The Magic of “Analysis” Sees Through Everything – Chapter 171

𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭

With Errant’s scream, the cave shakes violently.

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“This is. . . not good!”

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“Errant! What have you done!”

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Kiel lunges at Errant.

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She grabs him by the collar and slams him onto the altar.

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“Do you realize what you’ve done! If the divine beast awakens, this island will easily be destroyed!”

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“Let it be destroyed, this island is nothing.”

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But Errant just smiles faintly.

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“Kiel, it’s your fault. If you had accepted me, this wouldn’t have happened.”

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“Errant. . . you. . .”

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“Move aside, even you as a shrine maiden can’t stop this now.”

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Errant roughly pushes Kiel aside and staggers to his feet.

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“Really, everyone. . . is getting in my way.”

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Errant mutters to himself as he stares into the void.

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The vibration shaking the cave continues.

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“No one on this island, no one on the mainland understands my worth. . . If they had given me a position worthy of me, this island could have been more prosperous. . . It’s because they didn’t understand that I had to do this. This is the choice everyone on this island made.”

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Ripples spread widely on the surface of the lake.

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“Kiel! Get away from the lake now!”

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Luke starts running, shouting.

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“If they won’t recognize me, then this island should just disappear!!”

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The surface of the lake rises dramatically and then explodes, sending up a huge spray of water.

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“Dangerous!”

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At the same time as Luke dives sideways holding Kiel, a huge arm that jumped out of the water wraps around Errant.

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Errant is swallowed up by the water before he can say a word.

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“Errant!”

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“Run! This place won’t hold!”

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Luke starts running with Kiel still in his arms.

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Alma, who has picked up Tyra, follows.

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The vibration attacking the cave is now so large that it’s hard to stand.

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Large rocks fall from the ceiling.

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“Aah!”

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When he turns around at the scream, Alma is being wrapped up by a huge arm.

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“Alma!”

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“Luke! Please take care of this child!”

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At the same time as Alma throws Tyra to Luke, Alma is wrapped in armor.

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“Noooooooo!!”

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Alma, who is resisting the huge arm with all her might, is slowly being dragged into the back of the cave, even with the power of the Demonstration Armor.

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“Alma! Disengage the armor!”

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The moment the Demonstration Armor is disengaged, the grip of the arm loosens.

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“Thunderbolt!”

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Luke, who saved Alma in that gap, fires magic at the arm.

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“Collapse!”

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Luke blocks the cave with earth magic while the arm flinches from the thunderbolt.

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“Let’s get out of here while we can!”

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The four of them start running towards the exit of the cave.

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As soon as Luke and the other three jumped out of the cave, a massive earthquake struck the island.

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The cave collapsed right behind them.

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“T, That was close.”

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“It’s too early to relax! Let’s get away from here quickly!”

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Luke hurriedly ran down the mountain, urging the other three to follow.

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The shaking beneath their feet was getting worse.

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“Luke! Look at that!”

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When Luke turned around at Alma’s scream, he saw the side of the mountain collapsing with a loud noise.

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A cloud of dust was about to cover the entire mountain.

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And something was wriggling inside it.

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“W, What is that?!”

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The thing wriggling in the dust cloud, like a fog, was a number of arms writhing like snakes.

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“That’s. . . a divine beast.”

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Luke swallowed hard as he watched it.

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The divine beast was about to reveal itself, breaking the mountain.

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Its body, carrying the surface of the earth with trees still growing on it, looked like a moving mountain.

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Underneath it, arms as thick as towers were writhing.

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The eyes between the body and the arms were clouded black, as if devoid of any emotion.

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The mythical sea monster was right in front of them.

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“That’s. . . the divine beast Kraken.”

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The Kranken clan, who had come to check out the commotion, were also paralyzed by its majesty and couldn’t move.

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Kraken’s body shook violently.

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“This is bad!”

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Sensing danger, Luke deployed a defensive magic.

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Kraken’s arm, mowing down the trees in the forest, attacked Luke and the others.

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“Guhhh!!”

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The multi-layered defensive magic was shattered like thin ice.

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He barely managed to hold it back, but it was all he could do to defend against just one arm.

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Another arm was coming down over Luke, who couldn’t move.

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“Kuooooo!!!”

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Alma, clad in Demonstration Armor, caught the arm.

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Alma’s feet were buried in the ground up to her knees.

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“Alma! Are you okay?!”

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“Kuuuuu. . . S, Somehow!”

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Alma was barely holding on, about to collapse.

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They could see another arm being raised.

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The arm was swung down, making a dull sound as it cut through the air.

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“Uwaaaaaah!”

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Just when they had given up and were about to brace themselves, the arm above Luke’s head was cut in half.

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“Nna?!”

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“Well, well, I was enjoying my quiet retirement, but a big one showed up.”

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A figure with a sword was standing on the severed arm.

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It was Cyphos Sparsa, once known as the Sword Saint, now Gale’s master.

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