Chapter 487 – War (2)
The giant spear made from the branches of the World Tree crushed Baal’s body.
Crumbling…!
It crushed not only Baal, but everyone around him.
That wasn’t all.
Despite this, the branches of the World Tree stuck in the ground and the branches that turned into spears did not stop growing.
Kwajik, Kwazik…!
It didn’t stop growing heavier and harder.
But I know this isn’t the end.
Blah blah, blah blah…!
I saw cracks in the branches of the World Tree that had crushed Baal.
Baal was seen shaking and trying to get up while holding the branch that had crushed him.
Baal, his power was that of an ogre.
Maintenance of strength.
It was simple, but it was also a powerful power.
The monstrous power possessed by an ogre who has reached the height of a half-body.
That monstrous power is a power that is maintained continuously without being consumed.
Also, it was clear that Baal’s power was what kept him ‘alive’ even though his entire body was crushed and turned into a ball.
Life itself must have been replaced by power and maintained.
In the same way, Baal too would have taken his life.
Even though he was hit by something as big as a building, he survived.
Rather, he was lifting the branch of the World Tree with a very distorted face full of anger.
But, it was late.
Suddenly, Lilith, who had flown away, clenched her fist behind the huge wooden spear.
Four pairs of wings.
One more pair of wings, extended from the three pairs I had seen before, unfolded.
Uuuuu…!
Lilith’s fist was imbued with divinity.
The goddess of succubi, who receives the faith of succubi.
From the beginning, the power of Lilith, the transcendent species and the only begotten son of the dimension born to become a god, resided in that fist.
Blah blah blah blah…!
The branches of the World Tree are withering.
In an instant, the vitality of the branches of the World Tree, which had never stopped growing, faded.
‘Voracity’
A Dimension Eater, born as a succubus, born as a predator.
The power of the transcendent species sucked all the life force around and the mana of the atmosphere.
And, the same was true for Baal, who was lying underneath the tree branch.
Coo…!
My body becomes dry.
He fell to his knees, losing strength due to the life force being absorbed by Lilith and the divinity itself.
And, the master of wings.
‘The Empress’ declares.
『I’m lost.』
The Empress’s fist came down.
On top of the dry, dry branches of the World Tree.
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!!
Due to the mighty power, the branches of the World Tree were seen crumbling.
Rumble…!
The earth, which received the power directly, let out a roar and shook.
Coo, coo, coo, coo…!
The land is collapsing and collapsing again.
I screamed.
That was really the end.
Baal, who had been hit hard by Lilith’s punch that caused an earthquake, was lying among the broken pieces of tree branches.
Even if he was a demigod with divinity, there was no need to check whether the current Baal was dead or alive.
Baal was dead, his entire body crushed to the point where it was difficult to recognize his form.
Without any vitality or divinity left.
Literally, he was crushed to death.
“…You’ve become stronger.”
Hoaran muttered like that.
Hmm.
Definitely got stronger.
That was clear.
From the beginning, Lilith had ‘suppressed’ her powers.
He did it because he could not control his own strength, authority, or instincts.
It is a succubus that absorbs everything around it, but at the same time, it is a transcendent species that transcends succubi.
It was Lilith who had sealed herself and suppressed herself for fear that she would eventually eat the world itself with her own hands.
But, it wasn’t anymore.
Perhaps Lilith’s imperfections were because she was still imperfect as a succubus?
Or maybe he just realized how to manipulate power.
Lilith’s power, which delivered the final blow to Baal, had no effect on us at all.
Lilith absorbed only what she wanted.
Because he could not control himself, he was able to completely control the power he had suppressed.
Is that proof?
I looked at Lilith coming down to the ground.
Due to excessive mana absorption, the skin that had turned blue was now the same as usual.
The horns have become somewhat larger and more beautiful.
One more pair of wings was added.
“…What you looking at?”
Lilith said, folding her wings.
“No, just.”
Lilith muttered, “My words were indifferent,” And walked at a trotting pace, looking down at Baal, who had been cut into pieces by her… And pressed into the ground, which had caved in like a huge crater.
“This is Baal, right?”
Among them, the only ogre with divinity was Baal, so I nodded to Lilith’s question.
Seeing Baal hit by Lilith’s heartfelt punch brought back memories of getting beaten up by Lilith while doing all kinds of stupid things.
…Let’s play around a bit from now on.
I felt like if I made Lilith really angry, she wouldn’t be able to break even a bone.
But, that’s it.
“More than that, Lilith, Hoaran, and Carmina. “How are you feeling?”
I am alone, but my wives are different from me.
You are not alone.
Everyone responded to what I said.
“This is okay.”
“It’s the same here.”
“Hmph, it’s barely this much.”
He lifted the barrier that hundreds of vampires gathered together in a matter of seconds and strengthened the golden warriors with divinity, intercepting incoming attacks, attacking enemies, and even blowing away Baal, who had reached the level of a demigod, with a single blow. Lilith said so.
“It’s really, really okay, right? “Doing anything unreasonable is…”
Before I could finish speaking, Hoaran approached me.
And then, he grabbed my hand… And placed it on his stomach.
“Now, feel it for yourself. “It’s Hanzo.”
My heart is pounding…
The lives residing in Hoaran’s stomach.
I could feel the sound of my children’s hearts.
“…Our children are very healthy, so don’t worry.”
As Hoaran said, all three seemed to be safe.
…If I were to worry, would it be that seeing something like this would have a negative impact on my prenatal education?
“Alas, what a shame! Yeo-do and Yeo-do, make sure that your children are safe too!”
As Carmina said that, she grabbed my free hand and placed it on her stomach.
My heart is pounding…
Here too, a very healthy heart sound could be heard.
My children with Joaran, and my children with Carmina.
I was relieved to see that all five of us were very healthy.
At that time, I felt eyes on me.
When I turned my head in the direction where I felt those gazes, I saw Lilith looking at me with a sullen expression.
“Lilith too.”
“…Joy.”
Lilith snorted but approached me.
Looking at Hoaran and Carmina, who had made way for Lilith, this time I placed my hand on Lilith’s stomach.
Excited, Excited…
“…Yes, Lilith and the child are healthy.”
It was fortunate.
“You’re worried because you’re too worried. What are we? “Do you think I followed you without any preparation?”
“That’s it, what…”
I don’t think so, though.
Still, it was natural to be worried.
“…More than that, how are you feeling?”
“Me?”
“…I realized this when I saw you, but you’ve been scolding us all this time, right?”
…I knew I would get caught someday, but I got caught a little too quickly.
“You couldn’t handle even one guy like that at once, so you tried to go and return alone?”
It was as he said.
…What would it have been like if I had been alone?
First of all, I would have had to pour in my strength to break through the barrier.
Also, you would have had to approach while dealing with Baal’s attacks.
They must have caught him after being mixed up with a considerable number of trolls for a long time, and after consuming most of his already decent divinity… And when he was completely exhausted.
No, maybe it wasn’t Baal who was caught but me.
“Stop worrying about us and mind your own business.”
“…Yes.”
I have nothing to say.
“…Huh, well, more than that. It’s Hanzo. What about divinity?”
Hoaran, who was worse than me, said that to me when he was being treated badly.
“That’s okay.”
I spent some divinity this time, but it was okay.
Growth and growth.
It is a similar type of ability, and the branch of the World Tree used as a medium in the first place was Ariad’s.
It meant that my compatibility was very good.
So, it didn’t consume that much divinity.
Furthermore…
“Because Teresa seems to be treating me well.”
I felt the divinity quickly rising and the faith being offered to me.
It appears that the message I asked Hongryeon to deliver to Teresa was properly received.
I gathered believers together and asked them to pray for me, and that seems to have worked.
They knew that the world was in chaos.
For him, perhaps thanks to letting him know that I had moved, my already strong faith became even stronger.
They have all been converted into divinity and are gradually accumulating.
Thanks to this, there was no major problem.
“…Then, the problem is the dragons.”
It was just as Carmina said.
“We… Gwae, it’s okay.”
The dragons take a deep breath and sigh.
As if flying this far with all their might wasn’t enough, the dragons suddenly poured magic into the attack and exhaled their breath, erasing the vampires at once.
The state of the dragons was beyond words, as they had been expelling their breath with all their might for several minutes to block the divine attack.
Thanks to Justitia, I learned a lot about dragons, but now that I see that the dragons’ scales have lost their luster, they seem to be quite tired.
“If it’s okay, if it’s really okay, try turning into human form.”
“That…”
From the dragon’s appearance, you can only see that its scales have lost their luster, but when they change into human form, they will be able to see their dark circles and pale complexion, so I can see the dragons hesitating.
“…Rest here for a bit and then follow me. “We’ll go in first.”
“But… Tiacleus. “We are going to the princess-“
Lilith spoke, interrupting the dragon who was about to protest.
“But go to sleep, you are nothing but a burden now.”
No.
Release.
Even if it’s just a fact, if you hit it like that…
Still, these are dragons who worked hard to get here.
“…I knew. Empress.”
I felt a little sorry to see the dragons looking sullen and lowering their heads.
And then…
The dragon said, “Woooooh…”
The red dragon that often walked around with me took on the form of a woman and approached me.
As expected, her complexion was not good and she had dark circles under her eyes… As the red-haired beauty approached, Lilith crossed her arms.
“…What?”
When Lilith frowned, the dragon flinched, but then lowered her head and held out something to me.
“This.”
Looking at it, it was a bead I had seen many times before.
“…This?”
“Father of all dragons, recipient of our faith. When the Dragon God sent the princess to this world, he entrusted it to us. “The princess said, if you find someone you love, tell them.”
If you are a dragon god.
He is Justitia’s great-grandfather.
I stared blankly at the bead that that person had told me to give to Justitia’s ‘lover.’
No, how did that gentleman know what Justitia would be doing here and left her in charge of this?
While I was wondering, the dragon spoke.
“…He sees the future. A further future than we think. Perhaps… Tiacleo, I have also seen you become the princess’s companion.”
The belief in the dragon god, that is, Justitia’s great-grandfather, is more than Carmina’s or Teresa’s fanaticism about me. Oh, no matter how much of a god I am, if I say something like that, they will definitely squeeze out all their remaining strength and kill me. So, I silently grabbed the bead.
“I pray that it helps… I will follow you as soon as my strength returns.”
“…Yeah, well. Okay.”
He nodded and looked at her beads.
What it looked like was a replica of the jewel that Justitia had previously given to Ariad… It was similar to a counterfeit item, but no energy was felt from the bead.
An ordinary-looking bead that feels nothing like divinity or common mana.
“…”
But no matter how hard I try to grab it.
Looking at the bead that didn’t budge, I realized it wasn’t an ordinary object.
I wondered what this was, but since it was given to me, I kept it in my arms.
Whatever it is, if someone gives it to me, I am careful to take it first.
“Hanzo.”
“Hero.”
“Okay, then let’s go.”
I can’t take the dragon bus anymore, so I’ll have to hurry.
