Chapter 346
< scribe (1) >
The Pantheon is a group of many religious denominations united together..
As such, there were various factions there made up of people with similar tendencies and doctrines..
If you were a simple member, you could just focus on your religious life without worrying about complicated situations..
However, the higher up you go in any organization, the more important politics becomes..
Given that his position was the head of the steering committee that decided the direction of a huge organization called Pantheon and that he represented a specific faction, it was inevitable that he would become busier whenever something happened..
Right here, sitting in the backseat of a car driven by a driver, moving somewhere..
‘It's annoying, but there's nothing you can do about it. That guy named Heinrich was talking nonsense.···.’
Adeline Schneider, a woman with gray hair, gently closed her eyes and massaged her eyebrows..
She is a member of the 12 Committee, the leadership of the Pantheon, and is also the secretary of the North American branch of the Buncheonhoe. She is having a busy day due to recent events..
‘How on earth did they summon the gold dragon? I never thought I could bring not only myself but a completely separate being to Earth. It would be impossible to summon a creature of that level without divine intervention..’
It was a completely different incident from the one a warlock had summoned the dragon not long ago..
Even though it was quite unusual and caused quite a stir at the time, it was truly historic for a living, fully intelligent resident of another world to appear on Earth..
In such a situation, naturally, the argument made by the person who caused such a miracle, Saint Heinrich St. Landgard of Outerica, was bound to be given added weight..
Isn't the reason she is so busy managing the faction because the agenda was brought up to the steering committee?!
‘Tsk, nothing is going to be easy because of those fanatics. Although they are people of Earth, they are traitors who fall for the temptation of foreign media and pollute this land... This time, it's like fluttering my ears to the nonsense of a stranger from outer space..’
Adeline's brow furrowed..
Although she worked in the Pantheon for a long time and proved her abilities and faith to reach her current position, she never once thought of other priests as her colleagues..
She just waited for the right moment and persevered according to God's will..
‘Anyway, it was a pain in the ass. The name of Beoncheonhoe is also mentioned openly here and there. If the fanatics here start setting things up as they please, it will get tiring.···.’
In fact, to put it nicely, there were no priests who were priests who used divine power but were not mentally ill..
Of course, including herself as a special case..
‘Although only bad stories about dark magic users are spread around the world. Actually, if you think about it, the level of mental pollution is not that great even with divine power..’
The side effect of divine power is fanaticism.).
It's just that it's not that noticeable on the outside compared to dark magic, and it was an open secret that most of the priests were pretty crazy..
In the first place, since power was received and used from a divine being of a far different rank, it was only natural for the user to be influenced by the object of faith..
Even in a system where the deeper one's faith, the stronger the divine power one can use, the saying that he became a high-ranking priest was consistent with the saying that he was insane..
“Phew.”
She leaned back against the seat with a soft sigh and raised one hand to cover her eyes..
As I thought about all the things I had to do in the future, I felt like I was getting a headache..
‘···are you okay. It's still just a discussion stage. Moreover, with nothing confirmed, it will not be easy to pinpoint the person who is the leader of the 12th Committee..’
All we had to do was waste time and at the same time blame everything on the real 'followers of the evil god' who we had identified in advance..
In the meantime, I'll have to hold back a little, but since it's not the time to rush forward, it's probably best to do so now..
‘To bother. Heinrich... I'll make sure to pay you back for this... Hmm.?’
Then at some point.
As if cutting off those complicated thoughts midway.—.
It's good—!
The car she was riding in suddenly came to a halt..
Upper body leaning roughly forward due to inertia.
Adeline, who was already feeling uncomfortable, raised her eyebrows..
“What happened suddenly??”
“Sorry, sorry. Priest. Suddenly there was someone in front of me so I stopped.···.”
Her eyebrows twitched at the driver's answer to her calm questioning..
Sure enough, when I looked toward the windshield, I saw a stranger wearing a motorcycle helmet blocking the path where the car should have passed..
However, even after identifying the cause, her frozen face did not loosen..
‘···When did it get this close??’
Although she was active as a priest, she was also strong enough to be called a superwoman..
But I didn't even feel the other person approaching until I saw it with my own eyes.···.
Bbangbang!
“What are you doing there, in the middle of the road? Get out of the way quickly.!”
When she was lost in thought like that.
The driver, who was carefully observing her, honked his horn and raised his voice..
He clearly looked nervous due to the suspicious behavior of the other person, but he couldn't help but hesitate as one of the Pantheon's leaders was riding behind him..
If I hesitated for no reason and showed her displeasure, my line of food could have been cut off..
“Ahaha, I'm really sorry... Excuse me, but I have something I want to ask you..”
“Anyway, what if it suddenly pops out onto the road? Then what do you do if an accident occurs?.”
“Sorry, I have some really urgent business to attend to.···.”
The driver's expression softened slightly as the other person repeatedly apologized..
The soft voice that put my mind at ease, as well as the way the other person spoke that seemed somewhat languid, gave off a sense of harmlessness..
“So, by any chance, is the person riding inside right now the secretary??”
However, as the other person continued to ask questions, the driver's tension, which had gradually eased, tightened again..
Unidentified stranger asking who is in the car.
From the looks of it, he doesn't seem to have good intentions.?
“A scribe? I can't tell you who's inside, but I think you've got the wrong street number. Rather, I am warning you that the person riding here is higher than you think, so it would be best for you to leave now..”
However, the man who actually received the answer to the question did not care at all about the article's reaction..
I just slowly raise the corners of my mouth as I feel the explosion of energy coming from the back seat of the car..
“···I think I came to the right place..”
“Hey! I see you don't know anything. In the first place, the position of secretary did not and could not exist in the Pantheon, a religious union.···!”
The knight's words, which raised his voice in reply to the alumni book, did not last until the end..
He suddenly swayed his upper body while sitting in the driver's seat, and soon lost consciousness, hit his head on the steering wheel, and passed out..
Baaaaang—
The horn sounds loudly.
With that sound in the background, Adeline slowly opened the back seat door and got out, looking at an unidentified person with narrowed eyes..
A man wearing a loose-fitting suit whose body shape cannot be determined and a helmet that covers his entire head came to us knowing exactly who he was..
‘Before I knew it, the barrier had been activated. Did you prepare it in advance and then just activate the trigger? I made up my mind from the beginning and waited..’
In addition, a subtly inhumane atmosphere was emanating from the other person, as if they were part of nature gathered together..
That was something very unfamiliar to her, even though she had experienced everything from mountain warfare to air combat..
Before exercising her skills, she opened her mouth first to gather as much information about the opponent as possible..
“I don't know who you are, but are you confident that you can take care of it? How dare you attack me, a member of the Pantheon's 12th Committee. It must be difficult to die gracefully?”
“Ahaha... I'm not the type of person to think about the future before doing anything. Actually, I still feel like I came here for no reason. Even though I deliberately prepared an air purifying magic tool, I still find it difficult to breathe. Really, how does everyone live in a place like this?···.”
“No more useless words. So, what is your purpose??”
Unlike the two sides who stood up and attacked each other, a calm conversation began to take place between them..
On the surface, it seemed like it would be resolved in a peaceful way.···.
“Because it’s purpose... What else do I want from coming this far??”
That mood didn't last long..
Translucent shapes reveal themselves one by one around a monster wearing a helmet-type magical device with an air-purifying function..
They were beings that one would never expect to see in this world..
“All I want from the beginning is just one thing.”
“···government ordinance?”
Adeline's face hardened..
That wasn't just a low level thing..
High-level spirits that even she could never underestimate... were appearing in groups as if they had been waiting..
“My goal is to destroy the Buncheonhoe. in other words—.”
Expressing clear hostility towards her.
At a time when the scribe did not expect it, a completely unexpected opponent.
“it's your death.”
They struck first in an unexpected way..
Kwaaang—!
In a form accompanied by violent drinking and destruction.
***
‘That's great. The response was much better than I expected..’
High elf Harris, who came to Earth after a long time, slowly nodded his head wrapped in a helmet..
Originally, the power of the spirits would have been greatly reduced, but perhaps thanks to the two ‘dimensional barrier relaxations’, the decline in power was not as great as expected..
Crying—!
Ultra-high- voltage electric current poured out from the body of the lightning spirit Watt, and the fire spirit Kali's lava-like flames spewed out..
A sharp wind comes from the wind spirit Pascal, and a heavy wave comes from the sound spirit Decibel..
After signing a new contract, the earth spirit Hectar, the light spirit Lumen, and the water spirit Liter, who have grown steadily, also unleashed their power as if they would not be defeated..
“Pfft! A spirit. This is really unexpected. And handling so many numbers at the same time...? What kind of unique skill do you have that makes this possible??”
However, it was not easy to deal with the scribe who was scattering a sunset-colored glow all over with just that..
A female warrior wearing armor made of divine power all over her body and holding a large shield and hammer in both hands, as if she were a messenger from God..
She was biding her time, withstanding the barrage of spirits pouring down like a shower with overwhelming defense power based on pure divine power..
As if time is on your side anyway.
‘What about that?・··Indeed, was that the case?.’
And Harris, who had already used 『Dimensional Barrier Relief』 twice, could feel a certain sense of strangeness in her divine power..
It is something that every user of divine power has no choice but to endure..
The decrease in efficiency due to the phase difference between dimensions is not visible to her at all..
‘The scribe's divine power must have been received from the Beoncheonhoeju. Since the basis of that power is on the same Earth, it is bound to be unaffected by the dimension..’
Perhaps that was the decisive driving force that allowed her to rise to the top of the Pantheon..
To begin with, the conditions were different from others, so it wouldn't have been difficult to get to the top even without giving your all..
‘Well, if you think about it that way, Heinrich is in a similar position..’
Harris took a deep breath, his star-shaped pupils shining inside his helmet..
Certainly, with this air purifying magic tool, it was much better than breathing with bare body, but as the being closest to nature, breathing was not simply done through the lungs, so it was still a difficult task..
‘It seems like it's getting more difficult as I use spirits. After all, I need to finish it as quickly as possible..’
Kuuk.
The whole place is in chaos due to the indiscriminate bombardment of as many as seven high-ranking spirits..
He tightly grasped Themis, a bow made of World Tree branches held in his hands..
There was no need to worry about unnecessary damage since there was a formation using “Muyu Bagua Bigong (改)” around anyway..
Using that power, the driver and the car he was driving, which had been in place just a moment ago, had already been moved to a safe place..
「For him, who can manipulate the energy of nature at will with the 'Muyu Bagua Bikong (改)', the mystery of the Jinbeop, which can artificially arrange the energy of nature to create the environment desired by the practitioner, was nothing short of the optimal compatibility..
Also, wasn't the knowledge needed for that sufficiently provided by Zhuge Shiga and Geumo Tao?!
Mei profit—
An arrow made from a branch of the world tree is caught in a protest..
Power began to rapidly concentrate within it, defying the tension that seemed as if it would shoot out at any moment..
Gooooo—
Pure natural power, its processed energy, and the various elemental energies of the spirits were all sucked into one point..
And the moment the destructive energy concentrated to the limit is released..
———!
As if dividing space, a line of light pierced the air..
Kwaaaaang—!
After one binge drinking.
Harris's expression hardened..
“Ah, I didn't expect this.···.”
Looking at the familiar figure blocking the path of the scribe who was the target,.
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