiency in a special situation called the end is a departure from rationality and efficiency..
So Kevin helped Joanna free the girls trapped in the ice..
“I think I won?”
Just right. Just right. Exactly... A nun trapped in ice clinked her teeth and said.
Even though she looked like she was going to freeze to death at any moment, she spoke with venom in her eyes..
“shut up. It's not because I forgot to kill it, it's because I need someone to tell me what happened..”
“It's foolish... Do you think we're just afraid of death??”
“uh.”
Kevin answered firmly..
Success in life, good fortune, revenge, filial piety, great cause, justice, sacrifice, etc. There were many reasons in the world for performing certain actions, but in the end, desire was at the root of those reasons..
It was an extremely natural thing. Because if there was no desire in the first place, it would be impossible for a person to act..
Living and breathing is possible only because of the desire to live..
Not being afraid of death simply means having a desire to achieve it even at the cost of giving up one's life..
Usually this desire was revenge.
A clear desire to eliminate the object of hatred by burning oneself.
Even if the nuns had that kind of desire, they wouldn't want to die..
At least you want to die watching the object of your hatred burn alive..
So just as Kevin was telling her to shut up, one of the girls let out a bizarre scream..
“Shut up······.”
An exhausting scream that cannot be attributed to a girl..
It wasn't just the screaming that was strange..
The girl suddenly began to age rapidly, as if time was passing quickly alone..
The girl's unique vitality and beauty disappeared, her golden hair turned pure white, and her grape-like skin became wrinkled like a raisin..
And it wasn't just one person.
55Many of the girls aged rapidly and died..
Kevin reflexively looked towards where Della was, and saw that she, whose heart had been pierced, had been given new life and was escaping from the dark window on her own..
New life gained in exchange for the girls' lives.
That wasn't all.
Wow... Wazijik······. Wow!!!!
The sound of ice breaking was heard, and countless corpses poured out of coffins buried in various places underground..
These are the corpses of nuns buried for hundreds of years under a convent. They arose with a different energy from that of black magic and tangled together to form a gigantic figure with multiple heads and multiple limbs..
ah······. ah······. ah······. ah······. ah······.
The corpses and skeletons of the nuns gathered together surrounded the area, making strange noises, and among them, Sister Della aimed the tip of her sword at Kevin..
“My strength... Did you think it was just one holy law?!!?”
Corpses stretching out their hands to surround you without any gaps..
Kevin responded by extracting his feelings..
“That doesn't change the fact that it's someone else's power.”
“Hehe... I wonder how long you'll keep talking like that. indeed-”
-simplicity and honesty!
I heard something breaking..
The direction from which the sound was heard was Sister Della. It was precisely on her arm that she held her sword..
Della's arm, which was revived by sacrificing the girls' lives, suddenly broke..
At the same time, the corpses of the nuns who had been revived by Della's hands surrounded the nuns trapped in the ice and began to recite prayers with their hands together..
Like when the nun surrounded the girls.
“All, all, I will go.······.”
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