Chapter 191
Chapter 191
Chapter 191
Luciella (1)
Kuliak, the god of mountains.
According to the setting, he is a mighty god who is said to have split the earth, which was a single supercontinent during Genesis, into four continents.
Although it is said that he is not even 1/100th of his prime now, that doesn't mean his experience and dignity could be ignored.
"Kuhehe, I hope your skills are as outstanding as your mouth."
Rudian slowly raised Diablo as he saw Kuliak pointing the mountain sword toward him.
The blade's length reached several hundred meters, but its tip was sharp and deadly, harboring lethal energy like a well-refined awl.
"Here I come!"
Just as Kuliak was about to charge at Rudian.
Someone from the Celestial Pantheon blocked Kuliak's movement.
"What are you doing, Kuliak?"
"What's going on with you, Belzebuth."
Belzebuth, who was once called the goddess of music, glared at Kuliak's counter-question.
"What? What's going on? Is this the time to leisurely have a one-on-one fight!"
Her pink twin-tails swayed lightly with anger.
"Interfering with a sacred duel..."
"What sacred duel out of nowhere? That's why you got pushed out and fell behind against Satera!"
"......"
Kuliak's expression immediately twisted.
The gods belonging to the Celestial Pantheon were demoted to mortals due to various circumstances.
In Kuliak's case, he belonged to those who fell after being defeated in political strife with Satera, the current goddess of earth.
"But if we can't break that human, there's no guarantee we can safely escape from here."
Kuliak presented a somewhat logical argument, but another person stepped forward to restrain him.
"That's right. But please bear with it for now."
A white-haired man holding a lyre in one hand stepped forward.
"Human hero Rudian, I am called Harmonet."
Rudian opened his eyes drowsily and glared at his opponent.
"That Harmonet who was the god of harmony?"
Belzebuth's lover and in the original work, the being who played the role of military strategist for the Celestial Pantheon.
'They said he had an appearance that would make you feel responsible if you killed the mood... Really looks like it?'
"Hahaha, now I'm just Hart, a wandering minstrel."
Whatever his current status was, he had no interest in it.
No matter what, if he was hostile to the Celestial Pantheon, he was unconditionally the first priority to kill.
Recognizing Rudian's hostility, Harmonet smiled faintly and said this.
"If we tell you the reason we came here, would you let us go peacefully?"
'Is he insane?'
Contempt immediately appeared on Rudian's expression.
"If there had been no damage, it would be one thing, but did you think you could just go back after making the Dragon Hive like this?"
Even if there was no damage to the hatchlings, the number of ancient dragons that had already died inside was ten.
Moreover, they tried to achieve their purpose by using the crisis of an extraterrestrial attack, so it wouldn't be strange if the dragon race added charges of contempt.
"Hmm, I see."
"And even if I don't know the purpose... I can sufficiently guess the mastermind."
"Haha, interesting. Then I'd like to hear your speculation?"
"......"
Rudian, who was about to speak obediently, suddenly closed his mouth urgently at a thought that came to mind.
Harmonet was smiling good-naturedly and trying to open the floodgates of conversation, but the fact that those who had been fighting to the death until just now were suddenly attempting dialogue was somehow suspicious.
Moreover, considering Harmonet's disposition, there was definitely one purpose.
"You're obviously trying to buy time."
FLINCH!
Harmonet's eye corner twitched slightly.
"Kuliak too, and the fact that the guys around are staying still without any particular reaction is evidence. You guys came here to buy time from the beginning."
"...Found out?"
At that moment, Rudian voiced what their real purpose was.
"Did you deliberately attack the Dragon Hive to divert the dragons' attention and try to release Berus's barrier in the hall as a diversion?"
At Rudian's speculation, Harmonet whistled and clapped his hands.
"Ooh, amazing? You got it almost exactly right."
Rudian's expression twisted at the word 'almost.'
'Almost? Not completely?'
Actually, Rudian also thought there were flaws in his own words.
No matter how much they came as a diversion, the possibility of the Celestial Pantheon breaking through the Hall of Heroes was almost zero.
There were a considerable number of ancient dragons outside as well, and even the Celestial Pantheon couldn't handle all the heroes in the hall with half their forces.
'It doesn't make sense. If the Day of Great Liberation approaches and all their restrictions are lifted, it would be different, but it's absolutely impossible for now.'
Then what was he missing?
Rudian pondered that fact, but no answer came.
Then Calesta's voice reached Rudian's ears.
-Don't worry about it.
THUD!
Calesta, who had transformed into human form, landed next to Rudian.
"They're enemies anyway. Since they invaded this place, they're nothing more than enemies that must be killed."
"...That's true."
Although he would prefer to win them over if possible, the Celestial Pantheon was destined to be wild horses that no one could control by their very nature.
Even if they joined hands with Garganta or extraterrestrials, they would eventually stab them in the back.
Their purpose was, after all, to regain hegemony and rule the world.
Calesta continued with a serious expression.
"Moreover, it seems they have established relationships with extraterrestrials."
"If Garganta exists behind them... it would certainly be so."
In the original work, their relationship with extraterrestrials was never particularly highlighted.
But now that the original content had already changed sufficiently, it wouldn't be strange if any variables had emerged.
In the first place, attacking at such precisely timed moments was quite suspicious.
Rudian calmed his mind and began to raise his killing intent again.
"...Mmm!"
Since he had decided to act, not a single one of them could leave this place.
"Kukukuk, good. This is how it should be. What's with all this conversation unlike us, Harmonet."
"Ugh, I could have bought a little more time..."
Kuliak stretched out his hand and compressed the mountain sword that had been hundreds of meters long.
...CREAK! CRACK!
Rocks, iron ore, rare metals, and so on began to clump together according to Kuliak's authority, emitting tremendous waves of power and noise.
"Originally I wanted to fight you as a giant god, my true form, but... it can't be helped."
Even if not to the extent of a giant god, Kuliak's height had swelled up like bread dough to nearly 10 meters.
Such Kuliak looked down at Rudian and shouted with mad laughter.
"Kahahaha! Let's see your skills!"
However, Kuliak and Rudian never came to blows.
CRACK!
"......!"
Just as Kuliak was about to rush at Rudian, a crack suddenly appeared in the subspace barrier spread over the Dragon Hive.
CRACKLE!
That crack gradually widened and began to grow large enough for several humans to pass through.
Calesta looked directly at the crack with a hardened expression.
"What? I definitely told Kirchrus not to let anyone in until the match was decided?"
Even if Rudian was an exception, having someone else come from outside again was not welcome.
They might take advantage of that opportunity to escape.
"Kuliak, this is our chance."
Sure enough, the gods of the Celestial Pantheon, who had missed their chance when Rudian first entered the crack, immediately rejoiced when another crack opened toward the outside.
"Tch!"
Kuliak also seemed to recognize that this was the best opportunity, as he began to gather his momentum and look for a chance to escape.
-You bastards! Who said we'd let you go!
Immediately, dozens of ancient dragons flying in the sky deployed high-level magic to tie down their feet.
The sky immediately began to be covered with magic circles.
However...
"Ahahaha! Do you think the likes of you can tie our ankles?"
Even though all kinds of 9th class magic were falling, Belzebuth lightly raised her voice and manifested her authority.
La- La- La!
The authority of Belzebuth, who was called the goddess of music, was the power to handle waves.
Especially in cancellation, she could be said to be the best in the Celestial Pantheon.
RUMBLE!
Solar Flare, Plasma Burst, Absolute Zero, Meteor Fall, and so on...
All kinds of 9th class magic that the ancient dragons had deployed began to be canceled by Belzebuth's authority and return to primordial elements.
-Th, this!
"See you again, you damn lizards!"
The gods of the Celestial Pantheon mocked the dragons and threw themselves toward the crack.
They planned to immediately push away whoever was coming from outside that crack.
"Where do you think you're running!"
Just as Rudian was about to step forward to block the Celestial Pantheon's path.
"Rudian, wait."
Maria restrained Rudian and smiled slyly.
"I don't think that's necessary."
WHOOSH!
The gods of the Celestial Pantheon, who were just about to escape from the Dragon Hive, suddenly saw a small flame burning outside the crack.
And they also saw that flame change into a form called a 'blade' and fly toward them...
"......!"
WHOOOOSH!
Although it might seem like a simple flame on the surface, they absolutely could not underestimate that flame.
There was no way those who were once called gods wouldn't notice the danger contained in the flame.
"Don't try to counter it, dodge!"
Harmonet urgently shifted his form and shouted, but the three who had been in the lead were swept up by the flame blade and suffered the consequences.
"...What?"
Rudian's eyes widened for a moment.
They had been sufficiently prepared.
Their defensive power, which had withstood even 9th class magic, was hard to properly damage unless it was the power of chaos or authority.
'That strike just now wasn't magic or spatial cut...'
The flame blade that came from outside the crack ignored all of that and cut their bodies.
That meant... the power contained in the flame was enough to practice god-slaying!
Rudian looked at the red-haired woman slowly entering from outside the crack and slightly opened his mouth.
"Luciella... Princess?"
Luciella and Gray.
"......"
"Brother, your dumbfounded expression is just like the old days?"
The last two who had remained in the Hall of Heroes to train had finished their training and appeared before Rudian.
***
Luciella, seen after a long time, looked exactly as she had before, but Gray had grown tall enough to be considered an adult now.
'...Huh?'
Without any words of joy at meeting after a long time, Luciella was looking at Rudian with calm eyes.
"This... damn bitch!"
Just as Rudian was about to offer some greeting of reunion, Kuliak, who had been knocked away, exploded with anger and charged at Luciella.
"How dare you harm my comrades!"
Kuliak, holding the condensed mountain sword, wrapped divine power and chaos around the blade and aimed directly at Luciella's head.
"Die, human!"
Luciella, who had been taking Kuliak's momentum with her whole body, opened her mouth for the first time.
"The one who will die..."
WHOOSH!
"Will be you."
From the ordinary iron sword Luciella was holding, instead of the typical aura of a swordsman, the flame seen earlier began to appear.
"The flame that burns souls... did you think I wouldn't recognize it!"
Having lived since Genesis, Kuliak naturally knew the identity of that flame.
"So what?"
But knowing something and overcoming it were different stories.
SLASH!
For a moment, Luciella and Kuliak's figures slightly overlapped.
"...Kup!"
"......"
Kuliak's giant body, reaching 10 meters, was cut in half just like that.