Chapter 228: I Will Test That Life of Yours (3)
If seen at night, one would believe the sun had risen; such a holy, beautiful, and noble light emanating from a mere, short wand would be unbelievable.
She shouted.
“Blasphemous darkness! Kneel before the light!”
This light was different from the previous one.
It was the moment when the will to protect the earthly agent directly appointed by God and the desire for His will to be carried out appeared on Earth.
It wasn’t a light that Namia-nim brought forth by her own will, but a light directly emitted by God.
Kwaaah―!
Kyaaah!
Karrr!
The red light screamed and melted away the moment it came into contact with Lynin’s light. It was like pouring white paint over a canvas covered in red dots.
The horde of lesser demons rushing towards Namia-nim vanished, excessively clean.
Even the Inquisitor suffered damage from this light.
Kuuuaah―!
The wounded demon roared. He had underestimated the power of God. He had directly challenged the authority of God protecting His earthly agent. The divine light scorched the demon’s body.
“Uwaaaah―!”
Simultaneously, the Shrine Knight, empowered by the light, swung his sword with a thunderous shout. The greatsword, striking the Inquisitor’s left shoulder, began to cleave the demon’s upper body.
The holy greatsword shone brightly. Although it didn’t look like a holy sword due to its size, the sword, crafted with utmost dedication for the Shrine Knight, burned and cut into the demon’s body with its light.
The demon’s flesh and blood, charred black, emitted a foul odor. This, too, was a deadly poison that would kill an ordinary human upon contact, but to Joey, it was nothing more than foul-smelling smoke.
The greatsword sliced from the Inquisitor’s left shoulder to his right thigh.
Puwhaak!
The severed part of the Inquisitor’s upper body and lower body exploded, scattering black smoke like coal dust. Joey’s vision was momentarily obscured.
Not just his vision.
All five senses were blocked by the demonic smoke.
Namia-nim urgently raised the Essential Light and started constructing a holy spell to counter the demonic smoke that blocked all senses.
This was because the Inquisitor’s upper body remained, allowing him to fly away.
“As Apostle Jushuang Viscarinta Garasa said―! Even in places of darkness, the light always……”
“There you are―!”
“You are there…… Eh?”
Namia-nim, her words tangled, faced the bewildering situation of failing to construct a holy spell for the first time in her life. Above all, even with her senses blocked, Joey’s voice, like the voice of God, pierced through the demon’s interference and reached her.
The moment the demon’s body was destroyed and all sensory organs, including his eyes, were blocked, the aftereffects of receiving God’s power made it easier for Joey to locate the demon.
He entrusted his heart to the God of Light who guided him. Then, he felt a massive malice soaring towards the sky. He poured all his strength into the greatsword and launched it towards the malice.
Kwaaaah―!
Dispersing the demonic smoke, the sword, imbued with the power bestowed by the God of Light, soared into the sky.
The sight was truly divine punishment.
Joey saw the greatsword pierce through the Inquisitor’s body, which was flying away with only its upper body remaining, amidst the scattering demonic smoke.
The Inquisitor, unable to even utter a curse, was pierced by the divine sword and lost the power to exist.
Guooooooooo……!
The demon, who had chosen the wrong time, had to be destroyed despite its immense power.
Joey nodded in satisfaction and offered a prayer of gratitude to God.
“Thank you, Lynin.”
He believed he had done well to believe in and follow God.
Meanwhile, Namia-nim quickly dispelled the demonic smoke. Seeing Joey praying, she smiled with relief.
Perhaps it was a coincidence, but she offered the same prayer as Joey, filled with various meanings.
“Thank you, Lynin.”
At that moment, a tremor that could be called an earthquake began.
Urrrrrrrrrr……
The sound of hundreds of rocks rolling down the slope. The sound of an avalanche gaining momentum and pouring down. The sound of tens of thousands of cavalry charging at full speed.
Sounds and vibrations that were hard to believe were caused by humans began to shake the Imperial Palace.
Joey quickly approached Namia-nim. He had to protect her from any unforeseen circumstances.
He asked with bewildered eyes.
“N, Nuna, what’s happening?”
“I don’t know either……”
Paaaat―!
At that moment, the sky turned completely red.
It wasn’t the gentle crimson hue of the sunset, but a color that evoked an ominous feeling.
Namia-nim stared blankly at the sky.
“Ru Ikellainin……”
What in the world is happening?
***
“Wajajajaja―!”
“Urararara―!”
Silvan wanted to let out a hollow laugh. Seeing them so coolly blocking the shadow tentacles he continuously created was almost exhilarating.
Aila and Lucy (Male), with their backs to each other, were pummeling every approaching tentacle with punches and staff strikes.
The armor of light surrounding Aila’s body possessed an attribute completely opposite to the attributes imbued in Silvan’s shadow tentacles. In shamanism, the attribute of light is ‘expulsion.’
No matter how many dozens of shadow tentacles were directed at her, she erased them all with the completely opposite attribute.
In Lucy (Male)’s case, the impression was that he was crushing them purely with force. He was repeatedly wielding the staves in both hands freely to strike down the tentacles.
The mage’s staff in his right hand gathered several tentacles with powerful force, likely stemming from his muscles, and the Magbranz in his left hand instantly obliterated the gathered tentacles.
Except for the fact that it wasn’t a mage’s typical fighting style, it was extremely efficient.
Silvan thought that he could admire them even though they were enemies. However, that thought was shattered by their synchronized shouts.
“Ararararara―!”
“Ajajajajaja―!”
The end of this shout was always the same.
“Acho―!”
The moment this shout ended was the moment when all the shadow tentacles that were attacking them disappeared. Even with practice, it wouldn’t be this perfectly synchronized.
Thinking so, Silvan summoned even more shadow tentacles. Simultaneously, he extended shadows beneath their feet.
Lucy (Male) clicked his tongue as he saw the fifth wave of tentacles approaching.
“Tsk! Old man, this is getting boring!”
“Right! Besides, tentacles! It’s full of potential to be called perverted!”
“Hmm, tentacles. That’s quite erotic in its own way……”
“Pervert! There’s a pervert here!”
“What?! You wanna try something?!”
Seeing them fight amongst themselves without any instigation, Silvan thought, it would have been much better if he had sent Baius Extoria instead.
Although, the possibility of them gossiping together was a bit unsettling.
‘Oh dear. Did I relax too much?’
He shook his head. They were bickering and fighting in a ridiculously funny way, but that might be their composure. Their skills were outstanding enough to call that composure.
He focused all his attention on expanding, solidifying, and controlling the shadows.
Aside from the aspect of controlling external forces, shamanism and superpowers had similarities. Both were based on the premise of using one’s will to manifest power in the world.
Therefore, shamans possessed stronger willpower than other power users. The reason why he had a strong, steel-like body and a straight, tree-like spirit despite his old age was because of this.
If the light source didn’t move, the shadows wouldn’t move either, but the Shadow Manipulator’s will stole the stationary shadows. And controlled them as he pleased.
He sent the shadows from the pillars to merge with the shadows from the railings, and gathered shadows from the unlit kitchen to pull them out as tentacles.
He hung them like stalactites from the parts where the ceiling light didn’t reach, and pulled them up like stalagmites from the cracks in the floor. He bundled them together and sent them towards the two people who were backing each other.
The thin layer of shadow that subtly spread across the floor gradually narrowed the distance without them noticing.
The attribute of shadow was to swallow. If they were to be engulfed by the shadows, their existence would be ‘swallowed’ into the shadows.
Even Silvan couldn’t be sure what was inside. He had never been inside, even as a Shadow Manipulator. However, what was swallowed couldn’t escape from the shadows until the Shadow Manipulator released it.
He prepared for the fifth attack.
Aila frowned at the approaching encirclement of shadows. She didn’t like it at all.
“Tsk. Looks like he’s going all out.”
“Saying ‘going all out’ is a bit of a misnomer. Anyway, does this mean he was gauging our strength while tiring us out? Hmm, to be recognized this much by the enemy, it feels quite good.”
“Don’t be happy about that, you perverted tentacle enthusiast.”
“You’re so sharp-tongued, just like Risel’s daughter.”
Lucy (Male) snorted, and Aila chuckled.
Despite their words, they were inwardly tense. They were usually the type to hide their nervousness and even disguise it with jokes, but they didn’t have that much leeway now.
The shadowy ground, thinly spread to maintain the shadow tentacles, would swallow them up if they weren’t careful. However, focusing solely on the ground made the tentacles bothersome. If they were caught properly, their bones would surely be crushed.
Aila nudged Lucy (Male)’s side with her elbow.
“So, shall we get started? You have Magbranz, so you can unleash something big.”
“Hmm. The natural enemy of shadows is light, but these shadows swallow even magic. Then, should I bring in the source of light?”
“That’s up to you. Make a decision quickly. I don’t know what kind of perverted things will happen if we get dragged into the shadows with him. I want to get married properly.”
“She keeps looking down on me. Just you wait. When you’re born, I’ll seduce you and marry you.”
“I’m sorry! I apologize! I was wrong! Please forgive me just this once! I won’t do it again, so please, anything but that……!”
Aila apologized sincerely. Even if it was herself from another parallel dimension, an instinctive warning rang in her head that Lucy (Male) was absolutely out of the question.
Lucy (Male), after receiving the apology, pondered for a moment whether he should be happy, but then pushed aside the unnecessary thoughts and made a decision.
“Oh, whatever. Let’s go with that. Since I have Magbranz, that magic Master taught me!”
“Oh! Great! You should have used it sooner if you had something like that!”
“You really want that?”
“Yes! Of course!”
Aila said with a bright smile. She didn’t know what kind of magic it was, but she knew Lucy (Male)’s personality well enough to know that he wouldn’t play around with magic. Therefore, if it was magic he deemed usable in this situation, she could trust him.
Lucy (Male) smiled and said.
“Then, give me three minutes.”
“Huh?”
“I haven’t prepared it yet. I need to build the formula from scratch using Magbranz. Don’t worry. Thanks to Magbranz, it’ll take less time. Alright, let’s begin. Eh Lapis Laoka……”
“H, Hold on! Look here! You should listen to the answer! Then, I have to protect you for three minutes…… Hello! Hey! Yanma!”
Aila cursed inwardly as she looked at Lucy (Male), who was preparing magic with his eyes tightly shut. He might not play around with magic, but he could certainly play around with her.
With a disgruntled expression, she vowed to tell Risel and Levidian about this and make sure Lucy (Male) was punished. She closed her eyes and raised her will to use her superpower.
Using superpowers began with meditation, sinking one’s consciousness into their inner self. Aila, having reached the level of an expert, finished this process in an instant.
Once she succeeded in contacting her inner self, she pulled it up. With this, the superpower was ready to be activated. Although extremely simple, realizing one’s inner potential was actually quite difficult.
In the parallel dimension she lived in, countless methods of activation had been developed since the discovery of superpowers. Among them, her family used a basic method of attaching specific names to their potential abilities and using them like magic.
“Unlock secret mode, Nonpermissible invasion, Drive function daze, Loop, Setup complete.”
Forming. This was the process of creating a formula that determined the form of the superpower and creating a manifestation. Through this process, the superpower finally determined its form and purpose.
Aila opened her eyes.
And she unleashed the superpower she had quickly formulated towards the approaching shadowy ground and tentacles.
“Psionic illusion!”
With a clear shout, all sorts of illusions exploded from Aila, spreading in all directions.
Blue butterflies flew over yellow toads, and water striders swam beneath a sleeping tree. Sharks swam and devoured elephants while whales spouted sand from their backs. Penguins ran across the desert, pursued by polar bears, and Fennec foxes made Oriole calls in the snowy fields.
The illusions spread and spread, covering the surroundings, and Silvan was bewildered. He couldn’t see anything. Even the shadow tentacles he had created were hidden by the illusions.
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