Chapter 558 – Breakup
Terra frowns when she sees Gregory.
《That… The existence of the Demon World descended through a suitable person…》
《Suitable person?》
《A suitable person refers to a human being who is especially compatible with dark magic. Perhaps because of this, contact with the demon world is smooth, and demons of a much higher level can be created than simply using sacrifices.》
Was that Cyrus?
Was it really a problem that I put dark magic into him?
‘…’
I decided to bury this truth in my heart.
《… It looks like Hellion is planning something again.》
The leader of Zephyria is Helion. So, it was reasonable to think that Zephyria was also receiving his instructions.
《Unho, do you want to deal with that demon?》
《Right…》
“Right now, I don’t have the energy to use my own strength here. Instead, we will allow you to briefly move the doll you are using. And I will allow you to harness the power of the planet for a moment.》
Perhaps Terra didn’t like Gregory either, so he willingly agreed to my request, so I could deal with him.
《After using the power of this planet, your incarnation will disappear.》
《… That can’t be helped.》
In a situation where he couldn’t even use magical power, he forcibly expanded his mind and made contact with Terra.
At that point, the disappearance of the avatar had already been confirmed.
Rather, it can be said that Terra extended the avatar’s extinction grace period to deal with Gregory.
There was nothing for me to complain about.
《Then, I will go.》
《Wait?》
《… Something else?》
Terra frowns slightly as she keeps holding on to me.
《Hmm… There’s one more thing I’d like to ask you…》
Fortunately, she seemed to think it was no big deal, listened to my additional request, and disappeared.
After finishing the conversation with Terra, I turned my attention to Gregory again.
The world still stood.
Gregory trying to reach out his hand to grab me.
My women were very nervous when they saw Gregory like that. Hestia and the people of the punitive force barely came to their senses from the shock of the explosion and struggled to get up.
It looked no different from before I contacted Terra.
Right now, there is nothing I can do in this quiet world. It was time to escape from this world.
When the expanded consciousness comes down to the level of the stopped world, time begins to flow again.
I lightly stretched out my fist towards Gregory’s large hand.
The person who saw that made a laughable expression.
– Poseok.
And then his arm disappeared.
Part of the ceiling of the Demon King’s Castle behind it also disappeared cleanly.
-Horrible…
Gregory was making a dumb expression as if his thinking had stopped at a phenomenon that he could not understand.
My avatar’s dark skin quickly changes to golden skin.
Terra said she would do something to help the Avatar endure a little, and she seemed to be the influence.
That’s not all. The planet’s mana… Energy was moving according to my will.
Is this the power of being the ruler and manager of the planet?
Well… I guess it’s just a taste.
“… What are you…?”
Gregory still doesn’t understand the situation and asks with his mouth open with a dumb expression.
“That’s a stupid question. Do you think I’ll tell you?”
I wanted to make fun of him and play with him more, but I didn’t have time for that.
Although Terra used her hands, she instinctively felt that the Avatar could not be maintained for that long.
He stretched out his hand towards the guy.
And in front of me, according to my will, the planet’s incredible magical power began to flow in.
-Keyiing!
The effect was such that a subtle distortion of space occurred.
Gregory, feeling in danger, tries to escape him.
“Mo, your body?!”
The planet that was partially in sync with me and my will bound him.
What if Gregory draws on the power of the Demon King?
I draw on the power of the planet called Panthera.
There is no comparison in scale.
“Now, sleep…”
Without even having time to look at Gregory’s urgent face, the magical power that had gathered in front of his hands was released.
A powerful wave of magic engulfed Gregory.
-Pusok…
The wave of magic that swallowed up even the sound completely disappeared, as if erasing only the space where Gregory was.
As this incident happened in an instant, the attention of the group and the punitive force around me was focused on me.
“Gregory disappeared.”
“…”
It’s an expression of bewilderment rather than joy.
Until now, I’ve been dealing with Gregory through that shit show… But it was dealt with in an instant, so I guess it’s ridiculous.
If it was going to be handled this easily, why am I feeling the same resentful gaze now…? .
“Bark, what happened? I sense divine power in you.”
Not only Hestia, but also Azaz and Burwell and the other Holy Knights were looking at me with very confused expressions.
The demons, who had been using blood magic a lot until recently, are suddenly radiating divine power. They, too, would be dumbfounded.
“I got some help.”
“Help… Help? Who, to whom…”
“Terra.”
“Could it be… You mean Goddess Terra?”
“That’s…”
-Jeojeok…
I could feel the avatar suddenly collapsing.
The consequences of using inappropriate power were showing up in the avatar.
There was no time.
“Hestia, I’m sorry, but I don’t have time to explain in detail.”
A sphere emitting powerful divine power appears above my hand.
“Well, that?”
The mouths of the Holy Knights, including Hestia, gape at the absurd amount of divine power flowing from there.
The orbs of divine power split apart… Into the backs of Karen, Hilda, Caria, and Hestia’s hands… And seeped into Bianca’s lower abdomen.
On the back of their hands was the authentication mark of the goddess Terra… No, her stigmata was shining softly.
This was the last thing I asked Terra for.
Later, she asked those related to her to carve her stigmata on Terra so that she would not suffer needlessly.
The Holy Knights’ eyes widened as if they were torn apart when they saw the stigmata on the backs of their hands.
“You… No, you… Uh, how? What are you, stigmata? What is this?! “
Burwell approaches me limping on his injured leg and stutters like a fool with an urgent look on his face.
It was a series of events that were incomprehensible to the Paladins. No, as a demon, my actions would have been such a big event that their previous beliefs would be shaken.
“Hestia. I’m sorry for deceiving you. I hope this eases your mind a little.”
Hestia was looking at the stigmata engraved on the back of her hand with a blank expression.
As a paladin of the Terra religion, there would be nothing better than this as an apology gift.
There is no time to answer Burwell’s question.
“Priscilla.”
“Huh? Me?”
Priscilla tilts her head and looks at me.
I told her about my identity through her telepathy.
“… You?”
It was Priscilla’s choice to believe me or not.
There is no time to make them understand slowly.
“Hilda.”
“Yes?”
Hilda, who had been looking at me and her stigmata, opened her eyes wide.
“Please take care of Karen.”
Karen doesn’t know much about the world yet.
Karen, who had lived in a closed space since her childhood, could see her life with me as almost her entire experience in the world.
She thought that Hilda, who had lived a difficult mercenary life for a long time, would be able to lead Karen well.
“Bark, what is that…”
Hilda seemed confused by my unexpected words.
“Chief… Why are you saying that in an uneasy way?… Oh, no? It’s all the leader’s hands!”
The avatar’s body was disappearing like fog starting from her fingertips.
Karen saw that and hugged me with her anxious face.
I gently stroked Karen’s head and called Hestia.
“Hestia.”
“Bar, bar…”
“Demons…”
“Do you mean to think about it one more time?”
I guess my appearance was shocking enough for those words to come out of the paladin’s mouth.
“No. Kill everyone you see… Don’t feel strange sympathy for me for no reason. They are different from me. Think of me and never weaken your heart. Do you understand?”
“Bark… You really…”
Hestia was giving me a sad look.
I said this to Karen, who was looking at me in despair as I was dispersing like fog.
“I’m sorry Karen. I think this is all we can do together.”
Karen shakes her head strongly.
“Karen… I’m not dying. This isn’t my real body, so you don’t have to be too sad. Maybe we’ll meet again someday… And my name isn’t Bark, it’s Unho…”
With that, the connection with the avatar was lost.
〔The avatar has disappeared.〕
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In the dark.
A soft light turns on, and you can see the interior of the luxurious capsule.
Even though it was connected for quite a long time, the capsule maintained a comfortable atmosphere.
It doesn’t matter to me, but I understand that the virtual reality capsule is equipped with a device that prevents health from being harmed even if you lie down for a long time.
-Push…
You can hear the sound of air escaping, the capsule cover opens, and the lights turn on in the capsule room.
“Sunni, what’s the situation?”
[No more!]
“What is Selby’s blockade?”
[It’s still the same. Master, when will you log in next?]
“It’s over.”
[Yes? Is it over?]
“It means I’ve stopped playing games. My life as a game junkie is over.”
[Is my solo workshop coming to an end?]
For some reason, Suni seemed excited.
The entire time I was connected to Pantera, I would have been managing the capsules alone… So it was boring.
Before leaving the hotel capsule room, I looked at the capsule again.
‘I don’t know if they’ll be okay. Well… I even gave Terra’s stigmata, so it’ll be okay.’
