Chapter 132 : Chapter 132

Chapter 132

Gasli de Bellium.

A member of the pro-Pope faction who was participating in Lan's plan.

He had dealt with the Superhumans who had come as escorts for the Imperial envoy, so Killian thought he was on their side.

So why was he being hostile to them?

'A betrayal?'

If it was a betrayal, was it a personal decision?

'Or is Lan also involved?'

Whatever the truth was, it was difficult to confirm at the moment.

What was certain was that the plan could not be changed now.

'The opponent is a knight comparable to an 8-star.'

Even for Sharle, who wielded two domains, winning was impossible.

But escape should be possible.

She, too, had gained experience in battling Superhumans while facing Isaac Heinrich and Mainz Kimbel.

'I will execute the plan quickly.'

The only way to overcome the current situation was to awaken the Pope.

Cronis, the God of Time.

Among the many Gods, he was one whose true intentions were particularly inscrutable.

Sometimes he seemed to foresee the future, and at other times he intervened in the past to influence the present.

An existence that deviated from the law of causality.

The current Pope was one who had inherited the Authorities of such a being.

'He seemed somewhat negative towards Eurasia, but… that's something to judge after he's awakened.'

Having decided to go along with Lan's plan, all Killian could do was see it through to the end.

Fwoosh.

I spread my mana to grasp the structure of the Lumina Archive.

Divine objects were stored on the left and right of a long corridor, and five doors blocked the passage.

It was a simple structure, almost embarrassingly so for its name, 'Archive'.

According to Lan, at the end of that long corridor was Cronis's divine object, the 'Gold-plated clock'.

'It would be strange if he's found right away, so I should place the Count a little further inside.'

As I thought that and took a step.

[How surprising.]

A divine object stored in the Archive reacted to his mana.

It was not just one divine object that reacted.

[This mana!]

Someone's voice echoed in my head.

[That one, is it Adamas?]

One after another, other voices began to awaken.

[This is surprising!]

The main emotions felt were surprise, anger, and curiosity, but.

[Isn't that an absurd fellow in an absurd state.]

Among them, there was a voice tinged with weariness.

[Kekekek. It seems the shell has changed.]

There was also a voice that was clearly mocking.

[Hmm. How was the seal broken?]

And there was a voice filled with pure wonder.

[...]

The primal reactions that only transcendental beings could show.

The consciousness of the Gods dwelling in the divine objects had not changed much, even after thousands of years.

"You're still the same," Killian said, increasing his running speed.

"You arrogant beings."

Just then.

[XXX!!]

A voice, seemingly twice as loud as the others, resounded in his head.

[How dare XXX XXXX the XXXX! XXXX-XXXX!!]

"Is that Atoz."

The God of Collapse.

A being who had suffered great damage from me in the ancient war.

"I thought you were dead."

[Shall I XXXX those XX limbs for you once more?!!]

"You were still alive."

[XXXXX!!!]

"A noisy one."

[XXXX!!]

It used all sorts of varied expressions, but to summarize, it meant it would kill me.

The ringing in my head grew louder.

"..."

Killian's brow furrowed.

'The synchronization with the divine objects has deepened.'

It wasn't this severe when I had conducted the reaction experiment before.

Even when synchronized, the divine objects would only induce a reflux to erode the Mana Heart; it wasn't at a level where direct conversation like this was possible.

'Is this the effect of contacting Veritas?'

The God of Truth, who had manifested in a relatively complete form.

After contacting that being, Killian's synchronization ability with divine objects had increased.

It was not a welcome situation.

Just the voices ringing in my head made my stomach churn.

"Shut up. You specters who failed to die."

Rumble.

[...!!]

When I unleashed my Haki, the voices in my head subsided a little.

Just as I had become weaker by reincarnating in this body, they too were now nothing more than remnant wills dwelling in objects.

'The drawback is that there are too many to fend off all at once... but it's worth a try.'

I passed through one door and threw the Count down.

"You all haven't changed either."

Rumble.

I used Haki to shake off the reflux symptoms induced by the divine objects.

Even so, I did not slow my running speed.

However, the divine objects began to break through even the Haki and latch on, one by one, and by the time I passed the second door, their number had exceeded ten.

'A pity about the Aether I left behind.'

As Killian glanced down at the now-empty scabbard of Aether.

[A trinket imbued with the Dwarves' petty tricks!]

A god he didn't remember shouted.

"We're both in no state to talk."

Fwoooosh.

I released the mana dwelling in the scabbard and enveloped my body with it.

[Mana! With such a cheap trick!!]

"I wonder who the pathetic god was that fell for that cheap trick."

[XXXX!!!]

The curses of Atoz, who had latched on, echoed.

Paying no heed, I strengthened the mana and repelled it once more.

The limit of withstanding ten divine objects at once was a result measured with only the Mana Heart.

The scabbard of Aether and Cornelia's pendant.

'If I utilize these two mediums, I can repel about twenty divine objects.'

If I had deployed Carpe Illusion with Aether and the pendant, I could have easily defended against about thirty divine objects.

[You rat-like bastard!]

The clinging divine objects broke through the Sword Membrane and shouted.

[Resurrection! Did you use Ashtar's Authority?!!]

[No, this is closer to reincarnation. Either way, it doesn't matter.]

As about twenty divine objects latched on, the mana from the scabbard also showed its limits.

Without slowing down, Killian grasped the pendant.

"Carpe Illusion."

The violet mana dwelling in the pendant was released.

What came to mind was a single tower, the treasury of violet mana.

[Name Search Magic is activated.]

[Confirming marital relationship between Sharle Cornelia and Killian Eurasia.]

[Bloodline authentication complete. Synchronizing with the Magic Tower's mana.]

Fwoooosh.

The violet mana that surged from the pendant resonated with the blue mana emitted by the scabbard, pushing back the divine power in the area.

In the Lumina Archive, a place where the gods dwelling in divine objects held sway, an unwelcome guest called mana had appeared and changed the stage.

From the Gods' perspective, it was an act that could be called a provocation.

[You bastard!!]

Someone shouted, finding it outrageous.

[How dare you! With such a cheap trick!!]

An unknown god still belittled mana.

[The class may have dropped, but the recklessness remains.]

[He was a fellow with a knack for resistance then, as he is now.]

A few quietly recalled the battles fought with the ancient human.

Kzzzzzzzzzt.

The deployed Carpe Illusion blocked the barrage from the Gods.

'It didn't fully unfold.'

Due to the interference of divine power, the domain had unfolded incompletely.

Concentrating, I channeled Haki into the violet mana.

"All of you, get lost."

[...!!]

Srrrr.

The mana emanated by the fully manifested Violet Magic Tower.

Even the divine objects seemed flustered by it.

Killian took that opportunity to hasten his steps.

It was then, as he reached the fourth door.

A new message appeared before his eyes.

[Detecting the mana of direct blood relative, Sharle Cornelia.]

[Cornelia Style, Domain 'Violet Magic Tower' is synchronizing.]

[The two towers resonate.]

My vision expanded.

Beyond it, I could see Sharle struggling in Celester Hall.

Her complexion was pale, and she was biting her lip.

Her body had been stabbed in various places, and she had used ice magic to staunch the bleeding from her wounds, but.

Drip.

She had already frozen her body to an extent that could be called her limit.

Gasli de Bellium fired off divine power and Haki, and Sharle seemed hard-pressed just to defend.

If it weren't for the Haki emitted by Aether and the Total Solar Eclipse, even that would have been impossible.

'Run away, Sharle.'

Thinking so, I reached out to pass through the final door.

But.

Bang.

Unlike before, the door repelled Killian.

A faint divine power flowed from the door.

'So the final door was the divine object of Murus.'

Murus, the God of 'Barriers'.

The one who had blocked me in the battle against the Gods was now in the form of a door, a divine object, blocking my path.

Meanwhile, beyond my expanded vision, I saw Sharle, who had been deeply cut in the waist in that brief moment, freezing a significant portion of her upper body.

'There's no time to delay.'

At this rate, it wouldn't be a matter of hemostasis; her body temperature would drop, and she would freeze to death.

'I'll break through.'

Killian stopped for the first time since entering the Lumina Archive.

He supported the scabbard he was holding with one hand and lowered his stance.

Compressed violet mana filled the inside of the scabbard.

The filled mana took the form of a sword, which was grasped in Killian's hand.

[If it isn't the God-Slayer.]

"Get out of the way, Murus."

[Now at a level where you can't even imitate the Authorities, you intend to commit another act of rudeness.]

"Looks like I'll have to break you after all."

[Insolent one.]

"The feeling is mutual."

[Just as in the ancient battle, you will meet a miserable end.]

"You're foolish. You couldn't stop me back then either, could you?"

Another divine object that had pierced through Carpe Illusion shouted something.

In the midst of that brief exchange.

"Total Solar Eclipse."

I was able to deploy another Carpe Illusion.

Four spheres shot up into the air.

Adamas Style.

"Sal ."

A simple draw of the sword.

The sword drawn from the scabbard slashed the door.

Crack.

The first sound heard was the shattering of the scabbard.

Soon.

Craaack.

The door that blocked the way shattered into pieces.

What was revealed before me was a single divine object, enshrined in a hall far wider than the previous spaces.

A clock composed of intricately interlocking gears.

The divine object of Cronis, who possessed the Authority of 'Time'.

'The 'Gold-plated clock'. I see why he didn't carry it around and just left it here.'

Killian stood before the divine object, which was five times his height.

[Adamas.]

"Cronis."

[An interesting appearance.]

A reaction no different from the other Gods.

There was no time to observe such reactions now.

Tuk.

As Killian placed his hand on the clock's winding key.

Creeak. Creak.

As if shaking off old dust, the stopped hands of the clock began to move.

***

[A body that can synchronize with divine objects.]

When I came to my senses at the voice calling me, my vision slowly recovered, as it usually did.

[Considering our past, it is an interesting present.]

Before me was a middle-aged man with the Pope's appearance.

"We're not on terms to exchange friendly greetings."

[Even if humans have become civilized, that rough attitude of yours remains.]

"If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be in this state either."

'Time' was one of the Authorities I could not imitate.

During the not-so-short war with the Gods, Cronis had suddenly vanished.

"I wonder if you saw the future where you'd end up in your current state."

[Just because it is the future does not mean it cannot be changed.]

"If I had my way, I'd like to settle our unfinished match... but this isn't the situation for that. Just wake up the owner of that body."

[If you mean the contractor, he has already awoken. You have achieved your goal.]

As he waved his hand, a new view appeared in the space.

Julian and Hector, subdued and being dragged away by Holy Knights.

Lan, cleaning up the site where the Imperial delegation was murdered.

Sharle, who had been pierced through the abdomen and had begun to freeze her own body.

Gasli de Bellium, who had passed the first door of the Lumina Archive, and another Holy Knight Order that had arrived late.

[Bellium's contractor. That man possesses a class clearly superior to your current self.]

As Cronis said, Gasli possessed skills on par with Escardo, who had reached the pinnacle of 7-star.

Killian suddenly asked.

"You all, why did you disappear?"

[The you of the past might have known, but this is a truth your current level cannot handle.]

"That again."

[Wasn't this a seal that was released with great effort? Do not be hasty.]

"..."

[How about dealing with the matter at hand first?]

Immediately after, the synchronization with the divine object was released, and the surrounding scenery returned to normal.

"Killian Eurasia."

The one who appeared before him was Gasli de Bellium.

In his hand, which was not holding a sword, was someone's arm.

"You've finally reached this far..."

Clang!

The sword of violet mana in Killian's hand pushed back Gasli de Bellium's sword.

"Are you agitated by your fiancée's injury?"

"No."

Embers ignited in Killian's eyes.

"You will end up the same."

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