Chapter 464
fruit of myth (2)
“Hmm, I was wondering if something like this might happen, so I tried to attack it all at once.···.”
The leader and chairman of the Pantheon 12 Committee stroked his mustache roughly and sighed deeply..
Having survived and experienced all the hardships he faced, he knew well that when humans are pushed into a corner, they become indifferent..
So, in order to complete the work without leaving any gaps, I deliberately took some time to prepare thoroughly.···.
“Chairman! The remnants of the evil spirit have begun to expand again.!”
“The evacuation of nearby citizens has not yet been completed. If it continues like this···.”
“Ah, who could have caused such a terrible disaster?!”
He hadn't even thought about this situation..
How could it be possible to summon the shadow of a god that exists in another world to this Earth?.
How on earth could you possibly expect such a transfer to be possible??
‘Phew, but there's no time to just worry.’
Now everyone is confused by the sudden situation..
In the current situation where even one hand was lacking, he, one of the best priests in the pantheon, could not just give instructions from behind..
A cool divine power flowed from the body of the chairman who narrowed his eyes..
Saaaaa—
The power of God that freezes all things in the world and stops everything.
Compared to when it was used in this world, its power was reduced to less than half, but due to the nature of divine power being higher than other energies, it was a power that could not be ignored..
Wiggle wiggle—
But even that power was not enough to suppress the shadow of that evil spirit..
An amorphous mass that struggles violently against the sacred power that is constricting it..
Tentacles stretched out around it, which had already grown to the size of a decent garden, sweeping in all directions and devouring everything it touched..
“big.”
“Ugh, what the hell is this?!”
It was the same even though not only the chairman but also other members of the steering committee and prominent clergy from each denomination joined forces..
The limit was to suppress the rapidly expanding momentum of the disaster and hold it back for a while..
‘···The compatibility is the worst.’
It was not that the priests borrowed the power of God or that their abilities themselves were lacking..
Unlike them, who have to forcefully bring the power of God that exists beyond the dimension to Earth and manifest it..
The only problem was that the shadow of that evil god had the glory of a god in itself..
‘I guess it's the so-called difference in class. This side is ignoring most of the coercive power it has pulled together. It is somehow maintained thanks to the combined efforts of many people.···.’
Even that was just a temporary measure as it did not reach the imperfect divinity that that being possessed..
For now, the limit was to minimize sacrifices as much as possible and hold out until help arrived..
‘Even if support comes, it will be difficult to get rid of it. Still, that's the only way for now. If we just buy time, we can somehow put our heads together and find a way to send it back..’
It was not unreasonable for the chairman to think so..
However, there was one thing he missed as he naturally only calculated his usual power in a sudden situation..
“Ugh! Well, that is···?”
“in the sky···!”
It was true that there was one more being here and now that was beyond his common sense..
Wow!—!
spurt.
A strong wind and a blinding flash occurred simultaneously..
With a sharp anticipation that makes your body tingle.
Most people unconsciously closed their eyes and avoided their gaze, but those who kept their gaze until the end, thanks to many practical experiences, were able to clearly witness the change that occurred at that moment..
———!
A huge sword of light fell from the sky.
To instantly pierce and scatter the dark purple figure writhing on the ground..
“······!”
The chairman, who watched the clash of two divine powers that occurred at that moment, widened his eyes..
And he wasn't the only one who reacted so strongly..
“It doesn't make sense... What did I just see??”
“Equal? No matter how imperfectly it has been called, it is still the shadow of God in name and color.?”
Leaving aside their surprise, the platinum-colored light and purple-black smoke continued to clash violently, biting each other..
A tentacle the size of a house extending from within the smoke was cut off by a sword like a flash of light, and the fog that spewed out immediately engulfed those who opposed it and the surrounding land..
Kwagwagwagwang—!
I hope that such battles and battles will happen dozens of times every second..
It was a fight so transcendent that it made me question whether it was really happening for royalties..
Thanks to the sacred fire deployed by the priests, the aftermath did not spread much, otherwise the surrounding area would have already been devastated..
‘Oops!’
The chairman, who was staring at it blankly for a moment, suddenly came to his senses..
No matter how you look at it, isn't this situation the moment of opportunity you've been longing for??
I couldn't just watch and let it go like this..
“Everyone, come to your senses.!”
He consoled the priests who were finally able to take a breather and readjusted their posture..
In the meantime, I glanced at the mythical battlefield with admiring eyes that I could not hide at all..
It was natural, but.
He was not the only one here with such awe..
***
Heinrich's time accelerated to its limit..
While everything around has become infinitely slow.
As if he didn't care about the passage of time, he cut off a tentacle that was extending at an incredible speed with a holy sword..
———!
The angelic heart pulsating ceaselessly in his chest continued to supply strength to his entire body..
He, who had his own energy generating organ, was different from other priests who could only exercise their power by receiving divine power from a god in another dimension..
Faster, more efficient, stronger.
The endlessly multiplying slash of light occupied all directions, cutting through the fog that was targeting this direction..
A splendid majesty that is literally overwhelming..
But his true intentions were not so good..
‘This is endless.’
How many times have I swung my sword since the first strike that fell from the sky and pierced the shadow of the evil spirit??
I tried my best to attack from the beginning in order to finish it as quickly as possible, but it seemed like I was just greedy in hoping to eliminate God's shadow with just one blow..
At least we should take comfort in the fact that we were able to blow off most of the smoke from this guy who was already inflated..
But this fog was just a manifestation of the phenomenon..
In order to finish it off, we need to deal with the core first.···.
For some reason, even though I raised my senses to the highest level, used wide-range attacks excessively, and completely destroyed the smoke, there was no significant progress..
———!
At that time, several strands of energy clung to his body like spider webs, wondering when it had arrived..
Then, in the blink of an eye, the threads multiply and wrap around his body..
There was no way to resist the approach that deceived not only his transcendental senses but also the causality and providence of the world..
[“Haha! You fool! How dare you try to resist the power of God with your mortal body! I will make you a servant of the great Luseni.!”]
Unlike this side, the view on that side was not obscured by fog, and Joker's laughter rang out from somewhere..
Both the first attack and the subsequent combo attacks were targeting him, but seeing as his voice was still fresh, it seemed like it had no effect..
‘···God's power. I see. For some reason, the attack didn't seem to be working properly. Was it all because of this?.’
Heinrich's eyes sank coldly..
I was able to roughly guess what kind of power it was..
That's because right after he came into contact with this energy, his mind was distorted to the point where it was crazy..
‘The power of changing perception... Is it about lies and deception? It really is the power of an evil god..’
This must have been used to twist the surrounding laws and let his attack go..
The status of Heinrich, who holds the seed of divinity, is not that low, so it may not have been completely nullified, but even to that extent, there is a limit to what can be done..
Haven't you succeeded in reaching him like this even now??
‘The end result of wielding such incredible power is to capture and brainwash me. This guy has less imagination than I thought..’
Well, it's a matter of ability rather than imagination..
Heinrich, who immediately tried to use his strength to free himself from the restraints, stopped..
And after thinking about something for a moment, he soon gave up resistance and completely relaxed his body..
‘Maybe this.’
Now, that 'shadow of God' actually did not contain the will of the godhead called Luseni at all..
Manipulating this power is entirely up to the Joker who summoned it..
However, there was no way that humans, who had not yet sprouted the seeds of divinity, could fully control the power of God..
[“Looks like he's given up now. Well thought out. If it's like you, God will give you special care. I will take refuge in Luceni’s arms like this.···.”]
The sound of people talking rang in his ears, but he didn't answer..
Because there was no need to do that..
‘If you put your mind to it, you can endure as long as you want. But then I just waste time and get nothing..’
If we continue like this, it will inevitably lead to a war of attrition..
There will be no change in the fact that you will win in the end, but if that happens, the foundation that brought the shadow of that evil god to this earth will be completely depleted..
Unfortunately.
‘That can't be possible. It is powerful enough to bring the shadows of foreign powers to Earth. This is an opportunity to swallow up something that Beoncheonhoe has worked hard to prepare for over 20 years ago, so why give it up??’
In order to do that, it was necessary to first catch the opponent off guard..
Heinrich did not reject the power that touched his perception..
Even as the “Great Mind” was shaken and his cognition distorted by the power of God, he focused on only one thing..
‘are you okay. As long as you control it well so that it does not flow back,···.’
He was just a terminal anyway.
As long as it doesn't flow back to the body that oversees everything beyond the object called yourself,—.
“Haha! Done! I never thought it would really succeed! Now you are the sword of the Russeni Church.···.”
—Because I didn’t care about the distorted perception..
Heinrich opened his closed eyes in a subtle sense of strangeness and slowly looked around..
A world distorted by the power of Luseni, which can only be perceived in a state of distorted perception, came into his eyes..
‘also. This is why there was no progress at all..’
A separate space that does not share laws and cause and effect with the outside world.
The sword marks found all over the place were definitely his own..
But even now, as I see the wounds healing and expanding in real time, I can't imagine how much longer it would have taken if the fight had continued..
‘I found it.’
and there.
it was.
Jason approaches with a triumphant expression, and a fist-sized sphere lodges itself in Joker's chest and emits a faint light..
Heinrich, who was staring at him, made eye contact with him and smiled..
“···That was it?”
“huh?”
“Looks good.”
“···what?”
At those words, Joker's footsteps stopped..
Soon, as if he sensed something strange, his face hardened and he immediately mustered up the energy to do something.—.
Puuk!
There was no way that was possible now..
By the time the distance had narrowed this much, it was already much too late..
“Wow! Uh, how...? I confirmed that the power worked properly.···!”
“well?”
Heinrich looked at the Joker, whose chest was pierced by his hand, with cold eyes, and slowly squeezed his hand..
Strange heat felt in my hand.
A crystal of power, of unknown origin, slowly appeared in his hand..
“Ah, no... that···!”
He fell to the floor and desperately poured divine power into the hole in his chest, but his condition did not improve at all..
No, it wasn't just that..
As time passed, his body began to dry out and disperse from the extremities into ash..
“Give it to me! Wow! Quickly give me the ‘fruit of myth’···!”
The result of wielding the power of God at will with a body that is not qualified to do so..
Heinrich looked at him for a moment as not only his body but also his soul was dying, and then turned his gaze to the crystal in his hand..
There was nothing he could do about that, not even if Hans, the immortal king, came..
As he said, he wouldn't know if he gave it back, but he didn't even have the slightest intention of doing so..
‘Who should I give this precious thing to??’
Did you say it was the fruit of myth??
Whatever its name, once it was in his hands, it was now his..
Otherwise, I'm starting to regret the losses I've incurred while fighting.···.
Ppajik—
Was God angry at his selfish intentions?.
Suddenly, the sphere in Heinrich's hand began to crack..
“Huh? What is this??”
I'm still not sure what the fruit of this myth is.!
I hurriedly looked back to where Joker was, but there were only a few miscellaneous items, including a priest's uniform, already lying around..
‘No, wait. It could not have been due to the disappearance of the person who was the medium.?’
The moment that thought passed through my mind.
The situation was taking a sudden turn before he had time to do anything..
pachachang—!
With the sound of something breaking, the ‘Fruit of Myth’ shatters..
Dazzling light burst out in all directions..
***
Outside the Pantheon.
“Huh! Look over there.!”
One of the priests who was desperately setting up a cordon to block the expansion of the writhing purple-black fog shouted loudly..
But no one looked to see where he was..
Because the change was so clear, everyone was already looking at the place where the strange thing was happening..
———!
A little light seeps through the wriggling smoke..
It grew in the blink of an eye and spread like a spider's web..
Paaaat—!
It finally exploded from within, shattering the smoke that contained it..
The ending is so vain that it belittles the resolve of those who came together to buy at least some time because they couldn't do anything about it..
“Uh, this is···?”
“Wait, that can't be···.”
he was at the center.
In the shimmering, scattered halo of light.
A man stands proudly alone, quietly closes his eyes and raises his head toward the sky..
An unknown heavy air lingered around him, giving a strange sense of intimidation to those who saw him..
“Heinrich St. Landgard···.”
The chairman of the Pantheon, who was leading the priests, muttered without realizing it..
A silver-haired angel standing under twinkling particles of light and the pouring sunlight..
The appearance was literally no different from the messenger of God from the story..
Even more so if that being is a savior who single-handedly defeated disaster.···.
At that time, the angel's closed eyes opened and.
His golden eyes, like the sun, illuminated those who looked at him..
***
Heinrich looked around blankly..
When I came to my senses, I saw that there were a lot of people lined up around me, looking at me with eyes full of awe..
“······.”
But now he had no mind left to care about anything else..
Immediately after the fruit of myth breaks and light bursts forth..
Because the scene I saw in that split second when time stopped still remains in my mind..
《The dimensional inflection point has passed a certain level. Access the Akasha System.》
It was seen with that one line message..
What the future of this Earth will look like.
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